Gavin Grimm
@gavingrimmva.bsky.social
Capitalism is incompatible with life on earth.
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While you weren't looking, *seventeen* House Democrats just voted to strip basic rights from trans members of the military and helped the GOP pass their far-right version of the NDAA, similar to what we reported on.
This is the most Dems voting for anti-trans legislation in Congress this year.
This is the most Dems voting for anti-trans legislation in Congress this year.
September 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
While you weren't looking, *seventeen* House Democrats just voted to strip basic rights from trans members of the military and helped the GOP pass their far-right version of the NDAA, similar to what we reported on.
This is the most Dems voting for anti-trans legislation in Congress this year.
This is the most Dems voting for anti-trans legislation in Congress this year.
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Here are the first areal photos of Trump's immigration detention facility at Fort Bliss, El Paso. The first detainees started arriving on Friday.
Here is my quick rundown of what we know about the site.
Here is my quick rundown of what we know about the site.
First images of ICE migrant detention facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas
The El Paso Times has obtained the first aerial images of the Trump administration's new immigrant detention facility at Fort Bliss.
www.elpasotimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Here are the first areal photos of Trump's immigration detention facility at Fort Bliss, El Paso. The first detainees started arriving on Friday.
Here is my quick rundown of what we know about the site.
Here is my quick rundown of what we know about the site.
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"As Climate Disasters Worsen, Trump Admin Guts Environmental Rules" | A conversation between @democracynow.org's AmyGoodman, @nrdc.org's @daviddoniger.bsky.social & yours truly. Please watch!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8fz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8fz...
Trump's EPA Is Gutting "The Main Tool We Have to Reduce Carbon Emissions"
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
www.youtube.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"As Climate Disasters Worsen, Trump Admin Guts Environmental Rules" | A conversation between @democracynow.org's AmyGoodman, @nrdc.org's @daviddoniger.bsky.social & yours truly. Please watch!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8fz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8fz...
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WE NEED YOUR HELP‼️
In Belgium, #ScientistRebellion activists are pushing back against capitalism’s obsession with endless growth—a system that fuels ecological collapse and social injustice.
Donate here: tiny.cc/srdonation.
#StoriesFromScientistRebels #FundraisingThroughStories
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In Belgium, #ScientistRebellion activists are pushing back against capitalism’s obsession with endless growth—a system that fuels ecological collapse and social injustice.
Donate here: tiny.cc/srdonation.
#StoriesFromScientistRebels #FundraisingThroughStories
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July 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
WE NEED YOUR HELP‼️
In Belgium, #ScientistRebellion activists are pushing back against capitalism’s obsession with endless growth—a system that fuels ecological collapse and social injustice.
Donate here: tiny.cc/srdonation.
#StoriesFromScientistRebels #FundraisingThroughStories
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In Belgium, #ScientistRebellion activists are pushing back against capitalism’s obsession with endless growth—a system that fuels ecological collapse and social injustice.
Donate here: tiny.cc/srdonation.
#StoriesFromScientistRebels #FundraisingThroughStories
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Two days after deadly Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that weren’t extended.
This is so horrifying I made a bar graph www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
This is so horrifying I made a bar graph www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
July 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Two days after deadly Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that weren’t extended.
This is so horrifying I made a bar graph www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
This is so horrifying I made a bar graph www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
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I’m divorcing QR code menus at restaurants, on biblical grounds
July 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I’m divorcing QR code menus at restaurants, on biblical grounds
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This leads to a desperation to throw other trans people under the bus as too angry, "going too far," to win acceptance.
McBride's far from alone in this quisling bullshit (Natalie Wynn made her career off it), but as the one trans elected official at the federal level she's a sterling example...
McBride's far from alone in this quisling bullshit (Natalie Wynn made her career off it), but as the one trans elected official at the federal level she's a sterling example...
June 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This leads to a desperation to throw other trans people under the bus as too angry, "going too far," to win acceptance.
McBride's far from alone in this quisling bullshit (Natalie Wynn made her career off it), but as the one trans elected official at the federal level she's a sterling example...
McBride's far from alone in this quisling bullshit (Natalie Wynn made her career off it), but as the one trans elected official at the federal level she's a sterling example...
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Plenty of them have had to engage with activities, like sex work or the black market, that shock good gentry.
So, the McBrides of the world are desperate to assure the (cis) elites that they're not like the rest of us. They're the "good ones" who'd be just like them if not for that pesky transness.
So, the McBrides of the world are desperate to assure the (cis) elites that they're not like the rest of us. They're the "good ones" who'd be just like them if not for that pesky transness.
June 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Plenty of them have had to engage with activities, like sex work or the black market, that shock good gentry.
So, the McBrides of the world are desperate to assure the (cis) elites that they're not like the rest of us. They're the "good ones" who'd be just like them if not for that pesky transness.
So, the McBrides of the world are desperate to assure the (cis) elites that they're not like the rest of us. They're the "good ones" who'd be just like them if not for that pesky transness.
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Worth highlighting part of that execrable Sarah McBride interview that hasn't gotten as much attention, where she mournfully says that if she wasn't trans her life would've been so much easier.
I've seen this among trans gentry, and I think it drives a readiness to collaborate with our enemies...🧵
I've seen this among trans gentry, and I think it drives a readiness to collaborate with our enemies...🧵
June 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Worth highlighting part of that execrable Sarah McBride interview that hasn't gotten as much attention, where she mournfully says that if she wasn't trans her life would've been so much easier.
I've seen this among trans gentry, and I think it drives a readiness to collaborate with our enemies...🧵
I've seen this among trans gentry, and I think it drives a readiness to collaborate with our enemies...🧵
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Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump adm...
theonion.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
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If you find our reporting useful and want to support our local leftist news co-op of working class trans journalists, here's how you can do so...
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May 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If you find our reporting useful and want to support our local leftist news co-op of working class trans journalists, here's how you can do so...
Subscribe (the $15 tier gets you this lovely "Gentry Tears" mug): patreon.com/AvlBlade
Or donate: paypal.me/AshevilleBlade
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I would have been scared. It's great to see how simply you can just say, "No, you have my ID, and that's all you're getting. If you want to know my name, go read it. If you want to call my company, the number's on the truck. Do your thing."
This hero shut ICE down without raising a finger. At a Miami traffic stop, he refused to let ICE interrogate his passengers—despite threats.
Cool, calm, and legally untouchable.
THIS is how you resist fascism.
I wish I knew his name so I could thank him publicly.
VC: @floridafoos IG #OnYourSide
Cool, calm, and legally untouchable.
THIS is how you resist fascism.
I wish I knew his name so I could thank him publicly.
VC: @floridafoos IG #OnYourSide
May 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I would have been scared. It's great to see how simply you can just say, "No, you have my ID, and that's all you're getting. If you want to know my name, go read it. If you want to call my company, the number's on the truck. Do your thing."
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WOW!
Weeks after @katmabu.bsky.social announced that she was taking her on in the Democratic primary, it's reported that Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) will retire rather than face Abughazaleh, who outpaced the congresswoman's first quarter fundraising in just one week
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Weeks after @katmabu.bsky.social announced that she was taking her on in the Democratic primary, it's reported that Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) will retire rather than face Abughazaleh, who outpaced the congresswoman's first quarter fundraising in just one week
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Jan Schakowsky planning May 5 retirement announcement
The veteran House Democrat is facing a longshot primary challenge.
www.politico.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
WOW!
Weeks after @katmabu.bsky.social announced that she was taking her on in the Democratic primary, it's reported that Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) will retire rather than face Abughazaleh, who outpaced the congresswoman's first quarter fundraising in just one week
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Weeks after @katmabu.bsky.social announced that she was taking her on in the Democratic primary, it's reported that Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) will retire rather than face Abughazaleh, who outpaced the congresswoman's first quarter fundraising in just one week
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Sarah hasn't yet spoken out against the HHS rule that could ban trans care from ACA plans, btw! even though it could potentially impact thousands of trans Delawareans in her state.
Recently, I've been hearing from a lot of people that because the word 'Medicaid' doesn't appear in the majority party's budget resolution, it won't be impacted.
So, let me set the record straight: under their budget, Medicaid will be cut.
Here's how:
So, let me set the record straight: under their budget, Medicaid will be cut.
Here's how:
Congresswoman Sarah McBride Denounces Republican's Plan to Slash Medicaid
YouTube video by Congresswoman Sarah McBride
youtu.be
March 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Sarah hasn't yet spoken out against the HHS rule that could ban trans care from ACA plans, btw! even though it could potentially impact thousands of trans Delawareans in her state.
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The NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER added the EDITOR OF THE ATLANTIC to a PRINCIPALS COMMITTEE TEXT CHAIN set up for the DEFENSE SECRETARY about PLANNED MILITARY STRIKES.
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
March 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER added the EDITOR OF THE ATLANTIC to a PRINCIPALS COMMITTEE TEXT CHAIN set up for the DEFENSE SECRETARY about PLANNED MILITARY STRIKES.
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
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it gets worse. she has only five on the record statements in the Congressional record, none of which mention trans issues whatsoever. (see here: www.congress.gov/member/sarah...)
House page doesnt mention trans ppl at all or queer ppl, only a single mention of "LGBTQ" irt the HRC. mcbride.house.gov
House page doesnt mention trans ppl at all or queer ppl, only a single mention of "LGBTQ" irt the HRC. mcbride.house.gov
just searched for any BlueSky posts by @mcbride.house.gov and found that, in the last month, she has mentioned the word 'trans' zero times. scrolled thru her page, no mention of queer issues.
i, too, love to make a career as a queer activist then sell out my community. #gatelight #gaskeep #girlboss
i, too, love to make a career as a queer activist then sell out my community. #gatelight #gaskeep #girlboss
March 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
it gets worse. she has only five on the record statements in the Congressional record, none of which mention trans issues whatsoever. (see here: www.congress.gov/member/sarah...)
House page doesnt mention trans ppl at all or queer ppl, only a single mention of "LGBTQ" irt the HRC. mcbride.house.gov
House page doesnt mention trans ppl at all or queer ppl, only a single mention of "LGBTQ" irt the HRC. mcbride.house.gov
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crazy how we got @out.com publishing a fluff article with Vivian's deadname before a single queer outlet posted a story on the HHS trying to ban trans care from over 200,000 people
Elon Musk deadnames his 'killed' child — his trans daughter claps back
www.out.com/news/elo...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.out.com/news/elo...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Elon Musk deadnames his 'killed' child — his trans daughter claps back
Vivian Wilson referenced an iconic RuPaul's Drag Race moment to clap back at her father's wild accusations.
www.out.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
crazy how we got @out.com publishing a fluff article with Vivian's deadname before a single queer outlet posted a story on the HHS trying to ban trans care from over 200,000 people
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Soleil Ho is always an essential read
The California governor’s capitulation to the right on a recent podcast appearance was desperate and embarrassing.
Column by @soleilho.com
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/sole...
Column by @soleilho.com
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/sole...
Dear Gavin: The right will never love you, so stop messing with trans people
The California governor’s capitulation to the right on a recent podcast appearance was desperate and embarrassing.
www.sfchronicle.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Soleil Ho is always an essential read
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Science is under attack in the US and I want to stand up for it! Today 3/7 big rallies are being held in the US to protest against the obscurantist policies by d. trump. Why is that? @standupforscience.bsky.social #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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March 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Science is under attack in the US and I want to stand up for it! Today 3/7 big rallies are being held in the US to protest against the obscurantist policies by d. trump. Why is that? @standupforscience.bsky.social #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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Dangerous heat is a real threat for the 2026 World Cup. Are teams ready? #Climate
Dangerous heat is a real threat for the 2026 World Cup. Are teams ready?
Experts warn that cooling breaks and later kickoff times may be needed to cope with scorching temperatures when North America hosts the tournament
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Dangerous heat is a real threat for the 2026 World Cup. Are teams ready? #Climate
A friend of mine tried to get a passport for their daughter who is trans. They live in California. Thankfully the name was correct, but it listed her as male and came with this document.
March 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A friend of mine tried to get a passport for their daughter who is trans. They live in California. Thankfully the name was correct, but it listed her as male and came with this document.
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Mike Johnson is now saying they may not hold the budget vote tonight, per Punchbowl News. Keep calling!
Here's some more tools you can use.
Call scripts specifically opposing SNAP cuts: frac.org/blog/three-t...
Email tool opposing SNAP cuts: secure.everyaction.com/2BBCUmfA5Eej...
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Here's some more tools you can use.
Call scripts specifically opposing SNAP cuts: frac.org/blog/three-t...
Email tool opposing SNAP cuts: secure.everyaction.com/2BBCUmfA5Eej...
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Three Things You Can Do Right Now to Protect SNAP - Food Research & Action Center
Published February 7, 2025 Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) announced this week that the upper chamber is ready to take up its reconciliation bill if the House is unable to advance its reconci...
frac.org
February 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Mike Johnson is now saying they may not hold the budget vote tonight, per Punchbowl News. Keep calling!
Here's some more tools you can use.
Call scripts specifically opposing SNAP cuts: frac.org/blog/three-t...
Email tool opposing SNAP cuts: secure.everyaction.com/2BBCUmfA5Eej...
...
Here's some more tools you can use.
Call scripts specifically opposing SNAP cuts: frac.org/blog/three-t...
Email tool opposing SNAP cuts: secure.everyaction.com/2BBCUmfA5Eej...
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“Energy Secretary Chris Wright Sees Opportunity In Ecological Collapse” by Steve Hanley for @cleantechnica.bsky.social Read more here:
cleantechnica.com/2025/02/21/e...
cleantechnica.com/2025/02/21/e...
Energy Secretary Chris Wright Sees Opportunity In Ecological Collapse - CleanTechnica
Fracking executive Chris Wright is now head of the US Department of Energy, where he will make sure oil and gas executives get their reward.
cleantechnica.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“Energy Secretary Chris Wright Sees Opportunity In Ecological Collapse” by Steve Hanley for @cleantechnica.bsky.social Read more here:
cleantechnica.com/2025/02/21/e...
cleantechnica.com/2025/02/21/e...
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Fellow journos covering "AI": Please don't do their PR for them! "Virtual employees" is a harmful anthropomorphism in that it (a) is false; (b) confuses readers about the emerging technology and inaccurately lends human attributes like agency, accountability, etc.; and (c) harms humans in real jobs.
‘Virtual employees’ could join workforce as soon as this year, OpenAI boss says
‘Virtual employees’ could join workforce as soon as this year, OpenAI boss says
Sam Altman says tools that carry out jobs anonymously, known as AI agents, could transform business output
Virtual employees could join workforces this year and transform how companies work, according to the chief executive of OpenAI.
The first…
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Fellow journos covering "AI": Please don't do their PR for them! "Virtual employees" is a harmful anthropomorphism in that it (a) is false; (b) confuses readers about the emerging technology and inaccurately lends human attributes like agency, accountability, etc.; and (c) harms humans in real jobs.