Michelle P.
@michellepaquette.bsky.social
Old married dame in the Pacific Northwest, with my wife and cats. Retired after a series of nerd jobs.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
July 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
We are now at war. Imperious Leader has decided, I suppose.
June 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We are now at war. Imperious Leader has decided, I suppose.
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Biology is complex. Gloriously so.
The extraordinary case of the Guevedoces - BBC News
Children in a remote village in the Dominican Republic have an extremely unusual condition.
www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org
February 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Biology is complex. Gloriously so.
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The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
You didn’t really think he was going to protect women, did you?
We are going back to the “women’s gym” consisting of a bench and maybe a set of free weights in the corner, while the men’s gym includes every apparatus you can think of, a sauna, and a steam room.
We are going back to the “women’s gym” consisting of a bench and maybe a set of free weights in the corner, while the men’s gym includes every apparatus you can think of, a sauna, and a steam room.
From @theathletic.bsky.social: The Department of Education has rescinded Title IX guidance that stated NIL payments must be proportionate between a university’s male and female athletes. nyti.ms/40Z3Z4i
Department of Education rescinds Title IX guidance that NIL payments must be proportionate
How Title IX would factor into schools' revenue-sharing decisions has been a lingering question.
nyti.ms
February 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
You didn’t really think he was going to protect women, did you?
We are going back to the “women’s gym” consisting of a bench and maybe a set of free weights in the corner, while the men’s gym includes every apparatus you can think of, a sauna, and a steam room.
We are going back to the “women’s gym” consisting of a bench and maybe a set of free weights in the corner, while the men’s gym includes every apparatus you can think of, a sauna, and a steam room.
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
Finally, a good use of AI to further good governance!
February 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Finally, a good use of AI to further good governance!
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Ken Klipperstein leaked full passport guidance for trans people:
- X markers will be a focal point
- Existing unexpired passports will remain good
- No guidance on confiscation, but it doesn’t seem like they will
- Renewals less clear but it looks like they will use “a preponderance of evidence”
- X markers will be a focal point
- Existing unexpired passports will remain good
- No guidance on confiscation, but it doesn’t seem like they will
- Renewals less clear but it looks like they will use “a preponderance of evidence”
February 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Ken Klipperstein leaked full passport guidance for trans people:
- X markers will be a focal point
- Existing unexpired passports will remain good
- No guidance on confiscation, but it doesn’t seem like they will
- Renewals less clear but it looks like they will use “a preponderance of evidence”
- X markers will be a focal point
- Existing unexpired passports will remain good
- No guidance on confiscation, but it doesn’t seem like they will
- Renewals less clear but it looks like they will use “a preponderance of evidence”
So, a court hands down a stay order suspending the actions of DOGE as a possible legal and regulatory issue.
The Vice President says the judicial branch can’t interfere with the executive branch, with a colorful tweet.
It’s getting interesting out there…
The Vice President says the judicial branch can’t interfere with the executive branch, with a colorful tweet.
It’s getting interesting out there…
February 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
So, a court hands down a stay order suspending the actions of DOGE as a possible legal and regulatory issue.
The Vice President says the judicial branch can’t interfere with the executive branch, with a colorful tweet.
It’s getting interesting out there…
The Vice President says the judicial branch can’t interfere with the executive branch, with a colorful tweet.
It’s getting interesting out there…
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9. Meanwhile, Forbes reports that additional lawsuits have been filed over Trump’s alleged overreach of executive power, including his attempt to seize control of the U.S. Treasury through the newly created “Department of Government Efficiency,” also known as DOGE.
www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
Here Are All The Major Lawsuits Against Trump And Musk—As Judge Cuts Off DOGE’s Treasury Access
Judges have blocked some of Trump and Musk's early moves—for now.
www.forbes.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
9. Meanwhile, Forbes reports that additional lawsuits have been filed over Trump’s alleged overreach of executive power, including his attempt to seize control of the U.S. Treasury through the newly created “Department of Government Efficiency,” also known as DOGE.
www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
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1. Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington have filed suit to stop Trump's under-19 trans ban executive order.
They allege it violates separation of powers and the 5th and 10th amendments.
The latest analysis of the legal filing from writer Mira Lazine.
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They allege it violates separation of powers and the 5th and 10th amendments.
The latest analysis of the legal filing from writer Mira Lazine.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington Sue Trump To End Under 19 Trans Care Ban
The lawsuit is one of several moving against Trump's executive orders targeting transgender people in the military, healthcare, and international travel rights.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
1. Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington have filed suit to stop Trump's under-19 trans ban executive order.
They allege it violates separation of powers and the 5th and 10th amendments.
The latest analysis of the legal filing from writer Mira Lazine.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
They allege it violates separation of powers and the 5th and 10th amendments.
The latest analysis of the legal filing from writer Mira Lazine.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
“On Day 1…” he said. “Only I can fix it,” he said.
February 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“On Day 1…” he said. “Only I can fix it,” he said.
There is blood on their hands.
In a new lawsuit filed against Trump by state AGs, a family with a trans kid shares she died by suicide last month citing fears Trump would deny her access to gender-affirming care. "Her parents have expressed fear...that what happened to their daughter does not happen to other children."
![The serious concerns over how the Order will detrimentally impact transgender
youth cannot be overstated. One Washingtonian, as her parents describe her, was a bright and
gentle soul who loved playing musical instruments, trying new things, and playing Magic the
Gathering. She was excited to learn Japanese and the impact of gender-affirming care was
immediately clear to her family. Her parents described that “her joy was clear with every new
milestone in her transition. She was so happy to get to the next step, to get closer to presenting
in a way that was true to herself.” But the day before the presidential election, she shared,
“[t]omorrow I get to find out if I’m illegal.” After the election, she asked her parents if they
could move to Canada because she was fearful of new restrictions on transgender youth and
worried about losing access to gender-affirming care. In January 2025, she took her life. After
the Order issued, her parents expressed that the outlook for transgender futures looks scary and
shared fears of what ending gender-affirming care would have meant for their daughter’s access
to therapy, puberty-delaying medication, hormones, and hope of surgery. Her parents have
expressed fear for the many lives who depend on gender-affirming care and that what happened
to their daughter does not happen to any other children.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mlmouohgzbjofidukcp4pxf2/bafkreich7jyv3lnkmd5r234itpdhtvavgblc46ai6d47tb4i7oxgfga2ym@jpeg)
February 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
There is blood on their hands.
Sooo…
We are going to occupy a currently demolished piece of lovely beachfront property for development, while displacing a whole bunch of angry, embittered locals with better supply lines than the Viet Cong ever had.
Sure. This ends well.
And, it’s one, two, three what are we fighting for?
We are going to occupy a currently demolished piece of lovely beachfront property for development, while displacing a whole bunch of angry, embittered locals with better supply lines than the Viet Cong ever had.
Sure. This ends well.
And, it’s one, two, three what are we fighting for?
February 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Sooo…
We are going to occupy a currently demolished piece of lovely beachfront property for development, while displacing a whole bunch of angry, embittered locals with better supply lines than the Viet Cong ever had.
Sure. This ends well.
And, it’s one, two, three what are we fighting for?
We are going to occupy a currently demolished piece of lovely beachfront property for development, while displacing a whole bunch of angry, embittered locals with better supply lines than the Viet Cong ever had.
Sure. This ends well.
And, it’s one, two, three what are we fighting for?
Ayup. Appliance prices going up, courtesy of tariffs on parts and materials.
Are we winning yet?
Are we winning yet?
February 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Ayup. Appliance prices going up, courtesy of tariffs on parts and materials.
Are we winning yet?
Are we winning yet?
Bringing Jim Crow back, so you can pretend “those people” don’t exist.
You know, “those people”, the transgenders, the gays, the hippies, the poors… And of course anyone not white enough.
You know, “those people”, the transgenders, the gays, the hippies, the poors… And of course anyone not white enough.
Slate [Feb 2] -- Purpose of Trump multiple Executive Orders is to "create Jim Crow for trans people" by "fully disenfranchising them from society on a scale not seen since Jim Crow" (e.g., the legal racial caste system mostly in South from Civil War to 1960s).
[by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
[by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
Donald Trump’s Executive Orders Aim to Create Jim Crow for Trans People
The Trump administration has dismissed public pleas for mercy for transgender youth and instead launched a full-scale attack against trans people.
slate.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Bringing Jim Crow back, so you can pretend “those people” don’t exist.
You know, “those people”, the transgenders, the gays, the hippies, the poors… And of course anyone not white enough.
You know, “those people”, the transgenders, the gays, the hippies, the poors… And of course anyone not white enough.
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Boylan said: “I’m hoping that people will read ‘Cleavage’ and think, The stories she tells are stories in which I can see myself. The stories she tells have given me the chance to open my heart.”
tinyurl.com/3e7hue66
tinyurl.com/3e7hue66
A ‘Weary but Fabulous’ Poster Girl for Trans Life Opens Up About Aging
In her fifth memoir, “Cleavage,” Jennifer Finney Boylan writes about her 36-year marriage, her adult children and why she keeps telling her story.
tinyurl.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Boylan said: “I’m hoping that people will read ‘Cleavage’ and think, The stories she tells are stories in which I can see myself. The stories she tells have given me the chance to open my heart.”
tinyurl.com/3e7hue66
tinyurl.com/3e7hue66
Y’all ready for the new price for an oil change on your car or truck?
$99.00!
Cheap at half the price!
$99.00!
Cheap at half the price!
February 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Y’all ready for the new price for an oil change on your car or truck?
$99.00!
Cheap at half the price!
$99.00!
Cheap at half the price!
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For the visual learners...
February 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
For the visual learners...
90 years ago, they had to actually hunt down the books, carry them out, and make a huge bonfire.
Now, a bit of “search and replace”, remove a few links, and POOF! No unpleasant smoke, no photo ops, just POOF.
It will be almost as easy to remove a tiny part of the population. POOF, just smoke.
Now, a bit of “search and replace”, remove a few links, and POOF! No unpleasant smoke, no photo ops, just POOF.
It will be almost as easy to remove a tiny part of the population. POOF, just smoke.
February 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
90 years ago, they had to actually hunt down the books, carry them out, and make a huge bonfire.
Now, a bit of “search and replace”, remove a few links, and POOF! No unpleasant smoke, no photo ops, just POOF.
It will be almost as easy to remove a tiny part of the population. POOF, just smoke.
Now, a bit of “search and replace”, remove a few links, and POOF! No unpleasant smoke, no photo ops, just POOF.
It will be almost as easy to remove a tiny part of the population. POOF, just smoke.
The argument I’m hearing from schools, clinics, and hospitals busily pre-obeying now…
"We have to allow this [org/shelter/hospital/school] to erase the trans community and comply to save everyone else"
Absolutely not.
I will not allow my community to be jettisoned to save yourself. Yes, if you don't, other groups may suffer, and you might too.
But we are all in this together.
Absolutely not.
I will not allow my community to be jettisoned to save yourself. Yes, if you don't, other groups may suffer, and you might too.
But we are all in this together.
February 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The argument I’m hearing from schools, clinics, and hospitals busily pre-obeying now…
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“I want people to understand the power that mainstream media has in creating public rhetoric, which has a direct impact on litigation.” – filmmaker Sam Feder via @theguardian.com
@paolamendoza.bsky.social @chasestrangio.bsky.social
@paolamendoza.bsky.social @chasestrangio.bsky.social
‘A reminder that we can resist’: hard-hitting documentary takes aim at anti-trans rhetoric
Heightened Scutiny is a new film premiering at Sundance looking at the troubling rise in anti-trans legislation and the mainstream media outlets who have helped stoke the fire
buff.ly
February 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“I want people to understand the power that mainstream media has in creating public rhetoric, which has a direct impact on litigation.” – filmmaker Sam Feder via @theguardian.com
@paolamendoza.bsky.social @chasestrangio.bsky.social
@paolamendoza.bsky.social @chasestrangio.bsky.social
The fuss over transgender people didn’t just come out of thin air. It was designed and implemented as a way to reliably and profitably deliver votes.
I wrote a deep dive into this malevolent scheme.
aninjusticemag.com/suddenly-tra...
I wrote a deep dive into this malevolent scheme.
aninjusticemag.com/suddenly-tra...
Suddenly, Transgender is Everywhere!
Malevolence as a business plan
aninjusticemag.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The fuss over transgender people didn’t just come out of thin air. It was designed and implemented as a way to reliably and profitably deliver votes.
I wrote a deep dive into this malevolent scheme.
aninjusticemag.com/suddenly-tra...
I wrote a deep dive into this malevolent scheme.
aninjusticemag.com/suddenly-tra...
The EEOC chair would like to spread the new federal bathroom policies that put trans men in the women’s room and trans women in the men’s room to private businesses. Perhaps a “separate but equal” solution, that can be broadened to cover others over time. That should work out well…
February 1, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The EEOC chair would like to spread the new federal bathroom policies that put trans men in the women’s room and trans women in the men’s room to private businesses. Perhaps a “separate but equal” solution, that can be broadened to cover others over time. That should work out well…