NEW: US Attorney nominee Phil Williams has a long & disturbing history of attacking trans people and their parents. He said parents of trans children should be drowned. He also compared efforts to support gender-affirming care to slavery & the Holocaust. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/us-attorne...

It’s not just a Texas phenomenon….

@abreezeclayton.bsky.social I thought we weren’t having PAC money in Dem primaries, what is happening here? Was so proud of my state party for the bold pledge this past summer, was it all just lip service that won’t be enforced or even mentioned now?!?

I am watching a Victoria Secret documentary on Hulu rn and it’s talking about how Maria Farmer called the cops bc Epstein and Maxwell were holding her prisoner in Wexner’s compound, and police said they were already there, they were guarding the gates instead of getting her out!

So the camera guy ice skater is on the ice with the skaters during their performances now at the Olympic gala right? I’m watching it and the shots during Amber’s performance were AMAZING OMG!!

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

So a party balloon is just a regular balloon, right? Just a helium filled balloon? 🎈

Nex Benedict should still be here with us today. Nex was a 16-year-old non-binary high school student who loved nature and enjoyed drawing, reading, and playing Minecraft. Trans and non-binary youth deserve to be safe in school, just like every other child in America.

Ugh I wish the Olympics cameras would NOT pan to Vance when he’s with his children. It inevitably provokes loud boos, and those kids don’t deserve that. Just saw his daughter seem to recognize she was on the screen, get smiley/excited, and then the boos started.

Searched “NCSU” to celebrate our bball win today, instead run across this story showing how RW activists and NCGOP work hand in glove to take over our UNC system and punish ppl trying to help students from marginalized groups.

I get second hand progressive pride in my neighbor city of Durham, so impressed with their fearless pursuit of progressive policy. Only place in NC that doesn’t seem to bow to the “rule” that Dems have to be centrist to win in the South.

Never mind the jobs you’ve had, tell me 5 classes you took in college: 1- Furniture Making 2- Equestrianism (best PE class ever) 3- Sketch & Printmaking Studio in Prague, summer study abroad 4- Home Horticulture 5- Color and Light (Thank you NCSU and Design College for these amazing options)

Another Outer Banks house fell in the ocean. The winter bomb cyclone this weekend sped this process along.

Whether you are pro or anti snow, either way it’s not hard to feel directly targeted by mother nature with this upcoming snow storm.

North Carolina should close its southern border.

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

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Why does Tillis even pretend that he cares about Trump’s abuses of power? He gave a big ol speech last week, he’s not running next year so no worries of voter blowback, but he still couldn’t be bothered to vote for a bill that addresses his big “concerns”?!?

Today is officially the end of something, start of something.. not exactly sure what to call it but today is the day I reversed the direction of the ceiling fan. Not planning on needing the cooling effects anymore until spring. Not exactly the start of winter, but adjacent?

It’s a fun time to have a gay, trans son because now I get to do thought experiments, like in the future will my state/country recognize my son’s marriage as a gay marriage or will they refuse to recognize his gender so on paper his marriage appears straight?

So say we all

Had an issue with Verizon recently- our plan comes with a call blocker feature meant to block spam calls. For the past three days, my dad’s (who is definitely in my contacts, I have him marked to alert in ALL modes) calls have all gone to voicemail, as if he was spam.

Bluesky is broken because the main Link is missing

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One thing that sucks about middle age is if you have any trusted service provider that you found when you entered adulthood, they are probably retiring. My PCP, my psychiatrist, and my dentist have all retired after over a decade of being their patient.

Free Link goddamnit

His only strategy to end the shut down is to dangle federal workers in front of Dems. “I’m gonna torture these hostages until you give me what I want” is his strategy. Bold strategy to be a terrorist against and the head of an organization.

Should have never happened in the first place, but I’m glad this was reversed, and quickly! Good to see our UNC system is not totally captured by fascists. www.wral.com/news/local/u...

I think this type of reporting that note Trump’s absence from the public are so helpful. Not because I think “did he die” discourse is important, but bc if it spreads to MSM he is pressured into showing his face. Challenges his ego, he will override advisors who are trying to shield him from us.

I feel like a whole lot of people in positions of power and authority owe all the young people graduating in computer/STEM degrees a huge apology.

Last week yall did a lot of doomering on this website, lets make a plan together to not let the fascists dictate the tenor of our feelings or the content of our discussions by simply saying something scary. This week lets don't afraid and set an example of courage for ourselves and our communities

Don't look away from what's happening in front of you.

What’s kinda crazy is that after all the political wrangling and centrist shaming that forced university’s to allow so many of these RW hate purveyors access to college campuses, this shooting might actually slow that down.

Is MAGA unintentionally reversing long held gender roles in America? Hear me out- first, they are targeting young men with the message that college is a waste, and they should pursue physically demanding trade jobs which have less upward mobility and hard to make it to retirement age.

I have been thinking a lot lately about young men in America, and the current focus on some unique crisis they are experiencing. My first reaction when this became a hot topic was anger. I’m still extremely enraged that women (esp young women) have lost their rights to bodily autonomy.

I know we are all enjoying dunking on Bill Belichick and UNC right now, but can we expand our mocking to the NCGOP hostile takeover versions of the UNC board of governors and board of trustees that green lit this whole situation?

This is just a month ago. You can see how fragile and arthritic my boy Otis was. But he was still obviously enjoying life. He went down hill from here. Could barely stand up out of his bed in the morning. So thankful I got to have this good boy in my life for 14+ years. Our home is so quiet now.

I haven’t been on Bluesky much recently-summer has been very busy. Have my son home from college, which is wonderful. But my bestest boy Otis has been basically on doggie hospice for months now. We had to say goodbye yesterday. Had him since he was a pup, for 14 wonderful years, my heart hurts.

I know we agree that Congress Dems are too old, and we need younger blood.. but y’all I’m still very happy about this! Cooper has won four statewide elections in NC. He is well known and respected. He has moderate “vibes” but he governed pretty progressively. Strong on women’s and trans rights.

July 30, remote.

This makes it super easy to look up and see if you are on the list of voters who need to update their info, and also has a link to update that info online. Easy peasy, no reason not to.

BS Stephen Miller, my city (Cary NC) is about 25% foreign born, and it is consistently ranked as one of THE safest cities in the country. We have had a sharp increase in boba spots not crime.

Holy shit. And also I’m very grateful someone is still looking into the power grid attack in Pinehurst area. This is a frightening article.

You guys! Look how gentle and sweet my great pyr girl Phoebe plays with her very old, very arthritic older brother Otis! How fucking sweet are they? Otis is almost 15 (!) and she is the only one who gets him this playful these days! This is huge activity for him!

I honestly think there are more than a few of these folks who have secretly been less than pleased with other stuff happening since Trump was elected, but most of it has been stuff he campaigned that they supported (in theory). This is the first promise he’s breaking that he can’t deflect on others

ACC tournament games (I’m a Tobacco Road baby)

It’s raining really hard again here, which is fine BUT it’s also raining really hard again in Durham and Chapel Hill and that is not fine at all. Very worried for my neighbor towns.

I think a lot of people have a reflex to proclaim “but the people in the ICE facilities are innocent ppl, not convicted criminals”, I know I had that thought. And then I took a beat and remembered that inhumane conditions are not any more justifiable whether for innocent or guilty.