carl marks
@gilposting.bsky.social
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so, in short:
• if we all get loud for trans rights and actually organize a movement, we can win this one
• if we don’t, then a de facto ban on care is assured in us law within the next six months
in other words, you found yourself in history
now’s a moment to be the hero
really.
• if we all get loud for trans rights and actually organize a movement, we can win this one
• if we don’t, then a de facto ban on care is assured in us law within the next six months
in other words, you found yourself in history
now’s a moment to be the hero
really.
May 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
so, in short:
• if we all get loud for trans rights and actually organize a movement, we can win this one
• if we don’t, then a de facto ban on care is assured in us law within the next six months
in other words, you found yourself in history
now’s a moment to be the hero
really.
• if we all get loud for trans rights and actually organize a movement, we can win this one
• if we don’t, then a de facto ban on care is assured in us law within the next six months
in other words, you found yourself in history
now’s a moment to be the hero
really.
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while reporting that rolling stone story i heard time and again from these dems the ONE circumstance in which politicians and staff would change their minds
actually hearing from voters
from constituents
seeing them protest
seeing them show up at town halls
this WILL actually move a needle
actually hearing from voters
from constituents
seeing them protest
seeing them show up at town halls
this WILL actually move a needle
May 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
while reporting that rolling stone story i heard time and again from these dems the ONE circumstance in which politicians and staff would change their minds
actually hearing from voters
from constituents
seeing them protest
seeing them show up at town halls
this WILL actually move a needle
actually hearing from voters
from constituents
seeing them protest
seeing them show up at town halls
this WILL actually move a needle
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ok so an important thing i really think people on bluesky need to hear about the anti-trans megabill
the tl;dr is that you could actually turn the tide of trans rights in america right now
but if you don’t act now, then we’re all cooked indefinitely
please read on
🧵
the tl;dr is that you could actually turn the tide of trans rights in america right now
but if you don’t act now, then we’re all cooked indefinitely
please read on
🧵
May 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
ok so an important thing i really think people on bluesky need to hear about the anti-trans megabill
the tl;dr is that you could actually turn the tide of trans rights in america right now
but if you don’t act now, then we’re all cooked indefinitely
please read on
🧵
the tl;dr is that you could actually turn the tide of trans rights in america right now
but if you don’t act now, then we’re all cooked indefinitely
please read on
🧵
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Full disclosure: I was up at the wee hours past midnight helping my very good friend Eric through this bill after he flagged the language for me.
If you want to support the only journalist who was up late last night asking lawmakers about trans Americans,
PLEASE share this story.
If you want to support the only journalist who was up late last night asking lawmakers about trans Americans,
PLEASE share this story.
New: Not only would Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” ban gender-affirming care via Medicaid, it would ban insurance under the Obamacare exchanges from covering it as an essential health benefit
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump’s ‘One, big, beautiful bill’ would transgender care on Medicaid and Obamacare
‘It's one more example of health care that they're trying to rip away,’ Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, tells The Independent
www.independent.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Full disclosure: I was up at the wee hours past midnight helping my very good friend Eric through this bill after he flagged the language for me.
If you want to support the only journalist who was up late last night asking lawmakers about trans Americans,
PLEASE share this story.
If you want to support the only journalist who was up late last night asking lawmakers about trans Americans,
PLEASE share this story.
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New: Not only would Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” ban gender-affirming care via Medicaid, it would ban insurance under the Obamacare exchanges from covering it as an essential health benefit
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump’s ‘One, big, beautiful bill’ would transgender care on Medicaid and Obamacare
‘It's one more example of health care that they're trying to rip away,’ Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, tells The Independent
www.independent.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New: Not only would Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” ban gender-affirming care via Medicaid, it would ban insurance under the Obamacare exchanges from covering it as an essential health benefit
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
I’m soooo excited for this! If you can’t make it, I suggest donating to @genderlib.com.
Introducing Liberation Weekend, a two-day music and arts festival taking place in the nation’s capital on Friday, May 30th, and Saturday, May 31st, during WorldPride 2025.
Proceeds go to @genderlib.com.
Tickets on sale now: linktr.ee/liberationwknd
Proceeds go to @genderlib.com.
Tickets on sale now: linktr.ee/liberationwknd
May 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I’m soooo excited for this! If you can’t make it, I suggest donating to @genderlib.com.
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Introducing Liberation Weekend, a two-day music and arts festival taking place in the nation’s capital on Friday, May 30th, and Saturday, May 31st, during WorldPride 2025.
Proceeds go to @genderlib.com.
Tickets on sale now: linktr.ee/liberationwknd
Proceeds go to @genderlib.com.
Tickets on sale now: linktr.ee/liberationwknd
April 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Introducing Liberation Weekend, a two-day music and arts festival taking place in the nation’s capital on Friday, May 30th, and Saturday, May 31st, during WorldPride 2025.
Proceeds go to @genderlib.com.
Tickets on sale now: linktr.ee/liberationwknd
Proceeds go to @genderlib.com.
Tickets on sale now: linktr.ee/liberationwknd
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one of the most insane normalized aspects of our political climate is politicians going after their own constituents in the name of anti-wokeness. what are we doing here
May 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
one of the most insane normalized aspects of our political climate is politicians going after their own constituents in the name of anti-wokeness. what are we doing here
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🚨 JUST THIS MORNING: The House passed a budget reconciliation bill containing sweeping cuts to food assistance and healthcare. Here’s everything we know and how you can fight back (1/4)➡️
May 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🚨 JUST THIS MORNING: The House passed a budget reconciliation bill containing sweeping cuts to food assistance and healthcare. Here’s everything we know and how you can fight back (1/4)➡️
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(Zoomer Tiktok in sepia tone and old timey garb) yo this shirtwaist factory in New York City can produce thousands of women's blouses a day and employs hundreds of fallen women!
one of the tasks of the American left is to explain to retail and service workers that this is the future that America has planned for them
April 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
(Zoomer Tiktok in sepia tone and old timey garb) yo this shirtwaist factory in New York City can produce thousands of women's blouses a day and employs hundreds of fallen women!
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BREAKING: A new Gaza solidarity encampment is being built at Yale, one year after dozens were arrested here. They demand immediate divestment from Israeli weapons manufacturing.
Despite the Trump admin abducting activists like Mahmoud Khalil nationwide, hundreds of are here anyway.
FREE PALESTINE!
Despite the Trump admin abducting activists like Mahmoud Khalil nationwide, hundreds of are here anyway.
FREE PALESTINE!
April 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
BREAKING: A new Gaza solidarity encampment is being built at Yale, one year after dozens were arrested here. They demand immediate divestment from Israeli weapons manufacturing.
Despite the Trump admin abducting activists like Mahmoud Khalil nationwide, hundreds of are here anyway.
FREE PALESTINE!
Despite the Trump admin abducting activists like Mahmoud Khalil nationwide, hundreds of are here anyway.
FREE PALESTINE!
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Live from the scene
April 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Live from the scene
Are fit checks allowed
April 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Are fit checks allowed
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the US government is so hostile to immigrants and Palestine activism that they’re snatching students off campuses and deporting them—while radicalized white men like FSU shooter Phoenix Ikner, the son of a cop who used her gun, espouse Nazi ideology and ridicule protesters before killing.
my latest
my latest
Radicalized White Men Like the FSU Shooter Are the Real Threat to Campuses—Not Student Protestors
"The alleged gunman is a quintessentially American school shooter."
www.teenvogue.com
April 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
the US government is so hostile to immigrants and Palestine activism that they’re snatching students off campuses and deporting them—while radicalized white men like FSU shooter Phoenix Ikner, the son of a cop who used her gun, espouse Nazi ideology and ridicule protesters before killing.
my latest
my latest
Bullying Dems into doing their jobs
Cory Booker to visit El Salvador in effort to return wrongly deported man to US
Cory Booker to visit El Salvador in effort to return wrongly deported man to US
Democrats press Trump administration to follow supreme court order to bring back Kilmar Ábrego García
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Bullying Dems into doing their jobs
It’s cool that this site is less of a cesspool but it’s completely devoid of crushes and sexual tension
April 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
It’s cool that this site is less of a cesspool but it’s completely devoid of crushes and sexual tension
Take 2 with alt text: Never not thinking about these photos of Larry David at Cheryl Hines and RFK Jr.’s wedding
April 18, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Take 2 with alt text: Never not thinking about these photos of Larry David at Cheryl Hines and RFK Jr.’s wedding
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ASAN, Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, the Autistic People of Color Fund, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks, The Arc, and others stand united: Autistic people deserve respect, support, and science-based policy, not dangerous disinformation. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...
Leading Autism Organizations Release Joint Statement on Upholding Scientific Integrity and Supporting the Autism Community - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
April 17, 2025, Washington, D.C. – As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of Autistic individuals, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autism Society of America, Autism…
autisticadvocacy.org
April 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
ASAN, Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, the Autistic People of Color Fund, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks, The Arc, and others stand united: Autistic people deserve respect, support, and science-based policy, not dangerous disinformation. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...
I don’t want to lib out too hard but it’s so refreshing to see a politician actually willing to fight for their constituents instead of sound bites for fundraising emails
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I don’t want to lib out too hard but it’s so refreshing to see a politician actually willing to fight for their constituents instead of sound bites for fundraising emails
Guy I went out with on Monday told me he went to Trots and Thots
April 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Guy I went out with on Monday told me he went to Trots and Thots
I really do not know how to post on here
April 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I really do not know how to post on here
For anyone in NYC! I’ve been feeling especially hopeless lately and I’m grateful for artists that create community like this
April 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
For anyone in NYC! I’ve been feeling especially hopeless lately and I’m grateful for artists that create community like this
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Today, Palestinian Prisoners Day, thinking about 9300+ Palestinians incl 400 children who are hostage in Zionist torture prisons.
Empty Zionist occupation prisons! From Turtle Island to Palestine, abolish all cages!
"Hope in prison is like a flower that grows out of a stone.” - Khalida Jarrar
Empty Zionist occupation prisons! From Turtle Island to Palestine, abolish all cages!
"Hope in prison is like a flower that grows out of a stone.” - Khalida Jarrar
Marking Palestinian Prisoners Day
Today, April 17th, marks Palestinian Prisoners Day, a day that commemorates the steadfastness of the Palestinian people who are being held illegally in Zionist “prisons” without due process. Since the...
www.weavingourworlds.ca
April 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Today, Palestinian Prisoners Day, thinking about 9300+ Palestinians incl 400 children who are hostage in Zionist torture prisons.
Empty Zionist occupation prisons! From Turtle Island to Palestine, abolish all cages!
"Hope in prison is like a flower that grows out of a stone.” - Khalida Jarrar
Empty Zionist occupation prisons! From Turtle Island to Palestine, abolish all cages!
"Hope in prison is like a flower that grows out of a stone.” - Khalida Jarrar
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#Gaza has become a "mass grave." Palestinians and humanitarian workers are enduring extreme suffering as Israeli forces escalate their offensive.
We urge Israeli authorities to end the siege on Gaza, protect Palestinians, humanitarian and medical staff and uphold the ceasefire.
We urge Israeli authorities to end the siege on Gaza, protect Palestinians, humanitarian and medical staff and uphold the ceasefire.
April 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#Gaza has become a "mass grave." Palestinians and humanitarian workers are enduring extreme suffering as Israeli forces escalate their offensive.
We urge Israeli authorities to end the siege on Gaza, protect Palestinians, humanitarian and medical staff and uphold the ceasefire.
We urge Israeli authorities to end the siege on Gaza, protect Palestinians, humanitarian and medical staff and uphold the ceasefire.