Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.

Did you know there is a Thanksgiving placemat that, if you follow its instructions, will resolve political conflict? The brainchild of Tania Israel! More here: taniaisrael.com/dialogue-flo...

PSA to neurotypicals - asking “why” is not arguing. “Here is how a thing is.” “Why?” Is not an argument. It’s a request for more information. Why is the thing that way? Teach me.

Also, if you haven't yet, there's still time:

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

who the fuck would want a work husband? like i need another asshole in my life asking me where we keep the scissors

hey! if you're in the US and in a state that restricts gender affirming care, my friend flies for an amazing organization that will give you free flights to states/clinics that can help u get access. elevatedaccess.org

Creating Freedom Movements made a beautiful post honoring Alice Wong, whose impact on our lives, communities, spirits, & Disability Justice is as powerful as it is immeasurable as co-founder of Crips for eSims for Gaza, she asked for support here: chuffed.org/project/crip... rest in power, alice ✊

1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics. It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT. It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse. Transgender care saves lives.

Remember last year when we said we would drop The Tribune's paywall if we raised enough money to support the transition to free? About that… 😁

Did you know that trans people are more likely to report having Long COVID than cis people are? On this annual Transgender Day of Resilience (TDOR), we’re sharing our resource on Long COVID in trans people. Created with @longcovidjustice.org longcovidjustice.org/lc-in-trans-people

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“The instructions for whistles are very very simple: If you see ice in the area, blow short bursts on the whistle. If they're actively snatching someone, long blows.”

Ordinarily enrolling a thousand patients is a very protracted process of months or years—the speed of enrollment here is a chance to send a message that more trials should center patients like this one does. To sign up or learn more:

Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back

"Attendees were able to check a public online dashboard for clean air readings for session rooms, kids’ areas, the front desk, and more, all before even showing up."

Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪

Colorado is off to an important start with its AI Act, which protects us from automated decision-making. Now that state should strengthen its law, and other states should enact their own laws. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Opt out now and opt out thoroughly: www.howtogeek.com/gmail-might-...

Please stop using Grok or any AI to prove a point on social media. Every time you use it, it drinks fresh water and sucks up energy. Every time you use it, it pollutes a neighborhood (that is probably Black or brown. Every time. Boycott it for the sake of the planet and your fellow human beings.

I've found this to be true when it comes to explaining why I still mask in public. Once nearly everybody had already had COVID once vaccines were out, "I don't want to die" garnered skepticism but "My favorite foods tasted wrong for six months last time" had folks going "oh, huh, that makes sense!"

Well worth taking the time to just read these few paragraphs on brain damage from COVID from Harvard. It should leave you with no doubts why I am wearing an ffp2. www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...

Another example of some bullshit this administration tried to pull but ultimately failed at because people spoke up. It happens a lot more than you may hear. Don’t let anyone tell you calling doesn’t do anything.

I regret to inform anyone who was previously unaware of this, but the CDC sold out during the middle of COVID when they went along with the government narrative that we didn't need to worry about it anymore. (We are STILL in the middle of COVID, with no end in sight.)

Well done elder white women in Nebraska using their social status for good: “We love the immigrants“ www.klkntv.com/we-love-the-... #PissedOffGrandmas #NoICEDetentionCenters

If you’re thinking of doing a thing, DO IT! You don’t need an activism license or much of a clue. You’ll figure it out.

This is SUCH an important thread for white people (men especially) to read and learn to let go of your defensiveness around white privilege because you are not just harming others you are harming yourself with it!!!

Truly lovely.

Really clear messaging from the NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. At this point, it's not going to convince a ton of people to start masking, but it may encourage folks who already mask to keep it up - & it may remind others that masking is an expert-recommended NPI, not a weird obsession.

Ohhhhhhhhhh, my man, *you have NO IDEA.* This is where I'm duty-bound to recommend The Adventures of Pete & Pete to y'all. It's basically Jim Henson's David Lynch Babies on Nickelodeon. Freaking metal AS HELL. 🤘

Red Don’t Give Out the Answers to Your Security Questions

I would like to share something. A year ago, Trump won and I was furious and scared so I sent a text to a few of local women I knew and asked them to join me at a meeting and invite like-minded women they knew. A few showed up, then a few more. We became a group called The Salon and we meet monthly

This seems great, I just installed it.

In somewhat good news, today the state department website has changed the answer to this question to defer to ICAO policy. Sources still tell me that there is some appetite for invalidation/reversion of passports issued under the injunction, but this message will be welcome to many trans people.

Bluesky has finally, quietly posted a position for a one-year remote contract Policy Lead, Trust & Safety position. Trans people who qualify, apply here: jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i... We need someone competent in this role if this place is going to survive.

some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops: Blue Diamond Bob's Red Mill Land O'Lakes Tillamook Welch's

i like seeing how polar bears keep their cubs warm

Quite the bookend on yesterday’s Seattle Times news section. Don’t forget to support striking workers by not buying from Starbucks.

She was extraordinary, and extraordinarily generous. Alice Wong: I am so grateful to have been alive in her lifetime. She was one of our species' best. She deserved better. My her legacy be for a blessing.

@sfdirewolf.bsky.social just passed away. What a heartbreaking loss. And a reminder of how important Teen Vogue was.

bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken

Checking in on this: the school board member who opposed the ban on trans athletes, and who was then challenged by the parent of the HS girl who'd complained, won reelection, 60 to 40%.

Respect Alice Wong’s call here: “When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”

German court finds Open AI infringed copyright by using song lyrics for LLM training. (This news via @publisherslunch.bsky.social , which notes that this is the first court case to end in an infringement ruling against Open AI) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far. So much work remains to be done.

Think about buying a car, a fun, stress-free negotiating process that everybody loves. Now imagine that if you don’t buy a car you die and if you buy the wrong car you also die

🧵Thread of cafes, restaurants, bars, bagel joints, etc offering free meals to SNAP recipients, for those who might need it, & so those who don't can give 'em their business. If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s. Here's one! toastedseattle.com