A day later and we’re all still buzzing from the amazing energy at yesterday’s fundraiser. We are so touched and humbled by your support, and we will carry your love with us to MinneHONK!

Do you know how EXTREMELY FUCKED UP SHIT HAS TO BE for me to be reposting Tucker Carlson positively???

Ya’ll, I took the new train into Seattle, and met another trans girl who was also excited about the fact that we have the world’s first (technically second) train on a floating bridge and my wife called it the Trains Day of Visibility.

Never stop fighting. I will fight for trans rights until I leave this earth. They're not going to win. But until then, protect trans kids with everything you've got.

As usual, @angryblacklady.blacksky.app is one of the smartest (& clearest) voices in the room. Drown out the jamokes with more good sense like this.

So excited for this trip! Please help us spread the word (& donate if you’re able)!

Seven-word death punch

Beethoven 7 slaps in nearly any context. (Finally watching #Westworld, specifically s2e7)

*taps internet microphone* After months of work, a project i've been coordinating for @literaryhub.bsky.social in conjunction with @maris.bsky.social is now live ... We've commissioned 13 reviews of books by LGBTQ folks not covered by the NYTBR under Pamela Paul ... lithub.com/what-was-los...

I'll never forget a college friend from L.A. telling me he hated Boston and YES HE'D VISITED and I found out it was for a couple of days in March so OF COURSE HE DID

Being trans is awesome. But no one is trying to force anyone to be trans. Or, better, what Katelyn said:

Note to self: get front wheel’s flat tire fixed.

Some people with loved ones overseas told 12 News they haven't been able to reach them and their concern is growing by the day.

Morning confession: When trying to multi-task by simultaneously cuddling an emotionally clingy feline, reading @tuck.bsky.social & @nikostratis.com ‘s Sex Change and the City, and eating breakfast… Sometimes, you get oatmeal on the cat.

I’d say it’s well past time to bring back the “Regime change starts at home” stickers from wherever they’ve been stored the last 23 years.

Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license. This is pure cruelty. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Does anyone else get the sense that RI officials decided to respond to criticism of snow removal after the late January storm by saying, "Oh, you thought we did a bad job? THAT seemed like a bad job? Let's see how you like NO SNOW REMOVAL AT ALL!" …or is that just my street?

Ok quick: who’s here just bc there’s a travel ban/snow day tomorrow/incoming storm & we know we’re not going anywhere so y tf not?

For my @xtramagazine.com column this month, I explained why Gavin Newsom's flirtation with anti-trans policy won't win a single conservative or centrist vote for him and also makes him a non-starter for trans lefties. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

My feed is full of lots of very important & timely information about ongoing horrors and then there’s also this face, so thank you to @bodegacats.bsky.social

Bad Bunny with a powerful anti-ICE speech at the Grammys 🔥🔥🔥🔥 "Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say ‘ICE out.’ We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans."

every time i see a headline like this i think about how ICE takes billions of dollars FROM US that we should have in our communities to be building better infrastructure for impending climate disasters

My cat, Onyx, & I are housesitting my parents’ house this week. It’s in the woods, & there are mice. Onyx had quite a night last night. She enjoyed several rounds of running around my room with a stunned mouse in her mouth, dropping it, then crashing around as it ran for safety under the radiator.

Imagine just...being a cat

Greenland embraces the new MAGA hat: ‘Make America Go Away’

‘You all must wake up’ – thousands in Denmark protest Trump’s demand for Greenland

All things considered, I think I deserve more credit for continuing to observe Dry January this year.

“Poverty of imagination” is unfortunately, too apt a phrase for pretty much all recent Dem strategy

[daintily clears throat] THE IDEA THAT DEMOCRATS BENEFIT ELECTORALLY BY BENDING RIGHTWARD ON KEY MORAL ISSUES LIKE TRANS RIGHTS AND IMMIGRATION HAS NOW BEEN THOROUGHLY DEBUNKED. [coughs; daintily clears throat]

Not to put anyone on blast, but some of y’all clearly didn’t eat your black-eyed peas last New Year’s Day. Don’t let it happen ‘gain, k?

So long, 2025. Go ahead & let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

I’d settle for the occasional fancy gf frozen pizza tbh

No notes.

Benson walked so Veep could run. Convince me otherwise. [Disclaimer: I haven't had a chance to watch Veep yet.]

If you don’t do it by 6am, you’ve missed it

Dang, I used to love While Foods. Before Bezos. And ok I know the previous CEO also sucked. But I loved those freaking “natural” takes on all my favorite junk foods in one place. I’m not a complicated guy.

This explains a lot, honestly.

normal

Can we seriously just stop?

Having a great time at the RI Philharmonic Concert after hearing Overture by Jessie Montgomery & Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, & getting ready for Sibelius Symphony No. 2—one of my faves! Oboes sounding fantastic, as always 😁

My favorite piece of content today.

Enjoy the weekend, y’all

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Wow, NYT News Quiz, tell us (from the first question) that you cater to readers who don't even know any poor people without telling us you cater to readers who don't even know any poor people. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

More people marched today than at any time in the history of the United States. For @nytimes.com, it was the 6th most important story. They are making sure that those in power do not see what they do not want to see. This is not what we were brought up to think of as journalism.

Visiting the Concord Museum yesterday with my parents: Mom, looking at a piece of furniture from the 18th c.: What a handsome chest! Me, two months out from top surgery: Why, thank you!