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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 7h

Never understimate the capacity for ordinary people to participate in atrocities.

I hope that pastor is ok

Kyle Hester Film Maker @kylehester.bsky.social · 1d

Pastor getting pepper sprayed by i ce... because... mErIkA

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 8h

No matter what happens at SCOTUS, conversion therapy for asexual and aromantic people will still be perfectly legal and culturally accepted. And that has to change,

We won't end conversion therapy without ending it for aspec people, too.

The Supreme Court's consideration of Chiles v. Salazar is a good time to remember aspec conversion therapy is still a perfectly legal practice everywhere.

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 8h

CHRISTOPHER DURANG REFERENCE

Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 8h

Doesn't the cishetpatriarchy always come first, though?

Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 2d

I'm offended that this take leaves out other potato experiences, which is just another example of the cisheteropatriarchy in action.

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 3d

This was really fun. A conversation about amatopunk, radical relationship structures and queer joy. And make sure you follow Arielle!

Living the Joy of Amatopunk... with Arielle Joria

One on One, we discuss the spirit of amatopunk, our histories with radical relationship structures and the importance of choosing aspec joy.

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 3d

Next Sunday, a new digital workshop focused on preserving your peace in digital spaces. We'll go beyond the dating apps, as well.

www.crowdcast.io/c/digitalpeace

Protect Your Digital Peace: Dating and the Apps while Aspec

Register now for Protect Your Digital Peace: Dating and the Apps while Aspec on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on October 12, 2025, 12:00 PM EDT.

www.crowdcast.io

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 7d

Getting people to fully accept and affirm your happily single life can be a challenge.

"I'm perfectly content being single. How do I get my friends to believe me?"

There are strategies to get your friends to respect your happy single life.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 8d

BREAKING

Dr. Jane Goodall has died. She was 91.

It is impossible to sum up the impact she has had on our world and on science in a social media post.

She lived a long and incredible life but I am devastated.

Full Story: bit.ly/4pPcNFH

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 10d

I loved it for a number of reasons, beyond what I wrote about here. It hit me hard as someone in their 40s trying to figure out what's happening past midlife. I just thought it was perfect.

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 10d

I binged SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE after Jeff Hiller won the Emmy. I couldn't have built a more aspec-affirming world if I tried.

"Somebody Somewhere": The show that doesn't know it's an uplifting aspec vision.

When Jeff Hiller won the Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for HBO’s Somebody Somewhere, I told myself it was time to finally check out this show.

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 14d

We have to live in a fascist country AND endure "Wicked: For Good" discourse?

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Alma Katsu (FIEND is out now) @almakatsu.bsky.social · 14d

The Fall of the House of Usher has come up quite a bit in discussion of FIEND so I'm grateful to @screamkings.bsky.social for the chance to talk about it

Scream Kings Podcast @screamkings.bsky.social · 14d

New episode! We're joined by @almakatsu.bsky.social to talk about her excellent new horror novel, Fiend, as well as the @mikeflanaganfilm.com Fall of the House of Usher series! Listen wherever you get podcasts!
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a person is taking a picture of a chimpanzee with a phone

ALT: a person is taking a picture of a chimpanzee with a phone

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 14d

Being proud of your aspec identity can take a number of different forms.

"How do I feel pride in my asexuality when it's only created struggles?"

Pride can contain all of queerness's complexity.

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 14d

I didn't realize it was cancelled until I was done with Season 3 and I was CRUSHED. haha. It hit me deeply on so many levels.

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Alma Katsu (FIEND is out now) @almakatsu.bsky.social · 16d

As the world (or at least the US) goes to shit, contemplate what it would be like to have a 1,000-year old demon to take care of things for you www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734363...

Fiend by Alma Katsu: 9780593714348 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Historical horror maven Alma Katsu turns her talents to the modern world for the first time, in this terrifying tale about an all-powerful family with an ancient evil under its thumb. Imagine if...

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 17d

If asexuality is left out of our conceptions of queerness and sexuality, the picture is dangerously incomplete.

Sex advice ain't good advice without asexuality.

Asexuality stands in opposition to allonormativity. That's why we need it.

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 17d

I binged SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE, and I cannot recommend this more. It's gorgeously written and acted.

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 21d

I knew and love the score, but MY GOD that fucked me up.

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 21d

I found a slime tutorial of the Bway A STRANGE LOOP today, and decided to watch it. And I'm now kind of sobbing. My god, what a gorgeous piece of musical theatre.

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 21d

"When I brush up against something that flips the “on” switch on my shame or frustration or feeling of being the “other,” I balance that negative input with some positive output."

"When my friends couple up, I feel like it detracts from my life. What do I do?"

Here's how to cut yourself and your friends some emotional slack.

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 22d

The Right actually believes deeply in oppression. They just want it to be *theirs.* They see oppression as a narrative that gives them meaning and nobility -- while having all the power and experiencing nothing of actual oppression.

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 23d

I hate this so much. To frame having an affair with an employee when you're the acting HR person of the company as "a consensual thing with a coworker" is the WORST, and he's using his grossy revised narrative to squeeze some money out of it. This dude's the worst.

Ned Fulmer Breaks Silence on 'Devastating' Cheating Scandal, 3 Years After Leaving The Try Guys (Exclusive)

Ned Fulmer speaks out for the first time after leaving The Try Guys about the cheating scandal that torpedoed his career, the status of his marriage to Ariel and his plans for what’s next.

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 23d

Recognizing and resisting the crushing norms around sex don’t just liberate asexual people. They liberate everyone. Spotting and rejecting the restrictive norms around romance don’t just liberate aromantic people. They liberate everyone.

Aspec ideas are good for you, too, actually.

Allos embracing aspec ideas is a good thing for everyone.

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Cody Daigle-Orians @codydo.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you!

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