Notices by 𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not a Quetzalcoatl" (lana@beige.party)

Cis folks, gather round. I have an assignment for you.

Today is Nov 20 and that is a very special day for trans folk. It's called Day of Remembrance. It was started in 1999 as a day to remember the lives of trans people who were murdered in the name of anti-trans bigotry. A list of names is created, and a vigil held. Each year that list seems to get longer and longer. In this small way, we ensure that our deaths do not go unnoticed. The list of names may be found here:
https://www.transremembrance.org/domestic-list

Now for your assignment.

Tonight, light a candle in the dark. Open this link. Read the names out loud. Say each one. Recognize that this could be the last time someone's name is ever spoken. Extinguish the candle.

That's it. Join with us in our grief, if only for a moment.

This isn't leadership. This is a mantrum.

If it sounds like the composer might be a vampire, it's Bach.

If it sounds like the composer is trying to set the violins on fire, it's Vivaldi.

If it sounds like the composer is trying to sell you fancy mustard, it's Haydn

If it sounds like the composer is making fun of you, it's Mozart.

If it sounds like your high school graduation, it's Elgar.

If it sounds like the composer is trying to make you as deaf as he is, it's Beethoven.

If it sounds like the composer is trying to shoot you, it's Tchaikovsky.

If it sounds like the composer is mansplaining to you, it's Wagner.

If it sounds like you bought Star Wars on Temu, it's Holst.

If it sounds like a fancy costume party with rich old people dancing, it's Strauss.

If it sounds like an angry costume party with rich old people trying to kill each other, it's Brahms.

If it sounds like it's ripping off Celene Dion, it's Rachmaninoff.

If it sounds like the composer is trying to incite a riot, it's Stravinsky.

If it sounds like there's 10 hands playing a single piano, it’s Liszt.

If it sounds like there's 10 hands playing a single piano and all of them are clinically depressed, it's Chopin.

If it sounds like every single choir kid in the entire city is on stage at the same time, it's Mahler.

If it sounds like the composer tried to make a piano out of feathers, it's Debussy.

If it sounds like it's in the shape of a pear don't make me laugh sea foam you're tickling me, it's Satie.

If it sounds like two marching bands playing different songs meeting at the 0 yard line, it's Ives.

If it sounds like it's very urgent that you do something IMMEDIATELY but you don't know what, it's Orff.

If it sounds if it sounds if it sounds if it sounds if it sounds if it sounds like this, it's Glass.

If it sounds like someone spilled all the notes and now they're all coming out in a random order, it's Schönberg.

If it sounds like , it's Cage.

I'd like to wish everyone a very merry delete that platform.

1990 Internet: You gotta be a hacker to find anything on the web

2000 Internet: Literally all the information in the world accessible to everyone so easy a toddler could do it

2020 Internet: You gotta be a hacker to find anything on the web

"It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to confront a fool caught in his foolishness."

- Proverbs 17:12

Even God chooses the bear.

To date, zero bears have approached my car after dark at a gas station, knocked on the window and demanded I hold a conversation with them about my physical appearance.

Ah yes the extravagant spending trend of [checks notes] not starving to death

TECH COMPANY: stop pirating our products

ME: ok then sell them to me

TECH COMPANY: ...

TECH COMPANY: listen here you little sh—