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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 23m

Got kind of emotional, may have cried a bit, doing my presentation on the history of gender-affirming care, because my research on the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft made it pretty clear that Dora Richter, the first woman to receive a vaginoplasty was murdered by a Nazi during the May 1933 raid. How awful that this person who carried such a powerful part of our history, who had just succeeded in a massive breakthrough for her life and future, had her bright future cut short. How awfully symbolic.

Got very emotional, may have cried for real, doing a bit of casual extra research afterward and learning that last year researcher Clara Hartmann discovered primary documents showing that Dora Richter escaped, fled Nazi Germany, returned home to a rural German village in 1946, and lived with her boyfriend, as herself, as a well-loved and respected woman, to 74. How beautiful that this woman who carried such a powerful part of our history persevered, got to live her bright future. How beautifully symbolic.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 2h

This is actually what is going to happen.

That’s already what’s happening in Lebanon. Israel kills regularly, violates the ceasefire agreement on an hourly basis.

It’s just not on the news anymore.

This is why pressure against Israel mustn’t just continue, but increase.

The Onion @theonion.com · 2h

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 4h

Me descending head-first into a black hole: Really feeling like myself finally. I'm so glad I ignored the haters and started investing in my interests again.

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 4h

Why's her left arm undergoing spaghettification

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 5h

I love your jaunty steps and the smile on your face. This looks like so much fun.

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 5h

Damn you stream? I should check that out sometime.

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 6h

What the fuck is happening in my YouTube ads?

An ad showing a claymation moustachioed, middle-aged man with one arm holding a hand over his forehead, shading a shocked expression from the sun. The caption says "I never realized my masturbation addiction was actually a dopamine response."

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 7h

*Immortan
Why do I have to fuckin proofread my posts to make sure the spell check machine didn't fuck up my spelling

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 7h

Ope! Forgot to alt text it.

As you probably guessed, it's the Immortal Joe "Do not, my friends, become addicted to water" scene from Mad Max fury road. Immortan Joe is an ugly motherfucker strapped up in life support gear, and a somewhat less ugly motherfucker is holding a mic up for him.

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 7h

George Miller having a data center built in LA so his next project can be typing "make a Mad Max movie" into Sora.

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 7h

This is like Superman giving up being a superhero to campaign for Gavin Newsom😭

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 16h

It's most common in kids' media, which makes it all the more distracting in other things. Hades II specifically prompted the post.

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 17h

All of them😭
Why does magic never care how painfully bad your meter is as long as you make two lines rhyme?
Can't we get some magic haikus?
A mystical ABAB iambic pentameter?
A limerick of power?

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 17h

There are certainly more problematic tropes, but none I hate more than "every magic incantation is a rhyming couplet".

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 20h

Tryna get that Baldur's Gate 3 character customization mirror but just for what you find in my pants.

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 22h

Great question! I've done audience-approlriate overviews on terminology that might come up in everyday conversation and why queer people either consider it cool or not cool, super basics on gender-affirming care and its history, and a primer on pronouns and why they're important to people.

RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 1d

It's rough, but a goddamn ton of organizing for liberation depends on talking to liberals, centrists and politically checked-out people a lot. Not trying to be shining, "respectable" paragons of polite politics, but just being a presence among the people we're trying to organize and mobilize.

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 1d

It's amazing how much work just doing friendly demystifying for straight people does.

I've been making presentations on queer topics for my workplace, and they've broken shocking amounts of ice. Most people seeing them just haven't been around queerness before, so the gaps get filled by propaganda.

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 1d

Love that fight!

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh good choice. I'll be curious to hear your thoughts!

RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 1d

I can see why it would be an unintuitive fight for sure. The spear likes space and straight lines, and Learnie is all in a circle with basically no way to consistently keep space between you and the heads.

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SophieNovus @sophienovus.bsky.social · Nov 6

found this tweet on discord and wanted it to boost for my trans and nb friends/mutuals

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Boo-is @louisevans.bsky.social · 1d

Portland dual wielding street confrontation and dance parties:

One person with long rainbow hair, another with tight black hair and a black outfit

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 1d

And this is nothing against the black bloc. I've got a huge amount respect, especially for PNW black bloc protesters. But it's clear Noem and her clown car posse was here for spectacle, and I love that my people know how to ruin a spectacle.

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RJ the Jank Monarch @rjank.bsky.social · 1d

Also the video of her showing up on the roof in her
🔥☠️Badass Aviators☠️🔥™️
only to be relentlessly blasted with Yakety Sax until she got embarrassed and left is *chef's kiss*

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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