the stars are the same as ever

i have crossed the face of the universe, i poison it to match my grief 27 - she/her - nonbinary butch lesbian 🏳️‍⚧️

[thisaintasceneitsfob]

[qvarr]

This piece has been rotting in my art folder for months now and I finally figured out how I Wanted to color/render Dinraal.

I want to make a piece for each of the dragons, so consider this part 1 of the set.

[monkeyislandtwo]

what kind of example sentence is this

[strawberry-crocodile]

lack of women and fat people = nightmare whats so complicated

[meshugenist]

btw the US federal rule that will funding-denial-style effectively ban most trans healthcare and mandate funding recipients to discriminate against trans ppl will go into effect by October 1st, 2026

[nepenthean-sleep]

if this gets tied to medicare reimbursement, it will effectively mark the end of trans healthcare in the united states (hospitals and hospital groups will always pick medicare funding over any annoying or inconvenient policy/law). i can’t tell by the article whether or not it will be related to CMS/medicare reimbursement, though.

[meshugenist]

it is ALL federal funding. that includes medicare and medicaid. also like tbc it is not really bc hospitals and clinics are just cowardly or something (which is generally true); many of them existentially depend on federal funding and effectively have no choice but to implement these kinds of policies. this is why transphobic politicians have been laser focused on these kinds of policies, since they are both easier to pass and implement than legal bans and allow for extreme and collective extrajudicial punishment for violation

[pixeljade]

just to be clear here.

THIS RULE HAS THREE DAYS OF COMMENT PERIOD LEFT.

Meaning that you still have three days to tell the government that this is horrific.

👉Here is the comment link👈, theres also one at the end of the Erininthemorning link up there at the top.

At the risk of sounding alarmist: If this passes as is, it will kill people. PLEASE COMMENT.

[meshugenist]

just to be clear here.

the OMB does not fucking care what you say to them and you are delusional if you think they will back down due to any amount of public comment. they don't even read that shit let alone care.

[pixeljade]

Just to be extra clear here: Thats no reason not to fucking try. Worst case you justify future action, best case they realize the pressure against this is immense and water it down temporarily. Many such rules have been stopped by coordinated action. I get thag its easy to give into despair, but please stop being a defeatist, its extremely harmful to any movement.

[meshugenist]

i am not being defeatist or giving in to despair lmao you are literally wasting your time and energy and misleading ppl into thinking that they are doing effective resistance by doing jack shit. public comment is not coordinated action in this country, the govt has no legal obligation whatsoever to abide by it. this is also not a post about how to do effective resistance, this is a post abt when a rule will go into effect and what it will do

[nepenthean-sleep]

speaking as someone who often has to utilize the federal register and eCFR for my field, if you aren’t some kind of professional in the field in which the proposed regulation is overseeing, public comments on the federal register are meaningless. this is true regardless of administration, but it’s especially true during THIS administration because they don’t even care about what the professionals think. leaving comments on the federal register during this administration is not an effective form of action as a regular citizen.

[vancouver-lord-goldeneyes]

“Can [the Charge] even sell 20k tickets a game? 🙄”

BRO CAN THE SENS??

[creekfiend]

Who's Mr. Bean? Is he a villain from a game or something?

yes

[canonkiller]

I just think everyone should take a moment to consider the question "what is your visual shorthand for cruelty?" and then follow it up with a critical "and who taught you that?"

specific examples include but are not limited to

why is an evil timeline character design disabled? (why do the heroes go through equally punishing battles and never lose an arm, a leg, an eye?)

why are the futuristic scifi terrorists uniformly darker skinned? (why are the heroes so much lighter?)

why is the greedy boss fat? (why are the heroes skinny?)

why is the criminal mastermind heavily scarred? (why is the brooding, traumatized hero unscathed?)

why is the predatory creep a bearded person in a dress and makeup? (why are none of the heroes trans women?)

who taught you that this is how things are?

how long do you plan on repeating it?

[canonkiller]

guys the point is "reflect on how you have learned bigotry through exposure and you parrot it in your own works and in the fandoms you engage with without self awareness" not "tell me, specifically, what random motifs you think are evil"

[canonkiller]

on the flipside, to everyone adding notes about hooked noses, turbans + headscarves, nonwhite features and cultural clothing in general, mental and physical disorders, and surely others I've missed in recollection: you are entirely right and should say it.

[monstrousgourmandizingcats]

Machismo: A Love Story

[cerayanay]

Claudia watching Lestat from hell mourn by writing a song honoring her and being offended by Louis paying someone to pretend to be her

[blessyouhawkeye]

internally: i am the dumbest motherfucker alive i don't have any potential but if i did i would waste it because as stated i am the dumbest motherfucker alive. every word i say is bad every word i write is even worse theyre putting me down tomorrow for the incurable disease of being the dumbest motherfucker alive

out loud: uh oh feeling a little sillayyy

[hyenabeanz]

Flava Flav and Paris Hilton the ones out here advocating hardest for the Olympic women's hockey team.

2006 me could have never believed any of those words together.

[talahui]

for the people who did not know about Paris Hilton's elite prospects page

[cazfax]

my dad gets on the computer for 5 minutes and he already manages to unlock internet explorer’s unholy twin and pull it out of the depths of hell you know what fuck this shit

[ryan-sometimes]

I love how Zohran Mamdani is wearing a suit everywhere. And if he has anything else he puts it ON TOP of the suit. A basketball jersey. A high-vis vest. All worn over the suit. He’s like the mayor character in a cartoon who’s always dressed as The Mayor. If I didn’t know who he was and he biked past me in NYC I’d be like holy shit was that the mayor

[pharmersonly]

she was cool af for this

[urie]

i haven't seen anything about this on my dashboard, so i wanted to share. ICE gestapo killed another human being on tuesday. he leaves behind three sons and his wife, who he has spent the last 35 years building a life with

there is a gofundme supported by the league of united latin american citizens set up to help with funeral costs, legal fees, and supporting his family moving forward.

please give if you can and share if you can't

[k-simplex]

Like what if it actually is poppin at the Farg tonight

[nat-20s]

HATE when you can't stand someone who is literally harmless. Like oh I'm the bitch here. I'm 100% in the wrong but nonetheless fuuuccckkk this guy