I want to bring you so much cool journalism in 2026. I want to bring you a story on trans people coping with mental health crises by @sandyernestallen.bsky.social. I want to bring you a series on resilience from @veraeikon.bsky.social. I want to go to ME and report on queers organizing against ICE.

Happy 3 year anniversary to this post

Who are some other good journalists that work for local news outlets I can follow?

"...it seems not too big of a leap to wonder whether helping individuals transition and helping the working class 'transition' might be mutually reinforcing forms of political work. It is just possible that in order to successfully treat gender dysphoria, we have to give people a future."

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

The collective shame we all feel tonight is only a fraction of what we will feel if we fail to stop it again.

This is a must read by the brilliant @silkys13.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/tru...

I'm sorry, but when the only two people to publicly claim they've received "FBI letters" are a 22-y.o. essayist and an Instagram fashion model, it should fill your gut with doubt.

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

Hey everyone, We literally just added 100 more trans girl scouts to the trans girl scout cookie list. The list is bigger than it has ever been in EITM history. Go get some cookies and make a trans scout's day!

I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness. You could be next.

dilbert dies in darkness

reminder: if you go to settings on this app (or most apps) you can turn off autoplay on videos and gifs

ICE has recently bought the capability of monitoring the location histories of entire neighborhoods worth of phones. The data is likely harvested from apps that sell your data, which filters up through data brokers and eventually to companies that sell to ICE: www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

important message to all bluesky users

Evergreen: The first thing cops say after an incident is always a lie.

Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”

Trump's "transgender for everybody" refrain is sounding less and less like a dictatorial threat, and more like a campaign promise

Dear @nytimespr.bsky.social. Your press release re comments I gave to @transnews.network includes many errors but one assertion is true: “TNN featured an interview with a former editor on the International desk at The Times who was not involved in these coverage decisions.” That is the problem

This is some great, detailed reporting - thank you @transvestigations.bsky.social

16 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- After being targeted by online harassment campaign and almost dropping out of the race, Amy Heutmaker stays in and wins county trustee in conservative rural NE Ohio county, becoming perhaps first elected Ohio trans municipal official.

UPDATE: The remains have been ID'd as Dr. McDonough.

:-))

“Alberta Lawmakers Pass Law to Restrict Trans Youths’ “Right to Life”—For Now”, by @transvestigations.bsky.social (Also I believe that this is the first time I’ve been referred to by a journalist as a journalist!) substack.com/home/post/p-...

adhering to the gender binary is a cisyphean task

I mean, this is an execution

COLTS NECK, NEW JERSEY: Sec. of Ed. Linda McMahon, plus extremist groups like Charlie Kirk's TPUSA and Moms for Liberty, are kicking off a countrywide "educational" (indoctrination) with for an in-school/daytime assembly at a local middle school. [a thread] www.nj.com/education/20...

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The "campus free speech types are hypocrites" line of commentary is very well-worn, so I won't belabor the point much further. But it feels worth noting that *unions* are the organizations actually fighting for freedom of speech on many college campuses...

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ok everyone, im going back to being a luddite now

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A Substacker named Ben Ryan tweeted that "the long-awaited UK puberty blocker clinical trial protocol is out." Shortly thereafter he deleted the post. I can't find a public version of the protocol but here's what I was able to salvage from the screenshot + post. [A THREAD]

Here's the sad reality. @equalaccesspublicmedia.org just paid this month's freelance bill for @the-word.news. Without a miracle, without an angel donor, without something happening quickly, by the end of the December 15, we're out of money. www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/

4. The HHS report’s “peer review” process, which wasn't a real peer review process, was riddled with other abnormalities, too. One contributor admits to creating a rubric for evaluation using Google Gemini AI, a language learning model.

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1. Trump's Anti-Trans HHS Report authors have been unmasked, and as someone said, "Now we know why they were previously kept anonymous." It's a who's who of hate groups and billionaire-funded anti-trans activists. We detail the names in our latest report. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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NEW: Brad Lander says he wants a trial, not a deal to drop his charge stemming from an arrest by ICE.

Active call to mobilize in response to confirmed ICE sighting in Bensonhurst. Belief is they’re waiting to grab someone. “🚨🚨🚨6:07 Multiple ICE vehicles still staking out area around 86th and Bay 32nd st Bensonhurst! PLEASE GO SUPPORT YOUR NEIGHBORS NOW! Backup being requested by community!”

dance like nobody's watching. tweet like somebody is (because they are)

This is a huge victory that should be broadcast nationwide in all the major outlets. Big big big deal. I have been following this. Make them pay

1. Last week, we reported on WSU certifying an anti-trans SPLC-designated hate group to teach medicine. Now, S. Baum has uncovered that the Michigan State Medical Society has certified anti-trans hate group Genspect to teach medical workers. Subscribe to support our journalism.

I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee. I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them

6-7 is preferable to 5-4