Theo
@theokane.bsky.social
Author, cat person, plant daddy, comic nerd, and book lover. They/he. In my garden in Seattle. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 sliverofice.com/links
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@theokane.bsky.social
· Oct 10
Solace in Fantasy Monster Romances and My Trans Body - Uncanny Magazine
In July 2022, I lay in bed recovering from gender-affirming bottom surgery.1 Outside of two modest earlobe piercings, I’d never permanently changed my body before; to finally feel in control of my own...
www.uncannymagazine.com
Read my essay in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social for free — Solace in Fantasy Monster Romances and My Trans Body www.uncannymagazine.com/article/sola...
Thanks to Michael and the team for making this happen, and my friend James for their early feedback. 🏳️⚧️💕 #Romancelandia
Thanks to Michael and the team for making this happen, and my friend James for their early feedback. 🏳️⚧️💕 #Romancelandia
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Here’s my customary “don’t give up hope” episode. I hope it helps you get through a shitty end of a tough year.
In the final episode of a four part series, @jamesstout.bsky.social talks about the need for mutual aid, and speaks to the family hosting Primrose now.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
December 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Here’s my customary “don’t give up hope” episode. I hope it helps you get through a shitty end of a tough year.
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Christopher Rufo is just a white supremacist, and I think it’s silly that we’re still doing news stories where he’s called a conservative activist or some other harmless sounding term.
December 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Christopher Rufo is just a white supremacist, and I think it’s silly that we’re still doing news stories where he’s called a conservative activist or some other harmless sounding term.
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Glad Star Trek now exists in LEGO form so I can do dumb things such as recreate scenes like this. #iykyk #definitelyfuckedaghost #subrosa
December 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Glad Star Trek now exists in LEGO form so I can do dumb things such as recreate scenes like this. #iykyk #definitelyfuckedaghost #subrosa
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America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.
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3 concrete things men can do to be protectors of women instead of the status quo:
November 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
3 concrete things men can do to be protectors of women instead of the status quo:
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It's not a badge of honor when books get banned. It stinks for everyone. For the book creators, who worked hard to create something special that now won't be shared. The kids who miss out. The librarians and teachers who are treated like criminals. And taxpayers who have to pay for this nonsense.
December 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It's not a badge of honor when books get banned. It stinks for everyone. For the book creators, who worked hard to create something special that now won't be shared. The kids who miss out. The librarians and teachers who are treated like criminals. And taxpayers who have to pay for this nonsense.
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We need to be able to see that the line "accommodations have gone too far" is an expression of the ableist notion that disabled students do not belong in higher ed. Its fundamentally an anxiety about the fact that disabled students get an "advantage" over abled students.
December 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We need to be able to see that the line "accommodations have gone too far" is an expression of the ableist notion that disabled students do not belong in higher ed. Its fundamentally an anxiety about the fact that disabled students get an "advantage" over abled students.
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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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a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
Prequel to Star Trek: The Motion Picture, in the Kelvin verse but based on Roddenberry's book, where Bones hangs with the neo humans; Kirk pines for Spock and laments Vulcans only pon farr every 7 years; and cameo from Bjo Trimble, written and directed by Simon Pegg. Ilia can be the new navigator.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
December 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Prequel to Star Trek: The Motion Picture, in the Kelvin verse but based on Roddenberry's book, where Bones hangs with the neo humans; Kirk pines for Spock and laments Vulcans only pon farr every 7 years; and cameo from Bjo Trimble, written and directed by Simon Pegg. Ilia can be the new navigator.
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they're auctioning Blake's Tyger next week
seems impossible, like selling a comet or a shooting star
www.christies.com/en/stories/t...
seems impossible, like selling a comet or a shooting star
www.christies.com/en/stories/t...
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 AM
they're auctioning Blake's Tyger next week
seems impossible, like selling a comet or a shooting star
www.christies.com/en/stories/t...
seems impossible, like selling a comet or a shooting star
www.christies.com/en/stories/t...
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but this? shut the fuck up. guess what, my man, gorgeous young 22 year olds like to fuck. And queer people deserve love stories that are sexy and horny. a "chaste kiss" please be for real.
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
but this? shut the fuck up. guess what, my man, gorgeous young 22 year olds like to fuck. And queer people deserve love stories that are sexy and horny. a "chaste kiss" please be for real.
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There has literally never been a universal basic income trial program that didn't deliver real and measurable results above and beyond any other form of social welfare, and every time another concludes with the same findings the powers that be go "interesting! Anyway," and pretend it wouldn't work.
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
There has literally never been a universal basic income trial program that didn't deliver real and measurable results above and beyond any other form of social welfare, and every time another concludes with the same findings the powers that be go "interesting! Anyway," and pretend it wouldn't work.
My friend Sinead needs some assistance this month for rent and other essentials. 💙
Please support or boost her.
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I got a second job this month, but the first job reduced my shifts and new job isn’t giving me as many hours as I had hoped. Rent is due soon as is car insurance, and I need around another thousand or more dollars. Thank you for listening.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM
My friend Sinead needs some assistance this month for rent and other essentials. 💙
Please support or boost her.
Please support or boost her.
I want one of these to drive to plant sales with my tables and plants and to Costco. The two times I need a vehicle.
City-scale logistics lets you move freight more nimbly than oversized trucks designed for the freeway.
November 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I want one of these to drive to plant sales with my tables and plants and to Costco. The two times I need a vehicle.
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This, this, this, this! 👇
You have to learn about your history. Queer people don’t often learn this from family or in school. I’m begging you if you are young and queer— it’s YOUR history. Let it inspire you.
You have to learn about your history. Queer people don’t often learn this from family or in school. I’m begging you if you are young and queer— it’s YOUR history. Let it inspire you.
The way that there is a whole generation of LGBTQ+ folks who refuses to educate themselves on the history and the culture of the LGBTQ+ community will never not upset me.
I think when I first came out to myself in my early 20s, that was the first thing I did.
I think when I first came out to myself in my early 20s, that was the first thing I did.
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This, this, this, this! 👇
You have to learn about your history. Queer people don’t often learn this from family or in school. I’m begging you if you are young and queer— it’s YOUR history. Let it inspire you.
You have to learn about your history. Queer people don’t often learn this from family or in school. I’m begging you if you are young and queer— it’s YOUR history. Let it inspire you.
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Well, finally the cat is out of the bag @science.org! (or at least part of a very complex story)🐈🧬. Great job from @mdemartino.bsky.social and my team @felix-erc.bsky.social. Huge thanks to all the colleagues and the institutes involved! @erc.europa.eu www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago
The domestic cat (Felis catus) descends from the African wildcat Felis lybica lybica. Its global distribution alongside humans testifies to its successful adaptation to anthropogenic environments. Unc...
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Well, finally the cat is out of the bag @science.org! (or at least part of a very complex story)🐈🧬. Great job from @mdemartino.bsky.social and my team @felix-erc.bsky.social. Huge thanks to all the colleagues and the institutes involved! @erc.europa.eu www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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These are also the absolute most ecologically and environmentally destructive neighborhoods in all of Seattle. Massive amounts of polluting pesticides and fertilizers for invasive lawn grass. Huge docks and armored shorelines that OBLITERATE salmon habitat. Absolutely 100% car dependent lifestyles.
Shown in red are where extremists live in Seattle.
Here are what some of these areas look like.
Here are what some of these areas look like.
November 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
These are also the absolute most ecologically and environmentally destructive neighborhoods in all of Seattle. Massive amounts of polluting pesticides and fertilizers for invasive lawn grass. Huge docks and armored shorelines that OBLITERATE salmon habitat. Absolutely 100% car dependent lifestyles.
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
If there's one thing that transitioning has highlighted, it's all the stupid shit cis men believe they have to do to be men, you don't have to do at all.
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If there's one thing that transitioning has highlighted, it's all the stupid shit cis men believe they have to do to be men, you don't have to do at all.
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Azeen has this platform because women in astronomy helped her report major stories about alleged perpetrators of sexual misconduct in our field, like Lawrence Krauss. This is what she has done with the platform. It haunts me. 🔭
It's absolutely disgusting what the New York Times, and particularly Azeen Ghorayshi, is doing with its coverage of autism. It's so deeply irresponsible.
It's the same playbook they ran on trans kids.
It's the same playbook they ran on trans kids.
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Azeen has this platform because women in astronomy helped her report major stories about alleged perpetrators of sexual misconduct in our field, like Lawrence Krauss. This is what she has done with the platform. It haunts me. 🔭
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I think this also comes from American cultural worship of entrepreneurs and denigration of caretakers. STARTING a group is cool and strokes ego. Digging in to really caretake a community really, really doesn’t.
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I think this also comes from American cultural worship of entrepreneurs and denigration of caretakers. STARTING a group is cool and strokes ego. Digging in to really caretake a community really, really doesn’t.
Elder millennials, they upped the age limit to 45 so you can get yours still. I did recently!
The age limit is only there because they assume you have HPV. But then STI isn't the only kind this vax protects against.
The age limit is only there because they assume you have HPV. But then STI isn't the only kind this vax protects against.
The HPV vaccine is erasing cancer – here's the proof www.gavi.org/vaccineswork... via @gavi.org
The HPV vaccine is erasing cancer – here's the proof
More than a decade after the first HPV vaccination programmes rolled out, data from multiple countries reveals a dramatic fall in cervical cancers and precancers, confirming that HPV vaccines are high...
www.gavi.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Elder millennials, they upped the age limit to 45 so you can get yours still. I did recently!
The age limit is only there because they assume you have HPV. But then STI isn't the only kind this vax protects against.
The age limit is only there because they assume you have HPV. But then STI isn't the only kind this vax protects against.
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Every allistic review of the Murderbot Diaries: A stunningly human portrayal of robot interiority!
Every autistic reading the Murderbot Diaries: This robot is autistic.
Every autistic reading the Murderbot Diaries: This robot is autistic.
November 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Every allistic review of the Murderbot Diaries: A stunningly human portrayal of robot interiority!
Every autistic reading the Murderbot Diaries: This robot is autistic.
Every autistic reading the Murderbot Diaries: This robot is autistic.
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I think one of the things that makes me the most Unhinged is that the government is dragging people from their homes in the middle of the night, ramming people with their cars and shooting them for fun, and everyone is just doing the same discourses we always have
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
November 23, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I think one of the things that makes me the most Unhinged is that the government is dragging people from their homes in the middle of the night, ramming people with their cars and shooting them for fun, and everyone is just doing the same discourses we always have
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed