Stephanie Zvan
@stephaniezvan.bsky.social
Former feral child figuring out community. Unpredictably abled activist. Remarkably successful dilettante. Sometimes very silly.
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If you're not outraged, you're probably exhausted and trying to exercise healthy boundaries with how you consume media
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
If you're not outraged, you're probably exhausted and trying to exercise healthy boundaries with how you consume media
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This obit, pre-written by Sharon Begley before she passed...made me miss her amazing work. This is how you do it.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This obit, pre-written by Sharon Begley before she passed...made me miss her amazing work. This is how you do it.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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Trump illegally blowing up boats in the Caribbean to intimidate Maduro and the people of Venezuela is closer to terrorism than anything low-level drug smugglers might be doing.
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trump illegally blowing up boats in the Caribbean to intimidate Maduro and the people of Venezuela is closer to terrorism than anything low-level drug smugglers might be doing.
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Racist and misogynist who co-authored the papers laying out the structure of DNA has died.
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Racist and misogynist who co-authored the papers laying out the structure of DNA has died.
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Checking in with the squad to let them know they're doing amazing
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Checking in with the squad to let them know they're doing amazing
@amaditalks.bsky.social I know it's not the same as Kornacki's live coverage, but hopefully it helps. archive.is/uQe5A
archive.is
November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
@amaditalks.bsky.social I know it's not the same as Kornacki's live coverage, but hopefully it helps. archive.is/uQe5A
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Incredible paragraph in a story about a meeting where the COO told staffers "If we see someone leaking, you’re fired." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Incredible paragraph in a story about a meeting where the COO told staffers "If we see someone leaking, you’re fired." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Hmmm, between the crab lice and harvest people, maybe too much? Here is a pretty orchid mantis as a palate cleanser www.flickr.com/photos/total...
November 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Hmmm, between the crab lice and harvest people, maybe too much? Here is a pretty orchid mantis as a palate cleanser www.flickr.com/photos/total...
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The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
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Hot campaign tip: you can pick a random Nostradamus quatrain and say he endorsed you. He released his predictions under the creative commons of the time for you to use for lies.
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Hot campaign tip: you can pick a random Nostradamus quatrain and say he endorsed you. He released his predictions under the creative commons of the time for you to use for lies.
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The thing is that I agree with the notion that we need a broad coalition! Candidates exactly like Mamdani aren’t necessarily going to clean up everywhere! The thing is that I suspect a lot of the centrists saying that not every candidate can be Mamdani actually want NO candidates to be Mamdani
The GOP and a lot of centrists tbh, I hope some big name Dem electeds and strategists are feeling VERY uneasy right now
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The thing is that I agree with the notion that we need a broad coalition! Candidates exactly like Mamdani aren’t necessarily going to clean up everywhere! The thing is that I suspect a lot of the centrists saying that not every candidate can be Mamdani actually want NO candidates to be Mamdani
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Congratulations Mississippi. Congratulations Georgia. Congratulations Virginia.
Congratulations to all the small-but-crucial races all over the country where people fought against white supremacist authoritarian kleptocracy and WON.
You did this. You made this happen, all of you. Thank you.
Congratulations to all the small-but-crucial races all over the country where people fought against white supremacist authoritarian kleptocracy and WON.
You did this. You made this happen, all of you. Thank you.
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Congratulations Mississippi. Congratulations Georgia. Congratulations Virginia.
Congratulations to all the small-but-crucial races all over the country where people fought against white supremacist authoritarian kleptocracy and WON.
You did this. You made this happen, all of you. Thank you.
Congratulations to all the small-but-crucial races all over the country where people fought against white supremacist authoritarian kleptocracy and WON.
You did this. You made this happen, all of you. Thank you.
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The total faceplanting of anti-trans messaging is an unalloyed good.
Mamdani was a very promising candidate and I'm looking forward to seeing what he does while remembering it's a very difficult job in a city that, historically, starts hating its mayors moments after they're elected.
Mamdani was a very promising candidate and I'm looking forward to seeing what he does while remembering it's a very difficult job in a city that, historically, starts hating its mayors moments after they're elected.
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The total faceplanting of anti-trans messaging is an unalloyed good.
Mamdani was a very promising candidate and I'm looking forward to seeing what he does while remembering it's a very difficult job in a city that, historically, starts hating its mayors moments after they're elected.
Mamdani was a very promising candidate and I'm looking forward to seeing what he does while remembering it's a very difficult job in a city that, historically, starts hating its mayors moments after they're elected.
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wait, are you telling me that all the centrist pundits who insisted that Dems wouldn't win any future elections unless/until they threw trans people under the bus turned out to be wrong? how could this be?!? 😱
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...
New Poll: Voters Prefer Democratic Candidates Approach To Trans Rights Over Republicans
A new poll, which surveys voters who will partake in the New Jersey and Virginia governor races, found that voters were not impressed with Republican anti-trans positions.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
wait, are you telling me that all the centrist pundits who insisted that Dems wouldn't win any future elections unless/until they threw trans people under the bus turned out to be wrong? how could this be?!? 😱
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...
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Yes! Tremendous victory for abortion rights in this result
BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Yes! Tremendous victory for abortion rights in this result
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After that, I think some popcorn and a little NBC. I'm praying they show us live footage of Cuomo's election results party.
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
After that, I think some popcorn and a little NBC. I'm praying they show us live footage of Cuomo's election results party.
Voted about 6 p.m. My heavily Somali precinct was almost beating 2021 total turnout with only in-person votes at that point. We'll see what kind of difference it makes.
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Voted about 6 p.m. My heavily Somali precinct was almost beating 2021 total turnout with only in-person votes at that point. We'll see what kind of difference it makes.
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Personal Me: I voted early, in person for the first time since 2019. I was in line behind two Somali American women, one of them disabled, and they were having the best day ever. They were so excited, it lit the place up. Honor that. If you haven’t voted yet, get your ass out there and do it.
November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Personal Me: I voted early, in person for the first time since 2019. I was in line behind two Somali American women, one of them disabled, and they were having the best day ever. They were so excited, it lit the place up. Honor that. If you haven’t voted yet, get your ass out there and do it.
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90% of political coverage should be telling voters what Ds and Rs do when they wield power.
Yes Dems can be feckless and performative but if you're a low-information voter who likes it when poor kids eat, you should just vote Dem and not overthink it. Pundits are weirdly allergic to saying this.
Yes Dems can be feckless and performative but if you're a low-information voter who likes it when poor kids eat, you should just vote Dem and not overthink it. Pundits are weirdly allergic to saying this.
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
90% of political coverage should be telling voters what Ds and Rs do when they wield power.
Yes Dems can be feckless and performative but if you're a low-information voter who likes it when poor kids eat, you should just vote Dem and not overthink it. Pundits are weirdly allergic to saying this.
Yes Dems can be feckless and performative but if you're a low-information voter who likes it when poor kids eat, you should just vote Dem and not overthink it. Pundits are weirdly allergic to saying this.
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Today is the day! Happy Book Day to @stealingfromwizards.com and congratulations on writing the sweetest, kindest, most joyful series on love of found family, being yourself, and of course, arson.
Avalon is my favorite Wizard School.
Avalon is my favorite Wizard School.
Stealing from Wizards Volume 4 is coming November 4th.
Canadian misfits learning about life, love, and larceny at wizard school.
📚🪐
Preorder on amazon and Kobo now:
www.amazon.com/Stealing-Wiz...
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Canadian misfits learning about life, love, and larceny at wizard school.
📚🪐
Preorder on amazon and Kobo now:
www.amazon.com/Stealing-Wiz...
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Today is the day! Happy Book Day to @stealingfromwizards.com and congratulations on writing the sweetest, kindest, most joyful series on love of found family, being yourself, and of course, arson.
Avalon is my favorite Wizard School.
Avalon is my favorite Wizard School.
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Men are too emotional to be Supreme Court justices
Brett Kavanaugh's behavior during today's second oral arguments has been incredibly obnoxious and rude. He is so eager to kill a service member's lawsuit against a negligent government contractor that he keeps interrupting other justices, raising his voice, and getting emotional. Weird and erratic.
November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Men are too emotional to be Supreme Court justices
Oddly enough, we're not talking Trump here. Not the first time I've thought this while reading about how Frey operates. Or the second.
The whole thread is worth reading.
The whole thread is worth reading.
That maybe sounds like hyperbole, but I mean that exactly as I say it. He will call people and just scream at them if he’s mad about something you said on the dais or in the media. This dynamic is even worse if you’re a woman.
November 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Oddly enough, we're not talking Trump here. Not the first time I've thought this while reading about how Frey operates. Or the second.
The whole thread is worth reading.
The whole thread is worth reading.
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This week on the blog I talk about how the government is making “biological truth” dogma, and how the nebulous concept of “science” often becomes a pseudo religion that provides a convenient mask to the Christian nationalist movement
www.transingboundaries.com/when-biologi...
www.transingboundaries.com/when-biologi...
When “Biological Truth” Becomes the State Religion
When the state preaches “science,” what it’s really worshiping is power.
If you like what I do and want to help support this work, consider a paid subscription for just $5/month if you can afford it,...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This week on the blog I talk about how the government is making “biological truth” dogma, and how the nebulous concept of “science” often becomes a pseudo religion that provides a convenient mask to the Christian nationalist movement
www.transingboundaries.com/when-biologi...
www.transingboundaries.com/when-biologi...
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Whenever I feel at all bad about my reach or my impact on the bigger picture I remember I'm comparing myself to very bad people who have been given basically unlimited funding.
November 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Whenever I feel at all bad about my reach or my impact on the bigger picture I remember I'm comparing myself to very bad people who have been given basically unlimited funding.