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Boring old queer trans guy. Currently in a war with squirrels for my garden. I will talk about that endlessly.
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As Trump’s mass deportation program unfolds, immigration policy and enforcement is shifting fast.
That’s why we’re launching Tracker, a limited-series newsletter navigating what’s happening and what’s next. Sign up for free: www.wired.com/newsletter/I...
That’s why we’re launching Tracker, a limited-series newsletter navigating what’s happening and what’s next. Sign up for free: www.wired.com/newsletter/I...
Tracker Newsletter: ICE in Focus
As federal agents carry out Trump’s program of mass deportation, this limited-series newsletter will track what’s happening and what’s coming next.
www.wired.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:51 PM
As Trump’s mass deportation program unfolds, immigration policy and enforcement is shifting fast.
That’s why we’re launching Tracker, a limited-series newsletter navigating what’s happening and what’s next. Sign up for free: www.wired.com/newsletter/I...
That’s why we’re launching Tracker, a limited-series newsletter navigating what’s happening and what’s next. Sign up for free: www.wired.com/newsletter/I...
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An extreme Kansas bill will invalidate the drivers license of every trans person in the state. It was passed alongside a particularly extreme bathroom bill, meaning that the implications of every trans Kansan losing legal ID overnight has largely been missed.
Kansas Bill Will Strip Driver’s Licenses from Every Trans Resident Who Changed Gender — Assigned
As Kansas passes a bathroom bill, another bill that will invalidate the driver’s license of every trans resident has been deemphasized in the coverage. Also, Trump’s Department of Education says San J...
www.assignedmedia.org
February 2, 2026 at 11:01 AM
An extreme Kansas bill will invalidate the drivers license of every trans person in the state. It was passed alongside a particularly extreme bathroom bill, meaning that the implications of every trans Kansan losing legal ID overnight has largely been missed.
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Bellingcat founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social and Cornell University’s @cward1e.bsky.social unpack how disinformation evolved, why trust in institutions is collapsing, and what tools we all need to stay sharp in a world of misinformation. Listen back to last week's Stage Talk: rss.com/podcasts/bel...
"How We Got Here: The Rise, Backlash and Future Of Counter-Disinformation" with Eliot Higgins and Dr Claire Wardle | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
In our first Stage Talk of 2026, we were joined by Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins and Cornell University's Dr. Claire Wardle sharing their expertise on the formation of fact checking and verificatio...
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February 2, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Bellingcat founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social and Cornell University’s @cward1e.bsky.social unpack how disinformation evolved, why trust in institutions is collapsing, and what tools we all need to stay sharp in a world of misinformation. Listen back to last week's Stage Talk: rss.com/podcasts/bel...
My wife and I are trans so JK Rowling hanging out with Epstein AFTER his actual conviction as a child predator, and then having the fucking audacity to say she's protecting women and children from trans folks is just infuriating. It wasn't about protecting anyone. It was always hateful bigotry.
February 2, 2026 at 3:01 PM
My wife and I are trans so JK Rowling hanging out with Epstein AFTER his actual conviction as a child predator, and then having the fucking audacity to say she's protecting women and children from trans folks is just infuriating. It wasn't about protecting anyone. It was always hateful bigotry.
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All JK Rowling's talk about protecting women and children is such bs. It was always about hating trans people. She invited him to the Harry Potter Broadway opening in 2018. This was way after Epstein was convicted of soliciting sex from a minor.
JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
February 1, 2026 at 7:38 PM
All JK Rowling's talk about protecting women and children is such bs. It was always about hating trans people. She invited him to the Harry Potter Broadway opening in 2018. This was way after Epstein was convicted of soliciting sex from a minor.
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Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)
February 1, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)
It's not about peoplers are going to die, people have. It's about the needless suffering and death that we can absolutely stop but apparently there are people out there that don't care to do that. That's the worst part of all this. This doesn't need to happen but there are people that want it to.
'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
February 2, 2026 at 2:51 PM
It's not about peoplers are going to die, people have. It's about the needless suffering and death that we can absolutely stop but apparently there are people out there that don't care to do that. That's the worst part of all this. This doesn't need to happen but there are people that want it to.
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A note from our editors:
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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No offense to humans (love you guys) but this is a whole level of speed running backwards as a species www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
2 measles infections confirmed at Texas facility where 5-year-old detained in Minnesota was held
DHS said state health officials reported the infections to federal immigration authorities Saturday.
www.nbcnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:23 AM
No offense to humans (love you guys) but this is a whole level of speed running backwards as a species www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Ngl, i'm genuinely relieved these murderer have been identified. I don't hold my breath all that much when it come to justice coming to them, but the idea that they would just remain anonymous was disgusting.
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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February 2, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Ngl, i'm genuinely relieved these murderer have been identified. I don't hold my breath all that much when it come to justice coming to them, but the idea that they would just remain anonymous was disgusting.
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Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
What happened a couple decades ago in printer development that created devices you have to trouble shoot randomly. Print a random page? Nope! The printer lost the modem, the printer says it's offline, the printer says it's out of ink when it's full.
I cannot tell you how much I loath printers.
I cannot tell you how much I loath printers.
February 2, 2026 at 2:47 PM
What happened a couple decades ago in printer development that created devices you have to trouble shoot randomly. Print a random page? Nope! The printer lost the modem, the printer says it's offline, the printer says it's out of ink when it's full.
I cannot tell you how much I loath printers.
I cannot tell you how much I loath printers.
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Spotted in Tacoma, WA
January 25, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Spotted in Tacoma, WA
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I once had an immigration client that had been in Richmond, VA disappear for a few days then pop up again in Tacoma, WA. We had to engage local counsel in Washington State to continue to represent her. This was during the Obama administration.
Excellent explanation of how ICE moves immigrants from one prison facility to another to deny them access to justice.
January 28, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I once had an immigration client that had been in Richmond, VA disappear for a few days then pop up again in Tacoma, WA. We had to engage local counsel in Washington State to continue to represent her. This was during the Obama administration.
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Protesting in Tacoma WA before the city council meeting today. A very vocal and peaceful crowd!
January 28, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Protesting in Tacoma WA before the city council meeting today. A very vocal and peaceful crowd!
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As thousands of amped up men are deployed in the streets and taught there are no consequences for killing anyone who refuses to submit to their authority, we should anticipate more violence to come.
After all: The violence is the point.
After all: The violence is the point.
ICE violence is fueled by misogyny and white nationalism
How the Trump administration has mobilized state-sponsored terror in Minneapolis and beyond.
www.motherjones.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM
As thousands of amped up men are deployed in the streets and taught there are no consequences for killing anyone who refuses to submit to their authority, we should anticipate more violence to come.
After all: The violence is the point.
After all: The violence is the point.
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As the latest Epstein files circulate, I want you to consider one thing:
If these men, doing such vile things, about which they communicated with hundreds of people for *decades*, could escape public scrutiny for this long -
imagine how many men have gotten away with garden variety sexual assault.
If these men, doing such vile things, about which they communicated with hundreds of people for *decades*, could escape public scrutiny for this long -
imagine how many men have gotten away with garden variety sexual assault.
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 AM
As the latest Epstein files circulate, I want you to consider one thing:
If these men, doing such vile things, about which they communicated with hundreds of people for *decades*, could escape public scrutiny for this long -
imagine how many men have gotten away with garden variety sexual assault.
If these men, doing such vile things, about which they communicated with hundreds of people for *decades*, could escape public scrutiny for this long -
imagine how many men have gotten away with garden variety sexual assault.
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When they defeat ICE, Minnesota will have 34,000 trained volunteers to observe the police
More than 34,000 Minnesotans signed up to be trained as ICED observers with various activist groups in recent weeks, many of them since Jan. 7, when a federal agent shot and killed Renée Good.
Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings
Minnesotans outraged by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have signed up in large numbers to monitor and protest ICE with other activists.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:35 AM
When they defeat ICE, Minnesota will have 34,000 trained volunteers to observe the police
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Federal paramilitaries running up on the rooftops to fire irritants and flash bangs down into a peaceable assembly full of little kids
I was there. They were indiscriminately firing multiple canisters into a huge peaceful crowd. Fucking cowards
February 1, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Federal paramilitaries running up on the rooftops to fire irritants and flash bangs down into a peaceable assembly full of little kids
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Transgender Girl Scouts have sold over 71,000 boxes of cookies with the help of journalist Erin Reed
www.advocate.com/new...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.advocate.com/new...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Transgender Girl Scouts have sold over 71,000 boxes of cookies with the help of journalist Erin Reed
These scouts have sold hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of cookies with support from a campaign Erin Reed began several years ago.
www.advocate.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Transgender Girl Scouts have sold over 71,000 boxes of cookies with the help of journalist Erin Reed
www.advocate.com/new...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.advocate.com/new...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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JKR is just so ignorant and hateful, it blinds her to everything else. Quite sad… or pathetic.
Rowling's people inviting Epstein to a dinner and a performance of The Cursed Child, long after he was convicted of child sexual abuse... exquisite.
February 1, 2026 at 6:01 PM
JKR is just so ignorant and hateful, it blinds her to everything else. Quite sad… or pathetic.
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Absolutely losing my mind over Ava, THE ROCK'S DAUGHTER, quitting WWE despite them offering her a raise to keep working a pretty cushy kayfabe general manager gig and then the day after her contract ends she posts this
February 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Absolutely losing my mind over Ava, THE ROCK'S DAUGHTER, quitting WWE despite them offering her a raise to keep working a pretty cushy kayfabe general manager gig and then the day after her contract ends she posts this
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some good news buried among the horrible behavior listed:
“The third woman said federal agents at her hotel are subsisting on microwavable bowls of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, because it’s become so difficult for them to find restaurants willing to serve them.”
“The third woman said federal agents at her hotel are subsisting on microwavable bowls of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, because it’s become so difficult for them to find restaurants willing to serve them.”
I visited hotels all over Minneapolis, went into back rooms & talked to the staff.
They're afraid.
One told me she resents how her undocumented coworkers spend their days cleaning the rooms of agents who are “hunting down their family members.”
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/immigration/...
They're afraid.
One told me she resents how her undocumented coworkers spend their days cleaning the rooms of agents who are “hunting down their family members.”
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/immigration/...
Minneapolis’ Hotel Workers Are on Edge
Staff across the city told NOTUS how their lives have changed since the start of the federal immigration operation. “It's frightening,” one said.
www.notus.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
some good news buried among the horrible behavior listed:
“The third woman said federal agents at her hotel are subsisting on microwavable bowls of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, because it’s become so difficult for them to find restaurants willing to serve them.”
“The third woman said federal agents at her hotel are subsisting on microwavable bowls of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, because it’s become so difficult for them to find restaurants willing to serve them.”
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While it may explain some of the context, this framing also hides that women scientists didn't cozy up to epstein the way men did. They also need funding, no? This is also about being part of a powerful boys club where one can act in despicable ways with impunity. Misogyny is a huge driving factor.
February 1, 2026 at 3:55 PM
While it may explain some of the context, this framing also hides that women scientists didn't cozy up to epstein the way men did. They also need funding, no? This is also about being part of a powerful boys club where one can act in despicable ways with impunity. Misogyny is a huge driving factor.
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Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich