USA Curling announced today that they are caving to the administration's demands and banning trans women from all sanctioned women's competition. Here is my open letter to the curling community. thecurlingnews.com/news/communi... #Curling #USACurling #trans

In all seriousness, this conversation came about (again) yesterday because @chrispureka.bsky.social and @andreagibson.bsky.social - their memory is a blessing - dropped this for Andrea's beloved. And for us.

My partner & love, @archangelzeriel.bsky.social , and I have a perpetual disagreement about sad, melancholy, or just plain heart-breaking music. I think sad music is the BEST music; he thinks someone with my mental health history should listen to happy music. AITA if I blast Mozart's Requiem today?

I've been very quiet, lately. When I'm under a lot of stress, I tend to withdraw. Over the last two months, I have completed a degree program (RN-to-BSN ftw) and immigrated to a new country. Only mildly stressful... But I am still here. And I'm glad you're here. Take care of yourself today. ❤️

Reposting with gratitude to @hillarymonahan.bsky.social for having the language to express the "ick" I felt about Hereditary, but could never quite articulate. I still need to see Midsommar.

I knew this was going to happen but FUCK it still hurts. Their memory is a blessing to all of us.

Wanna do a super low effort thing that will actually save trans lives? Post this flier with this link anywhere you can ❤️🙏 www.eventbrite.com/e/humanized-... Ticket sales fund @downdivas.bsky.social and we really need the money

I want to be clear: this is what American prisons are like. I spent years posting about the humanitarian crisis in U.S. prisons. The criminal legal system consigns Americans who are incarcerated to live like this FOR YEARS. DECADES.

A reminder that the Washington Post endorsed confirming Pam Bondi. Support pro-democracy independent media.

Hey hey! I am officially in Canada. My STUFF is still in the US. How are you all holding up? I’ve missed you. 🧡

*taps screen* Is this thing on?

There are some handymen (handypeople? Contractors.) here this morning, two of whom are Latino. I want to apologize for not speaking Spanish, and my brain very helpfully came up with the words... in French. How's your Thursday going?

See this? This me right now (except I don’t smoke cigarettes). Don’t forget to have breakfast. Or in my case, don’t forget that breakfast IS A THING when you plan your food shopping. I could be hydrated. Less feral. Surviving. Hinged.

Good morning, Bluesky. I forgot to eat breakfast, and it is going to take everything I've got to not make it everyone else's problem. So take better care of yourselves than I do. Coffee is not breakfast; coffee is a component of breakfast.

Friends!

And Hemingway wept. And nobody cared about his tears.

No matter how bad you imagine smallpox was, it was worse than that.

Shavua tov, bluesky. How are you today? Remember to take care of yourself today, because you deserve it.

Sending love and calm to my Canadian friends today. After you vote, get yourself a 'lil treat. If you voted early, get yourself a 'lil treat. If you're not able to vote yet due to age or citizenship status, get yourself a 'lil treat anyway.

Shavua tov, Bluesky. How are you holding up today? My family is moving in less than two months, so I'm sure you can guess how *we're* holding up. This Shabbos I played with the dog, took a nap, and read a book (didn't finish it, though). Today: schoolwork & cleaning. Send pet pictures please?

I've BEEN telling y'all to stop supporting WaPo...

This is a test of the Emergency Pawcast System. This is only a test. #Cats #CatSky #CatsOfBlueSky #BlackCats #EmergencyPawcastSystem

Shavua tov, Bluesky. I was going to say something like "Been a helluva news cycle, eh?" but... that's every day. Sorry. If I did not have celiac disease, I would be enjoying a nice bagel to commemorate the end of Passover. But I do. So... rice cakes it is. Tell me about your gluten-y breakfast.

The thing I will never ever get is feminists who won't see that the LIBERATION OF EVERY PERSON OF EVERY GENDER FOSTERS THE LIBERATION OF--every person of every gender & patriarchy's grip besides human rights and basic fucking empathy it's self-interest 101...? (I know, I know...white supremacy)

Today I was milling around the "down town" area of my little corner of the Philadelphia area, waiting for @archangelzeriel.bsky.social to get his stupid noodle bowl for lucky jagoffs who don't observe Pesach (We have reached the part of Passover where I begin to experience misanthropy. It's fine)

I wrote about the attempted murder of Josh Shapiro, and how deceptions and double standards about Jewish politicians have consequences. Gift link:

If you are, for some reason, still an HP fan-- take some time to read this whole thread of Emma's.

Sharing for my usa peeps

I think it’s fine to bully people for reading Harry Potter in 2025 actually If you want to read your old Harry Potter books, you should do it in secret and shamefully - you know, in the way that J.K. Rowling wants to force trans people to live.

I am once again begging people to realize that the law is words on paper and is not self executing. "That's illegal" is not and has never been synonymous with "that's impossible" or "that can't be done." "That's illegal" means "you might get in trouble for that depending on who you are."

Some free advice on making "nachos" with gluten-free matzoh: Don't.

What better time to be talking about this than during Pesach, I ask? ...Okay, the answer is that it is ALWAYS a good time to talk about injustice. But it feels like I good time to talk about liberation right now.

Until evidence proves otherwise, I choose to believe that the ghost of Frederick Douglas visited Justice Thomas overnight. "You will be haunted by three spirits:" Harriet Tubman Malcolm X & Dr. King Only one of those three is committed to nonviolence, so here's hoping it was a wild night.

Hol-lee DAMN I was not expecting a 9-0 sweep from the Supreme Court on something that is morally correct. Like, since when does Clarence Thomas care about the well-being of other people? I'm not mad, but damn.

SLAVERY AND TREASON BURIED IN THE SAME GRAVE

happy confederate surrender day to all

1. Stop assuming people announce all their activism on social media. 2. Stop demanding people announce all their activism on social media. 3. Stop deriding people for not announcing all their activism on social media. 4. Dunking on people on social media isn't activism and isn't praxis.

It's almost time for Shabbos, and I know would say this every week if asked, but I really need it this week and I'm SO glad it's almost here.

It feels good to have that out of my system, and if you read that rabbit hole of a thread, I appreciate you.

Here is what I was angry about. And look, I added alt text @uppaalaska.bsky.social ! There is a lot going on here, and I suspect that this account might actually be intended to sow division... but I am incapable of letting people be factually wrong. I get it from my Dad. So here's a thread: 1/n

I would like to apologize for the harshness of my previous post. I do feel very strongly about the alt text feature, and it does upset me that so many Bluesky users choose not to use it. BUT I made that post when I was angry about something else, and that’s not a good habit to get into. A thread?

Bluesky launched in Feb 2024 and a LOT of you still are not using alt text when you post images. Be advised that you can not claim you don't know how it works anymore. You don't care about accessibility. So grow up and SAY THAT. Oh, you don't like being called out like that? Then do better.

CN: suicide, mental health (I am fine). A friend of mine is having a bastard of a month, which culminated in one brother dying after being taken off life support last week, and her other brother taking his own life yesterday morning. As a survivor of suicide, this weighs heavily on my heart. 1/n

I am so proud of what Cory Booker has done. So proud of why he did it. So goddam proud a black man did it.

happy trans day of visibility

Happy #TDOV, pass it on!

No lies detected.

Thank you so much to everyone who has been sharing and donating to Trans Lifeline! I'm so happy to say that we're close to $2,000 in just a day! This campaign lasts thru Tuesday, April 1st, midnight EST, tell your friends & buy your trans friends a treat! Donate: tilt.fyi/GVYySqfF2k #crossstitch