"Some days it feels like I'll never slay the spire:" a hypothetical conference paper on rogue-likes and rhetorics of persistence, by an academic who is bad at video game
August 24, 2026 at 3:57 PM
"Some days it feels like I'll never slay the spire:" a hypothetical conference paper on rogue-likes and rhetorics of persistence, by an academic who is bad at video game
Reposted by August
"It should not have to be said that no word puzzle app is more important than our lives. No amount of recipes, book reviews and “serious” journalism are worth our rights to exist, as ourselves... These things can all be found elsewhere, in better quality and far less stained by our blood."
"If trans people want a boycott of The New York Times, where's the call to do so?"
Here is a declaration laying out how the NYT is a key driver of trans genocide, why boycotts work and why anyone who gives a damn about trans lives and rights must boycott The New York Times.
Here is a declaration laying out how the NYT is a key driver of trans genocide, why boycotts work and why anyone who gives a damn about trans lives and rights must boycott The New York Times.
Boycott The New York Times
For years The New York Times has relentlessly pushed anti-trans propaganda, playing a significant role in the escalating genocide against us. It's far past time for a call to action: anyone who cares ...
transnews.network
August 21, 2026 at 7:54 PM
"It should not have to be said that no word puzzle app is more important than our lives. No amount of recipes, book reviews and “serious” journalism are worth our rights to exist, as ourselves... These things can all be found elsewhere, in better quality and far less stained by our blood."
Reposted by August
Important pigeon shit update: Capitol Hill station was given a deep-cleaning this morning, according to Sound Transit's Ed Cobean at today's board meeting. "We restored the station to a higher standard of cleanliness and long-term maintainability," Cobean told board members.
August 6, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Important pigeon shit update: Capitol Hill station was given a deep-cleaning this morning, according to Sound Transit's Ed Cobean at today's board meeting. "We restored the station to a higher standard of cleanliness and long-term maintainability," Cobean told board members.
Reposted by August
250 years old and this bitch america still has the lousiest taste in men
July 4, 2026 at 6:17 PM
250 years old and this bitch america still has the lousiest taste in men
Really need all these leftists to stop glazing the Pope for having a good take about AI and start talking about the massive ban on trans healthcare the church is enacting in the US
May 26, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Really need all these leftists to stop glazing the Pope for having a good take about AI and start talking about the massive ban on trans healthcare the church is enacting in the US
Reposted by August
‘People will die,’ an advocate warns, as standard treatments for gender dysphoria are replaced with therapy and antidepressants after Trump’s February order affecting trans people in the federal prison system.
Federal Prisons Bar Gender-Affirming Care for Trans People
‘People will die,’ an advocate warns, as standard treatments for gender dysphoria are replaced with therapy and antidepressants after Trump’s order.
www.themarshallproject.org
March 18, 2026 at 3:39 PM
‘People will die,’ an advocate warns, as standard treatments for gender dysphoria are replaced with therapy and antidepressants after Trump’s February order affecting trans people in the federal prison system.
Reposted by August
It’s true that vaccine access could be improved but these challenges haven’t significantly worsened over the last 10 years. Vaccine hesitancy has.
The problem is misinformation and public health researchers pretending otherwise is not helping.
The problem is misinformation and public health researchers pretending otherwise is not helping.
"Vaccine hesitancy matters, but barriers to access are being systematically overlooked."
Systemic weaknesses lost the UK its measles elimination status
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Systemic weaknesses lost the UK its measles elimination status
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
March 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
It’s true that vaccine access could be improved but these challenges haven’t significantly worsened over the last 10 years. Vaccine hesitancy has.
The problem is misinformation and public health researchers pretending otherwise is not helping.
The problem is misinformation and public health researchers pretending otherwise is not helping.
Reposted by August
We'd all be happier if we lived somewhere walkable (The Deep Space Nine space station)
March 4, 2026 at 1:28 AM
We'd all be happier if we lived somewhere walkable (The Deep Space Nine space station)