Ho-lee Shit. This is phenomenally good news. Department of Education rolls back— for now— its attempts to destroy Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility initiatives. Keep an eye on them, of course, and watch for the hidden knife, always, but for now: Fantastic news.

Went to the endocrinologist today. Me: *reading the book Autistic Menopause* Endo: *comes in, greets me, reads title of book* 'Autistic...menopause. What's that?' Me: *stares in autistic confusion for several beats too long* '...When...when you have menopause and you're autistic?'

"Is there any technology the Left is excited about?" Vaccines.

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"the radical left is pushing people to the right" i started off just wanting healthcare as a teenager and after seeing the system fail over and over i now believe it should be entirely torn down but sure it's the pronouns that are making people into psychopathic racists

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It's exhausting work, taking all these naps

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These anti-fat activist screeds always include a blithe acknowledgement that fat activists are correct on the merits. "To be sure, weight and health aren't perfectly correlated, fatphobia is widespread and losing weight is extremely difficult..." Right, but that's the entire thing!

In its current, unregulated, unfettered stats, tech bros are destroying everything with their AI slop. Everything. It's going to be so bad. So, so bad.

Yes. Staph infections were fatal so often that we distinguished them by what part of the body they attacked first. "Childbed fever" is a term for a variety of post-birth complications that killed a lot of women. There are reasons wet nurses used to be so common. (And they're not all class-based.)

a fucking pedophile sexually abused nearly every prospective and actual Olympian gymnast for over two decades, and the political discourse is hyper-fixated on the hypothetical unfairness of trans girls competing with cis girls

*holding my cap out like a Dickensian orphan* please sir,

(tw: Epstein-like behavior) I've decided my least favorite trope in spec fic is The Bad Guy Wants to Rape Women so we Have to Watch Him Do Creepy Fucking Stuff to Women if Not Witness the Rape Itself.

There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.

I had to take our shy cat to the vet today, and the curious cat was SO DISAPPOINTED that he couldn't go. He tried valiantly to get into the cat carrier, and when he couldn't, he tried to hitch a ride on top.

The MC of my new WIP is an aroace vampire and it's been really really interesting to explore that juxtaposition. Like vampires are sooooo sexualized, but of course they would be as diverse as humans, so what happens when you've got a guy who's like "I *don't* want to bite your neck, actually"?

This is a CAT checkpoint. Show me the most recent cat image on your phone. (Warning: Butthole) If you've ever wondered why I don't post many pictures of Jackie Bee, here it is summed up in one image:

There's gonna be a cis white gay guy who doesn't believe in the T part (or really, any part of the LGBTQIA+ that isn't G) who runs afoul of Janus. Oopsie.

i wasn’t sure if they did this because she’s female or brown or progressive and then i realized the answer is “yes”

Someone tell Hillary that this is her husband’s legacy too

Every time I tried to grow my hair out as a kid, they shaved my head. My refusal to respond to my deadname was a constant battle. And I was 30 before pronouns were even an option. The thought of trans kids today not having to go through that is as wonderful as Cass's views are disgustingly hateful.

Good morning!

Ramadan Mubarek for those who celebrate :).

The truly bizarre thing about transphobia is their explanations about why being trans is bad. 1. "It might be irreversible." A: 99.7% of trans folk are happier that way. 2. "They might make other people trans. A: that isn't how it works. But even if it did, being trans isn't bad.

Just an FYI, I have 'require alt text' set in accessibility as a default but it seems to have switched itself off. Might be worth checking yours if you are forgetful.

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One reason Republicans are so laser targeted on trans kids existing, is that trans kids existing requires accepting the bodily autonomy and consent of children. Which is something republicans absolutely can't do, since they are pedophiles. Their transphobia and pedophilia is them being consistent

Random list of weird & somewhat cozy queer books I've enjoyed 🧵

“I asked ChatGPT” Oh yeah well I asked the Sooth Mirror and it showed my love sleeping in her carriage on her way to deliver 4 crates of alchemically powered vibrators to my sex shop

Basically how I've been internalizing it lol

Billy is MOOD

If you all have a second, please leave a comment on why kids need gender affirming care. It's due by tomorrow.

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HELLO I WAS A QUEER TEEN IN THE 1990s AND THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SOCIAL TRANSITION NOW ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST "LETTING" US BE (at the time, for me) GAY OR LESBIAN THEN. They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.

Huge announcement: Girl Scouts on our trans girl scout cookies list have sold 250,000!!!!!! Boxes of girl scout cookies, a record for EITM's trans girl scout cookie drive. Some have only sold 20 boxes though. I put those at the top of the list. Lets close out this season and make their day! :)

i‘m using it for a column but i want to share here this line from lincoln on jefferson because it is applies to our situation as well. you can find it in his april 6, 1859 letter to henry l. pierce.

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ICE doesn't ever "leave" any state. There will continue to be ICE and CBP enforcement actions as there were during previous presidents. Hillary Clinton was saying this in her remarks. She doesn't like the visible violence but she is fine with "regular" violence.

'Can I boop?' 'No? Eh, gonna boop anyway. Boop.'

Growth is realizing that talking about autism online isn’t my jam anymore, and hasn’t been since autism moms rebranded themselves as “TikTok diagnosed autistic moms”. Most of my advocacy happens in actions offline anyway. I’m just sad the autism community has turned into such an unsafe space.

*finger guns*

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

Pretty sure if you need to sell your plasma for groceries you are NOT middle class

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I didn't know if @marthawells.com knew about this Easter egg that Alexander Skarsgård snuck into the #murderbot TV series!