New — I spoke to eight trans people in Kansas about the new state law that invalidated their driver’s licenses overnight, what’s it’s like to live there right now, plus details of two DMV emails exclusively obtained by The Handbasket that shed light on the law’s chaotic and cruel rollout:

*Bo Burnham voice* I can't fit my hands inside a...oh what the fuck

hang in there 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

"The other winners of the fourth annual contest were Stephen Coldbert, Pope Frío XIV, The Blizzard of Oz, Svencoolie and Caleb Chilliams, Chicago officials announced." The true extent of human creativity and innovation really does shine when it comes to naming snowplows.

My god, Trump literally unironically did the Downfall meme.

Supreme Court Votes 6-3 To Take Trump's Dick Off Stove; President Expected To Move Dick To Nearby Hot Plate

His name is Nazgul! A gate-crashing dog steals the show at the Olympics : NPR share.google/W47oFZJk3So6...

mods on vacation. time to deep fry a turkey inside the house

Speaking as someone familiar with quantum mechanics, I would say that it depends on how you define "exist." According to the Copenhagen interpretation, it is meaningless to define existence in the absence of observation and

*hair dryer noise*

I've nominated this majority opinion as the new poster child for my campaign to rename "textualism" to judicial astrology.

*stares in emancipation proclamation*

The worsening situation in America moved me to pick up a guitar again after 20 years. This is my first protest song, "Crazy". I'll be releasing seven more original tracks over the next few weeks. It's my first single and my first album. I hope you enjoy. youtu.be/8wyIvDJOccc

President Stephen Miller is a cunt. You can quote me on that.

For perspective, imagine if the question was "Is gravity more clockwise than counter-clockwise?" with the expectation that you'd give a simple yes or no answer. That's about how ridiculous it is to ask "can a man become a woman?" or the likes. It's insane.

I strongly recommend that anyone who wants tech like this go for a @ubiquiti.bsky.social solution. It has a steep learning curve and ain't cheep, but you can totally make it 100% locally hosted with absolute control of who accesses it.

For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

I met my wife in a library. That's novel.

VERY important decision here. Patently offensive and incendiary speech like this is the entire reason the first amendment exists. That this man has to spend 20 years in prison for it is a grave failure of the justice system.

The only face that should be shot by the federal government is that of high grocery prices, not innocent citizens.

Literally 100% of the murders in Minneapolis this year were committed by DHS agents.

Dem messaging from this morning: "pwease twump focus on gwocewy pwices" Dem messaging tonight: "ya know what? fuck off." This is an improvement. More fuck words.

*sigh* Please stop targeting and harassing trans women into deactivating their accounts over that stupid Animal Crossing mod thing. We're up to at least three now.

I was standing still in the middle of a hallway without being close to anything sharp or dangerous. The resulting bruise wasn't that painful, but I was so confused as to how it was possible that I can't even remember how I managed to get hurt in the first place.

Cis comedians making great trans jokes is always such a treat

This is the core of the 1st amendment on display. You are free to believe [false claim]. You are free to urge others to believe [false claim]. You are even free to lie about why [false claim] is true. But using that lie to instruct others to violently enact [false claim] is *not* protected speech.

Show of hands: who else got put on a list of "genocide apologists" or the likes for telling people not to do crimes and brag about them online?

Coca-Cola and McDonald's decided that AI is the future of marketing. Pop-Tarts just doubled down on the exact opposite of AI instead, and I hope the former are taking notes.

Narrator: Greg Abbott literally pardoned someone who murdered an innocent Texan. And that conviction was secured by the same DA he's complaining about now.

I love this. And I especially love how I'm one of like a few dozen people on the planet who understands just how cursed it is. :)

How the nyt used the Cass report to restart its anti-trans propaganda campaign in the US: Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science

If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is. It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.

I keep wanting to say something, and I keep not knowing what to say. The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.

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Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet

Fun fact: This is actually how elections are really handled in the City of London (not to be confused with London). It's a tradition that's so weird and unlike anywhere else that the freaking Magna Carta explicitly mentions that it doesn't count.

This is your regular reminder that "bipartisan" does not mean "good." § 230 is one of the most elegant, beautiful laws of the Internet age. And if you think the Internet has "outgrown it" or whatever, wait until you see what it was like when it was passed!

An expert on what now

Wow. What a busy month this afternoon has been.

There are more trees on earth right now than there are stars in the entire local group of galaxies (Milky Way, Andromeda, Triangulum, etc) COMBINED.

On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city. We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.

On today's trans day of remembrance, we mourn the loss of Bill Maher, who was transformed directly into a corncob by @pattonoswalt.bsky.social. Well. I say "mourn"...

trans day of remembrance sucks because we’re the only ones who ever give a shit about it. if cis people took it as a day to go “wow through our callous disregard for the safety of trans people we sure did kill a lot of trannies” every year that might be worth something but we don’t even get that

To be clear: the updated statements are *complete shameless lies, no exceptions.* Vaccines *do not cause autism.* This is backed up by *overwhelming* evidence. The CDC is actively lying directly to the American people. Any journalist who doesn't lead with a demand for adv explanation needs to quit.

Following up, I think it would help to see an example of a case where an extraordinary writ of mandamus was actually warranted. Here, the appeals court found the trial court's ruling specifically conflicted with binding precedent, thus granting writ. www.techdirt.com/2018/08/20/a...

Remember when the DC Chief Justice started to hold the Trump admin in contempt earlier this year? Remember when the DC Appeals Court blocked it? Well the *full* court has spoken and decided…umm, you'll need this article to explain it. It's complicated.

Show me a hot person with a gun again