PulseCore Health, whoever that is, thinks “trans” is an obscene word requiring an *, and then, after quoting a trans positive statement from Megan Rapinoe, proceeds to misgender the people she’s talking about! 😡

Remember this... Eire has had gender recognition based on self-ID for over 10 years with no reports of abuse or hatred. The gender critical movement in Eire is minuscule. This is a British problem. A very sick, twisted, British cult problem. It is a disturbing European outlier . This is not normal.

Iran renounced nuclear weapons 21 years ago and nothing Obama did with the JCPOA or Trump did with this war changed that, although if anything will change that, it’s Trump’s war.

In between the braggadocio, Trump actually telling the truth about the things media purport to report — there is no Iran deal, it isn’t fully negotiated, & nobody (including him!) has seen it or knows what’s in it! And even if they had, it wouldn’t matter, because it isn’t done!

Media challenge: stop reporting rumors of things that might happen based on the word of ‘US officials”, especially when Iranian sources contradict those rumors.

The case for socialism: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/two-...

In every close basketball game I watch now, the last 2 minutes turn into 10, of which 90% is either fouling, taking foul shots, or time outs. It’s not fun viewing. How about a rule in which fouls in the last 2 minutes bring 3 shots, not 2, raising the price for fouling?

“TDS” actually stands for “Transgender Derangement Syndrome”. The man, like transphobes everywhere, is positively obsessed. You’d think his obsession with his ballroom, his arch, and Greenland would be enough, but no, he’s positively filled with obsessions.

Had to fill the Volt today. A bargain; station a mile down the street was 20¢ more expensive. Last time I bought gas was 2/15 at $5.00/gal; before that on 12/23 it was $4.40. So that’s a 45% increase since Trump was elected.

Amazon going existential?

Same creepy vibe as when he walked in on girls in the dressing room at the Miss Teen USA Pageant.

This is insane.

I must admit I never expected Kaitlyn Chen to make the cut and end up in the W this year, but I was definitely wrong. @wgoldenstate.bsky.social got a good one.

Same creepy vibe as when he walked in on girls in the dressing room at the Miss Teen USA Pageant.

Amazon going existential?

Had to fill the Volt today. A bargain; station a mile down the street was 20¢ more expensive. Last time I bought gas was 2/15 at $5.00/gal; before that on 12/23 it was $4.40. So that’s a 45% increase since Trump was elected.

Trump is mentioned twice in this article about the sentencing of a woman for fraud, despite the case have been investigated & prosecuted under Biden, who isn’t mentioned at all. Also not mentioned? The dozens of people convicted of fraud pardoned by Trump. @fairmediawatch.bsky.social

A simple but telling indictment of capitalist “democracy” in this editorial about candidates for CA state treasurer: “Of the six official candidates, only two - both Democrats - have war chests large enough to run viable campaigns.” Money talks, ideas walk.

No, NYT, “Cubans” aren’t divided on the US indictment of Raúl Castro. Cubans are assuredly 99%+ opposed it. Cuban-Americans, who are not “Cubans” any more than Italian-Americans are Italians, are the ones who are divided.

More “Republican family values”. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Trump has been golfing six times since he attacked Iran, btw.

Watching Natasha Cloud perform in the Chicago-Dallas game, it becomes even more outrageous that she was practically the last person signed in the WNBA this year, which we all assume was a direct result of her outspoken opposition to the US/Israeli genocide in Gaza.

Trans people are not “fighting for unpopular positions that society isn’t ready for.” Trans people are fighting to KEEP the rights we have enjoyed for decades. We have been able to legally change our gender markers since the 70s and before. Same with bathrooms, sports, youth, all for decades.

Read the real story of what happened 30 years ago, and what’s happening today. www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/raul-castros...

THE DONROE DOCTRINE & US AGGRESSION AGAINST LATIN AMERICA Fundraiser for Medical Aid for Cuba Saturday / May 30 / 2 pm La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley

Since Sept, Trump has killed 200 low-level drug dealers & innocent fishermen in international waters with no repercussions. Now the US has indicted Raul because Cuba shot down 2 planes over Cuban territorial waters who had been repeatedly violating Cuban airspace 30 years ago.

“For each arrest, six American-born workers lost a job, and four undocumented workers lost one.” This would be the very definition of “cutting off your nose to spite your face”, except it isn’t Trump’s nose or face that’s being affected. It’s the working class, documented & undocumented.

My only opinion on the Musk-Altman suit is “a pox on both their houses”, but this headline is ridiculous. The court did 𝑛𝑜𝑡 “reject Musk’s allegations”, rather, as the subhead says, they simply ruled the suit was filed too late. @fairmediawatch.bsky.social

1. Incredible breaking news and a landmark ruling out of Colorado. The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that hospitals MUST not capitulate to Trump, and must continue offering trans youth care under state law. They found vague federal threats "speculative." Subscribe to support our journalism.

BREAKING: The Colorado Supreme Court, by 5-2, orders Children's Hospital Colorado to resume gender-affirming care to a group of trans plaintiffs. Justices Boatright and Samour dissent. Story coming soon.

1. What I found in Trump's new 113-page financial disclosure report. It doesn't look good.

The president is stealing tax dollars from the public treasury to pay off his criminal cronies.

“Excursion” (because Trump doesn’t know what an “incursion” is, but as a billionaire, his life has been filled with “excursions”), in the form of the “Iran excursion”, has now made it into print. 🤦🏼‍♀️

In a feed filled with AI memes depicting imaginary events, this simple text (not even that many all caps words!) is a contender for most imaginary. Although he does say “if”, not “when”, so a dose of reality.

My favorite “out-of-touch” moment from this year’s campaign commercials is billionaire Tom Steyer talking about how people’s biggest problem is that “they just can’t make the numbers”. We normal people talk about “not being able to make ends meet”, Tom. Stick to the boardroom.

Trump is like an elephant — he never forgets an obsession. Or is “like a dog with a bone” a better simile?

With Trump now calling Democrats “Dumbocrats” (how did it take him so long to come up with that?), Democrats should refer to the “Republicons”. They won’t though. World’s most useless “opposition” party (because they aren’t really in opposition).

Revisit my most popular eggfic during prom season! My queer retelling of 90's movie *She's All That* bsky.app/profile/tfem...

Cocodona 250 winner Rachel Entrekin profiled in the WaPo (gift article): wapo.st/4fqbWIz

Hello everyone! My name is Zoe Storm and I write trans and queer stories; the kind of stories I wished I could've read as a young, closeted trans girl. I write in all genres, from coming-of-age stories to slice of life to sci-fi to fantasy. You can find my writing here: www.zoestorm.com

“Gaza's Health Ministry…is part of Gaza's Hamas-run government, but staffed by medical professionals who maintain & publish detailed records viewed as generally reliable by the international community.“ This, from AP, should have been, but wasn’t, boilerplate in every article since Oct. 7.

California Tortoiseshells fleeing before an oncoming runner (me).

Butterflies (California Tortoiseshell and California Sister) were covering the trail in places today on my run. Especially fun when I was coming toward them & they get stirred up and flee from the monster coming their way (see video in next tweet). @jordantyranny.bsky.social @skwinnicki.bsky.social

Totally a coincidence that Trump is calling this the “TRiUMPhal Arch”.

What the world is allowing the US to do to Cuba and its people, with barely even a word of condemnation, beggars belief.

Clarence Carter has slipped away. 😢 youtu.be/tj8eAHn_2YM?...

OMG he actually said that ! 😡 Taking gaslighting to stratospheric heights. 😡

OMG, there is a “Donald J. Trump Grand Ballroom” in the “Donald J. Trump Building” at the “Trump National Doral” golf course. 🤦🏼‍♀️ In case you’re wondering what the name of the new White House ballroom is going to be.

Harsh American justice. 🙄

Whether it’s building an arch, building a ballroom, or launching a war on Iran, it’s one 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖 after another that Congress and the Courts seem powerless to stop. Checks and balances? What a quaint notion.

NBC News reports that a Chinese university is offering a Bachelor’s degree in marriage. Isn’t that an oxymoron!