Dylan Morrison
@dylanthyme.bsky.social
Queer romcom author, snack connoisseur, Terry Pratchett enthusiast. Proudly trans and sheepishly neurotic. RECIPE FOR TROUBLE and FALL INTO YOU available now! Preorder SECOND HELPINGS, out this May: https://geni.us/1469-al-aut-ch
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short about working at the coast guard
August 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
short about working at the coast guard
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Crochet, solar and wind energy, open source software (especially R, LaTeX, Inkscape), light-based alarm clocks, e-bikes, cargo-bikes, bicycles in general, fast trains, running water,...
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Crochet, solar and wind energy, open source software (especially R, LaTeX, Inkscape), light-based alarm clocks, e-bikes, cargo-bikes, bicycles in general, fast trains, running water,...
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Glasses, contact lenses, water screws, terracing, wheelbarrows, pencils, public transit, ramps, solar cells, wind farms, dental floss, cassette tapes, books, notebooks, books, spades, dibbers, cauldrons, spoons, crutches, kitchen knives and oh yeah, hammers and sickles.
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Glasses, contact lenses, water screws, terracing, wheelbarrows, pencils, public transit, ramps, solar cells, wind farms, dental floss, cassette tapes, books, notebooks, books, spades, dibbers, cauldrons, spoons, crutches, kitchen knives and oh yeah, hammers and sickles.
also: i am so much less concerned with what AI might (or might not) be able to do FOR us than i am with what it does TO us. i hate mopping the floor, but if someone said "i'll do that for you, but the cost is you'll forget how to do it yourself & also maybe run out of water for life," like, no deal
why isn't the left engaging seriously with the fascist imaginary machine, people love the fascist imaginary machine, the left is clearly wrong about this, like they were wrong about crypto and NFTs and the metaverse
I think this is directionally correct and honestly I'm less concerned about what it means for the left's take on AI than I am for the left's ability to metabolize new information and changing circumstances generally www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
February 17, 2026 at 7:14 PM
also: i am so much less concerned with what AI might (or might not) be able to do FOR us than i am with what it does TO us. i hate mopping the floor, but if someone said "i'll do that for you, but the cost is you'll forget how to do it yourself & also maybe run out of water for life," like, no deal
[nodding] leleton and skluge
given the existence of skeleton and luge, i postulate the existence of two other, yet to be discovered, winter olympic sports
February 17, 2026 at 4:27 AM
[nodding] leleton and skluge
hmmm. just had to edit my birthday here on bsky bc it was set to a random day and month in... 2008. while that is hysterical (i was born in 1989 and can very much prove it; in 2008 i, among other things, voted), it's odd. not a mistake i would everrrr make. might be worth checking your settings too!
February 16, 2026 at 9:08 PM
hmmm. just had to edit my birthday here on bsky bc it was set to a random day and month in... 2008. while that is hysterical (i was born in 1989 and can very much prove it; in 2008 i, among other things, voted), it's odd. not a mistake i would everrrr make. might be worth checking your settings too!
not the point, but for the record: the very existence of trans people completely disproves this argument?? if overwhelming social pressure to present as a certain gender could really override intrinsic knowledge of the self... trans people wouldn't exist. yet all through history, there we are
"if they socially transition too early we think they can get locked onto a trajectory that may not have been the correct natural trajectory for them"
Direct quote.
Direct quote.
February 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
not the point, but for the record: the very existence of trans people completely disproves this argument?? if overwhelming social pressure to present as a certain gender could really override intrinsic knowledge of the self... trans people wouldn't exist. yet all through history, there we are
CHARLES: some of the parents DO balk at the murder bit. knight to bishop square
ERIK: did you explain that mutant supremacy is the only true path to peace? rook to king five
CHARLES: ah. more your line than mine, isn't it, old friend?
LOGAN: you guys know you're playing hungry hungry hippos, right?
ERIK: did you explain that mutant supremacy is the only true path to peace? rook to king five
CHARLES: ah. more your line than mine, isn't it, old friend?
LOGAN: you guys know you're playing hungry hungry hippos, right?
Mother: so you run a school?
Charles Xavier: a school for gifted youngsters, like Timothy
Mother: but it’s a real school right?
Xavier: oh my yes
Mother: so he won’t be trained to kill
Xavier: oh no he certainly will
Mother: but he won’t actually have to do it
Xavier: oh no he certainly will
Charles Xavier: a school for gifted youngsters, like Timothy
Mother: but it’s a real school right?
Xavier: oh my yes
Mother: so he won’t be trained to kill
Xavier: oh no he certainly will
Mother: but he won’t actually have to do it
Xavier: oh no he certainly will
February 16, 2026 at 3:53 AM
CHARLES: some of the parents DO balk at the murder bit. knight to bishop square
ERIK: did you explain that mutant supremacy is the only true path to peace? rook to king five
CHARLES: ah. more your line than mine, isn't it, old friend?
LOGAN: you guys know you're playing hungry hungry hippos, right?
ERIK: did you explain that mutant supremacy is the only true path to peace? rook to king five
CHARLES: ah. more your line than mine, isn't it, old friend?
LOGAN: you guys know you're playing hungry hungry hippos, right?
people pleasing is people fearing. fearing rejection; fearing anger; fearing yourself. it's hard to let it go, but nearly everything worth doing is difficult at first. it gets easier. it's worth working on. people pleasing is people fearing, and fear of other people is a path to being alone.
February 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
people pleasing is people fearing. fearing rejection; fearing anger; fearing yourself. it's hard to let it go, but nearly everything worth doing is difficult at first. it gets easier. it's worth working on. people pleasing is people fearing, and fear of other people is a path to being alone.
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This bundle is an amazing deal if you like queer fiction and supporting trans folks and trans rights. (And who doesn't?)
I'm stoked that the Humble Bundle of my and @annaleen.bsky.social's books from Tor has raised nearly $5000 for the TGI Justice Project and Miss Major/Alexander Lee Black Trans Cultural Center.
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Let me tell you about when I went to the TGIJP's anniversary party
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Let me tell you about when I went to the TGIJP's anniversary party
Humble Book Bundle: Charlie Jane Anders & Annalee Newitz by TOR
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February 15, 2026 at 12:54 AM
This bundle is an amazing deal if you like queer fiction and supporting trans folks and trans rights. (And who doesn't?)
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Much as I like Pride & Prejudice I find it impossible to deny that this is the greatest review of it of all time. www.tom-cox.com/why-reading-...
February 14, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Much as I like Pride & Prejudice I find it impossible to deny that this is the greatest review of it of all time. www.tom-cox.com/why-reading-...
seeing a lot of posts about an olympian called misha winning a gold medal for figure skating, which is obvs very exciting. less exciting: i've been Online so long that my unexamined first thought was "yeah okay, i'll buy that misha collins is an olympian figure skater now. why wouldn't that happen"
February 13, 2026 at 11:34 PM
seeing a lot of posts about an olympian called misha winning a gold medal for figure skating, which is obvs very exciting. less exciting: i've been Online so long that my unexamined first thought was "yeah okay, i'll buy that misha collins is an olympian figure skater now. why wouldn't that happen"
my third romance novel, SECOND HELPINGS, comes out in may! my books are FUN: they're made to make you feel like you're watching a rompy 90s romcom, but queer. also there is a dog in it named pastrami & i believe in my heart that if enough people read it, that dog will become real & come to my home
Trans people: what good things are we looking forward to in 2026? Achieving a personal goal? The Project Hail Mary movie? Crushing your enemies, seeing them driven before you, and hearing the lamentations of their women? Comic-Con?
February 13, 2026 at 9:07 PM
my third romance novel, SECOND HELPINGS, comes out in may! my books are FUN: they're made to make you feel like you're watching a rompy 90s romcom, but queer. also there is a dog in it named pastrami & i believe in my heart that if enough people read it, that dog will become real & come to my home
bro... bro. do you really think the average trans person can't tell the difference between well-intentioned ignorance and transphobia? between someone trying their best but putting their foot in it, and someone acting out of hatred or bigotry towards us? bro. come on. be so serious right now bro
February 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM
bro... bro. do you really think the average trans person can't tell the difference between well-intentioned ignorance and transphobia? between someone trying their best but putting their foot in it, and someone acting out of hatred or bigotry towards us? bro. come on. be so serious right now bro
this is a good point well made, but i regret to report it made the following image appear in my mind: a man in an old-timey nightshirt and cap, laying on the crushed remains of a bed, right next to... [deep sigh] the whale
realizing Moby Dick was the first Only One Bed trope
February 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM
this is a good point well made, but i regret to report it made the following image appear in my mind: a man in an old-timey nightshirt and cap, laying on the crushed remains of a bed, right next to... [deep sigh] the whale
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Babe, wake up, new sarcastic but entirely worthwhile internet abbreviation just dropped
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Babe, wake up, new sarcastic but entirely worthwhile internet abbreviation just dropped
true when you trans your gender the other way, too. with every passing year i look more like my father and brothers, watch my hair thin down into my grandfather's hairline. it's honestly great. my body knows where i came from. transition doesn't make you into your fantasy; it makes you into yourself
Sitting down a young trans girl like "you won't look like an anime waifu- you'll look like your mother and that will be okay."
There needs to be a trans big brother/big sister program for newly out folk so they don't spend those crucial early years on self hating boards.
February 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
true when you trans your gender the other way, too. with every passing year i look more like my father and brothers, watch my hair thin down into my grandfather's hairline. it's honestly great. my body knows where i came from. transition doesn't make you into your fantasy; it makes you into yourself
every transphobic argument boils down to "in spite of the infinite variety of experience inherent to humanity, you are only allowed to be the kind of person we (a collection of miserable ghouls) say you should be." an amazing coincidence that every fascist argument boils down to the same thing
Baffled by transphobes insisting that the name on your birth certificate is Your True Name Forever when it was common in my grandparents' generation to just...pick a name you like and use that, nbd. I literally found out both of my grandma's birth certificate first names FROM THEIR OBITUARIES.
February 11, 2026 at 1:42 AM
every transphobic argument boils down to "in spite of the infinite variety of experience inherent to humanity, you are only allowed to be the kind of person we (a collection of miserable ghouls) say you should be." an amazing coincidence that every fascist argument boils down to the same thing
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
funniest thing as a trans guy in ohio who i'm told come across as 'charlie day's voice in a danny devito-sized body' is how cis dudes now (wrongly) assume i know about Sports. today a guy asked who i was rooting for in the superbowl & i replied "jesus is THAT why this grocery store is so crowded"
February 9, 2026 at 3:20 AM
funniest thing as a trans guy in ohio who i'm told come across as 'charlie day's voice in a danny devito-sized body' is how cis dudes now (wrongly) assume i know about Sports. today a guy asked who i was rooting for in the superbowl & i replied "jesus is THAT why this grocery store is so crowded"
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A group of men who regularly rape children decided to ruin the public's perception of trans people in this country for shits and giggles and every time I think about that my heart clenches into a blood-red fist of rage.
And I can't stop thinking about it.
And I can't stop thinking about it.
February 7, 2026 at 3:43 PM
A group of men who regularly rape children decided to ruin the public's perception of trans people in this country for shits and giggles and every time I think about that my heart clenches into a blood-red fist of rage.
And I can't stop thinking about it.
And I can't stop thinking about it.
i gotta say, though it used to baffle me, the more we learn the more i understand how and why this *specific* group of people could have thought it was a good idea to create the torment nexus from sci-fi classic and cautionary tale 'don't create the torment nexus'
February 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
i gotta say, though it used to baffle me, the more we learn the more i understand how and why this *specific* group of people could have thought it was a good idea to create the torment nexus from sci-fi classic and cautionary tale 'don't create the torment nexus'
i wrote this story, and this comment came directly to my inbox when it was made. in unrelated news, i'm legally changing my name to "wizened husk morrison" and would really appreciate if someone could come collect my bones from where they've been gathering dust on the floor since that email arrived
I regret to inform you that the Inception coffee shop AU where Arthur is a sad lawyer who stress-bakes has a comment on it that reads, "Wild that this was published 4 days after I was born!"
February 6, 2026 at 8:33 PM
i wrote this story, and this comment came directly to my inbox when it was made. in unrelated news, i'm legally changing my name to "wizened husk morrison" and would really appreciate if someone could come collect my bones from where they've been gathering dust on the floor since that email arrived
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what if instead of every writer having an individual premium substack we had lots of writers working together for one publication. you might have editors, too, and designers. and only one regular fee, instead of seventy billion! wonder who will invent that. sounds like it’d be good
February 5, 2026 at 12:15 AM
what if instead of every writer having an individual premium substack we had lots of writers working together for one publication. you might have editors, too, and designers. and only one regular fee, instead of seventy billion! wonder who will invent that. sounds like it’d be good
a thread of grounding techniques for anyone finding it A Bit Much right now. most are a little unconventional; all are things i've found effective. if you feel like you need to soldier on and be fine, no you don't; if you feel like your struggles don't merit using this kind of approach, yes they do.
February 4, 2026 at 12:24 AM
a thread of grounding techniques for anyone finding it A Bit Much right now. most are a little unconventional; all are things i've found effective. if you feel like you need to soldier on and be fine, no you don't; if you feel like your struggles don't merit using this kind of approach, yes they do.