I'm super happy that Science Friday has chosen The Kaiju Preservation Society to be its August book club read. Not only will they (and possibly you!) be discussing the book all through the month, but they will host me in a livestream discussion of the book on August 23rd at 7pm ET. AND ALSO, to top it all off, they're doing a book giveaway where 10 people (one of them possibly you!) will win a copy of the book. All the details are at the link:

https://www.sciencefriday.com/sf-books/the-kaiju-preservation-society/

Just saw a really shit cis take, so I’m just gonna say this plain.

Blocking access to cross-sex hormone treatments is trans genocide. Full stop.

It is as surely genocide as blocking access to thyroid medication, heart medication, or diabetes medication.

“You’ll live, it’ll just be harder” is such a colossally tone deaf response that it produces an inverse waveform that nullifies everything you say after it.

"Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) has directed state agencies to continue to allow transgender citizens to change the gender markers on their birth certificates and driver’s licenses in defiance of Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach..."

Governor boldly defies Republican AG to protect trans people's access to accurate birth certificates - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/07/governor-boldly-defies-republican-ag-to-protect-trans-peoples-access-to-accurate-birth-certificates/

I love all of the new capitalist innovations like:

* Submarines that implode
* Computers that lie
* Movies no one can watch, for tax reasons