Saw a tik tok about how millenials are cheating less and everyone is like oh it’s cause they are marrying later or marrying who they want 🙄 bruh you need 2 incomes for one family how are men gonna afford a second secret family in this economy 😅

Via a friend: the recipient of the first successful neonatal heart transplant celebrated his 40th birthday a few days ago, still with the same donor heart transplanted into him when he was just days old: news.llu.edu/patient-care...

If community spread of measles continues until Jan 20th, the US will join Canada in losing its measles elimination status. This is what happens when “you do you” individualism takes the place of public health. Measles is disabling and deadly but it’s also preventable. Get your vaccines

"Two men." From the 'Living with AIDS' photo collection by Fiona Clark, 1988. Ref O.044981, Te Papa.

I'm in the mood for an #HistoricalFiction book to sink my teeth into. I've read Edward Rutherford and books like Chesapeake. Not really looking for things involving royalty or the world wars. Wadda ya got #booksky?

That every comment in this article is supportive of trans kids right to access puberty blockers tells you everything you need to know. In the medical community, this isn’t even a debate. No one thinks a ban is right.

Why not us, dammit #Kikorangi

Perfect. Would love to see this included in an official statement via main channels committing to reversal if re-elected. A focus on jobs, health and homes includes the health of our trans whānau.

This is an EXCELLENT roumd

Pairs competition

Oh, would you look at that, when you give houseless kids money they go and spend it on getting housed. Just in case you wanted to know the dark awful truth that the far-right won't tell you, what those kids REALLY do with the money...

NZ Human Rights Commission: “It is a clear breach of their human rights and will cause unnecessary harm and distress to vulnerable young people”

Do you have a complex relationship w/touch? "When I was growing up, I had to be touched carefully, because it was overwhelming. So I would avoid & then my parents would avoid. But I really did need the physical contact, so it was weird." @maiasz.bsky.social: thinkingautismguide.com/2016/09/unbr...

Important 🧵 Attempts to constrain gender affirming health care are an attack on bodily autonomy and a politicisation of access to health care. It signals a willingness to constrain and control people's choices that every single one of us ought to be resisting, as vigorously as we can.

We lost Roe because they wanted to give the power back to the states. We’re about to lose the department of education for the exact same reason. But when it comes to AI, which enriches Trump’s billionaire friends, they want an EO to block state’s from creating AI regulations.

I’m starting to think AI is just depicting what is happening to us metaphorically in a visual format

Does your giftee like cats? There's 15% off Kat's Nip and Fluffy Balls til the end of the month! Home-grown, hand-made. katsnip.nz #nzpets

Mihi ana @maramadavidson.bsky.social and Ricardo for this excellent statement. Thank you for speaking the truth so loudly and clearly. www.instagram.com/reel/DRQnnyb...

USAID cuts have already killed 600,000 people worldwide. RFK Jr’s anti vaccine rhetoric led to the deaths of more than 80 children in Samoa. He’s exceedingly dangerous to global health. Viruses know no borders.

Tonight, Ōtautahi DID gather. On incredibly short notice, we had 50+ trans people, whānau, parents, tamariki, doctors, allies turn out to recognise TDoR and to share their anger. This ban will not last. Thank you, Ōtautahi. I love you, trans people.

A lovely gathering in Hagley Park this evening for Trans Remembrance Day. Sadness, anger, fear - but also hope, resilience and pride. Heartfelt and heart-wrenching stories, including from a mum who now needs to tell her daughter she won't be able to get the care she needs. A lot of tears. 💙🤍🩷

I'm still reading Jacinda Ardern's memoir. It's quite the thing listening to Ardern talk about wanting to lead with kindness, and discussing policies like improving access to MSD and benefits, stopping oil/gas exploration, climate change management. Such a huge upsetting contrast to now. #nzpol

Opening now and running through Sunday 23rd -- Art sale to raise funds for @nzgreens.nzcow.com! At Te Wā Space in Sydenham!

I have Wuthering Heights thoughts again. Everyone else does and they're contagious. I'll die on 2 hills: it's not a romance as we mean it, but it makes sense that people try to read it as one because a lot of gothic story beats came down to genre romance. But Gothic's other child is Horror.

evidence-based as a concept has been well and truly bungled, it was a nice idea though

Me: I want to eat more veggies and support the local community garden! Also me: I have supported the local community garden, but now wtf do I do with all these veggies?! 😂 Friends, any recipes or better yet meal prep tips I can do in advance would be appreciated. My ADHD is already quailing.

A reminder: Many behaviors that get framed as 'oppositional' are actually happening because an autistic/ND person has trouble with motor programming. Per @deborahbuddingphd.blackskycomra.de, interviewed at TPGA: thinkingautismguide.com/2023/06/on-p... #autism #neurodiversity #autistic

As #givingTuesday is near: Please let us know what autism orgs you think are worth supporting, as well as which are really NOT worth anyone's time/$$. Our recs are below; please note that we like and also side-eye plenty of orgs that aren't listed. thinkingautismguide.com/useful-autis... #autism

In a new phase 3 trial, people randomly assigned to receive a flu shot made with modified mRNA were 34.5% less likely to be diagnosed with an influenza-like illness than people given a standard flu shot made with inactivated virus. We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!

NEW ESSAY for Trans Awareness Week! hopefully it will make ppl aware about how bad actors manipulate transgender statistics & that "social contagion/ROGD" are disproven: on Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/lies-damned-... & Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/lies-damne...

Just hung a lovely Trans Pride flag in the apartment window that faces two bus stops 🥰 🏳️‍⚧️

I spoke to Midday Report at RNZ - you can listen to the interview here: www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

I’m constantly in awe of all the clever, articulate women I know who manage to convey complex ideas with ease, empathy, and evidence. NZ punches above its weight for communicators, especially science and health communicators, and I hope more people appreciate how lucky we are in that regard.

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Waking up angry at the state of #nzpol is only a slight improvement over waking up to depression and despair, I can tell you.

People are not cars. They’re not houses. There’s nothing you can do to “healthy living” your way out of disability. It happens to almost everyone eventually, and more often than not there’s no quick fix. No easy repair. Healthcare is a human right & these are eugenicists.

Hey cis fam have a read about what’s happening. Think how you can support trans folks in your life, in particular young ones and their whānau patha.nz/news

If your heart is heavy, check in with this local web series.

I can't even describe how much this hurts. I'm thinking about all the whānau I've talked to this year who support their kids, who came to ask how they could access this care to be told that there was no access currently, but that there was work being done. This government have stolen that hope.

If you need any evidence that our trans whānau bare the brunt of this society that serves none of us. We should be protecting our trans whānau at all costs.

The day before TDoR is just cruelty. Open full-throated evil.

If we are stopping puberty blockers due to a lack of evidence, then by that metric all SSRIs should also be stopped.

Last time I stayed off social media most of the day, I came back on to rejoicing about Mamdani's win. Back to walking in to political news like