Daisy in the Books
@daisyredwoods.bsky.social
she/her
Happily married transgender woman. Tech industry escapee trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. Missing my library.
Happily married transgender woman. Tech industry escapee trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. Missing my library.
I’ve read the essay and the professor’s critique of it, and I agree with this.
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I’ve read the essay and the professor’s critique of it, and I agree with this.
Altavista was peak. Unfortunately, it was always just a hardware demonstration project.
NGL I want fuckin Altavista back :/
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Altavista was peak. Unfortunately, it was always just a hardware demonstration project.
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me: congrats when’s the baby due
pregnant librarian: oh it's mine i get to keep it
pregnant librarian: oh it's mine i get to keep it
May 26, 2023 at 9:22 PM
me: congrats when’s the baby due
pregnant librarian: oh it's mine i get to keep it
pregnant librarian: oh it's mine i get to keep it
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Good morning, all! I’m Daisy. She/her. I’m a 60 year old trans woman now living in Portland, OR. This tradition is one of the only things I’ve missed about the other place.
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Good morning, all! I’m Daisy. She/her. I’m a 60 year old trans woman now living in Portland, OR. This tradition is one of the only things I’ve missed about the other place.
One of my favorite things!
I’m bringing back something that’s SORELY needed.
TRANS APPRECIATION FRIDAY!
How this works: post a pic of you, if comfy. Tell us your name, pronouns, and a bit about you.
THEN repost this post and make new friends!
I’m Alyssa(she/her). I love hiking, coffee, kitties & kindness.
Now YOU!💜
TRANS APPRECIATION FRIDAY!
How this works: post a pic of you, if comfy. Tell us your name, pronouns, and a bit about you.
THEN repost this post and make new friends!
I’m Alyssa(she/her). I love hiking, coffee, kitties & kindness.
Now YOU!💜
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
One of my favorite things!
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wild to realize that Ghost In The Shell is 30 years old, we are only 4 years away from the year it is set in, and think about how real life tech dystopia is so much more banal and terrible than anything we could have imagined so many years ago
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
wild to realize that Ghost In The Shell is 30 years old, we are only 4 years away from the year it is set in, and think about how real life tech dystopia is so much more banal and terrible than anything we could have imagined so many years ago
Here we go with further attacks on trans people. If nothing else, it has a chilling effect on international travel. If I can’t count on my passport being valid when I make my plans, is it worth going?
1. The Trump administration has just quietly updated the State Department website to indicate that it may invalidate transgender people's passports.
This comes a week after a SCOTUS ruling blocking lower rulings allowing trans people to update them.
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This comes a week after a SCOTUS ruling blocking lower rulings allowing trans people to update them.
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Trump Admin Quietly Changes State Department Page To Indicate It May Invalidate Trans Passports
The change comes after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the administration and lifted a temporary injunction.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Here we go with further attacks on trans people. If nothing else, it has a chilling effect on international travel. If I can’t count on my passport being valid when I make my plans, is it worth going?
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Can we timeskip ahead to the point where we all realize the race scientist eugenicists, the white birthrate obsessives, the silicon valley scamsters, and the Epstein circle are all just the same people?
November 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Can we timeskip ahead to the point where we all realize the race scientist eugenicists, the white birthrate obsessives, the silicon valley scamsters, and the Epstein circle are all just the same people?
Worth watching the whole video. This is why I won’t be supporting Newsom.
To highlight the same shit we’ve been saying for at least a month now, here are bullet points from Dr Stryker’s speech below to explain exactly why trans people will not be accepting Newsom.
Dems, I’m begging y’all to elevate someone who meets the moment.
Dems, I’m begging y’all to elevate someone who meets the moment.
October 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Worth watching the whole video. This is why I won’t be supporting Newsom.
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I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Just finished “Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid, which is amazing and everyone should read it. It has occurred to me that it’s basically historical fiction. That’s set when I was 15-20. In a place I worked when I was in my 20s. I feel old.
October 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Just finished “Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid, which is amazing and everyone should read it. It has occurred to me that it’s basically historical fiction. That’s set when I was 15-20. In a place I worked when I was in my 20s. I feel old.
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Yes your taxes should support disabled people.
They should support homeless people.
They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.
This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.
They should support homeless people.
They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.
This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.
October 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Yes your taxes should support disabled people.
They should support homeless people.
They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.
This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.
They should support homeless people.
They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.
This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.
You can take the girl out of the south, but apparently you can’t take the (culinary) South out of the girl. A yummy bowl of cheese grits for breakfast.
October 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
You can take the girl out of the south, but apparently you can’t take the (culinary) South out of the girl. A yummy bowl of cheese grits for breakfast.
100%! As a school librarian, I didn’t restrict books by age based on my experience as an early reader (as well as the experience and research of others). So much of what I read young gave me the chance to be who I am today.
This #BannedBooksWeek I'm remembering all the books I read at the wrong time, when they were "age inappropriate". Some of them shocked and scared me but I don't regret any of them. 🧵
October 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
100%! As a school librarian, I didn’t restrict books by age based on my experience as an early reader (as well as the experience and research of others). So much of what I read young gave me the chance to be who I am today.
Newsom has shown repeatedly that he will throw trans people under the bus at the first opportunity. I can speak personally to the impacts of not being able to source hormones and the benefits of knowing I have enough to allow me options for access. There is no valid reason to veto this bill.
1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.
Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.
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Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.
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Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills
The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Newsom has shown repeatedly that he will throw trans people under the bus at the first opportunity. I can speak personally to the impacts of not being able to source hormones and the benefits of knowing I have enough to allow me options for access. There is no valid reason to veto this bill.
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Anti-conversion therapy laws DO NOT infringe upon one’s “right to free speech”; dismantling them WILL lead to gross infringements upon one’s human rights - especially children’s. Conversion camps aren’t just breeding grounds for torture and abuse; they ARE torture and abuse. SCOTUS KNOWS this.
October 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Anti-conversion therapy laws DO NOT infringe upon one’s “right to free speech”; dismantling them WILL lead to gross infringements upon one’s human rights - especially children’s. Conversion camps aren’t just breeding grounds for torture and abuse; they ARE torture and abuse. SCOTUS KNOWS this.
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Never, ever Newsom. Fuck that guy.
Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85
October 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Never, ever Newsom. Fuck that guy.
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We were told over and over again that this would not happen, just like Project 2025.
LGBTQ+ people exist. Attempting to remove their existence from cultural references and calling them ‘demonic’ is a violation of our American freedoms.
They’re attacking everything they said they’d attack.
LGBTQ+ people exist. Attempting to remove their existence from cultural references and calling them ‘demonic’ is a violation of our American freedoms.
They’re attacking everything they said they’d attack.
1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.
If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
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If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
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Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters
Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
We were told over and over again that this would not happen, just like Project 2025.
LGBTQ+ people exist. Attempting to remove their existence from cultural references and calling them ‘demonic’ is a violation of our American freedoms.
They’re attacking everything they said they’d attack.
LGBTQ+ people exist. Attempting to remove their existence from cultural references and calling them ‘demonic’ is a violation of our American freedoms.
They’re attacking everything they said they’d attack.
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Eight months after the Department of Government Efficiency effort to shrink the federal workforce began, some agencies are hiring workers back – and spending more money than before.
Federal agencies are rehiring workers and spending more after DOGE's push to cut
Eight months after the Department of Government Efficiency effort to shrink the federal workforce began, some agencies are hiring workers back – and spending more money than before.
n.pr
October 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Eight months after the Department of Government Efficiency effort to shrink the federal workforce began, some agencies are hiring workers back – and spending more money than before.
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"That's all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don't know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won't matter if we don't survive these times."
Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
August 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"That's all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don't know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won't matter if we don't survive these times."
Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
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1. The Trump administration has filed an emergency motion with the Supreme Court to reinstate its transgender passport restrictions.
The filing in the much-criticized shadow docket could cast trans travelers into chaos, with a decision likely soon.
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The filing in the much-criticized shadow docket could cast trans travelers into chaos, with a decision likely soon.
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Trump Files Emergency SCOTUS Motion Over Trans Passport Gender Markers; Decision Could Come Quickly
The motion comes after multiple courts have found Trump's passport gender marker ban for transgender people to likely violate their constitutional rights and US law.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
1. The Trump administration has filed an emergency motion with the Supreme Court to reinstate its transgender passport restrictions.
The filing in the much-criticized shadow docket could cast trans travelers into chaos, with a decision likely soon.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
The filing in the much-criticized shadow docket could cast trans travelers into chaos, with a decision likely soon.
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RFK Jr. is objectively pro-disease, pro-illness and pro-child death.
RFK Jr.-Backed Vaccine Panel Advises Against MMRV Vaccine for Young Children
New members of a key committee tweak routine childhood vaccine guidance as some states and insurers go their own way.
www.wsj.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
RFK Jr. is objectively pro-disease, pro-illness and pro-child death.
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There's no excuse for the Vice President of the United States to use a heinous killing as an occasion to baselessly frame political opponents as accomplices to murder while threatening to use the power of the government to attack them.
This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.
This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.
September 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
There's no excuse for the Vice President of the United States to use a heinous killing as an occasion to baselessly frame political opponents as accomplices to murder while threatening to use the power of the government to attack them.
This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.
This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.
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It needs to be said that by rebranding Charlie Kirk's views as moderate by both right wingers and liberal cowards resets the extremist views he held as normal and pushes the Overton window to the far right
September 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It needs to be said that by rebranding Charlie Kirk's views as moderate by both right wingers and liberal cowards resets the extremist views he held as normal and pushes the Overton window to the far right
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The last 48 hours have shown why people have stopped relying on legacy journalism and have migrated to independent journalists in droves.
The benefit of legacy journalism is supposed to be “editors” and “factchecking” and they can’t even get that right in a rush to blame trans people.
The benefit of legacy journalism is supposed to be “editors” and “factchecking” and they can’t even get that right in a rush to blame trans people.
September 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The last 48 hours have shown why people have stopped relying on legacy journalism and have migrated to independent journalists in droves.
The benefit of legacy journalism is supposed to be “editors” and “factchecking” and they can’t even get that right in a rush to blame trans people.
The benefit of legacy journalism is supposed to be “editors” and “factchecking” and they can’t even get that right in a rush to blame trans people.