It was good to see @jchavezmpls.bsky.social and @elliottpayne.org at yesterday’s Trans Refuge State rally yesterday. I’m grateful for elected officials who stand up for our trans friends and neighbors here in Minnesota – we need more like them ❤️

Cheryl Reeve is a fucking real one. We need more leaders in the WNBA like her.

NEW: Aurora Police say an ICE detention center employee shot a protester last night. She is expected to survive. 42-year-old Brandon Booth, who works for the ICE contractor GEO Group, is being held on suspicion of attempted second degree murder and other charges.

I'm getting really sick of seeing rapists just get to promote rape on TV and in the government day in and day out with no consequences or truly any reaction at all at this point

What if…radio, but with a screen and visuals? Yeah, that’s TELEVISION. Please just go produce your TV show and let podcasters focus on storytelling and listeners focus on the story or report. Untether listeners from the screen.

L O U D E R

There's now basically 2 types of podcasts: ones you subscribe to and listen to whole episodes of (not watching video even if it's available bc you're probably commuting, doing chores, etc.), and ones you don't subscribe to but regularly see video clips of on IG/TikTok.

It’s fine for some, but I’m not thrilled about the big push at the moment to have more and more podcasts do video. I like podcasts specifically because they are NOT visual…

This is the fraud in Minneapolis that people should be concerned about.

solomon in 1 Kings 3

everyone who's called the latest MAHA testosterone grift "gender affirming care" needs to pay the nearest trans man $20

In hindsight our wedding reception outfits were kinda giving cult leader (but in a cute way I hope lol)

Mayo Clinic is being sued by its former AI compliance lead, who is alleging the hospital network tried to hide its AI tool’s 67% error rate at patients’ expense. /1 futurism.com/health-medic...

Scoop: The AI music generator Suno was hacked. Hacker shared source code that shows how the tool was made and part of the music and podcasts that were scraped to create it. Decades worth of music, lyrics, and podcasts from YouTube, Deezer, Genius & more www.404media.co/hack-reveals...

The fact that J.K. Rowling successfully bullied Amnesty International into taking down a report that accurately called out her attack on trans people, especially trans women, is so repulsive and such a display of the power of her money, and her choice to put her vast fortune behind persecution.

Authorities say ICE shot and killed a person this morning in Maine. www.wmtw.com/article/signific...

Texas AG Ken Paxton vowed to “stop at nothing to uncover and stop any illegal voting activity.” But experts say he may have violated state law by using an address where he no longer appears to live to vote in six elections in two years. w/ @texastribune.org

I love being openly gay and alive

Kristen Gillibrand's 22-year-old son got the mother of all graduation presents: $30 million in investment to bring crypto’s most dangerous product to equity markets.

Really enjoyed last night’s event with Nico Lang about their book AMERICAN TEENAGER: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era

This is today! Free and open to the public

Justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Abolish ICE and the entire system.

the bread is $13.50 and all the circuses are subscription based

Incredible summation of the culture in the AI recap of a search for “FanDuel Harper.”

ICE desperately wants you not to care about this story But we must. The killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national striving for his American Dream, is a moral outrage, and a warning. ICE hopes you won't notice that mass deportation is back My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

New shirt from @racketmn.com

“Nothing comes close to what the place actually is, how horrible the place actually is.” Read what Palestinian former political prisoner Leqaa Kordia has to say about the year she spent in ICE jail. https://bit.ly/4vRdNLU

Thank you so much for highlighting our event “How to Support Trans Youth” this Friday!

"They just want to turn it off." A fascinating story of the librarians who have started teaching classes showing people how to remove AI "features" from their phones and apps. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/m...

ICE has shot and killed a man in Houston. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Another murder. The tenth by ICE officials this year.

Sure, extended time in bad corners of the internet can "radicalize" people. But too much of that discussion focuses on ordinary people, rather than the upper crust of American society -- leaders and upper management types, aka the people in this country who can actually afford to scroll all day.

My interview: “I came to this country as an infant and became a U.S. citizen,” Roswell Encina said. “So sitting there, on the Fourth of July, I couldn’t help but think about the promise of America and the work still required to protect it.” www.advocate.com/news/people/...

The mother of 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells confirmed her son's death on Monday afternoon, hours after a park ranger found a body on Horn Island. He went missing while on an excursion with friends on July 4. www.mississippifreepress.org/nolan-wells-...

Philando Castile often paid for the lunches of students who couldn’t afford them or had debt. After his murder, his mother, Valerie Castile, donated money to wipe out lunch debt and was part of getting Governor Tim Walz to implement free school lunch. www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

Dog sitting this angel for 10 days

I think I might convert to a religion, declare myself an authority on it, and then complain about it extensively. Would people be into that?

I've been working soooooo hard on this next podcast series and I can't wait to share it with you all one day!! I'm very proud of myself for aiming so big with this one while also funding it entirely by myself (via grants and my amazing individual backers)

Must be the nasty company you’re keeping - fortunately I don’t surround myself with secretly transphobic gays!

The women with Koren were accused of shoplifting—they deny it. ➡️Multiple studies show cops/security are more likely to approach Black shoppers. ➡️Shoplifting is in the top 5 arrest charges for Black women. ➡️Corporate profits & criminalization of Black women are part of the same system! More here:

Mpls & beyond!

New @racketmn.com shirt arrived 😭

Minnesota: on Friday, July 10th I’ll be chatting with Nico Lang about their book AMERICAN TEENAGER: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era. We’ll be discussing how you can show up for and support trans youth in Minnesota and beyond.

An embarrassing and shameful oped in the NYT on the last day of pride month. These folks are gonna keep trying to split us up but their efforts are doomed to fail. We will not and cannot be separated

Pride with the nephews and niece :)

We had the most amazing time at Minneapolis People’s Pride today - thank you to everyone who stopped by our table to say hello, learn more about our project, and record a story on our phone! wehelpusmn.com

Lavender Magazine’s farewell letter was deranged. Grateful for this response

Good news! For more about why this is great, check out @chrisdstedman.bsky.social's article here: www.startribune.com/mpls-bathous...

Thank you @mspmag.bsky.social for asking what Pride means to me alongside local luminaries like Ann Bancroft, Isaac Ranson of @mnaurorafc.bsky.social, and others 🌈 mspmag.com/arts-and-cul...

The Minneapolis City Council takes a final vote on the Pride in Policy package tomorrow! I’m proud to author this alongside Council Member @aishaforward10.com and Council Member @aurinmpls.bsky.social. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 1/

Gonna be at Powderhorn this Saturday - come say hi and record a story for the archives!