Amanda

I think therapists need to get familiar with the Wicked movies so they’re ready for all of the “I was thinking and this _______ is kind of like ________ scene in Wicked” sharing their patients are going to be doing over the next few weeks.

Same.

More Senator Booker. Less Senator Schumer. Thank you, @booker.senate.gov!

Exactly. Everyone knows not to do sensitive business over text. Not that I’ve ever done national security work- but I would have known better. Total incompetence.

Senator- We know what they did. Call for resignations. Your letter didn’t do that. This old-school genteel approach doesn’t work anymore. They don’t care. Fight harder and be clearer in your public remarks. These aren’t entry level jobs- huge bad choices have huge consequences.

Unfortunately we all know that no one involved with this classified Signal group chat is going to face any consequences. When incompetence is the default, why would there be any expectation of accountability?

This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...

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I’m not a car person- but yeah- worst designed ever. This is an example of what happens when you don’t take feedback or constructive criticism. Thankfully the designer will never make decisions for public services. Oh wait…

Long live Saturday 2.

*Chicken mom buys extra tickets so she can bring friends to the show to fill the venue for her son.*

This is what I'm wondering too. I remember when the Republicans were in the minority party- we heard from them all the time. There was so. much. grandstanding. I want to see and hear obstinate refusal to go along with this abuse of power from the majority.

Comparison of a webpage showcasing content changes about Stonewall, highlighting differences in the description of LGBTQ+ history and flag captions before and after administrative changes.

I never used to talk like this - I feel like I'm sounding like a crazy conspiracist- but I literally see the erasing. The image below is just an example of a very public change.

Transgender references removed from Stonewall National Monument website The monument honors the Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969, in New York City's Greenwich Village.

Given the Stalin-esque rewriting of LGBTQ+ history across Federal webpages and the especially slap-in-the-face removal of Transgender and Queer identities from the Stonewall National Monument Webpage I wonder how much of the data hasn't been returned or has been modified.

Many removals are being done via written code to apply the restrictions that are imposed by the Executive Orders. Kebbler shared that you can see coders discussing how to do it. He also shared that basically it's just a task assigned to government contractors.

"...this is a widespread government effort to, I mean, destroy anything that they perceive to be associated with DEI or WOKE or the Left or the previous administration. And so there is really some malicious intent here beyond just like normal variants."

On the episode, Jason Kebbler, a co founder of 404 Media explained that the government had been posting things on GitHub and that these changes can be tracked. He shared that "There’s been like widespread purging of anything having to do with diversity, equity, inclusion..."

Why Trump’s Data Purge is a Digital Book Burning How reporters tracked the Trump administration's data purges in real time.

Deleting webpages that reference transgender identities due to ideology = digital book burning. Years ago a lot of data wouldn't be online- it would be physical. Electronic records are just easier to expunge. This podcast episode by @lizzieohreally.bsky.social explained how it's being done w/ code.

If you’re like me with a passport with a few years left- don’t just sit back. We need to keep pushing and supporting organizations that will fight to get this EO reversed.

This is great. I’m teaching myself Dungeons and Dragons so I can run a campaign for my kids too. It just seems like a lot of fun. I’m glad your family is having a good time.

I wanted to thank you for all of your posts. I’m relatively new to Blue Sky, 🏳️‍⚧️ myself, and I’ve been enjoying your feed.

Anyone else feel the need to create an analog or local-stored copies of queer resources & records of what is being done to erase transgender people from public life? All this is moving so fast much harm is being done. It feels like there needs to be a record that can’t be erased with a few clicks.

Thank you for sharing this. I appreciate you getting this out there.

As a plug to elevate an actual journalist- I encourage you to check out @erininthemorning.com She's great and a fantastic source of news.

But when I see removals of materials that reference transgender and LGBTQ+ people after an organization requests a review to be in alignment with Pres. Trump's Executive Orders -when several (8? 9?) specifically take action against queer communities I am included to believe that's the reason why.

Look- I really like definitive proof before I saw or repost things- and I see the lack of a smoking gun connection here-

The Verge also reports that reporter Marisa Kabas shared an email that went to NCMEC staff that may explain the reason for the removals.

Mentions of trans kids scrubbed from national child safety clearinghouse website NCMEC was reportedly threatened by the government.

The Verge reports that three guides that are about preventing sex trafficking that “mention LGBTQ+ and particularly transgender children” have been removed from their website.

Federal Agencies Ordered to End Initiatives That Support ‘Gender Ideology’ The directive was another step in the Trump administration’s campaign to root out “woke” ideology from the federal government.

No it didn’t settle anything- why I keep my 20 year long subscription I don’t know.

“The directive appeared to settle the case of whether, at least in the federal government, transgender Americans can use bathrooms, locker rooms and other spaces in accordance with their gender identity…”

Just released memorandum from OPM:

Federal facilities will now have a bathroom ban for transgender people.

It will go into effect on the 31st.

It also has a slew of effects and puts into place the 1st anti-trans EO policies for every agency.

This will have a ton of impacts very quickly.