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July 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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99% of the time, the people who end up getting barged in on by police and security guards with transgender bathroom bans are cisgender lesbian women.

Bathroom bans don't work because you can't tell whose trans by looks alone.

Anyway. Many such cases.
Hotel Guard Barges Into Women’s Restroom, Accuses Lesbian Guest Of Being A Man - GO Magazine
The Liberty Hotel in Boston has suspended the guard and promised staff retraining after forcibly removing a cisgender lesbian from the women’s restroom.
gomag.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Just gutted. A brilliant songwriter and one of my greatest musical influences.
May 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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You have an obligation to fight bad art with good art. If you make it (and you can), you must make it. If you can't make it (seriously, you can, just start), support it. If you can't afford to support it, talk about it.
March 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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the thin line between this and people who cling to "phenotypically" as a way of describing folks
The most serious Nazi shit in this extremely Nazi shit executive order may be the idea, just slipped in there, that one of the "divisive narratives that distort our shared history" is that "race is not a biological reality but a social construct." www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Protestors lined up outside of a Tesla dealership on Route 35 in Eatontown NJ, a town sitting inside cherry red district 4, represented by congress’s longest serving Republican, Chris Smith
March 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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“Together, these actions will make people in the United States and around the world less prosperous and more vulnerable.”

“We at Nature denounce this assault on science. And we encourage the global research community, wherever they can, to voice their opposition.”
February 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Heard today:

There are a bunch of people who need to go watch the Schoolhouse Rock videos.

👏 👏 👏

Let me help with a link to the lyrics. All videos on Disney+ and most on YouTube.

www.schoolhouserock.tv
Schoolhouse Rock Lyrics
Schoolhouse Rock Lyrics - Vote for your favorite Schoolhouse Rock song!
www.schoolhouserock.tv
February 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Today's Black History Month Showcase:

Patrice Banks is a science engineer turned auto tech who in '17 founded the Girls Auto Clinic Repair Center, staffed by women mechanics. In '17, she published the Girls Auto Clinic Glove Box Guide, covering the basics of auto repairs, maintenance & emergencies.
February 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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NEWS: In USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones.

+ similar in the Department of the Interior
LGBTQ federal workers say they're terrified they're about to be fired for their gender identity, sexual orientation, or past efforts to support other queer and trans employees—in other words, a second Lavender Scare.

Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
LGBTQ federal workers brace for a McCarthyist purge
"They’re not asking people ‘Are you gay? Are you lesbian?’ They’re asking, ‘Who is participating in DEI?'"
www.motherjones.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Good morning. The dance, whatever that means to you, is worth fighting for.

“During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, protested in the afternoon and danced all night. The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for.
February 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest

www.reuters.com/markets/euro...
Dutch pension fund ABP sells all Alphabet and Meta shares, CEO tells newspaper FD
ABP, the Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in tech companies Meta and Alphabet , its CEO told Dutch newspaper FD in an interview published on Monday.
www.reuters.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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It matters that scientists speak out against what is being done to US science.

Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics".

Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about".

We need to sound the alarm.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next
The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.
www.nature.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.

You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.

My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.

www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
Public comment on US passport form changes related to trans
www.reddit.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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On Audre Lorde’s birthday, I’m thinking about her Kitchen Table Press.

She (second from left), Barbara Smith, Cherrie Moraga and Hattie Gossett came together to establish a press centering feminist and lesbians of color — and it shook the publishing industry. #bhm
February 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Happening now: it's 1°F outside in Chicago—a literal frozen hellscape.

Furious EPA workers with AFGE Local 704 are rallying against the Trump/Musk evisceration of the federal workforce targeting new hires. Recently fired employees include those responsible for monitoring air & water quality.
February 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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It may feel weird or somehow improper to talk about your art or your writing, but we need it. It can’t be wall-to-wall nightmare all the time. Art is both counterweight and context. It’s escape and enlightenment and a mirror of our own exasperation. We need it. We NEED it. Keep showing us.
February 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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This is a comprehensive (and very bleak) summary of the current state of US science
Donald Trump’s second term as US President has begun with staff layoffs, slashed budgets, axed diversity programmes and cancelled conferences in what some see as a new "dark ages" 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/us-science...
US science in chaos as impact of Trump's executive orders sinks in – Physics World
US science hit by staff layoffs, slashed budgets, axed diversity programmes and cancelled conferences
physicsworld.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Please note new date for Sean Spiller.
We will cover:
- Governing
- Democracy
- Climate and Clean Energy
- School boards

Register now for the Ras Baraka spotlight. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Stand Up for Science rallies will be held in DC and state capitals on March 7th. Share with friends. Sign-up here to get email updates with details: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE 2025 - DC and NATIONWIDE
Stand up for science with us on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org
www.eventbrite.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Good morning. After a couple adult beverages and a good nights sleep I am back to fight the fight.

Here is my pep talk for myself (and you):

1) you must fight for all those who can’t, for as long as you can.
2) focus on helping those who see your value and ignore the noise.
February 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM