BTW-For the last few weeks, ICE has increased their presence in the Maryland suburbs closer to DC. They targeted a school bus stop close to my house, grabbing a parent after the kids had gotten on the bus, and now me and others keep watch when the kids get picked up and dropped off.

“They want me to hide or leave or disappear, not to be visible and active in public society." Republicans invalidated Avery Rowland’s drivers license, along with hundreds of other transgender Kansans. Here’s how she’s fighting back.

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

This is amazing. www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

So anyway, no one said anything and now I have a whole lot of trees on order.

1. Major news on trans youth care. The American Psychological Association has reaffirmed its full support for its 2024 guidelines supporting trans youth car.e It provided documentation showing Jesse Singal mischaracterized their position in the NYT. Subscribe to support our journalism.

I guarantee you in two years you're going to hear about Larry Summers working at some prestigious institution and if you say anything about it they will be like HASN'T HE BEEN PUNISHED ENOUGH??????

If y’all could report @authorfisherbooks.bsky.social, that is not me, that is a scammer attempting to relieve people of funds, probably by selling book services.

We had $18k in rent requests come in just today (so far). We’re anticipating needs at our neighborhood school to be over $100k again this month, but this time donations are WAY down. We don’t have enough money to cover everyone. Please help us keep our neighbors w/ young kids from being evicted!

They will only be voting if they are registered, and only 30% of them are (compared to 75% of those age 45+). 4 million high schools seniors will soon graduate from high school, so now is the time to help empower them. We want them using their voices at the ballot box! data.thecivicscenter.org

The Ford Pinto had a death rate of 85 people for 10 million cars sold. The Cybertruck hasn't sold 10 million, but the fatality rate so far maths out to 1,452 people killed per 10 million sold. The Cybertruck may be the deadliest road car, for the occupants, ever sold. fuelarc.com/evs/its-offi...

As the guy who wrote the book on zoning abolition, I'd like to go on record as saying: if you can use zoning to stop the concentration camps, fucking go for it.

✨Actually, We Need to Talk about Fandom and the NHL's Conservative Politics ✨🏒 Send this to the person who can't *wait* to go to their first NHL game. www.tumblr.com/ngoziu/80631...

This will *not* be announced on X

WHAT'S THAT??? Did we cross 900,000 whistles?!?!? HELL YEAH WE DID!!! one million is such a large number, but it feels like it's coming at us real fast. 💓 THANK YOU for all of your help, and if you want to contribute scroll up for several ways! Or get whistles: whistlegoblins.fun

More than 50 Minnesota authors unite for statewide “Authors for Minnesota Day” on Feb. 28 bluestemprairie.substack.com/p/more-than-...

Credit to Oak & Willow #Canada - use the FuckTrump coupon code to get 15% off at the checkout. #EcoFriendly #Sustainable products #BuyCanadian 💪🏻🇨🇦🍁

I’m increasingly angry with the BMA and UK doctors more generally, when it comes to their overall silence on our governments ideological control of trans healthcare. It’s not hard to say what Dr. Reiner says here⬇️ Sympathy and a brief “it’s out of my hands” is not enough.

Here is @aoc.bsky.social thankfully telling everyone exactly what to do to stop a concentration camp from being built where you live. Please take it to heart and take action.

Minnesotans marched on Saturday to mark nearly one month since federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. 📷️: Richard Tsong-Taatarii

Remember when RFK Jr. unilaterally decided that COVID19 vaccines should no longer be recommended during pregnancy? Well, COVID19 increases the risk of preeclampsia. And it turns out that getting boosted, either before or during pregnancy, significantly reduces the risk of preeclampsia.

We should do everything we can to help Democratic politicians leave Twitter behind. Help the AG out!

NPR is usually pretty staid, this is an astonishingly blunt headline. www.npr.org/2026/02/21/g...

You nudge Miette? You nudge Miette like the curling stone? Jail! Jail! Jail for Mother for one thousand years!

Exactly right. That speech was a declaration of war on federalism.

"In states that once focused mainly on health care and sports for transgender minors, debates now revolve around the validity of transgender identity." Because it was never about sports. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u... Bypass here: archive.ph/jUvSO

I think people feel more optimistic than when I made this but I know someone out there had a real rough one and could use the message:

#NJ If your Rep is a D please call and ask them why trump can transfer 10 Billion to his Board of Peace without Congressional Approval and what can be done to stop him stealing our tax dollars.

I hadn't cried about how much I love Minneapolis in a few days, so this was a good one to read: "Minnesotans will continue to keep Minnesotans safe until we rid the state of the federal occupation, just like lake ice is weakened by springtime sunshine and subsumed by the water below."

"If you're a writer—any sort of a writer, really—in search of an audience, you will find so much that's invaluable in this candid, spirited, and openhearted handbook." - @bcdreyer.social on #ThePublicScholar. Which you can pre-order here: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Just about 1.1 million views right now of an interview that nobody was supposed to see.

Palantir paid zero federal income tax for fiscal year 2025, despite reporting $1.5 billion in income. itep.org/palantir-pay...

This rhetoric has become so widespread that GLAAD put out a fact sheet, pointing out that of 5,748 mass shootings in the United States between 2013 and 2025, just five, or 0.1 per cent, were carried out by transgender people. thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

And if you missed your chance to help or would like to do more, we have another wishlist going right now with clothing for those dealing with housing insecurity in this cold and stressful time! Lots of items are already purchased, but we have a few left! amzn.to/4qFo3np

Remember when we asked you for supplies for folks being thrown out of Whipple in dangerous conditions? You were sending them to St. Paul Corner Drug, who was working to get them out into the neighborhood. They've posted a heartwarming thank you on IG: www.instagram.com/p/DUojPuBDd6x/

Delia Ramirez is a real one www.thehandbasket.co/p/rep-delia-...

feeling angry or depressed? why not fix yourself a cup of tea? then you can be angry and depressed while also holding a cup of tea

I am stress-shopping for... plants. Right now I'm looking at peonies (someone please tell me I cannot fit 6 Itoh peonies in my yard) and also apple trees.

If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees. This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.

Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.

Now in wide release, my latest episode where @privacylawyer.ca and I talk about the government's lawful access legislation, and why it's a problem. #cdnpoli

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

I have had several colonoscopies, if anyone thinks they should get them but is afraid because they don't know what they're like, or they want to talk to someone who's done it before, I will happily happily chat with anyone. My mom had colon cancer, early screening saves lives.

“If the SAVE Act were to pass, it would be the worst voter suppression law that Congress has ever enacted.” The Republican-controlled US House is set to pass a sweeping voter restriction bill that would require people to show citizenship documents to register to vote.

granny weatherwax has been foundational for me as i get older

1/ Our members are practicing picketing @propublica.org offices in multiple cities right now to demand job security protections and guardrails around AI. We are ready to do what it takes to get a fair contract.

"We don't have an idea yet as to motive," the RCMP just said. So anyone claiming to know why this happened right now is full of shit. Stop listening to disgusting ghouls with hateful agendas.

Blessings on everyone who's doing the work and blessings on everyone who takes the rest they need.