Kit Stubbs, Ph.D. (they/them)
@kitstubbsphd.bsky.social
Boston-area non-binary/transgender/queer nerd
Past co-chair, WisCon (wiscon.net), the world's first feminist SFF con
Founder, The Effing Foundation for Sex-Positivity (effing.org)
Avatar by @reelrollsweat on tumblr, https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/2069970
Past co-chair, WisCon (wiscon.net), the world's first feminist SFF con
Founder, The Effing Foundation for Sex-Positivity (effing.org)
Avatar by @reelrollsweat on tumblr, https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/2069970
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Not everyone is born trans; for some people, being trans is an expressive, deeply personal choice. Being trans is like being Jewish. Whether or not you're born that way or choose to become that way, it's a basic sacred freedom and human right.
Having regrets about being born trans is about as useful as having regrets about being born with red hair. You can dye your hair black, but you will always still be a redhead. And you can “detrans,” but you will always still be trans. We are born this way.
Yes! Thank you for this! I was a girl, and then a young woman, and then after a while, "woman" just didn't feel right. And "man" didn't feel right either. And I refused to cram myself into either box. So, ten years ago I came out as trans & non-binary. (Yep, I'm one of the dreaded "they/thems".) 1/6
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a huge problem with the Senate being a lifetime Millionaire (mostly) Boys Club is that they all identify with each other — and the wealthy donors they socialize with — far more strongly than with their constituents. Their loyalty is not to us.
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
a huge problem with the Senate being a lifetime Millionaire (mostly) Boys Club is that they all identify with each other — and the wealthy donors they socialize with — far more strongly than with their constituents. Their loyalty is not to us.
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Generative AI is the apotheosis of this process. It's praised for doing better than a human on certain tasks, but those tasks were *made for computer logic* in the first place.
The new world will try to convince you that this computer logic is more valuable than your human thought. Defy it.
The new world will try to convince you that this computer logic is more valuable than your human thought. Defy it.
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Generative AI is the apotheosis of this process. It's praised for doing better than a human on certain tasks, but those tasks were *made for computer logic* in the first place.
The new world will try to convince you that this computer logic is more valuable than your human thought. Defy it.
The new world will try to convince you that this computer logic is more valuable than your human thought. Defy it.
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narrator: It was in fact super negotiable
Health care isn’t negotiable.
We need to both reopen the government and work together to protect access to affordable health care by extending the ACA enhanced premium tax credits.
We need to both reopen the government and work together to protect access to affordable health care by extending the ACA enhanced premium tax credits.
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
narrator: It was in fact super negotiable
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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Japanese women photographers — like their counterparts around the world — share a long tradition of being ignored. A recent anthology and several exhibitions are trying to change that.
What we see when Japanese women photographers shoot back
Women in photography have been less visible than their male counterparts. An anthology of 25 photographers and three exhibitions this autumn are turning the tides.
ebx.sh
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Japanese women photographers — like their counterparts around the world — share a long tradition of being ignored. A recent anthology and several exhibitions are trying to change that.
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All
Congresspeople
Are
Bastards
Congresspeople
Are
Bastards
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
All
Congresspeople
Are
Bastards
Congresspeople
Are
Bastards
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
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i did another one from the book
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
i did another one from the book
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Rich people are complaining about their taxes going up and like, can't you just make more money? I swear, rich people these days just don't want to work anymore. They're so lazy and entitled. Like pull yourself up by your gold plated bootstraps, rich people, don't you always say that's so easy?
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Rich people are complaining about their taxes going up and like, can't you just make more money? I swear, rich people these days just don't want to work anymore. They're so lazy and entitled. Like pull yourself up by your gold plated bootstraps, rich people, don't you always say that's so easy?
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Don't know what to caption this but isn't Ricky looking so good? What a cat 💕
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Don't know what to caption this but isn't Ricky looking so good? What a cat 💕
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Watson was not some unique genius. He happened to be in the right place at the right time
Science is a communal effort. The structure of DNA would have been discovered eventually
What actually slows scientific progress is institutional barriers that stop women and POC from becoming scientists
Science is a communal effort. The structure of DNA would have been discovered eventually
What actually slows scientific progress is institutional barriers that stop women and POC from becoming scientists
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Watson was not some unique genius. He happened to be in the right place at the right time
Science is a communal effort. The structure of DNA would have been discovered eventually
What actually slows scientific progress is institutional barriers that stop women and POC from becoming scientists
Science is a communal effort. The structure of DNA would have been discovered eventually
What actually slows scientific progress is institutional barriers that stop women and POC from becoming scientists
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The largest mass media- NYT, CNN, CBS, etc- are owned by billionaires. They own media not to make money, but to control the information space to be friendly to class interests.
Those outlets will never report positive political outcomes for regular people in any kind of objective framing.
Those outlets will never report positive political outcomes for regular people in any kind of objective framing.
After a week in which Dems exceeded expectations in elections, Trump's popularity continues to tank, the GOP largely abandoned the task of governing (just as Thanksgiving travel approaches), I'm a bit surprised to see many more stories highlighting weakness in the Dem than in the GOP coalition.
This NYT framing is ludicrously overstated. Sure, there are primaries. But if anything, the results showed a lot of Dems that there's a way to unify the factions around anti-Trump and affordability politics (as I try to argue in the piece/thread below).
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The largest mass media- NYT, CNN, CBS, etc- are owned by billionaires. They own media not to make money, but to control the information space to be friendly to class interests.
Those outlets will never report positive political outcomes for regular people in any kind of objective framing.
Those outlets will never report positive political outcomes for regular people in any kind of objective framing.
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Also, scream this shit from the rooftops:
November 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Also, scream this shit from the rooftops:
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with alt text
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
with alt text
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Mamdani is gonna implement charcuterie law. Every meal must consist of sliced meats, cheeses, small pieces of bread, and fruit.
Mamdani is gonna implement Shar Pei law. One wrinkle dog per household.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Mamdani is gonna implement charcuterie law. Every meal must consist of sliced meats, cheeses, small pieces of bread, and fruit.
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The 30 Rock episode with “how do you do, fellow kids?” is closer to the release of Windows 98 than it is to today.
I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
November 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The 30 Rock episode with “how do you do, fellow kids?” is closer to the release of Windows 98 than it is to today.
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@caffeinated-spoon.bsky.social and I are proud to announce a cross-server initiative this month called ‘Smut for SNAP’, where you can ask participating writers to write you a piece of smut in exchange for a charitable donation to a food bank, blood bank, or volunteer hours.
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
@caffeinated-spoon.bsky.social and I are proud to announce a cross-server initiative this month called ‘Smut for SNAP’, where you can ask participating writers to write you a piece of smut in exchange for a charitable donation to a food bank, blood bank, or volunteer hours.
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Science will never succeed until we recognize the humanity of all scientists and break the dehumanization cultures that crush too many people.
November 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Science will never succeed until we recognize the humanity of all scientists and break the dehumanization cultures that crush too many people.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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✋🏻 Never used any of those chatbots or copilots. That they would be more detrimental than not and that they were cognitive hazards was pretty clear from the outset
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
✋🏻 Never used any of those chatbots or copilots. That they would be more detrimental than not and that they were cognitive hazards was pretty clear from the outset
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For the people who think they are bothering the artist by commissioning them again and again
YOU ARE NOT!! WE LOVE YOU!! 😳💗
Biggest form of flattery in my mind!
YOU ARE NOT!! WE LOVE YOU!! 😳💗
Biggest form of flattery in my mind!
October 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
For the people who think they are bothering the artist by commissioning them again and again
YOU ARE NOT!! WE LOVE YOU!! 😳💗
Biggest form of flattery in my mind!
YOU ARE NOT!! WE LOVE YOU!! 😳💗
Biggest form of flattery in my mind!
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“Transgender people are more than just a political issue, and we're in danger. We need all the help we can get from friends, neighbors, politicians, and school administrators.. trans people are increasingly discriminated against, excluded, and treated without respect or dignity…
Help us.”
Help us.”
For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“Transgender people are more than just a political issue, and we're in danger. We need all the help we can get from friends, neighbors, politicians, and school administrators.. trans people are increasingly discriminated against, excluded, and treated without respect or dignity…
Help us.”
Help us.”
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Folks don't seem to understand that if my stripe or pp accounts get taken away from some fluke like, that's it. Career done. There is no coming back from that and people won't put in the effort for alts. This is why we need mainstream services to just get with it and allow porn.
Nooooo lrt is SUCH bad news to me because Kickstarter was my last chance to make my new comics happen... Jesus christ, is the end of my career sooner than I thought? Why did ks even send out that email about nsfw...
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Folks don't seem to understand that if my stripe or pp accounts get taken away from some fluke like, that's it. Career done. There is no coming back from that and people won't put in the effort for alts. This is why we need mainstream services to just get with it and allow porn.
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On behalf of all self-published authors, I authorize you to reach out & tell us if you really enjoyed something we wrote.
We’re all dog-paddling in a sea of self-doubt & impostor syndrome & those little messages mean a lot.
Unless stated otherwise, our DMs/inboxes are always open for kind words 💞
We’re all dog-paddling in a sea of self-doubt & impostor syndrome & those little messages mean a lot.
Unless stated otherwise, our DMs/inboxes are always open for kind words 💞
November 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
On behalf of all self-published authors, I authorize you to reach out & tell us if you really enjoyed something we wrote.
We’re all dog-paddling in a sea of self-doubt & impostor syndrome & those little messages mean a lot.
Unless stated otherwise, our DMs/inboxes are always open for kind words 💞
We’re all dog-paddling in a sea of self-doubt & impostor syndrome & those little messages mean a lot.
Unless stated otherwise, our DMs/inboxes are always open for kind words 💞