The urgency and confusion of health care enrollment make it prime time for fraudsters. Experts share how to protect yourself from these common scams.

Congress requires DOD to facilitate Scouts activities but the Secretary can ignore the law in cases where it is “detrimental to national security." Hegseth is preparing to do so because the scouts have become too inclusive of girls. www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...

Feels like a good time to mention @mikedesocio.com’s book MORALLY STRAIGHT: bookshop.org/a/18000/9781...

This month, after almost a year of development, we launched a whole new publication! @scripthealth.bsky.social is a brand new platform dedicated to covering LGBTQ2S+ health in a period where our rights and healthcare access are under extreme threat. www.script.health

Thrilled to be hanging out on the homepage of @scripthealth.bsky.social, the new queer health site from the folks at @xtramagazine.com! My fellow sl*ts, read all about it! We explain when to take DoxyPEP and how to use these antibiotics to prevent STIs: www.script.health/article/what...

For @msnbc.com I wrote about how Tuesday's election gives Democrats the blueprint for overcoming Republican anti-trans attacks and how thus should settle all the talk about throwing trans people under the bus. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Bravo, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social, for this excellent piece in @xtramagazine.com about why queer community still needs places for public sex. (Because, well, it’s not just about sex. It’s about so much more).

Trans trailblazer Miss Major Griffin-Gracy died yesterday. In 'Miss Major Speaks' the elder, organizer, Stonewall veteran and mother discusses her past and the community's and the struggle for Black, trans and queer liberation.

1. If you've scrolled social media lately, you've likely seem Democrats cheering for Gov. Gavin Newsom for trolling Trump relentlessly. You've also likely seen trans people terrified of a Newsom 2028 run. I explain why trans people are not feeling Newsom. Subscribe to support our journalism.

From @atlassian.bsky.social and @mikedesocio.com - I'm a great believer in #SystemsThinking and this is a good way of tackling #burnout: www.atlassian.com/blog/product...

I’m so excited for this!

Thank you to @mikedesocio.com for this delightful recap of our FREE Electric Coach course (which you can also take)! Mike, you were a wonderful student!

I’ve been writing about climate for @cnet.com for years, but recently I decided I could do more. So, I became a certified Electric Coach with @rewiringamerica.bsky.social. Wrote about why I did — and why you should too: www.cnet.com/home/energy-...

To be a journalism nerd for a second: this piece includes a) a source in his 80s—rare, and b) a historian who happened to work at a bathhouse in a past life. Queer journalism/being our own experts FTW. xtramagazine.com/love-sex/bos...

I wrote a super gay and fun story about Boston and its (tragic!) lack of gay bathhouses for @xtramagazine.com!

"Trump has instructed the US Forest Service & Bureau of Land Management to increase logging targets and for officials to circumvent the US’s Endangered Species Act by using unspecified emergency powers to ignore protections placed upon vulnerable creatures’ habitats." Unspecified emergency powers.

It’s true! I will never stop shouting about this: If you have high heating bills (even as a renter), get yourself a home energy audit!

#Freelance writers! We're holding a "How to Pitch Trails Mag" info session to share about what we're looking for, how we prefer to be pitched, and lots of thoughts on what makes the ideal Trails Mag story. Plus questions! Feb 18 at 11AM Pacific! Register at trailsmag.net/contribute!

My first (of many) @cnet.com pieces about the impacts of Trump on all things EVs and energy. ⚡️⬇️

Hey, did you know I have a newsletter? It’s true! The Prologue helps writers learn the skills they need to become (published) narrative nonfiction authors. Today I sent out the first edition, about my own book publication journey. ✍🏻 Give it a read!

Fire Weather was probably my favorite book I read last year, truly haunting.

1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts? Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from. Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!

A nice zag from Bloomberg Green: How to shop for vintage and secondhand holiday gifts www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump transition team wants to kneecap EVs: 🔹 Eliminate $7,500 tax credit 🔹 End public charging expansion 🔹 Place tariffs on imported battery materials Also, relax car fuel economy rules by 15% and emissions by 25%. Carmakers don't want this. It's all Trump. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

"Elizabeth Payne ... said she used to sprint to catch a Blue Line train pulling in ... once tripping and falling on her face so hard she needed a Dunkin’ iced coffee to ease the swelling." (h/t @bostonglobe.com) Icing your T-induced injury with a Dunkin is peak Boston behavior.

Excellent reporting by @erininthemorning.com, as always.

From my colleague Chase Strangio: "My presence at the Court as a transgender lawyer will have been possible because I have had access to the very medical treatment at the center of the case. Though some doubt the lifesaving properties of this care, I know them personally. And so do my clients."

Anti trans activist Benjamin Ryan previously reported on spurious accusations that Boston Children's rushed trans youth through assessment. The Boston Globe spoke with actual families and they completely contradict those blatant distortions. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/03/m...

What an incredible piece from Patrick Fealey, an award-winning journalist and writer, who became homeless last year. I often think about how wide the gaps are in Britain's social security net compared with Germany's. But America is truly in a different league. www.esquire.com/news-politic...

Last night, I mentioned to my brother I wanted a new robe. This morning, he gave me my early Christmas gift: A beautiful vintage robe he didn't want anymore. I actually absolutely love this. How thoughtful! And sustainable! More gifting like this, please.

Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading.

I've driven cross country four times by myself. I've never worried about trans women. I always worry about cis men.

I figured out how to switch over my BlueSky username to a custom domain 💅 Say hello to @mikedesocio.com

Hello! 👋 I am here now. Enjoy this photo of a mountain from my trek in the Italian alps last summer. That's mostly what you'll see here: Italian stuff, mountain stuff ... and journalism/work stuff. That's me!