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Sam has been admitted overnight for supportive care. Cause still unclear. Hopefully by tomorrow he'll have recovered, but he's also being seen tonight by a critical care vet. Since a company owes me money right now, I'm doing this emergency care fundraiser: www.gofundme.com/f/help-sam-c...

This is the second thread about Tom Lehrer that has crossed my feed in 3 days. I guess that’s a sign that I should play the vinyl record I have

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sigh. you might want this

@theinfophile.bsky.social‬, an amazing writer, podcaster, and librarian, speaks about using Buttondown to create an inclusive community with her newsletter, The Infophile: Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice.

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this is excellent work & contains call/email templates at the end with callouts for the specific legislative mechanisms democratic senators could use to kill this part of the bill.

read the piece. make the calls. there’s no earthly reason any senator’s phone should stop ringing in the near future.

Sharing this again because I am seeing way too much "we're cooked indefinitely" or "we're doomed" bs going around.

Being honest about the dangers we face also means being honest about the fact we can fight/survive and we are not the first to do so. History offers hope as it does warning.

Overachiever Syndrome: The Endless Pursuit of Doing More Podcast Episode · Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice · 05/14/2025 · 23m

New episode of @eedapod.bsky.social today! Overachiever Syndrome: The Endless Pursuit of Doing More

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They keep willfully misunderstanding the issue to confuse good people.

Trans people don’t think this series will be loaded with JKR’s bigotry. We KNOW the money from this series will be funneled by JKR directly into attacking the trans community in the media and courts.

This isn't a real government, it's a monster energy drink and a copy of Mein Kampf in a trench coat

There's a line from 1984 that I think about a lot--to the point that I will probably someday get a tattoo referencing it--and it's probably not the one you think. (cont'd)

ICYMI I just started my pre-order campaign for LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER!

If you send me your receipt, after the pub date you'll get a PDF with deleted scenes and an alt ending for All the Birds in the Sky — plus the first 10,000 words of the sequel in progress, All the Seeds in the Ground.

💩We want to ban trans women from women's spaces

🧐Aha but that would mean forcing passing trans men into women's spaces, the thing you claim to oppose, checkmate!

💩We also want to ban trans men from women's spaces, and from men's spaces, and trans women from men's spaces

🧐B... but

THEY DON'T CARE

was initially shocked the last few weeks as more & more ppl have said they didn't think Trümp would "go this far" or "be this bad" – I mean, this was all in Project 2025 & his speeches! but now I get it: what they really mean is they didn't think *they* would be harmed by his admin. it says a lot

Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Auschwitz — a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps — was not located in Nazi Germany either.

FYI, just checked in and: you'll be able to watch my talk online through the link below live *and* it'll be archived there to watch at anytime. Afterward I'll make a full transcript with links/citations and my slides available online, too.

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.

New by me.

Reporter note: I specifically asked the Trump admin if its new relationship with Meta meant data sharing, and if (like in 2016) still felt companies with unbreakable encryption (like Apple) should be 'forced or punished'. They had one chilling response.

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Trans Relocation Guide: Finding Trans Asylum and Safe Havens - TransLash Media A guide for trans individuals seeking asylum, with resources for relocating within the U.S. or abroad, accessing legal support, healthcare, and community connections.

so, things are getting really bad for trans ppl in the US, here’s some resources in case you’re considering moving/potentially seek asylum translash.org/articles/tra...

EEDA Newsletter Vol 6, Res 8: Credible Sources, Sitting with Emotions, and Organizing 101 This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! I have an obscene amount of things I want to get...

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EEDA Newsletter Vol 6, Res 8: Credible Sources, Sitting with Emotions, and Organizing 101

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A screenshot of a tweet from Libs of TikTok criticizing Bernie Sanders for thanking transgender singer Laura Jane Grace after she performed a song described as "degenerate, disgusting, anti-Christian," mentioning "God's big fat d***." The tweet includes an image of Bernie Sanders speaking at a podium with American and university flags behind him.

This is the kind of energy I'm looking for from Democrats right now

I know a lot of people are boycotting Amazon, which is great, but it's hurting a lot of trans authors.

Trans authors: Drop links to your NON-AMAZON book listings/storefronts.

Cis people: Repost, boost, and, importantly, buy. Part of boycotting an evil corporation is supporting the alternatives.

2020: attacks on “BLM”
2022: attacks on “CRT”
2024: attacks on “woke”
2025: attacks on “DEI”

BLACK.

THEY MEAN BLACK.

One FULLY INTENDED effect of transphobia is to remove Black and other racialized women from the category of "women" and restrict womanhood to cis white conventionally attractive women who can bear children. It's all part of a white supremacist project.

German tourist held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility The young woman had planned to spend a month with a friend in Los Angeles and then fly home to Berlin. But she’s been in federal custody since late January.

I cannot, in good conscience, recommend people visit the United States under the current regime. It's not safe.

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Yes, it is entirely correct to point out that ICE officers do not have any legal authority to break into somebody’s home unless they get a judicial warrant; which they generally cannot do, because judges only issue warrants for probable cause of crimes, not immigration law violations.