you fucking guessed it! "Last year, Philz was purchased by private equity firm Freeman Spogli & Co., which also owns Popeyes Chicken and El Pollo Loco, for a reported $145 million, according to Mission Local, though the company did not provide details of the deal."

People peddling complete drivel can get published in mainstream media more easily than breathing, as long as it’s anti-trans. But if you are a trans writer trying to get something based on peer-reviewed research & solid data, getting into the media is like trying to break into Fort Knox.

I do find it ironic how we have to have all these delicate conversations about what to do about ICE when Trump and co. have executive fiated USAID, DOE, the Wilson Center, institute of peace, CFPB, and now the Forest service

The current government is easily the most People Who Somehow Just Sound Like That administration in history

starting to get the sense that small business owners might not be very smart

Why I don't trust anyone a little too obsessed about falling fertility rates

Children’s declaration of gender should be treated in absolute good faith and they should be given every opportunity to transition in any way they see fit. Not to give a serious answer to a joke post but yeah

(transfemme and polyamorous Northernlion voice): okay! okay! okay- let's kiss her. let's kiss this chick. let's smooch her to death with our lips

David Duchovny played a transgender woman, Denise, on Twin Peaks in 1990 and when greeting Cooper, the show's protagonist, she says, "I prefer Denise, if you don't mind" and Cooper responds with "OK" and her identity is settled within a couple seconds and was a non-issue, 36 years ago.

Men are an error that can be fixed in basements.

Guy who voted for Geogre Bush twice writing in a place called The Liberal Gazette: As we approach 2028, Democrats should be doing unpopular things that make them look stupid

A study from Finland has been used to cast doubt on gender affirming care for youth. But Finland never offered gender affirming care. Perhaps invasive, adversarial, fruitless years of assessment harm trans youth? New opinion by @evanurquhart.bsky.social: www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

"no rapping tonight" why? "you always rap about Hunter Schaefer, it's embarrassing"* [one beer later] "uh oh y'all, I'm feeling like a chaser"

be normal to women online

you can get to say slurs or you can have freedom of navigation, but it's one or the other boys

I was built to hang out with da gorls

if you ever ask me to form a public opinion on the private kinks of my trans siblings my response will always be "what are you a fucking fed"

I see the broad outlines of an Intercommunity Discourse forming and I'm here to tell all of y'all this is why you need friends in group chats. stop putting this shit places cis people can read it jesus christ

Anybody want to see the single worst vehicle of all time?

a lot of people are struggling right now, but at least some very special boys get six figures and gold-plated benefits to drive around a cybertruck and play with their drone

you know you need the care, your doctor says you need the care, there’s a hospital or clinic ready to provide the care, but!☝️🤓 an anonymous office worker sitting in a cubicle somewhere has decided that you shouldn’t get it, sorry!

normal people: we should give care to the people who need it the utterly deranged:

he still needs to be dragged out of office in chains btw. nothing has changed

I know it's late, but I need you all to realize that as soon as we started paying attention to these races, Moms for Liberty & their ilk, started losing. They exploited a window of apathy & did a lot of damage, but they just cannot win when actually opposed. No unopposed elections anywhere.

gay for pay; gayer for prayer

Every election post tonight is like "Wow the Democrats won the mayoralty in Racismville. Trump didn't just win Racismville but all of Klan-Guntruck County by 42."

feeling extremely We Are Going To Win watching these election results come in after the absolute batshit terrifying day we had

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.

Take note, car freaks, here's one simple trick to cutting your traffic by 18%

the jubilation surrounding charlie kirk was a dress rehearsal for what we really wanted and the entire right wing ecosystem knows it

I’m so fucking sick of this dude.

when That time comes, and it will come one day eventually, there will be people appealing to your better nature, to show forgiveness, to let bygones be bygones, and I want everyone to know that these people are your enemies as much as anyone else is

stupidest girl in the world builds a life full of love and still manages to feel lonely all the time :(

in america, our legislative branch is on vacation right now. that’s not a joke or a euphemism, they’re on spring break. not a single person in america believes that they’ll do anything.

Anti-Trans bigotry is such a strong force because Trans people represent a movement towards bodily autonomy that would violate everything the fascists hold dear. The fascists don't want anyone to get to make choices about their bodies. Trans healthcare is a slap in the face to patriarchal control.

This is a sick civilization. An open call to genocide. It is clear that Gaza is how we got here- tolerating genocide in one space begets another. Generations of our ancestors have worked to build something different, toward the preservation of earthly life. I hope I live to see this re-orientation.

please just take him out amen

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

In Korea, when the president declared martial law after midnight and erected barricades in Seoul, congressional reps from all parties ran into the streets, yanked ak47s from the army at the barricades, broke down the locked door to Congress, repealed the martial law order, and arrested the president

The US is the only country in human history to use a nuclear bomb on another country. We are not being like Russia, China, North Korea whatever boogeyman country the US has taught you to believe is the villain. The US is the villain and people not knowing that is why the hegemony HAS to fall.

Anti-trans hatred is the very lifeblood of 21st century fascism and we need everyone to wake up to this simple truth before it's too late.

If I had to choose a single thought which haunts me most, it’s this. And it has animated me for years. This thing has been growing and metastasizing for almost a decade. And every passing year we’ve grown more hoarse trying to get someone to give a shit.

WALTER CRONKITE (gravely):

comparison is the thief of joy

the 'electability' question is increasingly clear www.sosavstate.com/p/gavin-news...

My partner in Idaho was just told by HR that the newly passed Idaho bathroom bans, that put a felony on your record after the first offense, aren't a big deal and won't impact her ability to work in the office, so if you're cis and you try to dismiss any trans shit to me today I will snap at you

I simply cannot square how we collectively allow false images like this to be so easily generated and disseminated. Like it's just accepted and we have to train ourselves and others to spot the lie. It is equal parts infuriating and frightening. These should not *exist*