Miles B
@miles-b.bsky.social
Software Engineer and Musician in San Francisco. 🏳️🌈
Other interests include espresso, cooking, and photography
Other interests include espresso, cooking, and photography
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1. After the shutdown fight, Republicans promised Democrats a vote on extending enhanced ACA subsidies, which cover 20 million Americans.
Now, new reporting shows that Republican negotiators want to make a trans funding ban a requirement for the extension.
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Now, new reporting shows that Republican negotiators want to make a trans funding ban a requirement for the extension.
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Republicans Privately Pushing Anti-Trans Funding Ban For ACA Subsidy Deal After Shutdown Compromise
The proposal, which was first detailed in the Wall Street Journal, could harm transgender people even in blue states if it becomes part of the negotiated deal.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
1. After the shutdown fight, Republicans promised Democrats a vote on extending enhanced ACA subsidies, which cover 20 million Americans.
Now, new reporting shows that Republican negotiators want to make a trans funding ban a requirement for the extension.
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Now, new reporting shows that Republican negotiators want to make a trans funding ban a requirement for the extension.
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is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”
October 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”
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Only the weakest men are afraid of flags. Pettiest, cancel mob on the planet. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/k...
October 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Only the weakest men are afraid of flags. Pettiest, cancel mob on the planet. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/k...
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
September 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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1. The Trump admin has demanded New York City to ban trans kids from bathrooms.
Mayor Adams has come out in support of Trump's proposal.
NY Law protects trans youth, and Adams has no power to implement it.
Meanwhile, Mamdani has slammed Adam's comments.
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Mayor Adams has come out in support of Trump's proposal.
NY Law protects trans youth, and Adams has no power to implement it.
Meanwhile, Mamdani has slammed Adam's comments.
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Trump—And Mayor Eric Adams—Want NYC To Institute A Trans Student Bathroom Ban
“The mayor has no authority to ban trans students from using bathrooms that match their gender identity.”
www.erininthemorning.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
1. The Trump admin has demanded New York City to ban trans kids from bathrooms.
Mayor Adams has come out in support of Trump's proposal.
NY Law protects trans youth, and Adams has no power to implement it.
Meanwhile, Mamdani has slammed Adam's comments.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Mayor Adams has come out in support of Trump's proposal.
NY Law protects trans youth, and Adams has no power to implement it.
Meanwhile, Mamdani has slammed Adam's comments.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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We all know what to do...
September 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
We all know what to do...
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Heritage Foundation has released an absolutely insane policy proposal to label all trans people as domestic terrorists. It uses completely made up instances of terrorism and made up statistics but facts don't matter to them.
They want us all eradicated.
They want us all eradicated.
September 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Heritage Foundation has released an absolutely insane policy proposal to label all trans people as domestic terrorists. It uses completely made up instances of terrorism and made up statistics but facts don't matter to them.
They want us all eradicated.
They want us all eradicated.
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The craven reactionary centrists at Third Way are advising Democrats not to use the term LGBTQ, BIPOC, allyship, or intersectionality. They're erasing the entire language used to describe minority communities.
www.thirdway.org/memo/was-it-...
www.thirdway.org/memo/was-it-...
August 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The craven reactionary centrists at Third Way are advising Democrats not to use the term LGBTQ, BIPOC, allyship, or intersectionality. They're erasing the entire language used to describe minority communities.
www.thirdway.org/memo/was-it-...
www.thirdway.org/memo/was-it-...
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Julia Child, who was born on this day, in 1912, was known as a titan of the culinary arts. But she was also highly politically engaged, speaking openly about her support for Planned Parenthood and her disgust with the Republican Party.
The Passionate, Progressive Politics of Julia Child
The public Julia Child—Julia Child the culinary titan—looms so large that she often eclipses the person who existed outside the kitchen. A new collection of interviews captures another side of her.
www.newyorker.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Julia Child, who was born on this day, in 1912, was known as a titan of the culinary arts. But she was also highly politically engaged, speaking openly about her support for Planned Parenthood and her disgust with the Republican Party.
So many people talking about lawn order
August 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
So many people talking about lawn order
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Check out this new GLAAD explainer for @techpolicypress.bsky.social to learn more about LinkedIn’s recent removal of its policy protecting transgender and nonbinary people from one of the most prevalent and extreme types of online anti-trans hate.
www.techpolicy.press/linkedin-joi...
www.techpolicy.press/linkedin-joi...
LinkedIn Joins Meta and YouTube in Abandoning Policies Designed to Counter Anti-Trans Hate | TechPolicy.Press
GLAAD Social Media Safety Program's Jenni Olson says it is deeply concerning to see LinkedIn remove a policy protecting transgender and nonbinary people.
www.techpolicy.press
August 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Check out this new GLAAD explainer for @techpolicypress.bsky.social to learn more about LinkedIn’s recent removal of its policy protecting transgender and nonbinary people from one of the most prevalent and extreme types of online anti-trans hate.
www.techpolicy.press/linkedin-joi...
www.techpolicy.press/linkedin-joi...
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the problem with letting democrats backslide their support of trans rights whether it be trans in sports or using bathrooms is we’ve seen “compromise” in the UK labor party. they gave into “reasonable” TERF demands and it destroyed the labor party and all rights for trans people
August 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the problem with letting democrats backslide their support of trans rights whether it be trans in sports or using bathrooms is we’ve seen “compromise” in the UK labor party. they gave into “reasonable” TERF demands and it destroyed the labor party and all rights for trans people
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political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics
Should we deport people who have lived here for many years without committing any crimes? 61% no, 24% yes.
Should we should deport people as quickly as possible even if it means more mistakes, or do our best to make no mistakes even if it takes longer?
Quickly: 19%
Minimize mistakes: 74%
Should we should deport people as quickly as possible even if it means more mistakes, or do our best to make no mistakes even if it takes longer?
Quickly: 19%
Minimize mistakes: 74%
June 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics
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"I will be glad that I will not have been somebody who defended the genocide of the Palestinian people"
Charlie Kirk get called out to his shrinking face
Charlie Kirk get called out to his shrinking face
May 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"I will be glad that I will not have been somebody who defended the genocide of the Palestinian people"
Charlie Kirk get called out to his shrinking face
Charlie Kirk get called out to his shrinking face
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California voters ratified a constitutional amendment protecting gender identity this past election. This blatantly violates it.
Holy shit - Gavin Newsom has clarified that this goes even further.
The transgender runner will compete "in her own category."
California is basically instituting a sports ban.
www.kcra.com/article/cali...
The transgender runner will compete "in her own category."
California is basically instituting a sports ban.
www.kcra.com/article/cali...
May 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM
California voters ratified a constitutional amendment protecting gender identity this past election. This blatantly violates it.
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The "slowly and with a hard r" part is. Wild! And this happened in 2019? Why is this the first I'm hearing of it
Andrew Cuomo is an amazing candidate if you want NYC's next mayor to be a white guy who says the n-word "slowly and with a hard r."
Cuomo stays silent after dropping n-word on live radio show
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo dropped the n-word during a live radio interview Tuesday...
www.timesunion.com
May 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The "slowly and with a hard r" part is. Wild! And this happened in 2019? Why is this the first I'm hearing of it
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“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”
May 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”
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A few days ago, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR, the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country.
May 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A few days ago, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR, the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country.
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"Signalgate" just got worse: Signal messages were being auto-archived, non-encrypted. So all the people (I was one) saying "the security of the tech isn't the problem with this" were wrong actually.
www.404media.co/mike-waltz-a...
www.404media.co/mike-waltz-a...
Mike Waltz Accidentally Reveals Obscure App the Government Is Using to Archive Signal Messages
A photograph of Trump administration official Mike Waltz's phone shows him using an unofficial version of Signal designed to archive messages during a cabinet meeting.
www.404media.co
May 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Signalgate" just got worse: Signal messages were being auto-archived, non-encrypted. So all the people (I was one) saying "the security of the tech isn't the problem with this" were wrong actually.
www.404media.co/mike-waltz-a...
www.404media.co/mike-waltz-a...
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Woman in Florida deported to Cuba says she was forced to leave baby daughter
Woman in Florida deported to Cuba says she was forced to leave baby daughter
Heidy Sánchez says she was told her 17-month-old, who has health problems and is breastfeeding, couldn’t go with her
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Woman in Florida deported to Cuba says she was forced to leave baby daughter
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Oh hey there it is, I was wondering how long it would take to hit this point
Anyways this is fucking terrifying and if HRT supplies get cut or banned people WILL die
Anyways this is fucking terrifying and if HRT supplies get cut or banned people WILL die
1. In a new leaked memo, Pam Bondi is directing the DOJ to go after trans care providers under "anti-FGM" laws.
She also has directed the investigation of HRT manufacturers.
She calls transgender people "infectious."
The latest from S. Baum.
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She also has directed the investigation of HRT manufacturers.
She calls transgender people "infectious."
The latest from S. Baum.
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“Infected an Entire Generation”: AG Bondi Targets Trans-Affirming Health Care in Leaked Memo
The memo isn’t law, but it is the latest escalation in Trumpian efforts to wage war on trans people.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Oh hey there it is, I was wondering how long it would take to hit this point
Anyways this is fucking terrifying and if HRT supplies get cut or banned people WILL die
Anyways this is fucking terrifying and if HRT supplies get cut or banned people WILL die
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This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story.
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April 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story.
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They want LGBTQ youth dead. They are eugenicists, plain and simple.
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
They want LGBTQ youth dead. They are eugenicists, plain and simple.
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important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
April 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
important context about the concentration camps in el salvador: