Trans rights are human rights

For all those who didn't watch tonight, allow me to summarize: The liar lied again.

"Holy shit, did WE ever make the right decision" - The US Women's Hockey Team

This piece by @jeneeninterlandi.bsky.social is one for the ages. The damage Donald Trump (under the guidance of Russell Vought) has done to biomedical research is profound and will be long-lasting. It is a national tragedy to be measured in the sick and the dead. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...

Legislative poetry

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“i have to use AI because i’m bad at drawingggg 😭😭😭”

The danger of superhuman AI is not what you think. This essay in @noemamag.com by @shannonvallor.bsky.social is brilliant. Well worth a read. www.noemamag.com/the-danger-o...

It would be a shame if #EpsteinAdministration started trending

If ICE and CBP don't want to be called secret police, then don't wear masks.    If they don't want to be accused of kidnapping, then don't drag people out of cars & houses without warrants.   And if they don't want to be accused of being lawless, then start following the law.

Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive. It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water. Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.

Next off the shelf. More biographical science history. #books #booksky #nonfiction #everyoneshouldreadmore 📖📚💙

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

Corporate profits have hit record highs. CEOs are paid 280x as much as a typical worker. We're subsidizing huge corporations that pay lousy wages through food stamps and Medicaid. But instead of cracking down on corporate greed, Republicans want to punish the working poor.

There has to be a pretty small percentage of people on the planet that have absolutely no redeeming qualities. It’s mind boggling that such a high percentage of those people ended up in Trump’s regime.

they made the entire administration out of the worst person you have ever known in every situation, vance is the worst person you ever met in college

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The darkest day was the day Bezos took ownership of

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles

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Next off the shelf. Back to the history of science again. 👍🏻 #books #booksky #reading #science #nonfiction #everyoneshouldreadmore 📖📚💙

i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job

Next off the shelf. Another important, but likely depressing read. #books #booksky #nonfiction #everyoneshouldreadmore 📚📖💙

The “garbage” destroying America isn’t in Minnesota’s Somalian community. It’s in the Oval Office. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

"It’s difficult to conceive of a cohesive and robust Republican Party emerging out of the ruins being wrought by Trump. And considering the untold damage the party has done to the nation over the past 25 years, perhaps that's for the better."

This nation would be a better place if just one White House reporter had the courage to ask "what the hell are you rambling about, old man?"

• Vaccines don’t cause autism. • COVID-19 vaccines aren’t killing kids. • COVID-19 *is* the leading infectious cause of death in children. The CDC & FDA have been taken over by wellness grifters. Posting lies as “truth” doesn’t make them true—it makes them propaganda.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Trump is the most corrupt president in US history, and the openness of his corruption is an essential feature of it. It's particularly bad that this comes as Trump is using state power to punish Sen Mark Kelly for correctly warning against breaking illegal orders. newrepublic.com/article/2036...

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.

Donald Trump could have just kept his mouth shut about Jamal Khashoggi. But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile. Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open. Cretin behavior.

Can we just take a minute and acknowledge that our POTUS is right OUT IN THE OPEN lobbying Congressional members to vote against releasing the Epstein files?! Like... what the fuck else does anyone even need to know?

Next off the shelf. I need something a bit less triggering again. #books #booksky #everyoneshouldreadmore 📚📖💙

Stop with the damned sane washing. They’re not changing course, THEY LIED.

The East Wing Obscenity This piece is on the free side of the paywall, and I have to admit that writing it made me more sad than I could have imagined. The ugly destruction isn’t just to a building, but to memory, history, and American grace. open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

Next off the shelf. An unfortunately topical read. #books #nonfiction #booksky #everyoneshouldreadmore 📚📖💙

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Quick point. Trump cannot silence you, period. He doesn’t have the means or the tools, and if he did he would be too weak to use them. This is a bluff. It only works if you let it.

If someone’s not mourning the death of Robert Redford in a manner that’s consistent with your views, make sure you set up a database, call their employer, and get them fired.

Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.

We live in the worst fucking timeline

Next off the shelf. I’ve had this book for some time, meaning to read it. With the author’s recent passing, its time has come. #books #booksky #nonfiction #everyoneshouldreadmore 📚📖💙

Opinion | I’ve dedicated my career to promoting free speech on college campuses. Here’s why the murder of a red state college dropout by another red state college dropout means it’s time to fire liberal professors in blue states.