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It's 2025. We don't even know the extent of the damage yet, but we know much of the damage can never be set right. The human rights abuses of migrants, the mass firings of civil servants, the deaths due to shuttering USAID, all tragedies beyond the ability of a 2028 Democrat to fix.
Oh, absolutely. My conclusion was that fighting over the Democratic nominee in 2028 is a flight from grief over the loss of our democracy into a fantasy that soon things will be put right.
August 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It's 2025. We don't even know the extent of the damage yet, but we know much of the damage can never be set right. The human rights abuses of migrants, the mass firings of civil servants, the deaths due to shuttering USAID, all tragedies beyond the ability of a 2028 Democrat to fix.
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And look what snuck in a proposed rule change for Affordable Care Act.👇
"...prohibit issuers of coverage subject to EHB [essential health benefits] requirements from providing coverage for sex-trait modification as an EHB."
Add a comment & say fuck no!
Make this viral!
H/T @scrappyaf.bsky.social
"...prohibit issuers of coverage subject to EHB [essential health benefits] requirements from providing coverage for sex-trait modification as an EHB."
Add a comment & say fuck no!
Make this viral!
H/T @scrappyaf.bsky.social
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability
This proposed rule would revise standards relating to past-due premium payments; exclude Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients from the definition of "lawfully present"; the evidentiary st...
www.federalregister.gov
March 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
And look what snuck in a proposed rule change for Affordable Care Act.👇
"...prohibit issuers of coverage subject to EHB [essential health benefits] requirements from providing coverage for sex-trait modification as an EHB."
Add a comment & say fuck no!
Make this viral!
H/T @scrappyaf.bsky.social
"...prohibit issuers of coverage subject to EHB [essential health benefits] requirements from providing coverage for sex-trait modification as an EHB."
Add a comment & say fuck no!
Make this viral!
H/T @scrappyaf.bsky.social
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under current political pressures, Dem politicians are increasingly revealing who they really are: has a spine vs spineless. willing to stand up for LGBTQ+ ppl vs merely saying pro-gay-ish-sounding platitudes so long as it's politically convenient
"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."
March 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
under current political pressures, Dem politicians are increasingly revealing who they really are: has a spine vs spineless. willing to stand up for LGBTQ+ ppl vs merely saying pro-gay-ish-sounding platitudes so long as it's politically convenient
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With the news coming out that the Trump administration is still transferring trans women to men’s prisons despite court orders telling them not to, I’d like to share what happens to trans women in men’s prisons in this country.
But sure, keep telling the trans community that we’re overreacting.
But sure, keep telling the trans community that we’re overreacting.
March 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
With the news coming out that the Trump administration is still transferring trans women to men’s prisons despite court orders telling them not to, I’d like to share what happens to trans women in men’s prisons in this country.
But sure, keep telling the trans community that we’re overreacting.
But sure, keep telling the trans community that we’re overreacting.
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The Ryukyuan communities, especially the hajichaa who ink these tattoos, aren't very happy about the book's treatment of our culture.
14 hajichaa + 15 academics penned an open letter urging the author and/or publisher to make some necessary corrections:
luchustudygroup.wixsite.com/2022/post/op...
14 hajichaa + 15 academics penned an open letter urging the author and/or publisher to make some necessary corrections:
luchustudygroup.wixsite.com/2022/post/op...
An open Letter to Lars Krutak, tattoo researchers and academics, fellow Indigenous tattooers and community at large:
Lars Krutak’s book "Tattoo Traditions of Asia" misrepresents Ryukyuan Hajichi tattoos, featuring appropriation by a non-Ryukyuan artist. The book ignores the genuine revival efforts by Indigenous Ryuk...
luchustudygroup.wixsite.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The Ryukyuan communities, especially the hajichaa who ink these tattoos, aren't very happy about the book's treatment of our culture.
14 hajichaa + 15 academics penned an open letter urging the author and/or publisher to make some necessary corrections:
luchustudygroup.wixsite.com/2022/post/op...
14 hajichaa + 15 academics penned an open letter urging the author and/or publisher to make some necessary corrections:
luchustudygroup.wixsite.com/2022/post/op...
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A book called "Tattoo Traditions in Asia" recently came out.
1 of the topics is the hajichi of the Ryukyu Islands. The author seems to have only spoken with a tattoo artist who's also not Ryukyuan.
Discussing an Indigenous tattoo practice without involving any Indigenous people is bullshit.
1 of the topics is the hajichi of the Ryukyu Islands. The author seems to have only spoken with a tattoo artist who's also not Ryukyuan.
Discussing an Indigenous tattoo practice without involving any Indigenous people is bullshit.
March 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
A book called "Tattoo Traditions in Asia" recently came out.
1 of the topics is the hajichi of the Ryukyu Islands. The author seems to have only spoken with a tattoo artist who's also not Ryukyuan.
Discussing an Indigenous tattoo practice without involving any Indigenous people is bullshit.
1 of the topics is the hajichi of the Ryukyu Islands. The author seems to have only spoken with a tattoo artist who's also not Ryukyuan.
Discussing an Indigenous tattoo practice without involving any Indigenous people is bullshit.
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i keep banging this drum - now is the time to educate yourself on the concept of necrosecurity. the right wing believe mass deaths make THEM safer and society stronger.
understand this and you will understand RFK and what they will unleash on us.
understand this and you will understand RFK and what they will unleash on us.
February 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
i keep banging this drum - now is the time to educate yourself on the concept of necrosecurity. the right wing believe mass deaths make THEM safer and society stronger.
understand this and you will understand RFK and what they will unleash on us.
understand this and you will understand RFK and what they will unleash on us.
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Breaking: 10 NYT writers think trans rights are the least important and attacks on the trans community aren’t that bad.
Least surprising news ever.
Least surprising news ever.
Of course the NYT sees the "DEI" stuff positively & is neutral on anti-trans discrimination
March 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Breaking: 10 NYT writers think trans rights are the least important and attacks on the trans community aren’t that bad.
Least surprising news ever.
Least surprising news ever.
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Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted priority review status for lenacapavir, a promising new HIV prevention treatment available as a twice-yearly injection.
Lenacapavir has shown astonishing efficacy in two clinical trials, with 99.9% effectiveness in high-risk groups.
Lenacapavir has shown astonishing efficacy in two clinical trials, with 99.9% effectiveness in high-risk groups.
Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year: Opening the door to a new era of HIV prevention
A drug with a novel mechanism protects people against the AIDS virus for 6 months. It could speed the end of the epidemic—if those who need it most get access
www.science.org
February 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted priority review status for lenacapavir, a promising new HIV prevention treatment available as a twice-yearly injection.
Lenacapavir has shown astonishing efficacy in two clinical trials, with 99.9% effectiveness in high-risk groups.
Lenacapavir has shown astonishing efficacy in two clinical trials, with 99.9% effectiveness in high-risk groups.
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NEW: On Section 504. "Attacks on any one group will be used as a wedge to attack all of us. You may not personally know any trans people, and you may even be uncomfortable with the idea ... but letting this attack go forward will eventually hurt you and the things you love, too." /1
Why are Republican states trying to overturn a pillar of disability rights?
They may not be successful in repealing Section 504 as part of the attack on treating gender dysphoria, but it begs the question of what they might come for next.
www.startribune.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
NEW: On Section 504. "Attacks on any one group will be used as a wedge to attack all of us. You may not personally know any trans people, and you may even be uncomfortable with the idea ... but letting this attack go forward will eventually hurt you and the things you love, too." /1
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Here's a thread about how trans people can approach remaining informed of the news in a way that prioritizes pragmatism, self-care, and building resistance.
It's based on what I'm doing personally. So, fyi, I'm more anxious than usual, but holding up substantially.
It's based on what I'm doing personally. So, fyi, I'm more anxious than usual, but holding up substantially.
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Here's a thread about how trans people can approach remaining informed of the news in a way that prioritizes pragmatism, self-care, and building resistance.
It's based on what I'm doing personally. So, fyi, I'm more anxious than usual, but holding up substantially.
It's based on what I'm doing personally. So, fyi, I'm more anxious than usual, but holding up substantially.
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Hold up.
Even the most disturbing RFK Jr. headline always manages to have a detail inside creepier than you could have imagined. I’m sorry, did you just say Black kids should have a chance to get “re-parented”???? Gift link wapo.st/4hW2xGI
February 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Hold up.
And if you do get good at it, everyone appreciates you for like the bare minimum effort
It's pretty great to be a bassist for hire ngl
It's pretty great to be a bassist for hire ngl
Bass is the best instrument because you don't have to have any talent to be ok at it and if you keep playing it you can get pretty good at it while still having no talent
February 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
And if you do get good at it, everyone appreciates you for like the bare minimum effort
It's pretty great to be a bassist for hire ngl
It's pretty great to be a bassist for hire ngl
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The unanswerable question of modernity
I am MOISTURISED and IN MY LANE so why am I not UNBOTHERED and FLOURISHING
February 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The unanswerable question of modernity
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the world may be bad but the mtg community raising over $300k dollars in 2 days for trans people is fucking incredible
February 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
the world may be bad but the mtg community raising over $300k dollars in 2 days for trans people is fucking incredible
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@delaneynolan.bsky.social, who reported this story, points out that the $17.5 million spent on forcing these people into a freezing warehouse is the equivalent of *one year's rent* for 1,200 individuals.
The warehouse will cost $17.5 million for 90 days (even more than @lailluminator.com first reported).
That's the equivalent of 1 year's rent in a 1br apartment for ~1,200 people, or 80% of the city's unhoused.
That's the equivalent of 1 year's rent in a 1br apartment for ~1,200 people, or 80% of the city's unhoused.
February 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
@delaneynolan.bsky.social, who reported this story, points out that the $17.5 million spent on forcing these people into a freezing warehouse is the equivalent of *one year's rent* for 1,200 individuals.
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In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it
Dozens of New Orleanians were bused to a site with insufficient heating and blankets days before the city is to host the Super Bowl
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
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Most of the MSM: We don't want to risk losing access.
Wired: YOLO! We're going at this full send! *chugs a four pack of Redbull* So, here's the admin's LATEST batch of bullshit, exclusive.
Wired: YOLO! We're going at this full send! *chugs a four pack of Redbull* So, here's the admin's LATEST batch of bullshit, exclusive.
February 8, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Most of the MSM: We don't want to risk losing access.
Wired: YOLO! We're going at this full send! *chugs a four pack of Redbull* So, here's the admin's LATEST batch of bullshit, exclusive.
Wired: YOLO! We're going at this full send! *chugs a four pack of Redbull* So, here's the admin's LATEST batch of bullshit, exclusive.
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Smash Mouth warned us all that the world was gonna roll us and like fools we didn’t listen.
February 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Smash Mouth warned us all that the world was gonna roll us and like fools we didn’t listen.
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"Transitioning is scary!"
Do it anyways. Do it scared.
"I'm too old to transition!"
Do it anyways. Do it old.
"I'm too fat to transition!"
Do it anyways. Do it fat.
"I'm too horny to transition! What if this is all just a fetish for me?"
Do it anyways. Do it horny.
Do it anyways. Do it scared.
"I'm too old to transition!"
Do it anyways. Do it old.
"I'm too fat to transition!"
Do it anyways. Do it fat.
"I'm too horny to transition! What if this is all just a fetish for me?"
Do it anyways. Do it horny.
February 4, 2025 at 3:56 AM
"Transitioning is scary!"
Do it anyways. Do it scared.
"I'm too old to transition!"
Do it anyways. Do it old.
"I'm too fat to transition!"
Do it anyways. Do it fat.
"I'm too horny to transition! What if this is all just a fetish for me?"
Do it anyways. Do it horny.
Do it anyways. Do it scared.
"I'm too old to transition!"
Do it anyways. Do it old.
"I'm too fat to transition!"
Do it anyways. Do it fat.
"I'm too horny to transition! What if this is all just a fetish for me?"
Do it anyways. Do it horny.
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thank you LIBBY buckaroos i am honored to learn that BURY YOUR GAYS is nominated this year for a libby award of best horror. LOVE IS REAL www.libbylife.com/2025-01-29-a...
Announcing the finalists for the 2025 Libby Book Awards
Here’s the full list of finalists in the second annual Libby Book Awards, nominated and chosen by librarians, for the best books of 2024.
www.libbylife.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
thank you LIBBY buckaroos i am honored to learn that BURY YOUR GAYS is nominated this year for a libby award of best horror. LOVE IS REAL www.libbylife.com/2025-01-29-a...
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
Feeling like I gotta get into trains for the tism cred now
February 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Feeling like I gotta get into trains for the tism cred now