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was married, but I'm not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more. Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

life in the united states in 2025

look deep within yourselves, spite harder!

why are we pretending that race shouldn't be predominant when remedying racism? it's the same problem I've always had with affirmative action being about "diversity" rather than quotas. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SHOULD BE ABOUT QUOTAS. REMEDYING RACISM IN VOTING SHOULD CONSIDER RACE PREDOMINANTLY.

are cats actually just secretly little mans and ladies: a study

Sometimes nurturing the next generation means teaching your nephew how to properly clean his new partner's bong

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

"Incredibly stupid times" is literally the only way to describe it.

when a frog is our call to adventure

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward. "We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

We did it, folks! We ran a Charlie Kirk Remembrance Day Art Contest: And here are the results. (I'll thread some of our favorite entries, but to know who won the grand prize and the two jewelry prizes from @nora.zone you're gonna have to click through.) www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it. The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait. At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

a group of people were like "i found a way to live my life as a truer version of myself" and instead of being like "that's beautiful, how can i help" people were like "i don't think schools should have books in them anymore"

Good news for transgender people at MIT. Unlike some prestigious universities, MIT has defied the Trump administration and refused its attempt to pressure the university into banning transgender people from bathrooms. The latest from reporter S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

the final boss of "imagine if obama did it"

I am constantly stunned at how much more professional and better informed most indie trans journalists are than almost every highly paid staff writer at a prestigious news outlet these days

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🔥 🚨🔥 Meet Randy Erwin. Randy is the president of the National Federation of Federal Employees — a union representing ~ 150k employees across the country. We need more RANDY ERWIN ENERGY in this country! Sound ⬆️ & Share. 1/2

Needing multiple streams of income to stay afloat is a societal failure not a personal one. You should be able to afford a comfortable lifestyle with one job. You are not lazy.

Some exciting news: 404 Media just won a grant via Muckrock to investigate book bans and educational censorship in the U.S. The plan is to file hundreds of public records requests around the country and to report on and archive all the documents for public use: www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

1. Anti-trans outrage is losing its bite. Last week, Elon Musk led a mass boycott campaign to get trans characters removed from shows on the platform. Major conservatives joined in. Now, we have the result: the boycott was a fizzle, and Netflix stock is up. Subscribe to support my journalism.

"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage." I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.

If you're curious about what's going on outside the Portland ICE administrative building, a local station is livestreaming for 24 hours today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE-W...

It's kind of hard to live your dream of being John Wick when the opposition is an inflatable frog.

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

One of the most perverse ideas on the anti-trans side is that trans people are instantly affirmed and celebrated by everyone when they come out and that acceptance is driving a social contagion. It's the ultimate form of gaslighting against our community. www.erininthemorning.com/p/pew-survey...

It cannot be made clearer. If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

NEW: A MAGA X account often shared by Senator Mike Lee and House Republicans like Nancy Mace--that often alleges Democrats encourage voting fraud-- is run by a man who not only has never stepped foot in the US, he also illegally donated to an American campaign. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Just got another book in the mail from the Imagination Library for my daughter... Long live the Queen!

I'd love to do a newsletter exchange with folks. What I mean by this is that two writers team up and run a piece from the other newsletter on their own NL. This serves both as an endorsement and a way to expose new writers to different audiences. If you're interested in this, reply here or DM.

🗓️ Oct. 15 at 3-4 PM ET online: Please join us for a discussion of how to advance narratives that undermine authoritarianism and increase solidarity, featuring @dreanyc123.bsky.social, @lewispants.bsky.social, and @deanspade.bsky.social! Register: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/f...

Taking place Oct. 28-29, this virtual convening is an opportunity for us to expand and deepen abolitionist organizing under current conditions. ➡️To join us, please complete the registration form by Oct. 15th. Space is limited—do not delay! More information on our website here:

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

"because we are no longer considered to literally to be a part of this population. We are looked at as aliens ... And so this is why we need trans media. We need queer media to cover these stories, cover the good, cover the bad, so people know what is actually happening to our community members."