Notices by Loose Leaf Queer (genderqueerwolf@wandering.shop)

IT IS...TIME....
For the Queer Winter Poetry of 2026.
YOU identify on the queer spectrum, want to receive a typewriter-written poem in December-ish of 2026, and have been waiting all year to sign up.
#QueerlyBeloved
The Link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMfDEfuC6VtsloyIxL_3Qg8oNDW_ck9Ru0OOeb25hS--9ZsA/viewform

Want to see something silly and good I did?

The door I built for the little free seed library broke in a wind storm a week or so ago.

So I cut a new door from scrap plywood, painted it with the last of my paint, and just got it back on the seed library.
The seeds are back.
#GardenVarietyQueer

One* thing I really, desperately, want for neurodivergent folks (and queer/trans folks, and disabled folks, which have many overlaps) is for y'all to stop trying to flatten your experiences.
It truly is as though you think either everyone must have the same experience, or no one must.

Eve sent this to me and I'm cracking up, so in honor of not explaining to them:

What is a "cloudflare"
Wrong answers only.
Other meme formats welcome.

I am a parent of *many* children, most of them now young adults.
And I am an Elder Millennial, but was on the internet earlier than most of my cohort because my parents ran a BBS and I built my first computer when I was 11.

And I am asking other queerfolk to stop it with shit like "Minors DNI"
A 🧵

Someone with anti-bi rhetoric in their bio followed me on the other platform and I laughed and laughed and blocked their ass instantly.

Way to miss the memo.

@hellomiakoda
Pretty common in the queer community 🤷♂️

Now is a very good time to remind you not to use your wallet name on social media, and to see to your opsec.

@hellomiakoda
The name in your wallet, or government identification.

A lot of y'all aren't old enough to remember before the affordable care act.
And a lot of y'all don't realize that the only "treatment" for autism approved by most insurance companies is ABA, which is physical torture.

... but back when we were kids, an autism DX spelled coverage denial.

Today is also international wolf day, so get your howl on.

@OctaviaConAmore

The reason I mention sports drinks in the thread is actually because most people can't sweat enough to lose more electrolytes than regular food will replenish, unless you're actively working in the heat (or experience a condition like POTS). Electrolytes also aren't just salt!
You're better off eating pickles.

The reason we think we do (sweat it all out) is mostly marketing by those name brand sports drinks, unfortunately.

24. Finally (until I think of more) make sure you're listening to your body. Self regulating body temperature is exhausting, even if you don't have any health complications. Take things slow during extreme temperatures.
Be gentle with this one life of yours.

23. If you can afford it, Chill (or freeze l some bottled water and keep it on hand for any neighbors, housed or unhoused, you come across who may be in extra danger in the heat.

22. Spicy food helps you sweat and will help keep you cool.

21. Cool (not cold) showers.
Run cold water in a sink over your hands and/or feet.
Take off the socks in the house (sorry, sock autists).
Throwback to running through the sprinkler/hose.
Don't do ice baths, they could impair your ability to monitor your own body responses.

20. Know the signs of different kinds of heat illness conditions, and how to recognize them in yourself.
Heat exhaustion and sun sickness can do permanent damage, and if you've ever had them you'll be more susceptible in the future.
https://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/heat-exhaustion

Note that not sweating is A 🚩

18. Sunscreen that actually works and is sweat/water resistant also makes it much harder for your body to cool via sweating. So it's VITAL you limit your time outside during the hottest (and most UV- intense) hours of the day. Not just 10-2 but generally 10-4.
Clouds don't protect you from UV!

19. This might also seem weird, but use the restroom whenever you can. Your body uses a lot of extra energy storing waste and keeping it warm/cool, so this applies in all kinds of extreme temperatures.

17. If your area doesn't have public pools, pour all your heat-addled frustration into yelling at your city council for being racist.
I'm serious.