Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

A multi-part message. Singling someone out for their pronouns is not a great ally move.

Disappointed but not surprised. Cornell is not part of the Big Ten Academic Alliance. It was however part of the 200+ schools that signed a letter in April opposing Trump's interference. www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

Sure, because feminism should work to support sexism and patriarchy, right Amy?

Honestly I feel like the people, including my coworkers, who find AI tools useful must be willing to suspend all critical thinking in order to convince themselves they're saving time or accomplishing anything using them. Most people have the "it ruined everything and I had to start over" experience.

Another month with no jobs numbers released by the federal government. But don't worry, everything is just fine.

Funny realization: DuckDuckGo has a search findings summary called it's "Search Assistant". It's obviously AI driven but does not tout it as such at all. And I trust it a tiny bit more because of that.

Trump: "I Don’t Wanna Hear About the Affordability" Congressional / DNC Democrats: We should probably not push affordability, he seems vulnerable right now. Seriously, he's handing them an opportunity. House Dems aren't even in session; they've got the time. They should be hammering this.

To demonstrate this obvious point: your passport does not include your "name at birth", it includes your current legal name, because your birth name is neither helpful to passport-checkers nor convenient to passport-holders.

My guess: a mid-level manager overheard a python dev using "whitespace", thought it sounded cool and used it incorrectly. Then it filtered up to the C-suite as tech terms do, drifting further with each org chart level it moved through. Along the way it became two words & was reborn as a buzzword.

Supreme Court lets Trump once again block correct gender markers on trans people's passports apnews.com/article/trum... Opinion: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

It's such a sign of 2025 and so ironic that the product of a private equity owned company (Subway) will for a short while be a symbol of pushing back against fascism.

A couple weeks ago a friend was telling me about someone she knew who had been on maternity leave, and said she had taken "the full year." I said, "A whole year? Wow, what kind of fancy job does she have that gives her a YEAR of leave?" and my friend looked surprised & said, "... welcome to Canada?"

How could making loan decisions based on the appearance of someone's face possibly go wrong?

Oh, no. You mean Bill Gates is not going to save us all???

A May 2025 presentation by its (Meta's) safety staff estimated that the company’s platforms were involved in a third of all successful scams in the U.S. (Think about who these scams target - the sick, homebound elderly)

Any trans person or trans-adjacent cis person who entertains the idea of speaking with the NYT needs to ask themselves if they’d sit down with a reporter from Der Stürmer in 1934.

This is so important right now. If you know anyone with a trans kid, please let them know.

Follow up to the Teen Vogue saga.

Maybe the reason the Supreme Court Justices' questions seem to be against Trump's tariffs is because he's hurting their investment income. With them, I can't attribute to protecting the Constitution when simple greed will do, you know?

Librarians also tend to be protectors of a set of anti-capitalist, anti-corporatist, equality-based values embedded into local government. Every book checked out is a book or e-book not sold, for starters. But it's also the idea that gov't providing for the people, that sharing, is a good thing.

The state of our nation's highest court: "At oral argument in Hencely v. Fluor Corporation, Alito came agonizingly close to acknowledging how freely self-described textualists set aside the text when they find it inconvenient." ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...

From Erin in the Morning: DNA sampling by DHS to identify trans people Biometric collection for hunting trans people won't be limited to one group. Not with that much data collection, storage and processing capacity waiting to be used. #CoalMineCanaries www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

"If you walk into Safeway and change your mind about grocery shopping, you might find yourself trapped: Another gate that only opens if you scan your receipt blocks the store’s sole exit" Earthquakes? Fires? Kidnapping charges for holding people against their will? www.sfgate.com/food/article...

"Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left." Hey, @governor.ca.gov are you listening?

This is a good first step but we must push city councils for more. Moving to a sanctuary state + city doesn't help families of trans teens much if the local hospitals have dropped care for trans teens. This is something city councils can and must regulate. www.advocate.com/politics/san...

Holocaust researcher says up to 1/3 of imprisoned LGBTQ+ people had been turned in by friends and family. This is why it is so important for the Democrats to fight back against the incredibly harmful rhetoric and lies perpetrated by Republicans against LGBTQ people. www.them.us/story/lgbtq-...

This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.

it is clear to me that something has changed for the normal american voter. perhaps they met their first trans barista? they are no longer joining in transphobia with the sick excitement of a real enemy. we're just there, to them. the average voter tires of our mistreatment and the focus annoys them

the average voter is not on our side but they are annoyed at how much they are expected to attack us. this is cause for hope

just want to remind everyone again that zohran is the one cis candidate i am aware of that had his platform on trans rights written by trans people. i think that matters

And remember, queerfolk, if we let them run someone willing to throw us under the bus, they will always throw us under the bus.

Oh, to be a fly on the wall of the national Democratic Party leadership meeting that's probably happening right now since it turns out their voters really do want the party to move to the left. Do you think they'll pivot, or keep following the direction of their billionaire funded DC think tanks?

The crash path looks pretty horrific, definitely not the runway. IF my map skills are okay, that's mostly UPS cargo facilities, hopefully barely staffed this time of day. www.google.com/maps/@38.176...

There’s no mistaking that big corporate media are targeting people of colour, women especially, and trans people. It was Teen Vogue yesterday, CBS a few days before and ofc Wapo. These are purges by right-wing media of voices that challenge radical white Christian nationalism.

Where are all the @teenvogue.com political staff going? Anyone got a handy list of Bluesky users to follow so we can see where they land & support or signal-boost? Their articles & political analysis were the only reasons I stayed subscribed to the email newsletter.

Judge, to Trump: You may not withhold SNAP payments. Trump Administration: Fine, I'll send half of the amounts. States: It will take weeks or months to reprogram for partial payments! Trump: <shrug> Judge: (waiting to see if the Judge reacts)

Bezos was trying to buy Condé Nast months ago, pretending he wanted to buy Vogue as a gift for Lauren. Condé Nast includes Wired, Ars Technica and The New Yorker.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Briannu Wu is the Bill Maher of trans woman influencers.

What he said Part 3: 💯 🎯

Once again; Reagan did that (see the fine print) because he was following Heritage Foundation's "Mandate For Leadership" document. The current version is called Project 2025.

Teen Vogue has been pretty amazing and influential with their political coverage, so...yeah. Completely intentional.

When you see Mamdani looking all normal doing normal person things—petting bodega cats, riding public transport—you realize just how bizarre and estranged our average candidate for public office is. Rich martians in flesh suits

ICE shooting a food bank worker in the back is a little on the nose for the current moment

Important to note: Reagan's trickle down economics were part of the document "Mandate for Leadership" given to him at the start of his first term by Heritage Foundation. Each GOP President has been given an updated version. It's currently known as Project 2025.

These are the societal values AI tech companies celebrate. If you give them the final year of your life, they're more likely to hire you.

"As ICE raids target the chain, what does the company owe its customers & immigrants who work for them?" Nothing. It's a corporation. They are by definition, amoral. All that matters is shareholder returns. It's a flaw in our regulatory system to encourage evil. www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-ice-...

Re: Kash Patel It would be good if we could stop being ableist like Republicans. His left eye is Amblyopic. He doesn't control it. That does not make him bad or evil. His CHOICES make him bad and evil. Mocking him for one as a proxy for the other hurts good people who have the same trait.