Benediction: on this final day of pride, may you be blessed by being or knowing a queer or trans person, who reflect the image of god not despite being queer or trans but because they are queer and trans. In the name of the Nonbinary Parent, the Transgender Son, and the Genderfluid Spirit. Amen.

Fuck every single Democrat that has ever been willing to compromise on trans dignity, rights and humanity. I hope you assholes are pleased with yourselves. I don’t know if you could’ve prevented this moment, but you should’ve been fighting every step of the way.

Will never get over that those of us who do academic work at the center of supposed “woke” (🙄) tried to warn EVERYONE else in academia this would come for them, that this would be a mass democratic crisis, that people would die, and well…really wish we’d been wrong…but there is still time to fight

I've been enjoying DuckDuckGo, but it needs a quick "pre-AI" search option where it returns only results published before 2023.

Your health insurer is not your partner in your care. It is a company that decided, in advance, that some amount of your suffering is an acceptable cost of doing business. It denies claims because denying is cheap — and because it's betting you won't fight. 🧵 www.patreon.com/mattbc/posts...

“Just as monstrous and mutant algae invade the lagoon of Venice … in the field of social ecology, men like Donald Trump are permitted to proliferate freely, like another species of algae, taking over entire districts of New York.” —Félix Guattari, 1989

It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.

The majority of students will not work much or at all in the field they majored in. They'll also change jobs and careers repeatedly. And that's a *good* thing because we don't want to lock people's lives in based on a decision they made at 18.

JD Vance’s Communion is a bog standard Politician’s Book, what you write before a presidential run. But that it’s written for a reader that doesn’t exist, about a country that doesn’t exist, by a man that doesn’t exist, and thus is alternately baffling & offensive. My review for @newrepublic.com:

I cannot imagine the sheer visceral rage I feel toward every ad that pops up in my gmail is what advertisers are going for.

Counting this as a religion angle.

Went to the Bearded Ladies Cabaret Sing-Along last night and sobbed through collectively shouting “A Better Son/Daughter” in a theatre with a couple hundred other queers and weirdos. A+ experience. Absolutely transcendent.

FOOTAGE OF THE LETTERS BEING REMOVED The irony of the Trump admin claiming to be the most transparent in history is never lost on me. Kennedy Center Workers used a tarp so cameras couldn’t see the removal. Give @repbeatty.bsky.social her flowers.This wouldn’t have been possible without her work.

I love all my #QTHC2026 buddies so much! I want to put you all in my suitcase and take you back with me to Philly! (Some of you currently based in certain states might appreciate the change of scenery…)

I am TRYING to take a good #qthc2026 selfie, but all the full-length mirrors I can find have hideous overhead lighting, and that is just not conducive to fabulousness.

Opening reception at #qthc2026 was a smash hit! Shoutout to @uplift_a2 bartenders Jeremiah and Shalin for serving good drinks and to our conference co-leaders Alex, Nakita & Averill for planning such a great event! Best earrings tonight goes to @drcox.bsky.social ) for her Lego pride earrings!

Headed for the airport for #qthc2026 ! Nobody have too much fun before I get there, okay?

happy pride, shoutout as always to the 1978 gilbert baker pride flag which had pink and turquoise stripes for SEX AND MAGIC AND ART, and in this house we support gay sex and gay magic and gay art

Introducing @darkertimes.bsky.social - a new worker-owned website for cultural criticism about all things horror! www.darkertimes.com

In Seattle, organizers are warning of a growing crisis as more and more trans refugees seek to escape red states. Mutual aid networks of "broke trans people helping broke trans people" are being overwhelmed, and one organizer @evanurquhart.bsky.social spoke with is facing eviction herself.

"You have the vibe of a Unitarian" is kind of a sideways compliment, but you know what? I'll take it.

I know that librarians are professionals who do not judge anyone for their media selections, and yet there’s always a tiny hope in my heart that I amuse at least one of them with my Inter-Library Loan requests.

My wonderful colleague Eva Boodman put together a zine of her Spring 2026 Queer Disability students' final projects called QUEERING DISABILITY JUSTICE! You can read it all for free at tinyurl.com/queeringDJzine - and please spread the word so it gets to even more people!

Now's a great time to support LaVonnia Moore, a rural Georgia librarian who was fired because she approved a library display (set up by community members) that included a book featuring a transgender character. Her legal case enters the mediation process this week. 📚 www.gofundme.com/f/help-lavon...

“Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf” is pretty funny.

what every “how to incorporate AI in your humanities classroom” article/email/workshop looks like to me

In heaven there is Diet Dr Pepper on tap and free refills and pebble ice in a big ol’ styrofoam cup.

It's been clear for a hot minute an anti-autism diagnosis campaign is in the works but I am truly stunned they are literally just going for the Detransitioner playbook

sheer spite will be publishing a series of 4 zines on 2SLGBTQ+ history in "quebec"! proposal deadline june 15, authors paid $1500. also seeking 3-5 QTBIPOC advisors to provide feedback on proposals, $50/hour for up to 5 hours of work each. sheerspite.ca/trellis

Them: "think of the children!!!!" Me: omg yes you are so right. we should abolish child prisons, stop funding militaries that slaughter children, ensure every child has access to medical care and healthy food, provide mental health counselors in schoo-- Them: NO WE MEAN CENSOR THE INTERNET!!!

Sorry if I've been swinging wildly between these two concepts lately. These times are really trying.

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Trump is expanding the Afrikaaner refugee program, which is based on the "white genocide" conspiracy that Black South Africans are trying to take land from Whites You can't understand this story if you don't know 1 of the greatest stories in all of history A thread www.reuters.com/world/africa...

There is a direct throughline from this and the rise in global authoritarianism. Authoritarianism is actively hostile toward the arts and intellectualism, and thus imagination. When people say that AI is a “fascist project,” this is explicitly what they’re referring to.

There is symbolism everywhere for those with the eyes to see

Salute to an all-time tweet

Was asked to fill in today to give a brief intro to Gnosticism & the Apocryphon of John Apologies in advance to students

great time for so many schools to be shutting down their religion programs. yes, we religionists are clearly irrelevant. nothing to say here.

Fix your hearts or die.

I agree that people shouldn't be negatively polarized into treating the Catholic Church as a net good in the world but if you're pretending it's not funny that the pope saying "bombing schools is bad" made our government invent Anglicanism from first principles, you're just a buzzkill

Never forget that Hegseth, who has dismissed laws prohibiting war crimes and believes “biblical” law is supreme, thinks God, not humans, controls everything, including war

Yeah so he is just going to keep doing the thing where we are in a constant state of uncertainty, confusion, stress, and tension because that is what abusive people do and the people who are in a position to address this are asleep at the switch.

April — 2026 "Gender Criticals" are masters of Britain Only some very tired human rights lawyers stand before them TOILETS ARE NOW BATTLEFIELDS

had to create a visual for the intrusive thought I have had since the holiday season began

I should never be allowed in church services. I’m basically a secret shopper. I am going to be shady about everything from the choice of Bible translation in your pews to how choreographed your ushers are as they hand out the offering plates.

Jesus when he comes back to Earth:

Both on point and extremely metal.