Wintersong
@wintersong.bsky.social
Queer, gender-complicated guy, photographer, lapsed EV journalist, kink/sexuality educator, intactivist/foreskin restoration advocate, pagan, living with Tourette Syndrome. He/They
All opinions expressed here are my own
http://wintertashlin.com
All opinions expressed here are my own
http://wintertashlin.com
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ADHD death gambit
"This is not my normal spot but I'll remember where I put it"
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
ADHD death gambit
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Like and share this if you've received online threats of violence for being trans, or supporting trans people.
I have.
I have.
Trans ally Georgia Tennant contacts police after receiving death threats online
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/10/georgia-tennant-contacts-police-online-hate-trans-ally/?utm_content=1762785060&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/10/georgia-tennant-contacts-police-online-hate-trans-ally/?utm_content=1762785060&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Trans ally Georgia Tennant contacts police after receiving death threats online
Georgia Tennant, the wife of Doctor Who star David Tennant, has contacted the police after being targeted by trolls, who sent a string of abusive messages.
www.thepinknews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Like and share this if you've received online threats of violence for being trans, or supporting trans people.
I have.
I have.
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![• The NYT announced the lineup for the Andrew Ross Sorkin-anchored
DealBook summit, which included one curious name: Erika Kirk. [NYT]
• A panel on journalism hosted by Michael Barbaro will include: Charlamagne Tha God, Jon Favreau, Amna Nawaz, David Remnick, Stephanie Ruhle, Andrew Schulz, and Ben Shapiro.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cvhu7p2bziajywpce7yrlevy/bafkreicn7lw6rvcuzeggxpnhbut62ogrvpbikaomwvfq2qsel3sx777uoq@jpeg)
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I love a meme targeted for my demographic
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I love a meme targeted for my demographic
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BREAKING update to my lawsuit against DC Metropolitan PD for body cam footage from USIP raid —
We've submitted our response, including sworn declarations from *six* USIP workers, 1 of whom says he "observed members of MPD giving each other high-fives and fist bumps" after removing staff from bldg.
We've submitted our response, including sworn declarations from *six* USIP workers, 1 of whom says he "observed members of MPD giving each other high-fives and fist bumps" after removing staff from bldg.
Former USIP security chief says MPD gave 'high-fives and fist bumps' after raid
The latest on the lawsuit to get MPD's body cam footage released.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
BREAKING update to my lawsuit against DC Metropolitan PD for body cam footage from USIP raid —
We've submitted our response, including sworn declarations from *six* USIP workers, 1 of whom says he "observed members of MPD giving each other high-fives and fist bumps" after removing staff from bldg.
We've submitted our response, including sworn declarations from *six* USIP workers, 1 of whom says he "observed members of MPD giving each other high-fives and fist bumps" after removing staff from bldg.
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Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.
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Imagine killing 600,000 black and brown people with a few keystrokes and not having a care in the world but one little old white lady drags you on Twitter and you spiral for a week.
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Imagine killing 600,000 black and brown people with a few keystrokes and not having a care in the world but one little old white lady drags you on Twitter and you spiral for a week.
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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i keep lowering my expectations, and all i ever get in return is a lecture about how it was stupid of me to think that anything can ever get better
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
i keep lowering my expectations, and all i ever get in return is a lecture about how it was stupid of me to think that anything can ever get better
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CVS is best thought of as a kind of interactive museum exhibit where you can experience everything that has gone badly wrong with American capitalism.
You almost have to respect how CVS keeps frantically changing their systems like every other month and each time it gets progressively worse
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
CVS is best thought of as a kind of interactive museum exhibit where you can experience everything that has gone badly wrong with American capitalism.
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About to upload Feral Flame to Audible... Criminals...
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
About to upload Feral Flame to Audible... Criminals...
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sometimes i feel like the republican party is a big tornado that is coming to kill me. and the democratic party is the rickety shed that i'm hiding in. and i say "we should really fix this shed, because it's not doing much." and people say "what? why aren't you criticizing the tornado instead?!"
June 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
sometimes i feel like the republican party is a big tornado that is coming to kill me. and the democratic party is the rickety shed that i'm hiding in. and i say "we should really fix this shed, because it's not doing much." and people say "what? why aren't you criticizing the tornado instead?!"
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Let the annual rewatch commence.
The Lake That Never Gives Up Her Dead
YouTube video by Caitlin Doughty
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Let the annual rewatch commence.
We ALL knew this was coming, which means that so did the Democratic Party leadership. They are many things, but they aren't stupid.
So ask yourself why things unfolded the way they did, when this was always how Johnson was going to play it. I don't have an answer, but I suspect it isn't good.
So ask yourself why things unfolded the way they did, when this was always how Johnson was going to play it. I don't have an answer, but I suspect it isn't good.
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
We ALL knew this was coming, which means that so did the Democratic Party leadership. They are many things, but they aren't stupid.
So ask yourself why things unfolded the way they did, when this was always how Johnson was going to play it. I don't have an answer, but I suspect it isn't good.
So ask yourself why things unfolded the way they did, when this was always how Johnson was going to play it. I don't have an answer, but I suspect it isn't good.
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If you live in Seattle, go here and track your ballot. Make sure it is counted. Because this mayoral race, which Katie Wilson now leads by 91 votes, is epically close.
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
King County Elections
Led by Director Julie Wise, King County Elections conducts accurate, secure, and accessible elections for King County's over 1.4 million registered voters.
info.kingcounty.gov
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
If you live in Seattle, go here and track your ballot. Make sure it is counted. Because this mayoral race, which Katie Wilson now leads by 91 votes, is epically close.
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
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You shouldn't have to be rich to have dedicated healthcare teams who actually pay attention to, communicate with, and all around give a genuine fuck about you
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
You shouldn't have to be rich to have dedicated healthcare teams who actually pay attention to, communicate with, and all around give a genuine fuck about you
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Actually, energy spent fighting Democrats that betray us is literally energy spent fighting our enemies.
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Actually, energy spent fighting Democrats that betray us is literally energy spent fighting our enemies.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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This isn't "internal recriminations." It's voters expressing overwhelming opposition to what the people they elected to represent them are doing, and anyone--either in journalism or politics--who characterizes it as infighting is either not seeing and hearing what's right in front of them or lying.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This isn't "internal recriminations." It's voters expressing overwhelming opposition to what the people they elected to represent them are doing, and anyone--either in journalism or politics--who characterizes it as infighting is either not seeing and hearing what's right in front of them or lying.
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In memory of the Edmund Fitzgerald
On this eve of fifty Novembers
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
In memory of the Edmund Fitzgerald
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Hey Seattle friends, take a minute to click this link & make sure your vote got counted! The mayoral election is gonna be CLOSE, like possibly a-few-dozen-votes close
This race could very easily be decided by challenged ballots. Use this link to track your ballot, and remind your friends and family to do the same: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Hey Seattle friends, take a minute to click this link & make sure your vote got counted! The mayoral election is gonna be CLOSE, like possibly a-few-dozen-votes close
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Why is the "we must be united!" hectoring directed at people who are mad at the Cavers and not to the Cavers? Everyone who's mad was united, then the Cave Caucus walked across the aisle and betrayed what the public had been told was the Dem position.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Why is the "we must be united!" hectoring directed at people who are mad at the Cavers and not to the Cavers? Everyone who's mad was united, then the Cave Caucus walked across the aisle and betrayed what the public had been told was the Dem position.
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every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
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Thinking about the Vulcans in Enterprise. A bunch of cunty monks dont think humans are good enough for the space and we're just like "fuck you, im doing it anyway."
Enterprise is a show about succeeding through spite.
Enterprise is a show about succeeding through spite.
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Thinking about the Vulcans in Enterprise. A bunch of cunty monks dont think humans are good enough for the space and we're just like "fuck you, im doing it anyway."
Enterprise is a show about succeeding through spite.
Enterprise is a show about succeeding through spite.
The first national election I ever voted in ended with the Brooks Brother's Riot, which pretty much set the tone for the next 25yrs. None of this shit is surprising, but that doesn't mean it isn't enraging.
I continue to simply be unspeakably angry about all of this.
Don't confuse that for me being *surprised* by any of this. I've read 20th Century history and watched the last 25yrs of national U.S. politics closely. I was pretty sure where this was going.
But there's plenty of fucking rage.
Don't confuse that for me being *surprised* by any of this. I've read 20th Century history and watched the last 25yrs of national U.S. politics closely. I was pretty sure where this was going.
But there's plenty of fucking rage.
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The first national election I ever voted in ended with the Brooks Brother's Riot, which pretty much set the tone for the next 25yrs. None of this shit is surprising, but that doesn't mean it isn't enraging.