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CT school system targeted by federal probe for transgender policy meeting tonight Amid a federal investigation on transgender policy, Cromwell’s school board will talk with its attorney Tuesday night about how to proceed on an issue that could embroil more Connecticut scho…

The federal govt going after local schools for letting trans kids play sports (specifically trans girls). This is so ridiculous, these people got nothing better to do than worry about a minors' genitalia? Seriously?

www.courant.com/2025/06/03/f...

You’re my hero Arkady 💕

London is great. It’s like New York with whimsy. Possibly more Americans than in New York however.

Author and PEN America President Jennifer Finney Boylan speaks at the 2025 PEN America Literary Gala. A quote from her speech reads: "No one can be erased just because others close their eyes, or, worse, attempt to ban the books that contain the stories about their lives."

At the 2025 #PENGala, @jennyboylan.bsky.social, author and president of PEN America’s board of trustees, spoke of explosive challenges to free expression emanating from Washington, rebuking the current administration for its campaign against programs that support diversity, equity and inclusion.

You know you need to be worried when they start putting this on your bank's home page.

I for one am having an extremely catastrophizing day...

Not fleeing: New report shows more wealthy residents in Mass., 2 years into 'millionaire's tax' Despite previous concerns, Massachusetts' "millionaire's tax" hasn't seemed to deter high-earners from continuing to live here, according to a new study from the Institute for Policy Studies.

This morning in WBUR Today: A new study shows the number of millionaires in Massachusetts has *grown* since the 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million took effect

Plus:
— What to know about the new Winthrop/Quincy ferry route
— Beacon Hill takes on the budget
www.wbur.org/news/2025/04... @wbur.org

The last person to notice the building is on fire doesn't deserve a prize. Especially if he's been excusing arsonists for decades.

Jesus Rode a Donkey. I Ride the Bus How public transit helps me know — and love — my neighbors.

It's the same thing, right? sojo.net/articles/jes...

20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.

A better world is possible.

Similar to 99% of residential properties in Boston, this four-unit building, constructed in 1850 on a 3,782 sf lot, could not be built under today’s overly restrictive zoning regulations.

📍 Beacon Hill, Boston

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

Time to strike 🪧💃

🇨🇦 Face à Trump, l’élan patriote des Canadiens.

Entre guerre commerciale et menaces d’annexion, les offensives du président américain déclenchent un regain de fierté nationale chez les Canadiens, qui préfèrent regarder vers l’Europe.

L'édito d'Alexandra Schwartzbrod : bit.ly/3DUmQGc

It’s a tenet of right wing femininity that sexual and reproductive service to men earns women their place in the world. But it is a core belief of the right wing man that no woman, however compliant, has any claim on him that he must respect.

The right wing woman is not insincere in her politics, but she *is* tactical: she believes that sexual and reproductive service to right wing men will earn her their protection, affection, and material support. She is wrong.

Important Gender Marker Update.

For all Gender Markers...

M stands for Menace
F stands for Fucking Menace

Thank is all!

Men: Ugh I struggle to even finish a book anymore my attention span is so cooked

Women: It's called A Field of Fury & Roses and it's the prequel to A Palace of Thorns which I enjoyed almost as much as its sequel, A Maze of Mist & Fire. Each book is 800 pages of inter-species elven smut

Legalize streetcar suburbs again. 🇺🇸

MAGAs, whose pastors have spent the past decade openly shilling for Trump from the pulpit, have the nerve to condemn a minister for preaching the words of Jesus from the pulpit.

Trump is their messiah.

Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.

The push to control trans women’s body is a push to control ALL women’s bodies.

I've just discovered political science is a thing. Here's a cool paper I found skimming through their journals.

Health Care Administration Wastes Half a Trillion Dollars Every Year Health insurers are actually very bad.

Private health insurance is a massively inefficient.

Moskowitz: All I've heard for the last couple weeks about this giant mandate, landslide, trifecta, put on your big boy pants. Pass your own bill. We're only here because you guys can't agree among yourselves.

Clarence Thomas Torn Over Case Where Both Sides Offer Compelling Scuba Trips -The Onion

Clarence Thomas Torn Over Case Where Both Sides Offer Compelling Scuba Trips
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Gisèle Pelicot has rewritten her story – and electrified women all over the world. But what about men? | Rebecca Solnit This was an extraordinary response to unimaginable crimes. Yet true change will only come when men engage with the culture that led us here, says Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit

"Until men engage earnestly and honestly with the pervasiveness of sexual assault and the aspects of the culture that celebrate and normalise it, not enough will change. The criminal justice system cannot change culture and consciousness; that happens elsewhere."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This follows the Queensland and French reviews into care that found care to be safe and effective. The Cass Review was a political hatchet job. Guarantee the NYT and US media doesn't cover this.

YouTube video by Julia Serano Fighting Words

it's been super-fucking frustrating lately that cis ppl en masse are op-eding & podcasting & pontificating about trans ppl amongst themselves with little to no input from us. I wanted to write about that, but realized I already did back in 2003. here is that piece: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ7T...

This is the saddest thing I've ever seen.