Essie
@decenttweaks.bsky.social
Human. Writer. Gamer. Musichead. Philly sports fan. Grammar nerd. Neutral Good. Trans. Outraged. Trying to find hope.
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Essie
@decenttweaks.bsky.social
· Jan 17
Hate is never the answer.
Omg... this feels a bazillion times better than last November.I feel like I can breathe again for the first time in a year!
Lots of work ahead, but gotta take the time to celebrate where we can!
Lots of work ahead, but gotta take the time to celebrate where we can!
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Omg... this feels a bazillion times better than last November.I feel like I can breathe again for the first time in a year!
Lots of work ahead, but gotta take the time to celebrate where we can!
Lots of work ahead, but gotta take the time to celebrate where we can!
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Know your rights when voting today.
November 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Know your rights when voting today.
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I voted by mail a little while ago. The ballot for Philadelphia was some local positions that were pretty straightforward, then LOTS of judges on the ballot, either for retention or being voted in. It's hard to find info about all of these. The Inquirer did a nice guide. Here's a gift link:
Your guide to the 2025 general election in Philadelphia, from district attorney to Pa. Supreme Court
From important dates to who’s on your ballot.
share.inquirer.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I voted by mail a little while ago. The ballot for Philadelphia was some local positions that were pretty straightforward, then LOTS of judges on the ballot, either for retention or being voted in. It's hard to find info about all of these. The Inquirer did a nice guide. Here's a gift link:
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there has never been a presidency that has spent more time on LGBTQ issues as this Trump administration. they are wholly obsessed with queer people. the time/effort on LGBTQ issues is coming 97% from the right.
i'm so fucking tired of the gaslighting on this. why does everyone have this backwards?
i'm so fucking tired of the gaslighting on this. why does everyone have this backwards?
Duh. Those of us on the ground last year actually speaking with middle class/working class voters and who heard from these voters every single day the same - “Trump is an asshole, but Democrats are out of touch” - could’ve saved my new political party a lot of time & money producing this “report.”👇
October 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
there has never been a presidency that has spent more time on LGBTQ issues as this Trump administration. they are wholly obsessed with queer people. the time/effort on LGBTQ issues is coming 97% from the right.
i'm so fucking tired of the gaslighting on this. why does everyone have this backwards?
i'm so fucking tired of the gaslighting on this. why does everyone have this backwards?
Okay, so when does the pendulum start swinging in the other direction from *gestures at everything*?
October 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Okay, so when does the pendulum start swinging in the other direction from *gestures at everything*?
It was a double-voting kind of day for me.
First, I finished my research, filled out and mailed in my PA ballot (with a bunch of Yes votes).
Then, I searched my musical soul to vote in WXPN's Greatest Cover Song Countdown! It was tough to narrow my list down. There are SO many amazing covers!
First, I finished my research, filled out and mailed in my PA ballot (with a bunch of Yes votes).
Then, I searched my musical soul to vote in WXPN's Greatest Cover Song Countdown! It was tough to narrow my list down. There are SO many amazing covers!
885 Greatest Cover Songs Countdown - WXPN | Vinyl At Heart
What makes agreat cover song? The ones that flip the script, turn a classic inside out, or breathe new life into a tune you thought you knew best. This fall, listeners help build the list of the 885 G...
xpn.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:40 AM
It was a double-voting kind of day for me.
First, I finished my research, filled out and mailed in my PA ballot (with a bunch of Yes votes).
Then, I searched my musical soul to vote in WXPN's Greatest Cover Song Countdown! It was tough to narrow my list down. There are SO many amazing covers!
First, I finished my research, filled out and mailed in my PA ballot (with a bunch of Yes votes).
Then, I searched my musical soul to vote in WXPN's Greatest Cover Song Countdown! It was tough to narrow my list down. There are SO many amazing covers!
This guy is good at social media trolling, but HORRIBLE about protecting the vulnerable.
PLEASE find someone better to be the Dem nominee in 2028. There are much better folks to choose from, and many queer people won't vote for this guy even though queer folks make up a very loyal Dem voting bloc.
PLEASE find someone better to be the Dem nominee in 2028. There are much better folks to choose from, and many queer people won't vote for this guy even though queer folks make up a very loyal Dem voting bloc.
Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85
October 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This guy is good at social media trolling, but HORRIBLE about protecting the vulnerable.
PLEASE find someone better to be the Dem nominee in 2028. There are much better folks to choose from, and many queer people won't vote for this guy even though queer folks make up a very loyal Dem voting bloc.
PLEASE find someone better to be the Dem nominee in 2028. There are much better folks to choose from, and many queer people won't vote for this guy even though queer folks make up a very loyal Dem voting bloc.
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Remember when these guys ran a completely fabricated story about trans kids sourced to a single bigot who worked at St Louis Children’s Hospital and it got so much traction that they ended a bunch of programs for trans kids because of all the bomb threats
David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press
October 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Remember when these guys ran a completely fabricated story about trans kids sourced to a single bigot who worked at St Louis Children’s Hospital and it got so much traction that they ended a bunch of programs for trans kids because of all the bomb threats
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CBS News will now be a megaphone for the country's most vicious crusader against free speech, and the most relentless propagandist of far-right disinformation.
Cancel Paramount Plus, call every CBS advertiser until their only remaining ads are for MyPillow and Daily Stormer.
Cancel Paramount Plus, call every CBS advertiser until their only remaining ads are for MyPillow and Daily Stormer.
October 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
CBS News will now be a megaphone for the country's most vicious crusader against free speech, and the most relentless propagandist of far-right disinformation.
Cancel Paramount Plus, call every CBS advertiser until their only remaining ads are for MyPillow and Daily Stormer.
Cancel Paramount Plus, call every CBS advertiser until their only remaining ads are for MyPillow and Daily Stormer.
As a reminder for PA voters, vote Yes to retain all three PA Supreme Court justices. Billionaires are flooding the zone saying we need term limits for judges, but their term limits are literally what we're voting on! Don't be duped!
No need to be scared of him. The trend is clear - everyone outside of his hard base is abandoning him.
October 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
As a reminder for PA voters, vote Yes to retain all three PA Supreme Court justices. Billionaires are flooding the zone saying we need term limits for judges, but their term limits are literally what we're voting on! Don't be duped!
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I just got a VERY interesting email that allies in congress were upset that so many of my readers were calling about the anti-trans provisions. I'm here to say: good. I won't let them throw our rights under the bus by cover of night.
All's that to say, keep up the calls. They're hearing you.
All's that to say, keep up the calls. They're hearing you.
1. It's shutdown day, and anti-trans provisions are on the line... either today, or in a few more weeks if a clean continuing resolution passes.
Trump posted a video this morning blaming a shutdown on trans people and immigrants.
Here is your shutdown guide.
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Trump posted a video this morning blaming a shutdown on trans people and immigrants.
Here is your shutdown guide.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Shutdown Day Guide For LGBTQ+ People: "Continuing Resolutions" And New Anti-Trans Posts From The White House
Shutdown day is here, and there has been a lot of competing coverage on Republican priorities, Democrat's demands, and what shutdown politics means for LGBTQ+ people in America.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I just got a VERY interesting email that allies in congress were upset that so many of my readers were calling about the anti-trans provisions. I'm here to say: good. I won't let them throw our rights under the bus by cover of night.
All's that to say, keep up the calls. They're hearing you.
All's that to say, keep up the calls. They're hearing you.
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I'm so glad you said this, because about 30 seconds ago, I published a newsletter piece detailing how conservatives have dump-trucked through all of the previously established common sense, nuanced, compromise positions on trans rights to get here: burns-notice.ghost.io/what-would-t...
September 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I'm so glad you said this, because about 30 seconds ago, I published a newsletter piece detailing how conservatives have dump-trucked through all of the previously established common sense, nuanced, compromise positions on trans rights to get here: burns-notice.ghost.io/what-would-t...
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The same bs they're spewing about autism and tylenol is the same bs they're spewing about trans people's healthcare. It's the exact same playbook and the fact that the media can see through one and not the other is a damning indictment of how complicit they are in the attack on trans lives.
September 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The same bs they're spewing about autism and tylenol is the same bs they're spewing about trans people's healthcare. It's the exact same playbook and the fact that the media can see through one and not the other is a damning indictment of how complicit they are in the attack on trans lives.
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This is absolutely true. If the NYT covered this the way they covered trans care, you all would finally understand what dangerous shit their trans care coverage has been.
i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.
September 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is absolutely true. If the NYT covered this the way they covered trans care, you all would finally understand what dangerous shit their trans care coverage has been.
Words that now fill me with instant agita and dread as soon as I read them:
"In a 6 to 3 decision..."
"In a 6 to 3 decision..."
September 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Words that now fill me with instant agita and dread as soon as I read them:
"In a 6 to 3 decision..."
"In a 6 to 3 decision..."
What in the actual fuck is going on right now? What have we become, and worse, where the fuck are we heading??
The FBI is preparing to label transgender people as “violent extremists” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...
FBI Readies New War on Trans People
“We’re looking at the entire web”
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
What in the actual fuck is going on right now? What have we become, and worse, where the fuck are we heading??
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The list of Dems voting to ban trans rights:
Cuellar - Texas
Davis - North Carolina
Gillen - New York
Golden - Maine
Gonzalez, V. - Texas
Gottheimer - New Jersey
Gray - California
Horsford - Nevada
Kaptur - Ohio
Lee - Nevada
McClain Delaney - Maryland
McDonald Rivet - Michigan
Mrvan - Indiana
...🧵
Cuellar - Texas
Davis - North Carolina
Gillen - New York
Golden - Maine
Gonzalez, V. - Texas
Gottheimer - New Jersey
Gray - California
Horsford - Nevada
Kaptur - Ohio
Lee - Nevada
McClain Delaney - Maryland
McDonald Rivet - Michigan
Mrvan - Indiana
...🧵
were you curious? i was curious. i was also pretty unsurprised.
anyways, if you're looking for something to do with unspent energy tonight, reps.fyi has contact info for all of these folks, if you want to let them know that you'll vote for anyone less bigoted who primaries their transphobic asses.
anyways, if you're looking for something to do with unspent energy tonight, reps.fyi has contact info for all of these folks, if you want to let them know that you'll vote for anyone less bigoted who primaries their transphobic asses.
September 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The list of Dems voting to ban trans rights:
Cuellar - Texas
Davis - North Carolina
Gillen - New York
Golden - Maine
Gonzalez, V. - Texas
Gottheimer - New Jersey
Gray - California
Horsford - Nevada
Kaptur - Ohio
Lee - Nevada
McClain Delaney - Maryland
McDonald Rivet - Michigan
Mrvan - Indiana
...🧵
Cuellar - Texas
Davis - North Carolina
Gillen - New York
Golden - Maine
Gonzalez, V. - Texas
Gottheimer - New Jersey
Gray - California
Horsford - Nevada
Kaptur - Ohio
Lee - Nevada
McClain Delaney - Maryland
McDonald Rivet - Michigan
Mrvan - Indiana
...🧵
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When I say Dems are voting to ban trans rights, I mean they are voting to ban ALL trans rights.
Included in the military funding bill are these provisions impacting trans people in the military:
- A bathroom ban
- A ban on correct gender markers on forms
- A healthcare ban
- A sports ban
Included in the military funding bill are these provisions impacting trans people in the military:
- A bathroom ban
- A ban on correct gender markers on forms
- A healthcare ban
- A sports ban
September 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
When I say Dems are voting to ban trans rights, I mean they are voting to ban ALL trans rights.
Included in the military funding bill are these provisions impacting trans people in the military:
- A bathroom ban
- A ban on correct gender markers on forms
- A healthcare ban
- A sports ban
Included in the military funding bill are these provisions impacting trans people in the military:
- A bathroom ban
- A ban on correct gender markers on forms
- A healthcare ban
- A sports ban
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hi, cis folks!
this is present day reality for UK trans folks. it’s outrageous someone should have to have taken this journey to live as themselves, participate in society, & be with who they love.
hi, cis americans!
this is a future trans americans see that starts with “we need to compromise.”
this is present day reality for UK trans folks. it’s outrageous someone should have to have taken this journey to live as themselves, participate in society, & be with who they love.
hi, cis americans!
this is a future trans americans see that starts with “we need to compromise.”
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
hi, cis folks!
this is present day reality for UK trans folks. it’s outrageous someone should have to have taken this journey to live as themselves, participate in society, & be with who they love.
hi, cis americans!
this is a future trans americans see that starts with “we need to compromise.”
this is present day reality for UK trans folks. it’s outrageous someone should have to have taken this journey to live as themselves, participate in society, & be with who they love.
hi, cis americans!
this is a future trans americans see that starts with “we need to compromise.”
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Presented without comment:
Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the creation of a statewide task force aimed at dismantling homeless encampments on state property and expanding access to shelter and services. The State Acti…
ktla.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Presented without comment:
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Being trans has nothing to do with "ideology."
August 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Being trans has nothing to do with "ideology."
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Yes, I agree with all the liberals jacked right now about Newsom. He is showing other Dems how to fight Trump, which is priceless
But...
...cozying up to AI billionaires, a flop on homelessness, his transgender betrayal, he's still a loser for '28
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
But...
...cozying up to AI billionaires, a flop on homelessness, his transgender betrayal, he's still a loser for '28
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Gavin Newsom: Awesome now, lousy for ‘28 | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, seriously, what is the deal with Trump’s health?
www.inquirer.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Yes, I agree with all the liberals jacked right now about Newsom. He is showing other Dems how to fight Trump, which is priceless
But...
...cozying up to AI billionaires, a flop on homelessness, his transgender betrayal, he's still a loser for '28
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
But...
...cozying up to AI billionaires, a flop on homelessness, his transgender betrayal, he's still a loser for '28
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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1. If you've scrolled social media lately, you've likely seem Democrats cheering for Gov. Gavin Newsom for trolling Trump relentlessly.
You've also likely seen trans people terrified of a Newsom 2028 run.
I explain why trans people are not feeling Newsom.
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You've also likely seen trans people terrified of a Newsom 2028 run.
I explain why trans people are not feeling Newsom.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Why Transgender People Are Not Feeling Gavin Newsom
We have seen this song and dance before.
www.erininthemorning.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
1. If you've scrolled social media lately, you've likely seem Democrats cheering for Gov. Gavin Newsom for trolling Trump relentlessly.
You've also likely seen trans people terrified of a Newsom 2028 run.
I explain why trans people are not feeling Newsom.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
You've also likely seen trans people terrified of a Newsom 2028 run.
I explain why trans people are not feeling Newsom.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Every single word of this brilliant post.
Dems yell about "purity testing" Newsom, but if Option A is trans people are destroyed and Option B is trans people are destroyed only slower and more insidiously, do trans folks even have a choice??
It's not a purity test; it's our fucking survival.
Dems yell about "purity testing" Newsom, but if Option A is trans people are destroyed and Option B is trans people are destroyed only slower and more insidiously, do trans folks even have a choice??
It's not a purity test; it's our fucking survival.
1. If you've scrolled social media lately, you've likely seem Democrats cheering for Gov. Gavin Newsom for trolling Trump relentlessly.
You've also likely seen trans people terrified of a Newsom 2028 run.
I explain why trans people are not feeling Newsom.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
You've also likely seen trans people terrified of a Newsom 2028 run.
I explain why trans people are not feeling Newsom.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Why Transgender People Are Not Feeling Gavin Newsom
We have seen this song and dance before.
www.erininthemorning.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Every single word of this brilliant post.
Dems yell about "purity testing" Newsom, but if Option A is trans people are destroyed and Option B is trans people are destroyed only slower and more insidiously, do trans folks even have a choice??
It's not a purity test; it's our fucking survival.
Dems yell about "purity testing" Newsom, but if Option A is trans people are destroyed and Option B is trans people are destroyed only slower and more insidiously, do trans folks even have a choice??
It's not a purity test; it's our fucking survival.