Fureigh
@fureigh.bsky.social
Punk guitarist and songwriter, civic technologist (formerly @18F, @codeforamerica & more).
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Any such exclusion will be used to deny trans people _all kinds_ of healthcare.
Surprised to hear that? Look up “trans broken arm syndrome.”
Light up your reps’ phone lines.
Surprised to hear that? Look up “trans broken arm syndrome.”
Light up your reps’ phone lines.
1. After the shutdown fight, Republicans promised Democrats a vote on extending enhanced ACA subsidies, which cover 20 million Americans.
Now, new reporting shows that Republican negotiators want to make a trans funding ban a requirement for the extension.
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Now, new reporting shows that Republican negotiators want to make a trans funding ban a requirement for the extension.
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Republicans Privately Pushing Anti-Trans Funding Ban For ACA Subsidy Deal After Shutdown Compromise
The proposal, which was first detailed in the Wall Street Journal, could harm transgender people even in blue states if it becomes part of the negotiated deal.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Any such exclusion will be used to deny trans people _all kinds_ of healthcare.
Surprised to hear that? Look up “trans broken arm syndrome.”
Light up your reps’ phone lines.
Surprised to hear that? Look up “trans broken arm syndrome.”
Light up your reps’ phone lines.
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Unsurprising, but:
New: cops used Flock AI-enabled cameras to monitor No Kings protests around the country. Also monitored No Hands protests and protests against DOGE.
"Should serve as a warning of how it may be used in the future to suppress dissent."
www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
"Should serve as a warning of how it may be used in the future to suppress dissent."
www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
www.404media.co
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Unsurprising, but:
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Normalize asking what things mean
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Normalize asking what things mean
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Just in case you thought this was about trans athletes. This was solely about creating a fascist and racist gender bureaucracy over what constitutes being feminine enough to be considered a woman.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Just in case you thought this was about trans athletes. This was solely about creating a fascist and racist gender bureaucracy over what constitutes being feminine enough to be considered a woman.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
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Like… people want affordable groceries, housing, and healthcare, *And* they want their friends and loved ones the be alive and safe and free from persecution.
These are not mutually exclusive ideas. They are in fact bound up together.
These are not mutually exclusive ideas. They are in fact bound up together.
Too many news outlets & pols framing Tuesday as affordability *Instead Of* "woke"/"DEI"/whatever the fuck when Mamdani & Sherrill both *explicitly* embraced trans & other LGBTQ+ rights, VA solidly rejected Republicans' virulent anti-trans attack adz, & a PA elected their 1st trans mayor. Be serious.
Pro-Equality Candidates Win, Anti-Trans Campaigns Lose Again, in Election 2025 | GLAAD
History was made, and repeated, in the 2025 election, with significant impacts for LGBTQ Americans and candidates who campaigned to support LGBTQ people. Virginia voters elected the Commonwealth’s fir...
glaad.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Like… people want affordable groceries, housing, and healthcare, *And* they want their friends and loved ones the be alive and safe and free from persecution.
These are not mutually exclusive ideas. They are in fact bound up together.
These are not mutually exclusive ideas. They are in fact bound up together.
This is totally normal and fine.
New proposed DHS rule will potentially require DNA testing for immigrants to prove their sex assigned at birth.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This is totally normal and fine.
Stand for something. Don’t abandon your constituents and their friends and families. Simple.
9. The only way forward is to stand unapologetically on principle—as Andy Beshear did in Kentucky, citing it as the very reason for his success—not to chase the approval of consultants who mistake cowardice for strategy and appeasement for leadership.
Opinion | I’m the Governor of Kentucky. Here’s How Democrats Can Win Again.
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Stand for something. Don’t abandon your constituents and their friends and families. Simple.
“I’ll take ‘things I verified are true that I wish weren’t true’ for three hundred.”
This is the current White House page listing events that happened at there as part of a timeline on the East Wing demolition.
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www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...
October 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
“I’ll take ‘things I verified are true that I wish weren’t true’ for three hundred.”
Always. 🪩🐌🎧
Maybe you need something different than doomscrolling? How about a banger about disco snails? youtu.be/oAZBKlVSLkU?...
Vulfmon & Zachary Barker - Disco Snails (Official Video)
YouTube video by Vulf
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October 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Always. 🪩🐌🎧
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This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical
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If you have two minutes free right now, call Netflix and leave a comment in support of this programming and ask them to stand up for their shows against political pressure.
Phone number is 1-866-952-4456, and I waited less than a minute before a human picked up.
Phone number is 1-866-952-4456, and I waited less than a minute before a human picked up.
1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.
If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
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If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
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Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters
Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
If you have two minutes free right now, call Netflix and leave a comment in support of this programming and ask them to stand up for their shows against political pressure.
Phone number is 1-866-952-4456, and I waited less than a minute before a human picked up.
Phone number is 1-866-952-4456, and I waited less than a minute before a human picked up.
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Lavender scare is back.
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Director Kash Patel fired an agent in training for displaying a gay pride flag on his desk while appointed to a field office in California last year, according to three people familiar with the matter and a dismissal notice reviewed by MSNBC.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/k...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/k...
Kash Patel fires FBI agent trainee for displaying gay pride flag
The FBI employee was fired on the first day of the government shutdown as President Trump threatened more terminations.
www.msnbc.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Lavender scare is back.
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New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising
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www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
www.404media.co
September 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising
www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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I looked into the group and the guy pushing the FBI to create a new designation of “transgender ideology–inspired violence and extremism”—itself a political project, meant to conflate the fact of trans people’s existence with extremism.
The Right’s Baseless Project to Link Trans People With Extremism
A campaign for the FBI to adopt a new designation of “transgender ideology–inspired violence and extremism” is less about law enforcement than politics.
newrepublic.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I looked into the group and the guy pushing the FBI to create a new designation of “transgender ideology–inspired violence and extremism”—itself a political project, meant to conflate the fact of trans people’s existence with extremism.
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Literally the authoritarian playbook:
1. Call your opponents terrorists.
2. Deploy state power against them.
There's nothing subtle or confusing or complex about what's happening. The *outcome* is uncertain but the authoritarianism is right out in the open.
1. Call your opponents terrorists.
2. Deploy state power against them.
There's nothing subtle or confusing or complex about what's happening. The *outcome* is uncertain but the authoritarianism is right out in the open.
September 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Literally the authoritarian playbook:
1. Call your opponents terrorists.
2. Deploy state power against them.
There's nothing subtle or confusing or complex about what's happening. The *outcome* is uncertain but the authoritarianism is right out in the open.
1. Call your opponents terrorists.
2. Deploy state power against them.
There's nothing subtle or confusing or complex about what's happening. The *outcome* is uncertain but the authoritarianism is right out in the open.
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The way the NYT covers this, while they helped to create a similar moral panic that preceded Skrmetti, might be the thing that drives me mad.
September 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The way the NYT covers this, while they helped to create a similar moral panic that preceded Skrmetti, might be the thing that drives me mad.
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The way I view this is, we know inherently that the law will not save us but that doesn't mean you still can't use it to slow them down. Make them work for it. Do not give them power they do not have. Make them fight for every inch of power.
I know it's frustrating when lawyers point out when something the administration is doing is not legal. But responding with "the law doesn't matter anymore" is really unhelpful and defeatist. Clarifying the law is important because it reminds us not to comply in advance and to resist and take action
September 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The way I view this is, we know inherently that the law will not save us but that doesn't mean you still can't use it to slow them down. Make them work for it. Do not give them power they do not have. Make them fight for every inch of power.
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Republicans: "transgenderism must be eradicated."
Trans people: "they're trying to eradicate us."
Republicans: "Saying we want to eradicate you is violent extremism."
Trans people: "they're trying to eradicate us."
Republicans: "Saying we want to eradicate you is violent extremism."
The Heritage Foundation is going after me this morning calling me a terrorist because I am accurately stating what they are intending to do. Michael Knowles at CPAC explicitly called for the "eradication of transgenderism."
I'll continue to speak the truth of what is being done to my community.
I'll continue to speak the truth of what is being done to my community.
September 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Republicans: "transgenderism must be eradicated."
Trans people: "they're trying to eradicate us."
Republicans: "Saying we want to eradicate you is violent extremism."
Trans people: "they're trying to eradicate us."
Republicans: "Saying we want to eradicate you is violent extremism."
@snopes.com You reported that Mast published amendments on the 14th to remove section 226 of H.R. 5300:
www.snopes.com/news/2025/09...
Can you explain why official online records about the bill don’t reflect that? No updates there since the 11th.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.snopes.com/news/2025/09...
Can you explain why official online records about the bill don’t reflect that? No updates there since the 11th.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
September 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
@snopes.com You reported that Mast published amendments on the 14th to remove section 226 of H.R. 5300:
www.snopes.com/news/2025/09...
Can you explain why official online records about the bill don’t reflect that? No updates there since the 11th.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.snopes.com/news/2025/09...
Can you explain why official online records about the bill don’t reflect that? No updates there since the 11th.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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The primary antidote to despair that I've found is getting engaged in local organizing and volunteering.
Find a group doing work you care about in your area - homeless advocacy and outreach, immigrant support, queer rights - and volunteer with them.
It's a tremendous counter to helpless despair.
Find a group doing work you care about in your area - homeless advocacy and outreach, immigrant support, queer rights - and volunteer with them.
It's a tremendous counter to helpless despair.
What do you suggest though? It's all very well saying "Don't let them win" but it's not like people have a little switch in their brains they can just flip from Despair to Hope.
September 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The primary antidote to despair that I've found is getting engaged in local organizing and volunteering.
Find a group doing work you care about in your area - homeless advocacy and outreach, immigrant support, queer rights - and volunteer with them.
It's a tremendous counter to helpless despair.
Find a group doing work you care about in your area - homeless advocacy and outreach, immigrant support, queer rights - and volunteer with them.
It's a tremendous counter to helpless despair.
I would never have thought to notice this, and… it’s wonderful.
if you want to understand tailoring, you only need to watch mid-century movies, when actors were dressed by tailors, not brands. in the 1944 film cover girl, gene kelly's suit drapes beautifully, moving with him, not against him. collar stays on his neck, even as he dances.
September 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I would never have thought to notice this, and… it’s wonderful.
…emphasizing the importance of being quick to take action.
And using available means for as long as they’re available.
And using available means for as long as they’re available.
From Milton Mayer's "They Thought They Were Free"
I first read it in November and I'm rereading it now. It crushing feeling the exact same things as this academic did. It's the same process.
I first read it in November and I'm rereading it now. It crushing feeling the exact same things as this academic did. It's the same process.
September 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
…emphasizing the importance of being quick to take action.
And using available means for as long as they’re available.
And using available means for as long as they’re available.
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The US government is currently seeing if there is any real opposition to committing genocide against its trans population, and the lesson of the past two years with the genocides in Occupied Palestine and Sudan, and the ongoing genocides of Black and Indigenous peoples, is so far no, there isn't
September 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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