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Small town Michigander in Chicago. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ writer / 😾 dad / πŸ₯§ enthusiast He/him

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This succinctly sums up what the trans kids, and I stress the word kids, who are trying to join a team are facing in Utah.

09.03.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NCAA changes transgender women in sports policy to follow Trump's order The new policy limits competition in women's sports to those assigned female at birth.

I'm no sports expert, but allowing 10 trans folks to play on college teams vs. Preventing what happened to Imani Khelif and those Utah athletes is a no brainer. www.axios.com/2025/02/06/n...

02.03.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Federal prisons prep to move trans inmates as early as next week The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.

This will put a lot of people in dangerous and potentially deadly situations

22.02.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.

17.02.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 57843    πŸ” 7478    πŸ’¬ 582    πŸ“Œ 198

How is Brandi Carlisle's singing voice not a national treasure yet?

15.02.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.

More details on this shockingly sloppy episode.

15.02.2025 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 11231    πŸ” 2821    πŸ’¬ 415    πŸ“Œ 195

like, this is just fucking insane. the government is pretending that it passed the Inverse Civil Rights Act overnight and everyone is acting like it's a real law.

15.02.2025 04:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4544    πŸ” 987    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 15
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Vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sworn in as Trump's health chief after a close Senate vote Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been sworn in as President Donald Trump’s health secretary. The Senate on Thursday confirmed him, voting 52 to 48.

Kakistocracy - a government led by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens

14.02.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

do i roll my eyes at a lot of DEI stuff? yeah, i wrote a whole essay about why i thought it was bullshit back in 2020. but trump et al aren’t saying, β€œcorporate DEI policies mainly exist to protect corporate interests from discrimination lawsuits.” they’re saying β€œget the blacks out”

06.02.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7127    πŸ” 1273    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 67

It's also notable how manufactured this whole panic has been. DEI can be a little silly but it's been a fixture at American corporations since the 1990s. The only reason we're all talking about it constantly is that right-wing media decided to pretend it was left-wing tyranny.

06.02.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 729    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 7

At this point, I’m running on equal parts caffeine and anxiety. Anyone else?

06.02.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yet to truly defeat fascism we must create... movements so vibrant and relevant to everyday people that the allure of fascism is eliminated.

04.02.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dear Democratic Leaders: here’s a free idea, send members of congress into the buildings where Elons people are and see what they’re doing. Dare them to stop you.

Do something

03.02.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 33951    πŸ” 10107    πŸ’¬ 2050    πŸ“Œ 1239

Just submitted to my first short story contest in a while. It was fun. Take that depressing political landscape. You're not stealing my joy today.

02.02.2025 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

*talking to myself* Calm down. They want mass panic and fear. Pick a cause, read up on it, then fight like hell.

29.01.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Watching silly Thai BL to "research" writing a comedy for a short story contest this week

26.01.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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