Prof Peregrine “Perry” Balmat 🏳️‍⚧️

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From this month's edition of The Onion.

Damn that is a perfect looking biscuit. No notes.

In other news, the NYT continues to be a biased, piece of shit. Idk why people continue to be surprised.

My phone is blowing up with my family’s joyful affirmations about the 4th, and I just want to projectile vomit on all of them like Regan from the exorcist.

Benny Feldman (@FeIdfrog) on twitter: "Body parts are often metaphors. Guts are courage. Balls are courage. Spine is courage. Toes are small pigs that participate in the market economy"

At least the Bush/Cheney warmongers went to Congress for authorization. Trump bombing Iran without congressional approval is illegal. Full stop.

But he’s never been held accountable for any of the illegal things he’s done in his life so why not drag us all down with him

We are at war, as per credible reporting, because our President thought it looked cool on TV and didn’t want to miss out.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...

If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:

1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long

All lies.

PULSE REMEMBRANCE DAY Stanley Almodovar III Amanda Alvear Oscar A. Aracena-Montero Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala Antonia Davon Brown Darryl Roman Burt II Angel L. Candelario-Padro Juan Chevez-Martinez Luis Daniel Conde Cory James Connell Tevin Eugene Crosby Deonka Deidra Drayton Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez Leroy Valentin Fernandez Mercedez Marisol Flores Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz Juan Ramon Guerrero Paul Terrell Henry Frank Hernandez Miguel Angel Honorato Javier Jorge-Reyes Jason Benjamin Josaphat Eddie Jamoldroy Justice Anthony Luis Laureanodisla Christopher Andrew Leinonen Alejandro Barrios Martinez Brenda Lee Marguez McCool Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez Kimberly Morris Akyra Monet Murray Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo Geraldo A. Ortiz-Jimenez Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera Joel Rayon Paniagua Jean Carlos Mendez Perez Enrique L. Rios, Jr. Jean C. Nives Rodriguez Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado Edward Sotomayor Jr. Yilmary Rodriguez Sulivan Shane Evan Tomlinson Martin Benitez Torres Jontathan Antonio Camuy Vega Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez Juan P. Rivera Velazquez Luis S. Vielma Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon Jerald Arthur Wright ACLU Florida

It's June 12th, Pulse Remembrance Day, and it's important to know that the City of Orlando has not delivered on the promises made to the families of the 49. No permanent memorial, no code violation inspection, no accountability.

The 49 deserve better.

yep! unpaywalled:

Trump Argues Toy Shortages Easily Overcome By Making Servants Dance WASHINGTON—Acknowledging that his tariff hikes could result in a frozen supply chain this holiday season, President Donald Trump claimed Friday that any toy shortages Americans experienced could be ea...

Trump Argues Toy Shortages Easily Overcome By Making Servants Dance

We're finally dismantling the federal government! Sure hope it doesn't serve essential functions that I've taken for granted my whole life

This line is really eating at me: “despite lack of robust evidence”
1) there is.
2) these studies will no longer get NIH funding because the government is strategically disincentivizing trans research and then, in the same breath being like, “welp (slaps thighs) there just isn’t enough data.”

Ugh. I hate it.

Why on earth are we still listening to a paper that consistently publishes articles that misrepresent trans ppl? That didn’t fact check “weapons of mass destruction?” Idk why ppl still engage with the NYT as if it is “the paper of record” and worth taking seriously. It generally only disappoints.

Ugh— love this read! So good.

I don’t want this to be true and I don’t say stuff like this because it makes me sound like a scold but I do think there is a lot of truth here and reading both Plato and Milton it has been on my mind: lack of self control seems like freedom but it’s actually enslaving yourself to your worst parts.

I got on bluesky to friend you because my partner and I can’t stop laughing. 🤣 Many thanks!

Thanks for the laughs. ❤️

Thanks, Norah.

YouTube video by robinhood414 Robin Hood Prince John Sir Hiss

I 100% get the “no kings” vibe, but Trump and Elon are giving Prince John and Sir Hiss— grasping, childish, usurping, scheming, petty little tyrants who troll the poor and working class to fill their coffers. Despite our distaste for monarchy, “No Kings” is too ennobling.

Angry, terrified, and frustrated. The reality is that I am an interesting person, a solid academic, and I have so many more things that could occupy my time and thoughts that lay outside “are Trump and Elon going to erase/criminalize/detransiton/kill us today?”

Oh OHE HUNDRED percent, yeah :(

100% also I guess this answers my paradox: I’m trans and don’t want rewrite my past (change my birth certificate) I just want to move forward, buuuuuut looks like I’ll definitely need to. Sigh.

The SAVE Act, a.k.a the Save the Republicans' Asses Act, is a shameless attempt to block Americans—especially married women—from voting. Requiring birth certificates to cast a ballot? That’s not election security. That’s voter suppression.

Hey, wait a second, that seems like a conflict of interest!

We were told by the administration that Nazi Billionaire Elon Musk wouldn’t do that!

Could the Crime President have lied to us?!

⚡️JUST NOW: @SenBoWatson’s cruel bill to keep documented kids out of schools across 🇺🇸 by overturning Plyler PASSED the senate 19-13 — multiple senators were crying, including a Republican

🚨 The bill is up in a House finance subcommittee Monday 🚨

Poor NYT reporting continues to fail hard. As a trans dude, I gave up on them a while ago. :(