Baronessah (she/her)

a man says unfortunately there is no field of medicine that deals with the brain but i can give you a pamphlet ALT: a man says unfortunately there is no field of medicine that deals with the brain but i can give you a pamphlet

Could literally start playing a "who said it?" quote game that's: RFK or Dr. Spaceman?

Less than ONE-TENTH OF ONE PERCENT of the past decade's mass shootings — were committed by trans/nonbinary people. Singling out trans people is nothing more than fascist scapegoating and a pretext to state violence.

Source: www.thetrace.org/2025/07/mass...

The Nazi early prohibition on Jews from owning guns has been an NRA talking point for decades.

Congrats! What will you plant next in your garden?!

Many milkweed plants in the foreground with a wooden porch behind flying a pirate Pride flag.

In the past five days, I have seen more Monarch butterflies than I've seen in four years. There is so much milkweed in the yard for them. It's fantastic they've finally found it!

Yes, you are!

Guys. I leave for a week and my garden stomped on the gas!

Poppies. About damn time.

Pritzker Thunders Against ‘Do Nothing’ Democrats as He Stokes 2028 Talk (Gift Article) In a fiery speech in New Hampshire, the Illinois governor railed against both President Trump and what he called the “simpering timidity” among some Democrats.

Smart and Tough-And How to Lead an Opposition Party: Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/u...

Trump has radically pushed the idea - as a government policy - that to be against Israel and Netanyahu, is to be antisemitic. This makes a very large number of Jews - and many, many rational observers of Israel - antisemitic

I've encountered a few people arguing that tariffs are good, actually, because they will force us to consume less and while I think our consumer culture is problematic in many ways, I don't think things such as 'food' and 'medical supplies' fall under the category of unnecessary purchases.

After Trump Aid Cuts, Food Banks Scrounge and Scrimp (Gift Article) In one of the country’s poorest areas, the quantity and quality of government deliveries have dropped, forcing one charity to make do with thin soup and dried cranberries.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/u...

Among the first blooms and one of my favorites. Shhhh, don't tell the rest of my garden!

El Salvador won’t let Democratic senator visit or speak with Kilmar Abrego Garcia Chris Van Hollen was denied a meeting with the wrongfully deported Salvadoran man imprisoned inside a notorious jail

El Salvador refuses to let Democratic senator visit or speak with Kilmar Abrego Garcia: ‘We have an unjust situation here’

Either he's innocent, or he's a BLOODY good actor:

Josh and Leia are joined by frequent special guest Patrick Stout Garrity to talk about last summer's vampire story Blood Hunt! Three ex-LARPers of Vampire: the Masquerade talk about Dracula, sentient cities and so many LARP references you'll be downloading Bloodlines before the episode ends!

Things I do not apologize for:

Rogue and Gambit being lusty
X-Men running around with no pants
Black Canary wearing fishnets, goddammit
Catman being a living thirst trap
Naked Bane
Naked dripping Knockout
Scandal and her wives in bed
Domino and Outlaw being hot together
My berry crumble recipe

Judge: 'Probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations The government sent several planeloads of alleged gang members to El Salvador, including 137 people under the act, the White House said at the time.

JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations

• Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
• Uprooted by Naomi Novik
• To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (technically about a dragon school, but you get the idea)

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If you enjoyed Harry Potter but hate transphobia, here are better books about having teen angst at magic school 💙📚:

• A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
• Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
• The Magicians by Lev Grossman
• A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

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i try not to have icons or heroes or whatever but knowing lynch, croenberg and barker were/are all publicly kind to trans people is heartening. I guess the bar is in hell

Hell is empty and all of the grifters are here.

Remember this next time a politician or a cop tells you someone breaking a window at a protest is terrorism but this isn't.

So, if I understand correctly ---

In order to get a future where we can 'literally just have anything' we want, in the present we need to give up:

- Medical research
- Social Security
- Schools
- Weather forecasts
- Air travel
- Ukraine
- NATO
- Colleges and universities
- Vaccines
- Our allies

@wastaj.bsky.social

I started watching this on the plane back from Denver, which wasn't long enough to finish! I'll definitely watch the rest. Excellent movie!

Do you think it's primarily due to the previous President's fondness for rail travel?