kinsey ☭ @kinsey@cybre.space

My wife @fairlady and I are in a difficult financial spot right now. Penny just lost her job and besides the shitty hours I've been getting at work, my union is probably gonna strike soon because the company gave us an awful contract offer and isn't budging an inch. I'm already having trouble figuring out how to make the numbers work for upcoming bills so anything helps, honestly. (Boosts also appreciated!)

PayPal: https://paypal.me/fairladyz
Cash App: https://cash.app/$fairladygearhead
Venmo: @fairladygearhead

also might be worth mentioning here is a whole little train of thought i have regarding why i personally don't tuck. basically this: all attempts to "pass" are on some level trying to be seen as cis, but tucking is very specifically trying to *not* be seen as trans. and i don't really want people not to be able to see that i'm trans. in fact, i'm very open about it. what i actually want is to help build a society in which being visibly trans is not a *bad* thing.

like, i understand why people do it and people who tuck, people who go stealth, etc. are valid. but for me personally, i feel like something concrete i can do to contribute towards building that world is to be open and proud about being trans and to refuse to be ashamed of it. to fight to be accepted as trans rather than trying to be seen as cis. i want to be treated as a woman, yes, but i have no issue with people knowing that i'm a *trans* woman.

as a socialist i believe that nothing should be privatized, but it's especially unforgivable for the provision of the fundamental building blocks of modern human existence (food and water, housing, clothing, sanitation, medicine, electricity, communication, education, etc.) to be controlled by corporations whose ultimate reason for existence is the accumulation of profit. the transfer of all such services to community-accountable public ownership is a pressing immediate demand.

I'm gay

when we took him to the vet first thing the next morning to get him checked out, he weighed in at exactly one (1) pound

@fairlady and I found him on the side of the road one day on the way home, scared and meowing for help, and the plan was originally to see if we could get him adopted or taken by a shelter, but we just got so attached to him so quickly that we decided to keep him, and it was such a good decision 🥺😭

btw I have a little furball now, his name is Tabibito

the #GenshinImpact loading screen message that says "Paimon: The best travel companion ever!" just proves to me that Paimon wrote all the loading screen messages

#GenshinImpact after the time skip at the beginning: and anyway Paimon is here now too

player: who's Paimon??? *what* is Paimon even?

Genshin: anyway, yeah, Paimon. good stuff.

someone at miHoYo: I know it's just "Genshin" in the Japanese release, which is meaningful because of the kanji, but we need something with more impact for the English release title

whoever came up with "Genshin Impact": I gotchu fam

I'm to the point of knowing a little bit of several languages that I think sentences like 「shoesはkie？」

it's honestly kinda ridiculous how pretty #GenshinImpact is. like it's legitimately breathtaking?????? clearly a lot of love (and money, I know) went into this game.

and I was looking up something for a customer so I just kinda had to roll with it lmao

shoutout to my phone for correcting "pie crust" to "PIE crust" because historically I've been more likely to be typing something about Proto-Indo-European than something about pastries

love how @fairlady and I have these like, reverse arguments that are like "no *I* was wrong and being unreasonable! I love you!!!!!!"

tired: battle mage

wired: battle maid

when i make a good post

why do they call it camouflage and not mossplay

Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai!

cowardly translation: Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!

objectively correct translation: Uzaki-chan Wants to Play!

(posted all at once bc I initially posted this whole thread on the wrong account and only realized my mistake after I was done XD)

this is part of how I knew we were in trouble: I was able to cover our immediate bills, but for the car note, which I had last week and this week left to save for, I was having trouble finding the money, even with rebudgeting as much as I could and changing the amount I had saved for it in various ways to try to make workable weekly amounts (*after* stuff like food and gas, which always comes first when I budget for the week).