“It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

The fragility of the right's egos truly knows no bounds.

A group of transgender patients and their families have filed a discrimination complaint with the state Human Relations Commission against UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, asserting that UPMC’s refusal to provide gender-affirming care for trans patients under 19 is sex-based discrimination.

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

We roll up to The Archaeology Department & see this queen in a thick cloud of weed & patchouli, regaling customers with tales of her days as a Deadhead & complaining about the mid LSD that didn't make her trip.

I forget that this app exists, but we saw Ethel Cain at Stage AE last night, & the vibes were immaculate.

Attn Pittsburgh folks:

PJM Interconnection's final auction price hit a record high for the second year in a row, closing at nearly $330 per megawatt-day — a 22% increase over the $270 per megawatt-day from last year’s auction. That means bills will likely rise between 1.5% and 5% for most ratepayers.

i really truly wish any of the epstein furore was caused by a genuine concern for cruelty for teenage girls, for exploited kids. it would be a different country if it was, of course, but the discourse is sometimes jarring

Executive orders are not laws!! Or even regulations that have gone through a rule-making process!! Please stop treating them like they are!

People are in motion and you can join them.

Excellent library pickup day. Got the new @melissafebos.bsky.social & attended @chefstentor.bsky.social's talk on Pittsburgh in 50 maps

It’s worse than “Gaza is being starved and destroyed and no one cares.” It’s that hundreds of millions *do* care and are powerless to stop it. We need a world where that can never happen, where the masses actually have political power.

Advertising HRT with the guy from Men’s Warehouse saying “you’re gonna like the way you look, I guarantee it.”

Jules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just imagine telling my boss I have been "unfairly shamed" into fulfilling my duties, & I'm only showing up because clients have "weaponized" my absenteeism when I'd rather spend more time at home & less on the "mundane tasks" of being a therapist. Shit or get off the pot, man.

The music video for the new Garbage single is kind of giving Born in Flames vibes

"Stand up and force UPMC to do the right thing.” Mayor Ed Gainey joined 200 people at a rainy Thursday rally at UPMC headquarters. Advocacy groups and citizens protested the health care provider's concession to Trump, rolling back gender-affirming care for youth. buff.ly/BSuqXd3

"I love basically being a kind raccoon with a master’s degree at work. Love being feral and trying to convince other people to stop ignoring their true natures." YES a kind raccoon with a master's degree is my new favorite way of telling people I'm a therapist

"That was the name of the drug they gave him: 'placebo.' I think it's made by Puh-fizer." - RFK Jr. probably

There are few things I love more than a friendly cat in a rural library. Meet Molly, resident feline of the local library near my office.

Finally scored Ethel Cain tickets. Can't wait to hit the club* with 500 other depressed/traumatized queers in Appalachia. *sway & sob

Also most of your therapists. My employer decided to switch all of our W2 counselors to 1099s last year, and I just got so incredibly screwed.

Me, to my 10-year-old nephew: "Man, I hope your mom doesn't find out how much sugar I gave you today." Nephew, with fists full of Nerds gummy clusters: "Well, we just won't tell her, and then, she won't know." We are in cahoots.

Post your favorite Dr. Who, wrong answers only.

sure "outer space" is nifty but have you considering voyaging to "inner space" instead? thats right my comrade psychonauts I'm talking about bringing back leftist excitement about ... drugs

Me after I've accidentally told a stranger that I'm a therapist

As many of you know Jonathan Sterne is in hospice. If you would like to send a message to Jonathan and Carrie please send an email to [email protected] Carrie is receiving these messages and sharing them with Jonathan

It’s that time again; 3rd annual Mira Bellwether Buy A Trans Woman A Pizza Day is Monday, March 31st.

Sick day snail mail surprises from my bestie 🥹🤧

Basic rule of relational life and political life is you don’t compromise with narcissism. Narcissism wants to take it all. Compromising with that is a fool’s errand.

Please be serious, One PA.

(Guy who eats CDs) you can have your Cake and eat it too

I love pączki season

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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

To hell with surveillance & compulsory transparency - I just want the right to opacity. Let me be illegible!

My lips? Flaming.

"Batter my heart, transgender’d god, for yours/is the only ear that hears" Thank you @badinfinity2.bsky.social for the lovely book & the kind note. It truly couldn't have come at a better time - the prior auth for my hysterectomy was just approved! I love trans community so dearly.

This is the only masculine energy I'm interested in.

Excellent mail day

This isn’t fierce. It isn’t fire. It’s just a different brand of cissexism that repackages the abjection of transness as a judgment based in reason. And as @jlsmilges.bsky.social says, “Reason. A word I thought meant truth but have since come to realize is just what others expect you to endure.”

The WVGOP's House Resolution 6 falsely labels "transgenderism" a mental disorder, citing God and the Bible. Though non-binding, this resolution makes their intent clear: to erase trans West Virginians. We have always existed - and will outlive this disgraceful government.

Mr. DOGE and Big Balls invading offices and intimidating federal workers