emissary from a planet of genderless librarians

Nice to meet you! I'm Jazz (they/them). I am in my late twenties, white, firmly leftist, and very queer. I love my friends and learning. Thumbs up. Please let me know if you ever see me reblogging AI art. I will delete it immediately. None of that nonsense here if I can help it. I tag everything, but please let me know if you want me to get something specific! Also, please feel free to drop me an ask about anything! I love talking with people, and anon is always an option.

[jazzhandsmcleg]

today is my version of Friday (weekend is Fri-Sat) and I feel like I'm rolling down a very steep hill so you're getting posts about it.

I was tricked (largely by my own wishful thinking) into thinking there were donuts in the break room. very sad to be wrong about that one. semi-relatedly I only have two coworkers who I would really deem annoying but MAN are they annoying and I sit directly next to one of them and we keep the same hours. rip

[jazzhandsmcleg]

28 [units] of bad-quality [noun] 😭

[jazzhandsmcleg]

through with it 👍 new orders from my boss say to do 1-2 [unit] things for the rest of the day...so that's a 180 lol

I have a horrible taste in the back of my throat from nasal drip. allergies suck sooo bad and I can't even medicate them rn pending an allergist appointment on the 18th 😔

also I'm hungry for lunch and it's only 10:15am which is frankly unfair

[jazzhandsmcleg]

got my lunch! 1.5ish hours left.

I'm doing summer reading program for adults (thank you local library) and so far I'm about halfway through my first book, Idolfire by Grace Curtis. I'm enjoying it quite a but but sadly I don't think I'll have any more time to read it until later, as I have to focus up to get everything done here before I fuck off for the weekend.

the top prize is for 20 books by mid-August...we shall see...

[jazzhandsmcleg]

did all my things! made it home! it's my weekend now! woo! woohoo!

[deflates like a balloon]

[jazzhandsmcleg]

resurrecting this thread one more time to inform you all that I slept (I hesitate to say "napped") from approximately 4:15 to 8:15 yesterday and am just now, at 1:45 today, getting ready to go to sleep properly. so, yknow, that's great and I'm sure it will make my day tomorrow completely normal and bearable.

[jazzhandsmcleg]

today is my version of Friday (weekend is Fri-Sat) and I feel like I'm rolling down a very steep hill so you're getting posts about it.

I was tricked (largely by my own wishful thinking) into thinking there were donuts in the break room. very sad to be wrong about that one. semi-relatedly I only have two coworkers who I would really deem annoying but MAN are they annoying and I sit directly next to one of them and we keep the same hours. rip

[jazzhandsmcleg]

28 [units] of bad-quality [noun] 😭

[jazzhandsmcleg]

through with it 👍 new orders from my boss say to do 1-2 [unit] things for the rest of the day...so that's a 180 lol

I have a horrible taste in the back of my throat from nasal drip. allergies suck sooo bad and I can't even medicate them rn pending an allergist appointment on the 18th 😔

also I'm hungry for lunch and it's only 10:15am which is frankly unfair

[jazzhandsmcleg]

got my lunch! 1.5ish hours left.

I'm doing summer reading program for adults (thank you local library) and so far I'm about halfway through my first book, Idolfire by Grace Curtis. I'm enjoying it quite a but but sadly I don't think I'll have any more time to read it until later, as I have to focus up to get everything done here before I fuck off for the weekend.

the top prize is for 20 books by mid-August...we shall see...

[jazzhandsmcleg]

did all my things! made it home! it's my weekend now! woo! woohoo!

[deflates like a balloon]

[jazzhandsmcleg]

today is my version of Friday (weekend is Fri-Sat) and I feel like I'm rolling down a very steep hill so you're getting posts about it.

I was tricked (largely by my own wishful thinking) into thinking there were donuts in the break room. very sad to be wrong about that one. semi-relatedly I only have two coworkers who I would really deem annoying but MAN are they annoying and I sit directly next to one of them and we keep the same hours. rip

[jazzhandsmcleg]

28 [units] of bad-quality [noun] 😭

[jazzhandsmcleg]

through with it 👍 new orders from my boss say to do 1-2 [unit] things for the rest of the day...so that's a 180 lol

I have a horrible taste in the back of my throat from nasal drip. allergies suck sooo bad and I can't even medicate them rn pending an allergist appointment on the 18th 😔

also I'm hungry for lunch and it's only 10:15am which is frankly unfair

[jazzhandsmcleg]

got my lunch! 1.5ish hours left.

I'm doing summer reading program for adults (thank you local library) and so far I'm about halfway through my first book, Idolfire by Grace Curtis. I'm enjoying it quite a but but sadly I don't think I'll have any more time to read it until later, as I have to focus up to get everything done here before I fuck off for the weekend.

the top prize is for 20 books by mid-August...we shall see...

[jazzhandsmcleg]

today is my version of Friday (weekend is Fri-Sat) and I feel like I'm rolling down a very steep hill so you're getting posts about it.

I was tricked (largely by my own wishful thinking) into thinking there were donuts in the break room. very sad to be wrong about that one. semi-relatedly I only have two coworkers who I would really deem annoying but MAN are they annoying and I sit directly next to one of them and we keep the same hours. rip

[jazzhandsmcleg]

28 [units] of bad-quality [noun] 😭

[jazzhandsmcleg]

through with it 👍 new orders from my boss say to do 1-2 [unit] things for the rest of the day...so that's a 180 lol

I have a horrible taste in the back of my throat from nasal drip. allergies suck sooo bad and I can't even medicate them rn pending an allergist appointment on the 18th 😔

also I'm hungry for lunch and it's only 10:15am which is frankly unfair

[jazzhandsmcleg]

today is my version of Friday (weekend is Fri-Sat) and I feel like I'm rolling down a very steep hill so you're getting posts about it.

I was tricked (largely by my own wishful thinking) into thinking there were donuts in the break room. very sad to be wrong about that one. semi-relatedly I only have two coworkers who I would really deem annoying but MAN are they annoying and I sit directly next to one of them and we keep the same hours. rip

[jazzhandsmcleg]

28 [units] of bad-quality [noun] 😭

[jazzhandsmcleg]

today is my version of Friday (weekend is Fri-Sat) and I feel like I'm rolling down a very steep hill so you're getting posts about it.

I was tricked (largely by my own wishful thinking) into thinking there were donuts in the break room. very sad to be wrong about that one. semi-relatedly I only have two coworkers who I would really deem annoying but MAN are they annoying and I sit directly next to one of them and we keep the same hours. rip

[revolutionnaire-farouche]

citizens I checked the weather app and apparently there's one more day before the storm

[garashir]

hey friends where is that picture of boromir with the gondor flag except its a pride flag?

[lesbiansforboromir]

Couldn’t find it so I made another because you’re right that it’s a crime and it’s definitely my duty to remedy it

[kryptidkhaos]

My local Planned Parenthood is shutting down; I need my next HRT appointment.

The clinic is officially shutting down on June 26th. People in Florida on testosterone don't have the option to do telehealth appointments because it's a controlled substance, and you have to be seen by an in person provider.

I've been scheduled for an appointment on the 1st to have my testosterone refilled one more time, and then it's going to be god knows how long before I can get an appointment at another location.

After this location shuts down, I'll have to drive two hours away to another city for my appointments every 3-6 months.

My current cost estimate is $210. If I don't make this appointment, I'm pretty much screwed, but I'm also broke and disabled with a household of other medications and expenses to cover for the month. I don't know how I'm going to to make this appointment *and* feed us.

If you'd like to help an impoverished trans guy in Florida stay on his hormones for the next couple of months while his health care gets sorted out, my pay links are below:

PayPal.me/chaosqueer

Venmo: chaosqueer

CashApp: $chaosqueer

[odyver]

alright I've got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

please rb for larger sample size!

Question 1/3

What is your age, and do you feel AI is a net positive or net negative in our lives today?

under 18, AI is a net positive

under 18, AI is a net negative

18-29, AI is a net positive

18-29, AI is a net negative

30-45, AI is a net positive

30-45, AI is a net negative

46-60, AI is a net positive

46-60, AI is a net negative

over 60, AI is a net postive

over 60, AI is a net negative

Remaining time: 5 days 2 hours

[odyver]

Question 2/3

How often do you visit or interact with museums/archives (whether in person or online)?

Frequently (multiple times per month)

Often (multiple times per year)

Occasionally (a couple times per year)

Rarely (once every couple of years)

Never :(

Remaining time: 5 days 3 hours

[odyver]

Question 3/3

If you saw a museum was using AI in exhibits, marketing, research, etc., would you be more or less inclined to visit that museum?

under 18, more inclined

under 18, less inclined

18-29, more inclined

18-29, less inclined

30-45, more inclined

30-45, less inclined

46-60, more inclined

46-60, less inclined

over 60, more inclined

over 60, less inclined

Remaining time: 5 days 3 hours

Thank you for helping with this data collection. Please rb for as big a sample as possible!

🫶

[samueldelany]

Samuel Delany reviews the first Star Wars movie, 1977, in Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy.

[errorschacha]

Not to indulge in childish fantasies but what if every time I checked the news it wasn’t worse?

[thewitchway]

FIRST: Read this - no really I mean read it. If you have to, just read the first page and then skim the rest... you can skip over the reforestation parts and the progress in ocean management parts and you'll still get the point. But be sure to read the last three paragraphs.

Then read Fix The News every few days. You don't have to subscribe to read it. I'm telling you it's good for you.

[thewitchway]

No, seriously. Go read it again.

[chimaerakitten]

So here’s the thing about the division of “aro” “ace” and “aroace” into three separate identities with three separate flags: it makes no sense to me, personally.

See, I understand the utility of the split-attraction model. I even understand that “romantic attraction” feels like a meaningful category to many people separate from sexual attraction.

But in my personal experience of the world, romance is too much of a construct for “romantic attraction” to make any sense as a coherent thing that I consider myself as having or not having.

And look, everything is a construct, including sexual attraction. But sexual attraction is a construct in the way a brick is a construct; simple, definable, easy to say whether I have it or don’t have it. Romance, on the other hand, is even more obviously entirely culturally defined. It’s a construct in the way a house is a construct. What makes something a house? If I got ten people in a room we could probably cobble together a decent definition of a “brick” that we are all mutually satisfied with, even if it’s not perfect at including all things that are bricks and excluding all things that are not. There might be edge cases but we could do it.

But a house? What defines a house? Is a house that is not currently livable due to damage still a house? What about a house that doesn’t look like an American white picket fence stick built house? Something made of grass or mud or stone. Something for a climate where roofs or walls are a poor choice. What about house boats and RVs?

What defines romance? Is it sex? Non sexual physical intimacy? Emotional connections? Some odd cross sectional grid of the myriad possibilities for human interaction?

Every experience is an edge case when you drill down in it. I have a structure built out of bricks, and there’s a hole in the structure where the brick that is sexual attraction goes for other people. Is the structure a house or not? Could you even tell, without me describing a great deal more about it, its size, its shape? Would you and the person next to you agree, once I did?

And all this means that while I’ll call myself aro and aroace for the purposes of communicating with others, (the size and shape of the brick structure has no bearing on the fact that I do not plan to ever be in a monogamous partnership, and that’s the important thing to convey) the concepts actually have not much real impact on my subjective internality. Being aro or being aroace are not to me separate from my being ace. Or rather they are not to me a reified part of my identity the way being ace is.

So I find it SO WIERD that everyone assumes that they would be. That by default anyone who has an a- identity is going to have a complicated interaction with the split attraction model, that, as @specialagentartemis put it, “the canonical ace is alloromantic and the canonical aro is allosexual, and aroaces are a third thing.”

I recognize it has utility to other people. I like the green aro flag and appreciate having a word to communicate my disinclination to date even if sex weren’t involved. I understand the theory behind the split attraction model. It just doesn’t feel like it applies.

[aidashakur]

You literally just have to get really good at continuing.

[jazzhandsmcleg]

let it all happen in June.

[garaks-padded-cell]

I just had 3 crackers with chutney and sharp white cheddar . Then i had a ring of pineapple. I started to levitate, but i wasnt scared. Im not scared of anything

[apoemaday]

It Was Like This: You Were Happy

by Jane Hirshfield

It was like this: you were happy, then you were sad, then happy again, then not.

It went on. You were innocent or you were guilty. Actions were taken, or not.

At times you spoke, at other times you were silent. Mostly, it seems you were silent — what could you say?

Now it is almost over.

Like a lover, your life bends down and kisses your life.

It does this not in forgiveness — between you, there is nothing to forgive — but with the simple nod of a baker at the moment he sees the bread is finished with transformation.

Eating, too, is a thing now only for others.

It doesn’t matter what they will make of you or your days: they will be wrong, they will miss the wrong woman, miss the wrong man, all the stories they tell will be tales of their own invention.

Your story was this: you were happy, then you were sad, you slept, you awakened. Sometimes you ate roasted chestnuts, sometimes persimmons.