mephist0phallus
@mephist0phallus.bsky.social
Sam | adult
Tolkien bsky (& tumblr): maglors-anion-gap
Ao3: Lorinand_Lost
Trigun tumblr: Humanoid-Typh00n
Tolkien bsky (& tumblr): maglors-anion-gap
Ao3: Lorinand_Lost
Trigun tumblr: Humanoid-Typh00n
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The Columbia River Basin once sustained 10 to 16 million salmon and steelhead annually. Today, over a third of those populations are extinct and many are at imminent risk of disappearing.
Oregon asks for emergency measures to save salmon in Columbia, Snake rivers from extinction
The Columbia River Basin once sustained 10 to 16 million salmon and steelhead annually. Today, over a third of those populations are extinct and many are at imminent risk of disappearing.
www.oregonlive.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Columbia River Basin once sustained 10 to 16 million salmon and steelhead annually. Today, over a third of those populations are extinct and many are at imminent risk of disappearing.
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Eighteen of the legendary writer’s short stories are brought together for the first time.
Katherine Dunn story collection showcases joys, frustrations of late Portland author’s work
Eighteen of the legendary writer’s short stories are brought together for the first time.
www.oregonlive.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Eighteen of the legendary writer’s short stories are brought together for the first time.
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NEW INVESTIGATION
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
The Insatiable Energy Demands of Data Centers Could Increase Fossil Fuel Emissions in California
By 2030, the centers could consume the equivalent of adding another city the size of L.A. to the state’s power grid.
capitalandmain.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
NEW INVESTIGATION
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
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it’s yet another good day to donate to @transjournalists.org
i have a recurring donation set up & it brings me a flicker of gladness every time i get an email saying the month’s donation went through, would recommend
www.transjournalists.org/donate/
i have a recurring donation set up & it brings me a flicker of gladness every time i get an email saying the month’s donation went through, would recommend
www.transjournalists.org/donate/
Support the TJA
Together, we can promote more accurate, nuanced coverage of trans issues and communities in the media while also supporting gender-expansive journalists in their workplaces and careers.
Join the TJA'...
www.transjournalists.org
September 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
it’s yet another good day to donate to @transjournalists.org
i have a recurring donation set up & it brings me a flicker of gladness every time i get an email saying the month’s donation went through, would recommend
www.transjournalists.org/donate/
i have a recurring donation set up & it brings me a flicker of gladness every time i get an email saying the month’s donation went through, would recommend
www.transjournalists.org/donate/
September 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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been thinking a lot about this holy scripture lately
June 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
been thinking a lot about this holy scripture lately
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Needed this reminder today.
July 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Needed this reminder today.
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Jesus fucking Christ.
So…about AI’s energy use…
“…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”
“…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”
Report: Creating a 5-second AI video is like running a microwave for an hour
That's a long time in the microwave.
mashable.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Jesus fucking Christ.
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The biggest mistake I see in discussions of trans people's healthcare is the idea that hormones and the like are some special service just for us when really all kinds of people access the same health care for all kinds of reasons but they are *withheld* from us because we are trans
May 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The biggest mistake I see in discussions of trans people's healthcare is the idea that hormones and the like are some special service just for us when really all kinds of people access the same health care for all kinds of reasons but they are *withheld* from us because we are trans
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Cis Americans, if you do one single thing today please let it be to contact your representative. You have no idea how many US trans people I follow who are freaked the fuck out
And for everyone else, if America does it, your country will use America as an example of how they can do it too. Speak up
And for everyone else, if America does it, your country will use America as an example of how they can do it too. Speak up
IMPORTANT: Nationwide ban on Medicaid covering gender affirming care is in the House bill.
Prohibition on #Medicaid coverage of gender affirming care extended from youth under age 18 to all beneficiaries (4/x)
May 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Cis Americans, if you do one single thing today please let it be to contact your representative. You have no idea how many US trans people I follow who are freaked the fuck out
And for everyone else, if America does it, your country will use America as an example of how they can do it too. Speak up
And for everyone else, if America does it, your country will use America as an example of how they can do it too. Speak up
My new job conflicts with the obgyn appointment I’ve had booked for 6 months with the only trans male practitioner in the city. Can’t get a different appt b4 my coverage changes. Guess I get to do my pap with a mystery obgyn who’s going to put “abnormal clitoris” in my chart
April 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My new job conflicts with the obgyn appointment I’ve had booked for 6 months with the only trans male practitioner in the city. Can’t get a different appt b4 my coverage changes. Guess I get to do my pap with a mystery obgyn who’s going to put “abnormal clitoris” in my chart
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In 2000, John Waters donated 372 pieces of his art collection to the Baltimore Museum of Art. They named a rotunda after him in their gallery. He requested an all-gender restroom be named for him instead. #BOTD
April 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In 2000, John Waters donated 372 pieces of his art collection to the Baltimore Museum of Art. They named a rotunda after him in their gallery. He requested an all-gender restroom be named for him instead. #BOTD
“Man I just can’t get used to the character limit” <- tumblr transplant who’s about as concise as the love child between Foghorn Leghorn and a traveling lightning rod salesman
April 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“Man I just can’t get used to the character limit” <- tumblr transplant who’s about as concise as the love child between Foghorn Leghorn and a traveling lightning rod salesman
This is your reminder to set up an appointment with a physical therapist. That wait list isn’t going to get any shorter if you’re not on it. Take it from a guy who said “three months is a long wait” for three years; it took a week to start seeing improvement. You deserve to manage your pain.
April 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is your reminder to set up an appointment with a physical therapist. That wait list isn’t going to get any shorter if you’re not on it. Take it from a guy who said “three months is a long wait” for three years; it took a week to start seeing improvement. You deserve to manage your pain.
Do Not Comply: A Lesson from the Last Three Months of Anti-Trans Attacks. “The cruelty lies in the ambiguity. These orders don’t explicitly bar specific conduct but deputize decision-makers to interpret them in ways that inflict the greatest harm…” [kettering.org]
Do Not Comply: A Lesson from the Last Three Months of Anti-Trans Attacks
The views and opinions expressed by contributors to our digital communications are made independent of their affiliation with the Charles F. Kettering Foundation and without the foundation’s warranty of accuracy, authenticity, or completeness. Such statements do not reflect the views and opinions of
kettering.org
April 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The Rise of End Times Fascism. “This is a belief system that is genocidal at its core and treasonous to the wonder and beauty of this world.” [kottke.org]
“The Rise of End Times Fascism”
This is a really interesting essay from Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor about the rise of end times fascism and the far right’s bet against the future.
The governing ideology of the far right in our age of escalating disas
kottke.org
April 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Was feeling like dogshit but hope was restored after watching an old lady walking her tinydog call out to a mid 30s emo guy tooling around on his bmx bike about an injured squirrel she wanted him to save. He stopped immediately, asked “where?” and then zoomed off to find it. Ig he’s Known for this.
April 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Was feeling like dogshit but hope was restored after watching an old lady walking her tinydog call out to a mid 30s emo guy tooling around on his bmx bike about an injured squirrel she wanted him to save. He stopped immediately, asked “where?” and then zoomed off to find it. Ig he’s Known for this.
Anyway I think this sniping at tguys is driven by the assumption that someone can be too much of a man to be meaningfully queer. Apropos of nothing: I’m off to till my mother’s garden and contemplate the parts of myself I censor in order to have someone to drive me to urgent care when I need it.
April 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Anyway I think this sniping at tguys is driven by the assumption that someone can be too much of a man to be meaningfully queer. Apropos of nothing: I’m off to till my mother’s garden and contemplate the parts of myself I censor in order to have someone to drive me to urgent care when I need it.
Searching for worthwhile informal/community Queer publications is a needle in a haystack endeavor because pubs that aren’t anodyne and puerile post shit like “masculinity is broadly rewarded.” Stop, do not pass go, do not collect $250, sentenced to 5yrs peer review from butches and trans men.
April 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Searching for worthwhile informal/community Queer publications is a needle in a haystack endeavor because pubs that aren’t anodyne and puerile post shit like “masculinity is broadly rewarded.” Stop, do not pass go, do not collect $250, sentenced to 5yrs peer review from butches and trans men.
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And trans people. I wish even one news publication would mention us when talking about this stupid act.
President Trump and many of his backers in Congress have introduced a new bill called the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which threatens to make it harder for young people and women to vote.
This New Trump-Backed Bill Wants to Make It Harder for Young People to Vote
Here’s what we can do.
www.teenvogue.com
April 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
And trans people. I wish even one news publication would mention us when talking about this stupid act.
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“If we largely define queerness by whether or not we experience these abuses ‘enough’ to be considered authentic, what room does this leave us to embrace our queer identities outside these abuses, especially when our collective goal is to dismantle them altogether?”
-Sherronda J. Brown
1/4
-Sherronda J. Brown
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April 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
“If we largely define queerness by whether or not we experience these abuses ‘enough’ to be considered authentic, what room does this leave us to embrace our queer identities outside these abuses, especially when our collective goal is to dismantle them altogether?”
-Sherronda J. Brown
1/4
-Sherronda J. Brown
1/4
Job hunt done. Now on to spring planting. Then we’re back to posting about hole.
I finally made a bluesky! You may know me from my tumblr main (same handle), Tolkien side blog (maglors-anion-gap) or trigun side blog (humanoid-typh00n). Ideally I will post more after I’m done serving my two current masters (job hunt and spring planting).
April 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Job hunt done. Now on to spring planting. Then we’re back to posting about hole.
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Clean energy powered 40% of global electricity in 2024, report finds. “The milestone was powered by a boom in solar power capacity, which has doubled in the last three years.” [theguardian.com]
Clean energy powered 40% of global electricity in 2024, report finds
Thinktank says solar has been fastest-growing energy source for last 20 years, but remains dwarfed by hydro power
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Clean energy powered 40% of global electricity in 2024, report finds. “The milestone was powered by a boom in solar power capacity, which has doubled in the last three years.” [theguardian.com]
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words by jenny holzer #tdov #transdayofvisibility
March 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
words by jenny holzer #tdov #transdayofvisibility
Update: I just realized you could link a second account so I am also at @maglors-anion-gap.bsky.social same as my tumblr side blog.
April 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Update: I just realized you could link a second account so I am also at @maglors-anion-gap.bsky.social same as my tumblr side blog.