Can we PLEASE get past acting like this playground-tier “Ha ha you’re gay!” shit is clever or helpful? Not that I expect Gavin “same sex marriage isn’t culturally normal” Newsom or his team to give a shit.

In the theater, waiting for the hubby’s first time seeing Return of the King! I’ve been trying to give LOTR a chance for a decade and I finally got him. This is how you win at marriage, folks.

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

For all my cynicism, somehow I still end up surprised and disappointed when a company betrays its core values like this for no reason. Great job, @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social. It was nice having a theater I actually liked while it lasted.

ONE PIECE: INTO THE GRAND LINE… how is this so good? It defies all ‘conventional’ wisdom and embraces every bit of the source’s over the top cartoonishness with sincerity and joy instead of being ashamed of itself. And it makes smart choices in adapting the overarching plot.

Isn’t it more reasonable at this point to look at the party who lost an election and say that the people tried to warn THEM? Warn them that their policies, tactics, and playbook would cost them votes and the election? Because it did, it has, and now here we are. They tried to warn them.

Let me be very clear: if you can listen to the things Rogan says here without throwing up or having a rage-stroke, lose my number. Also, he’s far from perfect here but major credit to Steve O for actually listening to a trans person’s story.

Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.

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:

This is important: Trumps methods are unpopular, but his stated goals are not. Even if he is removed and the methods changed the exact same people are still going to be targeted. It’ll just be done more quietly, and if you think that makes it ok: wake the fuck up. www.reuters.com/world/most-a...

Quick reminder: thought crimes don’t count as ‘thought crimes’ if you actually do the crime after thinking about it. Then it’s just ‘crimes’.

Happy Twin Peaks day to all those celebrating 🥧☕️

Don’t mind me, I’m just trying not to fangirl too hard about the fact that I’m about to be watching my favorite movie like 20 ft from Ms. Scarlet.

They want a person that makes the experiences and realities of disabled people, those who are of the LGBTQIA, etc. and those at the intersections of all that disappear again. Whether it is stated out loud or not, they also want that person to be white as proof that white can be "good."

I'm going to say it this way whether some people want to hear it out or not, it is clear that these people still want a white savior of their whiteness that gets them back to a feeling of normalcy. They want a person that makes the visible racism go away (while not actually stopping the problems).1/

The fact that the response to Hasan saying “I’ll vote third party over Gavin Newsom” is to try to harass/shame him into voting for Gavin (implicitly treating Gavin’s candidacy/views as inevitable) instead of saying “maybe we should change to convince him” is everything wrong with electoral politics.

There seems to be a lot of discussion about Gavin Newsom today. I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand. There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.

I’d much rather everyone dust off their Babylon 5 DVDs and find Delenn:

That’s two years in a row that the Super Bowl is a huge disaster for someone named Drake. Is this a new tradition?

Of course MAGA and Kid Rock fans would hate this halftime show. Those asses clearly belonged to grown women, not pre-teen girls.

NYT confirming MS NOW reporting: Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop. Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.

My piping hot take on PLURIBUS is that it’s one of the most Ghibli-esque shows on TV today, and people who think its pacing is too slow ought to really sit with and examine why they feel that slow pace = bad. Its first season has several minutes worth of “mā”, and is much stronger for it, IMO

Ok, let's talk about what the Epstein files reveal about Rowling, but more importantly what they *don't* but people are saying they do regardless. youtu.be/2UTbZ9V50mk

Quote from Trump just minutes ago: "The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places.... The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting." In modern history, there's never been a bigger threat to our Constitution and our way of life than and his enablers.

Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"

O cool The hypothesis that the elite were trying to segrigate trans people from society purely to keep us as sex slaves was real, but only for trans women since they see trans men as undesirable for sex and want them eliminated which is EXACTLY THE POLICIES AND RHETORIC WE'RE SEEING HAPPEN RIGHT NOW

A conservative dark money group got a pro-ICE ballot measure on Colorado’s 2026 ballot yesterday. Hopes of using it to squeeze swing district Dems and juice GOP midterm turnout may backfire, given current events.

Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind. It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty. Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face. Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.

The YouTube phenomenon known as MrBeast has partnered with the LDS Church on philanthropy, and church President Dallin Oaks says he hopes lower missionary ages will lead to lower marriage ages.

If you need even MORE reasons to not use Sticker Mule

Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager

We don’t have money to invest in education or healthcare or social security or affordable housing or school lunches or infrastructure but we can buy Greenland. For crying out loud.

Worth the trip just to hear Angelo Badalamenti’s score in full theater quality. Three episodes down today, and I have tickets for everything up to the killer reveal in the next few weeks.

FWIW, the Delta Force recruitment briefing I had to attend in 2000 (every AMAB enlistee had to attend the briefing in the junior leadership course before getting promoted to Sergeant) assured me that Delta Force operates under closer congressional scrutiny than any other component of the military

Oh f--- off. I don't need THE NEWS to tell me what *I* think, I already know what I think! The news is supposed to tell me what I DON'T know.

ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries. Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves. "Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks. "No, guess he should've complied," agent says. Yakima, Washington

Flock sees you when you're sleeping Flock knows when you're awake Flock knows if you've been bad or good So be good for goodness sake

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

This would not have passed if those chickenshit Dems Davis, Cellar, and Gonzalez had not voted for it. They voted to put the parents of trans youth in prison for ten years. Primary them all.

Fascists use marginalized populations to test run broader control. - Restricting abortion = Removing bodily autonomy. - Restricting trans care = Removing healthcare. - Restricting pro-Palestine advocacy = Removing resistance. - Restricting disability supports = Individualizing death and suffering.

I got together with my good pal Brian at @myweeklymixtape.bsky.social to curate a playlist for the ESSENTIAL songs of 2025! Tracks that broke out and defined the year in music. Take a listen! youtu.be/L4JlWx2CRkk?...

Funny how these pieces never get written when it's trans people being purged from society but as soon as one white lady gets fired for screaming the N word, it's all "we need to better people's "material conditions and tolerate different views."

Ground chicken/turkey are my usual budget option for stuffed peppers but pulled pork sounds AMAZING.

No sales from me today. I do have a rad Patreon and Ko-fi, though. It supports my work, and you get rad extras. Maybe hook yourself or someone on your gift list up this holiday season? patreon.com/artificerind

Very interesting how the Dems have room for an overt White nationalist who helped put Trump in power but not socialists who want to meet the needs of the working class. Once again, the “big tent” only seems to expand to the right while those left out get blamed for its inevitable collapse.

If you see this, post an anime you love.

My husband and I met Linda Hamilton a few times through a mutual friend. The first time, our friend warned us not to freak out over Sarah Connor and just be chill. We walk into the room and as soon as Ryan saw her he blurted out “OH MY GOD MAYOR WANDO.” Thankfully she found it adorable.

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Frak this Podcast! continues as @jessiegender.bsky.social and I take a look at the webisodes released between seasons 2 and 3 of Battlestar Galactica. YouTube: youtu.be/aVO2mfWHbvs?... Podcast Feed: councilofgeeks.libsyn.com/frak-this-po...