Kassandra Jo Tomaras
@raconteuse.bsky.social
Transfeminine author, literary translator, and sufferable pedant. Messenger of divine wrath and sleepy times. She/they
https://raconteuse.me
DMs open to people I follow only.
EN/ES/DE/FR/PT and sometimes Yiddish
https://raconteuse.me
DMs open to people I follow only.
EN/ES/DE/FR/PT and sometimes Yiddish
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About Kassandra Jo Tomaras
Kassandra Jo Tomaras is a New Yorker, a mother, a writer, and a literary translator. She has published literary criticism, personal essays, short speculative fiction, and translations of fantasy stori...
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@juneeee.bsky.social is an excellent web developer. You should pay her to help you do cool things.
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@juneeee.bsky.social is an excellent web developer. You should pay her to help you do cool things.
Something I will find out the answer to later today when I am in Lisbon and then Madrid: Is the fact that I am hearing crappy American Christmas music in the Ponta Delgada airport attributable to the large Azorean diaspora? Or is this now an international curse?
November 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Something I will find out the answer to later today when I am in Lisbon and then Madrid: Is the fact that I am hearing crappy American Christmas music in the Ponta Delgada airport attributable to the large Azorean diaspora? Or is this now an international curse?
Reposted by Kassandra Jo Tomaras
El agua que nos rodea –la que bebemos, la de los océanos e incluso la que forma parte de nuestro cuerpo– es más antigua que nuestro planeta y una parte de ella ya existía antes de que el Sol empezara a brillar, confirma un estudio publicado en la Revista Nature es.ara.cat/1_551569?utm...
El agua que nos rodea es más antigua que el propio sistema solar
Un reciente estudio confirma que el sistema solar contiene esta molécula necesaria para la vida de diferentes orígenes
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November 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
El agua que nos rodea –la que bebemos, la de los océanos e incluso la que forma parte de nuestro cuerpo– es más antigua que nuestro planeta y una parte de ella ya existía antes de que el Sol empezara a brillar, confirma un estudio publicado en la Revista Nature es.ara.cat/1_551569?utm...
If you ever find yourself in Ponta Delgada, visit the botanical gardens
November 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
If you ever find yourself in Ponta Delgada, visit the botanical gardens
Estou nas Açores.
November 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Estou nas Açores.
Broke: Romanians are Slavs trying to speak a Romance language
Woke: Portuguese are Slavs trying to speak a Romance language.
Bespoke: All Europeans are Secret Slavs.
Woke: Portuguese are Slavs trying to speak a Romance language.
Bespoke: All Europeans are Secret Slavs.
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Broke: Romanians are Slavs trying to speak a Romance language
Woke: Portuguese are Slavs trying to speak a Romance language.
Bespoke: All Europeans are Secret Slavs.
Woke: Portuguese are Slavs trying to speak a Romance language.
Bespoke: All Europeans are Secret Slavs.
A Jewish deli ought to be a haven from Christmas music. This one is not.
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A Jewish deli ought to be a haven from Christmas music. This one is not.
Toronto's international airport was the easiest time I have ever had with check in and security. Half an hour after my cab arrived, I am at a terminal deli across from my gate.
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Toronto's international airport was the easiest time I have ever had with check in and security. Half an hour after my cab arrived, I am at a terminal deli across from my gate.
Taking an Uber to the Toronto International Airport. My driver started out being very apologetic because it was his prayer time. When he finished I said "ameen" and said there must be some very horrible customers who wouldn't want him to complete his prayers.
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Taking an Uber to the Toronto International Airport. My driver started out being very apologetic because it was his prayer time. When he finished I said "ameen" and said there must be some very horrible customers who wouldn't want him to complete his prayers.
The predictability of an injustice doesn't negate the fact that it is unjust.
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The predictability of an injustice doesn't negate the fact that it is unjust.
"When everyone is suffering, it's easier to curse a pickpocket than to comfort his victim." - Vasily Grossman, STALINGRAD
November 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"When everyone is suffering, it's easier to curse a pickpocket than to comfort his victim." - Vasily Grossman, STALINGRAD
Reposted by Kassandra Jo Tomaras
Still standing by this. It would be a way better use of their time from wealthy queers than what they currently spend money on.
What would that support look like? well "lawyers, guns and money" is a solid shorthand, especially from orgs and individuals with cash...
1) Legal help not just fighting laws but getting folks out of jail, lawfare against hate groups, med providers that cut services, etc...
1) Legal help not just fighting laws but getting folks out of jail, lawfare against hate groups, med providers that cut services, etc...
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Still standing by this. It would be a way better use of their time from wealthy queers than what they currently spend money on.
Big mood
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The The - This Is the Day (Official Audio)
YouTube video by TheTheVEVO
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November 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Big mood
youtu.be/7ZYgKCbFbWY?...
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This is why Levantine baklava is superior to Greek.
Cardamom >>>>>>>>> Cinnamon
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This is why Levantine baklava is superior to Greek.
Earlier today:
Person fisting me: I'm about to put in the fifth finger, so I'm putting on more lube. I don't have six fingers.
Me: If you did, I'd have to say, "My name is Iñigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!"
Person fisting me: I'm about to put in the fifth finger, so I'm putting on more lube. I don't have six fingers.
Me: If you did, I'd have to say, "My name is Iñigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!"
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Earlier today:
Person fisting me: I'm about to put in the fifth finger, so I'm putting on more lube. I don't have six fingers.
Me: If you did, I'd have to say, "My name is Iñigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!"
Person fisting me: I'm about to put in the fifth finger, so I'm putting on more lube. I don't have six fingers.
Me: If you did, I'd have to say, "My name is Iñigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!"
Have been referring to my compatriots as US-American for almost 30 years now.
When with Canadians, I will often use "Yanks" instead.
When speaking Spanish, I routinely call myself a "gringa".
Why are you people whining about this?
When with Canadians, I will often use "Yanks" instead.
When speaking Spanish, I routinely call myself a "gringa".
Why are you people whining about this?
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Have been referring to my compatriots as US-American for almost 30 years now.
When with Canadians, I will often use "Yanks" instead.
When speaking Spanish, I routinely call myself a "gringa".
Why are you people whining about this?
When with Canadians, I will often use "Yanks" instead.
When speaking Spanish, I routinely call myself a "gringa".
Why are you people whining about this?
Snow is nice to look at through the window of a bus.
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Snow is nice to look at through the window of a bus.
Update:
- Dick appointment canceled
- Instead I got a manicure and my eyebrows waxed, and I am going to an allegedly women-oriented bathhouse
I love Toronto.
- Dick appointment canceled
- Instead I got a manicure and my eyebrows waxed, and I am going to an allegedly women-oriented bathhouse
I love Toronto.
What I will be doing on November Genocide Day:
1. Not being in the only country that celebrates it
2. Getting railed by the same person who railed me the last time I was in Canada
3. Coffee hang with a trans woman
4. Dinner with an old friend whom I haven't seen in years
BEST HOLIDAY EVER
1. Not being in the only country that celebrates it
2. Getting railed by the same person who railed me the last time I was in Canada
3. Coffee hang with a trans woman
4. Dinner with an old friend whom I haven't seen in years
BEST HOLIDAY EVER
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Update:
- Dick appointment canceled
- Instead I got a manicure and my eyebrows waxed, and I am going to an allegedly women-oriented bathhouse
I love Toronto.
- Dick appointment canceled
- Instead I got a manicure and my eyebrows waxed, and I am going to an allegedly women-oriented bathhouse
I love Toronto.
Bottom's breakfast: granola with chia seeds, dried blueberries, and kefir; strong coffee.
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Bottom's breakfast: granola with chia seeds, dried blueberries, and kefir; strong coffee.
Reposted by Kassandra Jo Tomaras
Like, bitches wake the fuck up, you’re women, that is the voice of the patriarchy hijacking your superego, babe. You’re not supposed to repeat what it says.
Don’t eschew gender norms in your personal life and hold everyone else to them please.
Many of us can’t. Genetics, time, money, society.
Don’t eschew gender norms in your personal life and hold everyone else to them please.
Many of us can’t. Genetics, time, money, society.
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Like, bitches wake the fuck up, you’re women, that is the voice of the patriarchy hijacking your superego, babe. You’re not supposed to repeat what it says.
Don’t eschew gender norms in your personal life and hold everyone else to them please.
Many of us can’t. Genetics, time, money, society.
Don’t eschew gender norms in your personal life and hold everyone else to them please.
Many of us can’t. Genetics, time, money, society.
Already feeling lighter (the weight of Being in the US is lifting)
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Already feeling lighter (the weight of Being in the US is lifting)
I'm out of the US, but June is still there facing down the institutional transmisogyny that I described in the fundraiser.
Share and give, please.
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Share and give, please.
www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Donate to Stand with June: Legal and Housing Support Needed, organized by Kassandra Tomaras
June L. is a dear friend, a committed community-builder, a proud J… Kassandra Tomaras needs your support for Stand with June: Legal and Housing Support Needed
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November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I'm out of the US, but June is still there facing down the institutional transmisogyny that I described in the fundraiser.
Share and give, please.
www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Share and give, please.
www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
I am officially in Canada now.
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I am officially in Canada now.
What I will be doing on November Genocide Day:
1. Not being in the only country that celebrates it
2. Getting railed by the same person who railed me the last time I was in Canada
3. Coffee hang with a trans woman
4. Dinner with an old friend whom I haven't seen in years
BEST HOLIDAY EVER
1. Not being in the only country that celebrates it
2. Getting railed by the same person who railed me the last time I was in Canada
3. Coffee hang with a trans woman
4. Dinner with an old friend whom I haven't seen in years
BEST HOLIDAY EVER
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
What I will be doing on November Genocide Day:
1. Not being in the only country that celebrates it
2. Getting railed by the same person who railed me the last time I was in Canada
3. Coffee hang with a trans woman
4. Dinner with an old friend whom I haven't seen in years
BEST HOLIDAY EVER
1. Not being in the only country that celebrates it
2. Getting railed by the same person who railed me the last time I was in Canada
3. Coffee hang with a trans woman
4. Dinner with an old friend whom I haven't seen in years
BEST HOLIDAY EVER
Relationship anarchist (all her partners are in other jurisdictions)
Relationship anarchist (bottom who forms a polycule of other bottoms)
Relationship anarchist (she doesn’t have any plans for dealing with externalities)
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Relationship anarchist (all her partners are in other jurisdictions)