Helen Wiley
@helenwiley.bsky.social
Queer Southerner, recently moved to the Third Coast. I read and write constantly (mostly fantasy), play the organ occasionally, and want to be friends with every cat and dog in the world.
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I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
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This is how to write a headline about repeated liars.
Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is how to write a headline about repeated liars.
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Your regular reminder that the number of trans kids using puberty blockers to delay puberty is tiny, and the vast majority of prescriptions for the medication in children and adolescents are used to delay precocious puberty in cisgender kids.
Because it’s cis kids.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
November 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Your regular reminder that the number of trans kids using puberty blockers to delay puberty is tiny, and the vast majority of prescriptions for the medication in children and adolescents are used to delay precocious puberty in cisgender kids.
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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another speaker describes waking up to ice agents detaining a woman in his backyard.
“we need our schools funded, we don’t need ice,” he says. “we need housing, we don’t need ice. we need food, we don’t need ice. and even when we get all of that, we don’t need ice!”
“we need our schools funded, we don’t need ice,” he says. “we need housing, we don’t need ice. we need food, we don’t need ice. and even when we get all of that, we don’t need ice!”
October 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
another speaker describes waking up to ice agents detaining a woman in his backyard.
“we need our schools funded, we don’t need ice,” he says. “we need housing, we don’t need ice. we need food, we don’t need ice. and even when we get all of that, we don’t need ice!”
“we need our schools funded, we don’t need ice,” he says. “we need housing, we don’t need ice. we need food, we don’t need ice. and even when we get all of that, we don’t need ice!”
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The No Kings March in Chicago is one of the largest gatherings I’ve seen here. Looking down from by the river, the crowd stretches for blocks down Michigan Ave and wraps around Wacker Dr. This video is from a few minutes ago and the end of the protest is nowhere in sight.
@blockclubchi.bsky.social
@blockclubchi.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The No Kings March in Chicago is one of the largest gatherings I’ve seen here. Looking down from by the river, the crowd stretches for blocks down Michigan Ave and wraps around Wacker Dr. This video is from a few minutes ago and the end of the protest is nowhere in sight.
@blockclubchi.bsky.social
@blockclubchi.bsky.social
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An astonishing crowd! By u/sandrakaufmann in r/chicago
October 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
An astonishing crowd! By u/sandrakaufmann in r/chicago
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“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”
Yesterday I wrote about the effort by center-left pundits to police what people are passionate about.
www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...
www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...
Sincerity is not the problem
As is inevitably the case after an election — and is especially the case after an election with an unexpected result — allies of the losing presidential candidate in 2024 looked for people to blame. O...
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October 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”
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The frogs have landed in Chicago!
October 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The frogs have landed in Chicago!
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Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.
There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.
There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.
October 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.
There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.
There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.
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whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
June 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
When a virtuoso musician and her best friend pledge loyalty to rival noble houses, they don’t realize they’re sabotaging each other—or that one’s ambition could cost the other’s life.
🌈 Queer friendship
🎹 High-stakes auditions
👭Lesbian pining
👿 Demon familiars
⚔️ Eat the rich
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT
🌈 Queer friendship
🎹 High-stakes auditions
👭Lesbian pining
👿 Demon familiars
⚔️ Eat the rich
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Oracle (the gods’ human mouthpiece) is dead. As rival noble houses vie to choose the new Oracle, an ambitious musician and a hapless legal clerk become entangled in a political conflict that could destroy their friendship—or their lives.
THE UNBROKEN x GODKILLER
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT
THE UNBROKEN x GODKILLER
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
When a virtuoso musician and her best friend pledge loyalty to rival noble houses, they don’t realize they’re sabotaging each other—or that one’s ambition could cost the other’s life.
🌈 Queer friendship
🎹 High-stakes auditions
👭 Lesbian pining
👿 Demon familiars
⚔️ Eat the rich
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT
🌈 Queer friendship
🎹 High-stakes auditions
👭 Lesbian pining
👿 Demon familiars
⚔️ Eat the rich
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Four years ago, musician Lor was callow and naïve. Now, she’s polished enough to dazzle noble society with her musical skill—and win back Veren, the girl who broke her heart. But she doesn’t know that she’s stepping into a deadly political conspiracy—with Veren at its center.
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Chicago's alleyways are so good
July 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Chicago's alleyways are so good
The Oracle (the gods’ human mouthpiece) is dead. As rival noble houses vie to choose the new Oracle, an ambitious musician and a hapless legal clerk become entangled in a political conflict that could destroy their friendship—or their lives.
THE UNBROKEN x GODKILLER
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT
THE UNBROKEN x GODKILLER
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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hi, cis folks in california!
this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.
he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841
want to know what to say? next post! 🧵
this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.
he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841
want to know what to say? next post! 🧵
October 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
hi, cis folks in california!
this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.
he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841
want to know what to say? next post! 🧵
this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.
he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841
want to know what to say? next post! 🧵
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This is genuinely some bullshit on bsky's part. A reaction meme of charlie kirk gets a Black person a permanent suspension, but people who actively doxx and spread hate against marginalized people not only get to stay, but het followed by mods?
We see you, bsky, and it's pretty fucking disgusting.
We see you, bsky, and it's pretty fucking disgusting.
Unfortunate update: Link reached out to BlueSky and got email back now on reason.
His appeal is denied. He will remain permanently banned on BlueSky’s side.
Here are the screenshots he just sent me as of 8:22 AM EST(my time)
His appeal is denied. He will remain permanently banned on BlueSky’s side.
Here are the screenshots he just sent me as of 8:22 AM EST(my time)
October 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is genuinely some bullshit on bsky's part. A reaction meme of charlie kirk gets a Black person a permanent suspension, but people who actively doxx and spread hate against marginalized people not only get to stay, but het followed by mods?
We see you, bsky, and it's pretty fucking disgusting.
We see you, bsky, and it's pretty fucking disgusting.
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Kind of feels like feds occupying our city for a month, killing one person and shooting another while attacking neighborhoods with chemical weapons and kidnapping hundreds of people already counts as a civil war whether the Guard arrives or not, but what do we know?
October 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Kind of feels like feds occupying our city for a month, killing one person and shooting another while attacking neighborhoods with chemical weapons and kidnapping hundreds of people already counts as a civil war whether the Guard arrives or not, but what do we know?
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Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.
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Some people sincerely feel that:
— Migrants are destroying communities. It’s still racist.
— LGBT folk are corrupting children. It’s still homo/transphobic.
— Disabled people are burdens in workplaces. It’s still ableist.
Emotional sincerity without critical reflection makes dangerous politics.
— Migrants are destroying communities. It’s still racist.
— LGBT folk are corrupting children. It’s still homo/transphobic.
— Disabled people are burdens in workplaces. It’s still ableist.
Emotional sincerity without critical reflection makes dangerous politics.
September 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Some people sincerely feel that:
— Migrants are destroying communities. It’s still racist.
— LGBT folk are corrupting children. It’s still homo/transphobic.
— Disabled people are burdens in workplaces. It’s still ableist.
Emotional sincerity without critical reflection makes dangerous politics.
— Migrants are destroying communities. It’s still racist.
— LGBT folk are corrupting children. It’s still homo/transphobic.
— Disabled people are burdens in workplaces. It’s still ableist.
Emotional sincerity without critical reflection makes dangerous politics.
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Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.
September 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.