Did anyone really expect this administration to release anything self incriminating?

What do Senate Democrats mean that they can't comment on these evil bills? Only one Senator, Raphael Warnock, has the decency to oppose them from the jump. This is infuriating, and depressing and horrifying as hell. I can't fucking stand this.

The next few days are going to be hard. The fear is palpable. So please, if you’re at all wondering: I wish you could see how much the world needs you. Right now, all that matters is getting to morning. * thetrevorproject.org/get-help/ * pflag.org/resource/support-hotlines/ * translifeline.org/

Democrats should be hammering on @mcbride.house.gov's point that Republicans are obsessed with the healthcare of a tiny minority while making health care unaffordable for millions of people.

Hey, @ericswalwell.bsky.social, Your abstention on HR3492 today in the House is a betrayal that will harm trans kids and their parents and doctors. Know that you have lost my potential vote in the CA Governor primaries next year, and in the General if you are the nominee.

The three Democrats who voted yes need to get their asses primaried as well as the three who abstained. I'm especially disappointed in Eric Swalwell and I'll be including his name when I tell Democratic fundraisers why they won't get my donations and why they may not get my vote in the future.

Just got a fundraising request from @captmarkkelly.bsky.social, and, Senator, I hate that Trump is doing a bullshit investigation of you, but I can not in good conscience give money to your campaign after you voted to pass an NDAA that hurts transgender family members of those in the armed services.

Either way, this person disgusts me. From www.thedailybeast.com/early-market... (paywalled)

What the chicken-fried fuck? How, pray tell, are they checking and at what cost to the taxpayer?

Should I spend the rest of the morning: a) doomscrolling b) taking care of chores and whatnot c) read Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, the graphic novel that the coming movie is based on?

What strikes me in today's Daily Blast podcast in @newrepublic.com with @gregsargent.bsky.social is that William Saletan's point about Trump & co.'s racist predatory instincts against percieved "weak" ethnic groups also applies perfectly to their ongoing war on transgender people.

If only this nation had some sort of investigative, journalistic tradition, or profession even, that could have warned us about this.

If, like me, you're in desperate need of a laugh, check out "Fackham Hall", like Airplane or Naked Gun, only English! Come for the silly visual puns, stay for the JRR Tolkein jokes.

What makes this, by @thegaslightreport.bsky.social, especially terrifying is not just the idea of a demented POTUS, it's that he's surrounded by people who see his behavior every day and do nothing, either because they're afraid, or more likely, in order to enact their own agenda without consequence

Dreamt last night that I had to register for a work-related meeting involving the government, and they wouldn't accept my ID marked F because I was clearly trans, so I couldn't go and I was upset, and co-workers were sort of sympathetic but weird and stand-offish about it. Also, there were spiders.

This petty cruelty meant to publicly erase the identity of a noteworthy transgender person is the raison d'être of MAGA and anyone associated with Trump. It's infuriating and depressing and I hope there are people in positions of power and responsibility who are willing to speak out against this.

I was fortunate to be at the publication event last night with @sharplorin.bsky.social for this book I've been waiting months to read, and even snagged a few autographs! @charliejane.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social @older.bsky.social

The anti-transgender grifter pipeline. From @parkermolloy.com

Every day brings a new indignity from transphobes. I don't know how to bear it except to try my best to #protecttranskids

This makes me sad. Medical personnel at Sloan Kettering in NY took it upon themselves to change this transgender woman's gender marker in her medical records while she was under anesthesia for cancer surgery. NY Times paywall.

Strong floor, no ceiling, we pass the savings onto you.

And so it begins.

I wrote a thing about Squid Game: The Challenge "reality" tv show.

If I somehow found myself competing in Squid Game: The Challenge, on elimination I would stagger around, hand to chest, like Shatner in a third season episode of Star Trek: TOS. It makes me sad that none of the shows players thought to do this.

For a shame-free Thanksgiving feast, I suggest that you *do not* first watch Ken Burn's "The American Revolution". Too bad if, like me, you already watched it.

Where's your God now, Charlie Brown?

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you? I may be okay but the collateral damage is going to be something to behold.

I love this movie so much, especially Dan O'Bannon as Sergeant Pinback. "Time to go sleepy-bye, you useless piece of garbage."

I just watched "The Way to Eden" from Star Trek:TOS season 3, and it was every bit as bad as I remember, but it reminded me of this picture of an SF landmark I recently took.

I was an English Major back in 1981 and decided to take an intro to computer science class as a lark.

Also, interesting use of cis and trans prefixes for "Atlantic" by Thomas Jefferson in 1788, in case anyone claims these are made up terms. From docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/jef...

If you're enjoying Ken Burn's American Revolution series like I am, I recommend this as an excellent companion piece.

This is great.

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I wrote about Leelah Alcorn for #TransgenderDayofRemembrance #TDOR

No, @raskin.house.gov, we should not welcome the likes of Marjorie Taylor Greene this easily. If she renounced the conspiracies, the anti-semitism, and the transphobia, and if she apologized directly to the colleagues she's maligned, then maybe, but certainly not yet.

Hey, um, bleeps, can anyone point me at a good essay on the necessary elements for really good world building in genre fiction? Thanks!

Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.

Not so much in the news today is that Catholic bishops also decided to ban all gender affirming care at Catholic hospitals, so you'll forgive me if I don't heap praise on the bishops for their ethics.

Jon Steward pretty much captured my feelings on the Democratic "deal".

Why on Earth, @jay.bsky.team @aaron.bsky.team @support.bsky.team, would Sarah Kendzior be suspended? Hers is an important voice in today's political and social environment. Please explain yourselves or fix this mistake.

My message to aging Democrats who are too tired to fight. "Cool it, man, you had your chance."

If anything good can come of Chuck Schumer allowing these eight Senators to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, it would be if a majority of Democrats holding office rise up and demand new leadership. Mind you, I'm not holding my breath.

The Pluribus premiere giving me 1960s TV vibes of The Prisoner and the Star Trek: TOS episode "This Side of Paradise" makes me happy.

After the glimmer of hope offered by the election, today's SCOTUS decision on gender markers and these upcoming rules on Medicaid/Medicare reimbursement are a sobering reminder that we still have a tough 3 years ahead followed by many years of recovery to get back to where we were.

If Democrats get control of the Senate next year, there should be zero votes on any new justices for the term, and if they win the White House and Congress in 2028, SCOTUS reform damn well better be one of the first things they do.

It was a rejection of the entire administration and Dems should see this as a signal to become an actual opposition party. On everything. You don't stop the shutdown. You don't approve another appointee. You do nothing at all. The voters saved you, not the other way around. LEARN TO LEAD.

Republicans are still trying to make a "deal" happen where squishy Democrats pass the CR in exchange for a phony vote on extending ACA subsidies. I wrote my Senators using @resist.bot to say "no deal".

How could people not know? If this is true, this is a massive indictment of American political reporting.

Woke up this morning to find that the people of New York City have re-lit the torch of the Statue of Liberty, sending a signal out to the rest of America that Trump's bullying tactics that seek to divide and debase any notion of solidarity among diverse communities can be defeated #TurnUpTheVolume