Tuesday night’s @jetcityrollerderby scrimmages was a little rough getting started but for all the best reasons. I had offered to give feedback to skaters on the C team and three skaters took me up on it, Max Damage, Tamagotchi, add Lab Brat.

Transphobia is a fucking issue. Trans people are not.

I had such a fun time having my ass handed to me at the #InlandEmpireRollerDerby as I skated with my beloved #DivergenceRollerDerby. We lost spectacularly! 257 to 75!

Photo is from the Glinda vs. Elphaba bout at @rollercon since I didn’t get a selfie last night. 💜 A thread about last night’s scrimmage. 🧵 #RollerDerby #DerbyLife #DerbyGirl #RollerSkating #ShowBabesWhoSk8 #SkatingOver50 #GirlsLikeUs #derby #TransWoman #transWomenAreWomen #ScrimmageDiaries

As promised, I’ve been working breaking down and laying out my homework from #RollerCon. I still have more notes to make and more off-skate drills to research to help me get some footwork down. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

“Ride it like a jammer on a tripod.” #ThingsNeverSaidDuringRollerDerby

I have such a fascination with the aesthetic evolution of Kristi Noem. The Barbification is a telling freak show for sure, but I also have so many questions about the "before" photos. Like, is she actually a Midwest Mom gone Mar-a-Lago, or was the "before" bad hair and denim jackets cosplay, too?

#RollerCon2025 has come to a close. I played in 9 games, my teams won 5 of those. I watched 3 games and took 3 classes. I played all three positions and so much pivot, so much time in my happy place. I am a happy skater! I even jammed a few times complete with scoring passes.

Sitting down to watch some derby, The Lord of the Rings vs. Star Trek. I feel sorry for any of if TOS skaters, this away mission is gonna be brutal. 🤣😂 #RollerCon2025 #RollerCon #RollerDerby #DerbyLife #RollerSkating #derby #DerbyLove

If you don’t live in California, you might be unaware of all the ICE mayhem. Here’s just part of the @latimes.com front page right now

So Medicare is about to use AI to determine if you're allowed to have a certain medication or procedure.

With fun start to Saturday at #RollerCon! Apparently I have ruined my reputation as “not a bratty submissive”. I was fuckin’ mouthy. #RollerCon2025 #PivotIsMyHappyPlace #RollerDerby #DerbyLife #DerbyGirl #RollerSkating #ShowBabesWhoSk8 #NotDeadYet #GirlsLikeUs #derby #DerbyLove #TransIsBeautiful

I walked away from my skate bag for five minutes. Someone has left a rubber chicken. #RollerCon2025 #RollerCon #RubberChicken

The floor is at #RollerCon2025 it’s so magical that every hockey stop is a power slide. #RollerDerby #Snark

Game 2 of #RollerCon2025 is done. Team NeuroSpicy lost by 50 points but it was fun. And #DragHer666 has given me homework to do. She moved me like I was nothing. My homework is to learn how to do that _and_ how to defeat it.

First bout of #RollerCon is on the bag. I had a lot of fun even if I was denied the pivot cover during the game. The cover was too small for my big head. 😆 Long story short, our sourdough starter did not finish.

#GizmoKitty and I are watching #KansasCityBomber starring #RaquelWelch. This movie is older than me by 2 months. It is so 70s, it hurts. The only position to wear a helmet are the jammers. And they will take that Henley and beat you with it!! #RollerDerby #DerbyCinema

Excuse me, I have a complaint. I skated in two games, back to back. I was promised a sweet, sweet derby death and that did not happen. One might even say I thrived in that environment. #RollerDerby #ButDidYouDie #RollerSkating #ShowBabesWhoSk8 #SkatingOver50 #GirlsLikeUs #TransWoman

I sent this to the blockers on my team lol

All bodies belong in #RollerDerby.

Massive protest at Children’s National in DC. A former patient is speaking who they used in promotional to show how much they care about trans kids. Now the hospital is one of a small few nationwide complying with trumps unlawful EO to end trans care.

It was a good morning officiating for #SouthSideRevolution at their scrimmage this morning. Initially, I was gonna be doing penalty tracking. #GirlsLikeUs #RollerDerby #DerbyLife #DerbyLove #NSO #NonSkatingOfficial #TransWoman

Mass demonstrations in #SanDeigo against #ICE and in solidarity with immigrant workers targeted by Trump last night were attacked by riot police in heavily armored vehicles with tear gas, after protesters rallied and occupied streets with flags and music for hours. Photos via /omartineztj.

Uh, trackside treasures! The @jetcityrollerderby.bsky.social BPT page looks to be having issues. “Attention friends: BPT is having some issues. If it is not fixed today, tickets can be purchased at the door at 4pm” m.bpt.me/event/6500835

Hey PNW jam junkies, whistle warriors, and trackside treasures join @jetcityrollerderby.bsky.social at the #SeaviewGym for fast jams, hard hits, and non-stop excitement! 🛼💥 Tickets @ m.bpt.me/event/6500835 Doors @ 4 pm Action @ 5 pm #JetCityRollerDerby #RollerDerby #DerbyAction #Season16

There is a relative silence among the commentariat in the face of Trump's anti-transgender EOs because there is no amount of throat-clearing over trans athletes or hand-waving over UK medical reviews that can obscure the hatred and animosity of Trump himself. They have nothing to hide behind.

Hey, #WhistleWarriors, Saturday night, if you can’t join @jetcityrollerderby.bsky.social at the the #SeaviewGym for our doubleheader against #GVRDA and #TeamOregonRollerDerby, catch us live on Twitch! Doors/beer garden at 4:00 pm PT Stream at 4:30 pm twitch.tv/jetcityrolle... Action at 5:00 pm

Hey, #WhistleWarriors, Saturday night, if you can’t join @jetcityrollerderby.bsky.social at the the #SeaviewGym for our doubleheader against #GVRDA and #TeamOregonRollerDerby, catch us live on Twitch! Doors/beer garden at 4:00 pm PT Stream at 4:30 pm twitch.tv/jetcityrolle... Action at 5:00 pm

I am dead. After my warm ups I did… 2 minutes of agility ladder, forwards and back. 2 minutes of agility ladder, lateral in and out 2 minutes of side shuffles 2 minutes of side shuffles with cross-overs. #RollerDerby #OffSkatesWorkout #Cardio

BREAKING: Eight current or prospective service members who are transgender sue the Trump administration over Trump's Monday anti-trans military executive order. Background on the order at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-mali...

So Trump's shutting down of the entire government's funding system for American projects is literally so he can go line by line and target transgender people and other minorities. When we said transphobia affects cis people too, well... here you go.

The Inspectors General refuse to leave until the action is taken legally, which they do not believe it was, and neither do senators like Chuck Grassley. This is what not backing down looks like. static.politico.com/b3/3e/5baf92...

True but… we are seeing the White House fire anyone even remotely connected to “diversity.” It’s meant specifically to be applied as broadly as possible while giving the WH plausible deniability.

Why the fuck is a single Senate Democrat playing “everything is normal” by voting to confirm the Cabinet picks of a fucking dictator? Do. Not. Comply. You have ALL spent the last how many years calling him Hitler and now you’re like, ‘I’m a yes on Goebbels and here’s why…” Fuck that. Stop it. Now.

Sell your Tesla. ❌ Sell your Cybertruck. ❌ Get off Twitter. ❌ Don’t sign up for Starlink. ❌ Bankrupt him. It will take while but it’s possible. ✊🏻 #resist

ICE is trying to deport Native American people to Mexico. This one from the Mescalero Apache Tribe. That's right. People indigenous to the United States, tribal members. ICE is trying to remove them from the US. This is the second verified incident I've heard about. We were here 1st. #ICE

Trump³⁴ orders Air Force to stop teaching about Tuskegee Airmen 🤦🏻‍♂️ Of. course. Now that they're all dead he disrespects them This is disgraceful! But it does open the door to erasing him from the history books at some point

I had fun hanging out at the second half of the second game in the #RatCityRollerDerby doubleheader with #Gaylien51 last night after my show. It was do good and I’ve missed your face! 💜💜💜 #RollerDerby #ShowBabesWhoSk8

Jurassic Park: The Lost World

Did you miss the @jetcityrollerderby.bsky.social doubleheader last week? The bout videos go live on @googleyoutube.bsky.social tonight! www.youtube.com/@JetCityRoll... 5 pm and 7 pm PT! #rollerderby #sports #jcrd #CrowCityDerby #GvrdaCascades #DerbyLife

The stream will be up on the @jetcityrollerderby.bsky.social Twitch channel until Saturday night! I’m currently editing the video so we can put it up on YouTube on Sunday. 💜💜💜

I love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

Saturday night was the first @jetcityrollerderby.bsky.social bout of 2025 and it was a doubleheader. I skated in the first game. We lost. In technical terms, we had our collective asses handed to us. instagr.am/p/DFA-fsmy4px/ #RollerDerby #SkatingOver50 #GirlsLikeUs #BoutDayDiaries #Bout17

I did the thing!! And I was told that I should get that thing I wanted in a few things. What did I want? Feedback from the coaches. 😊

Nervous? Yep. That’s okay, I know what I want out of this. What’s the worst that could happen, I make the team? 🛼💜

This morning’s @jetcityrollerderby.bsky.social practice was hard and made harder because I didn’t take my anti-inflammatory meds before hand. The footwork drills were a mixed bag when it comes to toe-taps and heel-taps. Unpublished selfie from #RollerCon since I didn’t get one this morning.

Want!

Tuesday night at practice I fell hard. I did the right things: protect my head, aiming for safety gear, and redirecting momentum. Still hit my forearm on the floor. Ow! Day after? The faintest of bruises. This morning? Glorious. #RollerDerby #DerbyLife #SkatingOver50 #ScrimmageDiaries #Scrimmage35