Storm Spirit

I didn't go through the bureaucratic process of changing my Norwegian personal ID number, which encodes gender in it, because having an odd number there made me feel bad.

I did it because for someone with my name and outward appearance, having "man" on my IDs reveals private medical information to everyone who sees the document, information that they aren't entitled to know, which they might act on in deeply undesirable ways.

Taking HRT also isn't something I'm doing to be affirmed, it's something I'm doing because the biological processes signaled by having high levels of estrogen and low levels of testosterone are both something I want, and something that helps my overall well-being and functioning in daily life. Material, real, physiological effects that are well understood, easy to look up, and not about some vague sense that putting estrogen in my bloodstream is a badge of validity handed out by the doctor.

Like at some point I just want to ask these people if they actually believe trans people exist or if they just feel obligated to humor the idea to be nice. Have they actually understood that there are people walking around today with the full effects of transition care already sorted? Have they comprehended that the surgeries exist beyond the occasional picture of someone who's still in recovery?

BUT

Over the course of 12 years, there was an average bomb detonation of about one bomb per 3 weeks.

I personally believe, that this subtle nuclear fallout, caused a lot of people to get sick. Look, here's two maps; one showing high cancer deaths in the US! ('NV' is the one to look at) The other is showing the most common phrases for death by state, printed in obituaries, is/has been "lost his/her battle."

And look at this Map noting the number of new cancer cases in the US! Notice how the only state on this map that says "no data/data suppressed" is Nevada (NV)! Why has his data been suppressed in only this state?? What is it trying to hide??

The Tube Post has been updated for 2026! Endless thanks to @andstuffsketches for the amazing art (!!!), @rowenabean for checking this over for me (all remaining mistakes are my own), @kelpforestdwellers for extra tips, and @appleyblam for an editing pass. Thank you all!

Over 500 years spent trying to cut down a whole trunk of human culture.

Absolutely enamoured with this snail mug I got yesterday....

And if my daring to do anything other than mindlessly glaze this cruel establishment touted as our supposed saviors offends you? I don't fucking care anymore.

How many plugs have to be pulled? How many insurance claims denied? How many women accused of faking? Munchausens? How many Tuskeegee experiments? How many racial myths (like black people not feeling pain)? How many disabled folks abandoned? How much medical neglect? How many more black mothers have to die in child birth?