"I started to distinguish between two kinds of relationships within my family archive: those linked to a version of my identity others easily accepted, and those that reflected an identity I frequently had to prove." Today on the site, @asaldrake.bsky.social walks us through family photos.

I love how possums are probably the safest woodland creature to have contact with. Their body temperature is lower than other mammals so the risk of rabies is low! And those little faces!

Cover reveal + preorder link for my very gaysian book of craft essays!! IN CAHOOTS WITH THE RABBIT GOD out December 1st 💫 🐇

NOW: Just arrived at the intersection of Research Blvd and Anderson Lane—near where ICE shot & wounded 29-yr-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez earlier today. Between 300-500 people still holding intersection here. ICE is reportedly not letting Garces Perez’s family access him at the hospital.

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Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.