Rebecca @bluebec@octodon.social
I write, I cook, I game. I'm a #bisexual activist, feminist and atheist. Current president of Bi-Alliance Victoria (Australia) and all views here are my own.
So I'm seriously considering shutting down my birb account because of their new ToS around use of content. So, I need to be here more often to build up a new habit
hey all, I made a small survey for folks under the general trans umbrella (broadly defined, including questioning people & people who don't specifically call themselves trans)
https://esurv.org/?s=MIIJGH_bc98de8
I'm curious about people moving between-- or persisting in-- trans/nb identities. This version only addresses movement between a few categories: trans man or woman, nonbinary, and questioning. If it garners interest, maybe I'll make a more nuanced one later.
anyway pls take survey / give feedback, thanks ❤
I'm trying (and currently failing) to build a new morning habit of taking medication. I'm really good at taking medication before I go to bed, absolutely terrible at taking it in the morning.
I've put a reminder in my phone now so it beeps at me
I have booked all (except for two day trips that aren't yet finalised) internal transport for my European trip in October. So excited! In 5 weeks, I'll be heading over to explore, see things, eat food, and just not be at work for a month.
My body has this thing about trying to kill me, and medicine has this thing about keeping me alive (I love medicine).
So I've had an ectopic pregnancy and breast cancer... I'm also prone to severe strep throat, so without penicillan would be dead from that.
Today I got to have a pelvic ultrasound because of unexplained pelvic pain. I'm hoping that the results are the most boring thing they can be, because I have had more than enough near misses in my life so far.
Oh hey there have been over 1,600 participants in this #nonbinary / #genderqueer survey so far!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-hmpQx2aFA3xi2CdhoiMop9Avg4eutCUyFkw-cqDpCAT8XA/viewform
You should dooo eeeeet
oh fuck i forgot to pay the sun bill
So last night, because my brain is an arsehole, I dreamt that my cancer had returned and not only did I have to deal with that, but I was also away from work and my boss didn't know, AND I was worried about telling my husband (chronic depression and anxiety) because he didn't even know I had an appointment to talk to someone about cancer.
So year, #fuckcancer and #fucknightmares
"Ready Player One" can go flush itself down a toilet.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/08/09/i-am-not-alone-in-despising-ready-player-one/
Notch is defending that asshole Google employee, and Assange is offering him a job. I mean... that's all you really need to know.
I remember growing up in the cold war. I remember praying that I'd get enough warning in the event of a nuclear war to find shelter, and be able to survive the inevitable fallout. Surviving beyond that seemed to be guaranteed if I could just survive the bombs dropping.
I never thought, once the cold war was over, that I would have to reconsider those plans, that I would have to worry that the USA and North Korea would target each other. I am still (mostly) safe in Australia
My brain has gone to a very dark place today. I'm safe, but I'm terrified about the world and how much longer any of us might be safe. For so many reasons.
Today's offering to the art gods ^.^ Krita and Photoshop. #MastoArt #ArtWithOpenSource #Mandala https://mastodon.social/media/B1Kri85q8BCFlYa7LTQ
Hey there. I'm Sylvia Ritter. I love to create concept, album, book, card, tattoo and other art :). http://www.sylvia-ritter.com/ #VisibleWomen #art #illustration https://mastodon.social/media/K1CW5ST9phlV5lKSiX8 https://mastodon.social/media/rLJ_wH7uwoual2Hb9jY https://mastodon.social/media/LfmKooJqSFcFFJPlkYE https://mastodon.social/media/fx61lWeZFn74gZQC79Q
anyone here actually read ebooks?
i run a lit mag and i'm trying to determine if it's worth the significant extra effort to put epub & kindle out there.
they barely sell. i do much better with the print editions. i'm just not sure if the audience is small but loyal, or if digital feels like a bonus addon that people take but never actually read.
please give me your insights!!! i need perspective outside my own. :)
boost too, if you'd be so kind.
Little doggy drawing is done ! It took me about 10 hours X)
#art #mastoart
https://icosahedron.website/media/MYqO0HER2KUmzgfCEok
Drama at GeekGirlCon: why do we white people have to ruin everything?
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/08/07/the-drama-at-geekgirlcon/
I am so sick of working with psychopaths and sociopaths. Are there organisations without them about the place?
I'm very much in the frame of mind that if my parents were going to disown me, they can fuck right off and I won't attempt to change who I am to seek their approval.
My partner on the other hand is from an incredibly abusive household, and the surviving parent has learnt abusive behaviours from the other. So it's all twisted and fucked.
