Dryad On Fire
@dryad-on-fire.bsky.social
Nerd in her 30s. Anime, video games, software. Also music, fantasy, and sci fi. Queer. She/her. Politics are generally very left-leaning and socialist, but with a pinch of anarchism — in the queer, punk, mutual aid and community action sense.
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“I promise you, (John Lewis) that I will do everything possible to make you proud.” —Cory Booker
April 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
“I promise you, (John Lewis) that I will do everything possible to make you proud.” —Cory Booker
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
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NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
The CDC Has Been Gutted
Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
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JUST IN: Judge Reyes has rejected the Pentagon's renewed demand that she permit the transgender military ban to move forward. Despite new guidance claiming theban is really just about "gender dysphoria," it's still discriminatory, she says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
JUST IN: Judge Reyes has rejected the Pentagon's renewed demand that she permit the transgender military ban to move forward. Despite new guidance claiming theban is really just about "gender dysphoria," it's still discriminatory, she says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense.
I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense
I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense
I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
March 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense.
I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense
I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense
I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
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1. In a devastating ruling, the traditionally progressive 9th Circuit Court has allowed Idaho's bathroom ban for trans students.
They rule that "common experience" is enough to assume trans students are a harm to cis ones.
The panel was majority Dem appointed.
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They rule that "common experience" is enough to assume trans students are a harm to cis ones.
The panel was majority Dem appointed.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
9th Circuit Upholds Bathroom Ban, Says Trans Students Violate Cis People's Privacy
The ruling, the first of its kind, asserts that the rights of cisgender people to not have a transgender person in the same bathroom are more important than the equal protection of trans students.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
1. In a devastating ruling, the traditionally progressive 9th Circuit Court has allowed Idaho's bathroom ban for trans students.
They rule that "common experience" is enough to assume trans students are a harm to cis ones.
The panel was majority Dem appointed.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
They rule that "common experience" is enough to assume trans students are a harm to cis ones.
The panel was majority Dem appointed.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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Worth a listen to what Al Green says after he was removed from the chamber.
Thank you, Rep. Al Green!
YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko
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March 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Worth a listen to what Al Green says after he was removed from the chamber.
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One of these days we're gonna have to reckon with the fact that "money that I spend which does not directly benefit me is a waste" is a popular sentiment.
I think we should state plainly that this is selfish on its face.
And stupid when you have awareness which extends beyond your nose.
I think we should state plainly that this is selfish on its face.
And stupid when you have awareness which extends beyond your nose.
February 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
One of these days we're gonna have to reckon with the fact that "money that I spend which does not directly benefit me is a waste" is a popular sentiment.
I think we should state plainly that this is selfish on its face.
And stupid when you have awareness which extends beyond your nose.
I think we should state plainly that this is selfish on its face.
And stupid when you have awareness which extends beyond your nose.
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Popular or not Dems cannot bend on the need for trans people to be treated with basic humanity and respect. If we give up that because the right made trans people unpopular, we give up everything. They’ll dice us group by group like a salami. We die on this hill or we die alone in a ditch
February 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Popular or not Dems cannot bend on the need for trans people to be treated with basic humanity and respect. If we give up that because the right made trans people unpopular, we give up everything. They’ll dice us group by group like a salami. We die on this hill or we die alone in a ditch
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A whole ass executive order to ban 10 trans girls from college athletics. That’s how afraid they are of us.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Trump’s new ban on trans athletes is latest attack on transgender policies
President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order to ban trans athletes from women’s sports. It would be the latest shake-up for schools navigating the new rules.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A whole ass executive order to ban 10 trans girls from college athletics. That’s how afraid they are of us.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Trump's attacks on trans people are impacting incarcerated trans women. New prison rules include a battery of spiteful, cruel changes like: banning female clothing for trans women, canceling group therapy sessions, and terminating gender-affirming care. www.npr.org/2025/02/05/n...
'We do not exist anymore': New prison rules ban female clothing for trans women
As federal lawsuits challenge President Trump's executive order impacting trans inmates, the Bureau of Prisons is starting to roll out new policies demanding trans women hand over female-identifying c...
www.npr.org
February 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Trump's attacks on trans people are impacting incarcerated trans women. New prison rules include a battery of spiteful, cruel changes like: banning female clothing for trans women, canceling group therapy sessions, and terminating gender-affirming care. www.npr.org/2025/02/05/n...
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Hey Elon👋🏽 Every single person in this country deserves to know their rights. That's legal.
Maybe you should brush up on our laws given the fact you're breaking them to steal American's sensitive data.
PS. This video is manipulated, and I wasn't even at the event shown.
Maybe you should brush up on our laws given the fact you're breaking them to steal American's sensitive data.
PS. This video is manipulated, and I wasn't even at the event shown.
February 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Hey Elon👋🏽 Every single person in this country deserves to know their rights. That's legal.
Maybe you should brush up on our laws given the fact you're breaking them to steal American's sensitive data.
PS. This video is manipulated, and I wasn't even at the event shown.
Maybe you should brush up on our laws given the fact you're breaking them to steal American's sensitive data.
PS. This video is manipulated, and I wasn't even at the event shown.
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We have GOT to be willing to FIGHT. We, The People.
It's not just a line on a piece of paper.
Look to the rest of the world and how they have met moments like this in THEIR country's history.
Organize. Deny them what they seek.
Stop looking to others and BE the resistance.
It's not just a line on a piece of paper.
Look to the rest of the world and how they have met moments like this in THEIR country's history.
Organize. Deny them what they seek.
Stop looking to others and BE the resistance.
Massive protests are happening across the US, as tens of thousands hit the streets against Trump's far-Right agenda, shutting down streets and freeways, as police tried to contain crowds with projectile weapons. Check our roundup here: itsgoingdown.org/protests-spr...
Protests Spread, As Tens of Thousands Hit the Streets Against Trump’s Far-Right Agenda
Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people rallied against Trump's widening attacks and continuing ICE raids targeting immigrant workers. In San Diego, CA, massive protests have taken place over th...
itsgoingdown.org
February 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We have GOT to be willing to FIGHT. We, The People.
It's not just a line on a piece of paper.
Look to the rest of the world and how they have met moments like this in THEIR country's history.
Organize. Deny them what they seek.
Stop looking to others and BE the resistance.
It's not just a line on a piece of paper.
Look to the rest of the world and how they have met moments like this in THEIR country's history.
Organize. Deny them what they seek.
Stop looking to others and BE the resistance.
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Benjamin Banneker (1731–1806) self-taught mathematician, astronomer, and inventor. Helped survey Washington, D.C., published almanacs, and built a wooden clock. In 1791, he challenged Thomas Jefferson on slavery in a famous letter. He also accurately predicted a solar eclipse. #BlackHistoryMonth
February 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Benjamin Banneker (1731–1806) self-taught mathematician, astronomer, and inventor. Helped survey Washington, D.C., published almanacs, and built a wooden clock. In 1791, he challenged Thomas Jefferson on slavery in a famous letter. He also accurately predicted a solar eclipse. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
February 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
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Happy:
Black history
Black present
Black future
Black love
Black joy
Black health
Black healing
Black people
Black community
Black family
Black kids
Black culture
Black creativity
Black ingenuity
Black legacy
Black innovation
Black liberation
Black resistance
Black existence
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Black history
Black present
Black future
Black love
Black joy
Black health
Black healing
Black people
Black community
Black family
Black kids
Black culture
Black creativity
Black ingenuity
Black legacy
Black innovation
Black liberation
Black resistance
Black existence
...month🖤
February 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Happy:
Black history
Black present
Black future
Black love
Black joy
Black health
Black healing
Black people
Black community
Black family
Black kids
Black culture
Black creativity
Black ingenuity
Black legacy
Black innovation
Black liberation
Black resistance
Black existence
...month🖤
Black history
Black present
Black future
Black love
Black joy
Black health
Black healing
Black people
Black community
Black family
Black kids
Black culture
Black creativity
Black ingenuity
Black legacy
Black innovation
Black liberation
Black resistance
Black existence
...month🖤
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If you think that trans people are getting our rights ripped away "because the left went too far," you're a moron.
Everything happening to us today was written up and planned by the Family Research Council in 2015. The document is still public. It's all there. www.frc.org/transgender#...
Everything happening to us today was written up and planned by the Family Research Council in 2015. The document is still public. It's all there. www.frc.org/transgender#...
Understanding and Responding to the Transgender Movement
In recent decades, there has been an assault on the sexes. That is, there has been an attack on the previously undisputed
www.frc.org
January 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
If you think that trans people are getting our rights ripped away "because the left went too far," you're a moron.
Everything happening to us today was written up and planned by the Family Research Council in 2015. The document is still public. It's all there. www.frc.org/transgender#...
Everything happening to us today was written up and planned by the Family Research Council in 2015. The document is still public. It's all there. www.frc.org/transgender#...
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January 30, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Nothing in the constitution empowers a President to wave his hands and declare your child’s healthcare a crime.
Hospital systems I can confirm:
- Childrens DC
- Denver Health
- NYU Langone (new patients only)
Hearing reports but no confirms yet:
- UPMC
- VCU
- Childrens DC
- Denver Health
- NYU Langone (new patients only)
Hearing reports but no confirms yet:
- UPMC
- VCU
January 31, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Nothing in the constitution empowers a President to wave his hands and declare your child’s healthcare a crime.
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BREAKING - U.S. District Judge George O'Toole has temporarily blocked a transgender inmate from being forcibly detransitioned and transferred into a men's prison under President Trump's new executive order, per Reuters.
January 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
BREAKING - U.S. District Judge George O'Toole has temporarily blocked a transgender inmate from being forcibly detransitioned and transferred into a men's prison under President Trump's new executive order, per Reuters.
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i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there
January 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there
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Anyone else struggling to maintain the balance between staying informed and going insane?
January 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Anyone else struggling to maintain the balance between staying informed and going insane?
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This is exactly right. It didn't start with gas chambers. It started with laws slowly removing Jews from German society in 1933.
I think that we should be talking about what Trump is trying to do to trans people in the context of the Nuremberg laws.
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This is exactly right. It didn't start with gas chambers. It started with laws slowly removing Jews from German society in 1933.