Gregg gets it correct here. “New OMB grant rule” sounds nerdy. But this is a huge and insane plan. This is the Trump admin writing down their goal of fundamentally changing the relationship between government and society. Funding for everything will be taken over. 1/

i really appreciated this @emilystjams.bsky.social interview on "trans panic media" – why it happens, why it's a suboptimal way of engaging with the moment, how to respond to the very real horrors without freaking out and shutting down and disengaging. episodes.ghost.io/trans-media-...

Well, I've been affected by the Bungie layoffs, and I guess I'm now looking for work. I'm a senior narrative designer on Destiny 2. I'm going to thread a little list of stuff I've done on the game; normally I go out of my way to avoid attention, but today I'd appreciate reposts.

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delighted to report that Moxie has been adopted!

BREAKING: Federal judge grants patients' request to block DOJ from seeking or obtaining patient information via grand jury subpoena as to any transgender people who received gender-affirming medical care in New York City (including NYU Langone). More to come:

Notes from a Regicide is $2.99 in all ebook formats through the 26th. Celebrate Pride with a whole family of hot messes raving about oil painting! All the streets in New York are canals in the future, so they can't march; you have to do it for them. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

we introduced a big cardboard box to our home a few days ago and roxy is fascinated by it. rubbing her little face on the top flaps, sniffing it from every angle. enrichment in her enclosure

furious to report that I had a delightful time watching the rupaul train movie. looking forward to a top two lip sync to credits song "party train" (rupaul charles 2026) on a future season of drag race. also, jujubee should be in every movie

it's embarrassing to read all these obituaries of Starmer's political career and not see a goddamn thing about the ways in which his administration broke promises, flouted precedent, and generally went out of its way to make life harder for trans people.

the Utena movie demands to be watched on a huge screen. also my sense memories of watching the anime in my third-year university bedroom are so acute that I choked up when the theme song played. time isn't real! everything you have ever experienced is always waiting to jumpscare you! i love Art

do any cyclists have strong feelings about folding bikes? I am contemplating an eventual bike purchase that will allow me to e.g. take bike on train and bus without unnecessary hassle, given that the muni trains don't allow non-folding bikes at all. but also, do they suck? thoughts welcome

this is fucking hysterical considering what he did to corbyn

I just learned to ride a bike?? lowkey huge victory for helpless adults everywhere

look at her little drool beads

They’re calling it the quote on British politics that ended the need for all other quotes

i built isaac a footrest for the tiny balcony we have and now he is happy as a lord, sitting outside with his feet up. Romance

at best, Burnham is Starmer Lite, but it is VERY funny to think about Sir Keir waking up and checking his phone in a few hours' time

Bay Area friends, is anyone looking to adopt a cat? Moxie is being fostered by a colleague of mine, but badly needs to be an only cat. A sweet, snuggly nine month old lady who is litter trained and comfortable being handled. Please share if you can! I can put you in touch with her foster mother.

Michael is fantastic, this is going to be a delight

I LOVE BOOSTERS was super fun! also the whole movie theater (in SF) cackled as one at the Millennium Tower gag which was a weird little joy in its own way

The whale speaks to my soul

idk who remembers that i did a little trans 101 talk for my immediate coworkers a while ago – today I gave it to the whole department, and unexpectedly had to do so without my notes. it killed, and I feel good about it, though in an anxious and conflicted sort of way

But that's enough about Britain

re: the below, I work for scientists and my entire workplace is currently mobilising to leave comments on this proposed rule change. I know we are all overwhelmed but please consider doing the same.

Public comments might seem hopeless with an Administration hell-bent on destroying US science. But I've learned that these all contribute to the evidentiary basis for future litigation. Even if this asinine rule goes through, your comments can help our lawyer friends defeat it in court

“One night, a police officer tried to arrest one of Compton’s trans patrons on some charge or other, and she responded by throwing hot coffee in his face.” “We were tired of being arrested for nothing,” Felicia “ Flames” Elizondo, a trans woman who lived in SF at the time, said in 2018. #Pride

today we went to the SF Asian Art Museum to see Chiharu Shiota's "Two Home Countries." it's named for a piece that speaks to her experience as an immigrant to Germany, but there were also pieces that came from her experience of cancer – and also this insane yarn tunnel, like an artery.

why do i feel like the castro theatre is actively putting a curse on me with this

my genuine belief is that the us is a country of good people that have been gerrymandered and brainwashed into eating their own faces. every 'liberal' policy is popular with the majority of Americans if you describe them using neutral language. the media and systems have locked them in.

“Scots discovering tailgating” could be a real Prometheus stealing fire moment

TOMORROW AT THE STUD...come see trans writers read about anything other than transition. I'll probably be reading the opening of Translunar, my astronaut book out in 2027. It's one of the chapters about hot jets, but transition MAY be mentioned, despite my heroine's best efforts to stanch the flow.

on one hand it's kind of nice seeing europeans enjoy things about america, a place i (ultimately, complicatedly) like a lot and find a lot of beauty and wonder in. on the other hand, oh god i hope nothing awful happens to anyone

I have been crazed all day due to badly tweaking my neck in my sleep. why would this happen to someone so noble and beleaguered

khōréō is simply one of the best magazines in our industry. There are only 28 Backers. If you are somebody who says they support marginalized SFF creators and posted about your sadness over Fantasy & FIYAH closing, you have this opportunity to make sure khōréō continues publishing amazing things.

congrats New York I think???

just had my biometrics taken a second time at the immigration support office. it’s all done by contractors, and the woman who took my fingerprints and photo was lovely. that said: this was fully unnecessary, it has only been two years since I last gave them this info, it’s meant as a stumbling block

it is a profound humiliation that the impulse toward "having an opinion about Doctor Who" (a show I have not watched since literally 2012) has only ever gone dormant in me

it is my birthday today! if you might plausibly have bought me a drink if we were in the same locality, please consider sending that money to the Transgender Law Center instead: transgenderlawcenter.org

i am sure i'm not the first to say this, but the whole point of R&J is that the houses are ALIKE IN DIGNITY. their feuding is meaningless. it's literally in the first scene of the play, at which point this ill-conceived parallel breaks down instantly.

Remember to email your MP if you haven’t already, and thank your MP if they’ve already signed: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

gladly agreed to blurb A.K. Larkwood's The Seventh Banisher, a fantasy novel I can only describe as "Nancy Mitford's Danganronpa"

Eisenhower’s all-staff email ahead of D-Day:

I opened my birthday gift from Isaac a few days early and i am amazed at the level of totally unnecessary detail in this New York City skyline. there’s a little subway! totally hidden away!

Aaron is operating on levels most mortals cannot fathom

For Pride I ask you to look at what I think is one of the most powerful pieces of queer art. Electric Fan (Feel it Motherfuckers) By John Boskovich

good morning, I just watched Roxy take the end of her ribbon wand toy in her mouth and use it to gently tow Isaac to the bedroom, for a change of yomping scenery