A Lantern of Hope
@alanternofhope.bsky.social
Multiverse cartographer, intersectional justice activist, history hobbyist, geography geek, friend to felines, and dedicated daddoo. He/Him
For the price Netflix paid for WB, we could have had seven seasons of Raising Dion, Sense8, I Am Not Okay With This, Anne With an E, Gentified, Age of Resistance, Dead Boy Detectives, The Brothers Sun, Shadow and Bone, Santa Clarita Diet, Warrior Nun, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, First Kill…
December 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
For the price Netflix paid for WB, we could have had seven seasons of Raising Dion, Sense8, I Am Not Okay With This, Anne With an E, Gentified, Age of Resistance, Dead Boy Detectives, The Brothers Sun, Shadow and Bone, Santa Clarita Diet, Warrior Nun, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, First Kill…
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
Mamdani: Oftentimes when we win elections, we tell people to go home and just trust us. But the message really has to be that we want you to come along with us… That’s something we’ve been looking to share with New Yorkers: We want to not only win with New Yorkers, but also govern with New Yorkers.
December 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Mamdani: Oftentimes when we win elections, we tell people to go home and just trust us. But the message really has to be that we want you to come along with us… That’s something we’ve been looking to share with New Yorkers: We want to not only win with New Yorkers, but also govern with New Yorkers.
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
Or even better, everyone should have access to resources needed for a good life simply by virtue of being human.
Writing is hard work.
Writers should be able to make a living even if they don't have a full time staff position.
Authors especially should be able to make a living off their books they've sweat and toiled for.
All of this shows further why our capitalist system is unsustainable and unjust.
Writers should be able to make a living even if they don't have a full time staff position.
Authors especially should be able to make a living off their books they've sweat and toiled for.
All of this shows further why our capitalist system is unsustainable and unjust.
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Or even better, everyone should have access to resources needed for a good life simply by virtue of being human.
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
Writing is hard work.
Writers should be able to make a living even if they don't have a full time staff position.
Authors especially should be able to make a living off their books they've sweat and toiled for.
All of this shows further why our capitalist system is unsustainable and unjust.
Writers should be able to make a living even if they don't have a full time staff position.
Authors especially should be able to make a living off their books they've sweat and toiled for.
All of this shows further why our capitalist system is unsustainable and unjust.
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Writing is hard work.
Writers should be able to make a living even if they don't have a full time staff position.
Authors especially should be able to make a living off their books they've sweat and toiled for.
All of this shows further why our capitalist system is unsustainable and unjust.
Writers should be able to make a living even if they don't have a full time staff position.
Authors especially should be able to make a living off their books they've sweat and toiled for.
All of this shows further why our capitalist system is unsustainable and unjust.
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
My neurodivergent tip is the same as my writer’s craft tip: talk to yourself. I learned this one in workshop but it is effective for task initiation problems.
My author pro tip is buy canned soup.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
My neurodivergent tip is the same as my writer’s craft tip: talk to yourself. I learned this one in workshop but it is effective for task initiation problems.
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
If you want to spite Meta start showing them you give a fuck about the populations they target at real levels
People have been promising to do better for a decade , sometime name dropping me specifically
I can’t afford rent their millionaires
They see all talk no motion and act accordingly
People have been promising to do better for a decade , sometime name dropping me specifically
I can’t afford rent their millionaires
They see all talk no motion and act accordingly
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
If you want to spite Meta start showing them you give a fuck about the populations they target at real levels
People have been promising to do better for a decade , sometime name dropping me specifically
I can’t afford rent their millionaires
They see all talk no motion and act accordingly
People have been promising to do better for a decade , sometime name dropping me specifically
I can’t afford rent their millionaires
They see all talk no motion and act accordingly
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
Impeachment isn’t an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent.
Impeach, convict, remove. And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo54...
Impeach, convict, remove. And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo54...
Trump Wrongly Indicted Me, I’ll Rightly Impeach Him | Kat Abughazaleh Speaks at Lincoln Memorial
YouTube video by Kat Abughazaleh
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Impeachment isn’t an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent.
Impeach, convict, remove. And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo54...
Impeach, convict, remove. And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo54...
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
Palestinians have the right to self-determination and the right to resist illegal occupation.
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Palestinians have the right to self-determination and the right to resist illegal occupation.
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
The sweet Dominican owner of the daycare that my son goes to just text me that he has a cough, & asked if it's okay if she puts onions in his socks while he sleeps for nap 😭. And, *this* is the stuff of New York, of this nation, that makes it so special to me -- what is threatened by these monsters.
November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The sweet Dominican owner of the daycare that my son goes to just text me that he has a cough, & asked if it's okay if she puts onions in his socks while he sleeps for nap 😭. And, *this* is the stuff of New York, of this nation, that makes it so special to me -- what is threatened by these monsters.
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
I can't say this enough -- @runforsomething.net is our most important political organization right now. They are rebuilding this country from the ground up. Donate now: runforsomething.net/give/
With just one race left to call (ballots are still being cured), of 222 races up on 11/4, @runforsomething.net had 142 winners, 10 candidates moving to run offs, and 42 (!!!) red to blue flips.
November 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I can't say this enough -- @runforsomething.net is our most important political organization right now. They are rebuilding this country from the ground up. Donate now: runforsomething.net/give/
I’m actually in the middle of watching the entire saga in (in-universe) chronological order and am wrapping up TOS tonight 😂
I've been rewatching random Star Trek stuff lately. And the current news cycle has me wanting to rewatch TOS, "Plato's Stepchildren."
I remember it as campy/silly -- but really, it's all about mindless sadists who convince themselves they are philosopher kings because power has gone to their heads.
I remember it as campy/silly -- but really, it's all about mindless sadists who convince themselves they are philosopher kings because power has gone to their heads.
November 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I’m actually in the middle of watching the entire saga in (in-universe) chronological order and am wrapping up TOS tonight 😂
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
This is rape culture.
This is why so many people don’t come forward.
A young girl was being bullied at school by a boy who made AI generated nudes of her.
She told the principal. She told the guidance counsellor. They didn’t stop it.
Finally she hit the boy responsible, and SHE got expelled:
This is why so many people don’t come forward.
A young girl was being bullied at school by a boy who made AI generated nudes of her.
She told the principal. She told the guidance counsellor. They didn’t stop it.
Finally she hit the boy responsible, and SHE got expelled:
A Louisiana girl hit a boy who was sharing deepfake nude photos of her. She was expelled.
“This girl was abused,” one of the family’s attorneys said, noting that she endured sexual exploitation and harassment. And the expulsion “was like pouring salt in the wound.”
www.nola.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This is rape culture.
This is why so many people don’t come forward.
A young girl was being bullied at school by a boy who made AI generated nudes of her.
She told the principal. She told the guidance counsellor. They didn’t stop it.
Finally she hit the boy responsible, and SHE got expelled:
This is why so many people don’t come forward.
A young girl was being bullied at school by a boy who made AI generated nudes of her.
She told the principal. She told the guidance counsellor. They didn’t stop it.
Finally she hit the boy responsible, and SHE got expelled:
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
White people need to stop centering themselves in unlearning racism.
Yall make this weird turn into saviorism that still places POC in positions of servitude on your journeys to self betterment.
Stop making friends with us if it's to be your forever TedTalk
Yall make this weird turn into saviorism that still places POC in positions of servitude on your journeys to self betterment.
Stop making friends with us if it's to be your forever TedTalk
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
White people need to stop centering themselves in unlearning racism.
Yall make this weird turn into saviorism that still places POC in positions of servitude on your journeys to self betterment.
Stop making friends with us if it's to be your forever TedTalk
Yall make this weird turn into saviorism that still places POC in positions of servitude on your journeys to self betterment.
Stop making friends with us if it's to be your forever TedTalk
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
It’s being reported that Greg Bovino and 250 of his goons will be leaving Chicago. But it’s also being reported that he’ll be back, in larger numbers. But Chicago is a boxer, tired but unbowed. I wrote about how we’ll be ready. dansinker.com/posts/202…
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It’s being reported that Greg Bovino and 250 of his goons will be leaving Chicago. But it’s also being reported that he’ll be back, in larger numbers. But Chicago is a boxer, tired but unbowed. I wrote about how we’ll be ready. dansinker.com/posts/202…
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
Celebrity culture is a deep, deep mistake on so many levels.
You should appreciate them as ARTISTS doing their JOBS and THAT'S IT.
They are NOT your friends.
RESPECT THEIR SPACE.
Absolute fandom brainrot to do this to Ariana and neither her nor Cynthia should ever have to deal with this.
You should appreciate them as ARTISTS doing their JOBS and THAT'S IT.
They are NOT your friends.
RESPECT THEIR SPACE.
Absolute fandom brainrot to do this to Ariana and neither her nor Cynthia should ever have to deal with this.
Cynthia Erivo protects Ariana Grande from a ‘Wicked: For Good’ premiere attendee.
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Celebrity culture is a deep, deep mistake on so many levels.
You should appreciate them as ARTISTS doing their JOBS and THAT'S IT.
They are NOT your friends.
RESPECT THEIR SPACE.
Absolute fandom brainrot to do this to Ariana and neither her nor Cynthia should ever have to deal with this.
You should appreciate them as ARTISTS doing their JOBS and THAT'S IT.
They are NOT your friends.
RESPECT THEIR SPACE.
Absolute fandom brainrot to do this to Ariana and neither her nor Cynthia should ever have to deal with this.
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
This is actually insane. I understand that we all have folks who mean a great deal to us, and that meeting them would be exciting, but this is not it. The absolute obsession with feeling entitled to folks is vile. These people do not know you. Keep your hands to yourself. Consent matters.
Cynthia Erivo protects Ariana Grande from a ‘Wicked: For Good’ premiere attendee.
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is actually insane. I understand that we all have folks who mean a great deal to us, and that meeting them would be exciting, but this is not it. The absolute obsession with feeling entitled to folks is vile. These people do not know you. Keep your hands to yourself. Consent matters.
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
When you start understanding that moves like these are driven by wanting to squeeze profits from all potential demand for something that viewers absolutely do not need and never even demanded in the first place, it makes even more crystal clear why capitalism was never necessary for art.
Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
When you start understanding that moves like these are driven by wanting to squeeze profits from all potential demand for something that viewers absolutely do not need and never even demanded in the first place, it makes even more crystal clear why capitalism was never necessary for art.
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
Reposted by A Lantern of Hope
Opposing genocide is the moral duty of our time.
Yet Palestine Action activists have been held in prison for over a year without trial. Six are now on hunger strike.
Detaining peaceful protesters under counter-terror powers is indefensible. This is political imprisonment in all but name.
Yet Palestine Action activists have been held in prison for over a year without trial. Six are now on hunger strike.
Detaining peaceful protesters under counter-terror powers is indefensible. This is political imprisonment in all but name.
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Opposing genocide is the moral duty of our time.
Yet Palestine Action activists have been held in prison for over a year without trial. Six are now on hunger strike.
Detaining peaceful protesters under counter-terror powers is indefensible. This is political imprisonment in all but name.
Yet Palestine Action activists have been held in prison for over a year without trial. Six are now on hunger strike.
Detaining peaceful protesters under counter-terror powers is indefensible. This is political imprisonment in all but name.
I mean — to be fair — given the average IQ of a country music listener, this isn’t very surprising.
AI slop hits new high as fake country artist hits #1 on Billboard digital songs chart
AI slop hits new high as fake country artist hits #1 on Billboard digital songs chart
It sounds a lot like everything else
AI slop has reached a new level of ascendancy, as a country song by an AI artist has hit number one on Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales chart.…
dlvr.it
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I mean — to be fair — given the average IQ of a country music listener, this isn’t very surprising.