A noble if doomed hill to die on.

The problem with Kagan and Sotomayor here is that they have lawyer-brained themselves into adopting the reactionary position that talk therapy is just speech. Talk therapy is not speech; it is care. It is a medical treatment that must be subjected to regulation of its efficacy & potential for harm

if you ban therapists from saying "you should kill yourself", that would be exactly as bad as banning them from saying "you should not kill yourself" i am smart and wise and on the supreme court of the united states of america

It’s Trans Day of Visability Especially in this moment of profound, calculated attack against life, security, and happiness: You have never lived in a world without trans people and you never will 🏳️‍⚧️

Sex determination in humans is incredibly complex genetically and phenotypically we vary greatly in terms of gender presentation, even as skeletons. No, you can't tell, and no, XX doesn't equal woman and XY doesn't equal man.

Reminder that the reason you're seeing so much weird Chappell Roan news is that just a few weeks ago she fired her Epstein-adjacent agent, Casey Wasserman. Wasserman is still the chairman of the 2028 LA olympics, but has started stepping back from his ad agency.

I have an entirely different theory of mass protest, but I think actions like these serve an important confidence building role. Escalation requires people getting used to being on the street and knowing that thousands of other people have their back.

If I knew viewing Guernica would put money directly into the pockets of a still living Pablo Picasso, who had announced publicly that he would be using that money to terrorize, harm, and kill women, not only would I not go view Guernica, it would fundamentally change the meaning of Guernica as art.

This is the only Harry Potter argument worth making It wouldn't matter if Harry Potter was a singular, unmatched work of genius. Giving Rowling money is actively making the world a worse place and killing trans folks. There's no book good enough or nostalgic enough for that to be worth it.

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I don’t see any podcasts about mayors, space history, scams, tech investor bullshit, the cultural products of a dying empire or engineering disasters with slides

Now the Sora technology will be exclusively in the hands of the White House media team, who will surely use it responsibly.

Pay attention to Lebanon. Trump and Netanyahu started a regional war in the Middle East, creating a humanitarian disaster. And now, the Israeli army has killed over 1,000 people in Lebanon—about 20% of them are kids. Congress should not bankroll this escalating war of choice.

Too Soon To Revisit Masks Again Say People Revisiting Being Sick Again

The Epstein/Trump files have been organized into a searchable public domain database. The perpetrators of the horrific crimes against children & their efforts to cover it up, must not go unpunished. TW abound.

There's a divergent timeline where Facenook never bought Oculus,and they were able to focus on making a decent game platform that gave us at least 1 good game besides Beat Saber.

3/5 NSPM 7 wasn't about violence, but squarely directed @ speech. Its major impact was always intended to be to get federal agencies to prioritize going after protestors. The pressure on prosecutors & FBI to do this is detailed in the NYT.

I don’t wear a mask all the time but you better believe I wear them when I’m sick, on transit and in crowded places. kind of a basic hygiene thing for me :/

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YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS.

He wasn't just an asylum seeker. Paktyawal was an Afghan special forces soldier who worked with the U.S. Army's 3rd Special Forces Group. He was evacuated on August 30, 2021, entered the U.S. legally and had a pending case with a work permit and social security number. Killed by ICE maggots.

Sure, Rousey is a toxic brand that needs AEW far more than they need her, but she’s also a terrible performer with zero showmanship. #AEWrevolution

The vision was clear as day. Thanks for sharing the original headline @weeder.bsky.social

Tricking AI chatbots by lying about hot dogs sounds fun! Now read about a Russian operation with an annual publishing rate of at least 3.6 million pro-Russia articles. It is not designed for access by human eyes which implies it is there to influence AI chatbots thebulletin.org/2025/03/russ...

“Jews are overrepresented in the media.” No, no, no, you’re thinking of cops. Cops are overrepresented in the media.

Also half of all pop-punk song lyrics (the parts that aren't about girls).

Save this. Share it. Spread the word. My office officially launched a new portal with Governor Healey to report violence and unlawful ICE activity here in MA. This will help us keep track of incidents for potential legal action, help us gather data, and connect victims with resources and support.

Why You May Not Want To Be Healthy As Much As You Think You Do

Into the garbage bin they go, right next to Target. We don’t need your shitty brands! You’re expendable but trans people are not.

Nekima on the Target boycott.

Your daily reminder that weight/size is not an indicator of health And also being quote-unquote “healthy” (whatever that means) is not an indicator of character or worth. And ALSO that anything to the contrary is simply ableist as fuck 🥰

Have I got a variant cover for you!

worth remembering, David Lynch directed “fix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic “no mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.

@nogodsnomayors.com I fear that this happened to Boots & Scanoots.

"First as tragedy, then as farce" apparently can even apply to the wars of the Bush Admin, and the world is so dumb that Bush wasn't the farce.

Message to men: you can date/marry way, way above your league if you will just fucking learn to cook and do some laundry, please stop hitting yourself in the face with hammers or "optimising" things and try vacuumcleanermaxxing instead...

NO NO NO YOU DON’T GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL tell everyone you know www.freetaxusa.com

the suburbs were founded on a politics of silence and look how that turned out for everyone. silence was used explicitly as a justification for redlining because some (racialized) populations were 'inherently loud.' the expected quietude of women and children is its own separate can of worms!!

BREAKING: DC Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, keeps in place a lower court order blocking DHS Sec. Noem’s effort to end Haiti temporary protected status designation. Judges Pan and Garcia deny DOJ’s request to stay the district court order. Judge Walker would have granted it. Haiti TPS is safe for now.

"Listen to me: Our profit from the post office is the post office. Our profit from a library is the library. Our profit from a school is the school."

I can't fathom a version of this that could possibly be worth watching.

Kristi Noem wasn't fired. She was promoted to a position with less accountability and more opportunities for her to shoot Latin-American people while wearing a white cowboy hat.

Furthermore, Southern Lebanon is getting absolutely hammered by Israel. Hundreds of small towns and villages ordered cleared, refugee camps hit, apartment buildings leveled. When Hegseth says, "No more PC wars" he means every enemy will get the Gaza treatment. Forever.

#mapoli 🧵