Author. Activist. Disabled. Queer. Defective manic pixie dream girl.https://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mvimrp37l22nIf I made a shirt that said "Vote your hearts or die," would that be: A: An audience-friendly natural extension of my politics and subculture, or B: Eyeroll-inducing high high hopes bullshit14 Sep 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvimrp37l22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mvg6d5eqwk2xToday, I upgraded a piece of technology I own, and it is actually better. This is probably the first time I've experienced that in a decade. (It's a lamp for exposing screenprinting photoemulsion.)13 Sep 2026 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvg6d5eqwk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mvbryne3ds2xI should not be allowed to touch photoemulsion or screenprinting ink when I'm tired and shaky. I have spattered myself with green gunk. It is hardening.12 Sep 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbryne3ds2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mv7pn7neg22bSometimes you're on an activist group project and someone causes the whole group to go over extremely basic shit on excruciating detail before the work can start. Be nice to that person. It can be very tempting to snark "Are you *new*?" They are. They're new. Be nice.11 Sep 2026 04:20 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7pn7neg22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mv5aqcdc7s2uA classmate screamed at me for sitting out the pledge of allegiance. I didn't have the vocabulary yet, but I did know that the knee-jerk jingoism was not good. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2026 04:48 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5aqcdc7s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mv2rsxnsc22uI did so many things today. Somebody please tell me that it's okay to do no things tomorrow.09 Sep 2026 05:15 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2rsxnsc22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3muxt65zggk2kI have not gotten a single one of these since I changed my contact page to be riddle-based. If you're curmudgeonly enough to do it, it works. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxt65zggk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3muskx5s2kc2kFinally watching Supergirl. There's actually a lot I like about this, but that Modest Mouse drop on the bus is exactly the sort of thing I would want to do and then talk myself out of because I would know it was just for me.05 Sep 2026 22:51 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muskx5s2kc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mupzntuzns2rFor the record, I do not spend all day on apps like this one talking about how much I hate liberals. When I think about liberals at all, I'm picturing a labrador agonizing over assembling Ikea furniture; he's trying, he just doesn't have all the necessary equipment. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupzntuzns2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3munqwipw6k2xReading one-star reviews of my favorite dive bar. Entertaining as hell. Highly recommend this as an activity. Also, I remember some of these people and know exactly why they got thrown out.04 Sep 2026 00:55 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3munqwipw6k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3muky5qcl5224Found a nice wool coat in the thrift store today. Whoever owned it first, I'll bet they cursed it for having fake pockets. It has real pockets. They were just sewn shut to preserve the lines of the garment on the rack. You can pull those stitches. I'm doing it right now.02 Sep 2026 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muky5qcl5224https://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mukdbddqck24Finally watching The Newsroom (knowing that I'll be disappointed by the abrupt ending). I have a question: Why has Sorkin waged a multi-decade campaign on behalf of Schweppes bitter lemon02 Sep 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukdbddqck24https://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mui4zzfblk24Okay! I think this migraine has finally broken. Now I just have to get caught up on the last...week...🫠01 Sep 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui4zzfblk24https://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mu6upuns5k2e*staggering to the car, getting in, popping a pill, and leaning against the window with my eyes closed* This doesn't look sketchy at all, I'm sure no one is going to tap on my window about this. (It's a migraine.)29 Aug 2026 02:53 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6upuns5k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mu6iqtxths2eEvery time I think I'm immune to news alerts, there's some new fucking Mad Lib that causes me to short-circut and just put my phone back down. Although I do kind of want to go back in time ten years and show 2016 me the headline "ICE Detains Milo Yiannopoulos"28 Aug 2026 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6iqtxths2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mtzfjdrb322zI've thought very seriously about the age verification vs. privacy issue, and I think I have the solution: What if we just turn off social media at 9 PM every night. For everyone.26 Aug 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzfjdrb322zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mtyquk5lp22zMy impulse is to say "hug your queers, this is a rough week for us losing icons," but the fact that those icons had long, amazing lives is actually some consolation to me.26 Aug 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyquk5lp22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mtwsaszkds2dShe may not have played my kind of music, but she walked my kind of walk. Her memory is a blessing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwsaszkds2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mtuqcxoii22dThis is the only kind of robot content that brings me joy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuqcxoii22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mtoyokdgv22dI've really come to hate the term "individuals." Anyone talking about "unhoused individuals" or "individuals with mental health challenges" is usually apologizing for something insincerely. They're people. Just say people. People with problems exist and they still get to be people.22 Aug 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoyokdgv22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mtmxdwxtmk2d*me, still trying to wrap my brain around doing completely new editions for all my previous novels* What if I just fucked around and did a trash animal art book instead21 Aug 2026 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmxdwxtmk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mtlyv7vams2dThis is a real "Thanks, I hate it" year for comedy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlyv7vams2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mtjs37rkes2tI'm pretty sure humans are the only species that can asynchronously communicate non-instinctual concepts, and if we lose that ability, we are the stupidest motherfuckers in the history of earth. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjs37rkes2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mthqa6hmsc2tAlkaline Trio's Is This Cursed? (2018) is a perfect album, except that several sounds on it perfectly predicted the nag noises of cars in the 2020s, so now listening to it makes you want to yell at your car.19 Aug 2026 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthqa6hmsc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mtewp2w7lc2sLooking for an extremely specific item, so I'm swinging through every thrift store in town. Including, as a last resort, the Salvation Army. There is a hand-painted inspirational poster in the bathroom. It is a Mumford & Sons quote. I have to get the fuck out of here.18 Aug 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtewp2w7lc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mtbzqdthpc2sIf they want to convince people that AI is good actually and we should not only use it but pay for it, maybe they should stop being cartoon villains. Just a thought. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbzqdthpc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mtaear4xj22cTried actual paper and (brush)pen for the first time in a long time. Trying to re-teach myself that art doesn't have to be perfect and symmetrical and vectorizable.16 Aug 2026 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtaear4xj22chttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelcasey.com/post/3mt63znbkn22cPlease never ask a writer or artist "Are you any good?" unless you want to watch them collapse in on themselves so fast there's an audible thunderclap sound.16 Aug 2026 02:06 +0000at://did:plc:eg67bvrxrcfdeefijazb7mw4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt63znbkn22c