Danielle Gembala
@ddmgembala.bsky.social
Neurodivergent & disabled archaeologist, educator, writer & parent. she/they
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Russia slams 'neocolonial threats' against Venezuela, backs new interim leader
Russia on Tuesday welcomed the appointment of Delcy Rodriguez as Venezuela's interim president, calling it a step to ensure peace and stability in the face of "blatant neocolonial threats and foreign ...
www.reuters.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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The one thing I wish I could import to younger women?
Notice when somebody keeps trying to tell you how you feel .
Notice when somebody keeps trying to tell you how you feel .
January 7, 2026 at 12:24 AM
The one thing I wish I could import to younger women?
Notice when somebody keeps trying to tell you how you feel .
Notice when somebody keeps trying to tell you how you feel .
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In stories with this kind of high contrast between forces of good & evil, like Star Wars too, it's easy for anyone to place themselves in the position of being the good protagonist fighting evil.
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
www.independent.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 12:27 AM
In stories with this kind of high contrast between forces of good & evil, like Star Wars too, it's easy for anyone to place themselves in the position of being the good protagonist fighting evil.
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It's important to remember that Donald Trump lies constantly, but this is Donald Trump declaring that he has used the United States military to extort Venezuela into giving him $1.7-2.7 billion for his personal use.
January 7, 2026 at 12:15 AM
It's important to remember that Donald Trump lies constantly, but this is Donald Trump declaring that he has used the United States military to extort Venezuela into giving him $1.7-2.7 billion for his personal use.
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Some background on how the nyt played a major role in spreading disinformation
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
"A Shameful Chapter": How Anti-Trans Disinformation Drowned Out Science and Gripped the Mainstream — Assigned
A pipeline of pseudoscience funded by powerful right-wing hate groups has undermined medical truths with the help of big media.
www.assignedmedia.org
January 6, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Some background on how the nyt played a major role in spreading disinformation
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Your press release @nytimespr.bsky.social exudes grievance … but who has suffered harm here? A powerful institution whose coverage has been questioned, or the vulnerable ppl who have suffered from it?
Who really has “endured” harm?
I invite your response @nytimespr.bsky.social
Who really has “endured” harm?
I invite your response @nytimespr.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Your press release @nytimespr.bsky.social exudes grievance … but who has suffered harm here? A powerful institution whose coverage has been questioned, or the vulnerable ppl who have suffered from it?
Who really has “endured” harm?
I invite your response @nytimespr.bsky.social
Who really has “endured” harm?
I invite your response @nytimespr.bsky.social
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The nyt preyed on trans ppl, a vulnerable minority that poses no threat to anyone,
But its leaders also preyed on the general public’s lack of knowledge about us to foment disinformation, doubt and discrimination.
They turned their back on their professional duty to cover us fairly,
But its leaders also preyed on the general public’s lack of knowledge about us to foment disinformation, doubt and discrimination.
They turned their back on their professional duty to cover us fairly,
January 6, 2026 at 12:38 AM
The nyt preyed on trans ppl, a vulnerable minority that poses no threat to anyone,
But its leaders also preyed on the general public’s lack of knowledge about us to foment disinformation, doubt and discrimination.
They turned their back on their professional duty to cover us fairly,
But its leaders also preyed on the general public’s lack of knowledge about us to foment disinformation, doubt and discrimination.
They turned their back on their professional duty to cover us fairly,
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Today trans ppl’s lives and livelihoods are in danger, our freedom of movement and association are restricted, and our medical care is threatened, all of turned into a political chit in no small part bc of the nyt.
January 6, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Today trans ppl’s lives and livelihoods are in danger, our freedom of movement and association are restricted, and our medical care is threatened, all of turned into a political chit in no small part bc of the nyt.
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Your publisher is well aware of my growing concerns about bias in coverage and staffing at the nyt. We exchanged lengthy emails on seven occasions in ‘22 and ‘23. In Dec ‘22, I detailed how a series of tendentious stories sought to sow suspicion about every aspect of being trans.
January 6, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Your publisher is well aware of my growing concerns about bias in coverage and staffing at the nyt. We exchanged lengthy emails on seven occasions in ‘22 and ‘23. In Dec ‘22, I detailed how a series of tendentious stories sought to sow suspicion about every aspect of being trans.
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You did, in fact, cite a derogatory quoted phrase from the UK’s Rowling 1st, in graf 4, of your Nov ‘24 piece about US politics. The story had a highly biased lede that I’ll leave here for all to judge
“To get on the wrong side of transgender activists is often to endure their unsparing criticism”
“To get on the wrong side of transgender activists is often to endure their unsparing criticism”
January 6, 2026 at 12:38 AM
You did, in fact, cite a derogatory quoted phrase from the UK’s Rowling 1st, in graf 4, of your Nov ‘24 piece about US politics. The story had a highly biased lede that I’ll leave here for all to judge
“To get on the wrong side of transgender activists is often to endure their unsparing criticism”
“To get on the wrong side of transgender activists is often to endure their unsparing criticism”
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Some of your assertions ask ppl not to believe their own eyes. You did in fact publish an opinion piece “In Defense of JK Rowling” immediately after hundreds of your own contributors protested your growing bias. That is a fact.
January 6, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Some of your assertions ask ppl not to believe their own eyes. You did in fact publish an opinion piece “In Defense of JK Rowling” immediately after hundreds of your own contributors protested your growing bias. That is a fact.
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This assertion is false: “No UK correspondent was assigned or drafted a story about the Cass report.”
I read the story as it was being written. It was placed on the budget and then pulled off. I know this bc it was my job to know what was being covered, how and by whom. Your publisher knows this.
I read the story as it was being written. It was placed on the budget and then pulled off. I know this bc it was my job to know what was being covered, how and by whom. Your publisher knows this.
January 6, 2026 at 12:38 AM
This assertion is false: “No UK correspondent was assigned or drafted a story about the Cass report.”
I read the story as it was being written. It was placed on the budget and then pulled off. I know this bc it was my job to know what was being covered, how and by whom. Your publisher knows this.
I read the story as it was being written. It was placed on the budget and then pulled off. I know this bc it was my job to know what was being covered, how and by whom. Your publisher knows this.
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Your editor shut down all avenues of internal discussion about trans coverage in ‘24. Your animus has repeatedly driven trans employees out of the company. The same day I resigned in mid ‘24, another trans newsroom staffer also left. @translash.org
documented a top trans journalist who left in ‘23.
documented a top trans journalist who left in ‘23.
January 6, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Your editor shut down all avenues of internal discussion about trans coverage in ‘24. Your animus has repeatedly driven trans employees out of the company. The same day I resigned in mid ‘24, another trans newsroom staffer also left. @translash.org
documented a top trans journalist who left in ‘23.
documented a top trans journalist who left in ‘23.
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No trans journalists is ever involved at any level in nyt news coverage about trans ppl; we are purposely excluded. The nyt has not hired or assigned a trans journalist to cover trans news for at least five years. Your publisher and top editors are well aware of that.
January 6, 2026 at 12:38 AM
No trans journalists is ever involved at any level in nyt news coverage about trans ppl; we are purposely excluded. The nyt has not hired or assigned a trans journalist to cover trans news for at least five years. Your publisher and top editors are well aware of that.
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Dear @nytimespr.bsky.social. Your press release re comments I gave to @transnews.network includes many errors but one assertion is true: “TNN featured an interview with a former editor on the International desk at The Times who was not involved in these coverage decisions.”
That is the problem
That is the problem
January 6, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Dear @nytimespr.bsky.social. Your press release re comments I gave to @transnews.network includes many errors but one assertion is true: “TNN featured an interview with a former editor on the International desk at The Times who was not involved in these coverage decisions.”
That is the problem
That is the problem
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In fact, i think it is incumbent upon us to bend over backwards to be fair and honest about people we don't like! It's way too easy to dehumanize people by lying or hyperbolizing about them, and it's also WAY too easy to turn our dislike of someone into a moralizing stance.
January 7, 2026 at 12:15 AM
In fact, i think it is incumbent upon us to bend over backwards to be fair and honest about people we don't like! It's way too easy to dehumanize people by lying or hyperbolizing about them, and it's also WAY too easy to turn our dislike of someone into a moralizing stance.
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I just want to reiterate that you don't have to like a particular person or support their views in order to think it's a bad thing that they got run out of town by harassment.
January 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I just want to reiterate that you don't have to like a particular person or support their views in order to think it's a bad thing that they got run out of town by harassment.
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You mean we need to impeach the traitor to the Republic, not hope he does a better job.
Come on yall this is the line.
Come on yall this is the line.
The President needs to get on task and make life affordable, instead of threatening destabilizing conflicts left and right.
January 7, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You mean we need to impeach the traitor to the Republic, not hope he does a better job.
Come on yall this is the line.
Come on yall this is the line.
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"Ethanol couldn’t be patented, and tetraethyl lead could–meaning DuPont and General Motors could profit on every single gallon sold."
The whole world. Every one of us. Poisoned. For decades. Because an American megacorp could patent the poison.
AaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGHH
The whole world. Every one of us. Poisoned. For decades. Because an American megacorp could patent the poison.
AaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGHH
i am extremely proud to announce my latest journalism
this piece is about DuPont, General Motors, TEFLON, PFOA, PFOS, and our POISONED world
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read it for free: junoryleejournalism.com/2025/12/18/d...
this piece is about DuPont, General Motors, TEFLON, PFOA, PFOS, and our POISONED world
we keep each other safe, and it begins with free, trustworthy information
read it for free: junoryleejournalism.com/2025/12/18/d...
December 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"Ethanol couldn’t be patented, and tetraethyl lead could–meaning DuPont and General Motors could profit on every single gallon sold."
The whole world. Every one of us. Poisoned. For decades. Because an American megacorp could patent the poison.
AaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGHH
The whole world. Every one of us. Poisoned. For decades. Because an American megacorp could patent the poison.
AaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGHH
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Everyone: this is great advertising for Hilton!
Hilton: whoa not so fast, we suck actually
Hilton: whoa not so fast, we suck actually
Hilton, Minnesota hotel apologize for email canceling immigration agents' rooms
A Minnesota hotel that wouldn’t allow federal immigration agents to stay there this month is apologizing and saying the refusal violated its own policies.
apnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Everyone: this is great advertising for Hilton!
Hilton: whoa not so fast, we suck actually
Hilton: whoa not so fast, we suck actually
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Being at all involved in proposing genital inspections (of children) should get you on a list
January 6, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Being at all involved in proposing genital inspections (of children) should get you on a list
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DO NOT TOUCH WILDLIFE. DO NOT FEED WILDLIFE AND HABITUATE IT TO HANGING OUT AROUND HUMANS. DO NOT HANDLE WOUNDED WILDLIFE, CALL A PROFESSIONAL.
EXTREMELY DO NOT BREASTFEED BATS.
EXTREMELY DO NOT BREASTFEED BATS.
For those that don't know: Rabies can be treated, but not after you show symptoms. Once you show signs of infection you are dead man walking.
January 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
DO NOT TOUCH WILDLIFE. DO NOT FEED WILDLIFE AND HABITUATE IT TO HANGING OUT AROUND HUMANS. DO NOT HANDLE WOUNDED WILDLIFE, CALL A PROFESSIONAL.
EXTREMELY DO NOT BREASTFEED BATS.
EXTREMELY DO NOT BREASTFEED BATS.
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I count 90 people visible at the Proud Boy-led rally in Salem yesterday.
January 4, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I count 90 people visible at the Proud Boy-led rally in Salem yesterday.
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eugenicist
For the second consecutive year, Gov. Bill Lee has opted out of a federally funded summer food assistance program that would have served hundreds of thousands of children in low-income families across Tennessee.
Gov. Lee Rejects Federal Summer Food Assistance Program
Democratic lawmakers accuse governor of ‘cruelty’ in opting out of $84 million in federal funds for low-income families
www.nashvillescene.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:46 PM
eugenicist
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Historian here.
The US has always been worse than Americans thought. This isn't new. It's *typical*.
The US has always been worse than Americans thought. This isn't new. It's *typical*.
I think it’s important to add that Denmark had the second highest casualty rate of the troops serving in Afghanistan. They fought alongside us and this is how the US repays them.
January 6, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Historian here.
The US has always been worse than Americans thought. This isn't new. It's *typical*.
The US has always been worse than Americans thought. This isn't new. It's *typical*.