Billie Ælfwine
@baelfwine.bsky.social
Polytheist Pagan/ Heathen/ Unitarian Universalist. Witch. Appalachian. AuDHD. Behavioral Health student. Queer. He/ They.
Controversial thought: All rental housing should be income-based, OR should be no more than 30% of minimum wage, OR minimum wage should pay at least 3x the median amount of rent in the area.
May 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Controversial thought: All rental housing should be income-based, OR should be no more than 30% of minimum wage, OR minimum wage should pay at least 3x the median amount of rent in the area.
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The Trump administration is broadening its anti-DEI campaign to European companies.
March 31, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The Trump administration is broadening its anti-DEI campaign to European companies.
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Members of Kaleidoscope Collective, UUC, and others in our community stood by the boulevard outside the congregation building after service today for a trans rights protest.
March 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Members of Kaleidoscope Collective, UUC, and others in our community stood by the boulevard outside the congregation building after service today for a trans rights protest.
NOT A DOCTOR
Talk about waste, fraud & abuse. Kennedy NOT A DOCTOR will have this NOT A DOCTOR person run studies that have already been debunked by actual scientists. This harms our children. They have no shame
March 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
NOT A DOCTOR
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Easy. The banks did. And the GOP did their bidding.
March 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Easy. The banks did. And the GOP did their bidding.
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Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
March 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
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“Are things worse than they were before Stonewall? Not yet."
I spoke with LGBTQ+ elders about what survival looks like under a hostile political regime and their advice for young people right now — which is namely, act even when you're afraid.
I spoke with LGBTQ+ elders about what survival looks like under a hostile political regime and their advice for young people right now — which is namely, act even when you're afraid.
From Stonewall to now: LGBTQ+ elders on navigating fear in dark times
LGBTQ+ elders share what survival looks like under a hostile political regime and their advice to young people on taking action, even when they're afraid.
19thnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“Are things worse than they were before Stonewall? Not yet."
I spoke with LGBTQ+ elders about what survival looks like under a hostile political regime and their advice for young people right now — which is namely, act even when you're afraid.
I spoke with LGBTQ+ elders about what survival looks like under a hostile political regime and their advice for young people right now — which is namely, act even when you're afraid.
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1. Germany has issued a travel advisory for trans and GNC people who wish to travel to the United States.
International Pride organization InterPride has done likewise.
Travel may be dangerous with visa restrictions.
The latest from S. Baum.
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International Pride organization InterPride has done likewise.
Travel may be dangerous with visa restrictions.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Germany, InterPride Issue LGBTQ Travel Advisories About United States
At least one foreign LGBTQ rights group has already pulled out of WorldPride to “safeguard our trans and nonbinary staff” from persecution by the U.S. government.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
1. Germany has issued a travel advisory for trans and GNC people who wish to travel to the United States.
International Pride organization InterPride has done likewise.
Travel may be dangerous with visa restrictions.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
International Pride organization InterPride has done likewise.
Travel may be dangerous with visa restrictions.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
March 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
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This elderly man showed up to support an anti-trans bill in my home state and then, because he had to wait hours to testify, he was stuck listening to queer folks rally against it
By the time it was his turn to speak, he'd changed his mind
Never doubt that speaking out can change hearts and minds
By the time it was his turn to speak, he'd changed his mind
Never doubt that speaking out can change hearts and minds
Wisconsin man who showed up to support an anti-trans bill does something amazing - Queerty
“I have a very little knowledge of gay people and things like that there…” “I have a very little knowledge of gay people and things like that there…”
www.queerty.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This elderly man showed up to support an anti-trans bill in my home state and then, because he had to wait hours to testify, he was stuck listening to queer folks rally against it
By the time it was his turn to speak, he'd changed his mind
Never doubt that speaking out can change hearts and minds
By the time it was his turn to speak, he'd changed his mind
Never doubt that speaking out can change hearts and minds
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It should be noted that these numbers do not include the wars, civil conflicts, and spiraling atrocities that will follow this much unnecessary mass death.
The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
Killing children is by design, I'm afraid. "Pro-natalists" like Musk claim they aren't racist, but their pressure to have children is solely focused on white women, while they back policies that literally kill of non-white children.
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It should be noted that these numbers do not include the wars, civil conflicts, and spiraling atrocities that will follow this much unnecessary mass death.
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Lefties.
Your activism can’t just be online or even just “in the streets” at like, protests.
It needs to be in
Soup Kitchens
Homeless shelters
Schools
Nursing Homes
City Council meetings
Religious Centers
Art Studios
Libraries
Union Halls
Hospitals
Your activism can’t just be online or even just “in the streets” at like, protests.
It needs to be in
Soup Kitchens
Homeless shelters
Schools
Nursing Homes
City Council meetings
Religious Centers
Art Studios
Libraries
Union Halls
Hospitals
March 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Lefties.
Your activism can’t just be online or even just “in the streets” at like, protests.
It needs to be in
Soup Kitchens
Homeless shelters
Schools
Nursing Homes
City Council meetings
Religious Centers
Art Studios
Libraries
Union Halls
Hospitals
Your activism can’t just be online or even just “in the streets” at like, protests.
It needs to be in
Soup Kitchens
Homeless shelters
Schools
Nursing Homes
City Council meetings
Religious Centers
Art Studios
Libraries
Union Halls
Hospitals
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Recent executive orders targeting trans people have far-reaching consequences for intersex kids — @bcrodriguez.bsky.social + @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social report
Hospitals that paused youth gender-affirming care continued controversial intersex surgeries, group says
Intersex advocates say that they have been shut out of the conversations about gender and health, even as a recent executive order has far-reaching consequences for intersex kids.
19thnews.org
March 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Recent executive orders targeting trans people have far-reaching consequences for intersex kids — @bcrodriguez.bsky.social + @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social report
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Anyone find it funny how when the UK releases the Cass review to ban trans care, we get everything ranging from New York Times push notifs to op-eds in every major US paper...
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
1. Major news in transgender care.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
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Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review
The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Anyone find it funny how when the UK releases the Cass review to ban trans care, we get everything ranging from New York Times push notifs to op-eds in every major US paper...
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
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I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence.
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
March 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence.
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
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Today is #WorldObesityDay.
#Obesity is a complex condition and each individual faces distinct needs & challenges.
A healthier society is possible only if we prioritize community support & stand up against discrimination and stigma 🔗bit.ly/3SAcdeE
#Obesity is a complex condition and each individual faces distinct needs & challenges.
A healthier society is possible only if we prioritize community support & stand up against discrimination and stigma 🔗bit.ly/3SAcdeE
March 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Today is #WorldObesityDay.
#Obesity is a complex condition and each individual faces distinct needs & challenges.
A healthier society is possible only if we prioritize community support & stand up against discrimination and stigma 🔗bit.ly/3SAcdeE
#Obesity is a complex condition and each individual faces distinct needs & challenges.
A healthier society is possible only if we prioritize community support & stand up against discrimination and stigma 🔗bit.ly/3SAcdeE
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Michelle Obama: Kids should have nutritious meals.
The pro-life party: This is an outrage!
RFK Jr: Kids should have measles, mumps, and polio.
The pro-life party: Yes, king! Tell it like it is!
The pro-life party: This is an outrage!
RFK Jr: Kids should have measles, mumps, and polio.
The pro-life party: Yes, king! Tell it like it is!
March 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Michelle Obama: Kids should have nutritious meals.
The pro-life party: This is an outrage!
RFK Jr: Kids should have measles, mumps, and polio.
The pro-life party: Yes, king! Tell it like it is!
The pro-life party: This is an outrage!
RFK Jr: Kids should have measles, mumps, and polio.
The pro-life party: Yes, king! Tell it like it is!
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I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel
It’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
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The fact that the USA has banned visas for trans people but welcomed rapist Andrew Tate shows how all this "defending women" stuff is total bullshit
February 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The fact that the USA has banned visas for trans people but welcomed rapist Andrew Tate shows how all this "defending women" stuff is total bullshit
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Anti-Appalachian sentiment is a 🚩red flag🚩
Assuming Appalachians are all poor, uneducated, conservative Christians, or that any of us vote a certain way shows a lack of critical thinking, as well as your own classism and elitist views. (It's a shit take, in other words.)
Assuming Appalachians are all poor, uneducated, conservative Christians, or that any of us vote a certain way shows a lack of critical thinking, as well as your own classism and elitist views. (It's a shit take, in other words.)
February 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Anti-Appalachian sentiment is a 🚩red flag🚩
Assuming Appalachians are all poor, uneducated, conservative Christians, or that any of us vote a certain way shows a lack of critical thinking, as well as your own classism and elitist views. (It's a shit take, in other words.)
Assuming Appalachians are all poor, uneducated, conservative Christians, or that any of us vote a certain way shows a lack of critical thinking, as well as your own classism and elitist views. (It's a shit take, in other words.)