Kendra

We really fucked up societally when we normalized “parents have concerns”—whether the subject is vaccines, trans kids in sports, library books, etc.—as a get-out-of-logic free card for political arguments.

One of the most entertaining shows on tv, hands down.

If you're National Guard or any other service member being deployed against people in the US and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status or have any other concerns whatsoever, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:

1-877-447-4487
girightshotline.org

I can’t believe how little I’ve heard about Freaky Tales and what a delight it is. Oakland, 1987, four overlapping stories of underdogs, and a whole lot of nazis getting punched. Plus Pedro Pascal and Ben Mendo and Dominique Thorne (recently Riri and way better outside Marvel). On Max! Watch it!

one often wonders, after hearing buttigieg answer a question, if it would sound meaningfully different to ask an LLM trained on 10,000 hours of dem poll surveys hand-curated by clinton advisors

Ahhhh!!! Congratulations to you both!!! That’s so lovely 💙

The cast of Much Ado, being ridiculously gorgeous.

On the subject of Much Ado About Nothing, I did recently(ish) write an essay about it and why it's one of my favorite films to watch:

whatever.scalzi.com/2023/12/07/t...

Just some incredible reporting from Apoorva in this.

10 Unorthodox Summer Beach Reads For Science Fiction and Fantasy Fans This isn't your conventional summer beach reads list, unless what you're looking for is some of the best fantasy to read on the sand.

"[A] smart read with beautiful language... dive into this one ready for a full emotional spectrum, knowing that you’ll come out the other side feeling expanded for having read it."

I loved what Paste Magazine had to say about Lessons in Magic and Disaster: www.pastemagazine.com/books/fantas...

YES!!!! This makes me feel actually like I’m losing my mind!!!

The newspapers are not making a big deal of this today. This is a big deal. Someone shot into a Federal building repeatedly, fueled by misinformation and politics. It should be front page news across the country.

Pfizer Covid vaccine for young children may not be renewed by FDA Email obtained by Guardian says Pfizer was told approval may not be granted, meaning Moderna may have to fill gap

NEW: The FDA may yank Pfizer's under-5 Covid vaccine this fall. Pfizer has the only pediatric vaccines for all kids over six months, not just those with health conditions. My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I’ve got a lot of books to read by these authors now!

A particularly gut wrenching excerpt from this article:

Awww yay!! It’s so fun! I’m glad you enjoy!

Alamy stock image of a cadbury creme egg production line, or as J.K. Rowling would understand it, a woman

behold, a woman

Found a woman.

I wrote a pretty heated reply to Buttigieg’s post today defending trans military service folks where he refuses to do the same for trans kids who want to play sports. Trans people aren’t only important when they’re part of the military industrial complex, Pete. They’re people. They deserve it all.

It’s giving Raygun

BREAKING: Emory University in Atlanta reports active shooter on campus, gunfire heard

The Troubling Rise of Supermarkets in the Global South How Kenya’s grocery stores might actually be hurting local farmers.

Love @conversationalist.org for always having intriguing stories from around the world; I never know what I'll see on the front page, and this is a really illuminating story about supermarkets in the Global South.

Gilroy doing a film about a session musician is already enough of a personal attack against me; and now Oscar Isaac dropping out and potentially being replaced by Pedro is just… wild.

Astronaut Jim Lovell, famed Apollo 13 commander, dies at 97 Lovell was also the first astronaut to go to space four times and part of the Apollo 8 crew, the first to launch on the Saturn V rocket and first to orbit the moon.

BREAKING: Astronaut Jim Lovell, famed for leading the Apollo 13 mission safely back to Earth after a life-threatening explosion, dies at 97, according to a family statement.

Good to see this taking hold at long last! Next let’s make getting a wheelchair in the first place faster and more efficient. My wheelchairs have taken minimum 9 months from evaluation to delivery, and all had issues that put them immediately into the maintenance/repair black hole.

To Trans People Who Feel Despair you are not alone ... 🏳️‍⚧️💕

really despair-y day out, news-wise ... and i'm feeling it too.

just in case: here's my post for trans folks who feel despair

whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com/p/to-trans-p...

NYC opens nation’s first publicly funded homeless shelter for trans people The 150 beds at Ace’s Place serve a population that is disproportionately likely to be without a permanent home, data shows.

New York City has opened what officials say is the nation’s first publicly funded homeless shelter dedicated to transgender and gender nonconforming people.

The Queens shelter, called Ace’s Place, offers 150 beds.

On this day in 1961, the Marvel Age of superheroes began with the introduction of Marvel Comics First Family - Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Sue Storm, and Johnny Storm - in the pages of Jack Kirby and Stan Lee's Fantastic Four #1!

This is exactly why no one should be clapping for Jerry Demmings ‘defying’ the DeSantis administration. They’re still doing this!!! Orange County just wants to be paid more for doing it!! That’s why the state’s mad.

Really telling how quickly transphobia became the single, all-encompassing prescription for all of the Democratic coalition’s ills in the minds of the white guy midwit pundit class.

VAN lmao you can’t do this on CNN, too 🤣