If you see the quote "I refuse to share my body with a man who wouldn't defend it politically" or any variation of it floating around the internet — it was Kat Blaque who originally said it and she would really appreciate it if people gave her proper credit for it but it's gone viral on a lot of different platforms and most of the people sharing it don't know it's from her or choose not to credit her on purpose.

Like I just know terfs are going to be parroting it pretending it wasn't said by a black trans woman about herself & her life.

[image ID: TikTok comment by Spedubopy: I once had a german bouncer look at my pre transition-ID and then back at me and just go "ja das ist an improvement" /end ID]

After I came out as an adult to my childhood best friend, he went back to his family and told them and then when we next spoke he said, ‘we’ve decided this is a good move for you.’

Steddie where Steve's dad hears about his son's weird codependent friendship with Al Munson's boy and thinks the two of them have been fooling around in secret. The man gets pissed.

He drives back home and demands Steve break things off with the Munson kid.

Steve gets pissed.

"I'm not gonna break things off, I love him!!" Steve yells before he stomps out through the door and drives away without looking back.

A few minutes later he's at the Munson's. Steve doesn't even bother with knocking, Wayne's more than used to his presence by now, so he just opens the door and go straight to Eddie's room.

"My dad thinks we are dating and demanded that I break things off with you, but I refused and told him I loved you. Do you wanna date me just to piss him off?"

Eddie, who had been stuffing his face with chips as he read some comics in his bed, shrugs. "Do I get to touch your tits?"

"They are not tits!"

"Do I get to touch them anyway?"

"I guess that's reasonable dating behavior, so yes."

"Okay." Eddie puts down the comic book and wipes his hands on his pants. "Now take off your shirt and come here."

gothic horror is when there's a location. cosmic horror is when there's an unauthorized fucking Thing. folk horror is when you're outside.

This is a good good list that unfortunately a lot of people need right now.

Good tips.  I can vouch for many of these.  Here are a couple more that have worked for me (U.S.-based): - Get on food stamps before you are actually homeless, if you can.  It’s just less complicated that way, but I have also had good luck just being very straightforward with DHS about my situation.  - The article talks about not paying for storage – I really think your mileage may vary on that one. I paid for a cheap storage unit that I split with my sister for a couple years.  If you really do have things of value that you want to keep, I say do it if you can find a cheap unit.  ALSO, I have low-key stayed in my storage unit.  You can’t do it for long, and depending on the place, it can be sketchy, but it can be done. - National parks and Forest Service campsites.  Yeah there is definitely the whole day-use only thing but there are some that aren’t monitored.  They often have bathrooms, and for me, it sometimes felt way safer being away from people. - Hook up with your local Food Not Bombs.  It’s usually really good food and run by folks who are used to working outside the system.  You might be able to make friends and score a place to live or stay. - When I knew that I wasn’t going to be able to afford rent for the foreseeable future, I bought myself a cheap travel trailer.  600 bucks and I’ve lived in it for almost five years now.  Friends are way more likely to let you live indefinitely in their driveway or on their land than endlessly crashing on their couch.  I do work-trade or pay what I can for utilities.  If your car can’t haul it (mine can’t), rent a U-Haul truck for a day to get it where you need it to be.  Obviously this requires some cash, but if you can swing it, it can really save your ass in the long run. - Make a plan for bad weather – heat waves and cold snaps can kill.  Heat is worse for me where I live, so I make sure to have a list of spots I can escape to.  This is where those national parks can sometimes come in handy, but also think about overpasses, city parks with lots of shade, abandoned buildings.  Know where your local cooling/warming shelters are.  Keep some money stashed away if you can to pay for cheap motel rooms during the worst weather.  If you can split the cost of a room with friends, even better. - Have a few strategically stashed canisters of mace or pepper spray.  - But at the same time, look out for each other.  You don’t have to become bosom buddies with everyone else on the street, but treating each other like humans is both good for your mental and emotional health and also you’ll find that people are often really amazingly generous with their resources and knowledge.

Good advice. Storage is also one of those thing that a friend might be able to help you with. Cheap storage options are often damp or not as secure as you’d like. That might be a bad place to put your childhood photo albums, electronics, important paperwork, favorite dress, those expensive shoes you bought once… If a friend is willing to store a few boxes of stuff, at least you know those things are safe and dry.

etc.

Shoutout to Burn Gorman’s hopelessly tragic portrayal of Hermann Gottlieb in Pacific Rim: Uprising which will haunt me until the day I die

They cut off usda funding from Minnesota, which includes wic and snap. Please consider donating to food banks around the area or food drives. Many immigrants are too scared to leave their homes to shop as well and a community member is doing great work.

Link to midwest food bank:

Link to a community food drive:

not letting this hide in the tags

@funnier-when-objectum

If you see something, leak something

Several news sites have set up ways for whistleblowers to contact them securely. Some have very good instructions and guidance on which method you might want to use. Spread it around.

How to leak information to the New York Times

How to leak information to the Washington Post

How to leak information to ProPublica

How to leak information to the Intercept

please actually use the encryption software listed! do not assume your correspondence cannot be traced!

you should also highly consider secure communication if you’re planning to protest/demonstrate

do not organize on facebook!

do not organize on facebook!

fascinated by this quora thread positing the bruce springsteen gay multiverse

Here are two academic papers this reminded me of, to add a little pinch of seasoning to our pondering:

Beyond blood brothers: queer Bruce Springsteen

What I like about them is that they both sort of go ✋ “we do not, cannot, and do not WISH to know if Bruce Springsteen is gay. In fact, it does not matter. His work, however, is very gay.”

Looking at what national news outlets are up to right now, one might not realize a whole major US metropolitan area is, you know, sort of under attack by paramilitary forces. Wild.

im sorry the What is being What now???

While it's not going unreported entirely, what's been happening in Minnesota and in Minneapolis–Saint Paul in particular since Renee Good was murdered is not getting the attention it should be.

There are already 2000 gangsters from DHS deployed, and "hundreds" or "1000" more are on the way, depending on which Trumpland person you ask. As a point of reference, the Twin Cities' actual police total just under 1200 (600 in Minneapolis and 590 in Saint Paul according to the depts' sites).

The feds there are more or less attacking people at random. They've gone door-to-door for "citizenship checks" (completely illegal). They've knocked doors down when residents haven't complied (obviously also completely illegal). In addition to abducting and brutalizing the immigrants they come across during their rampages, they've done the same to US citizens of color and are also harassing, stalking and physically attacking observers.

Here are some local sources:

ICE intensifies Twin Cities operation after killing of Renee Good, protests (MPR News—link won't embed)

Privacy advocates: ICE using private data to intimidate observers and activists (MPR News—link won't embed)

Below are some videos from observers. I'm linking to Bluesky because that's where I saw them, though many are originally from/also available elsewhere. I apologize for the rancid formatting below but it was the best I could do quickly-ish. The images are previews; click the links in the timestamps to watch.

Elliott Payne (@elliottpayne.org) January 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM

Mickey Kuhns (@mickeykuhns.bsky.social) January 12, 2026 at 10:58 AM

Dumb Meg (@dmbmeg.bsky.social) Jan 11, 2026 at 6:10 PM (You need to be logged in to see this—while it's unclear what happened to the victim in this one, there's no reported death so far; CW for heightened violence)

Dom Ervolina (@dominicervolina.com) Jan 11, 2026 at 8:42 PM (You need to be logged in to see this)

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 12, 2026 at 4:37 PM

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 12, 2026 at 7:22 PM

Sundae Gurl (@sundaedivine.lol) January 10, 2026 at 4:39 AM

Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) January 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM

SaltyBitchables (@saltybitchables.bsky.social) January 11, 2026 at 4:19 PM

News2Share has more on YouTube:

I also recommend checking out this guy's work:

Apparently ICE now has agents posing as utility workers to get into people's homes. The electric and gas companies have posted information on how to tell if it's one of their workers, and numbers to call to confirm whether they've sent someone to do utility work on your house.

Stay safe, friends.

you wouldn't let the devil take over

Hello ArmanDaniel!!!

assad checking on eric after squeezing him like a tube of toothpaste [x]

edit: all the angles! [x]

# the whisperers