In this first (and possibly only) musical edition of “Finds from the YouTube algorithm”: The electronic works of George Garside, Tim Stebbing, and Steve Brenner, along with the lowercase work of Händer Som Vårdar.
Waking up from a deep slumber to stumble into my office and write a dumb post about content creation, the future of it on an enshittified Internet, and how AI can take a long walk off a short digital pier.
A look back at 2024 and years past, and a justification for deeming 2025 “The Year of Darkness.”
Disney again cuts a trans storyline from one of their upcoming shows, further capitulating to the right and denying trans folks of representation and humanity. But these stories can and must survive even without the money of the corporations which would rather appease the conservative and wealthy.
Luigi Mangione and Natalie Rupnow’s crimes and the reasons for them may not look similar on the surface. But the underlying cause of both – chronic pain – ties them together, and reflects upon America’s current ailments causing this country to self-destruct.
On recent transphobic attacks and actors on social media, especially Bluesky, and what the coming downfall of social media as a whole means for future chronic posters who could benefit from a true decentralized outlet.
Sending concerns across the pond regarding UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s permanent ban on puberty blockers for trans youth, and how it exposes further cracks in Britain’s ability to take care of all its citizens, not just its most vulnerable.
Representative Nancy Mace continues to attack the transgender community in the United States, but her hateful rhetoric and dramatics will put her along with all transphobes and bigots on the wrong side of history.
Congressman Ro Khanna is another Democratic member of Congress to show support for “DOGE”, but he really does not, as the old adage says, have to hand it to ’em.
A post which is sort of a humblebrag about meeting AOC before she was AOC.