Avatar: Fire and Ash was a lot like this

“Went viral” is an old stock phrase in journalism that really does not capture the dynamic of how X dot Com has been tuned to give people like the one specific legislator here the power to intentionally cause this kind of outcome

God it would be so easy to point at the Nazis as an example of this trifecta

People keep ignoring the part where the TA in this story is trans and it is a part of a deliberate effort to remove trans people from public life and it is incredibly frustrating watching it happen over and over again! Details matter!

it's wild to know that Bari is doing all this with a wife and two recent babies. girl they don't even think you are a real mother

DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar: "Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."

Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.

New: archivists have distributed the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss killed. iCloud, Mega, torrent too. Shows won’t be able to keep this episode offline www.404media.co/archivists-p...

One of my fav things about Austin is they’ll argue about the name of a lake that is clearly just a section of a river.

Imagine if just by refusing to comment, you could stop any story from running. You would literally never find out anything unflattering about anybody. It amounts to asking people for their blessing to publish your reporting about them.

If you want a picture of the future, Winston, picture a pundit dealing with workplace friction by radicalising himself against everything he associates with young people, forever.

🚨We just got the unsealed records in Texas AG Ken Paxton's divorce case and published pertinent documents in the story here. They show the couple has entered mediation and set aside $20K each from their blind trust to pay for lawyers. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege

OPINION by @katelynburns.com: “The proposed rule would make the future for trans kids in this country look very bleak if it’s approved as currently written.” READ MORE: www.ms.now/opinion/tran...

An obscure Texas law makes it a felony to "solicit" nonpublic information from a government official "with intent to obtain a benefit." Police in Laredo tried to use it against Priscilla Villareal to make a crime out of common journalistic practice. She won at the Supreme Court, but now can she sue?

NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader. So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.

The reason they're so focused on trans teens is that people who transition younger typically blend into society better. To the extent that they're willing to tolerate our existence in society at all, they'd rather we be easily identified by our appearance/voices/etc.

Notice how Trump and Republicans were having the worst couple weeks in the administration's history and they decided to pivot to hardcore attacking trans people?

Friendly reminder that if you experience any adverse consequences using a bathroom in Texas while transgender, and you want to talk to a journalist, hit me up

the full speech is something to see & is one of the reasons it is good to have a trans member of congress youtu.be/5LqVMCW4e0c?...

The form includes a photo/video upload. Note that 5th Circuit judges ruled last week that taking photos in restrooms is unlikely to be protected under 1A, regardless if someone is transgender. My story for KXAN about this: www.kxan.com/news/texas/t...

Texas AG Paxton has released a complaint form for people to report instances of SB 8 violations, ie. if they suspect a person is using the "wrong" restroom or changing room: www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/texas-womens...

Readers, was there a particular story of mine from 2025 that you liked, felt was insightful or were surprised by?

Wow a polite chaser!

My alma mater, Texas A&M, and Texas State University are among the colleges using AI to rewrite lessons and whole curriculums about trans people and race: www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/t...

Texas DPS banned four trans women from the Capitol for a year, after they used the restroom on 12/6. Troopers also asked others for ID before entering the women's restroom (but not the men's), in what one organizer says is a precedent for enforcement of SB 8. Read more: www.kxan.com/lgbtq/dps-gi...

The UK has turned into a censorious nightmare state because of transphobia

The event might return—but only if the city walks back its controversial recent vote.

HOW DID I MISS THIS

Once again getting my ass beat in a champions meeting, holy shit how do people make these monsters

City Manager T.C. Broadnax has until March 20, 2026, to come up with a plan and report options to the city council. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/council-asks-city-manager-for-inclusive-restrooms-changing-rooms-plan-that-complies-with-state-law/ 

In this video, provided by Austin ISD, shows a truck nearly hitting a student as he exits the bus. Read more: https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-isd-releases-video-of-truck-passing-stopped-school-bus-nearly-hitting-student/ 

The troopers allowed transgender women who had updated IDs (prior to Texas' ban) to enter the restroom, btw.

The decades of lobbying to move the goal posts on copyright law, all in further service of not wanting to pay animators

Texas DPS banned four trans women from the Capitol for a year, after they used the restroom on 12/6. Troopers also asked others for ID before entering the women's restroom (but not the men's), in what one organizer says is a precedent for enforcement of SB 8. Read more: www.kxan.com/lgbtq/dps-gi...

Dropping a story related to the Texas Capitol and SB 8 tonight, stay tuned!

Sometimes you strike gold at the used books store

I'm all for land back, but with a niche exception carved out for Somalian manifest destiny of Minnesota

When you've got ADHD and are trans, you become very aware that you live in a labyrinth made out of others' rules and demands on you.

Oh, here's a big surprise. The transphobes don't believe in ADHD either.

NEW: People moving brazenly to Texas to run for political office is nothing new. But now a confluence of events, from redistricting to dysfunctional infighting on the right, has everyone from the ShamWow Guy to Mark Teixeria moving to Texas to run for congress: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

Allred is out of the Texas Senate race, now is running for a House seat. State Sen. Eckhardt also dropped her U.S. House run and will instead run for Texas Comptroller. Story on that from my colleague: www.kxan.com/news/texas-p...

breaking: the negotiated NDAA to authority military spending would ban trans women from competing in sports at military academies it would likely be the first sports ban in federal statute, and would codify a definition of sex as solely defined at birth unless something changes it is set to be law

I don't need a robot to tell me that I'm mentally ill and listen to too much Warren Zevon

I wouldn't be surprised if the cost of Texas' SB 8 reaches into the millions, one way or another

Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported. I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.

the only reason i’m not completely losing my mind over what has happened at OU is because of what has already been happening at public K-12 schools for years they’ve *been* purging trans folks from academia since the rise of LibsOfTikTok you’re only paying attention now because of a news cycle

The Trans Journalists Association is building a future of journalism where stories about trans people are just, ethical, and informed by our leadership. This #GivingTuesday, we’re asking you to support our movement: bit.ly/tja_pride. 🧵

Texas desperately needs a place where we can tell our stories, where we can be ourselves, mourn our losses, and celebrate our victories. My introduction to Big & Bright 🌈⭐👏 is trending on @thebarbedwire.com, so I'll use that excuse to share again! I'm honored to be their new LGBTQ+ correspondent.

Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce" Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI