Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@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.

Jangly vintage garage-psych. God, I love these people.

Also got an adorable young barista apologizing because my "Chaos Theory" (espresso, ginger, tonic, cider vinegar, cherries, and turmeric) wasn't premixed.

Relax, my darling boy, it's New Year's Day. You are doing a service to humanity just by being here. (And the CT is just a bizarre creature that you could probably have tipped some motor oil into it and I wouldn't have noticed.)

@LeDiva I just noticed ya working this one on Twitter as well. :D <3

@Cerulean I'm with you there, babe. *hug* I've always felt car alarms were a _uniquely_ selfish technology that cheerfully unloaded all the intangible costs onto ones neighbors. Hate 'em... almost as much as I hate cat frighteners—I mean fireworks. >____<

@JulieSqveakaroo Oh god, this reminds me of EVERY attempt Rik and I made to socialize with the local BDSM culture that wasn't through friends—except for the open tolerance of fascists, yikes!

==== KITTY ALERT KITTY ALERT ====

Shadow is a cat. She is also a chocolate bun.

Shemp is also a cat.

That is all.

@LeDiva Keep shoppin' it, kitteh. :D

Exhausted from traveling and a bit dim from the effect of all the changing pressures on my sinuses, so I don't really have much in the way of opinions about New Year's, but here's some random love and affection and some shiny tinsel I scavenged from Ohio—feel free to create your own holiday benediction out of it. ​❤️​

Just a good-natured reminder that if you back linguistic precision over linguistic convention, you're always gonna lose. You can't fight usage. Even the linguists won't have your back. If everybody else calls it a duck, it's a duck, no matter if it quacks.

@zx3 feelin called out <3

YOU HAVE RECEIVED A NEW QUEST

"Ain't Got Time For This Shit":

Block 500 furries on Twitter.

REWARDS/PENALTIES:
+50 Sanity[1]
+30 Focus
+20 Toaster Repair[2]
+10 Emotional Age
-10 Kink
-20 Woke
-20 Youthful Enthusiasm
-30 Comic Marketing
* begins "All Good Things" event countdown
* locks all "Giving A Fuck" dialogue options
* locks "Second Childhood" branch of tech tree
* confers +40% resistance to all Drama, Millennial, and Hater attacks
* unlocks "Macrame Or Something" skill
* unlocks "Leave Twitter (Again)" quest[3]

[1] if you are the Postfurry class, usual 40 pt SAN cap still applies
[2] it's a long complicated story
[3] yes, i've played a lot of disco elysium this week, how come?

this is also a #moodsnapshot but mostly just because i'm having some soup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO8ar2YO99g

#SOUP!

#moodsnapshot, though I can't quite explain why. Just the right intersection of joy and poignance and the sense of passing time, I guess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZm85q6zt6s

They say that you're a seraphic mother
Though you say it isn't so
But if you rise off the ground and hover
I'll know, my angel, I'll know

'Cause my wife
Has a thousand eyes
And her thousand eyes are all for me
Her dad is Proginoskes

So remember when you shake
Those wings on your thighs
You, my wife, have a thousand eyes

@Soreth @hystericempress @mmsword KINKY.

@Soreth @hystericempress @mmsword You mean Mertons? Yeah, not too many of those left these days...