meanwhile every other trans woman i know who is one of the greatest minds of their generation is begging for meds and fundraising to eat three times a week and starve the rest

Average Bluesky staff meeting

It's easy to win: Free hormones for everyone: GLP1s, insulin, testosterone, progesterone, and estrogen! Stop poisoning our environment: Fund the EPA, NOAA, remove the CAFE light truck exception. Secure our energy production: Develop solar panels, microprocessors, and build railroads again!

this should be the end of the Gavin Newsom 2028 discussion. the party has spoken, full stop

maybe troon is a good word actually

the conspiracies about “the jews” are exactly what the evangelical zionists want you to focus on. israel would not exist without their wealth and political power. jews are a pawn in their game. any power that jewish zionists/israelis are enjoying right now is what is being allowed by xtian zios.

We deserve to live! This book is heavy, made me tear up repeatedly, and worth every second. Give it a read.

I don't believe you but I do believe you suck at your job

I somehow found someone who has a lower opinion of academics than I do

Not now honey I'm DDoSing the Chicago Field Museum website.

We are an educational podcast

Homophobia is transphobia. Historically, bigots w/ PhDs told parents "your kid will grow up gay if we don't do conversion therapy" and, once being gay was removed from the DSM, told the same parents of the same kids "your kid will grow up trans if we don't do CT."

This is why you don't date the girls you trans. It's a great story!

I'm sorry but if you take paychecks from the New York Times some segment of people will simply not take you seriously, morally or intellectually, because you're working for an organization that has spent the last 10 years deliberately building a hate movement.

You can just get the vaccine if you want. If you have health insurance they usually give it to you for free. They make 9 valent protections now. As a young adult I got the newest and best version which was… 4.

i predict this site will be 20-30% less insane this time next week due to the release of the poketopia game and slay the spire 2. just gotta ride it out a few more days

NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26) Directorates to follow 1/10

There are 5x as many police forces hiring recuits as open *jobs* at my level in my area. HS degree and a penchant of violence vs BSc in a hard science and a soul.

Friend got recommended something slightly saner, but the FDA is dumb and bad. Capitalism means there's no way they'll open up more estrogen options because there's no financial motive for it.

yeah sure as if literally giving them your ssn and bank details wasn't enough to verify that you're a tax paying adult technically employed by them. why do they need this

You probably can’t personally stop the war in Iran today. Is there something you can do for your neighbors hiding from ice? For a trans person in Kansas? Any local aid orgs or rapid response networks? Phone banks? Anyone already doing good shit that just needs a hand?

In case you’re just waking up, the U.S. has teamed up with Israel overnight to start an illegal war of regime change, apparently on a presidential whim with no involvement of Congress, and they are already committing horrific atrocities.

I think these foreign policy views are normal and good

My favorite Max Landis bit is the only entertaining thing he's ever made was a video about the career of Triple H, a deeply sympathetic take on a well-connected but otherwise unremarkable talent that everyone hated who rose to the top of his industry by being the son of someone important.

Every time I make this it feels like an occasion.

The right will go to war and fundamentally change the nature of every person's relationship to the state just to hurt 300 people

Femgirl.

How it feels to take bronze in the Woke Olympics

Fun fact, I'm definitely (but don't know how I'm) related to Nancy and my high school gf volunteered at MichFest every summer. I wasn't out yet, but I definitely put out signs.

Oh hey, this sounds familiar encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/t...

also the USPS should do web-hosting and email services

btw for trans women to offer this kind of practical warning and sympathy is a serious mitzvah and we cis women really owe it to them (and to ourselves!) to step up our solidarity in kind

It is basically the best restroom reading material. Just don't sit there too long. @benlindbergh.bsky.social

Sad state of affairs in the Norwegian discourse on trans research when months after Oslo University Hospital was condemned for non-consensual research on 1700 minors, we're still having to point out that the institution known for abusing its trans patients may have broken the rules on purpose

just a reminder that you already know everything you need to know about the state of the union and unless you will enjoy watching it there's a million other things you can do. you don't have to be "in the loop." the loop is a trash place to be tbh

First they came for the queers, and you didn't know it because we're not in the poem

Pencil doodle ✏️ Ralaire happily eating some snacks 🍪

Late, but: I cannot stand the audiobook reader for Game Changer (heated rivalry book 1). It's making the bad prose seem decent in comparison... The accent work disappears so often, his rhythm is janky at best, and I literally have this at 2.5x to try to pitch it up to something reasonable.

A Selection Of Critical Thinking Questions 1. How have obscenity laws been used to criminalize queerness? 2. What social constructs or mores determine what is an obscenity? 3. How might this inform queer spaces? 4. How might this inform queer activism? 5. How do these patterns continue today?

I feel like 87% of queer discourse online from pearl clutching about pup masks to being a felt mouth puppet about pronouns to concerns on intersectionality would be lessened if people learned and internalized about how much of queer prosecution has historically weaponized obscenity laws.

As someone who has worked on stuff they’re in, I need the top influencers in the FGC to know: You’re not protected like the reactionary comedy sphere. If you go to EVO S.A. or support it, the rest of the FGC will cook your ass for being a sellout for the rest of time. You’ll become Shin Gootecks.

garma remembers The Academy...

what kinda rhythm game is that, like a bossa nova beat?

it's awesome how getting to play a woman in system shock remake completely changes the tenor of being harassed by an evil megalomaniacal woman who wants to conduct invasive surgical procedures to permanently alter your body for her benefit

Yeah, that line stuck out to me, too. Like... right there, the paper is editorializing and framing this as if trans people aren't actually a thing. Just people who "identify as transgender."

Lewis Hamilton Wondering If It Red Flag After Date Keeps Calling Ex ‘Crazy’

Oops. Turns out Persona, Discord’s age-verification service, was secretly screening selfies against government watchlists AND accessible by the feds. It's backed by Peter Thiel. “The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”