Rachael Scarborough

Mayor Mamdani redefines what it means to hope His victory has created a harsh contrast between the world we want and the world we have.

"Hope is not blind optimism or uncritical belief in a political savior. Hope, to me, means the ability to imagine a better world is possible and then work to build it brick by brick. It is, as @prisonculture.bsky.social says, not an emotion but a discipline—one we must practice every single day."

Kenya transgender rights victory hailed as African first QNews LGBTIQA+ News

it's so nice to see what a functioning judiciary looks like

"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."

fuck yeah

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

Kerry Bishe in costume as Donna and Mackenzie Davis in costume as Cameron Howe on the set of Halt and Catch Fire

Scoot McNairy and Lee Pace on the set of Halt and Catch Fire

Can folks do me a favor?

I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January.

I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am.

I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics.

Here’s two favorite set photos.

Repost? I am in the wilderness.

Would bet that some serious insider trading violations happened today. Of course we may never know considering the watchdogs that would come down on that have been thoroughly gutted

EXCLUSIVE: After Kennedy Center cancels LGBTQ+ musical, Guster brings cast on stage in protest Finn's run at the storied DC venue was axed after Trump took over.

EXCLUSIVE: Tonight at the Kennedy Center, Guster brought on cast members from Finn, an LGBTQ+ kids musical that was recently canceled when Trump took over the center. They performed the band’s song “Hard Times” to a standing ovation.

Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:

The official White House government account tweeted: “Simply put: WE WILL FIND YOU-AND WE WILL KILL YOU.”

This is a real tweet posted by the official White House government account. Yes, really.

Lol wut???

YouTube video by Human Rights Campaign Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D-IL) Speaks at the 2025 HRC Los Angeles Dinner

Trying hard not to fangirl (in my personal capacity)

Post from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that reads: Any unauthorized release of classified information is a violation of the law and will be treated as such.

Circling back on this…

Statement from Elias Law Group Chair Marc Elias

“Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."

Photo of the crowd.

Bernie Sanders and AOC’s ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ rally in Denver on Friday night had over 34,000 people attending.

👏👏👏

And, because Wired is just killing it, I’ve happily become a subscriber, for the first time in years

I feel like the never ending stream of dystopian fiction we’ve been consuming the last few decades has collectively conditioned us to accept what we’re seeing now as normal.

Salt Lake City Hall Lit up in Pride Colors

The Utah State Legislature banned pride flags on government buildings so the Salt Lake City government lit City Hall up in Pride Colors ☠️

Done!

Yay for some good news! Did my part and called, and happy to feel that it helped

Duckworth N

CLOTURE FAILS, CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.

Last few votes rolling in.

Same! Donated a few days ago

I so wish I was there to do something to help 😢

Been wondering that myself

FFS, come on. Status reports are a thing between an employee and manager. There is NOTHING legitimate about that email and it’s a disservice to and betrayal of every federal worker to even suggest that anything about it is.

Switched search engines on all my devices to use DuckDuckGo.

Chrome goes next. Probably going back to Firefox

Since Google is apparently going all-in on “Be evil”, I spent part of my day switching my e-mail and cloud storage over to PhotonMail. Happy to be cutting the cord with Google for a provider with far superior security, and less expensive too

I needed to read this today. Maybe you do too!

Time to “have fun storming the castle!”