BeircheartBurns
@beircheartburns.bsky.social
Harm Reductionist and Secular (athiest) Buddhist.
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Words cannot put into perspective just how insanely angry this makes me feel. [redacted]
Trump to Zelenskyy: "Don't tell us what we're gonna feel. You're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're gonna feel. We're gonna feel very good and very strong. You're right now not in a very good position. You're gambling with World War 3."
February 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Words cannot put into perspective just how insanely angry this makes me feel. [redacted]
I will be engaging in this! Are you brave enough? Can you resist your next "want"? Let's show them who really holds the power! WE THE PEOPLE!
February 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I will be engaging in this! Are you brave enough? Can you resist your next "want"? Let's show them who really holds the power! WE THE PEOPLE!
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ABC [Feb 10] -- Secy of Defense Peter Hegseth sent a memo to senior Pentagon officials ordering an immediate halt to the delivery of all gender affirming care and to any pending promotions for trans members.
Thank you for your service.
[HT @denisenorris.bsky.social]
Thank you for your service.
[HT @denisenorris.bsky.social]
Hegseth orders immediate pause on gender-affirming medical care for transgender service members
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered an immediate pause on gender-affirming care for all active duty service members in a memo to senior Pentagon and military leaders.
abcnews.go.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
ABC [Feb 10] -- Secy of Defense Peter Hegseth sent a memo to senior Pentagon officials ordering an immediate halt to the delivery of all gender affirming care and to any pending promotions for trans members.
Thank you for your service.
[HT @denisenorris.bsky.social]
Thank you for your service.
[HT @denisenorris.bsky.social]
While the media is busy creating diversions over 400 anti-lgbtqia+ lwas were passed on friday 2/7/2025. Here's a way to keep abreast: www.aclu.org/legislative-...
Mapping Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in U.S. State Legislatures in 2025 | American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org
February 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
While the media is busy creating diversions over 400 anti-lgbtqia+ lwas were passed on friday 2/7/2025. Here's a way to keep abreast: www.aclu.org/legislative-...
My inner activist has come alive again. Please spread this far and wide! Personalize it, make it true for you, send it to your local, state, and federal politicians! My hope is that this reaches a many people as possible! Let our voices be heard! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Subject: Urgent Appeal to End Legislative Attacks on the LGBTQIA+ Community
[Your Name] [Your Address] [City, State, ZIP Code] [Your Email] [Date] The Honorable [Representative/Senator’s Name] [Office Address] Washington, D.C. Subject: Urgent Appeal to End Legislative A...
docs.google.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
My inner activist has come alive again. Please spread this far and wide! Personalize it, make it true for you, send it to your local, state, and federal politicians! My hope is that this reaches a many people as possible! Let our voices be heard! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Fuck this hurts…
In a new lawsuit filed against Trump by state AGs, a family with a trans kid shares she died by suicide last month citing fears Trump would deny her access to gender-affirming care. "Her parents have expressed fear...that what happened to their daughter does not happen to other children."
![The serious concerns over how the Order will detrimentally impact transgender
youth cannot be overstated. One Washingtonian, as her parents describe her, was a bright and
gentle soul who loved playing musical instruments, trying new things, and playing Magic the
Gathering. She was excited to learn Japanese and the impact of gender-affirming care was
immediately clear to her family. Her parents described that “her joy was clear with every new
milestone in her transition. She was so happy to get to the next step, to get closer to presenting
in a way that was true to herself.” But the day before the presidential election, she shared,
“[t]omorrow I get to find out if I’m illegal.” After the election, she asked her parents if they
could move to Canada because she was fearful of new restrictions on transgender youth and
worried about losing access to gender-affirming care. In January 2025, she took her life. After
the Order issued, her parents expressed that the outlook for transgender futures looks scary and
shared fears of what ending gender-affirming care would have meant for their daughter’s access
to therapy, puberty-delaying medication, hormones, and hope of surgery. Her parents have
expressed fear for the many lives who depend on gender-affirming care and that what happened
to their daughter does not happen to any other children.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mlmouohgzbjofidukcp4pxf2/bafkreich7jyv3lnkmd5r234itpdhtvavgblc46ai6d47tb4i7oxgfga2ym@jpeg)
February 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Fuck this hurts…
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This man is too good for us.
As the forces of hatred are on the march, my promise is this:
Our trans neighbors will continue to be safe, protected, and welcome in Minnesota.
Our trans neighbors will continue to be safe, protected, and welcome in Minnesota.
February 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This man is too good for us.
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Is it just me or has WIRED been dogwalking the rest of the media on this story
NEW: An internal email obtained by WIRED from a threat intelligence team monitoring US Treasury systems advised labeling DOGE operatives an "insider threat," adding that it recommended suspending their access "immediately."
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www.wired.com/story/treasu...
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www.wired.com/story/treasu...
February 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Is it just me or has WIRED been dogwalking the rest of the media on this story
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This is important
We might have a few less seats in Congress but we’re not going to be the minority. We’re going to be the opposition.
Thanks @leximcmenamin.bsky.social & @teenvogue.com for covering.
www.teenvogue.com/story/maxwel...
Thanks @leximcmenamin.bsky.social & @teenvogue.com for covering.
www.teenvogue.com/story/maxwel...
"Resist, Obstruct, Protect Our People": Maxwell Frost Has a Plan for Taking on Trump
"Why is a single Democrat voting to confirm any of these Trump Cabinet nominees?"
www.teenvogue.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is important
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PRRI [Feb 5] -- Poll : By providing moral cover for so many clearly illegal acts, it can feel like a wave of white Christian nationalism is crashing over the U.S. But while a sizable minority, they're outnumbered over 2-to-1 (66%-30%) among gen public.
[by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
[by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
New PRRI Survey: A Reality Check on the Reach of White Christian Nationalism in Seven Charts
White Christian Nationalism is Neither the Best of Us, Nor the Majority of Us
www.whitetoolong.net
February 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
PRRI [Feb 5] -- Poll : By providing moral cover for so many clearly illegal acts, it can feel like a wave of white Christian nationalism is crashing over the U.S. But while a sizable minority, they're outnumbered over 2-to-1 (66%-30%) among gen public.
[by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
[by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
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Trump Attorney General memo reinstating the death penalty leaked to me
February 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Trump Attorney General memo reinstating the death penalty leaked to me
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Donald Trump has released a new EO to "eradicate anti-Christian bias."
What is one of the examples of "anti-Christian bias" cited in his order? The recognition by Biden of Transgender Day of Visibility, which fell on the same day as Easter Sunday last year.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
What is one of the examples of "anti-Christian bias" cited in his order? The recognition by Biden of Transgender Day of Visibility, which fell on the same day as Easter Sunday last year.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
February 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Donald Trump has released a new EO to "eradicate anti-Christian bias."
What is one of the examples of "anti-Christian bias" cited in his order? The recognition by Biden of Transgender Day of Visibility, which fell on the same day as Easter Sunday last year.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
What is one of the examples of "anti-Christian bias" cited in his order? The recognition by Biden of Transgender Day of Visibility, which fell on the same day as Easter Sunday last year.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Facing the loss of their entire federal grant funding, NCMEC just caved and agreed to remove all references to LGBTQ youth and will dead name and misgender missing trans youth going forward.
Words cannot contain the level of rage I feel in this moment.
Words cannot contain the level of rage I feel in this moment.
NMEC plans to comply with DOJ threats. This email was sent out Wednesday night to staff, but it noticeably doesn't mention anything specifically about LGBTQIA+ kids or DOJ, just general compliance with executive orders:
February 7, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Facing the loss of their entire federal grant funding, NCMEC just caved and agreed to remove all references to LGBTQ youth and will dead name and misgender missing trans youth going forward.
Words cannot contain the level of rage I feel in this moment.
Words cannot contain the level of rage I feel in this moment.
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New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
February 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
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When the federal government abandons important areas of funding and leaves a gaping hole in the advancement of science, any prudent funder would fill the hole, not follow suit. I don’t know the rationale here but seriously WTF?
Disclosure: HHMI paid my way through graduate school.
Disclosure: HHMI paid my way through graduate school.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the nation’s largest private funder of biomedical research, yesterday killed a $60 million program aimed at making universities’ STEM education more inclusive. scim.ag/3EtS0US
HHMI kills program aimed at boosting inclusivity in STEM education
“Inclusive excellence” program had committed $60 million to 104 institutions
scim.ag
February 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
When the federal government abandons important areas of funding and leaves a gaping hole in the advancement of science, any prudent funder would fill the hole, not follow suit. I don’t know the rationale here but seriously WTF?
Disclosure: HHMI paid my way through graduate school.
Disclosure: HHMI paid my way through graduate school.
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1. Yesterday, Representative Nancy Mace shouted an anti-trans slur into the microphone at a congressional hearing three times in a row.
When pointed out that she was egregiously breaking decorum, the chair ruled she was not.
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When pointed out that she was egregiously breaking decorum, the chair ruled she was not.
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Rep. Nancy Mace Shouts Anti-Trans Slur 3 Times In A Row At Hearing And Goes Unpunished
The congresswoman has been behind multiple recent attempts to target transgender people, including her own colleague, transgender congresswoman Sarah McBride
www.erininthemorning.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
1. Yesterday, Representative Nancy Mace shouted an anti-trans slur into the microphone at a congressional hearing three times in a row.
When pointed out that she was egregiously breaking decorum, the chair ruled she was not.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
The latest from Mira Lazine.
When pointed out that she was egregiously breaking decorum, the chair ruled she was not.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
The latest from Mira Lazine.