Hot Scot Summer is over and Tartan Hottie Autumn is officially here!

Republicans would rather shut down the government than release the Epstein files

Had a cut day the weekend of the 280th anniversary of the Battle of Prestonpans.

the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

SWALWELL: Did you ever tell the AG that Trump's name is in the Epstein files PATEL: The AG and I have had numerous discussions about the entirety of the Epstein files S: Did you tell AG that Trump's name is in the files? P: *crashes out* S: We'll take your evasiveness as consciousness of guilt

Wondering if @robynbennis.bsky.social has any more images of the Garnian Air Corps uniforms besides the cover of her book The Guns Above. The reenactor in me who was raised with Hornblower and Sharpe, and now focuses on broadsword & military sabre fencing, is tempted to cosplay after reading.

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Fern Brady's autobiography and advocacy work is outstanding

This is an outstanding documentary for understanding the path of transgender women to now, as was Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate which Morgan M Page was also a part of. Other doc recommendations from me are Beautiful Darling about Candy Darling, and Screaming Queens in 60s San Francisco.

It's amazing how much clarity the New York Times has about Viktor Orban and his crackdown on LGBTQ people. If only they had it for Trump and the US. It's the exact same political strategy!

Referring to events in Ballymena as "disturbances" is a euphemism too far. We are witnesses to a pogrom. And it behoves us to say so, loud and clear. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

#Goals I might switched it up and do it my own way I've brainstormed for a while, and might not happen this Pride Month, but.... goals right here.

Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women Unreal www.science.org/content/arti...

The UK's political and media class has spent years heaping sadism on trans people, and they want to do the same in Ireland next. Calls for civility and calm won't cut it. We need to fight them tooth and nail. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

Pierre Poilievre and Trump are backed by the same people. If the Conservatives win, our country is over. This isn't doomerism, it's fact. Pierre has brought American-style politics to Canada, and we have done nothing to stop it. We let Americans control our media. We let this fester.

One more reason she's an absolute favorite actress from across the pond.

I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

🚨 BREAKING: We’re suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security after seven international students in Indiana had their legal status revoked without warning, explanation, or due process. This isn’t just unfair—it’s illegal. That’s why we’re taking legal action to defend their rights.

Pretty steady 85% opposition. Support is dipping. Attempting to annex Canada would be a spectacularly bad idea.

Morning routine: 12:15: F-18s LAUNCH (1st strike package) 13:45: "Trigger Based" F-18 1st Strike Window Starts 14:10: More F-18s LAUNCH (2nd strike package) 14:15: Strike Drones on Target 15:36: F-18 2nd Strike Starts - also, first sea-based Tomahawks launched.

Gerontocracy establishment of the Democratic Party needs to step aside or be tossed out, for everyone's general good.

They say “a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes” If you circulated the lie, you should circulate the truth too

Lot of what I see people being negative on Ari for here is supposedly being negative on another trans person, as if that same trans person isn't tearing down trans "libs" for not being radical enough.

new video youtu.be/teqkK0RLNkI?...

The reality here is very simple: Trump thinks there is no limit on his power, that he can spend money how he likes, jail who he likes, rule by fiat, criminalize criticism of himself. He is breaking the law and ignoring the Constitution. And we can either acknowledge that or keep pretending he isn’t.

Industry self-destructing from its own idiotic, greedy management not respecting the value of its own labor. They make decisions even now at detriment of their workers. www.businessinsider.com/fixing-us-sh...

Gavin Newsom sees 10-point net drop in favorability since launching his podcast. Survey finds "the podcast only made 13% of voters have an improved perception of the Governor, with 26% saying that it harmed their perception."

Many Democratic politicians have forgotten that leaders can shape public opinion, rather than just always follow it. Republicans learned this lesson over a decade ago. Elected officials should not be a moving polling average. They should be humans with values and willing to stand up for them.

Favorite song(s) to listen to from Epic: The Musical continually shifts, because the whole thing is amazing, but different parts suit different moods. Athena has remained solidly my favorite for her growth arc of empathy for humans, but relating to that, Telemachus is close!

Pedro Pascal responding to transphobia on social media: “I can’t think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist.” (via @charliejane.bsky.social) [capitalfm.com]

Exactly why I've been writing, podcasting, and damn near screaming about using the right language. The mainstream media is failing us SO badly right now. Stop. Calling. This. Shit. DEI. This is (re)segregation. This is racial purging. Cleansing Black people from positions of power.

1. On Friday Night, it became apparent that historic LGBTQ+ clinic Whitman-Walker in DC had erased trans care and resources from it's website. The stated reason is harmful to us all. I make my case against it, and other orgs, erasing us for federal dollars. Subscribe to support my journalism.

You have to love it when the Judge implies that a homeless wino passed out in front of the courthouse could argue your case as well as you're doing now:

This is why there’s been so much silence as Black history and Black books are being purged, and integration efforts dismantled. Many Democrats think the purges are valid and necessary. “Candidly, the attack on over-the-top wokeism was a valid attack."

Now that Trump has fired the Kennedy Center leadership and installed a bunch of cronies who made him the new chair, the theater is canceling programs with even a hint of LGBTQ themes and scrubbing them from its website. Dark stuff. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

THIS IS THEIR GOAL. THEIR HATE ALWAYS LEADS TO THE SAME FUCKING PLACE.

Remember when every June meant rainbow logos, #LoveIsLove campaigns, and corporations falling over themselves to prove they were allies? It was corny, sure. But it was also loud and visible. And then it was gone. 🏳️‍🌈🧵

The "Sudden Death" round that we went into at the end of the final match for gold in the single-hand sword category of our tournament.

NEW: DOGE is behind the abrupt cancellation of $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, a Department of Education division responsible for much of what we know about the state of U.S. schools. By @jodiscohen.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

People say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a Scottish broadsword, and have you ever seen Kate unhappy with a Scottish broadsword?

Speaking as a politically engaged LGBT resident of Hampton Roads, where I am a constituent of Bobby Scott, I feel strongly that Abigail Spanberger needs to become our gubernatorial candidate on June 17th rather than Scott.

Trump has signed 10 executive orders attacking trans people in his first 16 days in office. Do not ever let anyone tell you that it's Democrats who are obsessed with trans people.

Donald Trump has ordered schools and universities to be even more deferential to male students accused of sexual violence. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-orders...

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”

It’s so annoying listening to Trump cultists who have spent most of their career attacking autistic people suddenly act like we should be thoughtful and patient with autistic people when they’re throwing a Nazi salute. Oh so now you’re against ableism? Not to mention the use of “ass burgers”.

Can't imagine why they would insist Nancy Mace wasn't tough enough for Citadel without DEI instead of, y'know.... shaking her hand. 🙄

This is my favorite picture of Stonewall. They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+. Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them. I think about it a lot in moments like this.