Sarah not Santa
@dappledlight.bsky.social
Science-minded mom and grandma, with a couple of trans kids. Typos may be mine or autocorrect, you decide.
Smacked my foot on the corner of the door to the dishwasher when I was cleaning the kitchen earlier. It seamed okay until I rested it. Now I can’t put weight on it. So much for yoga class tonight.
December 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Smacked my foot on the corner of the door to the dishwasher when I was cleaning the kitchen earlier. It seamed okay until I rested it. Now I can’t put weight on it. So much for yoga class tonight.
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LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
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The Dread Pirate Robert Nozick -
existentialcomics.com/comic/631
existentialcomics.com/comic/631
The Dread Pirate Robert Nozick
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes
existentialcomics.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The Dread Pirate Robert Nozick -
existentialcomics.com/comic/631
existentialcomics.com/comic/631
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
Like Riley Gains tying for fifth, this is a situation where a cis woman was graded based on the merits of their work but because a trans person was involved it is unfair that they didn’t win.
For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic.
(Note for free subscriber...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Like Riley Gains tying for fifth, this is a situation where a cis woman was graded based on the merits of their work but because a trans person was involved it is unfair that they didn’t win.
The voice of Patrick Fabian on the answering machine in this week’s episode of Pluribus was *chef’s kiss*.
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The voice of Patrick Fabian on the answering machine in this week’s episode of Pluribus was *chef’s kiss*.
I wonder how politics would change if politicians salaries were capped at the median household income for their constituents. The poorest communities might end up with representatives that understood them better. And it would behoove the powers that be to improve economic situations for all.
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I wonder how politics would change if politicians salaries were capped at the median household income for their constituents. The poorest communities might end up with representatives that understood them better. And it would behoove the powers that be to improve economic situations for all.
I’m meeting a friend for lunch today who is notoriously late. I have another thing beforehand that is 30 minutes in the opposite direction. It takes 35 minutes to get from one to the other. I was thinking I could leave early. But really I could just leave right when it is over and still be first.
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I’m meeting a friend for lunch today who is notoriously late. I have another thing beforehand that is 30 minutes in the opposite direction. It takes 35 minutes to get from one to the other. I was thinking I could leave early. But really I could just leave right when it is over and still be first.
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I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥
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"Thirty-eight years ago today a Chicago television signal was hijacked and the airing program was replaced by a stranger in a Max Headroom mask. The perpetrator has never been identified."
November 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"Thirty-eight years ago today a Chicago television signal was hijacked and the airing program was replaced by a stranger in a Max Headroom mask. The perpetrator has never been identified."
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I first heard the term Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria a few years after my kid transitioned. It is just a way dismiss a kid.
Parents may feel a little blindsided because the kids spend a lot of time thinking about it before coming out. Then they want transition ASAP. It doesn’t mean it’s not real.
Parents may feel a little blindsided because the kids spend a lot of time thinking about it before coming out. Then they want transition ASAP. It doesn’t mean it’s not real.
NEW ESSAY for Trans Awareness Week! hopefully it will make ppl aware about how bad actors manipulate transgender statistics & that "social contagion/ROGD" are disproven:
on Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/lies-damned-...
& Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/lies-damne...
on Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/lies-damned-...
& Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/lies-damne...
Lies, Damned Lies, and Transgender Statistics
plus over a dozen studies contradicting the “social contagion/rapid onset gender dysphoria” hypothesis
juliaserano.medium.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I first heard the term Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria a few years after my kid transitioned. It is just a way dismiss a kid.
Parents may feel a little blindsided because the kids spend a lot of time thinking about it before coming out. Then they want transition ASAP. It doesn’t mean it’s not real.
Parents may feel a little blindsided because the kids spend a lot of time thinking about it before coming out. Then they want transition ASAP. It doesn’t mean it’s not real.
Every year on Trans Day of Remembrance I try to psych myself up to attend an event. But I never go. This year is different, I’ve given myself permission not to try to psych myself up and will instead take my trans kid out to something that interests her.
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Every year on Trans Day of Remembrance I try to psych myself up to attend an event. But I never go. This year is different, I’ve given myself permission not to try to psych myself up and will instead take my trans kid out to something that interests her.
I was once again told by a doctor that I should reduce my caffeine intake (without asking me what it is). I only have one cup of coffee most days and an occasional second. He also said to reduce stress. Ha!
He can take my coffee from my cold dead hands.
He can take my coffee from my cold dead hands.
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I was once again told by a doctor that I should reduce my caffeine intake (without asking me what it is). I only have one cup of coffee most days and an occasional second. He also said to reduce stress. Ha!
He can take my coffee from my cold dead hands.
He can take my coffee from my cold dead hands.
This whole thread 🧵 is 🔥.
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 AM
This whole thread 🧵 is 🔥.
That whole “death panels” thing from the debates over the ACA 15ish years ago was genius marketing.
It’s clear that the people beating that drum only did so because they would be public death panels not private ones. Private ones are easier to bribe. Or if you are rich enough you can pay OOP.
It’s clear that the people beating that drum only did so because they would be public death panels not private ones. Private ones are easier to bribe. Or if you are rich enough you can pay OOP.
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
That whole “death panels” thing from the debates over the ACA 15ish years ago was genius marketing.
It’s clear that the people beating that drum only did so because they would be public death panels not private ones. Private ones are easier to bribe. Or if you are rich enough you can pay OOP.
It’s clear that the people beating that drum only did so because they would be public death panels not private ones. Private ones are easier to bribe. Or if you are rich enough you can pay OOP.
Um. This is not okay. I just went to the grocery store and my cashier just gave me the senior citizen discount without saying anything. I know I have gray hair but this is worse than when you stop getting carded for alcohol.
Actually at this store they scan your ID for alcohol regardless of age.
Actually at this store they scan your ID for alcohol regardless of age.
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Um. This is not okay. I just went to the grocery store and my cashier just gave me the senior citizen discount without saying anything. I know I have gray hair but this is worse than when you stop getting carded for alcohol.
Actually at this store they scan your ID for alcohol regardless of age.
Actually at this store they scan your ID for alcohol regardless of age.
There’s a person I’ve seen a few times paddling a surfboard on their stomach in the middle of my suburban lake. On previous days I’ve watch them attempt to stand and have the board shoot up into the air. I wonder what their goal is.
November 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
There’s a person I’ve seen a few times paddling a surfboard on their stomach in the middle of my suburban lake. On previous days I’ve watch them attempt to stand and have the board shoot up into the air. I wonder what their goal is.
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Online resources are vital for queer and trans communities, especially youth.
Take action now at QueersAgainstCensorship.com to protect this access and crush online censorship bills like KOSA, ID checks and attempts to strip Section 230.
Take action now at QueersAgainstCensorship.com to protect this access and crush online censorship bills like KOSA, ID checks and attempts to strip Section 230.
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Online resources are vital for queer and trans communities, especially youth.
Take action now at QueersAgainstCensorship.com to protect this access and crush online censorship bills like KOSA, ID checks and attempts to strip Section 230.
Take action now at QueersAgainstCensorship.com to protect this access and crush online censorship bills like KOSA, ID checks and attempts to strip Section 230.
I’m so jealous of the places without solid cloud cover who have been able to see the aurora borealis. We’ve had amazing KP numbers and thick, thick clouds.
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I’m so jealous of the places without solid cloud cover who have been able to see the aurora borealis. We’ve had amazing KP numbers and thick, thick clouds.
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As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
I may have lost my shit on a signature gatherer. But my presence was so upsetting she left. I just kept yelling to anyone who would listen that the store didn’t give her permission to be there, she’d been asked to leave, and the police had been called.
So she left. I hope her grand kids hate her.
So she left. I hope her grand kids hate her.
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I may have lost my shit on a signature gatherer. But my presence was so upsetting she left. I just kept yelling to anyone who would listen that the store didn’t give her permission to be there, she’d been asked to leave, and the police had been called.
So she left. I hope her grand kids hate her.
So she left. I hope her grand kids hate her.
For the people in the back.
Girls sports does not need saving.
Except maybe from predator coaches.
Girls sports does not need saving.
Except maybe from predator coaches.
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
For the people in the back.
Girls sports does not need saving.
Except maybe from predator coaches.
Girls sports does not need saving.
Except maybe from predator coaches.
If you see or hear something that reminds you of somebody you care about. Let them know. It’s a great feeling both ways to reconnect even for a few minutes.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
If you see or hear something that reminds you of somebody you care about. Let them know. It’s a great feeling both ways to reconnect even for a few minutes.