alyssa (any prns)

There Is No Safe Word How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.

I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...

They've paywalled the #NeilGaiman article by Lila Shapiro, so here's an archived version.

Be warned, it's deeply disturbing.

archive.is/HJtxW

Being a “conservative intellectual” must rule so much. There’s this giant mass of babies that are scared of cities, mad at cartoons, and intimidated by women, and your job is to convince them having those feelings makes them brave warriors for western civilization

Pasadena Humane has seen an influx of over 300 animals due to the fires. People lined up down the block to drop off beloved pets they could not take with them when they fled their homes. Some animals arrived with burns and injuries and are being treated. Donations and fosters are needed NOW.

Elon admits that any post on X with a link is throttled

He advises you to upload content directly to X instead, where he can monetize it

Musk is the richest person in the world and his view is everyone should work for him for free

truest of trues

YOU 🫵 should watch arcane

A full-page advertisement from the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) in *The New York Times*, dated Friday, November 11, 2016. The ad, addressed to "President-elect Trump," asserts the ACLU’s commitment to protecting civil liberties in the U.S., stating "We are the American Civil Liberties Union. And we’re not moving to Canada." The text outlines the ACLU’s past actions defending immigrants, dissidents, and political opponents and lists key areas they have challenged in court, including family separation, the U.S. Census, and immigrant rights. It emphasizes their long history (over 100 years), ongoing commitment to civil rights, and readiness to resist any threats to these freedoms. The ad concludes with “Steadfast and determined to make ours a more perfect union, we remain, THE ACLU.”

ACLU took a full page ad in the NYT

despite everything you have to keep loving

to queer people who are worried. or anyone worried, really. you are loved, and we will win, one day as long as we have eachother

Image description: Image by Inclusive Therapists featuring a list of hotlines. More resources at InclusiveTherapists.com/Crisis Warm lines that DON'T call the police: Call Blackline 800-604-5841 Centers BI&POC, LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens *Note: they also have an app. Trans Lifeline US - 877-565-8860 Canada - 877-330-6366 Run by and for trans people *Note: there are hours restrictions. They are generally open Monday thru Friday, 1 PM – 9 PM Eastern. Also, they have Spanish language options. Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line 888-407-4515 Run by trained peer supporters *Note: they are open specific hours, too — 7pm to 9pm ET Monday through Thursday & 7pm-10pm ET Friday through Sunday. StrongHearts Native Helpline 844-762-8483 Centering Native Americans & Alaska Natives *Note: focused on domestic / intimate partner & sexual violence. You can also chat with them online or via text. Thrive Lifeline 313-662-8209 Trans-led and operated *Note: this is primarily a text line, but it is open 24/7 and focused on people from marginalized & forcibly oppressed communities (including disability & neurodivergence). LGBT National Help Center 888-843-4564 *Note: there are hours restrictions. They are generally open Mon-Fri 4 PM - Midnight/eastern time & Sat Noon - 5 PM/eastern time. They have specific lines for coming out (888-688-5428), youth (800-246-7743), and seniors (888-234-7243). Also, they have an online peer chat, which is open Mon-Fri 4 PM - Midnight/eastern time & Sat Noon - 5 PM/eastern time.

Reminder that some of the hotlines people are sharing for crisis conversations 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬, regardless of what your wishes are.

These ones won't.

Add'l notes in the 🧵

Hey because of ~~events~~ we're seeing a MASSIVE uptick in traffic. Our full transfem guide is great but it's a lot to digest and getting people over that first hurdle of "hey, I can do that!" is the hard part. Lets talk about DIY HRT. 🧵

and this is a relatively obvious example - the biases run unfathomably deep. garbage in, (mangled & unsourced) garbage out.

i just want to give them melanin 😭

I was just looking at genshin skin mods but now I’m scared of getting banned :(

wowee I saw dan and phil in real life

love when i recognize people on here from twitter but can’t remember if its because i followed them or blocked them

🧡

everyone Joining bluesky feels like we have all Just logged onto a new minecraft Server but nobody has tools and its Night time and there are mobs everywhere but the Power of friendship will keep us Alive and oh shit oh no a creeper guys help pleas oh my go

I thought I'd have a nice house, to blow my brains out
Or a fast car, to run from danger
My own place, where I could get away

do i have to call them skeets

Now that you are on Bluesky with us,
please stay, Don't leave ❤️

A bunch of men are hanging out in a big hole. A sign points to it labelled "Hole." One of the men in the hole points to a sign that says "NEW HOLE." He says "hey look! someone made a new hole!" All the men frantically rush out of the old hole and into the new one. One comments "this feels like how the old hole used to feel."

guess we are trying this again

reaction image of ben affleck smoking off a balcony. his expression conveys pain, exhaustion, and defeat.

i was following several thousand accounts and very few are on bluesky

i’m scared that if I get my account back, the only way I could prevent this from happening again is to go private and/or pay for twitter :/

aaaand my posts keep getting retweeted by bots. anyone else experience this ???

I’ve also been having to complete several Arkose challenges each day