seconded, they’re so good! they always get off the baked-on stuff that i’m never bothered to scrub off with a scourer

i suspect the cider will not, in fact, ferment in peace… i’m trying to figure out the way it’ll somehow end up attacking misabel, lol!

optimism & hope are skills to practice, and they do get easier over time!

on a bad day, i’m optimistic out of sheer spite because i know being pessimistic only helps my enemies & not me, but it’s also a lot easier to practice optimism when regularly meeting with groups of like-minded people.

if you don’t have any groups nearby you (or online) like zine makers / queer sheds / leftist book clubs / privacy activists / maker spaces / community supported agriculture / whatever it is that floats your boat, you might be surprised by how many people are willing to sign up if you get the ball rolling! 💪

huh, i wasn’t expecting the spying thing to be genuine. poor misabel 😔

we’ve got the best of both worlds!

ladhar mhór - big toe

ordóg na coise - thumb of the feet

so that’d be ladhrag mhòr or òrdag-coise in gàidhlig, not too drastic a difference there! :)

irish uses ladhar to mean toe 😌

but also méar choise, meaning finger of the feet 😔

even misabel’s dog needs to unwind, the poor bean 🥲💔

we can have a little hate, as a treat! i’d say not “giving yourself over to hatred” is pretty vital, though.

the more we build communities together, the fewer chances fascism has to convert people. it’s a lot harder to convince you (universal you, not you specifically) that immigrants/trans people/disabled people/whomever are terrible, if you’re in community with people like that & have first-hand experience to tell you when someone’s just being a wanker whipping up fear

“destroy fascism” is still a priority of course, no tolerant society should ever tolerate fascism. i do think the main priority should be to build better communities/systems/societies first & foremost, so that we have safety nets in place asap, tho

(i hope this doesn’t come across as argumentative, my intention is more to add on to your point!)

it’s a phonetic (and maybe playful?) spelling of no more

the majority of videos that i see are just people talking about their hobbies & current events, but content with tags like #brainrot etc is certainly there for folks to find too

that’s a beautiful tabby kangaroo! 🤩

for double reference points, you can go by temba wide-arm 😎

“please don’t scare me as i am very small and scared of everything”

i love misabel, she’s these emojis as a person:

🥺 👉👈

if she wants to, but doesn’t feel safe to, then her decision not to start yet is still valid. there’s also no rush, early twenties is so young & she has decades & decades of her life ahead of her, where her circumstances could change dramatically & she might then feel completely safe to start hormones.

safety is often a factor when trans people choose not to medically transition, or to detransition.

it sucks & of course ideally, we’d all live in a place where these decisions can be freely made without having to consider safety, but ultimately it’s each trans person’s decision to make for themselves, because no one can guarantee safety.

if she chooses to socially transition & never to do anything else, that’s perfectly valid. a lot of trans people choose this route, and it’ll be immensely helpful for her to have a supportive friend like you around.

if she chooses to medically transition as well, on her own timeline that she’s comfortable with, it’ll be immensely helpful for her to have a supportive friend like you around.

basically, you’re already doing what you can by being there for her, whatever happens 🫶

that’s a v legit concern, i think any trans people in the u.s. should be looking into stock-piling prescriptions if they can, and/or look into diy hrt.

there are plenty of guides online for diy hrt, like this one: https://slrpnk.net/post/16002807

it sounds intimidating & clandestine & everything, but you can get pharmaceutical-grade hrt from places where they’re more widely available, if where she lives isn’t providing her with enough options.

the first year of hormones often doesn’t involve really dramatic changes (although everyone is different & dosages etc matter too ofc), so she could probably go on hormones while in her hometown & be stealthy for perhaps longer than she’s expecting

when people see you every day, they don’t really notice those gradual changes. for example: my family never seemed to notice me being on testosterone & after i got top surgery, their only reaction was to ask how i “lost weight”. 🤭

if you’re living somewhere like the u.s., i can see why transitioning would be extra worrying these days. she has already socially transitioned, though, so she’s already fighting back against the fascists’ plan to intimidate people into detransitioning or never transitioning at all. fair play to her, i wish her the best & happiest life, whatever she decides to do! 🙌🫶

they’ll spend money on anything except fixing the housing crisis or cost of living crisis, it seems.

which is something that in turn would cut down on “keyboard warriors” as they put it, because when people aren’t priced out of living their lives, they have other things to do!

i really worry about what spaces kids online are going to be pushed into, with all these bans. so many people my age were groomed on internet forums when we were kids; i imagine social media bans are going to push kids into spaces like that, where it’s not technically considered a social media site, and there’ll be little to no adult supervision from anyone who’s not in the inner circle of the forum.

The social battery is at -69%

-nice 😭

more cute li’l black cats for the rest of us! 🥳

the two i’ve had are both the sweetest softest babies. 🤩