Something I'm convinced of (despite elite conventional wisdom swearing otherwise) is that this is still the same country that erupted into a "passion for democracy" in the summer of 2020, only to have their passion scolded and sworn off by all their elected leaders

Super important thread 🧵

the most concerning thing about them justifying murdering an obviously completely innocent murder by ICE is if they can justify and defend this, there’s nothing that’s too far for them. anything you can imagine them doing is very likely something they’ll stand behind

Exactly this. What a deeply unserious party incapable of rising to the moment. This shit is exactly why they lost a slam dunk election in 2024.

Utterly useless political party. It's like having a party of exclusively Neville Chamberlains.

I couldn't get past the graf where the Times exonerates itself for this woman's death. She "struggled to feel comfortable in her body and in the world ... The reasons for suicide are complex... multiple factors — including mental disorders, brain chemistry and destabilizing life events"

it’s interesting to me that as all of these people discuss whether LLMs have feelings and whether they’re sentient - absolutely none of these people then ask: “and if I’m convinced they are sentient and can feel, should I continue using them as tools for my amusement?”

Excellent thread 🧵 👏 👏 👏

It's time we face facts about who was responsible for the Democrat's loss in 2024. Let's get real about who had the power, money, and influence to directly influence the outcome in every swing state. That's right, I'm talking about Leftists who were rude to me on a web site.

a sequel: cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”

Liberals: we need to reach out to Republicans!! The average Republicans:

This 100% and that it's clear that cis-normative society's priority is and always has been ensuring that as many people are and remain cis as possible. If any other medical care had the miniscule regret rate that trans care has it would be a no-brainer. Cis people are just so uncomfy with us ...

do cis people understand why they're fixated on us like this? it's not just because we're easy targets. there are two answers to the deep seated gender anxiety that exists around the world. one is to jump out of the plane: to leave our chains behind and build a world where it means whatever we want.

Especially when cis people spend like no time thinking about trans issues at all. The number of times I've seen the language of "it's a distraction" boils my blood. Cis people look at me like I'm losing my mind when I pivot political talk to focus on trans issues, but the attacks are getting worse

This is good messaging and something I needed to hear today

If this were true, they wouldn't be banning the medical care that does this.

1. The federal government has just attempted to enact a national trans youth care ban. A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide. It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months. Our latest story here:

Just want to point out how funny/sad it is that the same people who will refuse to refer to a trans woman as "she" have no problem calling ChatGPT "she."

The fact of the matter is that bad actors have exploited cis people's disgust and reticence when it comes to viewing trans existence as just as worth of dignity, respect, and support. So even when we're trying to talk about a blatant attack on our rights, people turn up with conspiracy theories.

abstract support is the best description. “your trans? oh i support you living your truth!” “oh, you’re transitioning and taking hormones and your body is changing? well now i am going to be quietly uncomfortable.” “wdym you need my help because our government is trying to erase your existence?”

cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by karoline leavitt’s lip fillers than the fact that congress just said, “what we should do is put any doctor or pharmacist in prison who gives lifesaving medical care to this specific kind of child we find gross.”

Had the three Dems who voted for this held the line and voted no, they could have blocked it.

This whole thread is 100% truth. It is also the exact reason some of us fought so hard against the rise of tournament commander.

There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom

Lol what, throw a house party. Hell, throw a party with an old timey dress code for all I care, that's cool. How are they so dysfunctional that they can't do this? Is planning a party too gay or something?

ICYMI: The gender gap isn't between "normal" men and the freaks of Gen Z, nor even between men and women -- it's about people who want a return to "normal" gender and those who don't: xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

The Renee Richards factoid that keeps poking my brain, is that the guy who outed her as trans, who previously outed Elizabeth Carmichael as trans, was Dick Carlson - Tucker's dad. I guess transphobia runs in the family. (Link to Dick Carlson's obit which briefly recounts the above) archive.ph/obLAU

Starting work on the Monday after a holiday and really bothered by this OU transphobic paper thing. I can't stop thinking about it. It highlights the way that trans people in the workplace are vulnerable to client attacks like this in a way no cis person would ever have to fear...

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Reminded of @garethwatkins.bsky.social on the fascist aesthetics of AI

On December 4, 2007, in the Usenet group “Friends of the Friendless,” someone wrote: “Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!” And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.

The anti-trans anti-LGBT side of this is really clear. As a kid who didn't know I was trans when I was in the scouts, I remember being so happy in 2017 when I saw them expand their gender inclusivity. I still hadn't accepted I was trans, but knew something was wrong then...

It's much simpler than that. The Boy Scouts aren't maximally cruel to trans kids and so Republicans believe it should be destroyed.

This being named a NYT Notable Book of 2025 seems to prove it's thesis

this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics

with alt text, because everyone deserves a good cry. come over.

Y’all have got to stop trying to teach people magic with edh

I don’t care if this offends you : Transwomen are real women ! 🏳️‍⚧️

I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:

All of these Democrats with any message decrying their senate colleagues that doesn't include a call for new leadership is suspect to me. It all feels like we've been played.

The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.

Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything

Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will

to @schiff.senate.gov & @padilla.senate.gov, as a registered CA Democrat, I am furious about what I'm hearing about y'all selling out my healthcare & hiding who was responsible! the post below summarizes my position: if you don't publicly call for Schumer's ouster, I will assume you were in on it!

if democrats want to retain any amount of integrity they need to immediately vote out chuck schumer as party minority leader

These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump: Hassan King Cortez-Masto Shaheen Kaine Fetterman Durbin Rosen Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.

Yup, those who defected are probably just the tip of the iceberg of the traitors in the party. Airlines started hurting, holiday travel was badly threatened, Christmas profits looking weak, so they caved for their corporate donors. Schumer is a snake and may have just damned us all.