Kit Stubbs, Ph.D. (they/them)
@kitstubbsphd.bsky.social
Boston-area non-binary/transgender/queer nerd
Past co-chair, WisCon (wiscon.net), the world's first feminist SFF con
Founder, The Effing Foundation for Sex-Positivity (effing.org)
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Past co-chair, WisCon (wiscon.net), the world's first feminist SFF con
Founder, The Effing Foundation for Sex-Positivity (effing.org)
Avatar by @reelrollsweat on tumblr, https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/2069970
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Not everyone is born trans; for some people, being trans is an expressive, deeply personal choice. Being trans is like being Jewish. Whether or not you're born that way or choose to become that way, it's a basic sacred freedom and human right.
Having regrets about being born trans is about as useful as having regrets about being born with red hair. You can dye your hair black, but you will always still be a redhead. And you can “detrans,” but you will always still be trans. We are born this way.
Yes! Thank you for this! I was a girl, and then a young woman, and then after a while, "woman" just didn't feel right. And "man" didn't feel right either. And I refused to cram myself into either box. So, ten years ago I came out as trans & non-binary. (Yep, I'm one of the dreaded "they/thems".) 1/6
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I think there's a decent chance that the Pope visits Chicago during this presidency and while there asks to see Broadview and I wonder how that plays out.
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I think there's a decent chance that the Pope visits Chicago during this presidency and while there asks to see Broadview and I wonder how that plays out.
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Please understand that "reward people for being healthy", in health insurance, also translates to "punish people for being disabled."
The people who are most vulnerable, most in need, will be asked to bear higher costs, in many cases, pricing them out of accessing health care, into early graves.
The people who are most vulnerable, most in need, will be asked to bear higher costs, in many cases, pricing them out of accessing health care, into early graves.
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Please understand that "reward people for being healthy", in health insurance, also translates to "punish people for being disabled."
The people who are most vulnerable, most in need, will be asked to bear higher costs, in many cases, pricing them out of accessing health care, into early graves.
The people who are most vulnerable, most in need, will be asked to bear higher costs, in many cases, pricing them out of accessing health care, into early graves.
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
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They're so fucking stupid and don't realize it. The only reason many white students can afford graduate degrees is because foreign students pay for the programs and allow them to be economically efficient. Without foreign students, many programs will now simply collapse. Genius.
The White House just blasted this out under the headline "Good News You May Have Missed"
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
They're so fucking stupid and don't realize it. The only reason many white students can afford graduate degrees is because foreign students pay for the programs and allow them to be economically efficient. Without foreign students, many programs will now simply collapse. Genius.
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One clear example of how the rich write our laws:
Thanks to this year’s Congress, the first $15,000,000 a kid inherits doesn’t get taxed at all.
If you actually work for your money, taxes start at $14,601.
The rich gutted our silver spoon laws, just because they can.
Thanks to this year’s Congress, the first $15,000,000 a kid inherits doesn’t get taxed at all.
If you actually work for your money, taxes start at $14,601.
The rich gutted our silver spoon laws, just because they can.
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
One clear example of how the rich write our laws:
Thanks to this year’s Congress, the first $15,000,000 a kid inherits doesn’t get taxed at all.
If you actually work for your money, taxes start at $14,601.
The rich gutted our silver spoon laws, just because they can.
Thanks to this year’s Congress, the first $15,000,000 a kid inherits doesn’t get taxed at all.
If you actually work for your money, taxes start at $14,601.
The rich gutted our silver spoon laws, just because they can.
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I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
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A queen
Cyclist turns down trans exclusionary honour for woman cyclists (and you can feel the BBC’s teeth grinding about it).
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
Woman refuses Cycling UK award over trans women being left out
Claire Sharpe says she disagrees with Cycling UK only naming biological women in their top 100 list.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A queen
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given that SCOTUS has ruled that "looking hispanic and being employed in a manual labor job" is sufficient cause to demand papers & arrest people (even those who have documents!), it feels more than fair for city cops to use "employed by ICE" as probable cause that someone's been committing felonies
An ICE employee was among 16 men arrested after trying to solicit a minor for sex in Bloomington, Minnesota, police say
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
given that SCOTUS has ruled that "looking hispanic and being employed in a manual labor job" is sufficient cause to demand papers & arrest people (even those who have documents!), it feels more than fair for city cops to use "employed by ICE" as probable cause that someone's been committing felonies
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sometimes it is hard to exist and thats okay bud. we all get overwhelmed by big thoughts and big feelings, and acknowledging this universal trot is something that brings us together and makes us human. even in overwhelming times you prove love by simply being you
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
sometimes it is hard to exist and thats okay bud. we all get overwhelmed by big thoughts and big feelings, and acknowledging this universal trot is something that brings us together and makes us human. even in overwhelming times you prove love by simply being you
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All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all who wander are lost.
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Not all who wander are lost.
Server refused the connection:
Port 22 no route to host.
June 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all who wander are lost.
Server refused the connection:
Port 22 no route to host.
Not all who wander are lost.
Server refused the connection:
Port 22 no route to host.
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Mechanic [sliding out from under Optimus Prime]: I think I see what the issue is. This truck is also a big guy somehow
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Mechanic [sliding out from under Optimus Prime]: I think I see what the issue is. This truck is also a big guy somehow
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There’s a very surreal conversation I keep having on here where people seem unable to hold two ideas at the same time, and I’m not sure why. It’s simply true that the Big AI platforms like ChatGPT are:
1. Extremely bad for society, in many ways.
2. Very genuinely popular with lots of people.
1. Extremely bad for society, in many ways.
2. Very genuinely popular with lots of people.
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
There’s a very surreal conversation I keep having on here where people seem unable to hold two ideas at the same time, and I’m not sure why. It’s simply true that the Big AI platforms like ChatGPT are:
1. Extremely bad for society, in many ways.
2. Very genuinely popular with lots of people.
1. Extremely bad for society, in many ways.
2. Very genuinely popular with lots of people.
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Shameless plug:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie life in most of the world. Built up over generations, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know anything about them, and they're all at risk of failing. Here's the latest:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie life in most of the world. Built up over generations, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know anything about them, and they're all at risk of failing. Here's the latest:
Two Hundred Years to Flatten the Curve
How generations of meddlesome public health campaigns changed everyday life — and made life twice as long as it used to be
www.thenewatlantis.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Shameless plug:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie life in most of the world. Built up over generations, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know anything about them, and they're all at risk of failing. Here's the latest:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie life in most of the world. Built up over generations, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know anything about them, and they're all at risk of failing. Here's the latest:
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#SaveSpeech
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Rebecca Heineman doesn't have much time left. If you can, please donate for her and her family to make end of life arrangements.
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
www.gofundme.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Rebecca Heineman doesn't have much time left. If you can, please donate for her and her family to make end of life arrangements.
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
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I cannot express how important it is for anyone going through a secured checkpoint like TSA to make sure thier phone is in BFU (Before First Unlock) mode. To enter this state: reboot your phone and don't unlock it.
In BFU mode all data is encrypted and your phone requires a passcode to unlock.
In BFU mode all data is encrypted and your phone requires a passcode to unlock.
I was just asked for my phone (to swipe the outside for whatever) for the 1st time during a “random” TSA extra screening for a domestic flight - i told them i didn’t consent to a search of the phone, made sure there were no notifications visible & it was locked and didn’t let it out of my sight…
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I cannot express how important it is for anyone going through a secured checkpoint like TSA to make sure thier phone is in BFU (Before First Unlock) mode. To enter this state: reboot your phone and don't unlock it.
In BFU mode all data is encrypted and your phone requires a passcode to unlock.
In BFU mode all data is encrypted and your phone requires a passcode to unlock.
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billboard seen in London.
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
billboard seen in London.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Every accusation was always a confession.
They’re actually conducting a war on Christmas.
They’re actually conducting a war on Christmas.
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Every accusation was always a confession.
They’re actually conducting a war on Christmas.
They’re actually conducting a war on Christmas.
This is amazing and awesome and also explains a surprising amount of my childhood 😆
Tonight I learned that the voice behind the Robin Hood Fox was ONE OF US
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is amazing and awesome and also explains a surprising amount of my childhood 😆