The animating force at the heart of US conservatism currently is incandescent rage at the mere idea of women's autonomy and independence. An image of a smiling woman who looks insufficiently deferential for their tastes riles them up enough to tear up the social contract.

they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.

We all probably all need to hear these words today from @prisonculture.bsky.social & @mskellymhayes.bsky.social "We also know this: hope and grief can coexist, and if we wish to transform the world, we must learn to hold and to process both simultaneously" Whew, too true the last few days.

A gentle reminder in your grief that Renee Good was out there to protect her Black and brown neighbors from ethnic cleansing. That is still the mission. The focus should remain on slowing down the ethnic cleansing campaign and on protecting Black and brown families and communities from destruction.

Every woman has heard it. Your daughter, your sister, your mother, your wife. We have ALL heard it.

Jahrelang wird jede Anekodote darüber, dass irgendeine studentische Person an irgendeinem College in den USA irgendwas nicht lesen wollte, zur Bedrohung der Wissenschaftsfreiheit stilisiert, & jetzt, wenn man jeden Tag über Zensur der Curricula schreiben könnte … Aber die #CancelCulture, klar.

hiding the child porn behind a paywall just means you've officially turned the child porn into a business, babe.

DFG erlaubt Einsatz von KI in der Begutachtung. Wenn wir jetzt noch die AI dazu kriegen, die komplette Forschung zu machen, haben wir den Menschen komplett von der Last des Forschungsprozzeses befreit und er kann sich komplett auf wichtige Dinge wie Reisekostenerstattungsanträge konzentrieren.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said. That is called murder when they do that. Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.

I know they’ve been saying this for a long time. I’m just exhausted of being told to pretend it’s not what they’re saying

Allow me to translate: “it’s okay to kill these people because they’re queers”

It's funny because he called the fascists gay. Do you get it? He owned them so hard by validating their belief that being gay is shameful. Master strategist.

Weils auch im Spiegel steht: "KI-Chatbot Grok zieht Frauen und Kinder aus" Das ist nicht ganz korrekt. Es sind vornehmlich Männer, die Grok nutzen, um Frauen und Kinder zu objektifizieren und sexualisieren - zum eigenen Vergnügen. Plus: Es sind vornehmlich Männer, die das genau so programmieren.

This is a devastating story. And I don't think the New York Times of all fucking places should be allowed to run a story like this without at least a paragraph acknowledging the role their newspaper had in mainstreaming the hatred that killed Lia.

kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life

PSA: It’s not too late to get your flu shot, as the record-breaking flu season will continue for several months. While this year’s shot is not a perfect match for the current strain, it will still reduce your chances of getting infected and help protect you from getting seriously ill. Do it now!

Ihr braucht Ablenkung vom Doomscrolling? Dann gibt es hier etwas sinnvolles, nämlich die Petition "Keine Führung eigener Register zur Erfassung von trans* und nichtbinärer Personen" mitzuzeichnen. Vielen Dank!

Bitte unterschreibt und teilt diese Petition, sie liegt direkt beim Bundestag. Bis zum 13.1.26 müssen die 30.000 voll gemacht werden. epetitionen.bundestag.de/petitionen/_...

When clocks strike midnight on the first day each year, a quiet creative revolution starts as hundreds of works move from private control into the public domain, unlocking stories, songs, and images for anyone to reuse. The world celebrates this big moment with an official Public Domain Day. (1/2)

this is a sharp analysis of how generative ai content is being used as class warfare, which goes back to the divisions between popular / mass / Low art for the poor -vs- bespoke / quality / High art for the rich it's also the walmartization of everything, ai slop is all the elites think we deserve

My wish for 2026 is that politicians and political analysts realize that public opinion is endogenous to elite behavior, that polling single issues tells us nothing about electorally successful strategies, that politics means shaping public opinion and that popularism is the death of progressivism.

bootleg @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social merch idea 🤔

making someone laugh

If there was still doubt about the relevance of studying gender and politics, Trump 2.0 should have convinced the most hardcore skeptic by now.

Angebote für Studierende, "die noch nicht so gern prompten, weil sie lieber selbst formulieren und denken wollen." Dazu fällt mir auch nichts mehr ein.

Jede Anekdote über "Sushi Verbot" an irgendeiner amerikanischen Uni war hierzulande 8000 Leitartikel und unzählige Bücher wert; dass nun Medien zensiert, Wissenschaftlerinnen gefeuert und bedroht werden, setzt auch nicht annähernd die gleiche Energie frei.

For anyone that thought disinformation was a social media problem, it’s great to see all of the legacy media organizations giving best book of the year to a Princeton University press published book full of Covid disinformation.

If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.

And the campaign to get a trans person banished from their job and education worked

To be queer is to be political insofar as the queer life undermines the given structure of society by demonstrating other modes of existence. Naturally, the continued maintenance and punitive enforcement of this rigid, hierarchical structure is not considered ‘political’ by those that enact it

the biggest lie the british press tell about trans ppl isn't actually about trans ppl. it's their claim that 'gender critical' is a grass roots movement. it's a ruling class bigotry sparked and spurred on by the american religious right. it's a media and political class bigotry.

Die letzte Folge unseres Heimaten-Podcast ist raus! Mit dem klugen & informierten @lwestheuser.bsky.social unterhalte ich mich darüber, wem Deutschland wirklich gehört. & was ökonomische Ungleichheit mit den Verwerfungen der Gegenwart zu tun hat. Hört doch mal rein! open.spotify.com/episode/6rCo...

Watching people trying to have a good faith discussion of a bad faith discussion is making me bonkers

It is a sign of how fundamentally abused and traumatised trans communities are in the UK that many folks are responding to Levy with relief and cautious welcome. It could have been a lot worse. But it fundamentally fails to deliver meaningful improvements to trans healthcare. 1/4

being trans is not a negative outcome and neither is being autistic

Once you see it it becomes impossible not to notice the media consent-manufacutring machine that responds to literally every social crisis with the diagnosis that "women too free."

in terms of podcasts this truly has been a @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social kinda year :) (really enjoyed the Project 1933 series and the patreon bonus content!)

"This fucking sucks" and "all is lost" are two different sentences. Don't say the second when you mean the first.

And replacing workers

More info here, to those who can read in German: Disability Studies an Uni Kõln werden gestrichen, Gerontologie übrigens auch. :( www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/...

8000 Artikel über zu viel "Wokeness" an den deutschen Unis; vornehmes Schweigen dazu, dass diese Unis gerade im Rahmen einer harten Austeritätspolitik abgewickelt werden.

Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread

I read Wicked the novel before I ever saw/listened to the musical so it's very funny seeing the musical fans read the book and go "what the fuck." How do you think I felt watching a 3 hour musical and going "Man AND they have to deal with the orgies later"

In some moments, I am tied to the idea that transition is about making me love myself more. But as I've progressed, I've realized the true point of it is to allow you to relax enough to love others more effectively.

Cute TDoR post. What are you doing for those of us who are alive and struggling?