Kelly 🦕 Trans rights or I bites 🦖
@kellypaladin.bsky.social
Bisexual fiber geek, animal lover, and nerd of all trades. Pronouns are she/her
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Ironically, the same people who taught me that "we need to follow God's laws, not the law of the land" when it came to the legalization of same-sex marriage...
are the same ones refusing to follow God's laws about welcoming immigrants because they need to "follow the laws of the land."
are the same ones refusing to follow God's laws about welcoming immigrants because they need to "follow the laws of the land."
May 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ironically, the same people who taught me that "we need to follow God's laws, not the law of the land" when it came to the legalization of same-sex marriage...
are the same ones refusing to follow God's laws about welcoming immigrants because they need to "follow the laws of the land."
are the same ones refusing to follow God's laws about welcoming immigrants because they need to "follow the laws of the land."
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AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
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The day after U.S. Thanksgiving is called Native American Heritage Day. For us as Kanien’kehá:ka, part of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, it is a reminder that Onkwehón:we are still here....our Nations, our laws, our languages, and our responsibilities to the land continue.
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The day after U.S. Thanksgiving is called Native American Heritage Day. For us as Kanien’kehá:ka, part of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, it is a reminder that Onkwehón:we are still here....our Nations, our laws, our languages, and our responsibilities to the land continue.
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Afghans saved many American lives during the war. Way more troops are alive because of them than have been harmed by asylum-seekers. The potential reward of coming to the US was key to securing cooperation. Kicking everyone out will ensure no one helps again.
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Afghans saved many American lives during the war. Way more troops are alive because of them than have been harmed by asylum-seekers. The potential reward of coming to the US was key to securing cooperation. Kicking everyone out will ensure no one helps again.
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If you are in the National Guard and fear you may be deployed to violate the rights of US citizens, there is help. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
If you are in the National Guard and fear you may be deployed to violate the rights of US citizens, there is help. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
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almost no one looks squarely at #adoption as a central issue of children’s rights. Even people who see themselves as espousing the most radical left liberationist stance toward the rights of children to affirm their voices & identities typically ignore how adoption denies this right to children.
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
almost no one looks squarely at #adoption as a central issue of children’s rights. Even people who see themselves as espousing the most radical left liberationist stance toward the rights of children to affirm their voices & identities typically ignore how adoption denies this right to children.
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
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ALERT: Christofascists have been forming across the street across from the LGBT Center. They were seen this evening wrestling a trans woman down and filming it until a crowd chased them off.
Do you know recognize these men? Send tips: email in bio
-more attached
Do you know recognize these men? Send tips: email in bio
-more attached
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
ALERT: Christofascists have been forming across the street across from the LGBT Center. They were seen this evening wrestling a trans woman down and filming it until a crowd chased them off.
Do you know recognize these men? Send tips: email in bio
-more attached
Do you know recognize these men? Send tips: email in bio
-more attached
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NEW YORK CITY: all out call to canal street & Lafayette as of 12:26 pm, 11/22 — ICE made arrests, fears they might return.
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
NEW YORK CITY: all out call to canal street & Lafayette as of 12:26 pm, 11/22 — ICE made arrests, fears they might return.
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I will volunteer to frog-march Bill Clinton to jail myself to get justice for his victims and the victims of every other powerful person in that conspiracy
Seeing someone say "Yes, prosecute Bill Clinton too" in reference to the files, and people are still thinking that's some deterrent?
If it will make you feel better, you can put him in jail first. Then all the rest of them. 🤷♂️
If it will make you feel better, you can put him in jail first. Then all the rest of them. 🤷♂️
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I will volunteer to frog-march Bill Clinton to jail myself to get justice for his victims and the victims of every other powerful person in that conspiracy
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No Starbucks 'til workers get more bucks
(and whatever else it is they are striking for)
(and whatever else it is they are striking for)
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
No Starbucks 'til workers get more bucks
(and whatever else it is they are striking for)
(and whatever else it is they are striking for)
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🚨ALERT: 4 people have been detained in Bladensburg this morning, on or close to Baltimore-Washington parkway. All from work vans. Park police were involved.
We recommend staying clear of this area. 1/
We recommend staying clear of this area. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🚨ALERT: 4 people have been detained in Bladensburg this morning, on or close to Baltimore-Washington parkway. All from work vans. Park police were involved.
We recommend staying clear of this area. 1/
We recommend staying clear of this area. 1/
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should we all move back to europe and be like jk we never left what’s america lol you guys are crazy anyway where is my health insurance at
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
should we all move back to europe and be like jk we never left what’s america lol you guys are crazy anyway where is my health insurance at
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Excuse me, @theguardian.com, I'd like to report an error in your headline; this should read "James D Watson, who co-discovered Rosalind Franklin's notebook showing her discovery of DNA's twisted-ladder structure, dies aged 97"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
James D Watson, who co-discovered DNA’s twisted-ladder structure, dies aged 97
Nobel prize winner shaped medicine, crimefighting and genealogy, but later years marred by racist remarks
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Excuse me, @theguardian.com, I'd like to report an error in your headline; this should read "James D Watson, who co-discovered Rosalind Franklin's notebook showing her discovery of DNA's twisted-ladder structure, dies aged 97"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.
ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
November 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.
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This entire "the Dems need to abandon identity and focus on economics!" discourse is being driven by rich assholes who would melt down at the slightest hint of higher taxes on the wealthy or more welfare for the poor. Look how they're treating Mamdani! It's cynical bullshit all the way down.
November 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This entire "the Dems need to abandon identity and focus on economics!" discourse is being driven by rich assholes who would melt down at the slightest hint of higher taxes on the wealthy or more welfare for the poor. Look how they're treating Mamdani! It's cynical bullshit all the way down.
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Another fundamentally cynical aspect of this narrative is the idea that pundits like Douthats wouldn't *also* accuse Democrats of radicalism if they passed a bunch of 'kitchen-table' policies. Are we really gonna pretend the NYT op-ed page would support a $20 minimum wage?
This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
November 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Another fundamentally cynical aspect of this narrative is the idea that pundits like Douthats wouldn't *also* accuse Democrats of radicalism if they passed a bunch of 'kitchen-table' policies. Are we really gonna pretend the NYT op-ed page would support a $20 minimum wage?
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I'm going to start a new political party. It's called Shut The Fuck Up and Feed People.
"But what if they're on drugs?"
Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People
"Or not really THAT poor?"
Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People
"What if they have a phone and nice nails?"
SHUT THE FUCK UP AND FEED PEOPLE
"But what if they're on drugs?"
Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People
"Or not really THAT poor?"
Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People
"What if they have a phone and nice nails?"
SHUT THE FUCK UP AND FEED PEOPLE
October 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I'm going to start a new political party. It's called Shut The Fuck Up and Feed People.
"But what if they're on drugs?"
Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People
"Or not really THAT poor?"
Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People
"What if they have a phone and nice nails?"
SHUT THE FUCK UP AND FEED PEOPLE
"But what if they're on drugs?"
Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People
"Or not really THAT poor?"
Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People
"What if they have a phone and nice nails?"
SHUT THE FUCK UP AND FEED PEOPLE
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"We need to focus on the center and adopt more bipartisan policies that appeal to right-leaning voters! It'll work for sure this time!"
a cartoon character named charlie brown is running in a field .
Alt: a cartoon character named charlie brown is running in a field .
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
"We need to focus on the center and adopt more bipartisan policies that appeal to right-leaning voters! It'll work for sure this time!"
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A reminder that losing SNAP will be particularly devastating to those whose disabilities require them to have special diets.
The disability tax is real.
Everything costs more when you’re sick, and special diets are no exception.
Boost & donate to mutual aid. People need help.
The disability tax is real.
Everything costs more when you’re sick, and special diets are no exception.
Boost & donate to mutual aid. People need help.
October 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A reminder that losing SNAP will be particularly devastating to those whose disabilities require them to have special diets.
The disability tax is real.
Everything costs more when you’re sick, and special diets are no exception.
Boost & donate to mutual aid. People need help.
The disability tax is real.
Everything costs more when you’re sick, and special diets are no exception.
Boost & donate to mutual aid. People need help.
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Note that ICE using Paragon spyware (aka Graphite) is a zero-click exploit that can remotely hack ANY device they want to without the user needing to click a malicious link.
Nothing on a smartphone is safe from ICE.
No one undocumented should be carrying a smartphone registered to their name.
Nothing on a smartphone is safe from ICE.
No one undocumented should be carrying a smartphone registered to their name.
October 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Note that ICE using Paragon spyware (aka Graphite) is a zero-click exploit that can remotely hack ANY device they want to without the user needing to click a malicious link.
Nothing on a smartphone is safe from ICE.
No one undocumented should be carrying a smartphone registered to their name.
Nothing on a smartphone is safe from ICE.
No one undocumented should be carrying a smartphone registered to their name.
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Here in Chicago, there have been sweeps at Home Depots, and some visual profiling.
But mostly they’ve grabbed undocumented people at worksites, while driving, standing outside.
How do they know exactly where they are?
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
But mostly they’ve grabbed undocumented people at worksites, while driving, standing outside.
How do they know exactly where they are?
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Feds make arrests across North and Near West sides, deploy tear gas on residential street in Lake View
“It was terrifying,” said one woman, who witnessed the arrest of a soon-to-be father outside the Erie Family Health Center in West Town.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Here in Chicago, there have been sweeps at Home Depots, and some visual profiling.
But mostly they’ve grabbed undocumented people at worksites, while driving, standing outside.
How do they know exactly where they are?
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
But mostly they’ve grabbed undocumented people at worksites, while driving, standing outside.
How do they know exactly where they are?
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Y’all, Spotify’s stock price sunk by 5% in 1 day. YOU did this by spreading the word to boycott them for running ICE ads.
These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.
These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.
October 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Y’all, Spotify’s stock price sunk by 5% in 1 day. YOU did this by spreading the word to boycott them for running ICE ads.
These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.
These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.
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If you can afford it, a *monetary* donation (it goes a lot farther!) to your local food bank would be a most excellent thing to do right now.
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
If you can afford it, a *monetary* donation (it goes a lot farther!) to your local food bank would be a most excellent thing to do right now.
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Wait, it isn't called The Epstein Ballroom? I thought it was called The Epstein Ballroom. Are you sure it isn't called The Epstein Ballroom? What if allnalgorithms use repeated use of The Epstein Ballroom to build our social media pseudozeitgeist? How does The Epstein Ballroom shape our reality?
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Wait, it isn't called The Epstein Ballroom? I thought it was called The Epstein Ballroom. Are you sure it isn't called The Epstein Ballroom? What if allnalgorithms use repeated use of The Epstein Ballroom to build our social media pseudozeitgeist? How does The Epstein Ballroom shape our reality?