laura c
@elmcee.bsky.social
🌿 cultural worker, delicate fuckin flower
🌱 they/she; queer + disabled
📍berkeley, nyc; oberlin, ysd
✨same handle elsewhere
🌱 they/she; queer + disabled
📍berkeley, nyc; oberlin, ysd
✨same handle elsewhere
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PSA: Calling Republican politicians "insane" or "crazy" is an insult to all of us (the majority of) insane people who would never brutalize, starve, & kidnap for profit & power.
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
PSA: Calling Republican politicians "insane" or "crazy" is an insult to all of us (the majority of) insane people who would never brutalize, starve, & kidnap for profit & power.
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One small thing people can do is refuse to consume shitty art that isn’t made by people
Interact with art made by real artists
Interact with art made by real artists
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
One small thing people can do is refuse to consume shitty art that isn’t made by people
Interact with art made by real artists
Interact with art made by real artists
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After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
Start Here (2025 Edition)
Are you questioning your gender and searching for fiction that’ll help you figure out what a transition might look like? Are you a trans woman or a femmeby who’s never seen herself on the tradition…
thetransfemininereview.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
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also, there are plenty of text to speech tools that just record and don't analyze and they've existed for nearly my entire life. we've got to stop allowing people to conflate direct, non-generative tools with genAI when they have a financial incentive to do so
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
also, there are plenty of text to speech tools that just record and don't analyze and they've existed for nearly my entire life. we've got to stop allowing people to conflate direct, non-generative tools with genAI when they have a financial incentive to do so
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I hope no one lets any elected official to pretend to forget about this. They want people to starve.
Breaking News: The Trump administration told states to undo any steps to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if the states do not comply. It was unclear how that would affect the program.
Trump Live Updates: Airport and SNAP Benefit Disruptions Amid Shutdown
nyti.ms
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I hope no one lets any elected official to pretend to forget about this. They want people to starve.
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To clarify, she's been going into multi organ failure for some time. This is life and death ☠️
Not putting sirens on this one in hopes of reaching people who have that emoji muted.
Not putting sirens on this one in hopes of reaching people who have that emoji muted.
🚨Mold, no running water, unreliable internet & electricity, *no heat* 🥶 for *weeks*, & multiple severe medical issues that can't be treated without it. Azine needs to get out of there ASAP! 🚨
$0/~$300 for airbnb, meds, and basic supplies
#HelpSky #MutualAid
PayPal: madeleinewedemeijer@gmail.com
$0/~$300 for airbnb, meds, and basic supplies
#HelpSky #MutualAid
PayPal: madeleinewedemeijer@gmail.com
Azine's informal free housing arrangement is about to end abruptly. We don't know when; it could be at any time. We need to raise money to get her into an Airbnb as quickly as we can manage.
We don't have the resources for long-term solutions, so I'm just keeping her alive as long as I can.
We don't have the resources for long-term solutions, so I'm just keeping her alive as long as I can.
November 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
To clarify, she's been going into multi organ failure for some time. This is life and death ☠️
Not putting sirens on this one in hopes of reaching people who have that emoji muted.
Not putting sirens on this one in hopes of reaching people who have that emoji muted.
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just your random reminder to not repost unsourced screenshots or video from random accounts as news without checking to make sure they're not fake / satire / etc!
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
just your random reminder to not repost unsourced screenshots or video from random accounts as news without checking to make sure they're not fake / satire / etc!
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"But if that were true then your life would be impossible" is an entire genre of dismissals of disabled people's experiences.
It's not that they don't understand when we say how hard it is. It's that they can't believe we're still functioning at all of it's that hard.
It's not that they don't understand when we say how hard it is. It's that they can't believe we're still functioning at all of it's that hard.
"how do they ever get anything done, then?"
And yea, all praise to ADHD folks for ever getting anything done because it seems it would be impossible without that motivation and reward. The fact that you are ever able to do anything is superhuman!
And yea, all praise to ADHD folks for ever getting anything done because it seems it would be impossible without that motivation and reward. The fact that you are ever able to do anything is superhuman!
November 8, 2025 at 5:47 AM
"But if that were true then your life would be impossible" is an entire genre of dismissals of disabled people's experiences.
It's not that they don't understand when we say how hard it is. It's that they can't believe we're still functioning at all of it's that hard.
It's not that they don't understand when we say how hard it is. It's that they can't believe we're still functioning at all of it's that hard.
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Nah I don’t fuck with this.
This is still mocking disability. We must be better than that.
This is still mocking disability. We must be better than that.
November 8, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Nah I don’t fuck with this.
This is still mocking disability. We must be better than that.
This is still mocking disability. We must be better than that.
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I want these nerd losers hostile to all that is human to be humiliated without it costing *me* money, please.
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I want these nerd losers hostile to all that is human to be humiliated without it costing *me* money, please.
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I don't think the president of the United States should starve Americans
November 8, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I don't think the president of the United States should starve Americans
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We need to frame the proliferation of untested chatbots and LLMs into under served populations for mental health care as a manifestation of systemic ableism.
It’s both not caring what harms might be caused/but also ‘making do with anything’ BECAUSE these are disabled folk.
It’s both not caring what harms might be caused/but also ‘making do with anything’ BECAUSE these are disabled folk.
We got an AI "wellness" bot here.
November 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We need to frame the proliferation of untested chatbots and LLMs into under served populations for mental health care as a manifestation of systemic ableism.
It’s both not caring what harms might be caused/but also ‘making do with anything’ BECAUSE these are disabled folk.
It’s both not caring what harms might be caused/but also ‘making do with anything’ BECAUSE these are disabled folk.
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I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
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More important to me than my identity, I am also the Vice President of the NewsGuild of New York, and targeting me with a blatantly retaliatory termination like this feels like an egregious shot against our union and against media workers as a whole.
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
More important to me than my identity, I am also the Vice President of the NewsGuild of New York, and targeting me with a blatantly retaliatory termination like this feels like an egregious shot against our union and against media workers as a whole.
Wow, did not even notice this the first time but he sure does bolt the fuck outta there.
Watching RFK jr run away from someone collapsing feels like a harbinger of things to come
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Wow, did not even notice this the first time but he sure does bolt the fuck outta there.
I can only send 10 right now, who can pick up the difference? 🖤
it'll be $47 ish to get home
anyone? please ❤️
anyone? please ❤️
hey friends,
please help me out to get home from the hospital & to get food?
i'll need +/- $100 or so for both 🙏🏽
please?
i also haven't paid rent bc i had to use that money to pay the minimum on my medical bill repayment (so that i could get access to care this week)
paypal.me/thelongestroad
please help me out to get home from the hospital & to get food?
i'll need +/- $100 or so for both 🙏🏽
please?
i also haven't paid rent bc i had to use that money to pay the minimum on my medical bill repayment (so that i could get access to care this week)
paypal.me/thelongestroad
November 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I can only send 10 right now, who can pick up the difference? 🖤
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Thirdway has a memo out about how Mamdani's politics won't work in the rest of the country but they wrote it before he won and forgot to replace "X%" with his actual margin. lol.
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Thirdway has a memo out about how Mamdani's politics won't work in the rest of the country but they wrote it before he won and forgot to replace "X%" with his actual margin. lol.
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I heard that man say:
1. I am Muslim
2. I am a Democratic Socialist
3. I will never apologize for those two things.
And:
4. You will not fuck with trans people, either.
And now, tell me if I'm wrong here, because I'm no Nate Silver or Will Stancil...
...it is a winning strategy.
1. I am Muslim
2. I am a Democratic Socialist
3. I will never apologize for those two things.
And:
4. You will not fuck with trans people, either.
And now, tell me if I'm wrong here, because I'm no Nate Silver or Will Stancil...
...it is a winning strategy.
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I heard that man say:
1. I am Muslim
2. I am a Democratic Socialist
3. I will never apologize for those two things.
And:
4. You will not fuck with trans people, either.
And now, tell me if I'm wrong here, because I'm no Nate Silver or Will Stancil...
...it is a winning strategy.
1. I am Muslim
2. I am a Democratic Socialist
3. I will never apologize for those two things.
And:
4. You will not fuck with trans people, either.
And now, tell me if I'm wrong here, because I'm no Nate Silver or Will Stancil...
...it is a winning strategy.
If Philip were still alive he would have been over the fucking moon about Mamdani’s win (and Cheney’s death as the cherry on top).
Crying so much tonight. Out of joy, grief, hope, homesickness, sheer overwhelm. What a fucking day.
Crying so much tonight. Out of joy, grief, hope, homesickness, sheer overwhelm. What a fucking day.
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
If Philip were still alive he would have been over the fucking moon about Mamdani’s win (and Cheney’s death as the cherry on top).
Crying so much tonight. Out of joy, grief, hope, homesickness, sheer overwhelm. What a fucking day.
Crying so much tonight. Out of joy, grief, hope, homesickness, sheer overwhelm. What a fucking day.
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“I can see the dawn of the better day for humanity.” - Eugene V. Debs
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
“I can see the dawn of the better day for humanity.” - Eugene V. Debs
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caring is punk! Empathy will win!!!
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
caring is punk! Empathy will win!!!
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@erinbiba.bsky.social a little something to celebrate this moment
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
@erinbiba.bsky.social a little something to celebrate this moment
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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When only the pure arbitrary will of the totalitarian leader or his movement's utterly unmoored and phantasmagorical 'ideology' determines state action, anything from the state is possible...mostly meaning mass murder, terror, and famine
Totalitarian politics makes political prognostication impossible because totalitarian political calculation has almost no tie to the typical motivations of nation-state actors.
November 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
When only the pure arbitrary will of the totalitarian leader or his movement's utterly unmoored and phantasmagorical 'ideology' determines state action, anything from the state is possible...mostly meaning mass murder, terror, and famine