Absolutely astounding that it is still controversial to point out that the anti-trans movement is driven by bigotry, not ethics-in-research concerns about children.

They keep fucking telling you this to your face!

We saw this in the UK too: All of the allegedly "reasonable" concerns about bone density, low-quality research, lack of long-term follow-up, profits for Big Pharma, etc — magically disappear when it comes to cisgender kids receiving the exact same treatments.

(n) Therefore, it is the purpose of this chapter to prohibit medical procedures from being administered to or performed on minors when the purpose of the medical procedure is to: (1) Enable a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor's sex; or (2) Treat purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the minor's sex and asserted identity.

Tennessee's youth transition ban is straightforwardly discriminatory. It bans puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries *only* when they are used to affirm a trans identity
www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bi...

Brought #nokings to Mt. Adams yesterday

"protect and serve"

Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to take the rare step of renaming a ship, one that bears the name of a gay rights icon, documents and sources show.

Another dumb gross irony here is Harvey Milk served in the Navy and Donald Trump's Navy secretary didn't www.military.com/daily-news/2...

part of my frustration is that this proscription doesn’t really take account of our fractured media environment and the inchoate nature of “moderate” as a label.

Protesting in Portland with Mom today.

Look man I generally agree with what the practicality of what you’re saying… but ah, this sure feels like a heck of a backpedal

Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived. Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.

In which I try to call things what they are. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...

RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”

Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.

In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

This is utterly horrifying

ICE detains University of Alabama doctoral student as government's college crackdown continues According to ICE records, Iranian national Alireza Doroudi is currently being held in a "detention facility" after he was recently detained.

ICE has arrested Iranian national Alireza Doroudi, a doctoral candidate studying mechanical engineering at the University of Alabama. He was arrested at home at 5 a.m. Tuesday.
As with some of the others who've been disappeared, unclear why he was detained. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

no offense to Jeff but if you are alleging the head editor of the Atlantic was cunning enough to circumvent all your security safeguards that kinda makes you sound even worse

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Truth Social is where the man who thinks he runs the country announces his latest move. X is where the man who actually runs the country gets his ideas for the president's next move. Threads is where people proudly resist both of them by patronizing a different billionaire who agrees with whatever the president says. Bluesky is where people are absolutely furious with the president's latest move and know exactly who to blame: the headline writers at the New York Times. Facebook is where people think the president's latest move was opening a casino for dolphins in Gaza with Jesus and they love it.

who's on what platform, 2025 edition

If someone brought up Andor at the bus stop I would be *thrilled*

I'm gonna raise my son to know that being strong is saying you're going to do something, then doing it but backing down immediately, then delay doing it one month, then do it again for a day or two, then back down again, and then tell everyone in one month you're gonna do it again. That's strength

Hey @iwriteok.bsky.social I just finished After the Revolution and I absolutely loved it! Anyways I have two questions:
1. Were you influenced by the Cyberpunk tabletop or video game?
2. Any news on a sequel? I’d love to hear what’s next for these characters!

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Yeah they are