Just a reminder that you should read the Earthseed novels and that Octavia Butler was right about everything.

Not gonna lie - I have definitely watched an episode of Hoarders and thought, “damn my microwave looks worse than theirs!”

Alejandra does an incredible job here breaking down how the NYT presents itself yet again as neutrally documenting a “controversy” in a way that legitimizes bad faith actors, all while following a very familiar playbook. This is how epistemological violence gets laundered as “just asking questions”

Remember: Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars in taxes every year. They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency. Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.

FDA approved the abortion pill mifepristone 25 years ago. So why is RFK Jr. raising questions about it now? He's trying to roll back abortion access nationwide. I'll keep fighting against attempts to restrict access—because medication abortion is safe and effective. Period.

(I think that was supposed to be “leading”? Regardless…) Really great points made in the following skeets. Alejandra breaks down the problematic points and how they parallel anti-trans pearl-clutching. It’s really helpful. Solidarity. 💜

Just a reminder that you should read the Earthseed novels and that Octavia Butler was right about everything.

This is entirely true on so many levels I don't think I could possibly detail it exhaustively, but you really can't oppose trans people's human rights and still have freedom of expression and bodily autonomy, the idea that people are entitled to self determination goes right out the window....

No peace for #ICE agents staying at #MedfordMA hotel www.universalhub.com/2025/no-peac...

I skeet for people who still miss Google Reader.

I will remind folks those images of Nazi book burnings aren't burning just any books. They're burning the library of Magnus Hirschfeld; a gay, Jewish doctor who created an institute dedicated to LGBTQ sex education and healthcare. And a man who pioneered gender affirming care surgeries.

There's a point where the Matrix stops being a metaphor for trans existence, and becomes just a literal description.

1. Trump threatened every hospital that provides gender affirming care to transgender youth. Many complied and shut down their programs. Boston Children's Hospital didn't. They fought back and kept providing care. And now, they just beat Trump in court. Subscribe to support our journalism.

In case you didn’t remember, here’s a playlist to remind you. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Any criticism of Patel and Bongino’s failure to solve crimes must also acknowledge past FBI director Chris Wray’s failure to podcast and sell supplements.

Wringing all the dopamine I can out of this video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzSr...

sublime aesthetic

Y’know what. I’m not gonna feel bad. Someone took care of a bully like they did in the 1950s.

A man said people like my spouse and my friends should be “taken care of” like “the way we used to take care of things in the ‘50s and ‘60s.” What do you think he meant? Hmmm. 🤔 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochas...

I ignored the murder of Melissa Hortman. Here’s why I’ll be talking about the murder of Charlie Kirk all day today. by most liberal pundits

Y'all I am asking this question in good faith because I'm trying to reconcile it myself: If you're ok with punching nazis: 1. is that political violence and 2. where do you fall on the.. y'know. Thing that happened today.

Photo by Johanna Turner, taken above Pasadena, California www.cougarmagic.com/Sample-Galle...

I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot

They posted this YESTERDAY OMG

Say you hate your psychiatrist for reasons unrelated to your treatment plan. You only have to see her twice a year for 10 minutes (telehealth!) because you're doing just fine on your current meds. Getting a new doctor would be a pain in the ass. Do you get a new one? Asking for me.

Sharing with ALT text for those who aren't aware of the ongoing real world implications for trans people in the U.S. "I'm afraid I could be arrested if I travel to that state..."

link: variety.com/2025/tv/new...

The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.

I don't want to alarm anyone, but it seems possible that Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. doesn't know what he's talking about in the slightest. Sorry to get political here, but I just have a hunch.

New poll suggests Michelle Wu has 50 point lead over Josh Kraft ahead of Tuesday's election for Mayor in Boston www.dotnews.com/2025/poll-sh...

COVID killed at least 1.1 million people in the US (likely an undercount). COVID vaccines saved at least 3.2 million lives in the US in the first two years alone. Completely unacceptable RFK Jr is restricting vaccine access when he clearly has no idea how COVID or vaccines work.

Tonight on 60 Minutes: Bari Weiss on how her life changed after being cancelled.

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies to Congress, today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explains the 5 major ways he’s dismantling public health as America has known it for decades, including by ousting experts and spouting misinformation www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/04/n...

*cracks knuckles* okay so you know how the media has a problem with taking snippets of scientific studies out of context and writing articles which mislead the public? now imagine a computer program is doing that when you ask it questions about scientific literature but also it makes stuff up.

This tactic - pressuring corporations financially until they put a regime friendly voice in charge - is exactly how Orbán took over the free press in Hungary

Update on this from the Boston Globe. This is great news!

Serial Experiments Lain continues to be the most realistic anime because it features an old man who evaded justice for horrible crimes. He only feels mildly bad about what he did and he gets told off by an autistic girl while he’s on his deathbed. This barely disrupts his peace.

“Human, this bed is not long enough for me.”

Garrus wishes you all (belated) a low-stress back-to-school season.

“following rumors of his death donald trump held a press conference announcing extrajudicial killings of civilians and plans for a military invasion of an american city” is a perfectly factual headline that could be used to describe what we saw yesterday