"We’re terrified that if she remains in an environment that is so hateful that she might follow the path of so many trans people and spiral into depression and self-harm. So we’re going to do whatever it takes to keep her safe." Here's how families are fighting to survive Trump’s war on trans kids.

The federal government’s “Compact” will put UT Austin under political control. Tell President Jim Davis and the Regents to protect UT Austin’s independence by rejecting the Compact. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/un...

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS - Austin TX” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Seriously. Fuck these fascists. Join a No Kings protest on October 18 and stand up for our rights and our democracy.

WTAF?

If you live in Illinois, we need your help. This will take less than five minutes and will truly pressure your local elected officials to stand with the people rather than ICE.

Three weeks from right now, millions of Americans will gather again to say NO KINGS. As Trump wields government power to censor free speech and threaten political opponents, we need to make October 18 a historic day of resistance. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲! 𝗡𝗼 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝟮 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴! Indivisible WA-8: "I𝑛 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎, 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑢𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑-𝑏𝑒 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠.“𝑁𝑂 𝐾𝐼𝑁𝐺𝑆” 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑡 𝑢𝑝𝑜𝑛. w𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑜𝑠, 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑢𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑒𝑙𝑡𝑦. " 📍Issaquah, WA 📍October 18, 2025 📍11-1PM www.mobilize.us/aft/event/84...

Representative Jason Crow (D-CO) on this moment. Not just the transcript but the video of a floor speech yesterday. A rallying cry:

scramble you little shits, scramble

you shouldn’t care about it because they might be coming for you next, you should care that they’re coming for anyone at all

Looking for more ways to get involved.

Man.... Target is ending its DEI program. Guess I'm not shopping there anymore. Oh, well.

My 18 year old came to my work today to have lunch with me. He lives at home. <3

“How We Learn to Be Brave” by #MariannEdgerBudde is not available as physical media or Kindle on Amazon (but is through Audible). Here’s a link to the publisher where you can either buy it directly from them or get a link to buy it from somewhere else. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/705987...

Torn between stress eating and feeling queasy. Think I'm done with social media today.

My 3rd new laptop in a month. The 1st (HP) never booted up at all. The 2nd (ACER) would not go to sleep & needed to be shut down entirely every day to keep the battery from 100% draining. (Also had bugs like the keyboard would suddenly stop working.) I am back to HP again! Thoughts & prayers.

Adult-aged kid O is talking a train today to visit a friend in Dallas over the weekend. Six hour ride... I am very interested to hear his review of the experience.

Hoping to find more of my friends over here, but searching is hard when we aren't using our actual names... I shall persevere!

Had a fun time checking out Meowwolf in Houston this weekend with the fam. Sadly short on photos, because we were distracted by the story! So far we've been to Denver, Dallas, and Houston. Vegas next?