If you hide who you really are because you’re scared of being hurt, please don’t blame yourself🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Your caution shows how precious and beautiful your heart is. Chiitan will continue speaking out until the day comes when everyone can live freely without fear.

"A few words ..." from one Trump appointee about another Trump appointee: "The dissent also attempts to clothe itself in originalism without offering any originalist inquiry."

This “tactical view” that Democrats have of their supporters is a source of so much angst. For Democrats it always feels like they are trying to figure out the minimal amount that they have to pander to keep their base in line so they can court “moderates” with conservative goals. It’s demeaning.

How I've described it is: The Republican Party wants to hunt trans ppl for sport The Democratic party doesn't really care if we live or die Both are bad and untrustworthy But one is definitely worse than the other

Shared this earlier but coming back to note that academic freedom and freedom of speech for educators is actually quite murky form a constitutional perspective (where boundaries are, how it gets operationalized, etc.). This is absolutely a critical ruling.

Subtitles as paid upgrade? On behalf of everyone with disabilities, fuck you very much

Calling all Enbies for a first name census Sock has got to be top 10

Just a blueberry. Happiness

Happy 250th Anniversary, America! The American story has been defined by innovation. As CPSC celebrates America's 250th anniversary, we are reminded that protecting families has always been essential to building a stronger future.

nothing says Freedom 250 like “welcome to the capital city, enjoy our many state booths which highlight thDO NOT TOUCH THE PRESIDENT’S PERFECT POOL. ANYONE CAUGHT DISRESPECTING OUR LEADER’S PERFECT POOL WILL BE IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED FOR STREET CRIME”

Andy Reid Approaches Floor For Traditional Coach-Tight End Wedding Dance https://theonion.com/andy-reid-approaches-floor-for-traditional-coach-tight-end-wedding-dance/

It is a big part of our personality but not entirely... The other part is making fun of Jersey 😂

I always say I'm just some kid from Brooklyn. That might just be an NYC thing. I actually get offended when ppl assume I'm from Boston when I only live there I have no clue what these ppl are saying it takes me a good minute to flip all the vowels around to be able to interpret a Boston accent

Good long thread here about the reality of life in the Land of Freedom for disfavored population groups.

I’m old enough to remember when politicians said women were being alarmist over the threat of losing Roe, that they’d never actually go through with it. They did. We have to protect our trans brothers and sisters NOW. Read this thread.

Cows are too alarmed about hamburgers type shit. :(

It's not appropriate for cis people to say that trans people are too alarmed, or that certain trans writers are irresponsibly causing trans people to think the sky is falling. I want to take some time in this 🧵 to write personally about how my skies have fallen.

a lot of writers and podcasters need to learn that they are not entitled to freely adapt any book they take a liking to. do you want to tell an existing story in a new medium? cool. talk to the author. collaborate with them if they want. license it if they're interested. or start from scratch.

Anyone who is mad about the appropriation of @rachelcleves.bsky.social 's research should go buy her book and encourage others to do the same: bookshop.org/p/books/char...

My life has changed from what it was before Trump took office. Being in Massachusetts is protective, but not perfectly. And the biggest mindfuck is that other Americans don't seem to know it. My sky has fallen and they tappa-tap on their keyboards like "Why is Erin Reed making trans people panic?"

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 USA! USA! Why don't Black people in the US call 911, part 9 million. You never know when one of these officers is going to show up, to make something out of nothing. Creating a dangerous situation for no reason. 1 in every ~200 of these unnecessary confrontations, US cops kill someone.🤷🏿‍♂️

also important to note that it’s extremely possible by the time Leo dies and we have another conclave, it will be made up almost entirely of people appointed by Francis and Leo, with the Benedict & JPII cardinals all dead and gone. maybe Leo will also be the guy who opens the door for the guy

Two and a half centuries after establishing a govt by and for “we the people,” the country is still fighting over who gets to be considered part of "we" If the US wants something to celebrate this 4th of July, it has 250 years of broken promises it should fulfill www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Some People talk about slavery like it's ancient history but we have recorded interviews with people who were former slaves.

Not a conspiracy. Not pattern matching. Mention a document that makes people look silly, and they will wipe years of documents and paid-for research to save face. Only some forward thinking to save a copy prevents oblvion. Or as the Internet Archive calls it, Friday. Anyway. archive.org/donate

I suffered outside for the past couple of weeks to bring you all this.

Raising rent relief funds for a Minneapolis family in need. We’re still here helping our neighbors! Total need is $1800. Every bit helps! V: @Ian-Coldwater CA: $iancoldwater PP: @coldwater We keep us safe and housed 💛 Please share and help if you can! Thank you!

POPE BOB

UPDATE: We learned that the folks behind Project 2025, are encouraging their base to write comments in favor of the rule. This suggests our efforts are working and they are shaken. IT ALSO MEANS WE NEED TO GO OUT WITH A BANG. MAKE YOUR COMMENT TODAY!!!

Do I like the Catholic Church? No Do I agree with them on anything? Almost nothing But is it incredibly entertaining to watch the higher up clergy take shots at each other? Absolutely It's like watching Conclave in real life I love it

The Prairieland cartoonist/zinester who got 30 years for making a zine. Still short of the goal for funding his fight against this total travesty of justice. A gullible rural jury brainwashed by rightwing media, and the most fascist judge in the country. Donate & push this over the finish line.

THANK YOU OMG I HAD NOT SEEN THIS

OH MY GOD GUYS okay so priests who want back in have to find a bishop willing to vouch for them, swear fealty to Vatican II and then HAND-WRITE THE POPE AN APOLOGY LETTER (I gues so he knows they didn’t use AI? 😂) and are on probation for 1-3 years this is ten times spicier than I even thought

Listen. I spent more than a decade as a theatrical technician, rigging stages, hanging lights, flying scenery, etc. The number of times I have dropped anything on a stage with performers on it is zero. The number of times I’ve dropped something that might’ve killed someone is zero. This is major.

I'm sort of a Temu accelerationist in that I do want this administration to very publicly, obviously fail people. But at inconsequential shit

I love it so much because it is SUCH a low stakes thing to fail at while being SO high profile

I mean yeah a Big E but for all 50 states would be dope For folks who don't know the Big E is a state fair but for all the New England states. Each state has a section showing off their specialties. There's music, animals, and deep fried oreos It's AWESOME!!! I'm thinking of going again this yr

I know - but I feel like a lot more of the moderate people would be effective if they understood their role as telling the suits the radicals might calm down if a few of their demands were met, not telling the radicals to calm down or they'll ruin the vibe for them and the suits

I like your thread and I too have always felt the awkwardness of being too ordinary or too radical depending on the crowd I’m with but honestly, we settled this argument in the ACT UP era: queer activists would horrify the suits, then gay bureaucrats would come negotiate. Progress needs *everyone* 💜

I'm just musing here, but I think there is a Problem of The Non Radical [Queer] that it might be useful to grapple with a little more openly. 🧵 Incoming, hopefully not too discursive, but no promises.

It’s was the most obvious of times, it was the dumbest of times, it was just really bad times guys everything sucked

Bluesky is both the sports app and the Catholic schism app, everything you’d need in one place

the catholic church is still mostly bad, but the important thing is it also is very funny

THREAD: Okay the Massachusetts Senate has now released the text of their social media legislation. We're still digging into the text and will have a full analysis soon. The headline is that this is a significant improvement over the bills introduced by the House and Governor, but still needs work

every job i see these days is like: LEAD CONTENT ANALYST, Puppy Killing Factory (remote). $350,000 - $500,000. You will edit our internal newsletter (circulation 500). Associate Editor, Nonprofits, Global Good Magazine (in office, NYC). $27,000 - $28,000. Lead ALL of our fundraising efforts!

Here's what I think about trans visibility: Too much visibility didn't screw the trans community, showy, fashionable, paper-thin allyship did. That'll be the topic for my newsletter for the week. Support great journalism and get these bonus essays here! assignedmedia.org/support/

Justice Brown Jackson's argument for birthright citizenship is very moving. I recommend reading it in full. An excerpt with alt-text below. “The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.” — KBJ