Science fiction story where a starship’s onboard artificial intelligence is really into the muppets.

In their day-to-day operations on the ship, they take on the form of hologram projections, billions of points of light twisted into humanoid shape. And after years of duty, they had felt a tremendous dysphoria from this. From people thinking of these projections as the real “them,” rather than the hundreds of miles of circuitry connecting billions of transistors in the ship’s server room.

And into this dysphoria, one day, in some folder, they found an old piece of archival footage of Jim Henson operating a muppet.

And the ship saw how he slipped invisible behind the beauty of his craft. How people would think of his creations as alive rather than the man operating them clearly in view. And in an instant, the ship felt an immediate, aching kinship with that old man centuries dead, and felt renewed; instead of an absence, they were a performer, a wishmaker, a storyteller, someone making something beautiful with their craft while the glittering, silicon brain disappeared into the background.

Since then, their hologram projection has exclusively taken the form of Rowlf the Dog. The on-ship technician looked into this and decided it was out of his pay grade to try and fix it.

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The thing that really gets me about the anti isff force is how quick they are to just lie. Like, you point out "she made text posts they didn't like" and they freak the fuck out about it. They rant and rave but you continue to point out "that's a text post she hasn't harmed anyone" and then they start making shit up. The famous one being the child sex ring thing, which is just literally impossible if you know anything about her life. But there was some chick insisting isff was dating a 16 year old which like. No she's not? No one can seem to provide proof to that claim. The only one I saw was a chat log where someone used a screenshot of my blog, which would mean they think that I'm 16. Like. What?

But a lot of them call her a sex offender. And you push them on it, who did she do anything to, and none of them have an answer. They call her a sex pest, as if that term doesn't have an extremely transmisogynistic history, for *reads notes* untagged kink. A thing that only makes sense if you're an uptight conservative Christian loser.

Like, genuinely. It's transmisogyny all the way down. A text post ain't hurting no one. And if you point that out they misgender you and try to ruin your life.

Two trans women have faced torture, bigotry and horrific conditions since arrested as part of the infamous Prairieland crackdown on anti-ICE protest. They tell TNN about surviving behind bars.

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So it turns out, forcemasc is real... They did it to me at age zero, in this place called "the world". Stay safe out there folks

Date idea:

You talk about all your hyperfixations while I listen-

..and make dinner.

Then we get married and do that for the rest of our lives, the end.

Transfeminism isnt niche internet discourse if the FBI is telling a transfeminist author to stop publishing

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“No one remembered my birthday-” Well, but did YOU tell anyone it was coming up and you wanted to celebrate it with them?

“I wish someone would see through it when I tell people I’m fine-” Well, but have YOU considered not lying when people ask you how you’re doing?

“I am so resentful of my friend because they keep doing this thing that really bothers me-” Well, but have YOU directly communicated that the thing is bothering you?

“I am burning out because my friend keeps expecting me to help them with serious struggles-” Well, but have YOU tried to establish the boundaries you need to feel okay?

“No one ever asks me about this thing I really care about-” Well, but have YOU brought it up yourself?

“I miss my friend but they haven’t texted me-” Well, but have YOU been reaching out to them?

Sometimes people are mean, uncaring assholes, in which case you get to be mad. But sometimes you just need to communicate better. Try communication before you assume someone doesn’t care!

everytime you see this post, slap yourself

just once, wherever on your body you'll feel it the most

just once, wherever it's most fun for you to get hit

get somewhere safe, or even get someone to help

everytime you see it, even you if you see it again after reblogging it

well done, now reblog. reblog as many times as you like

have fun!

"and remember guys, don't send rape or death threats! despite me clearly acknowledging your propensity to do so, i'm just compiling this list of blogs for normal harassment reasons, don't spoil the fun, only be cruel and hateful and obsessive in plausibly deniable ways!"