Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@hystericempress

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dammit i did not want pie two minutes ago

@001zlnv *shrug* Sesst lah vee-yay.

@001zlnv They pretty much were. This is why you don't see much imaginative perversity out of me these days. I feel like I've been Disenchanted. =(>)__(<)=

#statuseffects

OK, the PA at the Bean Gallery is playing "Take Five" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. It's not actually helping my anxiety as much as it should, but it means the gods have at least heard my plea and are trying, and that's still comforting.

Thanks, Jackalope Mom! I realize your powers are limited on this plane but you're still a peach. <3

Crushing anxiety today. I know where it comes from, but it's one of those things where the list is dozens of items long, and half of them have already been resolved. I just can. not. get. the fucking warning lights to go off. Every bit of sensory input is maddening.

I miss my Royal Road. I really gotta either find a weed hookup in this town _stat_, or finally give in and go through the whole painful process of trying new psych meds. Which is fucking maddening, since I'd _already_ found one that worked great, it's just not legal here because our DINO governor is a moralist boomer fucknugget who still believes in "gateway drugs." >____<

@catoxis@snouts.online Fuck yeah, congratulations!

@hummingrain *reads and hugs tight* Aww, hun...

Actually, now that I think about it... they might not actually be troll _bots_, and that's intriguing.

Ted Nugent is a topic that probably flies right under the cultural radar of most Russians, even those conversant in English.

What if it's humans recirculating that tweet, humans who don't have enough context to understand that I'm attacking a right-winger and the "GOPValues" tag is ironic?

You can probably hear the little raccoon gear whirring right now. What is it the channer kids used to say? "Oh exploitable?" *steeples her clever little paws*

Several months ago, I sarcastically put the tag #GOPvalues on a tweet denouncing Ted Nugent for his incredibly shady sexual history (arguably including statutory)...

...and I think a bunch of trollbots seized exclusively on the hashtag, because it's taking off this week. I've had NINE "people" RT it today, every one of them MAGAdroids, not at all the sort of people you'd expect to have it in for Da Nooodj.

If this is all it takes to hijack the damn things, there is NO EXCUSE for us to be losing the psyops war. I sure intend to do my part.

#TrumpBlowsGoats #IHaveProof #GOPValues

@azure@pleroma.site Oh my god. I've heard that song so many times and could never decipher that lyric. THANK YOU. <3

@azure@pleroma.site Oh, I am EXCITED to see what they had to say about him, I'll have a look around if you don't have a link handy. Thanks for the tip!

man, robert christgau is a joyless piece of shit

#moodsnapshot #koolkeith #doctoroctagon #futuristhaircare

This just seems like a fine track to kick off 2020—whether or not you know any remote-controlled alligators.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlYkKZsXGl0

Over a tipsy New Year's brunch, Peg and I finally hit on the emotional centerpiece for Chapter 2 of the Vek-10 story—so hard that I teared up.

It's going to require a critical success in Prog Rock Art, but I believe there are precisely three people on earth who could pull it off: Roger Dean, Matt Howarth, and my beloved dragon.

And yet again, I feel I must apologize PROFUSELY to all our characters for how it's gonna end up. Auntie Kirsch PROMISES, if our fans give us the luxury of doing all five chapters, it'll turn out all right in the end.

@Aradia Discovering this morning that our own little Dickensian Moochers and their Stately Mooch Queen were still around and intact was the best part of coming home. <3

@Phorm BY AHURAMAZDA, I THINK SHE'S GOT IT! ❤️​❤️​❤️​❤️​❤️​

#myfairgenie

@Phorm In the immortal (paraphrased) words of Jeff "Magnus" McBride, "All magic is 100% bullshit and if done correctly, it works 100% of the time." <3

So yes, do this. <3 <3 <3

OTOH, I failed at my first Rhetoric skill roll for the "Persuade Mom To Hold Her Nose And Vote Democrat" test. She hates Trump but absolutely could not be convinced he's any more loathsome or corrupt than the Democrats—though she did at least agree that he's less competent at it, and a slightly bigger asshole on the personal level.

C'est la vie. I've shrugged and defended far-leftist friends for refusing to stray from a third-party vote before. I don't see why my mom should deserve any less of a defense—and frankly, I share her low, low opinion of Biden and Warren.

Personally, I WILL be holding my nose and voting for whatever pile of careerist garbage the DNC serves up this year instead of Bernie. And I will keep working on Mom. I hope it's at least some reassurance that this seems to be a majority opinion in Ohio: Trump isn't _good_, he's just business as usual. My mom's Boomer crowd is not falling for him by any means.

My family was SO GOOD to Peg. My mom outed her to my stepdad a couple months ago—and I approved, it was about time he knew what the deal was with us—and they were both ABSOLUTELY PERFECT towards her. Not a word of doubt or disapproval, 100/100 pronoun score, absolutely hospitable and kind in every way.

There IS hope for Ohio. It's NOT what you've been told. At least, not always. But then, my parents have always had the "If it makes you happy, it's fine" approach.

I'm noticing a lot of people tweeting/tooting sentiments along the lines of "It's 2020, do whatever the fuck you want, weirdness is our only hope."

I'm still out of brain power, so I have little to add, but yes, do that thing. The kids are absolutely correct. 2019 is the year reality broke. Put a fist, or preferably a paw or hoof, straight through the hole.

The tech singularity probably isn't going to happen, but we can still get to the cultural one first. It's your duty to outweird the right.