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.bsky.social
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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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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.
You are piece's of shit traitors @massgovernor.bsky.social @massago.bsky.social for this.
Massachusetts is the only state run by Democrats that still partners with ICE. I dug into this and found that it’s had profound and very troubling consequences: at least 164 people funneled straight from state prisons to ICE since 2023 alone.
New in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
New in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts
Luis Perez waited 53 and a half years to be freed from prison. When his day finally came, on Jan. 16, 2025, he could practically feel the warmth and quiet... Read More
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February 9, 2026 at 6:56 PM
You are piece's of shit traitors @massgovernor.bsky.social @massago.bsky.social for this.
Again, wondering if Princess Anne will stop supporting her brother Andrew.
LONDON (AP) — Palace says King Charles III will support police who are assessing reports that ex-Prince Andrew gave files to Epstein.
February 9, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Again, wondering if Princess Anne will stop supporting her brother Andrew.
The fact that we in the USA don't have any viable mechanism to remove these MAGAts from power sucks ass.
February 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
The fact that we in the USA don't have any viable mechanism to remove these MAGAts from power sucks ass.
Again, you suck ass @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Again, you suck ass @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
I'm so melancholy today.
February 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
I'm so melancholy today.
Again, these elected Dems in Congress don't give a shit about any of us. They refuse to engage with us because they think they don't owe us anything.
Here's the last list I investigated.
Not a single engagement from a single dem.
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social
@ocasio-cortez.house.gov
@governor.ca.gov
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
@governorwalz.mn.gov
@kenmartin.bsky.social
@whitehouse.senate.gov
@warren.senate.gov
@crockett.house.gov
Not a single engagement from a single dem.
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social
@ocasio-cortez.house.gov
@governor.ca.gov
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
@governorwalz.mn.gov
@kenmartin.bsky.social
@whitehouse.senate.gov
@warren.senate.gov
@crockett.house.gov
February 9, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Again, these elected Dems in Congress don't give a shit about any of us. They refuse to engage with us because they think they don't owe us anything.
Fuck Donald Trump, Stephen Miller and the entire MAGA criminal cabal of vile cretins.
Read our full story that details how we got inside the Dilley detention center for immigrant families here: www.propublica.org/article/life...
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Fuck Donald Trump, Stephen Miller and the entire MAGA criminal cabal of vile cretins.
When your car still has snow on it after all this time, you don't need it for your everyday life.
This is why it's helpful to call it "car storage" instead of "parking."
February 9, 2026 at 6:14 PM
When your car still has snow on it after all this time, you don't need it for your everyday life.
Italy is so far behind on LGBTQ+ rights.
The nation, which has a far-right government, lags many others in Europe when it comes to LGBTQ+ equality.
February 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Italy is so far behind on LGBTQ+ rights.
Another platform that should cease to exist because of stupid shit like this.
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month - all accounts set to "teen-appropriate experience" by default www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
discord.com/press-releas...
discord.com/press-releas...
February 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Another platform that should cease to exist because of stupid shit like this.
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Your reminder that WGN Chicago & NewsNation are arms of an enterprise that is completely in the pro-Trump camp
Donald Trump is VERY EXCITED about all of our shitty right wing propaganda "local news" companies merging into one larger, shittier company
Donald Trump Endorses Nexstar-Tegna Merger, And FCC Chair Responds: “Let’s Get It Done”
The merger is still undergoing an FCC review.
deadline.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Your reminder that WGN Chicago & NewsNation are arms of an enterprise that is completely in the pro-Trump camp
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For those interested in why Black & Caribbean people are going off about the sugar cane from last night's halftime show: sugar is a plantation commodity that fueled slavery & colonialism
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Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
The Place of Sugar in Modern History
bookshop.org
February 9, 2026 at 5:14 PM
For those interested in why Black & Caribbean people are going off about the sugar cane from last night's halftime show: sugar is a plantation commodity that fueled slavery & colonialism
bookshop.org/p/books/swee...
bookshop.org/p/books/swee...