Daniel Villarreal
@getvillarreal.bsky.social
Hybrid queer witch-rad fae satyr 🧚🏽♂️🐏 journalist gaymer 🎮 pun-loving wrestler 🤼 psych & film slut + antifa (come & get me, Trump) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴☠️🇺🇦🇵🇸🌹☮️♎️☯️👾 Sex work is real work 💃🏽🕺🏽 PDX via TX 🤙🏾🤠 UBI. Now @ LGBTQ Nation (past work @ Vox, Vice, Newsweek, NBCNews, etc). 📝
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Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶
A new psychological study I wrote about has lots of interesting insights on how queer, trans, and nonbinary parents raise their kids (and why they're kinda better than cisgender ones... no, really).
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/grou...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/grou...
Groundbreaking study says trans & nonbinary parents protect their kids in unique ways - LGBTQ Nation
The study also found that their children's emotions and behaviors are "indistinguishable" from those of cisgender parents.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A new psychological study I wrote about has lots of interesting insights on how queer, trans, and nonbinary parents raise their kids (and why they're kinda better than cisgender ones... no, really).
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/grou...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/grou...
The creepy way some “adult content creators” keep looking at the camera while otherwise ignoring their vigorous sex partner.
Like, you do you… and make sure it’s recording, and whatever but… like… does anyone find that lack of connection hot? 😳 seems dehumanizing and creepy
Like, you do you… and make sure it’s recording, and whatever but… like… does anyone find that lack of connection hot? 😳 seems dehumanizing and creepy
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The creepy way some “adult content creators” keep looking at the camera while otherwise ignoring their vigorous sex partner.
Like, you do you… and make sure it’s recording, and whatever but… like… does anyone find that lack of connection hot? 😳 seems dehumanizing and creepy
Like, you do you… and make sure it’s recording, and whatever but… like… does anyone find that lack of connection hot? 😳 seems dehumanizing and creepy
Always: Be gay. Do crime. 👠🍆🍑🌮💦
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Always: Be gay. Do crime. 👠🍆🍑🌮💦
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Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in one month of "ceasefire." Gardens, homes, entire neighborhoods turned to dust www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in one month of "ceasefire." Gardens, homes, entire neighborhoods turned to dust www.bbc.com/news/article...
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
“Remember my friend that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker.”
- Dr. Abraham Van Helsing in Bram Stroker’s “Dracula” (1897)
- Dr. Abraham Van Helsing in Bram Stroker’s “Dracula” (1897)
November 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“Remember my friend that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker.”
- Dr. Abraham Van Helsing in Bram Stroker’s “Dracula” (1897)
- Dr. Abraham Van Helsing in Bram Stroker’s “Dracula” (1897)
Holy Christ, ChatGPT really fed this suicidal young man poetic, intimate-seeming messages to get this him to kill himself. Fucking evil — I hope OpenAI gets the pants sued off of it. He’s just one of many being coaxed by AI into an ever-worsening mental health crisis.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Holy Christ, ChatGPT really fed this suicidal young man poetic, intimate-seeming messages to get this him to kill himself. Fucking evil — I hope OpenAI gets the pants sued off of it. He’s just one of many being coaxed by AI into an ever-worsening mental health crisis.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
Let's be clear, The Heritage Foundation & the Republican Party are totally cool with neo-Nazis. Many Zionist Christians see Jewish people as tools to help their messiah return to the Holy Land, but think Jews ultimately deserve to burn in hell as nonbelievers.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/mass...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/mass...
Massively influential GOP group decides maybe it's not a good idea to support neo-Nazis - LGBTQ Nation
Kevin Roberts, head of the Heritage Foundation, called neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes a "friend" and defended his right to be broadcast nationally.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Let's be clear, The Heritage Foundation & the Republican Party are totally cool with neo-Nazis. Many Zionist Christians see Jewish people as tools to help their messiah return to the Holy Land, but think Jews ultimately deserve to burn in hell as nonbelievers.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/mass...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/mass...
“Even though there are a lot of attractive people in here, beware: Many of them are actually cisgender. Some of them may not even realize it yet. Yes. Very sad.”
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“Even though there are a lot of attractive people in here, beware: Many of them are actually cisgender. Some of them may not even realize it yet. Yes. Very sad.”
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to doom is to die. the right feeds on this. live defiantly in their faces. stand on your beliefs. carry your struggle without shame and people will see themselves. stay true to your beliefs and show people a better world
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
to doom is to die. the right feeds on this. live defiantly in their faces. stand on your beliefs. carry your struggle without shame and people will see themselves. stay true to your beliefs and show people a better world
So many films seem to think viewers are just supposed to instantly care abt the main characters because they’re the main characters, but no, u have to make us give a shit (& just simply being cute, nice, or young won’t cut it). My lack of emotional investment is often bc of bad writing or acting tbh
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
So many films seem to think viewers are just supposed to instantly care abt the main characters because they’re the main characters, but no, u have to make us give a shit (& just simply being cute, nice, or young won’t cut it). My lack of emotional investment is often bc of bad writing or acting tbh
Im glad Andrew Cuomo lost bc his press secretary was once an absolute dick to me when I worked at Newsweek & asked him an innocent question about weed legalization….
… oh and I’m also glad he lost bc, yknow, he’s a sex pest and a racist.
… oh and I’m also glad he lost bc, yknow, he’s a sex pest and a racist.
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Im glad Andrew Cuomo lost bc his press secretary was once an absolute dick to me when I worked at Newsweek & asked him an innocent question about weed legalization….
… oh and I’m also glad he lost bc, yknow, he’s a sex pest and a racist.
… oh and I’m also glad he lost bc, yknow, he’s a sex pest and a racist.
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AYE @democrats.org FUCK THAT MOVING TO THE CENTER BULLSHIT.
NO MORE OF THAT.
EITHER YOU MOVE LEFT OR MOVE TF OUT THE WAY.
NO MORE OF THAT.
EITHER YOU MOVE LEFT OR MOVE TF OUT THE WAY.
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
AYE @democrats.org FUCK THAT MOVING TO THE CENTER BULLSHIT.
NO MORE OF THAT.
EITHER YOU MOVE LEFT OR MOVE TF OUT THE WAY.
NO MORE OF THAT.
EITHER YOU MOVE LEFT OR MOVE TF OUT THE WAY.
LET’S FUCKIN’ GOOOOOOO DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS!!!! 🌹💪🏾🌇
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
LET’S FUCKIN’ GOOOOOOO DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS!!!! 🌹💪🏾🌇
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Yes. All the empirics on misinformation indicate that the way to defeat bad ideas is to mock and marginalize them. Constantly declaring "hey the far right isn't so bad" is a terrible strategy both morally and electorally.
Dems should be way more comfortable saying "look at these fucking psychos"
Dems should be way more comfortable saying "look at these fucking psychos"
Progressives really hope, and maybe even believe, that there is some magic thing they can hijack to attract conservative voters.
The focus on this mythical quest is the central reason they lose.
The focus on this mythical quest is the central reason they lose.
I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
October 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Yes. All the empirics on misinformation indicate that the way to defeat bad ideas is to mock and marginalize them. Constantly declaring "hey the far right isn't so bad" is a terrible strategy both morally and electorally.
Dems should be way more comfortable saying "look at these fucking psychos"
Dems should be way more comfortable saying "look at these fucking psychos"
Happy Halloween! This year, I dressed as “Rainbow” for a friend’s party. My beard was painted with blue tempura paint, blow-dried and set with hairspray to prevent flaking (and some edible glitter sprayed on me for extra effect.) It washed right out — so much fun 🎃🥳🌈💅🏾 Have fun & be safe, y’all! 👻
October 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Happy Halloween! This year, I dressed as “Rainbow” for a friend’s party. My beard was painted with blue tempura paint, blow-dried and set with hairspray to prevent flaking (and some edible glitter sprayed on me for extra effect.) It washed right out — so much fun 🎃🥳🌈💅🏾 Have fun & be safe, y’all! 👻
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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#Writing: "There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up." - Rex Stout, who died 50 years ago on today's date
October 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#Writing: "There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up." - Rex Stout, who died 50 years ago on today's date
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According to a report released 6 months ago, 2/3 of SNAP recipients are either disabled, children, or over 60. Of the remaining 1/3, more than half worked within a month of receiving benefits, 74% worked within a year.
SNAP Provides Critical Benefits to Workers and Their Families
Policymakers should preserve the program’s vital role for workers and their families and reject proposals that would weaken SNAP benefits as participants cope with the realities of the low-wage labor ...
www.cbpp.org
October 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
According to a report released 6 months ago, 2/3 of SNAP recipients are either disabled, children, or over 60. Of the remaining 1/3, more than half worked within a month of receiving benefits, 74% worked within a year.
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"You don’t need to have a blueprint for the revolution. You need a next move. Because it’s not too late to help someone, to be a moral person, or to fight for another future." organizingmythoughts.org/we-have-to-m...
October 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"You don’t need to have a blueprint for the revolution. You need a next move. Because it’s not too late to help someone, to be a moral person, or to fight for another future." organizingmythoughts.org/we-have-to-m...
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My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."
We Have to Move
"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."
organizingmythoughts.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."
In 1975, a Colorado county clerk issued 6 same-sex marriage licenses. One of the couples then fought a decades-long legal battle for immigration rights & federal recognition. They eventually won—theirs is a beautiful, tragic, & little-known tale from gay history.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/the-...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/the-...
The hidden story of how a gay immigrant started the nation's first battle over same-sex marriage - LGBTQ Nation
You've probably never heard of Tony Sullivan, but his fight blazed a trail for modern-day same-sex couples.
www.lgbtqnation.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
In 1975, a Colorado county clerk issued 6 same-sex marriage licenses. One of the couples then fought a decades-long legal battle for immigration rights & federal recognition. They eventually won—theirs is a beautiful, tragic, & little-known tale from gay history.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/the-...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/the-...
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This goes so hard.
"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."
Source:
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Source:
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October 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This goes so hard.