Bête Noire C.

Oh my. You just made my day, Emory. Suffragist Mallet. With the bonus that you can purchase them in a beautiful crimson red. No need to clean them off afterwards.

Until the day came when an unfortunate misogynist asshole angered the croquet mallet-wielding ladies and ended up getting hammered into human paste. Afterwards of which they giddily chuckled as they sauntered off for their afternoon tea. As the nearby crows swooped in for a homo sapien pâté delight.

That really means a lot, Joanne. You were very consistent in liking my spotlight posts & I can't tell you how much I appreciated that you read them & that they meant something to you.

I learned a lot too. 🇺🇸 has been blessed with amazing women that we never fully appreciated all their contributions.

She would be an strong and interesting candidate. Her extreme expertise has always been in matters of consumer protection, equitable economic opportunity & social safety net stuff. I'd be curious how'd she would manage all the extra work not related to that.

I chose Jennell as a capstone to this spotlighting month as she was an influential person in my life as a TTRPG game enthusiast. I had the honor of meeting her (pre-transition) in 2001 & she kindly gave me helpful industry advice I still use to this day. She passed away in Jan. 2024.

Jennell Allyn Jaquays (born Paul Jaquays; October 14, 1956 – January 10, 2024) was an American game designer, video game artist, and illustrator of tabletop role-playing games (RPGs). This is a photo of her seated; holding one of the fanzines she published, the Dungeoneer. A fantasy role playing magazine that originated with the Fantastic Dungeoning Society of Spring Arbor College. The magazine ran for 19 issues, from 1977 to 1980.

A smiling headshot photo of Jennell Allyn Jaquays with her years of life - Oct. 14, 1956 to Jan. 10 2024.

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Transgender Day of Visibility

Jennell Jaquays was a pioneer in 🇺🇸 game designer, video game artist & illustrator of tabletop roleplaying games (ex. D&D). She was involved in the petition to create "Leelah's Law," outlawing conversion therapy of LGBT youth.
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an aerial view of a busy intersection with the words trendizisst on the bottom right Alt: An animated GIF of an aerial view of a busy intersection with multiple confusing roads all meeting up and lots of clogged-up traffic.

And if the spirit ran into road intersections like this, the spirit would just say "Fuck it" and slurk back into the body.

In mythology and folklore, crossroads are extraordinarily interesting in how they interact with supernatural & liminal phenomenon.

In my fantasy game design work, I use them a lot.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossro...

Proud of you, Lauren. Way to bring the fight to that oligarchic technofascist! 💪

Let it be known, the integration of these students entailed a tremendous amount of sacrifice and violence exposure on the part of Ms. Bates & the nine "Little Rock 9" students. It was a tumultuous & ugly time in American history. But without them, 🇺🇸 Civil Rights wouldn't be where it is today.

A photograph of Daisy Bates (November 11, 1914 – November 4, 1999) was an American civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, and lecturer who played a leading role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957. This black & white photo was likely taken in in the late 50s to early 60s at a voters rally. She is surrounded by other African-Americans and she is wearing a black dress with pearl necklace and is looking into the camera.

A photograph of activist Daisy Bates (back row, 2nd from right) surrounded by the "Little Rock Nine" group of students that she helped integrate into the previously all-white Little Rock Central High School in 1957. This looks to be like a photograph taken after they graduated high school.

3/30 🇺🇸 Women's History Month Spotlight:

Daisy Bates was an 🇺🇸 civil rights activist, publisher, journalist & lecturer who played a leading role in the Little Rock, AK Integration Crisis of 1957.

With her help, 9 Black students were able to integrate into a previously all-white local high school.

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I'm seeing that 👫 are using this fallacy often to shortcut their arguments & assertions into hopefully forcing people to assume what they're saying is true. It uses false consensus, a cognitive bias where we overestimate the level of agreement people have with our views & perspectives. Not good.

A meme that says "Appeal to Common Sense". The text then goes on to say "Asserting that your conclusion or facts are just 'common sense' when, in fact, they are not. We must argue as to why we believe something is common sense if there is any doubt that the belief is not common, rather than just asserting that it is. This is a more specific version of the Alleged Certainty Fallacy." The website www.logicallyfallacious.com is then posted underneath it.

The "Appeal to Common Sense" fallacy, a.k.a. an Argument from Incredulity, occurs when someone asserts that a claim is true or false simply because it aligns with or contradicts their personal expectations or what they perceive as "common sense," without providing evidence or logical reasoning.

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Morristown, NJ represent!

April 5 solidarity! 💪

It would be funny if you had them in reverse.

P.S. Who is the nun actor?

Hey MissyDee. I'm still getting educated on this topic from people in these communities. And the debates can get pretty intense. Ultimately though, I always ask how this group of people like to be referred to - and I respectfully comply. But in mixed groups of Latin-🇺🇸's ... that's the complication.

Photograph of Debra Anne Haaland, 54th United States Secretary of the Interior from 2021 to 2025, at Washington DC interacting with indigenous people of the U.S. outside the Capitol building.

Photograph of Debra Anne Haaland, 54th United States Secretary of the Interior from 2021 to 2025, standing for a formal government photo session wearing ther indigenous garb of her native Laguna Pueblo tribe.

3/29 🇺🇸 Women's History Month Spotlight:

Debra Haaland is a Native-🇺🇸 of the Laguna Pueblo tribe. She became the 1st Native-🇺🇸 to serve as a Cabinet Secretary (Sec. of the Interior '21-'25) & the 2nd to serve in the Cabinet.

She is currently running for Governor of New Mexico in the '26 election.

Very nice! ⛰️

And thanks for the recent follow, Roger. Back atcha. I think I remember you back on Twxtter (where I did follow you). I dig your profile and posting content.

Solidarity! ✊

I'm a big fan of your BSky content, Emory. And I'm so sorry to hear about your medical condition. 🙁 Wish I could wave a big gothic healing wand and fix all your woes. Solidarity to you from NJ, USA. ✊

Morristown, NJ (@ the Town Hall) representing!

April 5 Solidarity, Jackie! 💪

Upside-Down World.

I want 30 seconds alone in a locked room with Jared.

I did Swedish translation of "neck-chopper" and it came out to "hals-hackare".

Every IKEA product needs such an alt-moniker.

How Trump Bullied MAGA Rep. Into Changing Her Vote on Budget Bill Representative Victoria Spartz originally said she would vote against the reconciliation bill.

When you read this article on Spartz, you realize what a wet dishrag she is.

Also, for someone born in Ukraine, her views on her birth nation are grotesque and willfully ignorant.

newrepublic.com/post/192088/...

Where's a sudden, naturally-occurring, limestone sinkhole with a massive diameter when you need one?

I just looked at the trailer and brief designer video. This looks interesting and I think I'll eventually pick it up.

Are you running out of destinations to visit yet? (like cabins, buildings and vehicles)

Jarrett has arguably the best smile in all of the NBA.

P.S. It'll be a lot of fun to see the Cavs inevitably facing the Celts in the NBA playoffs this year.

Sure that's not a loose bag of very pulpy "gourmet" alt-potato chips of some sort? Looks rather sus.

How much you wanna bet the organizers of this event are also 100% all men. There's not a woman around who would want to put their fingerprints on a dumpster fire and insurance-liability-disaster-waiting-to-happen like this.

I hope we can get an insider's view on the actual, true sign-up numbers for this shit show. Incels with cash to burn will likely be the lion's share of attendees. I can't even imagine far-right women being this stupid and desperate to attend.