NightlingBug
@nightlingbug.bsky.social
Mazey Veselak
a smaller, softer moon
ennie-winning ttrpg designer
nebula award finalist
(she/her or zey/zem)
Wickedness: http://nightling-bug.itch.io/wickedness
Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast: https://possumcreekgames.com/pages/yazebas-bed-breakfast
a smaller, softer moon
ennie-winning ttrpg designer
nebula award finalist
(she/her or zey/zem)
Wickedness: http://nightling-bug.itch.io/wickedness
Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast: https://possumcreekgames.com/pages/yazebas-bed-breakfast
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i think young ppl who've grown up in the decades since where the kind of character and iconography represented by frank n furter is now just kind of the most commonplace mass media imagery of transfemininity are mostly just bored & unmoved by it. not really subversive to straightness even anymore
This tracks, as a lot of the writing/reviews on it I've read have been very "you young people just don't understand" in tone.
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
i think young ppl who've grown up in the decades since where the kind of character and iconography represented by frank n furter is now just kind of the most commonplace mass media imagery of transfemininity are mostly just bored & unmoved by it. not really subversive to straightness even anymore
viral queer romcom premise: totally normal 2nd act love triangle. HOWEVER, there are two versions of the 3rd act, one where the heroine commits to working things out with her longtime partner, one where she runs away with the exciting new spark.
the projectionist flips a coin during the trailers.
the projectionist flips a coin during the trailers.
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
viral queer romcom premise: totally normal 2nd act love triangle. HOWEVER, there are two versions of the 3rd act, one where the heroine commits to working things out with her longtime partner, one where she runs away with the exciting new spark.
the projectionist flips a coin during the trailers.
the projectionist flips a coin during the trailers.
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okay um, a long time ago I was going to do a sequel zine to this but I got really busy with a job and other things, so I'm just going to post the best of what I managed, free. These are all based off of actual outfits of hers!
I do have a kofi in my bio though if you do feel inclined 😗💋✨
#artpost
I do have a kofi in my bio though if you do feel inclined 😗💋✨
#artpost
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
okay um, a long time ago I was going to do a sequel zine to this but I got really busy with a job and other things, so I'm just going to post the best of what I managed, free. These are all based off of actual outfits of hers!
I do have a kofi in my bio though if you do feel inclined 😗💋✨
#artpost
I do have a kofi in my bio though if you do feel inclined 😗💋✨
#artpost
the history books are going to say that when marijuana was legalized in the US the number of potheads skyrocketed. but they'll leave out the fact that a pandemic gave 1 in 10 of us chronic pain in a country with no real health care
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
the history books are going to say that when marijuana was legalized in the US the number of potheads skyrocketed. but they'll leave out the fact that a pandemic gave 1 in 10 of us chronic pain in a country with no real health care
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Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
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When "I won't vote for somebody who doesn't support trans people" is considered a hostage taking purity test
but "I won't vote for somebody who DOES support trans people" is NOT considered a hostage-taking purity test
then we aren't against hostage taking, we're just choosing our preferred hostage
but "I won't vote for somebody who DOES support trans people" is NOT considered a hostage-taking purity test
then we aren't against hostage taking, we're just choosing our preferred hostage
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
When "I won't vote for somebody who doesn't support trans people" is considered a hostage taking purity test
but "I won't vote for somebody who DOES support trans people" is NOT considered a hostage-taking purity test
then we aren't against hostage taking, we're just choosing our preferred hostage
but "I won't vote for somebody who DOES support trans people" is NOT considered a hostage-taking purity test
then we aren't against hostage taking, we're just choosing our preferred hostage
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Words really can’t express how important @archive.org is in the world of information science, but it’s also pivotal to preserving digital histories targeted and then erased by the federal government as well. If you can?
Donate Here. archive.org/donate
New story: www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/t...
Donate Here. archive.org/donate
New story: www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/t...
Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are stored | CNN Business
The Internet Archive is preserving the web one page at a time, a job that’s more critical than ever as the internet evolves in the age of AI.
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Words really can’t express how important @archive.org is in the world of information science, but it’s also pivotal to preserving digital histories targeted and then erased by the federal government as well. If you can?
Donate Here. archive.org/donate
New story: www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/t...
Donate Here. archive.org/donate
New story: www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/t...
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godzilla plus two (she's polyamorous now)
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
godzilla plus two (she's polyamorous now)
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Racism is fascism practiced on Black people first.
Hitler based the Nuremberg laws on US Jim Crow. He invaded Russia because he wanted his own California.
The US shifting from a racist country to a fascist country basically means "Start treating everyone like you've always treated Black people."
Hitler based the Nuremberg laws on US Jim Crow. He invaded Russia because he wanted his own California.
The US shifting from a racist country to a fascist country basically means "Start treating everyone like you've always treated Black people."
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Racism is fascism practiced on Black people first.
Hitler based the Nuremberg laws on US Jim Crow. He invaded Russia because he wanted his own California.
The US shifting from a racist country to a fascist country basically means "Start treating everyone like you've always treated Black people."
Hitler based the Nuremberg laws on US Jim Crow. He invaded Russia because he wanted his own California.
The US shifting from a racist country to a fascist country basically means "Start treating everyone like you've always treated Black people."
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i love when the future of technology and the entire world burn through more money than can even be percieved and also lie to everyone about it
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
i love when the future of technology and the entire world burn through more money than can even be percieved and also lie to everyone about it
hot take: Ponyo has most of the structure of a godzilla movie
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
hot take: Ponyo has most of the structure of a godzilla movie
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What bothers me is that impartiality and balance are two different and incompatible things. Impartiality means that you don't intervene to put your thumb on the scales. Balance necessarily requires that you intervene to artificially make every issue look like a 50/50.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
What bothers me is that impartiality and balance are two different and incompatible things. Impartiality means that you don't intervene to put your thumb on the scales. Balance necessarily requires that you intervene to artificially make every issue look like a 50/50.
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NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!! 🥳
As your politicians caved in Washington, comrades across Texas came together to support trans healthcare by building out 800 HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits.
Fund a kit here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
See their post here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ220LxgP4v/
As your politicians caved in Washington, comrades across Texas came together to support trans healthcare by building out 800 HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits.
Fund a kit here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
See their post here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ220LxgP4v/
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!! 🥳
As your politicians caved in Washington, comrades across Texas came together to support trans healthcare by building out 800 HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits.
Fund a kit here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
See their post here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ220LxgP4v/
As your politicians caved in Washington, comrades across Texas came together to support trans healthcare by building out 800 HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits.
Fund a kit here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
See their post here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ220LxgP4v/
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This shit fills me with so much contempt. I've had to work on Thanksgiving and Christmas before as a bartender, and you're telling me some fucking senators couldn't suck it up and do that once in order to slow the rise of fascism. Cowards. Pathetic. I hate them so much
It really does seem like there's a decent chance that these senators screwed us because they don't want their personal Thanksgiving plans to be disrupted.
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This shit fills me with so much contempt. I've had to work on Thanksgiving and Christmas before as a bartender, and you're telling me some fucking senators couldn't suck it up and do that once in order to slow the rise of fascism. Cowards. Pathetic. I hate them so much
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Truly amazing that any time the democrats have to bite the bullet and do something that ruins countless lives, there's always *just* enough votes to get it done, but if there is a vote on something that would actually improve people's lives, they are always one vote short. Crazy how that happens.
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Truly amazing that any time the democrats have to bite the bullet and do something that ruins countless lives, there's always *just* enough votes to get it done, but if there is a vote on something that would actually improve people's lives, they are always one vote short. Crazy how that happens.
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and now all those senate dems are going to go back to their fabulous mansions with a full belly and excellent healthcare, and sleep like a baby, content knowing they did The Right Thing™, The Only Thing They Could Have POSSIBLY Done™
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
and now all those senate dems are going to go back to their fabulous mansions with a full belly and excellent healthcare, and sleep like a baby, content knowing they did The Right Thing™, The Only Thing They Could Have POSSIBLY Done™
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It really does seem like there's a decent chance that these senators screwed us because they don't want their personal Thanksgiving plans to be disrupted.
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
It really does seem like there's a decent chance that these senators screwed us because they don't want their personal Thanksgiving plans to be disrupted.
I think that the nazi takeover of twitter had a much bigger knock-on effect for all other forms of social media than anyone is willing to admit, even the platforms that were supposed to be trans/queer/POC havens, and that we haven't yet seen the full ripple effect of the villain-moderated internet
November 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I think that the nazi takeover of twitter had a much bigger knock-on effect for all other forms of social media than anyone is willing to admit, even the platforms that were supposed to be trans/queer/POC havens, and that we haven't yet seen the full ripple effect of the villain-moderated internet
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This is a beautifully-written piece about a horrifying and worsening situation. I cried.
Remembrance Sunday is a day to mourn the senseless loss of life and to say, never again. With that in mind, how can people turn a blind eye to the deliberate attempt to erase trans people from existence?
Remembrance Sunday is a day to mourn the senseless loss of life and to say, never again. With that in mind, how can people turn a blind eye to the deliberate attempt to erase trans people from existence?
For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This is a beautifully-written piece about a horrifying and worsening situation. I cried.
Remembrance Sunday is a day to mourn the senseless loss of life and to say, never again. With that in mind, how can people turn a blind eye to the deliberate attempt to erase trans people from existence?
Remembrance Sunday is a day to mourn the senseless loss of life and to say, never again. With that in mind, how can people turn a blind eye to the deliberate attempt to erase trans people from existence?
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There's something deeply and maybe incriminatingly exciting about Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast. It makes me want to play it in a way that honestly few roleplaying game texts do. I just keep reading through the chapters because I want to know what wild idea, what tenderness awaits me on the next page.
November 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
There's something deeply and maybe incriminatingly exciting about Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast. It makes me want to play it in a way that honestly few roleplaying game texts do. I just keep reading through the chapters because I want to know what wild idea, what tenderness awaits me on the next page.
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Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast was a game that arrived at my house about three days before I had to pack up all my games for moving, so I never got to read it, until now.
HOLY GUACAMOLE is this book good. It's a thing of astonishing depth, breadth, and detail. An incredible achievement. Outstandingly.
HOLY GUACAMOLE is this book good. It's a thing of astonishing depth, breadth, and detail. An incredible achievement. Outstandingly.
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast was a game that arrived at my house about three days before I had to pack up all my games for moving, so I never got to read it, until now.
HOLY GUACAMOLE is this book good. It's a thing of astonishing depth, breadth, and detail. An incredible achievement. Outstandingly.
HOLY GUACAMOLE is this book good. It's a thing of astonishing depth, breadth, and detail. An incredible achievement. Outstandingly.
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Dick Cheney did 9/11 to make New York City racist against Muslims and then died the night before they elected a Muslim mayor. What a world.
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Dick Cheney did 9/11 to make New York City racist against Muslims and then died the night before they elected a Muslim mayor. What a world.
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never trust the "nation"!
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
never trust the "nation"!
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please retire the phrase "i wish i had time to be depressed"
1) nobody has time to be depressed
2) depression doesn't care if you're busy
3) willing yourself to force through symptoms bc you have stuff to do is only effective for mild-medium depression, not severe
4) it's a shitty thing to say
1) nobody has time to be depressed
2) depression doesn't care if you're busy
3) willing yourself to force through symptoms bc you have stuff to do is only effective for mild-medium depression, not severe
4) it's a shitty thing to say
November 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
please retire the phrase "i wish i had time to be depressed"
1) nobody has time to be depressed
2) depression doesn't care if you're busy
3) willing yourself to force through symptoms bc you have stuff to do is only effective for mild-medium depression, not severe
4) it's a shitty thing to say
1) nobody has time to be depressed
2) depression doesn't care if you're busy
3) willing yourself to force through symptoms bc you have stuff to do is only effective for mild-medium depression, not severe
4) it's a shitty thing to say
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Every time one of these mass murderers dies without having faced any consequence for the massacres they ordered, the lives they destroyed, the societies they razed to the ground… I realize how far we are from a world with justice. Rest in hell Dick Cheney. Your legacy is death.
November 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Every time one of these mass murderers dies without having faced any consequence for the massacres they ordered, the lives they destroyed, the societies they razed to the ground… I realize how far we are from a world with justice. Rest in hell Dick Cheney. Your legacy is death.