Vivian McCall

the sex app for bad poetry

A scanned image of the first page of a legal document on letterhead from Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, dated February 27, 2026. It is labeled "Opinion No. KP-0518" and addressed to Mr. Darrel D. Spinks, Executive Director of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. A portion of the first paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "mental health care providers" licensed by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council."

A scanned image of the second page of the Attorney General Opinion document. A section in the first full paragraph is highlighted in yellow, which reads: "[f]or the purpose of transitioning a child’s biological sex as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous profiles of the child or affirming the child’s perception of the child’s sex if that perception is inconsistent with the child’s biological sex."

A scanned image of the third page of the Attorney General Opinion document. The text discusses various statutory and dictionary definitions of the terms "health care provider" and "health care". There are no highlighted sections on this page.

A scanned image of the seventh and final page of the Attorney General Opinion document, showing the "SUMMARY" section and the signature block for Ken Paxton. The entire summary paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "The definition of a “health care provider” in subsection 161.701(2) of the Health and Safety Code unambiguously encompasses the professions regulated by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. Any licensee that facilitates the provision of unlawful procedures or treatments that aim to transition a child’s sex are thus forbidden from receiving public money in support of those efforts and, separately, risk revocation of their licenses to practice."

Texas AG Ken Paxton has declared that it is illegal for mental health providers and therapists to treat trans youth. It means that trans youth will be denied access to any mental healthcare that isn't conversion therapy. Paxton also threatens parents of trans youth with child abuse investigations.

Remember how Trump's SOTU included a line about how he'd stopped eight wars, including Israel v. Iran?

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

A lot of people see politics, and reality, as narrative. More than one thing can happen at once, and does.

i just want to say that this king went to redhot ranch after saving the baby which means he gets what is good on a spiritual level

Bill Gates, Seattle’s Favorite Philanthropist, Faces Campus Reality Check from UW Student In light of the Epstein files, should Bill Gates' name be on a building at University of Washington?

"There's a specific kind of lie that powerful men tell when the walls start closing in: the minimizing lie, the "it wasn't what it looked like" lie, the "I was barely there" lie. Bill Gates tried that last one earlier this month.

www.thestranger.com/news/2026/02...

for a time

USDA Announces Pulsating, All Liver Cow

Every stage of this process - his arrest, spending a year in jail, being dumped on the streets to die - would be deeply shameful in a society that actually valued human life.

GALADRIEL (selectively editing the backstory): and three rings were given to the elves, who were barely involved

Caved in and finally started watching Heated Rivalry

I can't emphasize this enough: .08 is way drunker than you may think.

alternate title to Stephen King's IT

screenshot from the linked-to timeline that reads: February 20, 2016: Insofar as I can tell, the first ever claim that "social contagion" is turning kids transgender. It occurs as a comment on the 4thwavenow.com "About" page, posted on February 20, 2016 at 5:27pm, under the handle "skepticaltherapist." Shortly thereafter, 4thwavenow.com turned this comment into its own post, called... February 29, 2016: 4thwavenow.com publishes "Tumblr snags another girl, but her therapist-mom knows a thing or two about social contagion." As noted in the previous entry, this is skepticaltherapist's earlier comment, posted along with a brief intro from the folks at 4thwavenow. There are several potentially noteworthy things about it, and the comments that follow it: o It begins by referencing a Star Trek TNG episode in which the crew becomes addicted to an alien video game, then makes the following analogy: "The alien mind control device made its way into my home about two years ago when my then eleven-year-old daughter begged me for a Tumblr account since her friends all had one." o In the piece, skepticaltherapist describes herself as a psychotherapist, later adding, "As a therapist, I mostly work with adults."

precisely 10 years ago today, the concept of "transgender social contagion" was first invented on the now infamous anti-trans parent website 4thWaveNow. a full timeline of how the concept spread (not unlike a "social contagion") can be found here: juliaserano.blogspot.com/2019/02/orig...

Give @bebopott.bsky.social a key to the city

ICE is pushing Minneapolis underground Scenes from a city under siege

if you’re mad that i profiled will instead of writing about what “really matters” in minneapolis, may i direct you to my 6,500-word feature on the mutual aid networks there:

www.theverge.com/policy/87710...

Every day there's some new horror. Forcing trans people off their hormones is just absolutely sadistic.

miracle on ice (women)

*touches earpiece* getting reports that this also has to do with lesbianism

you need to MOGG (Meditate On Great Genres of literature)

this game is not for the directionally challenged

Turns out the headline the editor chose for my report on the location of the proposed ICE detention center in Hutchins, Texas was wrong. A massive public uproar followed our reporting and the owner said they will not be selling the warehouse to ICE as of today.

www.dmagazine.com/micropost/br...

So ... do people change their minds or are they locked in?

so it is more of a vibes-based competition?

its even worse than its associated condition, being a fan of the smiths

being a smashing pumpkins fan is fucking excruciating

The idea that the brain is locked in by age 25 is a myth, an oversimplification of neurology. This is not how brains work.

And based on this conversation, we can only deduce some brains never develop at all

Local Lawmakers Are Finally Moving Against ICE Impeding ICE with the combined powers of the city, county and the port.

BREAKING: @councilmember-amr.bsky.social and Toshiko Hasegawa spoke to the Stranger about new their new policies to impede ICE in Seattle and at the Port.

www.thestranger.com/news/2026/02...

James Talarico endorsed by the Austin Chronicle featuring a photo of Talarico in front of a large Texan flag

A zoomed in section of the previous photograph showing a penant reading T For T

Oh my