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Global LGBTQI+ human rights activist | Historian, Writer, Coach, Consultant | “Queer & Present Dangers,” forthcoming @ UNC Press | Star Trek, soccer, cats, bears, otters, puns, photography | Washington, DC
The Iranian girls’ school was hit by a US tomahawk cruise missile. NPR has confirmed the footage.
Sober in its analysis and devastating in its implications.
Trump has no plan. This is a damning summary from The Economist’s Middle East Correspondent Gregg Carlstrom.
If you happen to be in Austin on Tuesday afternoon... I promise it will be interesting if not cheerful!
You sound like an unhinged person if you in plain words describe what’s happening, but the Trump admin demanded Anthropic’s AI be able to kill things for it w/out human approval and also do mass surveillance.
Anthropic said no, and now the admin is trying to destroy the company in retaliation.
New — I spoke to eight trans people in Kansas about the new state law that invalidated their driver’s licenses overnight, what’s it’s like to live there right now, plus details of two DMV emails exclusively obtained by The Handbasket that shed light on the law’s chaotic and cruel rollout:
This is heartbreaking, and the details are still very unclear and concerning. Rest in peace and power, Kevin.
New Jersey at its very best
Another instance showing that Donald Trump is the whiniest, saddest, most petulant little crybaby ever to hold high office.
I'd tell him to cry harder but I'm not sure it's possible.
This one hits hard.
When I say our leaders aren’t helping us, this is what I mean. ICE is showing no signs of leaving but our senator, who is currently running for governor, doesn’t even know that. And she’s doing the administration‘s work for them.
This is a brilliant, beautifully detailed & richly explained review of Bad Bunny's halftime show and why it was so transgressive. I caught at best 20% of this in real time, so please check this out.
Bad Bunny is telling the world that the people in Puerto Rico are American citizens and deserve reliable and resilient electricity and infrastructure investment from the U.S. government.
How denouncing Bad Bunny could give Gavin Newsom a much-needed Sister Souljah moment.
It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
Remember. Your Ring camera is fascist.
Unidos somos América.
I would like to second this idea
#StarTrek #BadBunny
“We’re not making our videos for the Pakleds.”
Michelle Obama tried to get schoolkids to eat more vegetables and the right wing treated it like Maoist indoctrination.
Yes to all of this
J.D. Vance was booed so badly at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony that even the announcers commented on it.
“There is the Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife Usha—OOP, those are not… uh… those are a lot of boos for him. Whistling, jeering, some applause.”
I’d kept my subscription for local news and sports, despite everything. Until today. I mean, there were 10,000 legit reasons before to cancel, especially since that Quisling pulled the Harris endorsement. Today’s newsroom massacre is proof of democracy dying in the darkness of collaboration.
Jeff Bezos took over the Washington Post Editorial Board and turned it into a mouthpiece for pro-corporate, pro-billionaire propaganda.
Now, WaPo is laying off hundreds of *real* journalists — including the reporter covering Amazon.
Democracy dies in billionaire hands.
Hey everyone!
Huge news! Our trans girl scout list has sold a total of 146,000 boxes as of today!
But MANY trans girl scouts only have 20, 30, 40 boxes sold.
I just resorted our list to put those on the top.
Go get your girl scout cookies and make a trans kid's day!
Amidst everything going on in Minnesota that’s (appropriately!!) getting a ton of attention, this urgent story has not received the urgent coverage it also merits. Take a listen!
Support mutual aid, crowdfunding, and organizations doing work on-the-ground in Minnesota here: standwithminnesota.com 💜
Love this project so much! For U.S. folks, check for your state (many are out but others are still in development)
(Greenland's gyrfalcon would be pretty awesome too, but one thing at a time...)