Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@LexYeen And the procedure was a success!

#todayonfuraffinity

Today I learned Dorothy Parker left her whole estate to MLK Jr. and the NAACP, and there's a strong case to be made that SHE was the "Dorothy" in the old gay euphemism "Friend of Dorothy" because of her open association with gay men.

And now I'm wondering if there are any good necromancy texts on Project Gutenberg, because we NEED THIS WOMAN BACK RIGHT NOW.

Today's #moodsnapshot is very similar to yesterday's.

I'm pretty sure I'm Torgo in this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0_f5fkrCTA

Spent the morning giving
cretinous TERF Holly Lawford-Smith a piece of my mind over the website she set up to harvest rumors and gossip about transgender women attacking ciswomen.

(The survey results are unintentionally funny, as 90% of them boil down to "A transwoman dared to come into our feminist political space and demand equal treatment. We were mean to them, they were really mean back, and now we're sad.")

Anyhow, I've been all tense and knotted up, being reminded there are people out there who would love to keep my wife from being able to use the fucking bathroom in peace.

But it's also become clear that Holly feels really oppressed and witch-hunted herself, from all the backlash she's getting and that just... that... that puts the smile right back on my face, it does.

Maybe the next fucking generation will fix this.

@arilin Memo to self: tomorrow when brain is fuller, tell Arilin the story behind "Vote For The Crook, It's Important."

(Spoiler/TL;DR: It was Louisiana. The Crook was running against David Fucking Duke. :O You can probably figure out the rest and its connection to our conversation yourself. :) )

big ol flabdassin gropdangin flarfnarblin mood

fuck it, i'm gonna watch vincent price chew some scenery -- dr phibes it is

@arilin I just hate how much it all feels like watching history repeat itself in realtime. This is almost exactly the kind of dumb fractious purist stuff that ruined our chances in the 60s and 70s... not to mention Occupy Wall Street.

@Phorm Oh, believe me, I have no plans to do otherwise. I'm depressed and anxious, but it's the "I like a lot of the stuff I have, including the people, and I have a lot to lose" kind of anxiety. I ain't throwing any of this away unless someone comes and takes it from me.

@Phorm The main thing you can do is to keep hanging out with us and being a genie, honestly. Helps a little bit every single day. <3

yes i know i had two quotes of the day

what, you never seen a restaurant with two specials before?

@JulieSqveakaroo Haha, I have HUGE nostalgia for that video, and seeing it namechecked by a friend did really make me smile just now. Thanks, roo. <3

Iiiincidentally, have you ever seen the old MTV Weird Al specials, and if not and you're interested... got a way for me to share some really big files? (I can set up Dropbox again, there was a reason I stopped using it but it's been so long I can't recall what it was...)

That's where I saw this originally. Unsurprisingly, Weird Al is a REALLY REALLY GOOD VJ. Most of his picks aren't even "comedy music," just pop songs with engagingly weird videos...

(this song is dedicated to the Earnest Young Leftist who just trashed John Oliver on my timeline because anything produced by a corporation is icky and evil)

o/` The love of the perfect destroys the mere good
o/` Just because you can doesn't mean you really should
o/` The race for the pure rarely goes very well
o/` But you don't know that
o/` Cause you're a zoomer
o/` And you're naive as fucking hell

@JulieSqveakaroo Yeah. Don't even know where to start. I might even have the energy to invest, just no earthly clue where or how.

More than anything right now I wish someone else would come along and play Mike Callahan for me. (i.e. just START SOMETHING, ANYTHING and let me just be a participant and guest) But I don't think anything like, say, Tapestries or Puzzlebox can ever be created again, not in this cultural and informational environment.

@JulieSqveakaroo let me answer your very valid question indirectly :)

@anthracite That works too! Remind me to feed some kitties when you get back! <3

"He would enjoy the spectacle in ways none of his darling brothers could, and the majesty of the great and secret miseries to come made him want to cry with gratitude."

@anthracite Yay, you headed home soon then? <3

A distant friend and former partner of mine once told me early in our relationship that I had "the fires from Dimension X" in my eyes when I started off on a flight of fancy.

I feel like the fires are out, the fuel is no longer found in this plane of existence, and the portal is closed.