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I have to say it is a special kind of hell to have watched all of this anti-trans rhetoric and legislation build up for the last 5 years in states and to report on it today.

It feels like a nonstop hose of the worst things imaginable. There are dozens of stories I still haven’t gotten to.

This is... this is not a good day. A very talented woman who I found very funny.

And to go out like Chadwick Boseman, struggling privately with your health while being mocked for using drugs or having an eating disorder. Fucking heartbreaking. This shit ain't right.

Michelle Trachtenberg Dies: ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer,’ ‘EuroTrip’ & ‘Gossip Girl’ Actor Was 39 Michelle Trachtenberg, star of film and television projects like 'Gossip Girl' and 'EuroTrip,' has died at the age of 39, Deadline has confirmed.

So sad. Loved her on Buffy. Rest In Peace, Michelle Trachtenberg. deadline.com/2025/02/mich...

American Christianity is technically polytheism and the American Christians who have intuited this are angry about it, which is what motivates them. I won’t be taking questions at this time

Jeezly Crow not Michelle...

this is the angle I'm exploring for my first ArtsWatch story. The NEA forcibly inserted the executive order language into their guidelines, yet none of their public communications address it. everyone is only talking about the other one (about DEI). if you can't stand on it, why is it in there???

No More Compliance: Historic LGBT Clinic Whitman-Walker's Erasing Of Trans People A Step Too Far On Friday night, it became widely known that several links to gender affirming care and transgender resources disappeared from Whitman-Walker's website. Their stated reason is harmful to us all.

1. On Friday Night, it became apparent that historic LGBTQ+ clinic Whitman-Walker in DC had erased trans care and resources from it's website.

The stated reason is harmful to us all.

I make my case against it, and other orgs, erasing us for federal dollars.

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Thys ys not just for California. And not just about higher ed. Thys ys about hope, and communitye, and what ys righte. Plese repost. Plese share. Plese take a litel of your tyme to learne about the fight against cuts at Sonoma State Universitye.

A Brief History of Kids Today Have Too Much Freedom

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A reddit screenshot from r/uCinci that contains a picture of a restroom wall placard that says "Biological Men"

The University Of Cincinnati is replacing all of it's restroom signs with ones that designate use to only biological sex.

Third Term Project? Really? This not making me and my friends very hopeful for our future.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw4r...

Scream Cipher xkcd.com/3054

Once upon a time (let's say 2012) even a minor pundit using the r-word generated a week of critical stories, bipartisan pushback, Special Olympics using its undeniable oomph to push back in public fora, adults with Down syndrome on NPR, and more.

Building a Down w/ Fascists playlist? May I recommend WORKINGMEN, UNITE! By E. S. Nelson
Conditions they are bad,
And some of you are sad;
You cannot see your enemy,
The class that lives in luxury,—
You workingmen are poor,—
Will be forevermore,—
As long as you permit the few
To guide your destiny.

Fox posing for the camera in a snowy field with a lot of tall grass poking up through the snow.

Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org

The Phantom

A photo of Falk

Today is the anniversary of the Phantom, created by Lee Falk. His daily newspaper strip was first published on February 17, 1936, and a color Sunday strip followed on May 28, 1939.

technofascists: vaccines are dangerous

also technofascists: you are asking too many questions that have already been answered by my "we used CRISPR to insert DNA from a starfruit and Murray Rothbard into our IVF" hat

okay this is interesting

They’re killing me with their stupid #doge #nnsa #news #politicalhumor

“We can drive slowly on grass for a few minutes without exploding” isn’t the flex they think it is

What are we really saving?

Some Tenants Could Get Only One Day’s Eviction Notice, Under Federal Bill Legislation would end tenant protections that were first put in place during the pandemic.

This is contemptible. Housing is a human right. Abolish evictions.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/r...

Consultinge firmes recommendinge cuttes for higher ed will surprisinglye come down hardest on majors and programs that do not produce future employees of consultinge firmes recommendinge cuttes for higher ed