Squid Fidgits

It’s infuriating, because these are progressive people, and I’m fairly certain there’s a transmasculine person on their team. Occasionally they’ll throw in the obligatory “women and people who have periods” as an afterthought, but it never goes further than that, as if they haven’t connected the fact that the people being referred to in that statement are transmasculine people (and non-binary, intersex people etc.)

Like, at this point I’m just venting, because transmasculine erasure is so crazy that I can’t really wrap my head around the fact that no matter how progressive a group of people are, it’s almost guaranteed that we will be forgotten the moment any feminist discussions will be brought up.

“Pregnancy should not be tied to womanhood because some women can’t get pregnant.” And also trans men exist.

“Being a teenage girl is far more traumatic than being a teenage boy.” Have you ever spoken to a teenage trans boy.

“Men do not understand what it’s like to be taught survival methods from a young age.” “Men do not understand what it’s like to fear walking home at night.” Trans men do. Black men do as well, but we’re obviously well past an understanding of how intersectionality works.

And on and on it goes, and trans men have to sit back and stay quiet about how everything being said is something that has also affected us (and in a lot of cases, still does, because that shit doesn’t go away the second we transition). Yet, if we point it out, it’s either a quick “yeah yeah sure and trans men too” (well you didn’t even try to include us until it was pointed out to you but this is still the best case scenario) or a downright “we’re not talking about men, stop making everything about men” (no one ever makes it about trans men).

Critical Role Campaign 4, Episode 30 - “Here in the Dark”

Plus bonus Matt reaction:

Credits: photo 1, photo 2

Formerly called Acraspis macrocarpae, this extra round nugget is like many gall wasps and has generations that alternate between sexual and asexual reproduction. In spring, both male and female wasps will emerge after overwintering in their galls and go on to lay eggs on oak leaves that will induce their own galls. With the falling of autumn leaves, out from the now detached galls pops the wingless females who will trek to another tree to asexually lay more eggs that will overwinter to become the next spring batch.

I’m starting to doubt that I’m ever gonna get around to FCG, so here’s a roundup of the Bells Hells in historical art styles alongside an illustrative example of the art style used.

From top to bottom-

Laudna in the style of 19th century gothic revival stained glass

Dorian Storm in the style of Yoshitaka Amano

Orym of the Air Ashari in the style of 16th century Mughal painting

Fearne Calloway in the style of Baroque portrait sculpture (for example Bernini)

Chetney Pock O’Pea in the style of Ivan Bilibin

Imogen Temult in the style of Nell Brinkley

Traditional mirror mazes are dark and creepy. This one is brightly lit, and colorful.

The triangular grid makes it that much more disorienting.

The pillars help to obscure the difference between the mirrors and the openings -- so it doesn't NEED to be dark.

Disoriented, I realised that someone else had stolen my meeting, taking advantage of the fact that I’d gotten so many directors etc. into the same room, and had spent time and resources arranging a desirable room and portal-setup. Bewildered, pained, and in anxiety-dream logic unsure of what MY own meeting had actually been for, I sat down to take the training. There had been pre-reading (I hadn’t done it) and we were supposed to bring in a piece of work (I hadn’t.)

“This,” I said, “is like one of those dreams!” And in realising that I had simply aged out of the forgot-about-an-exam dream, and my shock at realising that I had simply created the professional equivalent, I stood up to leave. This caused everyone else to realise that it was a dream. They became cross with me for saying this, as this realisation destroyed the linkages to the hybrid-working portals! Now they would have to get back to their homes physically, by public transport!

Because I had booked the meeting - IT WAS MY MEETING!! THE MEETING RECOGNISED ME AS CHAIR!! - I simply picked up my laptop and left 😌

Winter has arrived on Poob.

Cloven-feathered Dove (Drepanoptila holosericea), family Columbidae, endemic to New Caledonia

A few weeks ago I got really frustrated that the local goodwill I go to every so often had blocked off/closed its public restrooms since the last time I had been there. I'm talking like the bathroom signs had been ripped off and doors barricaded by the furniture section. It bothered me so much I started drawing this on the way home.

I'm currently waiting for my goodies to show up for a bigger store update I'm planning for the end of the month. BUT, since I finished this and can print some stickers from home anyways, I figured, why not share it now?