Kirishima WAS The First Brick At Stonewall

Finally finished the set! This took a crazy long time to complete, but I’m happy with the result

A summary of my grad school orientation:

I got lost in the woods

Weird almond sparkling water (it slapped)

Professors bullying historical figures

Professors damn near giving us panic attacks

Professors lamenting the state of the school

Professors bitching about admin for not giving us our budget 2 DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS

Lunch break

The new 3 stooges (me and 2 others)

3 of us getting covid for the first time this summer (surprise, it's the stooges)

Lunch communism

"Yo, the cane surprised me" "Yeah I have a gene mutation" "So will it get better?" "No" -cue awkward silence-

ONE OF US DROVE INTO A FIRETRUCK AT 60 MILES PER HOUR???

Nice conversations with professors

Everyone leaving except the GAs

Nearly freezing to death

Cool research projects!!!

Chugging almond water

Free school supplies!!

Getting lost in the woods again

Coming home to all the cabinets open because of Gilbert, my ghost

Marlene Dietrich is detained at a train station in Paris in 1933 for violating the ban on women wearing trousers.

I'm 18, I can legally do the die now

Hey since TERFs buried the original, higher quality recording, here’s the only surviving recording of trans activist Sylvia Rivera’s infamous “Y'all Better Quiet Down” speech, along with full transcription, now free and open on Archive.org. The transphobic fucks can try their best to scrub us from history, but we’re not going anywhere.

Diversity win

Saiki is the first amab trans guy

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Tips for baking with brain fog

Brain fog in the kitchen can mean anything from forgetting an ingredient to accidentally skipping a recipe step, plus much more. Here's how to bake successfully, even when you're feeling foggy.

A useful article from King Arthur Flour (my beloved) on baking while disabled.