Just finished my first midterm exam of the semester and God Damn! I’m gonna need a nice long walk to calm down 🥲

Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return "If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."

New, from me: you were told that the threats to free speech came from wokeness. Some compared it to Maoist China. Now we are witnessing government power being used to silence dissent and censor ideas. Now we know what real society-wide chilling effects look like. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

This development is a horrifying and further escalation of the very topic I wrote about yesterday evening: The Trump administration’s move from governmental changes to individual attacks focused on political opponents. www.lawdork.com/p/trump-test...

1. President Trump has signed an executive order making employees at organizations that support transgender youth care and DEI ineligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. This could impact thousands of schools, hospitals, and nonprofits. Subscribe to support my journalism.

1. Happening now, the United States Senate is considering S9, a bill that would ban transgender people from playing sports of their gender identity from chess to darts and everything in between. It could result in genital exams and more. I'm covering live. Watch: www.senate.gov/legislative/...

www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2fHvWE3/ Missouri Residents! Let our representatives know we do not support this

This is probably the most accurate take.

Idiot doesn’t understand that the billionaire class is America’s enemy

We fucking knew it! Every threat, every promise to limit our freedoms and destroy our economy, nature, and future are being admitted to!!!

Currently reading The Bell in the Fog (a queer detective novel by Lev Rosen) and one of the characters is a Navy officer who is being promoted to Rear Admiral 😂 I love it when books share my immature humor

All this recent transgender fear mongering makes me think of my highschool tennis team. There was one trans girl on the 50 person team and she was just average! My five foot ass consistently dominated the matches even though I’m afab! Long story short fuck transphobia and it’s pseudo science!!!

Republicans claim to want smaller government but continue to use federal posturing to limit individual freedoms (ie bodily autonomy, freedom of speech and religion, public education, etc)

I feel like I have so many ideas to share but now where to put them…I want to help people and have plans on how to do it but no way to enact them or get them in front of people who can

If anyone is looking for a journalist or reporter, I am looking for a place to share my writings

One expert said punitive policies on homelessness make unhoused people more invisible, eroding public compassion. “It’s just sweeping human beings under the rug, without regard to their humanity, without regard to what really happens to them.” By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social

Ben Brown’s proposed tax reform will hurt the economy and he is not ignorant of its impact medium.com/@tyduffie11/...

Lord Lucifer give me strength to stay polite around my extended family tonight

Remember, the holidays are for taking care of you as much as they are about others.

5th person to be cured of HIV “Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”

I have so much to say about today’s case, legal analysis, and more. But the most powerful thing today was watching Chase Strangio argue in front of the court as the first trans attorney to do so. You could feel history, and nobody will ever take that away.

Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.

*checks calendar* Hmm I was supposed to get my new end of the year obsession where is it? *knock on the door* *glass shattering* *people screaming* Wtf why did I get Batman?!

How to avoid paying taxes, billionaires 101.

Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero. 🖖

Black art is revolutionary because we live in a society that seeks to keep us so busy we can't reflect and produce art.

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Books. When buying books for gifts this holiday season, please don't buy from Amazon. Please shop at your local independent bookstore/bookseller. Ask for recommendations. If they don't have a particular book in stock, ask them to order it. Support creatives, local businesses, and your community.

. SOMETHING TO KEEP YOU OFF THE LEDGE: "If you ever get the blues about the status of American culture, there are still more public libraries than there are McDonald's. During the worst of the Depression, not one public library closed its doors." ~David McCullough

Unlike last week, tomorrow a simple majority in the House could pass the “nonprofit killer” bill, placing all NGOs that campaign for human rights in jeopardy. We need each of our US followers to contact their congressperson and tell them VOTE “NO” ON HR 9495! cartoonistsrights.org/stop-hr-9495/

OH MY GOD! MCR is back! Long live the black parade 🖤 Reply to show off any MCR fanart

With all this talk of community building what does that actually look like? - regularly speaking to your neighbors - going to local meetings - sharing resources (food, education, books, job opportunities… etc) The biggest impacts you can make are at the local level

Oh to be a cute puppy who can just sleep and play all day without a care in the world for current events…I am so tired

In a world that wants you dead, survival is rebellion

Are there any other Theistic Satanists here?

Anyone know good ways to gain weight?

Top Five Books I Read This Year 1. Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 2. Confounding Oaths by Alexis Hall 3. A Drop of Venom by Sajni Patel 4. Beowulf translated by Maria Dahvana Headley 5. Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender

The bar is in hell but I was gendered correctly at an academic meeting today! (My joy is doubled because I was wearing very feminine clothing but they still remained respectful)

Re-reading Fahrenheit 452…why is the chief fireman so gay for the main character?

Thinking about writing a paper on the importance of social/cultural diversity by comparing it to genetic diversity and Darwin’s theory of evolution…thoughts?