Sage Iwashyna

really devastating to find out “performative males” are not, in fact, drag kings

debating romeo and juliet at 9 in the morning with a friend i love being a nerd

my texts rn being mostly being some version of “TAYLORS GETTING MARRIED” is so beautiful to me

mostly due to the comics i grew up on - jubilee was my icon growing up and rogue has always been one of the coolest heroes

oooo for me it’s gotta be

gambit
nightcrawler
wolverine
rogue
jubilee

Executive orders are not laws.

Executive orders are not laws.

Trump is not a fucking king, and people need to stop preemptively obeying this shit.

Burn all the fucking US flags you like.

coming from a guy who started drinking coffee under 10 years ago too. you have less seniority in the coffee shop than matcha lattes

dude this is the most “old man” take you’ve ever had

one of the quoted experts may be my dad…go watch and learn about the incredibly damaging effects rfk is having on american public health!

This week’s main story is about the budget and staffing cuts being made to public health agencies in the U.S. under RFK Jr.’s leadership, how those cuts will impact all of us, and some foolproof ideas for what scientists can do in the absence of totally superfluous stuff like, y’know, centrifuges.

*MILLIONS* will die—WILL, not might—because Trump let Musk illegally and unconstitutionally destroy USAID.

The blood of millions directly on the hands of Donald Trump and Elon Musk

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour The possible long-term impact of Trump's cuts to medical research funding

PBS Newshour on why indirect costs will gut research progress

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uct...

this is gender as hell

don’t get overwhelmed! pick 2-3 things and focus your energy there. for example, I am:
- crying in my morning coffee
- making a list of people I would like to catapult out to sea
- staring out the window

what are the odds

just finished reading: carmen maria machado’s “in the dream house”. a subversion of what i had thought a memoir was, a stunning account of her own experience with abuse, and beautiful understanding of queerness that put feelings i didn’t know could be put into words on paper, i highly recommend

uhhhhhh idk man

yall i miss my cat

"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "but Americans fucking suck."

These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.

i KNOW it’s a fascist playbook distraction tactic. but i’m so fucking tired of this shit.

“there are only two genders” LOS ANGELES SPENT WEEKS ON FIRE. GROCERIES ARE AT AN ALL TIME HIGH. KIDS ARE BEING SHOT IN SCHOOLS.

LEAVE TRANS PEOPLE THE FUCK ALONE THERE ARE BIGGER GODDAMN FISH TO FRY

Which is to say:

Yesterday: we do the work and care for those we love, to make the world better

Today: we do the work and care for those we love, to make the world better

Tomorrow: we do the work and care for those we love, to make the world better

asking because i recently started culinary school and for every piece of pro-capitalism sentiment i consume i need to remind myself that the workers can and should take back the power

anyone got any starting point books for someone interested in union politics and labor movement history?

banger line banger book everyone read in other lands

Fixing pulse oximeters requires federal might and possible legal action, researchers say The devices remain unreliable in darker skinned people. Researchers say more guidance, enforcement and even legal action may be needed to spur improvement.

“More is needed to help develop and bring to market newer [ #PulseOx ] devices that don’t have the same problems,” said Shachar. “Once we have alternatives, more thinking needs to be done about whether we can remove the older devices”

www.statnews.com/2024/12/30/f... via @statnews.com

waiting for my paperwork to be ready at the drs office like 🧍‍♂️

my cats christmas present is that he gets to eat my hair for as long as he wants while my sister makes pancakes. happy holidays

wdym THREE YEARS?