Tried a local Scottish Highland Games comp for the first time ever yesterday. Having done 3/5 of the major ones now, I can confidently say strength sports are the fucking best.

someone i admire and listen to said to me recently “fuck you is like a sledgehammer, good for knocking things down but you’re gonna need other tools to rebuild.”

i understand in theory why conservatives want to bring back the 1920's, 1950's or 1980's but trying to bring back 2005 is a wholly new kind of depraved freak shit

God, this SUCKS.

"This Executive Order is just going to give these sports-specific governing bodies who already have policies aimed at trans participation in their sports more fuel to enforce them."

Not sure we need this but I do think we need one on the straight guy/genderless dyke brotherhood. And I’m available to co-write.

Insane way to say “This shit is definitely NOT legal” just dropped.

Just saw a man in Wilton Manors with a full Muppet outfit on — Kermit socks, Miss Piggy printed shorts, Muppet character medley shirt — in case you need to be reminded there is still beauty all around us.

Real shit.

Should probably plug here that I also co-produce a podcast called Fat Guy, Jacked Guy. This season (called “Optimized Idiocy”), we’re covering every stupid health & fitness grift we hate from our perspectives as 2 people in that world. It started today! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

My gf just came to me with a concerned look on her face asking if I’ve ever seen a truck with “a replica of human scrotum” hanging on the back, & I just had to be like “Yeah baby, those are truck nuts. They’re around.” She was disappointed in the response.

Listening to no one but Sade for 4 days straight isn’t as powerful as a beta blocker or anything but it’s doing wonders for my anxiety rn

I'm just going to keep teaching, writing, doing appearances based on what little I now about how the world could be otherwise. I'm just going to hang on to my friends and love them, support them, encourage them, while we hold each other accountable with a light touch and much compassion.

Cecilia Gentili was a fearless activist whose work for trans rights, sex workers, and immigrants impacted countless lives. Last week, the Council passed a resolution to designate January 31st as Cecilia Gentili Day in NYC to honor her legacy and vision of a more inclusive and equitable city for all

Early compliance is so fucking frustrating. Of course, no one should be following any of this shit but especially right now, no one should be doing anything at all.

transition has been mostly DIY and community-organized since forever. when you're ready, figure out what you can offer and what you need. talk in real life, use signal, get creative, don't get caught. they can't break us in a way that matters!!!! I love you.

A reminder: a law that dehumanizes & subjugates a group of people is immoral & iniquitous. That means we have a moral imperative to break it until we don’t have to anymore, regardless of the risks or consequences.

There are people in your community organizing right now, and you can join them. You can help them, and they can help you, and together, we can still do good.

as it’s always been, death before detransition

is it uncharitable to say, i hope the new york times leadership gets not one moment of peace after this

Day 9 of 100 Days of Creative Resistance: @kaylakumari.bsky.social against the myth of the solitary writer mailchi.mp/27d5b5a60194... @writingco-lab.bsky.social

Wrote about David Lynch, how goddamn funny his work is, & how he changed the way I look at the things that scare me. So grateful I got to exist at the same time he did for a while. Long live incongruity as a means of imagining a better future. www.autostraddle.com/david-lynch-...

I consistently appreciate it when @ancillarytext.bsky.social, one of my favorite writers at @autostraddle.bsky.social, offers these deep dives into queer activist history!

Going to start replying to “We’re moving forward with another candidate” emails from prospective employers by say “Are you sure??” just to see what happens.

I should really be using the space more, & I probably will figure that out soon. Anyways, for now, here’s an essay I wrote on kissing in public www.autostraddle.com/the-music-iv...

Sometimes I’m just going about my day, & it suddenly hits me so hard how Max Richter went absolutely galaxy brain on The Leftovers soundtrack. Just flawless from episode to episode.

Got to lift & talk about lifting with my friends for basically a whole day for @kristenarnett.bsky.social newsletter. It was a blast!! Y’all should subscribe to this wonderful project immediately!

It’s not important, but I finally engaged with the full spectrum of pop culture phenomena that addresses brotherhood directly (the Lord of the Rings trilogy & Sons of Anarchy) I had previously never seen before, & I have to say I’m a changed man.

Nikki Giovanni staunchly supported trans folks, especially trans youth. Her encouragement is a balm. “I think the transgender kids are the bravest kids right now that we see; they're as brave as my generation was in breaking down segregation.”

wondering what a lot of people on here think organizing is. it involves reaching out to people who don’t automatically share yr politics but have common concerns. workplace exploitation, cost of rent, healthcare … those are all broad places to start

Currently crying laughing at the fact that my gf just called James Gandolfini “Gandalf Mancini” thinking that was his actual name. I’m losing it.

Getting a lot of frantic messages about the United Healthcare CEO shooter being both Italian-American & a meathead. People really know me for 2 things and 2 things only.

This seems like the perfect place to share that my gf doesn’t like it when I refer to watching Sons of Anarchy as “hangin’ with my boys.”

Second powerlifting meet in the books. Walked away with some PRs & a gold medal & some USPA Florida state records in my divisions. Truly incredible day. Let’s keep it movin’!! On to the next one!!

Imagine losing 50 to 100 members of your community every day for over a year. How can one grasp the scale of killing and loss of life in Gaza? Beyond the murdered are the injured, missing, amputated, disabled, elderly, children, and pregnant—imagine the unimaginable suffering they endure daily.

my trainer @ancillarytext.bsky.social said lock tf in today

Doing my second powerlifting meet in a week & randomly got so anxious about it just now

Having been learning how to shoot a gun for a little while now, it’s incredible to me that so many people have the hubris to think they’ll be able use 1 in a moment of crisis with 0 training. Trust me: you won’t. Go to the range now.

as a voter i’d actually love some common sense on transgender issues actually. nationalized healthcare, leaving us alone otherwise, things of this nature.

I guess we’re trying this again, huh?

it happened to me, i was hospitalized for approaching perfection

Twitter. Bluesky. Threads. You know what... maybe I'll read a book.

Thinking about earlier today when my girlfriend was trying to remember Bruce Springsteen’s name & she called him “Bruce Springfield.”

Ok freaks, I did it. I found the best bumper sticker on Earth.

I love how whimsical some of these strength guys get in their weekly newsletters

(fred schneider voice) running up that HILL

Singing “I was born to eat buffet” to the tune of “Born in the USA.”

The cool thing about going through old muscle mags with my strength coach is we keep finding shit like this