RJ (he/him)
@rjcarmine.bsky.social
Senior Project Manager | cat dad to Bertie 🐾 | tired of living through historical events | diamond painting | running | space music |🏳️⚧️#blm
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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In case you weren't aware, prior to the ACA, it was functionally impossible to get health insurance as a trans person. I mean flat out. They considered being transgender a "pre-existing condition" and would simply not issue individual insurance. So either you had employer-issued insurance, or nada.
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
In case you weren't aware, prior to the ACA, it was functionally impossible to get health insurance as a trans person. I mean flat out. They considered being transgender a "pre-existing condition" and would simply not issue individual insurance. So either you had employer-issued insurance, or nada.
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
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Seeing some news from @yellowperiltac.bsky.social (on their instagram story) that the ATF is changing form 4473 (FFL transfer to buyer) question number 14 to list “biological sex”.
This is specifically intended to keep trans people from buying guns, so do with that information as you will.
This is specifically intended to keep trans people from buying guns, so do with that information as you will.
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Seeing some news from @yellowperiltac.bsky.social (on their instagram story) that the ATF is changing form 4473 (FFL transfer to buyer) question number 14 to list “biological sex”.
This is specifically intended to keep trans people from buying guns, so do with that information as you will.
This is specifically intended to keep trans people from buying guns, so do with that information as you will.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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welp
Investigation opens in Milan into allegations that Italian ‘weekend snipers’ paid large sums of money to shoot civilians 'for fun' during the Siege of Sarajevo in the 1990s.
Investigation opens in Italy into Sarajevo 'weekend snipers'
Probe centres on Italians who allegedly paid to shoot civilians 'for fun' during Siege of Sarajevo. Milan prosecutors have opened an investigation into allegations that Italian citizens paid large sum...
www.wantedinrome.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
welp
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Trans folks reading this: don't panic too much, the supreme court thing is about injunctions pending a larger court case
Cis folks reading this: Try to understand how terrifying it is to be a minority the government openly hates, and they start fucking with your ability to *leave the country*
Cis folks reading this: Try to understand how terrifying it is to be a minority the government openly hates, and they start fucking with your ability to *leave the country*
This fight isn't over. Our case challenging President Trump's executive order will still move forward.
In the meantime anyone who applies for a new, corrected, or replacement passport, or for a passport renewal, is at risk of having their passport issued bearing the sex they were assigned at birth.
In the meantime anyone who applies for a new, corrected, or replacement passport, or for a passport renewal, is at risk of having their passport issued bearing the sex they were assigned at birth.
November 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Trans folks reading this: don't panic too much, the supreme court thing is about injunctions pending a larger court case
Cis folks reading this: Try to understand how terrifying it is to be a minority the government openly hates, and they start fucking with your ability to *leave the country*
Cis folks reading this: Try to understand how terrifying it is to be a minority the government openly hates, and they start fucking with your ability to *leave the country*
In my head I like to imagine this is KitKat that Zohran is holding, the cat who lives with Denver councilman Jolon Clark. KitKat went viral a few years ago for catte civic engagement when Councilman Clark championed a ban on declawing in Denver.
November 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
In my head I like to imagine this is KitKat that Zohran is holding, the cat who lives with Denver councilman Jolon Clark. KitKat went viral a few years ago for catte civic engagement when Councilman Clark championed a ban on declawing in Denver.
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Be like this little rodent and come up with new and unhinged ways to yell for what you want (wtf do they PUT in Temptations?? He goes apeshit for them)
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Be like this little rodent and come up with new and unhinged ways to yell for what you want (wtf do they PUT in Temptations?? He goes apeshit for them)
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To really rub the salt in the wound even more, Zohran could appoint Sliwa the position of Bodega Cat Supervisor, give him a special cat badge for his beret as he goes about checking in on every bodega cat.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
To really rub the salt in the wound even more, Zohran could appoint Sliwa the position of Bodega Cat Supervisor, give him a special cat badge for his beret as he goes about checking in on every bodega cat.
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Few things in life are better than snuggling Bertie on the couch.
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Few things in life are better than snuggling Bertie on the couch.
Fell asleep on the sofa snuggling Bertie
November 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Fell asleep on the sofa snuggling Bertie
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I have this piece & others available as tees, prints, mugs & other items at lastflyingfox.threadless com. Purchases help pay our vet bills and feed rescue, stray & feral cats! 🦊🐱🐱🐱🐾
October 31, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I have this piece & others available as tees, prints, mugs & other items at lastflyingfox.threadless com. Purchases help pay our vet bills and feed rescue, stray & feral cats! 🦊🐱🐱🐱🐾
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FOOD BANK DIRECTOR: “For every meal a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides 9. There’s no way we can meet that gap. We were not built to do this.”
(@TNDemocrats are imploring @GovBillLee to fund SNAP with the billions in reserves as other states are, but he refuses)
(@TNDemocrats are imploring @GovBillLee to fund SNAP with the billions in reserves as other states are, but he refuses)
October 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
FOOD BANK DIRECTOR: “For every meal a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides 9. There’s no way we can meet that gap. We were not built to do this.”
(@TNDemocrats are imploring @GovBillLee to fund SNAP with the billions in reserves as other states are, but he refuses)
(@TNDemocrats are imploring @GovBillLee to fund SNAP with the billions in reserves as other states are, but he refuses)
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“A revolutionary is primarily concerned with building. Of course that requires the destruction of what already exists, but if anyone is only talking about destroying, they are not revolutionary” - Kwamé Ture
October 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
“A revolutionary is primarily concerned with building. Of course that requires the destruction of what already exists, but if anyone is only talking about destroying, they are not revolutionary” - Kwamé Ture
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"You don't choose the times you live in, but you do choose who you want to be, and you do choose how you want to think." –
Grace Lee Boggs
Grace Lee Boggs
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"You don't choose the times you live in, but you do choose who you want to be, and you do choose how you want to think." –
Grace Lee Boggs
Grace Lee Boggs
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tfw you get fancy juice because you're under the weather, and your weird cat cries because you won't share it with her (???) and now you are also crying because you are under the weather and your cat is sad
October 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
tfw you get fancy juice because you're under the weather, and your weird cat cries because you won't share it with her (???) and now you are also crying because you are under the weather and your cat is sad
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There are no good-faith anti-trans arguments and no acceptable compromises on trans lives.
"fuck you, eat shit and go to hell you smarmy loser. You aren’t owed good boy points or queer accolades for doing your job and standing up for your marginalized constituents, which you don’t even do."
"fuck you, eat shit and go to hell you smarmy loser. You aren’t owed good boy points or queer accolades for doing your job and standing up for your marginalized constituents, which you don’t even do."
Gavin Newsom continues to be a disappointment to trans Californians. TWIBS brought to you by @alyssaur.bsky.social
TWIBS: Governor Newsom May Be a Threat to Trans Americans — Assigned
Gavin Newsom has spent a lot of time declaring himself the greatest hero of the queer community to ever live, but his words and actions rarely seem to align these days.
www.assignedmedia.org
October 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
There are no good-faith anti-trans arguments and no acceptable compromises on trans lives.
"fuck you, eat shit and go to hell you smarmy loser. You aren’t owed good boy points or queer accolades for doing your job and standing up for your marginalized constituents, which you don’t even do."
"fuck you, eat shit and go to hell you smarmy loser. You aren’t owed good boy points or queer accolades for doing your job and standing up for your marginalized constituents, which you don’t even do."
The Temptations-wanter has logged on
October 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The Temptations-wanter has logged on
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One of the many lessons to pull from this- a key part of being ready to act is having thought beforehand how you would act in that scenario. If you want to be ready to yell at ICE in your pajamas, be ready to do so by spending time mentally rehearsing it in advance.
Per @chicagotribune.com, the pajama-pants-guy is a former county prosecutor.
And he had some things to say. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...
And he had some things to say. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...
October 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
One of the many lessons to pull from this- a key part of being ready to act is having thought beforehand how you would act in that scenario. If you want to be ready to yell at ICE in your pajamas, be ready to do so by spending time mentally rehearsing it in advance.
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Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk.
I had it exactly backward.
I had it exactly backward.
signs like these are up all over Chicago cafes and storefronts (here, cafes in Brighton Park and Back of the Yards) warning ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant
October 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk.
I had it exactly backward.
I had it exactly backward.