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The Next One Here's what's going to happen next. Somewhere, right now, a trans person is teaching a class, or coaching a team, or working at a library, or providing healthcare. They're doing their job. They're probably good at it. And at some point, someone is going to have a problem with them. Maybe a parent, maybe a student, maybe a coworker. The problem won't really be about job performance. The problem will be that they're trans. That person, or someone connected to them, will take their grievance to social media. If they're lucky, Libs of TikTok will pick it up. Or Turning Point. Or one of the other accounts that have built massive followings by turning trans people into content. The post will frame the trans person as a predator, or a groomer, or a bully, or a tyrant. It won't matter what actually happened. The framing is the point. Then the calls will start. To the school board, to the administration, to the HR department. Local news will cover the "controversy." A state legislator will demand an investigation. The institution, desperate to make the problem go away, will put the trans person on leave. Maybe they'll be fired outright. Maybe they'll resign because the harassment makes it impossible to do their job. Either way they're gone. And then the person who started it all will go on Fox News. They'll get a GoFundMe. Maybe a speaking gig at a conservative conference. If the story is big enough, if it goes viral enough, they might get something more. A podcast. A book deal. A center with their name on it. This is not a guess. This is a pattern. We've watched it happen over and over again, and we will keep watching it happen until the institutions that capitulate to these campaigns start recognizing them for what they are: coordinated attempts to purge trans people from public life, dressed up as individual controversies.
December 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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luckytran.com
Today is World AIDS Day.

AIDS has killed 44 million people globally.

Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors.

Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”

Silence = Death
Please note that this guidance has now changed. This new guidance supersedes the blanket approval we shared last week. The U.S. Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year. To comply with this new directive, please note the following: •USG funds should not be used for any World AIDS Day-related events or commemorative activities. • Please refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels, including social media, media engagements, speeches, or other public-facing messaging. • CDC and other USG personnel may attend external, locally organized World AIDS Day events, but may not speak at these events or promote their attendance via social media or media channels. We recognize this updated guidance differs from the blanket clearance and may require adjustments to planned activities. Thank you for vour flexibility and attention to these changes
December 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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molly.wiki
Newsletter: In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder.

Here’s how to use RSS.
www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...
Curate your own newspaper with RSS
Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read
www.citationneeded.news
July 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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swordsjew.bsky.social
i wrote about what it feels like to live in the collapse of the american empire

"a flake of shale in a great upheaval of the earth"

buttondown.com/theswordandt...
Writing into the Wreck
I, for one, never asked to live in a collapsing empire. The feeling of what you thought to be solid ground turning to a shower of scree under your feet, the...
buttondown.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Thread! If you want to support immigrants in Los Angeles being impacted by ICE raids, here are some folks you can give money to and coalitions you can organize with!
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We build leadership and power with day laborers, migrants, and low-wage workers.
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June 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
ICE crossed a line in LA
June 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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awalkerinla.bsky.social
LA has been told air taxis will solve our traffic problems for at least a decade. LA28 has been hinting this was coming so it's not surprising to see them add one as a sponsor. But there are a few thing you should know about *this* air taxi company
Up in the air
When we said "car-free" games, we also meant flying cars
www.torched.la
May 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
liklu.bsky.social
Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social has such a calming voice for telling me about some of the most horrific things 📚💙 #NowReading #Audiobook
Book cover for Wild Faith by Talia Lavin. A red snake winds through the title lettering with a tongue resembling Christian cross.
April 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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motherjones.com
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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parkermolloy.com
Boop www.forbes.com/sites/lindse...
Transgender Athletes Could Be At A Physical Disadvantage, New Research Shows
An IOC-funded study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine earlier this month suggests transgender athletes could be at a physical disadvantage.
www.forbes.com
March 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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awalkerinla.bsky.social
Air quality update: AQMD has completed its mobile monitoring survey in and around the Palisades, after completing the Altadena survey the week before.

Results show no elevated levels of:
- Air toxic metals including lead and arsenic
- VOCs including benzene

Details: aqmd.gov/2025-wildfire-response
Figure 1. Map shows concentrations of Lead (Pb) measured on January 31, 2025. Results were well below the federal standard for this pollutant (150 ng/m3) Figure 3. Map shows concentrations of Benzene measured on January 31, 2025. Results were well below the state’s short-term (1-hour) health threshold for this pollutant (8 ppb). The concentrations of all other VOCs were also within common background levels and below their corresponding health thresholds. Figure 5. Map shows concentrations of Lead (Pb) measured on February 10, 2025. Results were well below the federal standard for this pollutant (150 ng/m3) Figure 7. Map shows concentrations of Benzene measured on February 10, 2025. Results were well below the state’s short-term (1-hour) health threshold for this pollutant (8 ppb). The concentrations of all other VOCs were also within common background levels and below the corresponding health thresholds.
February 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
liklu.bsky.social
This week’s reading roundup:

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Slow burn suspense with a dash of horror

Desert Creatures by Kay Chronister ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Surreal eco-horror that ticked all my boxes but needed just a bit more to keep my attention

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Book cover for WE USED TO LIVE HERE by MARCUS KLIEWER book cover for DESERT CRBATURES by KAY CHRONISTER
January 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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criticalrole.bsky.social
Roll For LA Fire Relief With Bells Hells - LIVE! 🎲♥️

Cast your vote with your donations for monsters, map hazards, and chaos ala carte as the #CriticalRole cast venture through a special one-shot you craft!
January 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
liklu.bsky.social
Sure, we all rage against landlords but let’s also rise up against incompetent property management companies.
January 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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luckytran.com
What is one simple act of resistance that will absolutely infuriate any authoritarian determined to make the world ignore pandemics and climate change?

Wearing a mask.
January 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
liklu.bsky.social
Homemade hummus and potato/bison/bean soup today 🍽️
hummus with oil sprinkled with paprika pot of red and green soup
January 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
liklu.bsky.social
We are mid-way through January, what’s the first book you read in 2025?

My first 5⭐️: The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni

#booksky 💙📚
January 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
liklu.bsky.social
If the tik tok ban isn’t going to get us to collectively strike, what is?
January 19, 2025 at 6:18 AM
liklu.bsky.social
Living in los angeles this week has just been nothing but fear, sadness, and anxiety. I can be feeling ok working from home one minute, and the next wrecked with fear and uncertainty about what tomorrow will bring.
January 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
liklu.bsky.social
Turns out, saying “don’t be mad at me, my mom has cancer”
works quiet well when you have to cancel your D&D game
November 26, 2024 at 7:58 AM
liklu.bsky.social
My black cat has been waking up at the witching hour every night to puke on my bed and that’s a very spooky thing for him to do. Yes, I’m taking him to the vet.
November 24, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
now why do you need a fragrance to last 48 hours? go wash your ass
November 23, 2024 at 1:33 AM
liklu.bsky.social
I don’t know why they think the “no singing” intro for wicked is going to stop anyone. That hasn’t stopped people from talking or texting in the theater either
November 23, 2024 at 12:03 AM
liklu.bsky.social
The first Sanderson book to fully suck me in. Halfway through and loving it so far
💙📚 #CurrentlyReading #BrandonSanderson
Book cover for Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM