There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG)

Rushed inside all "BABE OUR NEW NEIGHBORS ARE LESBIANS!" My wife was like "lol stop yelling, the windows are wide open" just as we heard our new neighbor go "BABE OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS ARE LESBIANS!"

The fact that all the main conference networks are doing the NCAA softball tournament over the baseball tournament is so good!

Cycling club of dudes on expensive bikes & fancy gear at the park. Dreading riding through them on my ebike. HOWEVER I guess it was a QUEER cycling club because when I slow-rolled through, my bluetooth speaker playing the Mean Girls soundtrack, all “Can a gay girl get an amen?” They ALL went ✨AMEN✨

We think @heatherhogan.bsky.social is always a good source of recs for sapphic books. Our pick from this list is Olivia Waite's "Murder by Memory", such a unique and cosy concept, and we do love a novella. #booksky theheatherhogan.substack.com/p/13-queer-b... Sign up for Cattywumpus!

This is amazing! Come Out and Play is nominated for an Eisner Award! So grateful to dearest friend @meganpraz.bsky.social for this journey. And to @taramavery.bsky.social of @stackeddeckpress.bsky.social and our LEGENDARY team of artists & athletes who made @queersportsproject.bsky.social happen 💗

Somebody snagged and ran off with all the stuff in my bike bag when I was in the grocery store, but I guess they really didn’t want the 500-page history of labor in the United States. 😂

Out of nowhere my wife just said, “Do you think if they remake Golden Girls and set it in space, they’ll rewrite the theme song lyrics to say ‘your heart is true, you’re a pal and a cosmonaut?’”

To mark International Myalgic Encephalomyelitis #ME Awareness Day, advocates in Berlin participated in “lie in” protest, with events in 42 cities across Germany. Story by @heatherhogan.bsky.social for the Sick Times. 🤍 #MEcfs #MEawareness #LiegendDemo #MillionsMissing

Jaw tumor removal surgery went great! I feel like somebody beat me up but that’s better than before! Surgeon said as soon as they got the tools out of my mouth I got blood all over everything snapping about: “Anybody else notice there’s five women and one man in this room and he’s said every word?”

American healthcare is so unbelievable. Today, for example, I have learned that when a tumor is in your jaw, only dental insurance covers it. But the second it comes out of your jaw, medical insurance covers it to the lab and beyond.

A kid in the parking lot just very excitedly told me “you match Home Depot EXACTLY!”

This is for the folks like me who don't have moms on Mother's Day. bit.ly/44K13cx

What a great day of women’s sport!!!!

Moment of silence before the Lynx game for Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Some Fuck Ice yells after.

Betnijah Laney-Hamilton dropped Gianna Kneepkins like a sack of potatoes 💀

Picked up this special order at my neighborhood bookstore. The bookseller that checked me out read the cover, snapped her head up, and said, “OH MY GOD DO YOU LOVE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S HOCKEY? I LOVE THE SIRENS!!!”

I’m at the human doctor. Someone here is named Scott but I keep thinking they’re calling “Socks!” and jumping up.

Took my pain meds before I left for the pharmacy, thinking I’d be back by the time they kicked in. Well! my prescription is not ready! and my meds have absolutely kicked in! and tbh I’d probably buy magic beans from a purple panda bear right now. 😵‍💫🎈

Wife: Nothing ever just WORKS anymore! Everything is a scam! Me: Aww babe! Wife: What. Me: You were 27 when we met and now you’re 94. We’ve just been loving each other so long. Wife: Do you have the receipt for this gadget? It’s going back. Too many bells and whistles!

Can you even believe we get to be alive at the same time as A’ja Wilson???

I’m not a person who evvvver says my needs or fears out loud to anyone but a couple of weeks ago I blurted out “please don’t give up on me” to my best friend and she said “I will literally never give up on you” and since then I have been walking around with a lightness I haven’t felt in years.

Me: I love you, Wife: I love you too, darling. Me: coffee. Wife: Did I tell you I love you and you told me you love coffee? Me: No! I was saying “I love you, coffee” and you got in the middle of it! Wife: 😒 Me: I love you more than coffee! Wife: 😒 Me: I LOVE YOU MORE THAN COFFEE!

Man ultrasound tech: *walks in the door with the transvaginal ultrasound wand* Me: Nope. Man: Oh, uh, did you want me to put on a mask? Me: Yes and I also want you to put on your dancing shoes and bebop back out there and get a woman ultrasound tech.

publishers, I promise that mentioning America's 250th is not the way to get me excited about your titles

Wife: Is that a sword? Me: No, it's a new umbrella, but the fact that you asked that so calmly makes me think I should order a sword.

Me: Good morning, quick Purr Pop question. Are the Chicky Licks on sale, or is it only the Lip-Smackin' Salmon and Tip-Top Tuna? Pet store guy: Ma'am, I am so sorry, it's my first day. Is this a riddle?

I didn’t grow up in a big education family and I was a terrible student, so I’ve always been very intimidated by libraries. Well @punkystarshine.bsky.social gave me courage and grace and I got a library card, rented my first book, read it, and returned it! It wasn’t very hard at all!

So proud to be a part of this team!

Walking home from the grocery store and before I even spot my neighbors coming my way, the guy points to his girlfriend and goes, “Heather, she does not use umbrellas! She says people from Seattle aren’t soft when it drizzles! I’ve always tried to share! She likes her raincoat!”

Writing has freed me from so many of my fears. It has liberated me from the people and institutions who instilled those fears in me. And it has delivered me from the obliterating loneliness of hiding my real self from the world. Why in the world would I ever use AI? bit.ly/4udkKG8

When my wife was leaving to go to this awards thing today she said “I’m not going to bully any men into changing the minds and voting with me this year.” I was like “Sure okay, love you, have fun.” Anyway she just texted to say “I’ve been bullying 🙂”

Call For Interviews: Trans Bathroom Access and Disability Post, caption and ID continued in comments.

Woman at the neurologist waiting room wearing a sweater that says MIGRAINE in stitched collegiate font. Incredible!

Me handling my wife after the vet called our cat “geriatric.”

BREAKING: Our #LongCOVID clinical trials series for @thesicktimes.org won an award for Excellence in Health Care Journalism! Many thanks for the recognition, AHCJ, and congrats to all of the awardees 🙏 healthjournalism.org/awards-for-e...

New pizza place just opened up in my neighborhood. Saw some folks sitting outside eating slices when we walked by. I was like "Oh hey, beautiful day. How is this place?" and my wife nudged me out of the way and said "How long have you guys lived in New York?"

I’ve got a real treat for you in my newsletter this week. Or, well, “treat.” 🥒 bit.ly/4vIlV1D

Me scribbling my comic book reviews in notebooks like John Doe in SE7EN so my writing won't be scraped by bots to train our supposed overlords

I love it when people tell me I'm going to get left behind by not using AI. How the heck am I gonna get left behind by a robot that has to steal from me to do its job?

There’s this very cool woman on IG who times herself doing things she’s been procrastinating to see how long they really take. Like “avoided this garage corner for three years, organized it in 15 minutes.” Anyway that’s what it’s like living in NYC with Mamdani as mayor.

Definitely just said “A’Two May Two” to a doctor trying to confirm an appointment with me.

Celebrate Nonbinary Parents Day today w/these picture books featuring nonbinary parents (& other nonbinary adult relatives), a lullaby for nonbinary parents, & suggestions for nonbinary parental names. Click through for more! Wishing all nonbinary parents love and joy! mombian.com/2026/04/19/c...

Heard my neighbor outside talking to his landlord. Landlord goes “I hate Mandani. He won’t last.” And my neighbor said “I dunno. Landlords hating him is kind of a huge part of his appeal.”

Didn’t get to post this here. I asked Angel Reese about staying grounding between so much change in Chicago until landing here in Atlanta. Reese got visibly emotional when answering. Here’s video of that moment which I think is worth watching.

WNBA socials: *in flames over relationship rumors and drama* My WNBA group chat: “… so that’s a five percent raise over three years, fully guaranteed, which is a smart move with her injury history, even though not it’s as flash as the supermax money, but with the cost of living in the area …”

My team at @19thnews.org is hiring a contract LGBTQ+ reporter to join us for 6 months this year! 💻 Remote (US only) 💰$50/hour 📆 32 hours a week Apply by May 1! 19thnews.org/2026/04/cont...

We are so far beyond even Teapot Dome levels of "government captured by private industry" in this country, and Democrats genuinely seem to believe their unpopularity is driven by being too nice to trans people, instead of being driven by their screamingly obvious hypocrisy about this.

I'm working on a story for @thesicktimes.org about RECOVER clinical trial results that have been shared so far (from the VITAL, NEURO, and AUTONOMIC studies), and am looking for people in the #LongCOVID and IACC communities to share what they think of the findings. DM or email me!

I always forget how freakin honkers bonkers my POTS goes as soon as it gets hot out. 15 minutes upright, 45 minutes flat, on repeat, all day. Like, “Yaaaay sun at long la—oh. Oh no.”