maraleia
@maraleia.bsky.social
Political junkie, history, pop culture & science fiction geek. Left handed, cisgender, lesbian feminist, social justice activist & educator from Chicago.
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maraleia
@maraleia.bsky.social
· Dec 24
Glossary of Terms: Transgender | GLAAD
For additional tips on creating stories about transgender people, please see In Focus: Transgender People If you are seeking information about how to create transgender and nonbinary characters for fi...
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I am DONE being NICE to people who refer to trans folks with slurs EVEN if they didn't mean it. The GLAAD media resource guide exists. USE IT. glaad.org/reference/tr...
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This was Bad Bunny giving the Grammy to his younger self.
February 9, 2026 at 5:21 PM
This was Bad Bunny giving the Grammy to his younger self.
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Costa gets into it with this thread. It details how the Trump admin ended a Biden admin $1 billion program designed to give Puerto Rico energy independence with rooftop solar.
Remember that under the first Trump administration, Puerto Rico had to suffer through the longest power blackout in U.S. history bsky.app/profile/cost...
During his Administration, Hurricane Maria knocked out power to 1.5 million people in Puerto Rico and it didn’t get restored for ABOUT A YEAR! It was the largest blackout in U.S. history. This should be line one of any hurricane recovery political coverage. www.vox.com/identities/2...
February 10, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Costa gets into it with this thread. It details how the Trump admin ended a Biden admin $1 billion program designed to give Puerto Rico energy independence with rooftop solar.
Fuck these fascists.
Under a new Georgia bill, librarians could be arrested for allowing a minor to read a book with LGBTQ+ characters or storylines.
georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/03/g...
georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/03/g...
Georgia librarians could face criminal charges for ‘harmful materials’ • Georgia Recorder
Librarians and education advocates are warning that a bill moving through the state Legislature could cause Georgia’s librarians to self-censor controversial materials and lead to more challenges on b...
georgiarecorder.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Fuck these fascists.
Fuck this. We cannot let Melissa win the primary in IL-7.
Just learned that AIPAC has now jumped into a fourth open seat House race in Illinois, backing Melissa Conyears Ervin with what has been described as a $2.8 million buy (around $500k a week).
This is straight up AIPAC, not a shell PAC, through United Democracy Project.
This is straight up AIPAC, not a shell PAC, through United Democracy Project.
February 10, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Fuck this. We cannot let Melissa win the primary in IL-7.
Fucking evil shit. This affects so many people that I know. I hate these cretins.
The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats because it finds the grants “inconsistent with agency priorities,” according to documents reviewed by the NYT
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Trump Administration to Cut $600 Million in Health Funding From Four States
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Fucking evil shit. This affects so many people that I know. I hate these cretins.
@sky.skymarchini.net I'm hoping that ground beef goes on sale here in Chicago soon because I only have 4 pounds of it in my freezer. I like to have like 8 or 9 in reserve.
February 10, 2026 at 2:48 AM
@sky.skymarchini.net I'm hoping that ground beef goes on sale here in Chicago soon because I only have 4 pounds of it in my freezer. I like to have like 8 or 9 in reserve.
Now I get why they give away powerade for free when you buy coca cola pop drinks.
gatorade is owned by pepsico but it's the coca cola of the sports drink market. powerade in turn is owned by coca cola, but it's unquestionably the pepsi of sports drinks. this should be plainly obvious to all
February 9, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Now I get why they give away powerade for free when you buy coca cola pop drinks.
This is what the SAVE Act will help foment. Stop this shit NOW @schumer.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @whipkclark.bsky.social
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
This is what the SAVE Act will help foment. Stop this shit NOW @schumer.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @whipkclark.bsky.social
This is horrifying.
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:05 PM
This is horrifying.
I don't give a shit. Harry Potter content should not exist anymore.
HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter TV series will include a look at the home life of Draco Malfoy. https://bit.ly/4kAw5ML
February 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I don't give a shit. Harry Potter content should not exist anymore.
Dictator shit.
February 9, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Dictator shit.
I hate these lying criminal mobster fuckers to my very core.
February 9, 2026 at 9:22 PM
I hate these lying criminal mobster fuckers to my very core.
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Me: Is America the world's most misogynist country?
France: tiens ma bière
France: tiens ma bière
February 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Me: Is America the world's most misogynist country?
France: tiens ma bière
France: tiens ma bière
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Administration is just rounding up people showing us what the administration is doing.
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Administration is just rounding up people showing us what the administration is doing.
Stop this fucking shit @kenmartin.bsky.social
NEW: The “centrist” Abundance think tank pushing Democrats toward deregulation is run by a registered corporate lobbyist for OpenAI, Larry Ellison’s Oracle, and a crypto think tank.
February 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Stop this fucking shit @kenmartin.bsky.social
This makes my brain hurt.
February 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM
This makes my brain hurt.
This is worse than Nazi Germany and Japanese-American internment here in the USA.
Detention Reports has been updated to include a national map of all active ICE detention facilities that link to individual facility reports. Learn about this new feature and other new features at my latest post: austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-best-s...
February 9, 2026 at 7:51 PM
This is worse than Nazi Germany and Japanese-American internment here in the USA.
The winter is finally grating on me.
February 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The winter is finally grating on me.
Their clothes are way too expensive and boring.
Outdoor sportswear pioneer Eddie Bauer again files for bankruptcy
The operator of roughly 180 Eddie Bauer stores across the U.S. and Canada has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming declining sales and a litany of other industry headwinds
abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...
The operator of roughly 180 Eddie Bauer stores across the U.S. and Canada has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming declining sales and a litany of other industry headwinds
abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...
Outdoor sportswear pioneer Eddie Bauer again files for bankruptcy
The operator of roughly 180 Eddie Bauer stores across the U.S. and Canada has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming declining sales and a litany of other industry headwinds
abcnews.go.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Their clothes are way too expensive and boring.
Cult behavior.
Rep. Brian Babin thanked God for "getting us a new president" in Trump, who has saved this nation from "apostasy, blasphemy, taking our children down the path of homosexuality and perversion."
February 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Cult behavior.
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Brandi Carlile's accompaniment for "America the Beautiful" before the game last night was SistaStrings. The duo, Chauntee and Monique Ross, played another American anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," on the Library's Stradivarius instruments in 2024.
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️
February 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Brandi Carlile's accompaniment for "America the Beautiful" before the game last night was SistaStrings. The duo, Chauntee and Monique Ross, played another American anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," on the Library's Stradivarius instruments in 2024.
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️
Of course. Bannon is still a fucking criminal.
JUST IN: DOJ is trying to help Steve Bannon erase his conviction for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee. Motion has no career prosecutor on it, just signed by US Attorney Pirro. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Of course. Bannon is still a fucking criminal.
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It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
Get the fuck off of TikTok.
"TikTok’s Terms of Service now explicitly include tracking of location and citizenship status (among other identity markers, such as sex)." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE
In just one week, the company has gone from being Gen Z’s preferred social media platform to a tool for spying on Americans and the suppression of information.
newrepublic.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Get the fuck off of TikTok.
Wake the fuck up everyone.
Remember that @mikestabile.bsky.social myself, & many SWs, discussed the harm of age verification laws as written, and how they harm SWs, users, and undermine internet freedoms. This is all an effort to do large scale government surveillance.
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
February 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Wake the fuck up everyone.