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Bluesky tonight is neatly divided between trans people and family members appropriately angry and freaking out and everyone else who has barely noticed.
December 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Bluesky tonight is neatly divided between trans people and family members appropriately angry and freaking out and everyone else who has barely noticed.
Reposted by Helen Houghton
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
Reposted by Helen Houghton
Big week for people maintaining the distinction between font and typeface
December 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Big week for people maintaining the distinction between font and typeface
Reposted by Helen Houghton
Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
Reposted by Helen Houghton
By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000.
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts
Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...
www.bu.edu
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000.
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
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It’s so important to not let yourself become bitter or disheartened or cynical. To not let the news of the world break your spirit. Because I’m already doing that. It’s my thing. Find your own, stop copying me.
April 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It’s so important to not let yourself become bitter or disheartened or cynical. To not let the news of the world break your spirit. Because I’m already doing that. It’s my thing. Find your own, stop copying me.
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Just gotta get through every week of my life and I’ll be fine
September 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Just gotta get through every week of my life and I’ll be fine
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“Thank GOD the National Guard is here while I EAT MY PIZZA,” shouts a woman at Red Light on 14th in DC as yet another trio of guardsmen walk by.
August 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
“Thank GOD the National Guard is here while I EAT MY PIZZA,” shouts a woman at Red Light on 14th in DC as yet another trio of guardsmen walk by.
Reposted by Helen Houghton
new Shaker just dropped
August 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
new Shaker just dropped
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Between a "No Other Land" crew mate filming himself being killed by a settler, to a journalist being killed by airstrikes he was covering minutes earlier, I'm not sure how much more televised Israel's genocide can be
August 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Between a "No Other Land" crew mate filming himself being killed by a settler, to a journalist being killed by airstrikes he was covering minutes earlier, I'm not sure how much more televised Israel's genocide can be
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it turns out leftists were right about israel. they’re probably still wrong about everything else though
July 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
it turns out leftists were right about israel. they’re probably still wrong about everything else though
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"Tear gas is banned in international warfare, but it is classified as a 'riot control agent' that law enforcement can use for crowd control."
Tear gas can cause long-term health consequences by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses, including COVID.
The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods. What you need to know (published 2020):
The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods. What you need to know (published 2020):
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and…
www.propublica.org
June 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"Tear gas is banned in international warfare, but it is classified as a 'riot control agent' that law enforcement can use for crowd control."
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Johnathan Joss died a hero. He was murdered for being gay, he went out protecting his trans husband from being executed. They burned down their home and killed their pets and then they murdered Joss while trying to murder his husband. The New York times can barely muster "fatally shot." I hate this.
June 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Johnathan Joss died a hero. He was murdered for being gay, he went out protecting his trans husband from being executed. They burned down their home and killed their pets and then they murdered Joss while trying to murder his husband. The New York times can barely muster "fatally shot." I hate this.
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Happy Pride to everyone, even the haters and those with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis
June 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Happy Pride to everyone, even the haters and those with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis
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every 50 years we should subscribe to monarchy for a month (free trial) so we remember why it sucks
May 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
every 50 years we should subscribe to monarchy for a month (free trial) so we remember why it sucks
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one of the best things about chronic illness is when you feel good enough that you’ve convinced yourself you *were* faking and then you do one extremely tame “normal” thing, after which you become reacquainted with the concept of being violently incorrect
May 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
one of the best things about chronic illness is when you feel good enough that you’ve convinced yourself you *were* faking and then you do one extremely tame “normal” thing, after which you become reacquainted with the concept of being violently incorrect
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Is the White House’s Plan for Trans Youth Just ‘Conversion Therapy Lite’?
A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services calls for psychotherapy for kids struggling with their gender — but experts worry it's covering up something darker.
A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services calls for psychotherapy for kids struggling with their gender — but experts worry it's covering up something darker.
Is the White House's Plan for Trans Youth Just 'Conversion Therapy Lite'?
A new 400-page report from the Department of Health and Human services calls for psychotherapy — but experts worry it's covering up something darker.
rollingstone.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Is the White House’s Plan for Trans Youth Just ‘Conversion Therapy Lite’?
A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services calls for psychotherapy for kids struggling with their gender — but experts worry it's covering up something darker.
A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services calls for psychotherapy for kids struggling with their gender — but experts worry it's covering up something darker.
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"We're seven years into this terrible chapter of Rowling being openly hateful towards trans people, and I honestly can't stomach yet another conversation with a non-trans person who's looking to soothe their conscience, so that they can enjoy content."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/please-don...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/please-don...
Please Don't Ask Me About the Harry Potter HBO Series
I beg you.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"We're seven years into this terrible chapter of Rowling being openly hateful towards trans people, and I honestly can't stomach yet another conversation with a non-trans person who's looking to soothe their conscience, so that they can enjoy content."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/please-don...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/please-don...
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Couldn’t be me
Considering becoming hinged
April 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Couldn’t be me
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When I landed in SLC, I used the bathroom despite an anti-trans bathroom ban.
Nobody cared. Nobody ever does.
The truth is, whatever anti-trans laws they keep passing, nobody actually gives a damn or wants to be the bathroom police.
This is the ultimate reason anti-trans hysteria will fail.
Nobody cared. Nobody ever does.
The truth is, whatever anti-trans laws they keep passing, nobody actually gives a damn or wants to be the bathroom police.
This is the ultimate reason anti-trans hysteria will fail.
February 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
When I landed in SLC, I used the bathroom despite an anti-trans bathroom ban.
Nobody cared. Nobody ever does.
The truth is, whatever anti-trans laws they keep passing, nobody actually gives a damn or wants to be the bathroom police.
This is the ultimate reason anti-trans hysteria will fail.
Nobody cared. Nobody ever does.
The truth is, whatever anti-trans laws they keep passing, nobody actually gives a damn or wants to be the bathroom police.
This is the ultimate reason anti-trans hysteria will fail.
Reposted by Helen Houghton
I'm so angry about what Trump and Elon are doing that I'm going to binge-listen to Ezra Klein podcasts all weekend.
February 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I'm so angry about what Trump and Elon are doing that I'm going to binge-listen to Ezra Klein podcasts all weekend.
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Orcas.
January 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Orcas.
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Reminder: Our Social Security cards don’t have our gender marker but our SSA personnel records do, so it is something trans folks either need to take care of or at least verify that it’s correct.
We shouldn’t have to be stressing out but it’s the card we’re dealt.
www.acluva.org/post-electio...
We shouldn’t have to be stressing out but it’s the card we’re dealt.
www.acluva.org/post-electio...
Guidance for Virginia's LGBTQIA+ Communities After Trump's Election
As our communities navigate the landscape following the 2024 election, we know that many are seeking guidance in an uncertain landscape and ways to engage in the work that is ahead.We don’t have all
www.acluva.org
December 20, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Reminder: Our Social Security cards don’t have our gender marker but our SSA personnel records do, so it is something trans folks either need to take care of or at least verify that it’s correct.
We shouldn’t have to be stressing out but it’s the card we’re dealt.
www.acluva.org/post-electio...
We shouldn’t have to be stressing out but it’s the card we’re dealt.
www.acluva.org/post-electio...
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it’s called the “it will go away on its own” plan and it’s eminently affordable but sometimes my body makes noises not searchable on Google
December 5, 2024 at 2:29 AM
it’s called the “it will go away on its own” plan and it’s eminently affordable but sometimes my body makes noises not searchable on Google