Welcome 2025, the year of darkness
A look back at 2024 and years past, and a justification for deeming 2025 “The Year of Darkness.”
Personal
Entertainment, TV
Your stories will survive even without the money of stooges
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.
News
Two weeks, two guns, too many people in pain
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.
Personal
On using this site more than social media, since I actually spend money on this site
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.
Politics
An open letter to Wes Streeting on the UK’s ban on puberty blockers for trans youth
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.
Politics
An open letter to Rep. Nancy Mace on her repeated attacks on transgender people
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.
Politics
An open letter to Congressman Ro Khanna on his support for “DOGE”
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.
Personal, Politics
A story about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
A post which is sort of a humblebrag about meeting AOC before she was AOC.
Politics
HR 9495: Bad bills and the authoritarians who crave them
Republicans want to quash dissent with bad-faith legislation, using hostage aid as a shield. Democrats need a little help seeing through the veil and preventing them from doing so.
News
Uh, okay, so maybe Bluesky is still a little new to the party
A quick note about fledgling social media services and working through Bluesky downtime.