CBC doesn't have this on the news homepage or even the political news homepage, which is *fascinating* because I would argue that using the notwithstanding clause 3 times IN ONE NIGHT is, in fact, major political news.

Alberta just passed bills banning trans girls from youth sports, restricting gender-affirming care including hormone blockers for youth under 16 y/o, and requiring parental consent for students to change their name/pronouns at school. They used the notwithstanding clause on all three bills. 🧵1/6

The worst thing about being a good facilitator is that I just pulled off the most perfect interrupt-validate-redirect maneuver, but the recipient will never notice, which is what made it perfect.

They found a way to make the J6 Pipe bomber trans.

Immigrating to Canada is wild, because they ignore you for a year, then one day they're like "you must get a medical exam, send us more money, and get your relatives' birth certificates to us within the next 30 days, or you're back to square one."

Excited to share this wonderful conversation I had with Manda Aufochs Gillespie for Cortes Island's Folk University! We discuss zine culture, trans joy, underground networks, and the power of creative defiance. soundcloud.com/the-ecorepor...

Excited to share this wonderful conversation I had with Manda Aufochs Gillespie for Cortes Island's Folk University! We discuss zine culture, trans joy, underground networks, and the power of creative defiance. soundcloud.com/the-ecorepor...

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

Made a lumb(e/a)r pillow and brought it to the woods to meet its brethren

Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart. If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.

The same week we lost a sister to anti-trans policies, were blamed by the government for 42m people losing SNAP, were told we should be abandoned by centrists yet again, & Trump declared Congress null & signaled he'll never leave office, the regime seeks to torture & kill every trans kid in America.

Grading essays on "intersectionality" be like

Timeline is very bleak this am, so here's Tiana's reaction upon receiving a decrepit reusable shopping bag.

honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)

I wrote an article about zines and AI that was published online and in @lookoutnews.bsky.social zine that we design and print! Check it out! www.lookoutnews.org/in-the-face-...

⚠️ Many state government lists don't provide a comprehensive list of all available sources. Find one near you.❤️ 👇🏻 Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens, and Food Banks www.foodpantries.org

Is there already a word for feeling seen/ trusting that someone sees you without explicit affirmation? Not recognition in the sense of being recognized as X, but recognition in the sense of "I know that you know the vibe, so now we can hang without worrying about performing [gender, etc.]"

this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread

when trans people take HRT to feel normal: “look at these depraved sex freaks performing their sick fetish in public, we should bully them out of existence” when cis ppl take HRT so they can fuck real good:

The palpable relief of reading a syntactically awkward student paper nevertheless brimming with ideas they’re trying on after having to consume the stale cardboard generalities of a Chat GPT essay.

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

this is what life should be about. the other horse shit shouldn't be happening.

After ICE agents violently detained a man in Maryland, they kept him pinned to the ground for nine minutes. He shouts “I live in America! I love America!” When a witness asks why the man was arrested, the officer shouts “Because he’s a criminal.” Full story: www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...

Happy Bright Eyes release day to all who celebrate 🎉 anyway, back to looping this EP and thinking abt this fucked up world for the next [redacted] days

KIND branding *calories* broke something deep in my psyche this month

I know it seems laughable to blame trans people for a government shutdown, but it is also deeply worrying how the administration is making every negative thing the fault of trans people. We’ve seen what happens when a small minority becomes the scapegoat of a whole society: a lot of people die.

"This slide from political grievance into a nihilistic rage is a critical symptom of a society in the grip of a leaden age. It signals a shift beyond targeted political acts to a broader contempt for society itself, a desire not just to win a political battle, but to watch the entire system burn."

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Bringing back some out of context snippets while I Power Through the final two transcripts of the whole ding dang dissertation! First up, in conversation with S, a nonbinary Arab person on their experience of Arab vs Western womanhood:

They consider being trans to be a disorder, so anything that facilitates the survival of persistently trans people is also bad to them.

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

Pro tip: if you want to impress your trans gf, a political assassination that gets the regime frothing at the mouth to eradicate trans people as a class is a horrible way to do it.

be trans, be crime

A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.

This isn't what I want in a world. I don't want politicians and activists just getting sniped, but the world I want isn't a possibility due to men like him standing in the way, and while the method is condemnable, so is the politically violent world he's been building.

“I do not want and have never wanted any of them dead. I want them to chill out and be normal for the first time in their lives.” god has anything more true ever been typed

“The police want me dead to make sure their children don’t end up like me, so I guess every time I fuck and I’m happy and I do what I want I would like to call that an anti-state action. The people I love alive—yes, we weaken the state.... 1/3

I feel it is my responsibility as your mainstream comic book friend to further explain that what dc is doing to Gretchen is unprecedented They haven’t only cancelled the series, they are refunding the comics that are already created and recalling the issue that is already sold.

Friends keep asking for my apple butter recipe, so here it is (I regret to inform you that this is the most detailed version): note: this is the easy way, not the correct way 1. Peel, core, chop, and wash a large quantity of apples. As many as you can muster. I use random street apples. 🍎 1/5

Niche content for the zinesters: you know when you finish a zine and you suddenly become aware of the feverish creative frenzy you've been immersed in for hours/days? I'm currently experience that, but it's been 9 MONTHS, and the zine is part of my doctorate, and also it's about zines.

In related news, if you live in the Lower Mainland and have mason jars lying around, I would love to trade you empty mason jars for the fruit preserves of your choice! We're making apple butter, apple pear sauce, apple pie filling, apple cranberry sauce, pear ginger jam, and blackberry jam

Happy foraging season to all who celebrate 🍐🍎 this is all from our neighborhood! And we're not done! Abundance!

I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset. In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia. In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)

The maddening thing is that we know EXACTLY how to prevent this. Yes, kids should get vaccinated, test, stay home when sick, mask as much as possible. But even without any of that: Better ventilation and filtration in schools can MASSIVELY reduce viral spread, for all sorts of respiratory diseases.

if you are worried about a civil war, learn birdwatching, orienteering, and first aid. learn how to go fuckin' camping man

Making friends on vacation

Once again I am begging everyone to understand that climate change and trans rights are not separate issues

🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency. They are out of energy and they are starving to death. I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it. 🧵

After spending the weekend dancing with them, can confirm that nobody goes as hard or feels as free as the old guys dancing next to the speakers at their favorite music festivals 🕺 another year, another magical Vancouver folk fest

grading POLI 100 finals, and so far all of the students who chose the questions on democracy and international organizations have lost faith in the ability of either to represent their interests and confront global crises. Which, like, yeah, I get it.