Lily
@flowers-for-lilys.bsky.social
The only functioning social media account of a very private Lily. RN, writing nightmare music and poetry, doing squats, guided meditation, and trans things, very into deep adaptation to climate change induced, near term societal collapse. she/her
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ICE agents are, simply put, fucking clowns. Some observations from four days on the ground in Minneapolis.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
ICE agents are, simply put, fucking clowns. Some observations from four days on the ground in Minneapolis.
www.garbageday.email/p/we-re-all-...
www.garbageday.email/p/we-re-all-...
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Every extra hour that ICE spends facing off with activists is an hour they can't spend kidnapping other people.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
May 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Every extra hour that ICE spends facing off with activists is an hour they can't spend kidnapping other people.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
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The New York Times described a harrassment campaign that helped drive a young trans woman to suicide as "online criticisms."
Today on Assigned, @evanurquhart.bsky.social responds with contained fury to New York Times piece on the suicide of Lia Smith.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Today on Assigned, @evanurquhart.bsky.social responds with contained fury to New York Times piece on the suicide of Lia Smith.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
NYT Chronicles a Death Their Moral Panic Caused — Assigned
The New York Times published a story covering the death of trans athlete, Lia Smith, but takes no responsibility for the ways their coverage of trans issues has fed the moral panic that caused it.
www.assignedmedia.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The New York Times described a harrassment campaign that helped drive a young trans woman to suicide as "online criticisms."
Today on Assigned, @evanurquhart.bsky.social responds with contained fury to New York Times piece on the suicide of Lia Smith.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Today on Assigned, @evanurquhart.bsky.social responds with contained fury to New York Times piece on the suicide of Lia Smith.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
January 8, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
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You can feel like something is inevitable and still experience shock. Many of us knew something like this would happen, bc things like this have already happened, bc law enforcement functions with impunity, bc ICE kept drawing its guns on observers. But emotional and moral shock can still occur.
January 8, 2026 at 6:07 AM
You can feel like something is inevitable and still experience shock. Many of us knew something like this would happen, bc things like this have already happened, bc law enforcement functions with impunity, bc ICE kept drawing its guns on observers. But emotional and moral shock can still occur.
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I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
www.readtpa.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
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A couple of falsehoods have already solidified in the Parker Molloy narrative that I want to point out.
-To the best of my ability, I haven't seen anything that suggests the modder is trans, happy to be corrected on this but it appears invented as a post hoc justification for bullying
(cont.)
-To the best of my ability, I haven't seen anything that suggests the modder is trans, happy to be corrected on this but it appears invented as a post hoc justification for bullying
(cont.)
January 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
A couple of falsehoods have already solidified in the Parker Molloy narrative that I want to point out.
-To the best of my ability, I haven't seen anything that suggests the modder is trans, happy to be corrected on this but it appears invented as a post hoc justification for bullying
(cont.)
-To the best of my ability, I haven't seen anything that suggests the modder is trans, happy to be corrected on this but it appears invented as a post hoc justification for bullying
(cont.)
I hope the people who bullied a trans woman today until she temporarily disabled her account take some time to think about priorities and power mapping.
Was this a great victory for your cause? Did this accomplish anything substantive towards goals that are important to you?
Was this a great victory for your cause? Did this accomplish anything substantive towards goals that are important to you?
January 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I hope the people who bullied a trans woman today until she temporarily disabled her account take some time to think about priorities and power mapping.
Was this a great victory for your cause? Did this accomplish anything substantive towards goals that are important to you?
Was this a great victory for your cause? Did this accomplish anything substantive towards goals that are important to you?
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Today's newsletter: I read the Jack Smith transcript Republicans released on New Year's Eve so you don't have to. Here are 12 takeaways:
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House Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year’s Eve. I Read It So You Don’t Have To.
12 takeaways from Smith's closed-door testimony
www.readtpa.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Today's newsletter: I read the Jack Smith transcript Republicans released on New Year's Eve so you don't have to. Here are 12 takeaways:
www.readtpa.com/p/house-repu...
www.readtpa.com/p/house-repu...
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In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
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The speed at which this all unfolded is astounding and state-level policies made it even worse.
I know multiple people who moved to a safer state from Texas last year. I closed out 2025 by becoming one of them.
I know multiple people who moved to a safer state from Texas last year. I closed out 2025 by becoming one of them.
The scope of Trump's campaign to drive trans Americans from public life is vast. On the last day of 2025, Evan Urquhart attempts to capture all of what we lost.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The Year We Lost Everything — Assigned
An authoritarian government, a captured press and cowardice at the head of most major institutions led to a year of losses for trans people’s safety and equality in the US.
www.assignedmedia.org
January 1, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The speed at which this all unfolded is astounding and state-level policies made it even worse.
I know multiple people who moved to a safer state from Texas last year. I closed out 2025 by becoming one of them.
I know multiple people who moved to a safer state from Texas last year. I closed out 2025 by becoming one of them.
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My final newsletter of 2025: We're in The Enshittifinancial Crisis, the fourth stage of enshittification, where companies turn on their shareholders. Unprofitable, unsustainable AI threatens future of venture capital, private equity and the markets themselves.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...
The Enshittifinancial Crisis
Soundtrack: Lynyrd Skynyrd — Free Bird
This piece is over 19,000 words, and took me a great deal of writing and research. If you liked it, please subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, ...
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December 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My final newsletter of 2025: We're in The Enshittifinancial Crisis, the fourth stage of enshittification, where companies turn on their shareholders. Unprofitable, unsustainable AI threatens future of venture capital, private equity and the markets themselves.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...
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The recognition of what I propose we call “enemy feminism” is also liberating, because it means we can skip the stage of “calling in” people who are plainly more interested in upholding a version of patriarchy that includes them in its upper ranks than destroying it.
lux-magazine.com/article/terf...
lux-magazine.com/article/terf...
TERF Island - Lux Magazine
There Have Always Been Enemies Inside the Feminist Camp
lux-magazine.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The recognition of what I propose we call “enemy feminism” is also liberating, because it means we can skip the stage of “calling in” people who are plainly more interested in upholding a version of patriarchy that includes them in its upper ranks than destroying it.
lux-magazine.com/article/terf...
lux-magazine.com/article/terf...
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Feeling like you haven't read enough to vote in the 2025 TFR Awards? Here's a way you can still participate!
The 60-hour Shortform Challenge asks YOU to read our 2025 short story and poem nominees, then vote on your three faves in each category! No other reading required 🩷
The 60-hour Shortform Challenge asks YOU to read our 2025 short story and poem nominees, then vote on your three faves in each category! No other reading required 🩷
The 60-hour Transfemme Shortform Challenge
The rules are simple - read as many short stories and poems as you’d like before December 26th at 11:59pm EST, then submit a ballot for your favorites in the Outstanding Short Story and Outstanding In...
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December 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Feeling like you haven't read enough to vote in the 2025 TFR Awards? Here's a way you can still participate!
The 60-hour Shortform Challenge asks YOU to read our 2025 short story and poem nominees, then vote on your three faves in each category! No other reading required 🩷
The 60-hour Shortform Challenge asks YOU to read our 2025 short story and poem nominees, then vote on your three faves in each category! No other reading required 🩷
JoJo's bizarre adventure feels like it was storyboarded by 8-year-old boys and then written and directed by 11-year-old boys who spend all their time on Reddit.
I hated this more than any other show I've ever watched a full season of.
I hated this more than any other show I've ever watched a full season of.
December 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
JoJo's bizarre adventure feels like it was storyboarded by 8-year-old boys and then written and directed by 11-year-old boys who spend all their time on Reddit.
I hated this more than any other show I've ever watched a full season of.
I hated this more than any other show I've ever watched a full season of.
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🚨Now is the time to submit your public comments to oppose trans healthcare restrictions🚨
Be a Menace 🔥🔥🔥
www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
Be a Menace 🔥🔥🔥
www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
How To Submit Public Comments To Oppose Proposed Rules Restricting Transgender Health Care Access
Comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services can help fight the Trump administration’s latest attempt to restrict federal funding for transgender health care for youth. This toolkit deta...
www.americanprogress.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🚨Now is the time to submit your public comments to oppose trans healthcare restrictions🚨
Be a Menace 🔥🔥🔥
www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
Be a Menace 🔥🔥🔥
www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
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I wrote much less this year than I've written in the past five, so there's not a whole lot to revisit. This piece, though, I still think is probably the best article I've ever written, even if it was a dumb professional move to write it [free to read] www.patreon.com/posts/empero...
The Emperor’s Luxury SUV Isn’t Good, But He’d Still Kill Us All To Keep It | Victoria Scott
Get more from Victoria Scott on Patreon
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December 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I wrote much less this year than I've written in the past five, so there's not a whole lot to revisit. This piece, though, I still think is probably the best article I've ever written, even if it was a dumb professional move to write it [free to read] www.patreon.com/posts/empero...
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we, in the United States, through Trump’s mass deportation scheme, have engaged in abductions and torture for the past year, none of it in secret, much of it attested to in legal documents. there is nothing to expose, only to face.
December 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
we, in the United States, through Trump’s mass deportation scheme, have engaged in abductions and torture for the past year, none of it in secret, much of it attested to in legal documents. there is nothing to expose, only to face.
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Americans having to bootleg broadcast news about our government’s offshored concentration camp is a level of fascism that immediately precedes democratic societies dropping leaflets on us from weather balloons.
And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
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December 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Americans having to bootleg broadcast news about our government’s offshored concentration camp is a level of fascism that immediately precedes democratic societies dropping leaflets on us from weather balloons.
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“Thinking the world is going to the dogs because of immigrants or ‘gender ideology’ is a delusion. But is it more or less of a delusion than the liberal attitude that things were basically okay until circa 2016?”
Lorna Finlayson reviews Judith Butler, Andrea Dworkin, and @reproutopia.bsky.social:
Lorna Finlayson reviews Judith Butler, Andrea Dworkin, and @reproutopia.bsky.social:
Tainted Ladies - Boston Review
Liberal feminism is collapsing. Who’s really to blame?
www.bostonreview.net
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“Thinking the world is going to the dogs because of immigrants or ‘gender ideology’ is a delusion. But is it more or less of a delusion than the liberal attitude that things were basically okay until circa 2016?”
Lorna Finlayson reviews Judith Butler, Andrea Dworkin, and @reproutopia.bsky.social:
Lorna Finlayson reviews Judith Butler, Andrea Dworkin, and @reproutopia.bsky.social:
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Wrote about yuribus
Freedom Falls
Pluribus and the limits of queer identity
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December 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Wrote about yuribus
Here's a link for submitting comments on the proposed anti-trans HHS rule. I keep seeing the HRC form being shared, but I hate HRC too much to want to use it or go to their website or see their logo or think about their history of abandoning us oh or that time th
www.regulations.gov/commenton/CM...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/CM...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
December 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Here's a link for submitting comments on the proposed anti-trans HHS rule. I keep seeing the HRC form being shared, but I hate HRC too much to want to use it or go to their website or see their logo or think about their history of abandoning us oh or that time th
www.regulations.gov/commenton/CM...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/CM...
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The HHS moves to ban gender affirming care for minors in the most soulless way possible.
@alyssaur.bsky.social brings you this week's TWIBS.
@alyssaur.bsky.social brings you this week's TWIBS.
TWIBS: Transition, You Coward! — Assigned
The Department of Health and Human Services is trying to genocide trans children, and Jim O’Neill needs to come out of the closet.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The HHS moves to ban gender affirming care for minors in the most soulless way possible.
@alyssaur.bsky.social brings you this week's TWIBS.
@alyssaur.bsky.social brings you this week's TWIBS.
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For @ms.now, I wrote about the Trump administration's proposed ban on Medicare and Medicaid funds going to hospitals and providers of gender affirming care for youth.
We've seen this playbook before, with abortion care.
We've seen this playbook before, with abortion care.
OPINION by @katelynburns.com:
“The proposed rule would make the future for trans kids in this country look very bleak if it’s approved as currently written.”
READ MORE:
www.ms.now/opinion/tran...
“The proposed rule would make the future for trans kids in this country look very bleak if it’s approved as currently written.”
READ MORE:
www.ms.now/opinion/tran...
Opinion | The looming disaster for trans health care
Katelyn Burns: How the GOP is using its anti-abortion playbook against trans health care.
www.ms.now
December 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
For @ms.now, I wrote about the Trump administration's proposed ban on Medicare and Medicaid funds going to hospitals and providers of gender affirming care for youth.
We've seen this playbook before, with abortion care.
We've seen this playbook before, with abortion care.