I haven't made a large update in a while, but I thought I'd share my usually patreon-only sustainable shopping doc here, in case you'd like it for your holiday shopping needs! Deleting this post in 5 days. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

being a phan for over 10 years of my life and getting PHED for it

patreon broken because of dan and phil?

RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.

now give us the breakdown of how you planned 'it's nice to have a friend x dorothea' you coward

I haven't made a large update in a while, but I thought I'd share my usually patreon-only sustainable shopping doc here, in case you'd like it for your holiday shopping needs! Deleting this post in 5 days. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

happy 50th to a queen

If you're an author of queer lit with copies burning a hole in your pocket (or tumbling off your shelves) and you want to contribute a few to the Bookish Holiday Drive, please email me at [email protected] to let me know!

Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load. So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.

my first story @theintercept.com: organizers with @adalahjustice.bsky.social and @genderlib.com announced today that the Human Rights Campaign has ended its relationships with weapons manufacturers Northrop Grumman and Raytheon following years of protests and accusations of "pinkwashing"

how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

Saw a clip of Chris Cuomo calling Zohran petty for referencing Mario Cuomo in his speech and it’s pretty interesting about where we are as a country that they had super pacs linking Zohran to 9/11 but still feel totally free to call someone else classless.

Hayley Williams will be going on tour “with” Jack Antonoff’s Ally Coalition. 🎸🏳️‍🌈 The “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party” album tour will kick off in Atlanta, GA on March 28 and benefit TAC, providing support to LGBTQ youth in the arts. The tour concludes in Dublin, Ireland on June 29. 🍀

NEW: Firings of LGBTQ staff at NBC and Condé Nast have worsened an already dire picture for legacy news media when it comes to covering the trans community. From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Today's must-read by @thomasbirm.bsky.social: a major corporate landlord is fueling homelessness across the U.S. *and* the mass displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank. The Israeli company owns tens of thousands of apartments in the South, filing evictions at nine times the national average.

i hate to say that journaling almost every morning to write creatively works wonders.

Fine, I'll do it: Rep. Ro Khanna, a member of the Medicare for All and Congressional Progressive Caucuses who represents Silicon Valley, is the first sitting Democratic congressperson to demand the resignation of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. This tracker will be updated in real time: 🧵

Realistically? Build community networks. Research local charities. Learn low cost food recipes and make physical copies. See what services your library offers. Consider access to media, including physical. Find a rec center. Greet your neighbors, borrow things if you can. Learn local tenant laws.

signal boosting for jake who was fired for asking Condé Nast HR questions about folding Teen Vogue

Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.

I keep seeing these videos by trans guys about how trans women are dominating trans advocacy because of socialisation and honestly it's a discredit to the numerous trans men who are involved daily in pragmatic community rooted activism every day without getting involved in promoting transmisogyny.

I was one of the four people who got canned. In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com

here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol

I feel like none of y'all understand the Impact of using Dhoom Machale as the song to conclude your winning speech. Like Zohran's my cousin now

I just laughed so fucking loudly

The rumors are true: scrolling through Zohran’s transition website and seeing that his co-chairs so far are eminently qualified women of color is a great way to feel like better things are possible

Union baristas are calling on allies to STOP BUYING STARBUCKS if we go on ULP strike. If our communities stand with us in action, we can take back power from the billionaires & CEOs. nocontractnocoffee.org

That Mahmood Mamdani’s child is poised to become the mayor of New York does make one teeter towards the feeling that anything is possible.

Once the politicians we want are elected that’s when it’s time to hold them to their campaign promises and not make excuses on some Stan shit, so that they remember who they work for. No kings 😉

Taking a minute to soak in the fact that a Muslim Democratic Socialist immigrant broke 50% in New York City. Just absolutely incredible. I’m not used to feeling this proud

This is a great piece from @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social, who was out all day in NYC reporting. It's about Mamdani but from the perspective of the organizers and volunteers who helped him to victory, and who won't stop organizing to help him carry out his agenda. prospect.org/2025/11/05/n...

FUCK UP THE SYSTEM ALERT: Southerners on New Ground is organizing a Grocery Solidarity Network for folks in the South. You can sign up to be a grocery deliverer/funder or grocery recipient. I signed up to support Central Texans, you can do the same for your area! www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...

And it begins...Hell Gate's Election Day live blog is here! Our first dispatch is from a polling site in a corner of Flatbush that Andrew Cuomo won during the primary. Are voters feeling Cuomo-mentum? Well: hellgatenyc.com/election-day...

setting a 72-hour timer. this is the NYC LIB OUT ZONE. everyone gets a free pass for expressing enthusiasm for electoral politics in this carefully delineated window. post about the power of voting!!! cry over a schmaltzy campaign video!!!! allow a brief flutter of hope in ur rotted soul!!!!

The framing of this is hilarious: Democrats deeply worried about the repercussions of a victory www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...

I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members. At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

Vogue announced a "transition" in which Teen Vogue will be folded into its parent publication but "keep its unique editorial identity and mission.” That’s Condé Nast-ese for "we’re laying off nearly the entire team and stripping the publication for parts.” talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/what-we...

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

They fired every Black woman at Teen Vogue and every trans staffer. It is astonishing watching the American media ecosystem just falling like dominoes, bowing its knees to fascism.

They are destroying what SHE built. #TeenVogue

Re-up MMR, get vaccinated, and PLEASE people, wear masks. It's colder, kids are in school sharing germs, we're now inside more than ever, and some viruses are asymptomatic. Or your immune system is like mine and can't be sick *normally* but can be semi-sick, making it hard to notice.

Just got back from 10 hours of canvassing for Zohran in Manhattan, some things really stand out compared to the last few months since the primary. First, *lots* of people have already voted, and nearly all the ones I talked to who did had voted for Zohran. Cuomo voters don’t even say his name.

like, excuse me???? what the fuck? the teen vogue politics writers are literally what's keeping the entire magazine relevant????

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Really appreciate this review of our book (w/ @alexhanna.bsky.social) "By insisting on the term “automation,” Bender and Hanna reveal that what’s sold as innovation is often just labor displacement with better branding." "…a demystifying, often hilarious lexicon that cuts through the fog of hype."

FYI parents!!

Thank you to everyone who’s supported us. And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:

These dogs were spotted taking a group photo in their Halloween costumes. We're impressed by the dog walker's dedication to getting the shot, but that ghost definitely wishes he could actually disappear. 14/10 for all (TT: franklinbarkzoo)