Theo
@theokane.bsky.social
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Author, cat person, plant daddy, comic nerd, and book lover. They/he. In my garden in Seattle. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 sliverofice.com/links
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adactivity.bsky.social
This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa
mattburgess1.bsky.social
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.
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oldenoughtosay.com
“why do wokerati have to make everything about gender?”

Listen, my toddler’s preschool has different lines for girls and boys on the Wheels On The Bus, why the fuck are YOU making everything about gender
theokane.bsky.social
YEP! This is his job! And people take his word and adopt it! He also wrote a book called Polarized! What?!

I also cannot help but wonder if there is some hindsight 20/20 reflection on history. Like history seems "safer" because we know what happened vs if you were living through it.
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dr-ophelian.bsky.social
The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is on Vimeo on Demand. If you want to spend some time with her on screen tonight and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, it's free to rent with the code "shinebright" vimeo.com/ondemand/major
Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand
The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…
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theokane.bsky.social
When he says he was really meant to discuss politics in "peace" time, I'd like to know when he thinks this country or the world was "peaceful" enough, because it never has been. Sure, maybe at times, for cishet white men like him to not realize that we weren't in "peace" times.
theokane.bsky.social
127th read:

Taken in the Minotaur's Labyrinth (A Menagerie of Monsters #1) by Ciara Bane

This short story is part of a larger one & maybe the whole thing would've been 3 stars. However, it lacked description to set up the universe or explain what was happening.

2/5 stars #Booksky #MonsterRomance
Book cover for Taken in the Minotaur's Labyrinth (A Menagerie of Monsters #1) by Ciara Bane

Features a torso photo of a shirtless tanned man with gym muscles, below his 6-pack is green and blue clouds
theokane.bsky.social
126th read of 2025:

The Bride (Lairds' Fiancées #1) by Julie Garwood

This is an essential text that many other Romance books have copied, and it is a great book on its own. Delightful, funny, and charming. Jamie's a great heroine.

5/5 stars #Booksky #Romancelandia
Book cover for The Bride (Lairds' Fiancées #1) by Julie Garwood

Cover is photo of a white woman all dressed in a white Medieval-style wedding dress with a veil and holding flowers, in the background is a Scottish shore with cliffs and a castle.
theokane.bsky.social
125th read:

Kiss the Girl (Meant to Be #3) by Zoraida Córdova

An official adaptation of Disney's The Little Mermaid that nails the themes as it stays structurally true, makes it contemporary without nostalgia, & delivers a fab rockstar romance with a Latine cast.

5/5 stars #Booksky #Romancelandia
Book cover for Kiss the Girl (Meant to Be #3) by Zoraida Córdova

Illustrated cover where Ariel sings into a microphone while Eric strums his guitar. There are spotlights up top that shine on the title text.
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tylerfromtheinternet.com
It's never a bad time to bring up that we

a b s o l u t e l y

have the resources and ability to provide housing, food, clothing, healthcare, and education to everyone at no direct cost to the individual; and we just choose not to do it.
tylerfromtheinternet.com
People should just get paid six thousand dollars a month to exist. You may have counterpoints and things to consider about this idea but let me just get ahead of them: shut up
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restingdinoface.bsky.social
You can always keep fucking with your gender.
theokane.bsky.social
Really thought we'd be able to escape capitalism in death.
theokane.bsky.social
Anyone else keep getting subscribed to random substacks?
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finchfrii.bsky.social
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus, had previously endorsed Bruce Harrell.

She is now dual endorsing Bruce Harrell and Katie Wilson for Seattle mayor. #SEAelex
A Facebook post by Pramila Jayapal:

I'm proud to endorse both Bruce Harrell and Katie Wilson for Seattle Mayor in the Seattle mayoral race.

Read my full statement.

TEAM JAYAPAL ENDORSED BRUCE HARRELL & KATIE WILSON

"In his time as Mayor, Mayor Harrell has been a strong partner for me-both in working together to deliver federal dollars and progressive policies that benefit Seattle and the 7th Congressional District, and in ensuring we stand up to Donald Trump's authoritarian overreaches that hurt our residents and erode our democracy.

That is why I was proud to endorse him back in December 2024 and stand by that endorsement.

In the last several months since Katie Wilson entered the race, I have had several conversations with her and have been impressed by her vision, skills and commitment to progressive policies that will make us an inclusive, innovative, and affordable city for working people."

"That is why today, I am proud to announce that I will also be endorsing Katie Wilson in her bid to be Seattle's next Mayor.

Katie is an organizer, like me, who has shown her fight and mettle in successfully organizing transit riders from the ground up, working in coalition to pass successful policies like the jumpstart tax and desperately needed social housing. She understands the need to build a strong team around her that will ensure her vision becomes reality.

She will be a fighter for the principles of equity, immigrant justice, civil rights, and fundamental democratic rights that are all under threat right now and hallmarks of the fights I take on every single day as your Member of Congress."

"I also believe that if we are to truly have a democratic process, voters need to speak for themselves without millions of dollars from wealthy individuals and big corporations being poured into our elections. Katie's exceptional win in the primary election is an inspiring example of just that.

For all these reasons, I am proud to make this dual endorsement today."
theokane.bsky.social
Joel Kaplan - president of global affairs at Meta - was one of these rioters.

He also got off 🍆💦 on asking his employee where she was bleeding from after hemorrhaging from pregnancy complications and put in a performance review that she wasn't working enough when in a related coma.
daviddarmofal.bsky.social
The Bush Republicans who are now acting like they didn’t have anything to do with creating the rising authoritarianism in our country should Google “Brooks Brothers Riot” & remind themselves of their role in producing this.
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jeninmotion.bsky.social
Mike Johnson a little bitch baby
jamiedupree.bsky.social
This GOP move does several things:
+ No votes in the House until at least October 14
+ No swearing-in for Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva D-AZ
+ No 218th signature from Grijalva on the Epstein Files discharge petition
+ Continues the House 'jam' of the Senate on the CR
jamiedupree.bsky.social
🚨🚨The House reading clerk just read a letter from House Speaker Mike Johnson where he declares a 'District Work Period' from October 7 to October 13.

That would mean no votes in the House until mid-month.
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eric-reinhart.com
ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.
theokane.bsky.social
124th read of 2025:

The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton

Cute but ultimately I needed more tension and space because he's an astronaut. I wish this had been dual POV instead of only Amerie. I still can't believe she didn't know their date was to stargaze! A+ cover.

3/5 stars #Booksky #Romancelandia
Book cover for The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton

Illustration on a bright pink cover shows a Black man in a blue NASA astronaut suit holding and dipping down to kiss a Black woman in a sparkly green dress and high heels. Behind them is a city outline and in the sky is a moon and rocketship blasting off into the atmosphere.
theokane.bsky.social
123rd read:

Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change by Angela Garbes

I’m aligned with the thesis: to expand the definitions of mothering & value & reward it. Society runs on this unpaid labor. The non-memoir parts were significantly weaker, especially on disability.

3/5 stars #Booksky #Memoir
Book cover for Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change by Angela Garbes

Cover is an outline drawing of a woman holding a baby in front of her. Both have dark skin and there is a halo-like effect around the mother's head to signal the reverence of the mother that is not rewarded.
theokane.bsky.social
122nd read:

Simplicity by Mattie Lubchansky

Lubchansky perfectly encapsulates how very absurd and disconnected this moment in time feels. Simplicity is set in 2081, but its chaos is patterned after echoes of ours. Both art and text capture relatable moments.

5/5 stars #Booksky #Comics #ScifiBooks
Book cover for Simplicity by Mattie Lubchansky

Features an illustration of Lucius, a trans man with tan skin and glasses being pulled down by tentacle vines being let go by a person at the top
theokane.bsky.social
121st read:

Marvel Voices: Heritage #1 by various creators

These Indigenous character stories felt too short and promotional. The best was “Snowguard: The Tuurngait’s Song," as it pulled through with themes, characters, and the only outstanding art.

2/5 stars #Booksky #Comics #Superheroes
Comic book cover for Marvel Voices: Heritage #1

Cover features an illustration of Echo as Phoenix leading a group of superheroes as they jump or fly over the Grand Canyon
theokane.bsky.social
I mean...you have to have some heroism to have worked every day for a decade + with my bio dad. He deserved that diet Pepsi.
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
weirdo political pundits cannot understand that this is the only way a lot of us want to use the social web
a screenshot from 2003's Peter Pan of Peter speaking, the subtitle has been edited to read, "I want always to talk about my hyperfixations and have fun"
theokane.bsky.social
You name your hero Gary, and all I see is the long-time service writer who worked at my bio dad's auto shop and loved his diet Pepsis.
theokane.bsky.social
120th read of 2025:

A Gentleman's Gentleman by TJ Alexander

I loved this! In many ways, Christopher was a very ordinary romance hero, forced through inheritance drama to marry before 25.

The great ending reinforced his Heroism. A gay trans man doing it all!

5/5 stars #Romancelandia #Booksky
Book cover for A Gentleman's Gentleman by TJ Alexander

Cover is a stylized photo of a man wearing a fancy cravat and light colored Regency clothing, shows his face from his mouth down, with a calling card for the book's title and author.