We're watching a doc on the Vidal/Buckley debates and mystified that none of the commentators seem to be aware of the BLISTERING sexual tension between these two

with a rebel yell she cried

so Harleen is just, like, a real name now?

apropos of absolutely nothing

A divide in journalism right now that's worth watching is between reporters who understand how bad things are but are mindful of their reputation and not wanting to be perceived as too extreme or hyperbolic and reporters who feel things are so urgent they have to use urgent, clear language.

ROSENCRANTZ: Let's play questions. CHOTINER: How do you play? ROS: How do you think? CHOTINER: I don't know that's why I'm asking. ROS: Statement, 0-1 me. CHOTINER: What? ROS: What don't you understand? CHOTINER: I'm trying to conduct an interview and you - ROS: Statement, 0-2 me. CHOTINER: OK wait-

excited for my possible outfit for a friend's wedding

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

Not linked here, but this is the Herald story referred to: archive.is/G2NUm

Congrats to Rhode Island’s Marta Martinez for leading the charge with 3 other arts nonprofits to win a court case to force the NEA to support queer arts because free speech Marta’s org RI Latino Arts is so tiny they don’t have any fulltime employees - yet they were the ONLY RI org in the suit

Josie and I are attempting the 5-hr version of "Until the End of the World" I watched the 3-hour version years ago and I'm not sure I was awake the whole time

I'm just so fucking proud of the skinny guy in Josie's old passport photo for having the guts to turn into the strong and beautiful woman in this one

Back in the day it was a running joke on alt.star-trek.erotica that "shuttlepod" was obscene and we'd only write it without the vowels; clearly no one at CA DMV hung around alt.star-trek-erotica back in the day

Southern Mass, you know what to do

Leominster PD had to be called to rescue the child. This family has legal status to be in the US. They came back to arrest the father two days later and he is being illegally held at an ICE facility in Plymouth.

RIP. Ron Friedman lived quite the life. He was one of my most important sources for TRUE BELIEVER: THE RISE AND FALL OF STAN LEE, and he was one of the only people who tried to protect/save Stan when he was being abused at the end of his life. A real mensch. May his memory be a blessing 💜

it was JESSE SINGAL?????????

Importantly, this study indicates what we've known for a long time: Youth who other studies viewed as "desisting" (because they stopped taking hormones, changed their gender identity a second time, stopped seeing a doctor, etc) USUALLY STAY TRANS.

I really like how I drew me and @josie.zone after a particularly stressful immigration meeting

actual quote

IT GOT WORSE/BETTER

this turned out WAY more entertaining than I expected

the one consolation of this apocalypse is that it's occasionally genuinely hilarious

we;re sitting next to Drunk Rick Steves, not actual Rick Steves just some guy regaling some girls with tales of his travels and he's mentioned being drunk or hung over about 30 times so far

heading out to infiltrate the Michigan Womyn's Festival circa 1993

“21% of americans trans” factoid actualy just statistical error. average person is not transgender. Genders Georg, who lives in new york & transitions over 10,000 times each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

The Meta glasses are controlled ENTIRELY with hand gestures, but they are assumed to be some kind of "huge advance" for disabled people. No explanation given. I'm so fucking annoyed at this kind of ignorance in tech journalis.

oooh I'm mad. The fucking thing is controlled by gestures? I'm sorry, this is going to help disabled people how exactly?

I don't know if Victoria Song is disabled in any way, but I do know that the paragraph quoted below is the ONLY one in her article that mentions disabled people or accessible tech. What are the "huge advances", pray tell?

What's Lisbon like? Well I just had to show a friend the ancient roman clay vessel I found by the riverbank that now holds the pigeon egg that dropped onto my plate at a cafe

well, this is extremely dangerous blood libel

My childhood understanding of massachusetts politics: 1. Don't talk to a Kennedy unless you need constituent services. Don't go near them in any context where there might be alcohol. Tell them you want health care. 2. If you need someone to watch your baby, you can probably trust Mike Dukakis.

Does anyone recognize this type of amulet or what's inside? River find. I'm going to make it a new cap of silver. Some kind of taweez?

what idiot called it The Yiddish Policemen's Union and not YIDDISCHE KOPS

Ok, so: I was raised in Boston and my first beat was in Rhode Island so I KNEW: the rule you learned growing up as a kid, and then as a reporter, was this: NEVER FUCK A KENNEDY. NEVER GET INTO A MOVING CONVEYANCE WITH A KENNEDY. NOT A BOAT. NOT A PLANE. NOT A CAR.

What is the latest ipad I can get with no AI on it?

#Boston where can I rent a telepresence bot for 1 night

Comedy gold.

truth is, before he was tragically shot, I had only vaguely heard of Charlie. There's just so many people who hate trans people and immigrants and I can't be expected to keep track of them all

also as far as I can tell the picture they keep showing of Twiggs looking somewhat feminine is from a few years ago when he was barely past his teens. The kid is only 22 now. He's not even done with puberty.

Extremely sus that we have not yet heard a statement from any lawyer representing Lance Twiggs, any named source in the family of Lance Twiggs, and that Twiggs' whereabouts appear unknown ever since he contacted the FBI.

I'm working on a piece about our immigration and the history of European colonialism and I think it's coming out good

Have a friend who sent his kid nephew to college this way

If you are injured by their ATTACKING YOU for doing nothing more then your CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to PEACEFULLY demonstrate & protest This OVERREACH of power by this REGIME⁉️ FILE A LAWSUIT Make sure to clearly document the PHYSICAL ABUSES & FIND A LAWYER⁉️⚖ 👍🌊💙⚖🤨🤷‍♀️🏛🗽 #justicematters #dueprosessmatters

I had a fact checker ask me this once and uhhhh that was kind of the end of mainstream journalism for me

Many abusive types will treat their loved ones like shit — and then circle back and like, apologize seemingly, even profusely, "I'd never hurt you baby" type shit. It's gaslighting. It's basic stuff. When the NYT does it to trans people, I find it really obnoxious.

I expect better from @polgreen.bsky.social. This is garbage. It takes as a given throughout that Tyler Robinson had a "transgender partner," an almost certainly false claim that only has basis in the statements of the fucking Utah governor And it winds up at "who can say what's in people's hearts?"

"Early that afternoon my colleagues in the Times newsroom published a report that threw cold water on the [WSJ] bulletin." In journalism this is usually known as "amplifying unsourced and unconfirmed information"

Enron Hubbard

if we've learned anything from the Etsy witches and the guys who bought the Enron trademark it's DON'T FUCK AROUND WITH CURSED SHIT AND DARK MAGICK