You either have bodily autonomy, or you don't. You don't get to decide one group of people shouldn't have bodily autonomy without the justifications and mechanisms used to strip that autonomy being immediately used to strip bodily autonomy from others. Either we all have it or none of us do.

district courts usually hold the line against Trump. the Supreme Court's response? -relieving Trump of any obligation to follow their orders -limiting what kind of orders they even can issue -rejecting their work, w/o guidance on what they theoretically did wrong ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...

The state of Tennessee is moving towards creating a full registry of trans people by requiring medical providers to report all of their personal health information to the state department of health.

Tennessee republicans voted unanimously to advance an anti-trans bill to create a public list of trans people located in the state. House Bill 754 would force medical providers to provide information to the state and identify them. (transitics.substack.com/p/tennessee-...)

oh look at that www.pew.org/en/research-...

Bloomberg covering all bases on Israel's response to Trump's rebuke.

Mark Zuckerberg should have listened when Regina George told him to stop trying to make metaverse happen.

Apart from the insult to Japan, it is something to see Trump bragging that what the US did to Iran was morally equivalent to the attack on Pearl Harbor, and that the resemblance makes him proud. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/u...

How do electricity and regulation of this vital infrastructure contribute to inequality in Atlanta? How have consumer, EJ, and labor movements strived over generations to democratize the utility? I consider these questions in my book Electric Life out today open access with @mitpress.bsky.social

Mayor Mamdani goes deep on St. Patrick's day and its lessons for today's struggles for justice and emancipation around the world.

Anyone want to comment on President Trump proclaiming that it's OK to give firearms to known terrorists? "You can give them rifles, you can give them guns, but you can't give them nuclear weapons."

DLR Group won't build any more ICE detention centers directly, but they will continue to make carcerel architecture the focus of their practice, including building private prisons for clients like Core Civic.

Wondering how long before Trump throws Hegseth under the bus and blames him for everything that's going wrong in the Iran war. "It was a beautiful plan. All the generals said, 'Sir, you're going to win a second Nobel Prize for bringing peace to the Middle East,' but drunken Pete messed it up."

Stop right there. How the actual fuck does anyone classify a ham hock as "ultraprocessed" food?

National Academies of Sciences says no to demands it remove climate info - arstechnica.com/science/2026... "State attorneys general won’t get climate chapter removed from a legal manual." damn right #climatecrisis

Out winter canvassing & just met a woman who was in tears telling me how WeGo's security, Archangel, kicked her out of the station last night into the rain & dangerous storms while threatening to call the cops. WeGo consistently treats poor people worse than any entity in this city (besides cops).

This is a tremendously important and courageous post. I've known far too many women who had to put up with what Dr. Wachspress experienced. This kind of thing must stop.

"Sir, you’re a very, very smart guy. You don’t think Donald Trump actually cares about casualties, do you?"

If he's going to get a national profile on the strength of a younger woman's campaign, I'm going to come out and say it: during his short-lived tenure as a math professor, Biss had an inappropriate romantic relationship with one of his undergraduate students. I was that student.

Holy shit y’all I just got an email I’d like to nominate for the "Wildest All-Faculty Email" Hall of Fame

The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.

Morning Bluesky.

I remember in 1983 driving through the night with a friend from Boston to Haverford PA to hear Habermas speak. RIP.

I can call legal arguments from the vasty deep. Why, so can I, or so can any man; but will they come when you do call for them.

US researchers are advising students not to enter academia. "More than two-thirds of the researchers in Massachusetts... who responded to a survey conducted by The Boston Globe recommend their students consider careers outside academia." #AcademicSky www.chemistryworld.com/news/us-rese...

Here is my story about the benches. nashvillebanner.com/2026/03/13/n...

New: I spoke to Rev. Babs Miller, a lesbian pastor at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Austin, who has known James Talarico since he was "Jimmy." They told me about how Talarico's church formed his support for queer and trans people from a young age. www.chron.com/culture/arti...

It will also threaten the stability of insurance markets in the US. According to the American Academy of Actuaries, millions of people may lose their homeowner's insurance coverage if insurance companies can't get NCAR risk assessments. www.riskmarketnews.com/trumps-clima...

This will set back American science for a generation or more and put our national security at risk. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c... #science #climatescience #ncar

Disappointed that @katmabu.bsky.social @danielbiss.bsky.social ignored this If you can't even tell your Comms staff to copy and paste your LGBTQ policy to performatively appease a trans community leader, why should I trust you to defend trans rights? Mike & Bushra responded, quickly & earnestly

I know @katmabu.bsky.social & @danielbiss.bsky.social are kiiiinda busy right now And I know the reality of how comms works (the rounds of review, legal team feedback, oof) since it's my career But I'm trying to lob you two something to spike I *want* you to change my mind and swing my vote

War is Peace and the United States has always been at war with Iran.

Pitch perfect characterization! "Hegseth’s rhetoric is so alarming that it sometimes eclipses how he also can come across like an eight-year-old boy inventing dialogue for the villain in his G.I. Joe game."

The nyt has undertaken an activist campaign help the right wing drive us out of public life. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Are we sure he's talking about Iran's leaders and not Trump's cabinet who are hiding on military bases so they can avoid the public? milwaukeecourier.com/news/2025/11...

REST IN PEACE TO BREONNA TAYLOR (June 5, 1993 – March 13, 2020)

The nation's paper of record reports that the Kennedys are Protestant. Hmm. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/s...

This I'm white, but I was a queer "woman" scientist who was literally harassed out of my science writing career by naming names with an Epstein associate (Krauss) When you're a grad student threatened with lawsuits, stalking, rape, and death, you shut up I'm never shutting up again

If any news outlets are covering this and want to talk to a trans Genomics PhD who specialized in human genetics and the evolution of sex, please reach out to me This is complete nonsense scientifically. It's fascist eugenics, not biology Setting a horrifying precedent for genocide

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"when the U.S. looks back at the tipping points of 2026, it may not be the attacks on Iran that are seen as the point of no return but rather the moment when Iran decided to do a Leeroy Jenkins on the global economy in response to an ill-considered U.S. war." newrepublic.com/article/2076...

Jim Cramer suggests on CNBC that Trump could “bomb Tehran into the Stone Age” until Iran reopens the strait, citing U.S. bombings of North Vietnam in the 1970s. Carl Quintanilla points out to him that Hanoi won that war.

Brent oil above $100/bbl

Banks in Gulf Evacuate Their Offices: After an overnight attack on a bank, Iranian officials signaled a new willingness to target economic centers and banks with ties to the United States. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/w...

I knew that the Department of War shot a missile into a school & killed 175 civilians, mostly children. This is learned today: Secretary of War Hegseth had cut the teams assigned to prevent such tragedies by 90%. www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...

I mean, why would anyone put in effort figuring out how maritime insurance markets work, or consulting with experts BEFORE starting a big war near a crucial shipping choke point? Be reasonable!

In Davos, PM Carney told the world that Canada will be principled in our commitment to upholding international law. He now admits the war on Iran is illegal — and he's backing it anyway. That's not principled leadership. It's a betrayal of everything he promised.

I saw a group post this and have to say that it is amazing.

I doubt that he hates the trans community. More like he's indifferent. Same with the broader LGBTQ+ community. When it's politically advantageous to cosplay an ally, he's all about our rights, but the minute the wind shifts, he's ready to throw us under the bus. Nothing personal either way.