Things look grim in the markets right now, but at least the U.S. economy wasn’t already being propped up by a massive speculative AI bubble that is highly sensitive to rising energy costs.

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker This was never about woman's sports

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.

This is a reminder that ICE is still in Minnesota, that people still can’t leave their homes, and that funds are starting to run dry. Please donate if you can. Places like food shelves are struggling to meet the community’s needs.

STOP THE SAVE ACT (Updated) My new piece is up with lots of info about the SAVE America Act - the version of the SAVE Act that passed the House and is before the Senate this week. This is a MUST READ and then ACT. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Many are appropriately outraged by Altman’s comments here implying that raising a human child is akin to “training” an AI model. This is part of a broader pattern where AI industry leaders use language that collapses the boundary between human and machine. 🧵/

Whether as sites of protest, celebration, communal mourning, or remembrance, public parks have always played a vital role in the history of New York City’s LGBTQ+ rights movement. Landmarks like Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain pulse with their own queer history.

A lot of people, including me, were wondering how an IRB could ever approve this study. The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.

The Epstein administration is covering up the Epstein files.

"The scholarly pursuit of truth, over time, requires that some “viewpoints” become extinct." stanforddaily.com/2026/02/17/v...

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

ICYMI: I introduced my Trans Bill of Rights with @markey.senate.gov — legislation to defend trans people across this country as Republicans continue to push anti-trans rhetoric and bills. To our beloved trans community: We see you, we love you, and we will always stand with you.

So all colleges and universities will bring back the DEI stuff they cut when obeying in advance right...............................................................................................................................................right?

I'm just going to say a thing. What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.

"Epstein class" is terrific not simply because several of them are directly tied to Epstein's crimes, but because it strikes at the corruption, immorality and impunity of that entire circle.

Check out @jqtsie's newest issue, "Queering Rural Education" at scholarscompass.vcu.edu/jqtsie/vol3/...! FREE open access to ALL articles! @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social @drantonioduran.bsky.social @sashelton.bsky.social @tycmcnamee.bsky.social #queer #rural #queerrural #academicsky #queerresearch

70% of all Harris voters in 2024 and 65% of all self identified Democrats believe Israel has committed genocide 60% of Democrats believe Israel kills children intentionally and whopping 77% overall have a negative view of Israel.

Claudette Colvin has passed at the age of 86. At fifteen years old, in 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white woman and was arrested for it. She became a plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, which made Jim Crow laws illegal.

I just wanna say -- because it can't be said enough -- Renee Good's queerness is an enormous factor in the justification of her murder. It is as important as anything else about her. Anyone who is not in line with the program must be eliminated. That is the point.

ICE’s public violence should be a reminder that they commit brutal acts in private facilities too. Every report has been horrific and we only have the smallest glimpse into the horrors.

As we head into a new year - one likely to be worse - remember this: solidarity is power. ✊🔥 Graphic from @inthesetimes.com on IG.

Here's a really easy New Year's Resolution: If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow. If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious. By making these choices, you will literally save lives.

2025 has been an incredibly hard year for trans people. And yet... the political project to erase us is failing. In spite of them having so many levers of power, many of us have continued to thrive, and new pathways open up every day to get around the attacks. My case for hope for 2026.

Still mind-blowing that a top admin official was revealed to have taken $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from people looking for government favors, the reaction of the administration was "Whatever losers, this is how it works now" and bigshot news media said "If you say so, we'll forget about it"

Before Bari Weiss was silencing journalists at CBS for segments that were critical of Trump, she waged a war to get college professors fired for expressing concerns about Christian and Muslim Palestinians. This is who Bari Weiss is: theintercept.com/2018/03/08/t...

CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was. You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

OPINION by @katelynburns.com: “The proposed rule would make the future for trans kids in this country look very bleak if it’s approved as currently written.” READ MORE: www.ms.now/opinion/tran...

I'm sure everyone with the ACA (including me) would appreciate calls to House and Senate members right now! Please call!

This entire weekend

This is your annual reminder that if you are in the US and have FSA funds that you won't use, Menstrual products are covered by FSA funds and can be donated to food pantries and shelters.

An HIV doctor quit the CDC when they insisted on censoring his research by removing data on trans people. This interview peels back the curtain of how anti-trans ideology figured into the Trump administration's war on science. Republished from @kffhealthnews.org, written by @amymaxmen.bsky.social.

“This is not just survival; it is a relentless fight to hold onto life, care for loved ones, & be seen as human.” Israel’s genocide in Gaza has been cruel to disabled people, whose disabilities have been exacerbated by inadequate access to food, medicine & support, reports Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi.

"Northwestern officials proudly noted that their pact with the WH explicitly declares that the agreement doesn’t allow the gov't to dictate “the content of academic speech and research” .... But the pact itself restricts speech and research at the university. Saying otherwise won’t change that."

NEW: AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people’s political opinions, study finds www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

@parkermolloy.com has a great (if depressing) rundown on the well-oiled, well-scripted, and lavishly funded machine targeting trans people for simply living. open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...

This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.

one day people will look back at the term “biological women” the same way we look back at racist terminology from the 1910s. a euphemistic anti-science phrase with no actual meaning other than indicating an intent to discriminate against a group based on the circumstances of their birth

"Northwestern University reached an agreement with the Trump regime." "[A] single cis student who objects to sharing restrooms with trans students in a Northwestern dormitory is enough to trigger a bathroom ban." #Illinois #USA #Education #Healthcare #Bathrooms #Sports #Housing

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Elsewhere: these provisions make it clear that Northwestern is in violation of the agreement if they do not immediately identify/apprehend people taking part in unapproved speech.

It is incredibly dangerous that universities are signing agreements that tie purported measures against antisemitism to rolling back diversity in admissions and excluding trans people from basic facilities. This ends terribly for everyone.

Who is supporting these settlements? It’s generally not faculty or even long-time university administrators, it’s university boards and interim administrators who they’ve installed after admins with more of a fighting instinct have been forced out. There’s a playbook here.

Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...

Trump’s extortion campaign continues. This time with Northwestern University reportedly capitulating to the tune of $75 million. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

"A year later, I sense that many people I know who live in the U.S. feel a little disappointed in themselves. Somehow, if we imagined living under full-blown fascism at the Federal level, we believed we would be different." open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...

Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now

As suspected, the messaging being posted on the HHS social media is not coming from any of the hard working and dedicated licensed and experienced scientists and health care professionals but just from the uneducated(a law degree doesn't mean shit in science and medicine) trust fund baby in charge.