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@hellinpastels.bsky.social

A nerd through and through, a Lifelong Cleveland sports fan who just happens to be trans, bi, and poly

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Latest posts by hellinpastels.bsky.social on Bluesky

democratic party cheerleaders are really doing their best to make it seem like the nominee for president in 2028 is gavin newsom already huh

11.02.2026 22:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5714    ๐Ÿ” 421    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 278    ๐Ÿ“Œ 82

When a sitting representative refers to the Super Bowl halftime show as โ€œpornography,โ€ people should use that to reflect on how they and other representatives are simultaneously working to ban, censor, and restrict โ€œpornographyโ€ and what that actually means

10.02.2026 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14387    ๐Ÿ” 4378    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 259    ๐Ÿ“Œ 146

To reject the US as a fundamentally American country with a deep shared history and commonality with the rest of the Americas, including that Spanish has long been our de facto national second language, is on a deep level anti-American. It's hating actual American culture and history and tradition.

09.02.2026 03:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6449    ๐Ÿ” 1094    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 84    ๐Ÿ“Œ 47
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a basketball game between the cleveland cavaliers and the bulls ALT: a basketball game between the cleveland cavaliers and the bulls
04.02.2026 01:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

no comment

04.02.2026 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The only trans people mentioned in the epstein files are victims.

Hundreds of known anti-trans people are in them, though, either rubbing shoulders with the rape-cult, an active part of the clique, or trying to gain access.

Are you getting it yet?

02.02.2026 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1459    ๐Ÿ” 528    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

what really bugs me about the "trans people got ahead of public opinion" line is that it ignores *why* public opinion changed. it didn't just come out of nowhere, there was a deliberate push to make trans rights a wedge issue.

28.01.2026 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1197    ๐Ÿ” 328    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

im sorry but we just spent the last decade being told the biggest issues were pronouns in emails and a trans kid playing jv lacrosse

if you said these things and got paid for it then you need to go away. literally if โ€œwoke mind virusโ€ is something youve ever said unironically you need to go away

26.01.2026 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7780    ๐Ÿ” 1570    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36
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Compare what Noem said to the video.

25.01.2026 02:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1436    ๐Ÿ” 389    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 363    ๐Ÿ“Œ 53

Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.

24.01.2026 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10716    ๐Ÿ” 3460    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 88    ๐Ÿ“Œ 90
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"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

24.01.2026 21:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40078    ๐Ÿ” 12735    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 555    ๐Ÿ“Œ 536

ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing?

ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.

I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.

24.01.2026 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29607    ๐Ÿ” 8603    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 799    ๐Ÿ“Œ 324

The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.

24.01.2026 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16534    ๐Ÿ” 4787    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 105    ๐Ÿ“Œ 69
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House approves spending bills despite many Democrats' objections to ICE funds The House has approved the final set of spending bills to avoid a government shutdown, despite objections from Democrats to the funding levels set for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Pouring more money into DHS while it operates with impunity and a blatant disregard for human life is unconscionable.

You donโ€™t fix abuse by funding it. You stop it by cutting off its funding and dismantling the institution thatโ€™s terrorizing communities.
tinyurl.com/mr3em3k8

23.01.2026 00:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3655    ๐Ÿ” 936    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 170    ๐Ÿ“Œ 71

it does feel fundamentally dysfunctional, right, to beg lawmakers to use the law to force law enforcement to obey the law

22.01.2026 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3223    ๐Ÿ” 743    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 31
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What to Do if ICE Invades Your Neighborhood With federal agents storming the streets of American communities, thereโ€™s no single right way to approach this dangerous moment. But there are steps you can take to stay safeโ€”and have an impact.

I spoke with @wired.com about how if local elected officials want to protect their community from ICE attacks, one of the most important things they can do is roll back city-level surveillance programs and restrict law enforcement use of Flock, facial recognition, etc www.wired.com/story/what-t...

14.01.2026 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 255    ๐Ÿ” 107    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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On my way to the Supreme Court where I'll be proud to support 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, West Virginia's only transgender athlete, as she opposes the state's effort to ban her from playing as herself.

Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right

13.01.2026 12:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18748    ๐Ÿ” 2434    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 327    ๐Ÿ“Œ 134

It's why I often just send my little jokey jokes or thoughts and comments to my friends instead of writing them to the Internet at large.

There's no actual capacity for dialogue in this medium, and at this point it's hard to argue that that's a feature and not a bug

06.01.2026 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The bluesky cycle to me is basically: small comment turns to discourse, discourse quickly spirals to harassment, harassment leads to discourse about harassment, harassment inherits the Internet.

No part of that is fun, to read or be a part of, and it's all exhausting given...you know, everything.

06.01.2026 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

While it's admittedly easier for me to say as someone who's always had a relatively meager following on social media, the kinds of intense, vitriolic responses that we can get for saying anything even remotely perceivable as hostile is a factor to why I've never tried to get more of a following.

06.01.2026 16:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just want everyone to step back and realize how often it's a trans woman getting bullied off social media.

05.01.2026 21:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4248    ๐Ÿ” 900    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 49    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

Maduro was a brutal repressive dictator who destroyed Venezuela. Trump did not have congressional or UN approval to engage in unilateral regime change. Trump's actions were illegal. All of those things can be true at the same time. Don't let them make this about Maduro.

03.01.2026 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1923    ๐Ÿ” 488    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 90    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25

And I think that's just it, when the trade happened there was a lot of optimism about his on court production potential, as we traded a former top draft pick who's taking up court time and blocking the development of a young player (Tyson) behind him, and ended up getting... exactly that, PG edition

31.12.2025 22:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What a lose-lose trade that was, as Okoro has also struggled this season with the Bulls

31.12.2025 21:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tom Brady and Peyton Manning

30.12.2025 00:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mamdani will be sworn in in the station that inspired the Turtles lair in TMNT 2: The Secret Of The Ooze

29.12.2025 15:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4713    ๐Ÿ” 957    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 69    ๐Ÿ“Œ 69

Had no idea about this part of Frank Sinatra's history

28.12.2025 04:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

trans people if you did nothing else this year you made it through 12 months of the federal government having your extermination not low on its list of priorities and you can feel really good about that itโ€™s a big deal

26.12.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1141    ๐Ÿ” 318    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Avalance will always be my favorite relationship. A former member of the League of Assassins and a clone fall in love and captain a timeship together, what's not to love?

24.12.2025 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's truly remarkable how there will be news organizations and journalists who correctly identify that RFK is a menace and that HHS can't e trusted when he pushes stuff about vaccines or Tylenol causing autism... but cover the anti-trans stuff like "Well, HHS says so, and we should trust HHS!"

22.12.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1909    ๐Ÿ” 610    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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