RocketMermaid

Difficult to emphasize just how much a generation of kids has been taught that being dishonest, superficial, and narcissistic is the pathway to attention and therefore success

i understand that OP is probably well meaning but this is absolutely not how i want to hear cis people talking about trans issues at the moment. i don't care about bravery. bravery doesn't change our material conditions, bravery doesn't stop the machines looking to churn us up into meat.

No more brave. You are banned from calling us brave. Venmo a trans woman you don’t know $50 for your sins.

worth remembering, David Lynch directed “fix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic “no mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.

a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag

"Obama will prosecute Bush."
"Biden will prosecute Trump."
"Democrats will prosecute Trump if they win the midterms."
"The Good Cop will protect me from the Bad Cop if I talk."

An abuser needs to control what you think is possible. We have to work outside the box the capitalists built around us.

Home security systems are safety theater. They make us feel like we’re in control, but they don’t actually reduce the risk of violence.

If anything, they’re a part of a broader, predatory industry that exploits our fears and *increases* the risk of violence to keep us spending money.

Far Side hypno porn just dropped

I didn’t have to use ChatGPT to know it tells you that you’re right even when you’re wrong. I’ve talked to people about their LLM usage, read reporting and studies about it, and seen what people have shared online. The idea that you HAVE to use something yourself to critique it is not always true

My parents held me back from kindergarten for a year instead of letting me get an actual ADHD diagnosis. I can't even calculate the amount of damage that did all the way through college.

The Boomer obsession with being "normal" has been an absolute goddamn catastrophe for everyone involved.

the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches

Happy anniversary wonderful! 💜😘

I'm still holding on to BUTCH DEADLIFT in case I ever get into roller derby or something.

[CHEERS OBNOXIOUSLY LOUDLY]

GOD MESSED UP AND HERE I AM

do you think gavin newsom is gonna be the guy to build the new deal-type programs necessary to give working people what they need? to go after purveyors of racist hate as the criminals they are? to set forth a vision of the future beyond this quarter's earnings report? fat fucking chance.

i am begging median democrats to think more than one term in advance. it's not enough to elect the right person once. you cannot defeat fascism through polite discussion, and no ground you cede will be enough to stop them demanding more. you *cannot* tolerate intolerance, it always spreads.

Literally half the modular synth community is this guy, and the other half is trans women. It rules.

Pink gristle

Quote this post with a GIF of your first gaming console.

Also, Denver area folks: I'm playing a 15-minute set of dark ambient on my modular rig at the Crypt this Sunday!

Julia Davis Also known as Ubik or RocketMermaid in the tracking and vgremix scenes. Professional brewer and trans lady who got into music with the demoscene back in the late 90s. I've been tinkering with production software ever since, primarily working in the nooks and crannies of weird electronic music. Recently became addicted to modular synthesizers as well.

It's Bandcamp Friday again! Why not consider checking out some of my bleepbloops if you haven't yet?

rocketmermaid.bandcamp.com

I lack the words to capture it, but ... it's just endlessly remarkable to me that so many people in our society have chosen trans kis -- TRANS KIDS, the smallest, least significant, most vulnerable demographic slice you could possibly pick -- as a repository for all their fears & insecurities.

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

From Kate Beaton's inimitable Hark, A Vagrant: www.harkavagrant.com

Also obligatory every time James Joyce gets mentioned:

This just means smut writers are more powerful than you can possibly imagine.

I was probably releasing Scream Tracker 3 tracks in the demoscene before this kid was born.