If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. tcpipeline.org

Yesterday I dumped some bookings for an upcoming trip into Claude and asked for an itinerary. I panicked when I saw a flight was a day later than I planned. But it wasn't. Claude just doesn't know how days of week work. This is the tool the Pentagon wants to deploy to autonomous killing machines.

Following the lies and hatred targeting trans folks during the State of the Union Address, numerous republican House representatives introduced a bill that would create A NATIONWIDE BOOK BAN. Here's what it is and what to do: bookriot.com/hr7661-book-...

We’re going to need a better plan than to try to independent newsletter our way out of this horrific right-wing media consolidation situation. (Which I say with deep respect for independent journalists.) We need to demand politicians embrace antitrust policies, at a minimum.

This is very bad. Handing CNN to Bari Weiss/David Ellison is very, very bad.

Very good thread.

I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.

if you’re a leftist, you need to understand how widespread it is for white supremacists & fascist conspiracy theorists to use populist language to advance their violent, bigoted agendas. they are not on your side. they do not get grace or uplifted due to being a broken clock.

Important update: I was sent proof of another very large donation, and we are now at $38,247.98. That is not a typo. Today has blown me away and reaffirmed my faith in humanity. Can we make it into an even $40,000?

And the reason for that, to be clear, is that Nazis have very intentionally co-opted it as such. They literally name their terror orgs using it

the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

If I had a giant Totenkopf skull on my chest that I was trying to pass off as a big ol' misunderstanding, I personally would not amplify neo-nazis on social media If I were trying to dog-whistle my support for white supremacy, on the other hand, this is exactly what I'd do

I have literally no patience for anyone saying that trans Kansans "just" have to go to the DMV and get a new license. There was no time given for that. There was no process in place for that. There were letters sent out to some people whose licenses were invalidated, but not all.

can we also talk about ICE using literally the same tactics that serial killers and sexual predators use to gain access to vulnerable men and women? because that’s a really creepy undercurrent with all of this stuff that’s only gotten worse with homan in charge.

as long as folks are enthusiastically donating to state level trans orgs today, figured I'd reup this list the @them.us team and I put together a few years back: www.them.us/story/orgs-f... (some info may be outdated, but use this as a jumping-off point!)

functionally the best case scenario for Platner is that he's just a complete idiot who has no business making decisions in the Senate

you don't get the benefit of the doubt on quote-posting a Nazi account when you had a totenkopf tattoo this guy is bad, actually

remember everyone saying that the government would lose interest in mn? that was wrong. ice is still here, and still in full force.

I just love all the trans people in my life and want them to be safe and happy!!!!!

They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.

If you're a trans person in Kansas who had your drivers license invalidated, you can absolutely trust @marisakabas.bsky.social to handle your story with care. I vouch for her 100%.

A day later and no major national news org has covered what they're doing in Kansas. This is the flip side of the hyper focus on trans issues by the right. The national media ignores what's actually being done to trans people. This erasure is what contributes to the persecution.

If you live in Alaska, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, South Dakota, or Texas, we need you to take action to protect disability rights! If you don’t live in these states, share this post with someone who does! autisticadvocacy.org/2026/02/take...

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Relatedly, here is a tiny GoFundMe for rent relief for families in a mobile home park. They’re not asking for much. Please let’s get it fully funded.

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

After considerable local pushback from Tennesseans and officials of both parties, ICE confirms to us -- (with just one minor typo) -- that they have abandoned plans to build a new Trump prison camp in Lebanon, Tennessee:

“Supporting the law” can’t be the foundation of a movement against targeting marginalized people as even lynchings were justified under the idea they were avenging lawbreaking and punishing lawbreakers.

They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now.

“2026 is the year of the horse” The horse:

There are entirely legitimate critiques of political Zionism, and I have made many of them myself. But any serious critique of Zionism has to reckon with how Jews have been portrayed as "invaders" wherever we live, and how this has fed into Zionism and made it seem necessary to many.

Abortion was phase I, trans healthcare was phase II, birth control is phase III

Exhausted by the level of migraines in my head lately that are barely responding to treatment.

This is a beautiful effort to help. If you can give a little — do.

Continually bummed by how many otherwise good people, with articles if otherwise like to read, still have fucking Substacks.

Breaking — Planned ICE concentration camp near Nashville canceled!!!!

Until this country reckons with police and policing, nothing will improve.

CALL YOUR CONGRESS PERSON NOW!!!!!! Tell them: — NO to KOSA — NO to Section 230 reform — NO to the SCREEN Act — NO to the App Store Accountability Act —NO age verification laws —NO to digital ID systems

the literal *only* belief-related thing Jews can agree on is that jesus is not the messiah and that anyone who claims otherwise is a christian. oh, and that mount gezirim isn’t the holiest place on earth. other than those two things it’s basically open season.

Evergreen post from Bree. Tonight, no SOTU, I cannot. Instead, for a good cause, I'm joining my fellow gremlins in a livestream fundraiser & I'm *already* so hyped about it. For my tight 5, I'm going to yell about Supernatural on the internet, as the gods intended postersmadness.wordpress.com

The fact that there’s a secret network of doulas going around Minneapolis to help with home births for parents afraid of ICE should be front-page news. These children, born in secrecy, are American citizens.

Just want to say that my life is hugely improved by following folks like @ziibiing.com @prisonculture.bsky.social @mostlybree.kitrocha.com & @lefttheprairie.bsky.social. These are everyday people who just DO THINGS when they see injustice - and provide easy ways for others to chip in & help out.

John Oliver and team do a great job here of explaining how Twitter/X is a cesspool and why you shouldn’t go anywhere near it. Only thing it misses is new research showing that its right-biased algorithm “works” in that it shifts users’ views rightward. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG...

The fact that Discord, Twitch, and Patreon did this at the exact same time proves that theres some kind of pressure on them behind closed doors. But Discord folding also shows that it's not deadly pressure and they didn't mind doing it anyway I dunno which is worse

As we roll into State of the Union Day- remember your Bluesky TL (with the exception of Discover) is a direct reflection of what you’ve picked and who you follow. Don’t like the politics, drop those posters and/or add words to your mute list. Protect your mental space.

There have always been horrifically anti-trans groups and individuals. Few have done more, though, to launder their hate into “respectable” conversations than Jess Singal. No publications have done more to help that along than The Atlantic and The New York Times.

A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.

TAPS THE SIGN (learn the history of how these beliefs came into being and suddenly it all fucking makes sense)

"Our system tells us the only answer to so many things is the police, or that the only answer is giving to an [established] charity. But really, the answer is actually just helping each other, knowing each other, depending on each other." @ziibiing.com

I mean honestly this is the only reason I need. Tank those ratings so hard he has a breakdown.