seems like the Little v. Hecox/WV v. BPJ #SCOTUS decision will drop tomorrow. if you plan to write or post about it, here's my most comprehensive essay on the subject of trans sports (no paywall): on Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/trans-people... & Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/trans-peop...

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Hmm... www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/our...

This one needs to be more widely disseminated

Ran out of characters for the important bit: TERF politics are antifeminist. Respect ALL people’s rights to bodily autonomy.

“You can be walking around temporarily sterile, and in that sense, a different creature from someone who is fertile.” Just follow the logic on that one. Fertility issues? You’re what, inhuman? Choose not to reproduce? Monstrous! Don’t have sex that can result in pregnancy? Don’t even bother.

You know how right wingers like to accuse gay folks of being predators? And how we shake our heads and cite the statistics? Well, a pride leader and school board member decided to be the exception that proves the rule, and I’m so effing angry about ALL of it.

This is better than the white nationalist white they actually went with.

French angelfish peeks in, plucks up, and ducks out 🇫🇷👼🐠 #frenchangelfish #angelfish #pomacanthusparu #frenchangel #coralcitycamera

See it now at your local Drive-In!

One plane forced to reroute because of a SpaceX explosion last year was running low on fuel, prompting the pilot to declare an emergency and fly the jet and its 283 passengers through a designated debris zone to reach an airport. (Published January)

Transgender ballot initiative could require genital exams for WA secondary school students www.knkx.org/sports/2026-...

The Flex Loan, a new type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial in Tennessee, allows residents to borrow up to $4,000 at a 279.5% interest rate. It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. (Published May 2025 w/ @tennesseelookout.com)

That’s when I was like, “Oh fuck, I have created a progressive version of Donald Trump.”

By Jim Benton

Someone help! Binders or bras, we need this product!

Article by an Ithaca College alum: progressive.org/public-schoo...

Sen. Andy Kim: "It's a choice. Delaney Hall is run by GEO Group. GEO Group is getting a nearly $1 billion contract to run Delaney Hall. They tell me there is one full-time doctor for 800 detainees. They could have more doctors if they wanted to, but that's cutting into their profits."

"Writers make music. Writers draw. Writers take pictures of their desks. Writers should stop. When writers start a band together, nobody is happy."

[humming Ms. Pac-Man theme]

Brilliantly written and incredibly easy to understand. Excellent work 👏

YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK

#tdih 1779 ". . .we will not be eaten up by monopolizers & forestallers." Days later, militiamen threw 20+ wealthy men in jail for overpricing & formed a committee to lower cost of goods. From our #America250 lesson, “Founding” Docs We Don’t Learn About ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/po...

Fulden Ibrahimhakkioglu and I are editing a special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly on Feminist Accountability and Transformative Justice! Completed essays are due January 4th. Details are here: philevents.org/event/show/1...

Dr Oz: "Go to Flushing, Queens, and see what happens. You can't walk through the streets without people telling you, 'You know, you should probably leave now.' These are organized, very well-oiled efforts to suck money out of the Medicaid and Medicare systems."

We are in that number chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/0...

I've researched, written about & talked about the BMI for over a decade now. It's bad for SO MANY REASONS, and "sometimes it says a thin person is fat" doesn't crack the top 10 reasons why it's regressive and materially exclusionary. maintenancephase.buzzsprout.com/1411126/epis...

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'A Gathering of Shadows’ Kickstarter ends in less than 3 days! Book 2 in V.E. Schwab’s SHADES OF MAGIC series has 1800+ Backers, and JUST cracked its final Stretch Goal! And yes, you CAN pick up Book 1, ‘A Darker Shade of Magic’, at the same time! Link in our bio and below! Art by Felix Ortiz

On this day in 1933, Nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld library in Berlin. The world’s greatest collection of LGBTQ books and scientific papers were looted and later burned, erasing decades of research into sexuality and gender identity. ‘Where they burn books, in the end they will burn humans too’.

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Times Opinion columnist M. Gessen has been awarded the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in opinion writing, for "an illuminating collection of reported essays on rising authoritarian regimes that draw on history and personal experience to probe timely themes of oppression, belonging and exile."

NEW: From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key takeaways from our recent investigation.

If you want to hear me soothingly read part of the US CONSTITUTION, you’re in luck!

So...Yessir, thank you sir, may I please have another sir...is the new DOJ motto, I guess?

I AM HOARSE FROM YELLING THIS AT EVERYONE ALL THE TIME FOR YEARS AND NO ONE LISTENS TO ME

📣 Local investigative journalists! There are just five days left until the deadline to apply to ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. Newsrooms from 30 states can apply. Check your eligibility and submit here 👇

Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, has formally apologized to the community of Tumbler Ridge, BC, after a mass shooting in February. He admitted his company did not alert authorities to the shooter’s disturbing online conversations with its AI chatbot even after staff flagged the account internally.

With severe storms in the forecast every day for the next four days, now is the time to know where to take shelter if a Tornado Warning is issued. Do YOU know what makes a good shelter? More tornado and severe storm safety tips: weather.gov/safety/tornado

Contemporary painter Mary Pym, who was born in the Netherlands but who now lives in the UK #WomensArt

Your end-of-semester reminder to up the level of care all around. That means being kind to yourself and offer little morsel of kindness wherever you can. Send that colleague a quick email thanking them for something that gets taken for granted. Share some stupid memes.

The main thing in art and entertainment to keep your finger on the pulse of the fans and what they want, their feedback is so important.

This National Library Workers Day, we celebrate the library workers who fight every day for fair wages, safe workplaces, and the resources our communities deserve. From protecting access to knowledge to standing up for public services, their work is essential and benefits us all.

Column | Confessions of a Community College Dean Pouring generative AI on competency-based education creates an abomination. By Matt Reed: https://bit.ly/3QzdWUy #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Oh my goodness. It's DAY ONE of the 2026 Max Fun Drive. You'll be hearing from us a lot about bonus content, thank you gifts, the existential need of listener support for what we're trying to do with the show. But first, we want to make a new thing: Your Best Life In Hell. youtu.be/EOwZ_SVr-5Y