happy pride

all these men with shit like nazi tattoos and long-established histories of abusive behavior out here running for public office, always. how do they think this shit isn’t going to surface

This is real btw

“In a preliminary MIT Media Lab study, 83% of participants who wrote essays using ChatGPT couldn’t quote a single sentence from what they’d submitted moments earlier. ‘It passed from the computer screen onto the homework assignment without ever entering their brain,’ So said.” 🫠

especially re: 2, one must ask, in what way is this court majority actually opposed to Plessy v. Ferguson?

This is truly one of the worst things the court has done — both in terms of legitimacy and in terms of the law — since I have been covering the court.

happy pride month ✨️🌈 #happypride #dragonage #dragonagetheveilguard #emmrichvolkarin #emmrich

not that this is new but fuck covid man

i changed jobs semi-recently and let me tell you, going from the kind of “9-5” employment where they’d call your personal phone on a friday night to say they needed a surprise [brand new thing] by saturday morning

A lot of people are talking about this but not nearly enough are emphasizing that it is a PROPOSAL and that we can and should SUBMIT COMMENT by July 13. Chanda shares deets in this thread.

having a therapist who can tangent about stardew valley mods with me is the actual best

I know there is a lot going on, and not all of this is new, but numerous aspects of this OMB proposal are highly alarming and would, if enacted, effectively force American scientists receiving federal funding (which is...most of them in some capacity or another) to stop engaging with the public.

Conservatives are terrified of Dems finally understanding that the people yearn to tell Republicans to shut the fuck up

good questions

it’s the most wonderful time of the yeeaaar (sitting outside after sunset listening to the crickets and frogs and smelling the lilacs)

I'm snuffling around your published novel. I'm rooting around taking note of all the times someone smirks and huffs. I'm catching whiffs of fan fiction like truffles. You have an AO3 account.... I can tell

Here's how the Trump administration is chipping away at transgender health care access for adults With more than 30 interviews with trans adults, treatment providers, conservative activists and trans rights activists over the last two months. For @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

this country is mortifying.

Went to an anti AI datacentre protest march today and a friend of mine got a picture that summed it all up

This is today!! Cambridge/Somerville, come buy some awesome crafts and support families impacted by ICE both here in Massachusetts and in Minnesota! ✨

Sometimes I think "erasure" is far too euphemistic a term for policies that are in reality about expulsion, violence, the removal of access to public society and human dignity, and/or acts of functional segregation.

One more task for today: call your senators about HR 2616 The "Don't Say Trans" bill literally states it's "defending women from gender ideology." Cis women, I am deputizing you especially. Please make several phone calls to tell them to knock it the fuck off.

Hey folks! BIJAN (www.beyondbondboston.org/) is a Mass-based org that does a LOT of good in immigration support. In 2026 alone, they've paid over $1.5 million(!!) in bonds to free people from detention. But now their funds are running critically low, and they need donations urgently. #uspolitics

This is consonant with research that shows doing conservative lite may encourage people to go all in on conservative candidates: bsky.app/profile/chan...

Last year I put together a guide to help people get off US tech — and that includes Google. There are a lot of alternatives there they will help you make a plan to pull away from Google services, and all the rest of them too.

5/21 #Maine referendum banning trans girls from playing on girls' sports teams appears likely to be removed from the ballot after an investigation concluded another 800 petition signatures could not be trusted. Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has until Tues to make a final decision. #MEpolitics

Kinda defeats the point of having a grand jury if you can just boot everyone who didn’t want to indict, keep everyone who did, and keep trying until you get the result you want.

The bigger challenge is we have a handful of sociopaths who can circumvent and undermine democracy. We have no bigger challenge.

The phone bill just overdrew our bank account, so if anyone can spare anything now would be an absolutely amazing time. You can Venmo @ruenicorn or DM if you prefer PayPal, too. I hate asking. I'm so sorry to ask. #helpme

this was HR 2616 which also bans books by or about trans and nonbinary people from schools START CALLING YOUR SENATORS NOW CIS FRIENDS TRANS KIDS NEED YOU

it's so hard to avoid but i've been putting in the extra work and the results speak for themselves.

if i catch the two loud-ass birds who have decided that 5pm-1am is the time for nonstop screaming, it’s curtains for them

Hey so if you're in the USA, the FCC is floating the idea of making shows put a warning up if they include or discuss trans people and trans lives. A short paragraph saying this is messed up would help a lot! You gpt less than a week. Submit your comment by May 22: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

sometimes i spend years avoiding something on my periphery that i can tell is not for me and then i eventually cave and read it and every time, my initial assessment was right, but i will never learn

Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves.

The Prospects by KT Hoffman is exceptional — m/m teammate romance where one of the leads is the first openly trans player in professional baseball. Also this is historical, but anything by KJ Charles, always!

Ever wondered why so many indie bookstores have masking policies to prevent #covid? We asked them! Read our new article “Indie Bookstores Promoting Masking and Covid Consciousness in 2026” 📚💙https://www.whoevenreads.com/indie-bookstores-promoting-masking-and-covid-consciousness-in-2026/

local pals, if you have an air conditioner sitting around in your basement, or if you need an AC, @mutualaidmamas.bsky.social has an air conditioner distribution group to help old ACs find new homes. i’m not directly involved but the latest newsletter has more details, in the linktree in that bio!

New — I spoke to parents whose kids are former patients of NYU Langone's trans youth health care program about the Texas criminal subpoena for their private health records. "I was furious. I was in disbelief. I was scared for my child's well-being." Read my full report:

'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Party That Unilaterally Surrenders

Data centers are the leading cause of a 76% increase in the cost of electricity for America's largest power grid over just the first 3 months of this year, according to Bloomberg. The 13-state grid managed by PJM serves 67 million people, and costs have spiked this year. /1

i may have spent a lot of this spring in bed and accidentally broken my sleep schedule, but on the bright side my stardew valley farm is really coming along

This is awful. Jesus. These funds have saved people from getting evicted, fired, and losing custody of their kids. (Also, just to be clear, it doesn’t criminalize the funds’ existence, but it makes them subject to federal insurance regulations, which will effectively kill many of them.)