A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

These are merely historical facts that interpol might find useful should I be kidnapped at the age of 43.

I’d like my passport and driver’s license changed to say I’m 22 inches long and 7.5 lbs, please.

And why exactly is the sex at birth, as opposed to their sex now, at all relevant to identifying, say, a fifty year old woman on DOCUMENTS THAT IDENTIFY HER. I had blue eyes at birth. You know what my driver’s license says? Hazel. Because they changed, and one is useless for identifying me.

tomorrow we begin the process of casting the movie which is scheduled to be shot between January and April of next year. (it’s kind of a big production) wanna cover all the bases and make sure we cast the widest net so if you’re in the NY tri-state area, an actor, and trans - I’m looking for ya!

I'd worried there would be a banh mistrial, but the jury found the whole case a croque! Not-BLT!

There is not one way to stop all this. There are going to be a lot of tactics on many fronts, in many places, from lots of different people & organizations. What we keep doing is what Starbuck said when the Cylons invaded New Caprica: "We fight 'em. Until we can't." We still can. Emphasis on "we"

Please fund the folks covering these cases. They are doing ESSENTIAL work.

And with that…

Ellis is done. The preliminary injunction has been entered. Ellis grants plaintiff's request to certify the lawsuit as a class action, which means it applies to more than just the named plaintiffs and includes all nonviolent protestors as well as those engaged in news gathering & religious practice

Ellis: "I am going to grant the plaintiffs' motion for class certification."

The preliminary injunction also includes the body-worn camera requirement.

Ellis says agents must have identifiers "conspicuously displayed in two separate places."

Those warnings must be given "at a sound level where the targeted individuals can reasonably hear it," Ellis says

Federal agents can only use force when it is "objectively necessary to stop an immediate threat of the person causing serious bodily injury or death to another person." There must be two separate warnings given before force is used, Ellis rules.

Ellis, apparently wrapping up, is quoting George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and others.

My heart. Bless Judge Ellis for her fidelity and dedication to the Constitution, and her commitment to ensuring it is upheld.

Courage. Integrity.

Ellis says the order is "enjoining all chilling of First Amendment rights."

Ellis, still ruling, makes a reference to awarding "complete relief" to the plaintiffs. She said it will "necessarily incidentally benefit other protesters, journalists and religious figures."

Oh my god.

Ellis: "Requiring the government to comply with its obligations under the Constitution, in particular the Fourth Amendment, is simply not a harm."

Cool, she’s gonna make me cry over this, isn’t she?

Ellis: "The public also has an interest in its citizens' bodily integrity, the right to peaceful protest, the right to assemble, the right of peaceful free exercise of religion."

Oh, shit. FROM THE BENCH.

Ellis: "I see little reason for the use of force that the federal agents are currently using. Pointing guns, pulling out pepper spray, throwing tear gas, shooting pepperballs and using other less lethal munitions do not appear to be appropriate."

Another MAJOR First Amendment point goes to the plaintiffs.

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WHEW. Straightforward First Amendment violation right here.

THIS PART.

Ellis notes that the feds argue "plaintiffs have not been engaged in First Amendment protected activity" because they've "intermingled themselves with rioters." "But as I've previously stated," Ellis says, "I don't find defendants' version of events credible."

Ellis notes people being tear gassed, staring down the barrel of a gun and being "slammed to the ground with their head bashed into the street." "All of that would cause a reasonable person to think twice about exercising their fundamental constitutional rights."

Ellis: "It doesn't matter that someone continues to go protest, or continues to be courageous. That is irrelevant as to whether there was a chilling effect."

Judge Ellis is laying out the factual basis for a preliminary injunction. Bovino is a perjurer, and Midway Blitz has been unnecessarily brutal.

This is a big, BIG deal. Judge Ellis is Doing The Thing.

After going through several incidents since the start of Operation Midway Blitz — like the ones above — Judge Ellis says, "those are the factual findings that I'm making to support this preliminary injunction."

Ellis on the Oct. 14 incident on the Southeast side: "Agents pushed, shoved, tackled protesters, pointed guns at them, threw tear gas and deployed smoke canisters. Everyone that agents detained were released by the FBI, and none of them are currently charged with assault."

Ellis points to this testimony from CBP agent Kristopher Hewson. "Clearly, what he said was 'hit them,'" Ellis says. bsky.app/profile/jons...

Ellis: [Bovino] admitted that he lied about whether a rock hit him before he deployed tear gas in Little Village."

Ellis turns to the testimony of U.S. Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino. How he denied using force against a man he tackled and said he didn't see the Rev. David Black hit by pepperballs. "More telling," she says, "defendant Bovino admitted that he lied."

If I’ve learned ANYTHING in these last few months, it’s that when a judge begins by quoting literature, you should strap the hell in because someone is about to be very eloquently presented a platter bearing their own ass.

Ellis: "The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vice hold of violence, ransacked by rioters and attacked by agitators. That simply is untrue. And the government's own evidence in this case belies that assertion."

Ellis: "This is the Chicagoland I see. From Aurora to Cicero, and Chicago to Evanston to Waukegan. This is a vibrant place, brimming with vitality and hope. Striving to move forward from its complicated history."

Must’ve been battling bad guys in my dreams last night, because I woke up with the inner corner of my left eye swollen like it took some serious punches. (Guess who’s off to the eye doctor today for a surprise visit?)

I did some digging and found actual imprint codes Sun Pharma uses on generic Vyvanse they're recalling! Why this isn't included in the recall notices, idk!! it's in section 3 here, make sure you double check w your pharmacy if yours are from the relevant lots!!! dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/dru...

It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column

we’re about to find out if loving SimCity makes you a better mayor Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000

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