Christine
@cbowsin.bsky.social
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Linas Garsys used a pink triangle to represent gay people in his illustration, and Trump boasting about his anti-gay position is a dog whistle so loud it is deafening.
Under Hitler between 5,000 - 15,000 homosexual men were sent to the Nazi concentration camps where they were made to wear pink triangles.
The death rate for these men may have been as high as 60%.
It starts with intolerance and exclusion.
We know where the path ends.
The death rate for these men may have been as high as 60%.
It starts with intolerance and exclusion.
We know where the path ends.
March 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Linas Garsys used a pink triangle to represent gay people in his illustration, and Trump boasting about his anti-gay position is a dog whistle so loud it is deafening.
The fascist Right are going to keep trying to push the doomsday clock for trans people to midnight.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
Texas bill would make identifying as transgender a felony punishable by jail
The bill, while unlikely to pass, highlights the increasing extremism of legislation targeting trans people, especially in Texas, in recent years.
www.nbcnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The fascist Right are going to keep trying to push the doomsday clock for trans people to midnight.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
Like sounding the alarm Pearl Harbor is under attack on Dec 8th.
Black educators warn of what is lost if Education Department is shuttered: Black educators are sounding the alarm as President Trump ramps up talk of eliminating the Department of Education. Trump, who has long called for the Education Department to be shut down, said in the Oval Office on Tuesday…
Black educators warn of what is lost if Education Department is shuttered
Black educators are sounding the alarm as President Trump ramps up talk of eliminating the Department of Education. Trump, who has long called for the Education Department to be shut down, said in the Oval Office on Tuesday that he hopes Linda McMahon,…
thehill.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Like sounding the alarm Pearl Harbor is under attack on Dec 8th.
Project 2025 was first pushed out by red states few years ago, where many of the tyrannical measures were challenged and upheld by lower courts. This isn't really a new thing going on.
Dems are fighting back in the courts!
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced that there are currently more than 20 lawsuits challenging 11 of Donald Trump’s executive orders.
More of this!
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced that there are currently more than 20 lawsuits challenging 11 of Donald Trump’s executive orders.
More of this!
February 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Project 2025 was first pushed out by red states few years ago, where many of the tyrannical measures were challenged and upheld by lower courts. This isn't really a new thing going on.
Government infringing on speech
January 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Government infringing on speech
If human rights are conditional in your democracy, is it really a democracy worth fighting for.
January 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
If human rights are conditional in your democracy, is it really a democracy worth fighting for.
"Even in one's personal life." Gender Affirming Care requires so much honor, truth, and discipline that it is the least regretful of all forms of healthcare.
This is an appallingly discriminatory document.
This not only seeks to define transgender people out of existence, as with last week's order, today's executive order states that being transgender "conflicts with a soldier's commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle."
This not only seeks to define transgender people out of existence, as with last week's order, today's executive order states that being transgender "conflicts with a soldier's commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle."
January 28, 2025 at 5:15 AM
"Even in one's personal life." Gender Affirming Care requires so much honor, truth, and discipline that it is the least regretful of all forms of healthcare.
'All transphobes are bad faith' is what I learned after watching trans debates for 2 years. A person in good faith may not know the facts but will accept them when they are presented. Anti-trans views are the epitome of refusing facts.
Assuming good faith by fascists is how we got here.
My key point here is not substantive. I find Trump's order cruel & terrible, but whether it is constitutional is a separate, crucial question. Left-leaning people like me should assume good faith by those suggesting the order is constitutional & engage with their arguments.
January 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
'All transphobes are bad faith' is what I learned after watching trans debates for 2 years. A person in good faith may not know the facts but will accept them when they are presented. Anti-trans views are the epitome of refusing facts.
With a stroke of the pen, trans people no longer exist and are deemed second-class citizens with no constitutional rights. Stay safe, friends.
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January 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
With a stroke of the pen, trans people no longer exist and are deemed second-class citizens with no constitutional rights. Stay safe, friends.
Obama's 2 term presidency rocked white supremacy amerikkka to its core. That's why we have Trump, Musk, Walsh, etc, leading the right. That's why their focus is on anti-lgbtq (trans rights, gay marriage), misogyny (women's rights, abortion), Racism (CRT. Woke, DEI, immigration). The fundamentals.
For context this is the shit they’re spewing over there bsky.app/profile/dail...
January 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Obama's 2 term presidency rocked white supremacy amerikkka to its core. That's why we have Trump, Musk, Walsh, etc, leading the right. That's why their focus is on anti-lgbtq (trans rights, gay marriage), misogyny (women's rights, abortion), Racism (CRT. Woke, DEI, immigration). The fundamentals.
Conspiracy theorizing started as a positive term (mid 1800s) until people started using this concept to influence others with disinformation, negative term. Nowadays, this practice is analysis based on the type of information. For example; OSINT (open source), HUMINT (human), SIGINT (signal).
Understanding conspiracy theories:
1. There’s a kernel of truth
2. Someone gains influence or power by promoting it
3. Believers dislike the group it targets
4. There’s a strong negative emotional hook.
5. Scientific evidence is dismissed as an effort to hide the “truth”
#StormTipOfTheDay
1. There’s a kernel of truth
2. Someone gains influence or power by promoting it
3. Believers dislike the group it targets
4. There’s a strong negative emotional hook.
5. Scientific evidence is dismissed as an effort to hide the “truth”
#StormTipOfTheDay
January 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Conspiracy theorizing started as a positive term (mid 1800s) until people started using this concept to influence others with disinformation, negative term. Nowadays, this practice is analysis based on the type of information. For example; OSINT (open source), HUMINT (human), SIGINT (signal).
The method ISIS uses to radicalize Americans into extremism, memes and disinformation media, is the same method used by MAGA and the Alt-Right.
January 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The method ISIS uses to radicalize Americans into extremism, memes and disinformation media, is the same method used by MAGA and the Alt-Right.
"Fundamental to the capacity of a person to agree to sexual activity"
It would be the burden of the person providing consent to declare their fundamentals. This is another system of control through reproduction.
It would be the burden of the person providing consent to declare their fundamentals. This is another system of control through reproduction.
Maya Forstater in The Times comparing a trans person not telling a sexual partner they are trans with men raping their wives
December 31, 2024 at 2:35 PM
"Fundamental to the capacity of a person to agree to sexual activity"
It would be the burden of the person providing consent to declare their fundamentals. This is another system of control through reproduction.
It would be the burden of the person providing consent to declare their fundamentals. This is another system of control through reproduction.
Don't have to remember, really. They've been doing this with trans people for the past several years. Vilifying groups of people has been a hateful strategy of humanity since we invented groups and languages. When there aren't examples, they'll just make them up (eating pets, litter boxes, etc).
MAGA admits their strategy is to use select examples of heinous crimes to paint all migrants as bad, and to shout over the upcoming images of harm being done to women and children. Remember this.
December 31, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Don't have to remember, really. They've been doing this with trans people for the past several years. Vilifying groups of people has been a hateful strategy of humanity since we invented groups and languages. When there aren't examples, they'll just make them up (eating pets, litter boxes, etc).
Another battle was lost in the informatiom war.
Thanks to the Republican Congress, and a tsunami of lies from Musk and others, the only US agency dedicated to tracking and exposing Russian and Chinese propaganda around the world ceases to exist
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
US agency focused on foreign disinformation shuts down
A leading US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Repub...
www.france24.com
December 26, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Another battle was lost in the informatiom war.
Calling Biden a backstabber and liar as he opposes the Gender Care ban in the NDAA is performative journalism, not informative.
Let me know when outrage culture becomes a winning strategy, I'll wait.
Let me know when outrage culture becomes a winning strategy, I'll wait.
December 24, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Calling Biden a backstabber and liar as he opposes the Gender Care ban in the NDAA is performative journalism, not informative.
Let me know when outrage culture becomes a winning strategy, I'll wait.
Let me know when outrage culture becomes a winning strategy, I'll wait.
People still give credit to the Posobiec-Microchip-Weev narrative, interesting. The trio weren't involved in leaking the emails, and by his own admission, was going off of already established disinfo conspiracies theories being amplified.
First, it's not the case that Trump invented this, per se. Some white nationalists did first.
And while Xitter is an enforcement mechanism on Trump, and source of more direct power, I think it's just one facet of the relationship.
www.emptywheel.net/2024/11/01/e...
And while Xitter is an enforcement mechanism on Trump, and source of more direct power, I think it's just one facet of the relationship.
www.emptywheel.net/2024/11/01/e...
Elon Musk's Machine for Fascism: A One-Stop Shop for Disinformation and Violence - emptywheel
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, one of Trump's most gleeful supporters, has set up a one-stop shop: Joining false claims about the election with networks of fascists who'll take to the street...
www.emptywheel.net
December 24, 2024 at 3:36 PM
People still give credit to the Posobiec-Microchip-Weev narrative, interesting. The trio weren't involved in leaking the emails, and by his own admission, was going off of already established disinfo conspiracies theories being amplified.
People only have constitutional rights if those in power acknowledge those rights.
Years ago, someone told me about a state prison doctor w/an almost unbelievable history of negligence. The story instantly became one I wanted to pursue. It has taken a long while and I’ve gotten a ton of help from colleagues and a super patient editor. Story below.
www.thecity.nyc/2024/12/23/s...
www.thecity.nyc/2024/12/23/s...
Doctors Sanctioned for Glaring Medical Mistakes Find a Place to Practice in NY State Prisons
They’ve been judged guilty of medical misconduct, negligence, incompetence and even felonies. An investigation by THE CITY reveals that 10 such doctors found work treating incarcerated patients.
www.thecity.nyc
December 23, 2024 at 5:46 PM
People only have constitutional rights if those in power acknowledge those rights.
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A well-documented analysis of the media bias surrounding #Skrmetti and spread of misinformation about trans-youth care.
I will be spending my day reading the cited articles.
I will be spending my day reading the cited articles.
Press Downplays Danger of Supreme Court Case That Threatens Trans Rights—Among Others
Instead of holding those in power accountable for their attacks on minority groups, many in the press corps will happily join in on the attacks.
fair.org
December 21, 2024 at 12:06 PM
A well-documented analysis of the media bias surrounding #Skrmetti and spread of misinformation about trans-youth care.
I will be spending my day reading the cited articles.
I will be spending my day reading the cited articles.
Electrolysis is not for the weak. 🏳️⚧️
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Alt: Strong Women GIF
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Electrolysis is not for the weak. 🏳️⚧️
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8. According to the ACLU, legislative attacks on transgender people grew “exponentially” over 2023 and 2024. These anti-trans laws have directly caused an increase in suicide attempts in some states by up to 72%. The CDC reports 1 in 4 trans youth tried to take their lives this year.
Groundbreaking Study: Anti-trans State Laws Increased Suicide Attempts By 72%
The study, published in Nature Human Behavior, offers critical insight into the effects of anti-trans legislation, including healthcare bans, on transgender youth and is the first study of its kind.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 21, 2024 at 2:41 PM
8. According to the ACLU, legislative attacks on transgender people grew “exponentially” over 2023 and 2024. These anti-trans laws have directly caused an increase in suicide attempts in some states by up to 72%. The CDC reports 1 in 4 trans youth tried to take their lives this year.
Claiming the -ism in Autism is analogous to adding -ism to Transgender is possessing the particular quality of dumbism.
Refusing to accept how language changes from being to not being derogatory is a terrible semantic argument.
'Transgender is not a mental illness.' See, not hard and shorter.
Refusing to accept how language changes from being to not being derogatory is a terrible semantic argument.
'Transgender is not a mental illness.' See, not hard and shorter.
December 19, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Claiming the -ism in Autism is analogous to adding -ism to Transgender is possessing the particular quality of dumbism.
Refusing to accept how language changes from being to not being derogatory is a terrible semantic argument.
'Transgender is not a mental illness.' See, not hard and shorter.
Refusing to accept how language changes from being to not being derogatory is a terrible semantic argument.
'Transgender is not a mental illness.' See, not hard and shorter.
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Anna Paulina Luna gave herself a participation trophy amid the GOP disaster surrounding government funding
December 19, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Anna Paulina Luna gave herself a participation trophy amid the GOP disaster surrounding government funding
LGBP people who experience distress due to orientation may resort to identity change as a coping mechanism. I think this should be talked about, but it becomes difficult to do so when these individuals resort to transphobia as a means to cope with their own failure of recognizing their sense of self
December 19, 2024 at 5:50 PM
LGBP people who experience distress due to orientation may resort to identity change as a coping mechanism. I think this should be talked about, but it becomes difficult to do so when these individuals resort to transphobia as a means to cope with their own failure of recognizing their sense of self