alex 🐸
@salientsun.bsky.social
25 (no minors please). chronic overexplainer, frog appreciator, muppets aficionado, phil ochs stan. relentless optimist (nihilism subtype). post phallo, ama :]
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hot take, i vastly prefer those viral Cute Animal videos being ai generated nowadays bc most of the time the real ones were just animal abuse and mistreatment. i mean i would really rather the ai ones not exist either bc theyre still promoting those practices but they are a lesser evil at least!
December 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
hot take, i vastly prefer those viral Cute Animal videos being ai generated nowadays bc most of the time the real ones were just animal abuse and mistreatment. i mean i would really rather the ai ones not exist either bc theyre still promoting those practices but they are a lesser evil at least!
@sempiternalsap.bsky.social tysm again for the recipe that shit was SO good 🙏🧑🍳
November 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
@sempiternalsap.bsky.social tysm again for the recipe that shit was SO good 🙏🧑🍳
i love my dick even if its different from a natal penis in a number of ways, the comparisons are more interesting/neat than dysphoria inducing to me. However. i have one extremely stupid and goofy persistent brainworm that *does* bug me and it's that my ball hair looks too much like labia hair
November 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
i love my dick even if its different from a natal penis in a number of ways, the comparisons are more interesting/neat than dysphoria inducing to me. However. i have one extremely stupid and goofy persistent brainworm that *does* bug me and it's that my ball hair looks too much like labia hair
when i first heard the song bill watterson by lemon demon, i felt more seen than i have in my whole life tbqh. i used to daydream abt my school being destroyed in a disaster but watterson was there and saved me specifically because he liked my dinosaur hat. this was when i was like, 5 or 6 lol
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
when i first heard the song bill watterson by lemon demon, i felt more seen than i have in my whole life tbqh. i used to daydream abt my school being destroyed in a disaster but watterson was there and saved me specifically because he liked my dinosaur hat. this was when i was like, 5 or 6 lol
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I genuinely wonder how many of my political views were influenced by reading Watterson's hardline harangues against the syndicates in assorted books as a kid/teen.
It's the fortieth anniversary of "Calvin and Hobbes," so I'm reposting the long piece that I wrote about the comic strip for the Los Angeles Review of Books. Outside of my books, it's my favorite long-form thing that I've done. lareviewofbooks.org/article/sell...
Selling Out the Newspaper Comic Strip | Los Angeles Review of Books
The comic strip and its evolution and devolution.
lareviewofbooks.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I genuinely wonder how many of my political views were influenced by reading Watterson's hardline harangues against the syndicates in assorted books as a kid/teen.
razr is off being repaired (i dropped it more and fully fucked the rear camera lmao. this is not an indictment of the phone, which stood up shockingly well to my klutziness) so im using a cheap bottom of the line samsung in the interim. yall it sucks sooo bad going back from a flip phone
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
razr is off being repaired (i dropped it more and fully fucked the rear camera lmao. this is not an indictment of the phone, which stood up shockingly well to my klutziness) so im using a cheap bottom of the line samsung in the interim. yall it sucks sooo bad going back from a flip phone
ontario has a town called Petrolia with an Oil Heritage Rd and an Oil St that turns into Tank St lmao
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
ontario has a town called Petrolia with an Oil Heritage Rd and an Oil St that turns into Tank St lmao
was looking for data to compare to what im saying in this thread and ohhh my god why is there not better demographic info at a more granular level than county...i need to find a free way to get back into gis mapping lmao
the lack of cities in ms is probably one of the biggest factors in the state's de facto segregation, imo. if you have a county thats pretty much 50/50 black/white, the distribution of households leads to some school districts that are 90/10 and some 10/90
A lot of this is "Mississippi needs cities"
November 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
was looking for data to compare to what im saying in this thread and ohhh my god why is there not better demographic info at a more granular level than county...i need to find a free way to get back into gis mapping lmao
the lack of cities in ms is probably one of the biggest factors in the state's de facto segregation, imo. if you have a county thats pretty much 50/50 black/white, the distribution of households leads to some school districts that are 90/10 and some 10/90
A lot of this is "Mississippi needs cities"
If white people in Mississippi voted like the average white American, it would be a deep blue state
November 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
the lack of cities in ms is probably one of the biggest factors in the state's de facto segregation, imo. if you have a county thats pretty much 50/50 black/white, the distribution of households leads to some school districts that are 90/10 and some 10/90
it bugs me soooo much when people call "this land is your land" a manifest destiny song. literally couldnt be further from the truth, if anything its pro-landback!
November 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
it bugs me soooo much when people call "this land is your land" a manifest destiny song. literally couldnt be further from the truth, if anything its pro-landback!
it is snowing horizontally rn and i hate that with every fibre of my being
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
it is snowing horizontally rn and i hate that with every fibre of my being
honestly i think the way to get myself to buckle down and read the theory stuff ive been meaning to is just to treat it like homework. take notes on what its saying / key points, try to synthesize different ideas, hash out my own thoughts in response
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
honestly i think the way to get myself to buckle down and read the theory stuff ive been meaning to is just to treat it like homework. take notes on what its saying / key points, try to synthesize different ideas, hash out my own thoughts in response
the edge bumpers and screen protector on the razr are really fucking good tbh. i am a Massive butterfingers and have dropped my phone on hard surfaces dozens of times and my screens are both in great shape, just a couple barely noticeable scratches
October 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
the edge bumpers and screen protector on the razr are really fucking good tbh. i am a Massive butterfingers and have dropped my phone on hard surfaces dozens of times and my screens are both in great shape, just a couple barely noticeable scratches
surgeon told me i was a good self-historian during my consult for my next phallo stage 😎
October 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
surgeon told me i was a good self-historian during my consult for my next phallo stage 😎
October 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Everyone who wants sooo desperately to have a thing it is acceptable to be cruel towards due to its inhumanity needs to read The Life-Cycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang tbqh
October 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Everyone who wants sooo desperately to have a thing it is acceptable to be cruel towards due to its inhumanity needs to read The Life-Cycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang tbqh
Coming up on 10 years on T, damn that's wild. Dysphoria is barely a thing for me anymore (tho surgeries had more of an impact on that) and I'm able to handle and move past shit that would've made me massively spiral years ago.
October 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Coming up on 10 years on T, damn that's wild. Dysphoria is barely a thing for me anymore (tho surgeries had more of an impact on that) and I'm able to handle and move past shit that would've made me massively spiral years ago.
Its my birthday (turned 25) and I'm spending it (+ anniversary in 10d) with my husband :3
September 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Its my birthday (turned 25) and I'm spending it (+ anniversary in 10d) with my husband :3
The steelman for the former (I assume) is that its more precise by referring to the hormones themselves (categorically, being androgens (T) vs estrogens (E)) rather than their effects. Theres a few issues w that though imo--prog is a common component of feminizing hrt and is neither of those (1/)
Fascinated by the push over on Tumblr to say "Androgenizing and estrogenizing hormone therapy" instead of "Masculinizing and feminizing hormone therapy" on the grounds that these are less gendered terms like
Gendered: Man in latin
Not Gendered: Man in greek
Gendered: Man in latin
Not Gendered: Man in greek
September 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The steelman for the former (I assume) is that its more precise by referring to the hormones themselves (categorically, being androgens (T) vs estrogens (E)) rather than their effects. Theres a few issues w that though imo--prog is a common component of feminizing hrt and is neither of those (1/)
Not a big fan of how ppl talk abt and categorize transsexuality on here a lot of the time lol. I haven't taken my T shot in a couple months and I'm pretty sure I could live w/o access to hrt even if it would kinda suck longterm. Surgical access has made more of a difference for me personally
September 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Not a big fan of how ppl talk abt and categorize transsexuality on here a lot of the time lol. I haven't taken my T shot in a couple months and I'm pretty sure I could live w/o access to hrt even if it would kinda suck longterm. Surgical access has made more of a difference for me personally
I love making my boss (a moderately conservative neolib gay man in his 70s) listen to my diehard commie anti-war protest music and I especially love that he winds up enjoying it *way* more than any of my less political music lmaooo
August 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I love making my boss (a moderately conservative neolib gay man in his 70s) listen to my diehard commie anti-war protest music and I especially love that he winds up enjoying it *way* more than any of my less political music lmaooo
Its such a fucking tragic story but also really beautiful and moving. Cw for rape
a woman was raped and misidentified the culprit as Cotton due to police incompetence and leading questions. Years later, he was exonerated by DNA that ided the actual rapist 1/
a woman was raped and misidentified the culprit as Cotton due to police incompetence and leading questions. Years later, he was exonerated by DNA that ided the actual rapist 1/
Tbh if I had to name what ultimately radicalized me it would prob be reading my moms psych textbooks lol. More specifically, the story of Robert Cotton really stuck with me. i can still remember the page layouts with his mugshot vs the actual culprit's
August 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Its such a fucking tragic story but also really beautiful and moving. Cw for rape
a woman was raped and misidentified the culprit as Cotton due to police incompetence and leading questions. Years later, he was exonerated by DNA that ided the actual rapist 1/
a woman was raped and misidentified the culprit as Cotton due to police incompetence and leading questions. Years later, he was exonerated by DNA that ided the actual rapist 1/
Tbh if I had to name what ultimately radicalized me it would prob be reading my moms psych textbooks lol. More specifically, the story of Robert Cotton really stuck with me. i can still remember the page layouts with his mugshot vs the actual culprit's
August 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Tbh if I had to name what ultimately radicalized me it would prob be reading my moms psych textbooks lol. More specifically, the story of Robert Cotton really stuck with me. i can still remember the page layouts with his mugshot vs the actual culprit's
Look I'm sorry but if you want to write robot sci-fi specifically you kinda do need to read SOME asimov lmao. Just the basics is fine, no need to cover everything! But if you don't know any of it you're gonna end up reinventing the wheel
August 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Look I'm sorry but if you want to write robot sci-fi specifically you kinda do need to read SOME asimov lmao. Just the basics is fine, no need to cover everything! But if you don't know any of it you're gonna end up reinventing the wheel
speaking of that particular subculture, remembering how I would get into efights with this corny ass roleplaying blog called "anti-feminist-firestar" on tumblr, holy shit that was funny. There were like 3 mods on that blog and they were all like 15-20yo iirc?? Like damn that's embarrassing for u lol
I'm probably the only person who still thinks abt her in 2025 lol but she rly is a time capsule of that early 2010s backlash against feminism and social justice. A culture that feels almost quaint looking back. We truly didn't know how good we had it 😔
August 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
speaking of that particular subculture, remembering how I would get into efights with this corny ass roleplaying blog called "anti-feminist-firestar" on tumblr, holy shit that was funny. There were like 3 mods on that blog and they were all like 15-20yo iirc?? Like damn that's embarrassing for u lol