In 2026, we need books 📚 now more than ever! #books

"Studies have found that wolves in the Midwest and Canada not only keep deer populations in check, but they also alter deer behavior in ways that help prevent car crashes and save human lives." #wolves #conservation www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

"The Heritage Foundation is partnering with a constellation of European nationalist far-right movements to export its playbook for countering progressive policies." www.politico.eu/article/the-...

“ The daughter of a well known conservative operative , whose paper did not answer the topic at hand and had a carefully planned media campaign , had a trans instructor fired for grading a paper according to the agreed upon rubric”

Heated Rivalry, episode 6. ❤️

Sharkmas? 🦈🎅

This week (Dec 21) also marks 37 years since the unsolved murder of Venus Xtravaganza during Christmas 1988. Venus was a star of the groundbreaking 1990 documentary Paris is Burning. #translivesmatter #LGBTQ

This year marks 32 years since the Christmas Eve rape and the New Year's Eve murder of Brandon Teena in 1993 in Nebraska. This remains one of the darkest episodes -- in a much too long list of LGBTQ violence. #BrandonTeena #translivesmatter #LGBTQ

Heated Rivalry is fantastic! Wonderful writing, acting & important story. AND the sexuality of the actors is irrelevant - bc (1) people's privacy is something queers respect, (2) sexuality is fluid anyway; & (3) it's just a TV SHOW!

What a laughing stock. Especially since Trump has no class.

Just Out! New Issue of Policy Sciences (Dec 2025). link.springer.com/journal/1107... Articles on complexity science, transgender policy, policy learning, law, leadership, soveriegnty, buzzwords, minipublics & wildlife

Going to the gym makes me laugh.

@jennaprice.bsky.social "How on earth did its leadership allow a blatantly, joyously, Jewish celebration to be attended by two inexperienced police officers? This, just a month after Nazis were allowed to chant antisemitic slogans on the steps of NSW parliament." www.smh.com.au/national/our...

Elise Stefanik is the Marjorie Taylor Greene of Nikki Haley’s.

🚨 New Study Alert! 🚨 Check out the latest #ThePRIDEStudyResearch led by Dr. Diana M. Tordoff (@dianatordoff.bsky.social), PhD, MPH: Breastfeeding and Chestfeeding among LGBTQIA+ Parents Read more at pridestudy.org/research/#to.... #breastfeeding #chestfeeding #lactation

The 2026 Congressional Campaign has begun! www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Want to feel a chill run down your spine? Watch this questioning by Republican Sen. Kennedy of a lifetime federal judicial nominee abt how women should obey their husbands, handicapped people should not marry, & sex outside marriage is a sin. Lifetime appointment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1PE...

Takemura (2021): “Although decision-making broadly refers to the function of consciousness to make a decision, it can also be defined technically as the act of selecting an alternative from a group of alternatives (Takemura, 1996, 2020). ” In 'Behavioral Decision Theory.'

The word ‘after’ is doing a lot of work in this sentence.

The Govt's plan for "social cohesion" cannot be to tell Jewish people under threat to compromise w the ppl who tolerate the threat against them. Australia is a "complacent country" that has allowed hate to fester, offered no consequences to haters, and no safety to the vulnerable. #auspol #nswpol

So many heroes at Bondi. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Trump said that Rob Reiner's murder was due to "massive, unyielding, & incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME." There is nothing about our lives that is not about Trump - our deepest tragedies are his fodder to dance on our sorrow. #Trumo #RobReiner

In my 2025 book, I have a chapter that outlines the differences between Australia & the U.S. in addressing gun violence in the policy process. I looked at Port Arthur and Sandy Hook. I'm just putting this pdf and link below in case it is useful in this terrible moment: cyan-teirtza-17.tiiny.site

I live in Sydney. If you're watching the #Bondi terrorist attack coverage and were interested in the amazing hero who tackled the terrorist and took his gun, here is a local clip from Sydney news. The hero was shot twice by another shooter after getting the gun away. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUEc...

Wow. One of the more heroic acts against a mass shooter or terrorist I’ve ever seen. God bless that guy

Just a note to say that in this quote I have edited it down for size but all the quoted text is correct, but some pieces are shorter. I try to keep all quotes but the limits of posting make this tricky. Public notice.

"After months of debate on the city of Arlington's anti-discrimination ordinance, council members voted 5-4 not to reinstate the ordinance. "The anti-discrimination ordinance will remain suspended until further action by the council," Mayor Ross said. #LGBT www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/a...

Two Michigan Men Accused of Terror Plot on LGBTQ Bars: "Agents recovered three AR-15-style rifles, two shotguns, four pistols, more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition, tactical vests and backpacks, and several GoPro cameras." www.metroweekly.com/2025/11/mich...

I don't think #Trump voters voted to give their kids the measles, to tear down the White House, or trash the economy. BUT 2026 is the test of this idea. Votes matter now more than ever. Will voters demonstrate sanity in the face of chaos and democracy in the face of corruption? We vote in 324 days.

13 years ago… I spoke to an Australian newspaper about why schools need policies that affirm sexual and gender diversity. As politicians target LGBT folk, it’s vital we resist the closering of our lives. We’re not “ideologies.” We’re people. And we deserve to thrive everywhere, including in schools.

OK College Republicans: "The academic quality of the essay written by Samantha Fulnecky is indefensible, and the professor’s failing grade is demonstrably correct. For TPUSA’s OU chapter to elevate this poorly written paper suggests a serious lapse in judgment." www.kswo.com/2025/12/05/p...

In my opinion, Tucker Carlson is running for President in 2028." “The most depressing thing about the United States in 2025 is that we’re led not just by bad people, but by unimpressive, dumb, totally noncreative people,” Mr. Carlson said. #trump www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/s...

"President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has pardoned Tina Peters, a former county clerk in Colorado who was convicted in state court on felony charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

"Trump’s approval rating among Black Americans has dropped from 24 percent during his first three months in office to 13 percent" and "among Hispanic voters, his ratings have fallen from 40 percent to 34 percent." #Trump www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

"“No president is legally allowed to tear down portions of the White House without any review whatsoever — not President Trump, not President Joe Biden, and not anyone else,” the complaint says." #WhiteHouse #Trump www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

"The US and Japan conducted joint military drills, a symbolic boost for Tokyo, which is locked in a tense feud with Beijing." #Japan www.semafor.com/article/12/1...

Estimate that the Chinese Govt has undervalued its currency by 25%. "The head of the IMF this week urged Chinese authorities to address economic imbalances, adding to criticism that Beijing weakens its currency to benefit its exporters." #China www.semafor.com/article/12/1...

“Inequality is the solution to the problems and penalties that equality imposes on certain actors and institutions in the policy process.” Tolerable Inequality: Understanding Public Policy and LGBTQ+ Politics (Pepin-Neff, 2025).

OMG. Life upgrade! youtube.com/shorts/SmuYQ...

This sounds strangely ... like a conservative argument.

The oldest gay bookstore in Australia is closing on December 24 - come say thanks and get 30% off at the Darlo Bookshop on Oxford Street! #sydney #lgbt

Never more true than this week.

June 26, 2024: “As President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández abused his power to support one of the largest and most violent drug trafficking conspiracies in the world, and the people of Honduras and the United States bore the consequences,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland."

Trump April 16: "The US is taking in RECORD NUMBERS in Tariffs, with the cost of almost all products going down, including gasoline, groceries." Trump 8 Dec: "Donald Trump announced a $12 billion aid package for American farmers pummeled by Washington’s trade war." www.semafor.com/article/12/0...

"The investigation found Mace told officers “I’m sick of your s---,” said that they were “f---ing idiots” and “f---ing incompetent” and yelled in front of TSA officers & police using similar expletives as she proclaimed that she is a “f---ing representative.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This is a pitiful move from an insecure White House regarding an issue that we will win. Admiral Rachel Levine's service and her identity are intact, with honour, and not dependent on plaques in a hallway in DC. #LGBTQ #HHS www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Go DUKES! "Billy Napier, whose previous stop was coaching the Florida Gators, agreed to serve the same role for the Dukes, a person familiar with the situation confirmed Thursday evening." www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

“Transgender persons endeavour to live in their acquired gender to enable how they present to others accord with how they perceive themselves.” Nice to see the Employment Tribunal in Scotland affirm people using toilets that align with their gender. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69303e...

This is the deal I was hoping for. "Warner Bros. Discovery, has entered exclusive talks with Netflix for a deal to sell its movie and television studios and HBO Max streaming service." #WarnerBros #Netflix www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...