It's like watching an impending train wreck :/ The worst part is going to be the deaths. But even for people who will be less directly impacted, I'm trying to get folks to understand--our economy is going to be trashed next year. Please prepare as best you can for that.

The year is 2046. The last labor and delivery unit in the United States has been shut down by private equity. Expectant parents are mandated to give birth during their commutes, so as not to interrupt the start of the workday.

on repeat forever

I really need to stop forgetting this website exists

now please, and i’m so serious: take that anger and go buy some masks to wear in public indoor spaces so everyone knows how much you don’t fuck with eugenics. if you need low cost or free masks, or just don’t know where to start, check out covidactionmap.org and maskbloc.org for groups near you.

You are not being snubbed, people find AI usage unethical and harmful.

I really need to stop forgetting this website exists

The ban on gender affirming care for trans kids that the Court upheld as constitutional today in Skrmetti is so obviously *un*constitutional that John Roberts basically just writes 20something pages of buffoonery ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/skrme...

Mx. Yaffa, a non-binary Palestinian writer and organizer, is raising money to distribute to queer and trans Palestinians and front-line organizers: givebutter.com/iPxsAf

Today is a particularly good day to support trans mutual aid as a concrete way to fight back against the fuckers trying to take their healthcare and other rights away. 🧵 of a few groups, campaigns, and individuals you can donate to:

This week on Live Like the World is Dying, @jamesstout.bsky.social and Miriam talk about how to stay safe with danger all around. They talk health and safety basics for protests like security culture, protective gear, first-aid kits, and dangers like projectiles, tear gas, and pepper spray.(1/2)

this anti-surveillance protesting and direct action guide that I helped to organize and create in 2020 is still as relevant as ever, there's a plethora of tips for reducing risk before, during, and after actions, please use it to try to be safer. full site with resources: maskon.zone

Am I revising this poem or is this poem revising me?

Kinda worried about this not gonna lie, since it’s the same tactic used in Masterpiece Cake Shop which then led to the 303 Creative ruling which probably allows the precedent for this suit to be successful.

there’s no freedom for anyone unless police power is weakened

having this knowledge makes me :(

What the latest COVID vaccine changes mean for pregnant people and children 19thnews.org/2025/05/covi... via @19thnews.org

For my @msnbc.com column this week, I wrote about exactly what the Republican anti-trans budget bill would do to trans people on Medicaid. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

I know many people my age still have a lot of nostalgia around Harry Potter and might be tempted to watch the new HBO TV series. Please, I'm begging you, do not tune in. J.K. Rowling is singularly motivated. The new Harry Potter series is a cash cow intended to fund anti-trans bigotry.

I just want people in media and publishing to be safe and like any other industry it's a hot mess of institutions protecting serially abusive and harmful people for basically no good reason other than men in power looooove to do that shit

I just think it's so beautiful and sweet that you can out a serial abuser who personally harmed you and many others and instead of getting fired, the premier trade mag in publishing promotes him and gives him even more power... boys clubs that protect and defend violence are so cute huh

jaw dropped at the argument 'oh ho, you were upset that cops abuse Black people & foolishly thought journalism should interrogate injustice. now women journalists are upset that you abused them & are foolishly interrogating that injustice. serves ya right!' then I realized FP is Bari Weiss's outlet

Utah Republicans accidently did an honest scientific and medical review of the evidence behind youth gender care instead of the overtly political reports done by the UK government and federal HHS.

Seeing a lot of confusion about the budget's provisions on trans care--it would strip Medicaid funds for trans care (which is awful enough) but it would NOT prohibit private insurers from providing coverage for trans care. It actually does something far more narrow and wonkier

hi hi hi my friend @literelly.bsky.social has had a helluva time with sars2— who can match my $20 to help them properly rest through recovery? gofund.me/59c029a9

Please help my friend Elly make ends meet! Elly is a multiply-disabled journalist and community advocate. Despite taking as many precautions as they could, they recently contracted COVID-19 and ended up in the ER. They are still recovering weeks later, and they are currently unable to work.

I've had a tough time recovering from a severe case of COVID, am still symptomatic, and have been unable to work. I'm already disabled and this has been scary. I need community help to recover and am very grateful for all support, including sharing. www.gofundme.com/f/support-tr...

When I talk about the importance of granting students accommodations WITHOUT relying on formal paperwork this is why it matters. It is DANGEROUS for some people to have diagnoses on their medical records. 1/3

Arguments about whether or not someone has value can be linked to eugenics.

"Hands off isn't a dangerous protest or high risk" Creating good habits is really really important at all protests and actions, actually.

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all I'm asking is when I'm going to accidentally meet the love of my life at a poetry event

For #LongCovidAwarenessDay here’s a re-up of the first episode of Public Health is Dead. “I've been through a couple of things that were…unpleasant health wise and it was nothing compared to this obliterating illness” - @hazie.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...

where are the beautiful femme lesbians

it is the beginning of softball/baseball season if anyone wants to invest in a bat, it should come to about an inch or two below your hip for a good swing

STOP SHITPOSTING AND DO SOMETHING YOU FECKLESS POLITICAL PARTY MADE OF ASSHATS

Swedish is the gift that keeps on giving

It was never about the law

genuinely having no idea the next time you're going to get paid is so scary, I need to find some other kind of work that actually pays in a reasonable timeframe and I am so out of it

If you're trapped on Substack because they created a captive ecosystem and you can't leave, I feel sorry for you. If you choose to join Substack now, knowing what they are, I have lost respect for you.

WHAT?

Right now there is clear, overwhelming opposition to Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction across the moderate, liberal, progressive & left spectrum. This kind of loud unity is what authoritarians are afraid of. To keep it up we need every institution & public leader to join the chorus.

I refuse to live in a world where we call wanting basic food and health care to be able to stay alive "entitlements." simplest truth in the universe that everyone deserves the basics to survive.

I do want to emphasize for folks just tuning in now that the assault on campus activists began under a liberal government. Zionists, cops, and neo-Nazis worked together in broad daylight to dox, attack, and arrest Palestine activists at several campuses. www.thenation.com/article/arch...

I am looking to speak to/interview queer and trans artists as sources for an article I'm writing, to be clear. I'm also down to be pointed to art museums with LGBTQ+ exhibits up or holding LGBTQ+ programming and trying to create safe spaces for queer and trans folks in America.

I’m looking to speak to queer and trans artists (especially with work up at museums) about how institutions can and should be supporting LGBTQ+ art/artists during hostility and violence from the government, for an article I’m working on - if that’s you get in touch or share w/ artists you know!