Krista Siren
@kristasiren.bsky.social
Waking up this account as I further reduce my FB presence
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Krista Siren
@kristasiren.bsky.social
· Jan 13
If your username isn't a name I would know you by IRL, or if I didn't follow you first, and you follow me, I'm going to block you.
I'm reserving this Bluesky account to be mostly for interacting with folks I know IRL and a handful of folks I've known online for years.
I'm reserving this Bluesky account to be mostly for interacting with folks I know IRL and a handful of folks I've known online for years.
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For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
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For my Burns Notice newsletter, I wrote about what it was like being a trans person and see the entire right wing try to incite pogrom on us over the last several weeks. burns-notice.ghost.io/what-am-i-su...
What Am I Supposed to Tell My Terrified Friends?
Every time there's a mass shooting in the US, my trans friends and I hold our collective breath. If the shooter turns out to be trans, it could signal the final days of our human rights in a country t...
burns-notice.ghost.io
September 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
For my Burns Notice newsletter, I wrote about what it was like being a trans person and see the entire right wing try to incite pogrom on us over the last several weeks. burns-notice.ghost.io/what-am-i-su...
Something rotten outside of DeMeritt...
Meanwhile a rally of hundreds of students at the University of New Hampshire took place outside of the physics building, where its student leaders pledged to continue his work
The fact that Charlie Kirk was viewed as some kind of a Titan of free speech and debate shows a bizarre trend where it somehow became acceptable for adult non student conservatives to invade college campuses and talk about why women and black people shouldn’t have basic civil liberties
September 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Something rotten outside of DeMeritt...
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I wrote a book called "Stories Are Weapons" which is a history of psychological war in the United States. In it, I describe how the US military came to a simple definition of rhetoric used for destructive purposes in war (so-called psyops) vs. for democratic debate. Want to know what it is? (1/3)
September 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I wrote a book called "Stories Are Weapons" which is a history of psychological war in the United States. In it, I describe how the US military came to a simple definition of rhetoric used for destructive purposes in war (so-called psyops) vs. for democratic debate. Want to know what it is? (1/3)
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The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
So, as per usual, targetted minoritized group is disproportionally tarred with the worst behavior of anyone that could be associated with it as part of the continuing narrative that The Other are a bunch of dangerous, monsterous, subhuman predators that need... &c.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
No, there is not an 'epidemic' of shootings by trans people
There's still no evidence trans people commit more violence than others, experts say, despite online claims of an 'epidemic' of trans attacks.
www.usatoday.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
So, as per usual, targetted minoritized group is disproportionally tarred with the worst behavior of anyone that could be associated with it as part of the continuing narrative that The Other are a bunch of dangerous, monsterous, subhuman predators that need... &c.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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a lot of rank and file dems do not seem to understand that trans people are in an existential battle for our right to be part of society right now. the government today is trying to use employment law and federal extortion to ban us from bathrooms.
July 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
a lot of rank and file dems do not seem to understand that trans people are in an existential battle for our right to be part of society right now. the government today is trying to use employment law and federal extortion to ban us from bathrooms.
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I am running for Congress to fight for our country. I’m not here to be polite – I am here to stand up for the working class. Together we’ll prove what should’ve been obvious all along: trans people aren’t political props - we’re leaders.
Visit bethfordemocracy.com to learn more about our campaign!
Visit bethfordemocracy.com to learn more about our campaign!
July 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I am running for Congress to fight for our country. I’m not here to be polite – I am here to stand up for the working class. Together we’ll prove what should’ve been obvious all along: trans people aren’t political props - we’re leaders.
Visit bethfordemocracy.com to learn more about our campaign!
Visit bethfordemocracy.com to learn more about our campaign!
Krista Siren has come unstuck in time.
It's summer & I haven't picked up a part time job during it since 2002, so between not setting alarms and my neurospiciness include common rounds of hyperfocus & time blindness, I keep finding myself awake later and later.
It's summer & I haven't picked up a part time job during it since 2002, so between not setting alarms and my neurospiciness include common rounds of hyperfocus & time blindness, I keep finding myself awake later and later.
July 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Krista Siren has come unstuck in time.
It's summer & I haven't picked up a part time job during it since 2002, so between not setting alarms and my neurospiciness include common rounds of hyperfocus & time blindness, I keep finding myself awake later and later.
It's summer & I haven't picked up a part time job during it since 2002, so between not setting alarms and my neurospiciness include common rounds of hyperfocus & time blindness, I keep finding myself awake later and later.
Why have we let our government become supervillains?
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Why have we let our government become supervillains?
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Here’s the list of Republicans who voted to close rural hospitals:
June 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Here’s the list of Republicans who voted to close rural hospitals:
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BREAKING: Senate Republicans are taking votes right now to jam through their awful bill.
They don’t want you to know all the bad votes they’re taking.
I’m making sure you know EXACTLY where they stand and what they’re doing.🧵
They don’t want you to know all the bad votes they’re taking.
I’m making sure you know EXACTLY where they stand and what they’re doing.🧵
June 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
BREAKING: Senate Republicans are taking votes right now to jam through their awful bill.
They don’t want you to know all the bad votes they’re taking.
I’m making sure you know EXACTLY where they stand and what they’re doing.🧵
They don’t want you to know all the bad votes they’re taking.
I’m making sure you know EXACTLY where they stand and what they’re doing.🧵
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Yesterday I joined @maindivisible.bsky.social to say:
No kings. No dictators. No going back.
Together we march for trans rights, lgbtq+ joy, and the protection of democracy.
Pride is protest—and Massachusetts has always and will continue to lead the fight.
No kings. No dictators. No going back.
Together we march for trans rights, lgbtq+ joy, and the protection of democracy.
Pride is protest—and Massachusetts has always and will continue to lead the fight.
June 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Yesterday I joined @maindivisible.bsky.social to say:
No kings. No dictators. No going back.
Together we march for trans rights, lgbtq+ joy, and the protection of democracy.
Pride is protest—and Massachusetts has always and will continue to lead the fight.
No kings. No dictators. No going back.
Together we march for trans rights, lgbtq+ joy, and the protection of democracy.
Pride is protest—and Massachusetts has always and will continue to lead the fight.
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It's official: The White House wants to cut funding for the 988 LGBTQ+ suicide and crisis hotline for kids.
Make no mistake: this cruelty could cost young lives.
We need to keep fighting back.
Make no mistake: this cruelty could cost young lives.
We need to keep fighting back.
June 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It's official: The White House wants to cut funding for the 988 LGBTQ+ suicide and crisis hotline for kids.
Make no mistake: this cruelty could cost young lives.
We need to keep fighting back.
Make no mistake: this cruelty could cost young lives.
We need to keep fighting back.
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President Trump's “Big, Beautiful Bill” will make it easier for big banks and giant corporations to cheat you as Republicans try yet again to shut down the CFPB.
I will use every tool at my disposal to defeat this attack on consumers, including challenging it under Senate rules.
I will use every tool at my disposal to defeat this attack on consumers, including challenging it under Senate rules.
Trump's “Big, Beautiful Bill” will make it easier for big banks and giant corporations to cheat you.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
President Trump's “Big, Beautiful Bill” will make it easier for big banks and giant corporations to cheat you as Republicans try yet again to shut down the CFPB.
I will use every tool at my disposal to defeat this attack on consumers, including challenging it under Senate rules.
I will use every tool at my disposal to defeat this attack on consumers, including challenging it under Senate rules.
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I never, ever want to hear again that women are too emotional to be leaders.
June 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I never, ever want to hear again that women are too emotional to be leaders.
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The exhausting thing is we had Noah Wyle give the "big bag of money" speech in LEVERAGE:REDEMPTION to point out how morally bankrupt and ridiculous this concept of corruption is, had multiple audience members say "Wait, that can't be right OH MY GOD WHAT?" and this national reporter is 😀 👍.
Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.
May 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The exhausting thing is we had Noah Wyle give the "big bag of money" speech in LEVERAGE:REDEMPTION to point out how morally bankrupt and ridiculous this concept of corruption is, had multiple audience members say "Wait, that can't be right OH MY GOD WHAT?" and this national reporter is 😀 👍.
Because compiling nationwide lists of minoritized people always goes so well...
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Because compiling nationwide lists of minoritized people always goes so well...
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
I _really_ wish my brother were on here to appreciate this one.
JON WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INDUSTRIAL BAGEL?
April 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I _really_ wish my brother were on here to appreciate this one.