Christina Hendricks

Sparks fly up Once you’ve seized the tools of political life to build communal power, it’s hard to forget what a hammer feels like in your hand.

I'm so psyched about @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy's work on making the open social internet good for real communities by putting in the culture work right from the very beginning. I'm a scavenger and a pragmatist *and also* I think the way we do things matters.

www.wrecka.ge/sparks-fly-up/

Schedule – Reclaim Open Reclaim Open

The run up to #ReclaimOpen25 is underway, and we will share what's in store in the coming days. Check out the full schedule for Reclaim Open, learn more about our keynote speakers, presenters and bloggers. reclaimopen.com/schedule/

12 Chilling Books by Transfemmes to Read This Halloween (CW #16) Tales of Nazi censorship, haunted houses, and mushroom cults to keep you up at night.

As the dread day approaches and the spirits begin to stir, now is the perfect time to hunker down with a horror novel! 😈🗡️

This Halloween, TFR shares twelve chilling tales from transfemme authors to match the mood 🖤

A handcrafted rec list with a scariness rating for each book.

#halloween #horror

Looking forward to that someday! 😀

It’s a great day to donate to Wikipedia.

This is the right answer. I will never stop standing up for my trans brothers and sisters. And if you want to be mean, you'd better not do it around me! 💯

Cried watching it the first time and cried reading all the background I did not know. Another sliver of hope and light in the darkness. 💗

Please help us protect the archine, yall <3

Massive amount of people.

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Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. 1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know your rights, Illinois.

Stay safe and stay informed.

No fancy-schmancy preview image for you, but this new UNESCO collection of shorties on #AI and #education looks vital.

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I would like everything everywhere to stop getting worse all the time

This stopped me cold. I just keep reading the headline. It seems literally impossible to me, that this thing that cut through an entire generation has an answer now.

It's impossible to convey how terrifying those years were, how much loss there was, how much pain. My heart. It feels like a miracle.

Really enjoy following the process of your process. Thank you for sharing it!

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

🌱 Big ideas often start as small seeds.
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Being Trans in Philosophy issue #0 release. Subtitle: download, make your own. Url: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Image of 5 zines arranged in the trans pride colors, stacked on top of well-known trans books.

Title: ‘welcome to the WTF.” Image of a biohazard symbol overlayed on a world map with lines radiating from the center of the symbol, and the spires of the biohazard symbol are impinging on two scared trans symbols. A very long list of anti-trans events since 2021 portraying the looming threats to trans life from violence, media, and governmental disenfranchisement. Footer text: https://being.transinphilosophy.org.

Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A list of contributors with each name on a black badge over a purple splatter. The names are: Imogen Sullivan, Erin Beeghly, Ray Briggs, Anonymous, autogyniphiles_anonymous, Emmie Malone, Kelly Potter, Elin McCready, Penny Haulotte, Amy Marvin, Alex Adamson, Perry Zurn, Emil Eva Rosina, and Maximiliana Rifkin.

Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A block of white text on a stippled purple star background reads: “being trans i not a controversial idea. it’s a lived reality.” Under the text appears a black and white image of a feminine eye.

Issue #0 of Being Trans in Philosophy zine is out now! “We Are Not Trans in a Theoretical Way”. Download & print ur own 🖨️. being.transinphilosophy.org

#beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy

A small comics panel, with a drawing of a King ace of spades playing card drawn in the style of traditional playing cards, but with the features of King George III, and the upper portion resembles Trump. Excerpts from the Declaration of Independence are written small around the card. Each of these phrases refers specifically to the injustices imposed by the King (and connect to this current moment – references to Tariffs, to transporting us overseas…) At top in Large letters – “DISCARD.” At Bottom, #NoKings and my info: Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social www.spinweaveandcut.com

single image closeup on the face of lady justice, in the background, all dark, human figures, faceless prisoners, seated, packed tightly together, bodies merging into a sea of heads, with each figure’s head another’s back. At top in large letters right above her head, text reads "Due process is not optional" A smaller caption box centered on her face where her blindfold would be reads: "No matter who you are." We’ve discarded a king before, we must do it again. #NoKings (excerpted and remixed from my comic on due process - with alt-text, notes, process, printable versions on my site - appreciate sharing https://spinweaveandcut.com/due-process/)

A small comics panel - foreground lady justice holding the scales in one a prison cell in the other a court house. In the background, all dark, human figures, faceless prisoners, seated, packed tightly together, bodies merging into a sea of heads, with each figure’s head another’s back. Caption at top “What Process is Due?” Text caption: “Succinctly, due process means no one shall be deprived of “life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” Next Caption: “this is not optional." This next caption is now on the scales of justice - right about the prison cell side: “Before bringing down the power of the state to remove a person’s rights,” Caption, above the other side of the scale, wherein a courthouse is held: “we raise up the protection of the law, this extends to everyone -“ caption now right over where Lady Justice’s blindfold is, obscuring it entirely: “No matter who you are.” Caption below: “whatever we think of you, whatever you might have done,” Caption: “it’s’ imperative everyone be treated fairly,” final caption lower right: “to ensure freedome for all.” and here we see a tiny image of the statue of liberty’s torch and hand. Nick Sousanis 5/25 @nsousanis.bsky.social www.spinweaveandcut.com

Alt-text: A comics page in black and white, addressing the concept that a country is an idea - and ours is built on among other things the concept of due process (which goes back to the Magna Carta). Images and text all snake across the page across a backdrop of humans imprisoned, and packed together, becoming a black mass in the lower right. I’ve written full description of the imagery with all the text on my site at the link (can’t put enough characters here…) Alt-text: A comics page in black and white, addressing the concept that a country is an idea - and ours is built on among other things the concept of due process (which goes back to the Magna Carta). Images and text all snake across the page across a backdrop of humans imprisoned, and packed together, becoming a black mass in the lower right. I’ve written full description of the imagery with all the text on my site at the link (can’t put enough characters here…)

If useful to anyone for tomorrow or whenever, all printable off of my site spinweaveandcut.com/due-process/

i am doing another round of WWYTHT on TUESDAY at NOON mountain daylight time.

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Defying DeSantis, Florida Pride Marchers Light Up Jacksonville Bridge with Rainbow Organizers demonstrated that they didn’t need state permission for queer visibility.

1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.

So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.

They opened the drawbridge to block them.

So they marched to a different bridge.

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Worth noting that this is also what the UK government review found, it just ignored all the evidence in its conclusions.

Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban? The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?

Republicans in Utah commissioned an investigation into gender-affirming care for trans youth after banning it in 2023.

They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."

Will Carney’s Government Act on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Report? | The Tyee Six years after the national inquiry’s findings, fewer than one per cent of recommendations have been implemented.

Six years after the national inquiry’s findings, fewer than one per cent of recommendations have been implemented. #reddressday #mmiwg

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This MOOC (Massively Open Online Course) is free and has received tremendously positive reviews from hundreds of people over the years it has been available.

I'm so proud of my university for doing this.

Nora Reed Designs Earrings $60+ Bolo Ties $75+ Pendants $25+ Pride Pendants $32+ Round Pendants $30+ Pocket Paws $22+

hi everyone! i'm Nora and I have a jewelry store!

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i've been having a tough time making sales lately, so if you could share this, it would be a big help! #bsnm

JOIN US! Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity on Preprints and Open Peer Review. Multi-year project. Come with work @nataschachtena.bsky.social, @mariomalicki.bsky.social, me, and the rest of #ScholCommLab. Apply by May 23rd!

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Wade Grant won! Musqueam nation - hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaker (a Salish dialect, the Native language most of Metro Vancouver). The first Coast Salish person in parliament, AFAIK.

Not our beloved Fraser Street... My heart is broken. I feel so sick reading the horrific details of what people experienced at this evening's attack. This is a violent violation of a special safe place shared by so many, on a day to celebrate Lapu Lapu. Take care of each other.