That Being Said...

I'm a guy who tries to keep abreast of things that matter while avoiding things that don't. I dabble in a lot of media, and I'm halfway-decent at most of it. Sometimes. Soundcloud

[arseattorney]

Getting dangerously close to vibing.

[proleposting]

[meshugenist]

alright, here's the actual text of the antitrans EO

Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government – The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title

not sure what the timeframe will be like on its enforcement so get those documents changed fast if you still can

if you get all liberal on this post i will block you this is a communist post

[mostlycogent]

It’s good to get them changed while you can - but if you’re looking to get your documents changed, this bit in particular should be of note - it sets up a means by which even those changed documents could be determined “invalid”. As this affects “government issued identification”, that affects everything from those listed to the more mundane ones- Drivers’ Licenses, etc.

This whole order is alarming. I still need to read through the full text of the other orders/legislature it mentions, but it’s really bad.

Still, I’d encourage reading through it fully, to everyone- and especially to other trans women. It’s better to be informed, to prepare, to ask questions if you have them, than it is to ignore it and be caught unaware.

[mostlycogent]

It’s also really notable that the ones they list are ones used for international travel/emigration. The ones they list are not just identifiers, but they’re the sort that are used to control movement across borders.

Of course, the administration’s stance on immigration/validity of citizenship is more racially based, much more so and I don’t want to downplay or diminish that - but it’s notable wording, in that it ties their campaign against trans women into their campaign against ‘immigrants’ (read: non-white immigrants and non-white legal citizens); insofar as the concept of an “invalid” citizen could expand to cover both groups.

Legislation targeting people with “invalid” forms of ID is likely to be racially-motivated, of course. But this lets them sort of hit two birds with one terrible, terrible stone.

[battlecrazed-axe-mage]

I hate the phrasing and implications here. If tiktok does get unbanned, I would not trust the revived form--not with the kind of concessions the Trump administration is going to demand for it.

[nudityandnerdery]

And it's phrased like this to curry favor with the Trump administration, too.

[nudityandnerdery]

So, just a summary.

They shut down for twelve hours or so, without the government enforcing the ban, so that they could make Trump the hero who saved it. Trump, who isn't in office yet. Trump, who was the one who started pushing the ban.

It's theater to flatter his ego, and there's no side to this argument that I feel is trustworthy. You've got the incoming narcissist in chief, you have the federal government wanting to establish this ban but can't explain why it's bad when Tiktok does things but capitalism when Meta or Twitter does them, and you've got a corporation that's willing to play ball with both of them.

Yeah. This is feeling like that cyberpunk dystopia. Feeling the need for decentralized social media even more now.

[battlecrazed-axe-mage]

Couldn't even commit to the charade long enough to make it look believable. Pathetic, transparent bootlicking. I understand that a lot of people use tiktok to make a living but if you have a choice in the matter, I'd reconsider if this is the kind of app you want to use in the future.

[battlecrazed-axe-mage]

Btw I'm seeing on bluesky that ICE is planning raids starting Tuesday (and according to at least one person in the replies, may have already started) so that's what they're trying to distract us from

[knitmeapony]

I love seeing a meme and being like oh, tumblrs going to love this one

[i-preen-for-oikawa]

Peer reviewed tags.

Reblog today and you, too, can maliciously comply with facts of science.

[roach-works]

yeah look, this is what happens when you start to curve geometric shapes off a flat plane. they stop having the parallel edges we expect of them when they're flat, but they're still the same shape.

see the blue outline? that's the square. you can curl the corners in and it's still a square. geometry is cool like that.

[cowboy]

well i'll be

[arseattorney]

[lonestatus]

the intelligent and sensitive pervert would like to message you

[lonestatus]

stop he/himming the intelligent and sensitive pervert

[lonestatus]

the intelligent and sensitive pervert doesn't want to message you anymore

[cannibalchicken]

[datadegroove-deactivated2026042]

[arseattorney]

Greetings

Hi.

[charl0ttan]

they should invent venting but without having to explain all the bad things that are happening

[fangs-4-fags]

you and your dreadful little polycule haven't seen the last of me

[arseattorney]

Just got voted "Too Cute For Your Boyfriend," for a second year in a row.

[arseattorney]

I don't like it.

But I don't hate it, either.

[memewhore]

[pollen]

remember, the year isn't halfway over until the end of the month. and "halfway" in this context is just a word to describe a place in time relative to one method of marking it.

you're not losing time, or wasting it, and every day you're here is worthwhile and precious. you still have plenty of time to be in the world.

[eldritchbauble]

You're just a mammal. Let yourself act like it. Your brain needs enrichment. Your body needs rest. You feel hunger and grow hair. You need to pack bond with other sentient things so you don't become unsocialized and neurotic. You are biologically inclined to seek dopamine and become sick when chronically stressed. "Hedonism" is made up to place moral value on taking pleasure in sensory experiences. I am telling you that if you don't let yourself be a fucking mammal, as you were made, you will suffer and go insane. No grindset no diets no trying to be above your drive for connection. Pursue what makes you feel good and practice radial rejection of the constructs meant to turn you into a machine. You're a mammal.

[eldritchbauble]

I am so serious about the way people are taught to view themselves as separate from and above any other animal being the root cause of a lot of problems. You're not better than a beast.