mike morrison

@bylaurenfitz.bsky.social is somewhere furiously writing an update. No way she predicted this is how her week was going to wrap up!

Young adults now deserve the same safety we offered when they were figuring things out. We were the ones who told them it was safe to establish whatever life they choose. That support must continue, even after their lives are settled, or the "better experience" they had will end w/a rude awakening.

I'm just nervous that we told kids for the last 15 years it's "ok to be you". Most didn't grow up with the same level of vigilance we did & they haven't seen the same levels of uncontested, rage filled queer hate in their time period. We must create the kinds of supports RFKjr and HHS seek to end.

We found reason to celebrate together upon milestones that we collectively equated to "times changing". But now, as we have started to settle-in to feelings of safety & comfort we *did not* grow up with, we look down & find out that the rug has been pulled. & now our armor is weakening. It's scary.

Seeing this thing come back is so scary, and reminds me in many ways of what got us here.

Even still today it sits uncomfortably with me that so many of my peers, some only 6-10yrs older, grew up with *even more* vitrol than I did, because I was impacted so greatly by my own experiences.

It's not new. They hate queer people & want us dead. It was the point in Reagan's era w/the AIDS crisis & it's the point again now.

"Times changed" & for a while they had to beat around the bush about it, but you should expect that less &less as they continue to get permission to throw it all away.

GPs defying NHS to prescribe formula, shampoo and toothpaste to struggling patients NHS guidance states over-the-counter products should not be prescribed – doctors can use their discretion to overrule

Checkout this badass move.

Don't forget you can use your power for good, too. You can usually find a way to do the right thing now, even if the rules say you can't.

Let 'em yell at you later. Let them tell you feeding kids was the wrong choice. Let them.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Hedge Fund Billionaire Ken Griffin Buys 150 Million-Year-Old Stegosaurus—Making It Most Expensive Fossil Ever Sold The 20-foot-long set of stegosaurus bones sold for more than seven times its expected price.

Wealthy people spend money differently than we do but often we discuss them as if they were us. That Ken Griffin v. JB condo BS? News was about KG's loss, but dude bought a dino fossil worth more $ than the condo, so what are we talking about? #noethicalbillionaires

www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...

The best time to start weeding right wing extremists out of your police force was 20 years so. The second best time to start is now

So... you signed your name in support of his platform getting even bigger based on your *pre-existing knowledge* of him?

You read about the brain worm stuff and the dead bear in Central Park and you were like "I've seen enough, no further questions - endorse this man"?

You're making things worse.

Here's Henry!

(you're *really* missing out if you aren't following @dionnewarwick.bsky.social - there's big "I am not writing a bio" energy over there)

2025 isn't going to look exactly like we wanted it to, but let's make sure our collective work remembers that cultural progress like this can't be gatekept by national party leaders or conservative billionaires.

The album Chromakopia by Tyler the Creator

If you want to fully understand this or most of Tyler's work, you're going to need to be queer *&* have consumed 30 years of hip hop. That's like 11 of us.

It's inspiring that something this niche & this authentically queer can have a deep impact on today's culture.

I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing *the arts are not intended to be a luxury, but rather something that needs to be accessable to all* may be incapable of morality.

I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing *schools should not poison their students or staff* may be incapable of morality.

I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing *testing students & collecting their data isn't the reason to educate them* may be incapable of morality.

I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing *special education programs need to be protected* may be incapable of morality.

I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing *there shouldn't be residual funds left for capitalists to make a profit when educating young people with public money* may be incapable of morality.

I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing *it's hard to teach hungry students or those who do not have secure housing* may be incapable of morality.

I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing *Chicago's young people should not be educated or offered opportunity based on how wealthy their parents are* may be incapable of morality.

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality".

Don't go home today. Go downtown!

This is it. It's happening. It's time to do the thing you said you would do back when you were 20.

Have kids? Bring 'em! Plans tonight? Break 'em. It's happening *today*... Come!

#dontgohome #godowntown

Alright here is the corrected Chicago “conservative” moderation list. Only one account so far but I’ll be happy to maintain it going forward. bsky.app/profile/did:...

the image is a comment to The TRiiBE story about Chicago City Council vote down of property tax hike. “wow what a novel fucking idea that BJ couldn’t come up with all on his own.”

lol saw this comment (and others like it) from one of our readers on IG.

now if the mayor had’ve said let’s reduce the police budget himself, there would’ve been a riot

This is a thing of beauty

Gov. Jared Polis cheers RFK Jr.’s nomination for health post despite anti-vaccine statements After Polis faced pushback Thursday, he added the second X post, which defended vaccine access and science as a cornerstone to any public health policy.

@lgbtqvictoryfund.bsky.social - come get ya boy!

I've seen some bad takes from #CO Gov. @jaredpolis.bsky.social recently, but this Trump/RFK support really takes the cake. We need queer leadership to be *actual* leaders, not whatever this is.

www.denverpost.com/2024/11/14/j...

Thankfully everything looks & works basically the same over here because I'm way too tired to learn a new social media thing.

But yes! Burn it down & start over!