Hey folks, I’m looking for Rhode Island based LGBTQ activists with an urgent question for a story I’m working on. People who are directly connected to advocacy there with a good understanding of the local political environment. Please reach out via DM.

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

My 19yo just earnestly explained that he gets tired of coming home from work and being asked to clean up after himself after he eats the dinner I prepared for the family.

Maternal side: Toy factory workers (my grandmother also dabbled in cosmetology) Paternal side: Him, Pittsburgh cop Her, house cleaner

DAMMIT

Good info for protecting immigrants in the Pittsburgh area. frontlinedignity.org/resources/

Me to the careers of anti-trans Dems:

There you go, Dems. You have permission to run on an anti-ICE, pro-trans rights platform. (You can even probably add Immigration Is Good, Actually.) Bummed to see Crockett out, but I have no doubt she will find a way to keep speaking truth to power.

Happy National Grammar Day! In case you missed it, I made my LinkedIn Learning writing course free for 24 hours. 1/2 www.linkedin.com/posts/gramma...

Everyone should protect trans and gender variant kids

if I were the House Dems I would simply strike now with a slew of impeachments on all fronts (Venezuela, ICE, Iran) that scoops up both Trump AND Vance as well as key admin leaders to turn them all against each other while panic is at its highest

Our server, who is a woman probably in her 60s, came to our table and told us all the boys in the kitchen aren't worried about getting drafted because they have bone spurs. "I just love them all so much. They put my mind at ease."

Absolutely fucking not

I guess I have to scream this: SCRIPPS NEWS HAS BEEN DOING HEROIC WORK COVERING CONDITIONS IN THE TRUMP CONCENTRATION CAMP SYSTEM And they're rewarded with little credit and few views. THIS IS ONLY GOING TO GET MORE CRUCIAL. Follow @scrippsnews.bsky.social and SHARE!!!

If we want what we had in 2020 - actual racial reconciliation has to be centered - direct challenge and protest of the billionaires has to happen -everyone get comfy with disliking and distancing from celebrities and entire sectors.

"I can promise you that women working together linked, informed, and educated can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet." ~ Isabel Allende #WomensHistoryMonth

Believe it ir not, Rugby Sundays™️ have begun.

This administration tests my resolve to take a break from drinking every fucking day. (I gave up alcohol for Lent.)

This is fucking outrageous

Same with Pittsburgh

This is murder. ICE routinely deposits released detainees far from their home just to be cruel. It’s standard practice. To do this to a blind man on a wet cold winter day in Buffalo is to know you are potentially sending him to his death.

It is really hard to believe

What happened in Kansas is *exactly* why you need to get rid of Newsom at the primary. He will not protect trans people. He will not protect homeless people. He will not protect anyone.He considers outside of the cultural norm. ... that's Republican shit.

Not even close. My parents are pharmacists. I am a writer.

Today marks 14 years since 17-year-old, unarmed Trayvon Martin was shot and killed while walking home. 14 years later, we’re still demanding a country where our children can walk home in peace — without being treated like a threat.

CHRIST this was a bitch to alt text (my phone camera is allergic to this font) but it was worth it so we could enjoy this scorching hot Catholic tea together they just flat out said the SCOTUS Catholics are going to hell. which we knew, but maybe they’ll hear it from the bishops!

Absolutely fucking vile how quickly antisemitism is now spreading on the left. Fix your fucking heads

the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

What the fuck is this?? 😡

It really is either you support trans rights or you support Hitler 2.0

Abolish the legal gender marker entirely. No government can be trusted to have a database of which people have changed theirs, no government has any business tracking what your gender is "supposed" to be in the first place.

Morning, woodpecker

If an elected official brings our attention to an issue, I want them to say what they personally are going to do about it. I don't want only to be told that WE VOTERS need to do something about it, OR that we need to give them money. FIRST: what they are doing. THEN: they can tell me how I can help.

A white woman who is not a doctor & doesn’t believe in science is currently undergoing Senate confirmation hearings to be the US Surgeon General. Black people, don’t EVER let these people tell you that you are a “diversity hire” or don’t deserve the roles you have so richly prepared for & earned.

Tomatoes, chicken peas, spinach, and feta (with lemon zest, honey, garlic, basil, s&p), served over farro. Delish.

Dems should pay close attention to what Spanberger developed here: A forceful anti-Trump politics that speaks to people like grownups about ICE, grasps the political/cultural significance of Minneapolis, and doesn't shrink from defending immigrants and democracy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcN0...

As the parent of a trans child I would like to say to Gavin, with my whole heart, I hope you are forced to watch your dick shrivel to a useless stump after you're infested by that parasitic worm that can swim up the urethra.

relevant to @mattieflap.bsky.social's interests

A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.

YOU DON'T SAY

This administration hates women

If you have a friend who lives in PA state House district 22 (Allentown area) or 42 (parts of Allegheny county - Baldwin, Castle Shannon, Dormont, Mt. Lebanon, and part of Upper St. Clair), make sure they know about the special election on February 24th!

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

Also the people talking about pronouns too much are transphobes Everyone else is just using them

😡😡😡🤬

WHY ARE SO MANY OF US DOING SO MUCH MORE THAN YOU, THE PERSON WITH POWER, IN THIS MOMENT.

Dear Dems:

Bill Maher is clinging to relevance by his fingernails so there is zero need for me to know his opinions on young, female pop stars.

the pope telling jd vance to fuck off must be a religion unto itself because i’m devout