Annelise
@mxannelise.bsky.social
Gender adventuress, hockey fan, aide-de-camp. Two-time winner of the Miss DomCon Pageant.
Holy doodle. I love this acceptance speech. I love this man. I’m so happy he was a Shark for so long.
Please stay for the part about (after) the gold medal game in Vancouver youtu.be/KcIxfRPiFQY?...
Please stay for the part about (after) the gold medal game in Vancouver youtu.be/KcIxfRPiFQY?...
Joe Thornton's Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Speech
YouTube video by San Jose Sharks
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Holy doodle. I love this acceptance speech. I love this man. I’m so happy he was a Shark for so long.
Please stay for the part about (after) the gold medal game in Vancouver youtu.be/KcIxfRPiFQY?...
Please stay for the part about (after) the gold medal game in Vancouver youtu.be/KcIxfRPiFQY?...
I frequently wonder who writes his posts, and I imagine they mean well, but the caustic copy editor in my head is yelling “just what is that ‘it’ at the end referring to, rookie??”
Honestly I wouldn’t put it past Newsom to build and invest in China if he thought that would get him votes somehow
Honestly I wouldn’t put it past Newsom to build and invest in China if he thought that would get him votes somehow
Honored to represent the Golden State in Brazil today — proof that clean energy and innovation strengthen our economy, communities, and planet.
While Donald Trump is busy handing the future to China, California continues to build and invest in it.
While Donald Trump is busy handing the future to China, California continues to build and invest in it.
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I frequently wonder who writes his posts, and I imagine they mean well, but the caustic copy editor in my head is yelling “just what is that ‘it’ at the end referring to, rookie??”
Honestly I wouldn’t put it past Newsom to build and invest in China if he thought that would get him votes somehow
Honestly I wouldn’t put it past Newsom to build and invest in China if he thought that would get him votes somehow
Baseball decides the game it wants to play with crooked gamblers is cat-and-mouse www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
MLB, sportsbooks agree to limit on pitch bets
Prominent U.S. sportsbooks are establishing a betting limit on baseball wagers centered on individual pitches in an attempt to decrease manipulation, MLB announced.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Baseball decides the game it wants to play with crooked gamblers is cat-and-mouse www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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Went to repost this and then depressingly saw it was from 8 months ago. This is still true, and I am now convinced it will remain true until there are successful primary challenges nationwide to the "roll over and play dead" Dems.
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Went to repost this and then depressingly saw it was from 8 months ago. This is still true, and I am now convinced it will remain true until there are successful primary challenges nationwide to the "roll over and play dead" Dems.
My view of the world does not always align with Gessen’s, but in this case they break the whole damn thing down very neatly, including parallels with the USSR, a not-often-explored niche for our current maladministration
The link to the piece is a gift link too, which helps us nonsubscribers
The link to the piece is a gift link too, which helps us nonsubscribers
Great @mashagessen.bsky.social on the true purpose of Trump's cruel passport gender marker rules: exerting social control. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
Opinion | The Ruling About Passports Isn’t About ID. It’s About Social Control.
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
My view of the world does not always align with Gessen’s, but in this case they break the whole damn thing down very neatly, including parallels with the USSR, a not-often-explored niche for our current maladministration
The link to the piece is a gift link too, which helps us nonsubscribers
The link to the piece is a gift link too, which helps us nonsubscribers
This was news to me. Site was 7 miles east of Santa Rosa on Hwy 12. Don’t know what’s there now
Bay Area leading the way, once again
Very educational thread!
Bay Area leading the way, once again
Very educational thread!
🧵 When was the first queer riot in the US? Historian Denny Nevins argues it was in the Los Guilucos School for Girls in 1953. On March 19th, dozens rioted against the juvenile detention home. Over 1/3 of the girls, aged 11-17, were queer. Many were there *because* they were queer.
November 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This was news to me. Site was 7 miles east of Santa Rosa on Hwy 12. Don’t know what’s there now
Bay Area leading the way, once again
Very educational thread!
Bay Area leading the way, once again
Very educational thread!
Sharks beat Winnipeg 2-1, come back the next night and beat the defending Stanley Cup champions Florida 3-1. First six game point streak since 2019
a group of people are riding a train that says all aboard the bandwagon on the bottom
Alt: a group of people are riding a train; text says “all aboard the bandwagon”
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Sharks beat Winnipeg 2-1, come back the next night and beat the defending Stanley Cup champions Florida 3-1. First six game point streak since 2019
well this figures to be kind of a wild ride for much of North America
A high-amplitude flow pattern, characterized by near-record strength ridging and troughing (respectively) over the western and eastern U.S. and a very wavy jet stream, will bring a progression of notable weather to North America in the coming days.
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
well this figures to be kind of a wild ride for much of North America
There’s the story, and then there’s the story behind the story, illuminated in this short thread. Both deserve your attention
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 1:42 AM
There’s the story, and then there’s the story behind the story, illuminated in this short thread. Both deserve your attention
I’ve been watching the Sharks since 93-94, and I don’t remember a time when they’ve been this compelling to watch in the regular season
Things have come together in the past couple of weeks and if they keep this up, look tf out
Things have come together in the past couple of weeks and if they keep this up, look tf out
Announced attendance is 13,053.
Hopefully, that 53 or so are walk-ups, and people are noticing, because something special looks to be happening here in San Jose
Hopefully, that 53 or so are walk-ups, and people are noticing, because something special looks to be happening here in San Jose
November 8, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I’ve been watching the Sharks since 93-94, and I don’t remember a time when they’ve been this compelling to watch in the regular season
Things have come together in the past couple of weeks and if they keep this up, look tf out
Things have come together in the past couple of weeks and if they keep this up, look tf out
Bringing your fake Hermes bag to a soirée at Mar-A-Lago is simultaneously pathetic and perfectly on brand
I think this bag is fake.
Hermes's flagship products are handsewn using a saddle stitch. A worker marks the leather using an awl and then threads two needles through from both sides.
This results in a tight stitch with no holes between the stitches. The holes here suggest the bag was machine sewn.
Hermes's flagship products are handsewn using a saddle stitch. A worker marks the leather using an awl and then threads two needles through from both sides.
This results in a tight stitch with no holes between the stitches. The holes here suggest the bag was machine sewn.
November 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Bringing your fake Hermes bag to a soirée at Mar-A-Lago is simultaneously pathetic and perfectly on brand
No, the game should not have been played
And also: unless one was an avid reader of the Daily Cal, the chances that you’d know about this fiasco were probably close to zero prior to the Chronicle establishing this women’s sports position and hiring Marisa.
US journalism going to hell but not here
And also: unless one was an avid reader of the Daily Cal, the chances that you’d know about this fiasco were probably close to zero prior to the Chronicle establishing this women’s sports position and hiring Marisa.
US journalism going to hell but not here
On Tuesday, Cal field hockey lost in the ACC quarterfinal.
Some believe the game never should have been played after the Bears were denied postponement by the ACC while they dealt with severe illness | @sfchronicle.com
www.sfchronicle.com/sports/colle...
Some believe the game never should have been played after the Bears were denied postponement by the ACC while they dealt with severe illness | @sfchronicle.com
www.sfchronicle.com/sports/colle...
‘Living a nightmare’: 12 Cal players hospitalized with food poisoning on eve of ACC tourney
Hours after a dozen Cal field hockey players and a team official were hospitalized with food poisoning, the Bears played their ACC tournament opener following an unsuccessful attempt to postpone it.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
No, the game should not have been played
And also: unless one was an avid reader of the Daily Cal, the chances that you’d know about this fiasco were probably close to zero prior to the Chronicle establishing this women’s sports position and hiring Marisa.
US journalism going to hell but not here
And also: unless one was an avid reader of the Daily Cal, the chances that you’d know about this fiasco were probably close to zero prior to the Chronicle establishing this women’s sports position and hiring Marisa.
US journalism going to hell but not here
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Great question! I think this requires a brain-storming sesh.
Who has some ideas on deck?
Who has some ideas on deck?
Is there consensus on the proper terminology as applied to the PWHL (or the upcoming women’s tournament in the Winter Olympics)?
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Great question! I think this requires a brain-storming sesh.
Who has some ideas on deck?
Who has some ideas on deck?
One of my favorite podcasts/public radio shows is Science Friday. It’s fun and informative, and occasionally useful! As today, when they did a piece on “is a higher resolution TV display actually better?” Find your personal answer before you go shopping for Xmas www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/rai...
Computer Laboratory – Projects: Display resolution calculator
www.cl.cam.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
One of my favorite podcasts/public radio shows is Science Friday. It’s fun and informative, and occasionally useful! As today, when they did a piece on “is a higher resolution TV display actually better?” Find your personal answer before you go shopping for Xmas www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/rai...
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Nothing humbles you as efficiently as a new passport photo
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Nothing humbles you as efficiently as a new passport photo
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On the Big Beautiful Blowout and what it means for the rainbow panic: www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/rig...
Right-wing media told Republicans anti-trans politics would deliver a winning coalition. 2025 races show they misunderstood why the message ever worked.
www.mediamatters.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
On the Big Beautiful Blowout and what it means for the rainbow panic: www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/rig...
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OPINION: Bay FC’s upheaval comes as the area is still basking in the glow of the Golden State Valkyries’ debut season and its tutorial on what expansion success can look like, Ann Killion writes.
For Bay FC and Valkyries, a tale of two franchises reveals signs of trouble for one
OPINION: Bay FC’s upheaval comes as the area is still basking in the glow of the Golden State Valkyries’ debut season and its tutorial on what expansion success can look like, Ann Killion...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
OPINION: Bay FC’s upheaval comes as the area is still basking in the glow of the Golden State Valkyries’ debut season and its tutorial on what expansion success can look like, Ann Killion writes.
I remember the feeling that came over me way back when, when I saw this video for the first time. A banger, indeed.
A song with lyrics that are nothing but lipstick colors? LIPSTIQUE by Silencefiction featuring Fauxnique came out over 15 years ago and it's still a banger. The video featured the musicians plus supermodels Vinsantos, Kiddie, Hoku Mama, Katya Smirnoff Skyy, and yours truly.
youtu.be/xsvKUR9tz6U?...
youtu.be/xsvKUR9tz6U?...
Silencefiction - Lipstique (featuring Fauxnique)
YouTube video by Kia Simon
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I remember the feeling that came over me way back when, when I saw this video for the first time. A banger, indeed.
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A letter from our Co-Founders Paul and Bryan: "If They Won’t, We Will: Building the Ballers’ Beat" https://dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/building-the-ballers-beat
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A letter from our Co-Founders Paul and Bryan: "If They Won’t, We Will: Building the Ballers’ Beat" https://dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/building-the-ballers-beat
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"without subjecting anyone to differential treatment."
This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.
This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.
NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
![This case concerns an Executive Branch policy requiring
all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at
birth. The United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Government
from enforcing the policy, and the First Circuit declined to
stay the injunction pending appeal. The Government then
filed this stay application. Applying our familiar stay fac-
tors at this preliminary stage, we grant the application.
Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends
equal protection principles than displaying their country of
birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to
a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential
treatment. And on this record, respondents have failed to
establish that the Government’s choice to display biological
sex “lack[s] any purpose other than a bare . . . desire to
harm a politically unpopular group.” Trump v. Hawaii, 585
U. S. 667, 705 (2018) (internal quotation marks omitted).
Nor are respondents likely to prevail in arguing that the
State Department acted arbitrarily and capriciously by de-
clining to depart from Presidential rules that Congress ex-
pressly required it to follow. See 22 U. S. C. §211a.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiacrtgoecxjy5y7ojz7xzbun4c4nwutjcvqn4qb4p25ldpt6va5lu@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"without subjecting anyone to differential treatment."
This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.
This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.
It’s not as funny as all the West Side Story memes that go around when the Sharks play the Jets, but I like it and you should too
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
It’s not as funny as all the West Side Story memes that go around when the Sharks play the Jets, but I like it and you should too
I honestly don’t know if this story is more staggering (it’s very) or more unsurprising (also very)
It’s so rich in detail it’s hard to digest, but I think you should give it a shot
It’s so rich in detail it’s hard to digest, but I think you should give it a shot
(Reuters) - Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show.
$META @reuters.com
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$META @reuters.com
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November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I honestly don’t know if this story is more staggering (it’s very) or more unsurprising (also very)
It’s so rich in detail it’s hard to digest, but I think you should give it a shot
It’s so rich in detail it’s hard to digest, but I think you should give it a shot