Cassandra
@cassieclearly.bsky.social
Transgender nerd of no notable notoriety
Prone to long threads
Exvangelical, Ex-IBLP
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈(She/her) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Prone to long threads
Exvangelical, Ex-IBLP
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈(She/her) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Pinned
Cassandra
@cassieclearly.bsky.social
· Jul 15
Bsky handle has officially changed.
I loved the pun, but I don't love hearing twitch streamers call me by the first half of it. Too close to my deadname.
I'll keep the profile pic the same for now to minimize confusion.
Have some cute pictures as penance
Much love! 💜
I loved the pun, but I don't love hearing twitch streamers call me by the first half of it. Too close to my deadname.
I'll keep the profile pic the same for now to minimize confusion.
Have some cute pictures as penance
Much love! 💜
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I prefer telling this story in a video rather than typing it out but here's some holiday advice for trans & queer folx in video form.
(No, it won't work for everyone. Only use it if you feel safe doing so. Yes, I'm still proud of my daughter for doing this. She was 17 at the time.)
(No, it won't work for everyone. Only use it if you feel safe doing so. Yes, I'm still proud of my daughter for doing this. She was 17 at the time.)
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I prefer telling this story in a video rather than typing it out but here's some holiday advice for trans & queer folx in video form.
(No, it won't work for everyone. Only use it if you feel safe doing so. Yes, I'm still proud of my daughter for doing this. She was 17 at the time.)
(No, it won't work for everyone. Only use it if you feel safe doing so. Yes, I'm still proud of my daughter for doing this. She was 17 at the time.)
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Hey gang, guess what my next Liberal Currents essay is going to tackle?
Yes, the supposed genius and success of the "they/them" ad has been wildly overstated in one of the most degrading exercises in elite confirmation bias I've seen in a while. And it was worse than I thought. Stay tuned!
Yes, the supposed genius and success of the "they/them" ad has been wildly overstated in one of the most degrading exercises in elite confirmation bias I've seen in a while. And it was worse than I thought. Stay tuned!
Just apropos of some ongoing discourse, I think the political class is describing way more salient to the “Kamala is for they them” ad then is actually warranted
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Hey gang, guess what my next Liberal Currents essay is going to tackle?
Yes, the supposed genius and success of the "they/them" ad has been wildly overstated in one of the most degrading exercises in elite confirmation bias I've seen in a while. And it was worse than I thought. Stay tuned!
Yes, the supposed genius and success of the "they/them" ad has been wildly overstated in one of the most degrading exercises in elite confirmation bias I've seen in a while. And it was worse than I thought. Stay tuned!
When I say without any fudged dice rolls, I mean it. I was fully ready to tip the odds in the kiddos' favor if I needed to, and Rose and Raven were also standing by with some pretty powerful spells prepared, just in case, but they managed without help 😊
Redd managed to roll 2 nat 1 attacks, and 2 rather more successful attacks, but the party prevailed (without any fudged dice rolls) and everyone had a blast.
Rivals of Waterdeep ended before the Bluesky exodus, but thanks to their giveaway, I had a full library of D&D Beyond resources
7/
Rivals of Waterdeep ended before the Bluesky exodus, but thanks to their giveaway, I had a full library of D&D Beyond resources
7/
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
When I say without any fudged dice rolls, I mean it. I was fully ready to tip the odds in the kiddos' favor if I needed to, and Rose and Raven were also standing by with some pretty powerful spells prepared, just in case, but they managed without help 😊
This weekend, we transformed part of our home into The Raven and Rose Inn for our kiddo's 13th birthday party, held under the watchful eye of our very own alehouse drake, Amber Bawk.
Neighborhood friends came for a short(ish) session, requested by the kiddo xymself.
I was NERVOUS 1/🧵
Neighborhood friends came for a short(ish) session, requested by the kiddo xymself.
I was NERVOUS 1/🧵
November 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This weekend, we transformed part of our home into The Raven and Rose Inn for our kiddo's 13th birthday party, held under the watchful eye of our very own alehouse drake, Amber Bawk.
Neighborhood friends came for a short(ish) session, requested by the kiddo xymself.
I was NERVOUS 1/🧵
Neighborhood friends came for a short(ish) session, requested by the kiddo xymself.
I was NERVOUS 1/🧵
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I do think that the ecological damage argument against genAI is not sufficient on it's own, especially when we just let pass all sorts of other egregious problems, like the carbon footprint of vacation cruise liners.
You also have to pair it with "it doesn't work and only loses money."
You also have to pair it with "it doesn't work and only loses money."
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I do think that the ecological damage argument against genAI is not sufficient on it's own, especially when we just let pass all sorts of other egregious problems, like the carbon footprint of vacation cruise liners.
You also have to pair it with "it doesn't work and only loses money."
You also have to pair it with "it doesn't work and only loses money."
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I can't imagine why a company that has gone all in on investing in AI would say 1/3 of their work is done by the hallucinating wrongness machine. It certainly couldn't be a total lie.
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I can't imagine why a company that has gone all in on investing in AI would say 1/3 of their work is done by the hallucinating wrongness machine. It certainly couldn't be a total lie.
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I was already all in by the 3rd sentence, but check the thread for a link to the original short film. This is an film project deserving of a little support! 💖🪩
Attention gays!
Do you like disco?
Do you like queer love stories?
Do you wanna help an art student make a sequel to a queer disco love story?
@niqducoteart on Instagram is trying to raise money to cover his CalArts tuition so he can cut back on his working hours and focus on his art 💖
Do you like disco?
Do you like queer love stories?
Do you wanna help an art student make a sequel to a queer disco love story?
@niqducoteart on Instagram is trying to raise money to cover his CalArts tuition so he can cut back on his working hours and focus on his art 💖
Until Morning The Sequel by Nick Ducote - Indiegogo
To raise money for school at CalArts, I want to make a continuation of my first year film!
www.indiegogo.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I was already all in by the 3rd sentence, but check the thread for a link to the original short film. This is an film project deserving of a little support! 💖🪩
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And then all the poor souls will be swept up for tax evasion after this train wreck goes terribly wrong? I mean???
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 AM
And then all the poor souls will be swept up for tax evasion after this train wreck goes terribly wrong? I mean???
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one thing i want to emphasize is these "illiberal" and "postliberal" authoritarians are just thieves and crooks! trump is thief. orban is a thief. putin is the biggest thief of them all.
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
one thing i want to emphasize is these "illiberal" and "postliberal" authoritarians are just thieves and crooks! trump is thief. orban is a thief. putin is the biggest thief of them all.
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What the actual fuck, Apple
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
What the actual fuck, Apple
The wannabe megachurch I attended ran the best food bank in the county...
Until the pastor's wife decided they were giving out too much food and eventually shut it down entirely to open a for-profit thrift store, instead
Until the pastor's wife decided they were giving out too much food and eventually shut it down entirely to open a for-profit thrift store, instead
I grew up in white evangelical fundamentalist churches. I wish I could say I was surprised.
A woman on TikTok did a very simple experiment:
With SNAP benefits paused, would churches give a poor mother with an infant who was starving a can of baby formula?
Spoiler alert: the Protestants failed.
religionunplugged.com/news/kentuck...
With SNAP benefits paused, would churches give a poor mother with an infant who was starving a can of baby formula?
Spoiler alert: the Protestants failed.
religionunplugged.com/news/kentuck...
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The wannabe megachurch I attended ran the best food bank in the county...
Until the pastor's wife decided they were giving out too much food and eventually shut it down entirely to open a for-profit thrift store, instead
Until the pastor's wife decided they were giving out too much food and eventually shut it down entirely to open a for-profit thrift store, instead
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I grew up in white evangelical fundamentalist churches. I wish I could say I was surprised.
A woman on TikTok did a very simple experiment:
With SNAP benefits paused, would churches give a poor mother with an infant who was starving a can of baby formula?
Spoiler alert: the Protestants failed.
religionunplugged.com/news/kentuck...
With SNAP benefits paused, would churches give a poor mother with an infant who was starving a can of baby formula?
Spoiler alert: the Protestants failed.
religionunplugged.com/news/kentuck...
Woman’s Church ‘Baby Formula Test’ Goes Viral, Exposing Compassion Gap
A Kentucky woman who was turned down by dozens of churches of various denominations and sizes in the Bible Belt in donating formula to her hungry baby has created a TikTok sensation. Fortunately, a fe...
religionunplugged.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I grew up in white evangelical fundamentalist churches. I wish I could say I was surprised.
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I reference this all the time and I'm glad that its full power went away when Jobs passed because otherwise tech would be unstoppable. (Not that they haven't tried to keep it up.)
But with politics, it's a non-starter. Sycophants around him is one thing, but the American people aren't buying it.
But with politics, it's a non-starter. Sycophants around him is one thing, but the American people aren't buying it.
When Steve Jobs came back to Apple and started doing the product announcements there was a thing called the Reality Distortion Field where Jobs could sell changes like No Floppy Disk with ease
Trump seems to think he has a similar power, that prices are down and things are great, but it doesn’t work
Trump seems to think he has a similar power, that prices are down and things are great, but it doesn’t work
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I reference this all the time and I'm glad that its full power went away when Jobs passed because otherwise tech would be unstoppable. (Not that they haven't tried to keep it up.)
But with politics, it's a non-starter. Sycophants around him is one thing, but the American people aren't buying it.
But with politics, it's a non-starter. Sycophants around him is one thing, but the American people aren't buying it.
So I usually only feel comfortable posting pictures where my look is on point, but I have to roast myself a bit.
Got a new hair styling tool, had no idea how to use it, and managed to knit my hair into the oval brush attachment.
It took about 10 minutes to work it free, but I fixed it 😅
Got a new hair styling tool, had no idea how to use it, and managed to knit my hair into the oval brush attachment.
It took about 10 minutes to work it free, but I fixed it 😅
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
So I usually only feel comfortable posting pictures where my look is on point, but I have to roast myself a bit.
Got a new hair styling tool, had no idea how to use it, and managed to knit my hair into the oval brush attachment.
It took about 10 minutes to work it free, but I fixed it 😅
Got a new hair styling tool, had no idea how to use it, and managed to knit my hair into the oval brush attachment.
It took about 10 minutes to work it free, but I fixed it 😅
While waiting for my flight to Seattle last month, I met some delightful older liberals, and we talked about how things got to where they stand right now.
They told me I should write a book about growing up a deeply closeted trans girl in Christian Nationalism.
I've got about 50 pages so far.
They told me I should write a book about growing up a deeply closeted trans girl in Christian Nationalism.
I've got about 50 pages so far.
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
While waiting for my flight to Seattle last month, I met some delightful older liberals, and we talked about how things got to where they stand right now.
They told me I should write a book about growing up a deeply closeted trans girl in Christian Nationalism.
I've got about 50 pages so far.
They told me I should write a book about growing up a deeply closeted trans girl in Christian Nationalism.
I've got about 50 pages so far.
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Modern Republicans: No chicken in your pot, no car in your backyard, and a grand ballroom up your ass
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Modern Republicans: No chicken in your pot, no car in your backyard, and a grand ballroom up your ass
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There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
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That was fast!
Transphobia DID NOT play in Virginia
Transphobia DID NOT play in Virginia
Abigail Spanberger will be Virginia’s next governor and the first woman to hold the state’s highest office. Her campaign promised to fight the “chaos” of President Donald Trump’s second term and to address cost-of-living issues. https://bit.ly/3JEKGZp
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
That was fast!
Transphobia DID NOT play in Virginia
Transphobia DID NOT play in Virginia
I feel like Sci Show has gone click-bait.
First a "We don't understand why knitting works" video that people who knit immediately and resoundingly criticized, now a "We've lost control of AI, it's too powerful" video that just seems like pointless fear mongering
First a "We don't understand why knitting works" video that people who knit immediately and resoundingly criticized, now a "We've lost control of AI, it's too powerful" video that just seems like pointless fear mongering
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I feel like Sci Show has gone click-bait.
First a "We don't understand why knitting works" video that people who knit immediately and resoundingly criticized, now a "We've lost control of AI, it's too powerful" video that just seems like pointless fear mongering
First a "We don't understand why knitting works" video that people who knit immediately and resoundingly criticized, now a "We've lost control of AI, it's too powerful" video that just seems like pointless fear mongering
A wonderful thing about @maigheach.bsky.social's writing is that their books are "one more chapter" reads.
Just stood in the kitchen grabbing one more chapter while waiting for my kiddo to brush xyr teeth, and if xe hadn't just finished, I would have read another.
Absolute delight 💖
Just stood in the kitchen grabbing one more chapter while waiting for my kiddo to brush xyr teeth, and if xe hadn't just finished, I would have read another.
Absolute delight 💖
So happy my copy of All the Stars in the Daylight Sky came, even if it's going to be a few hours before trick or treating lets me start reading.
If y'all are sleeping on @maigheach.bsky.social, you're missing out on a phenomenal author!
If y'all are sleeping on @maigheach.bsky.social, you're missing out on a phenomenal author!
November 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A wonderful thing about @maigheach.bsky.social's writing is that their books are "one more chapter" reads.
Just stood in the kitchen grabbing one more chapter while waiting for my kiddo to brush xyr teeth, and if xe hadn't just finished, I would have read another.
Absolute delight 💖
Just stood in the kitchen grabbing one more chapter while waiting for my kiddo to brush xyr teeth, and if xe hadn't just finished, I would have read another.
Absolute delight 💖
"Seat belts, everyone!"
I don't know how many people actually recognized my Miss Frizzle without being told, but it was a fun look and a great way to compliment my wife's fabulous demon librarian.
She was wearing a pin that says "Read Banned Books," but her hand is covering it here
I don't know how many people actually recognized my Miss Frizzle without being told, but it was a fun look and a great way to compliment my wife's fabulous demon librarian.
She was wearing a pin that says "Read Banned Books," but her hand is covering it here
November 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"Seat belts, everyone!"
I don't know how many people actually recognized my Miss Frizzle without being told, but it was a fun look and a great way to compliment my wife's fabulous demon librarian.
She was wearing a pin that says "Read Banned Books," but her hand is covering it here
I don't know how many people actually recognized my Miss Frizzle without being told, but it was a fun look and a great way to compliment my wife's fabulous demon librarian.
She was wearing a pin that says "Read Banned Books," but her hand is covering it here
So happy my copy of All the Stars in the Daylight Sky came, even if it's going to be a few hours before trick or treating lets me start reading.
If y'all are sleeping on @maigheach.bsky.social, you're missing out on a phenomenal author!
If y'all are sleeping on @maigheach.bsky.social, you're missing out on a phenomenal author!
October 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
So happy my copy of All the Stars in the Daylight Sky came, even if it's going to be a few hours before trick or treating lets me start reading.
If y'all are sleeping on @maigheach.bsky.social, you're missing out on a phenomenal author!
If y'all are sleeping on @maigheach.bsky.social, you're missing out on a phenomenal author!
I visited two of my favorite professors for the first time in 20 years today.
It's not often that I get to introduce myself to people who were once authority figures in my life, so to be welcomed with so much joy was an incredibly healing experience 🥹🫶🏼
It's not often that I get to introduce myself to people who were once authority figures in my life, so to be welcomed with so much joy was an incredibly healing experience 🥹🫶🏼
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I visited two of my favorite professors for the first time in 20 years today.
It's not often that I get to introduce myself to people who were once authority figures in my life, so to be welcomed with so much joy was an incredibly healing experience 🥹🫶🏼
It's not often that I get to introduce myself to people who were once authority figures in my life, so to be welcomed with so much joy was an incredibly healing experience 🥹🫶🏼
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Good morning! We are only 392 total subscribers away from hitting out subscription drive goal. It's so close to being over!
What would this mean for the 8 of us who make The Flytrap? Right now we can afford to give ourselves a small holiday bonus.
But hitting the goal would mean a monthly stipend!
What would this mean for the 8 of us who make The Flytrap? Right now we can afford to give ourselves a small holiday bonus.
But hitting the goal would mean a monthly stipend!
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Check your email for details!
It's @theflytrapmedia.com's FIRST BIRTHDAY and we're offering a 15% discount to new subscribers! Join us as a Friend of the Flytrap for two delightful pieces of feminist criticism every week!
October 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Good morning! We are only 392 total subscribers away from hitting out subscription drive goal. It's so close to being over!
What would this mean for the 8 of us who make The Flytrap? Right now we can afford to give ourselves a small holiday bonus.
But hitting the goal would mean a monthly stipend!
What would this mean for the 8 of us who make The Flytrap? Right now we can afford to give ourselves a small holiday bonus.
But hitting the goal would mean a monthly stipend!
She's giving autumn on this chilly October day 🍂
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
She's giving autumn on this chilly October day 🍂