🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Sam Kimbrel
@skimbrel.bsky.social
enby & queer & #ActuallyAutistic & #ADHD af | amateur DJ | computerer @figma | program @northbaypython.org | “is usually underestimated. try again. no again. still no.” —@chrisjrn | they/them | BLM
formerly @skimbrel on birbsite
also at tech.lgbt/skimbrel
formerly @skimbrel on birbsite
also at tech.lgbt/skimbrel
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These pigs know the California state legislature passed a law clarifying this EXACT ISSUE and they still keep threatening journalists
1/31: Narrowly avoided being arrested when LAPD officers kettled a small group of protesters, legal observers, and press. I ID'd myself as a journalist & tried to leave but an officer claimed I wasn't exempt from dispersal orders & said I would be detained. Luckily another officer let me leave.
February 2, 2026 at 6:58 AM
These pigs know the California state legislature passed a law clarifying this EXACT ISSUE and they still keep threatening journalists
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Oh my god I'm sorry. Wait.
That whole discourse is because he insisted on filming an arrestable action without consent and Found Out?
Lmaooooooooo
That whole discourse is because he insisted on filming an arrestable action without consent and Found Out?
Lmaooooooooo
February 3, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Oh my god I'm sorry. Wait.
That whole discourse is because he insisted on filming an arrestable action without consent and Found Out?
Lmaooooooooo
That whole discourse is because he insisted on filming an arrestable action without consent and Found Out?
Lmaooooooooo
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It's black history month, and so our writer S. Baum decided to cover black trans people you may not hear about in your history classes.
Go read their latest piece, and don't forget to subscribe to support our journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/black-tran...
Go read their latest piece, and don't forget to subscribe to support our journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/black-tran...
Black Trans Trailblazers That You May Not Learn About in History Class
For Black History Month, we’re honoring these Black trans pioneers from across America.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:15 PM
It's black history month, and so our writer S. Baum decided to cover black trans people you may not hear about in your history classes.
Go read their latest piece, and don't forget to subscribe to support our journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/black-tran...
Go read their latest piece, and don't forget to subscribe to support our journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/black-tran...
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1. In a stunning new poll released by Fox News, voters prefer the Democratic Party to the Republican Party on transgender issues at a staggering +22 points.
This includes white voters, rural white voters, black voters, protestants, and moms.
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This includes white voters, rural white voters, black voters, protestants, and moms.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Fox News Poll: Americans Prefer Democrats On Transgender Issues +22 Points
Virtually every subgroup surveyed—from mothers to Black voters to even rural white voters—expressed greater confidence in the Democratic Party’s handling of transgender issues in the latest poll.
www.erininthemorning.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:15 PM
1. In a stunning new poll released by Fox News, voters prefer the Democratic Party to the Republican Party on transgender issues at a staggering +22 points.
This includes white voters, rural white voters, black voters, protestants, and moms.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This includes white voters, rural white voters, black voters, protestants, and moms.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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This is nonsense to cover for the fact that a lot of police departments dont like speed cameras and automated enforcement tech (except plate readers) in general because (A) they get ticketed breaking the law and (B) they see it as a threat to police jobs.
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM
This is nonsense to cover for the fact that a lot of police departments dont like speed cameras and automated enforcement tech (except plate readers) in general because (A) they get ticketed breaking the law and (B) they see it as a threat to police jobs.
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Appreciating the Bay's stunning wetlands on this #WorldWetlandsDay
📷 Robb Most and @lighthawk-org.bsky.social and CalWhiz/Flickr
📷 Robb Most and @lighthawk-org.bsky.social and CalWhiz/Flickr
February 2, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Appreciating the Bay's stunning wetlands on this #WorldWetlandsDay
📷 Robb Most and @lighthawk-org.bsky.social and CalWhiz/Flickr
📷 Robb Most and @lighthawk-org.bsky.social and CalWhiz/Flickr
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Jeffery Epstein collaborated with major figures in tech like Peter Thiel to target trans people, especially trans women.
This thread is about how I & many others have been directly affected in the tech industry by this coordinated campaign of transphobia & hatred.
This thread is about how I & many others have been directly affected in the tech industry by this coordinated campaign of transphobia & hatred.
the confirmation of contemporary transphobia as a political movement has been the brainchild of a boys club made up of some of the most disgusting monsters in recent memory to explicitly keep trans women disenfranchised so as to subjugate and exploit us for their own sexual gain is like
a lot, dawg
a lot, dawg
February 2, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Jeffery Epstein collaborated with major figures in tech like Peter Thiel to target trans people, especially trans women.
This thread is about how I & many others have been directly affected in the tech industry by this coordinated campaign of transphobia & hatred.
This thread is about how I & many others have been directly affected in the tech industry by this coordinated campaign of transphobia & hatred.
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something that's really important to keep in mind about this administration is that they have exactly one move, and it is escalation
it does not mean that the escalation is going to work, or that they're actually winning
it does not mean that the escalation is going to work, or that they're actually winning
I fully believe Trump will smash the authoritarianism button harder and harder as he feels the midterms wipe out approaching, I'm less sure that doing so will prevent or mitigate said wipe out
February 2, 2026 at 8:37 PM
something that's really important to keep in mind about this administration is that they have exactly one move, and it is escalation
it does not mean that the escalation is going to work, or that they're actually winning
it does not mean that the escalation is going to work, or that they're actually winning
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Electrification is the moderate position.
Guest opinion: Electrify the Metrolink Antelope Valley Line (L.A. to Palmdale at least) for an initial relatively cheap high-speed rail connection. cal.streetsblog.org/2026/01/29/o...
OpEd: How High-Speed Rail Could Reach LA by 2039...Without Waiting for the Mountains - Streetsblog California
California high-speed rail’s biggest unresolved problem is not in the Central Valley. It is south of Palmdale. Under current plans, high-speed trains are expected to reach San Francisco by 2039 while ...
cal.streetsblog.org
February 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Electrification is the moderate position.
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lol, and if I may editorialize, lmao
*SPACEX: SPACE-BASED AI IS THE ONLY WAY TO SCALE THE TECHNOLOGY
*SPACEX: SPACE-BASED AI IS THE ONLY WAY TO SCALE THE TECHNOLOGY
*SPACEX: SPACE-BASED AI IS THE ONLY WAY TO SCALE THE TECHNOLOGY
*SPACEX: SPACE-BASED AI IS THE ONLY WAY TO SCALE THE TECHNOLOGY
February 2, 2026 at 9:02 PM
lol, and if I may editorialize, lmao
*SPACEX: SPACE-BASED AI IS THE ONLY WAY TO SCALE THE TECHNOLOGY
*SPACEX: SPACE-BASED AI IS THE ONLY WAY TO SCALE THE TECHNOLOGY
*SPACEX: SPACE-BASED AI IS THE ONLY WAY TO SCALE THE TECHNOLOGY
*SPACEX: SPACE-BASED AI IS THE ONLY WAY TO SCALE THE TECHNOLOGY
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DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
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Take me down to the paradox city where the box contains both a live and dead kitty
October 22, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Take me down to the paradox city where the box contains both a live and dead kitty
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I've been kinda numb today, in no small part because of the E-files revelations that this whole trans genocide was so that the friends of some billionaires were chasers.
I... I wrote about this for my scholarly book. I put so much effort into showing it.
I get how Sexton feels. Fucking fuck.
I... I wrote about this for my scholarly book. I put so much effort into showing it.
I get how Sexton feels. Fucking fuck.
February 1, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I've been kinda numb today, in no small part because of the E-files revelations that this whole trans genocide was so that the friends of some billionaires were chasers.
I... I wrote about this for my scholarly book. I put so much effort into showing it.
I get how Sexton feels. Fucking fuck.
I... I wrote about this for my scholarly book. I put so much effort into showing it.
I get how Sexton feels. Fucking fuck.
i’m expecting more like this
February 2, 2026 at 12:02 AM
i’m expecting more like this
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CHOTINER: and when you're in water you
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
December 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
CHOTINER: and when you're in water you
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
February 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
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it's probably Natalie Portman, who has a 5-2-2 via a neuroscience paper authored with Abigail Baird, appearing in A Powerful Noise Live with Sarah Michelle Geller (who appeared with Bacon in The Air I Breathe), and who appeared in New York, I Love You, which had a segment co-directed by Ratner.
Has someone figured out who has the lowest Erdos-Bacon-Epstein number and what it means to be that person?
February 1, 2026 at 10:42 PM
it's probably Natalie Portman, who has a 5-2-2 via a neuroscience paper authored with Abigail Baird, appearing in A Powerful Noise Live with Sarah Michelle Geller (who appeared with Bacon in The Air I Breathe), and who appeared in New York, I Love You, which had a segment co-directed by Ratner.
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Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.
Donate Your Skymiles — Stand With Minnesota
Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.
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a woman reached out to donate 500,000 delta skymiles to get people home to MN as they are released from custody in TX.
we're getting flights booked today. it should be enough to get at least 15 people home.
delta should be doing for free since they take ICE money.
we're getting flights booked today. it should be enough to get at least 15 people home.
delta should be doing for free since they take ICE money.
February 1, 2026 at 5:50 PM
a woman reached out to donate 500,000 delta skymiles to get people home to MN as they are released from custody in TX.
we're getting flights booked today. it should be enough to get at least 15 people home.
delta should be doing for free since they take ICE money.
we're getting flights booked today. it should be enough to get at least 15 people home.
delta should be doing for free since they take ICE money.
weekend project complete: replaced my tp-link router with new unifi gear, isolated Internet of Shit devices to their own VLAN, ran wired ethernet to my work desk, and cloned my at&t fiber ONT config onto a community-firmware-modded SFP+ PON module so i don’t have to use the awful at&t box 😤
February 1, 2026 at 6:48 PM
weekend project complete: replaced my tp-link router with new unifi gear, isolated Internet of Shit devices to their own VLAN, ran wired ethernet to my work desk, and cloned my at&t fiber ONT config onto a community-firmware-modded SFP+ PON module so i don’t have to use the awful at&t box 😤
Alt text:
An intersection in San Francisco (I think in the Castro or Mission, but can’t tell for sure) where both street signs on the pole have been papered over with Abolish ICE stickers
An intersection in San Francisco (I think in the Castro or Mission, but can’t tell for sure) where both street signs on the pole have been papered over with Abolish ICE stickers
February 1, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Alt text:
An intersection in San Francisco (I think in the Castro or Mission, but can’t tell for sure) where both street signs on the pole have been papered over with Abolish ICE stickers
An intersection in San Francisco (I think in the Castro or Mission, but can’t tell for sure) where both street signs on the pole have been papered over with Abolish ICE stickers
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ok, who's selling them soup
some good news buried among the horrible behavior listed:
“The third woman said federal agents at her hotel are subsisting on microwavable bowls of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, because it’s become so difficult for them to find restaurants willing to serve them.”
“The third woman said federal agents at her hotel are subsisting on microwavable bowls of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, because it’s become so difficult for them to find restaurants willing to serve them.”
I visited hotels all over Minneapolis, went into back rooms & talked to the staff.
They're afraid.
One told me she resents how her undocumented coworkers spend their days cleaning the rooms of agents who are “hunting down their family members.”
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/immigration/...
They're afraid.
One told me she resents how her undocumented coworkers spend their days cleaning the rooms of agents who are “hunting down their family members.”
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/immigration/...
February 1, 2026 at 6:28 PM
ok, who's selling them soup
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hey remember when the government killed Aaron Swartz for trying to stop the world’s scientific heritage from being copyrighted, locked up, and used exclusively by corporations and governments against the people
A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
February 1, 2026 at 3:25 PM
hey remember when the government killed Aaron Swartz for trying to stop the world’s scientific heritage from being copyrighted, locked up, and used exclusively by corporations and governments against the people
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Last year, we launched a web app to assist trans people with legal name changes. Today, we’re removing the login wall and registration requirements and making everything publicly accessible.
Tearing down the login wall: name change guides are now public
You no longer need to sign in to access Namesake guides. We’ve redesigned forms to simplify data entry and review.
namesake.fyi
February 1, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Last year, we launched a web app to assist trans people with legal name changes. Today, we’re removing the login wall and registration requirements and making everything publicly accessible.