mj (he/they)
@mj-laing.bsky.social
guitar & weeping in @houseguest.band
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Grays Harbor County resident who was undergoing treatment for H5N5 avian influenza died today
Unfortunately, not a surprise
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra....
Unfortunately, not a surprise
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra....
Grays Harbor County resident dies from complications of avian influenza
For immediate release: Nov. 21, 2025 (25-140) Contact: DOH Communications The person was infected with the H5N5 virus; the risk to the public remains low OLYMPIA – A Grays Harbor County resident who w...
doh.wa.gov
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Grays Harbor County resident who was undergoing treatment for H5N5 avian influenza died today
Unfortunately, not a surprise
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra....
Unfortunately, not a surprise
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra....
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i’m t4t (tit for tat). i want revenge
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
i’m t4t (tit for tat). i want revenge
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You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires
James Van Der Beek Auctioning Off Dawson’s Creek Items Amid Cancer Journey
James Van Der Beek has put several Dawson’s Creek and Varsity Blues items up for auction as he continues to battle stage 3 colon cancer.
www.eonline.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
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do not give in to despair
September 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
do not give in to despair
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I have no idea what white people are talking about right now. The warnings that the fascists will "use this" to do more violence. WHAT WON'T THEY USE? You've watched them deploy the US military on US soil using bullshit pretexts. What even are you talking about?
September 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I have no idea what white people are talking about right now. The warnings that the fascists will "use this" to do more violence. WHAT WON'T THEY USE? You've watched them deploy the US military on US soil using bullshit pretexts. What even are you talking about?
HOMOSEXUALS OF THE LOWER MAINLAND!! me & the other losers in @wearehouseguest.bsky.social are playing a show this Wednesday and u need to be there
August 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
HOMOSEXUALS OF THE LOWER MAINLAND!! me & the other losers in @wearehouseguest.bsky.social are playing a show this Wednesday and u need to be there
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BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
August 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
was reminded a couple of times this week (once by a youth I work with and another by a colleague) how important de-googling is for queer & trans orgs/people/organizers. get your shit out of google servers & stop using gmail. period!
July 31, 2025 at 2:13 AM
was reminded a couple of times this week (once by a youth I work with and another by a colleague) how important de-googling is for queer & trans orgs/people/organizers. get your shit out of google servers & stop using gmail. period!
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Yet another example of why making public health policy and guidance by laundering the uninformed opinions of whoever wins at medical politics cannot be allowed to continue.
Decision making in institutional medicine is broken, and requires wholesale replacement, with external oversight.
Decision making in institutional medicine is broken, and requires wholesale replacement, with external oversight.
Breakthrough study: COVID-19 reactivates dormant breast cancer, triggering deadly metastasis. Cancer survivors who got COVID had 4.5× higher cancer-related deaths and 1.4× greater breast cancer. MASK UP!! Protect yourself from Covid, which is airborne
Respiratory viral infections awaken metastatic breast cancer cells in lungs - Nature
Mouse models show that respiratory infections from viruses such as influenza and SARS-CoV-2 can trigger metastasis of dormant breast cancer cells in the lungs, a finding supported by epidemiological d...
www.nature.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Yet another example of why making public health policy and guidance by laundering the uninformed opinions of whoever wins at medical politics cannot be allowed to continue.
Decision making in institutional medicine is broken, and requires wholesale replacement, with external oversight.
Decision making in institutional medicine is broken, and requires wholesale replacement, with external oversight.
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VICTORIA! we're gonna be in centennial square JULY 23rd and it'll be our first island show! we cannot wait.
VANCOUVER! we'll be back JULY 31st outside the queen elizabeth theatre at šxʷƛ̓exən Xwtl’a7shn with the summer sounds concert series (and a surprise!)
more great news soon. love you.
❤️🏠
VANCOUVER! we'll be back JULY 31st outside the queen elizabeth theatre at šxʷƛ̓exən Xwtl’a7shn with the summer sounds concert series (and a surprise!)
more great news soon. love you.
❤️🏠
July 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
VICTORIA! we're gonna be in centennial square JULY 23rd and it'll be our first island show! we cannot wait.
VANCOUVER! we'll be back JULY 31st outside the queen elizabeth theatre at šxʷƛ̓exən Xwtl’a7shn with the summer sounds concert series (and a surprise!)
more great news soon. love you.
❤️🏠
VANCOUVER! we'll be back JULY 31st outside the queen elizabeth theatre at šxʷƛ̓exən Xwtl’a7shn with the summer sounds concert series (and a surprise!)
more great news soon. love you.
❤️🏠
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BREAKING: French dock workers in Fos-sur-Mer refused today to load machine gun ammo destined for Israel's army
June 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
BREAKING: French dock workers in Fos-sur-Mer refused today to load machine gun ammo destined for Israel's army
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some fantastic photos from our last show by eric couette
May 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
some fantastic photos from our last show by eric couette
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Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die Off
Sometimes older voters aren’t just naturally more conservative. It’s just that wealthier and whiter people tend to live longer and healthier lives.
nymag.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
plz vote today vancouver PLZ!!! Sean Orr & Lucy Maloney have our backs, plz!!!!!
This goose voted for @lucymaloney.bsky.social and @seanorr.bsky.social in the Vancouver By-election today. #EvictKenSim #VanPoli #BCPoli
April 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
plz vote today vancouver PLZ!!! Sean Orr & Lucy Maloney have our backs, plz!!!!!
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April 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I WON'T DIE SO YOU CAN LIVE
divine creation is out today, trans day of visibility. bandcamp only, for now: all proceeds from divine creation will be donated to local trans mutual aid.
wearehouseguest.bandcamp.com/album/divine...
divine creation releases on streaming services easter sunday (april 20th).
wearehouseguest.bandcamp.com/album/divine...
divine creation releases on streaming services easter sunday (april 20th).
divine creation, by houseguest
1 track album
wearehouseguest.bandcamp.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I WON'T DIE SO YOU CAN LIVE
this is a gorgeous song I got to make with gorgeous people about staying alive despite much of the world wanting us dead. I can't wait for you to hear it.
new houseguest tomorrow. bandcamp only. all proceeds to local trans mutual aid. featuring oh so many of our friends.
March 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
this is a gorgeous song I got to make with gorgeous people about staying alive despite much of the world wanting us dead. I can't wait for you to hear it.
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Yes, and let's not forget that measles is spreading in part bc liberals and leftists are drinking up right wing propaganda on Covid to the point that they now believe that disease isn't harmful & it's ok to be repeatedly infected w harmful viruses as long as ur vaccinated (spoiler: it's not!)
March 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Yes, and let's not forget that measles is spreading in part bc liberals and leftists are drinking up right wing propaganda on Covid to the point that they now believe that disease isn't harmful & it's ok to be repeatedly infected w harmful viruses as long as ur vaccinated (spoiler: it's not!)
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Hossam Shabat, a 23 year old journalist who documented the genocide of his people left a final message. shared by his team.
March 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Hossam Shabat, a 23 year old journalist who documented the genocide of his people left a final message. shared by his team.
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Indefinite detention is ILLEGAL under international law - but it's been the status quo for so many irregular migrants in the U.S. and Canada for decades. That has to end. For-profit detention centres and prisons are evil, full stop, and must end. Prison slavery must end.
March 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Indefinite detention is ILLEGAL under international law - but it's been the status quo for so many irregular migrants in the U.S. and Canada for decades. That has to end. For-profit detention centres and prisons are evil, full stop, and must end. Prison slavery must end.
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making noises today 👀
March 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
making noises today 👀
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Something you could try this weekend: when you see or repost a post about something shitty, follow it up with a post about people working to either block the thing, ameliorate its effects, or build something as good as the original thing is shitty. Then--crucial step--log off for AT LEAST 20 minutes
March 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Something you could try this weekend: when you see or repost a post about something shitty, follow it up with a post about people working to either block the thing, ameliorate its effects, or build something as good as the original thing is shitty. Then--crucial step--log off for AT LEAST 20 minutes
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I’ve been thinking a lot about the dangers of fervent nationalism in Canada. While it seems good now it will go down a dark path that may end up with the same fascism we’re trying to avoid.
I spoke to a journalist @erinblondeau.bsky.social about this
Read. Here.👇🏾
ricochet.media/politics/how...
I spoke to a journalist @erinblondeau.bsky.social about this
Read. Here.👇🏾
ricochet.media/politics/how...
How Pierre Poilievre’s ‘Canada First’ slogan parallels white nationalist ideology
Canadian Conservatives appear to be inspired by Donald Trump's "America First" platform, a slogan with roots in white supremacy and racism.
ricochet.media
March 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot about the dangers of fervent nationalism in Canada. While it seems good now it will go down a dark path that may end up with the same fascism we’re trying to avoid.
I spoke to a journalist @erinblondeau.bsky.social about this
Read. Here.👇🏾
ricochet.media/politics/how...
I spoke to a journalist @erinblondeau.bsky.social about this
Read. Here.👇🏾
ricochet.media/politics/how...
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"Oops" - identifying a single minority group for deportation from the city isn't an "oops". It's a declaration of your abhorrent racism & the racism of each of the ABC councillors who chose silence. For any minority other than Natives, this would end your career, which is I guess why you targeted us
"Oops"
Ken Sim issues non-apology apologies for DTES displacement plans and for putting lawn signs on properties without permission.
He's unfit for office.
We will defeat his candidates on April 5th, then evict him from City Hall next year. #vanpoli
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/03/13/v...
Ken Sim issues non-apology apologies for DTES displacement plans and for putting lawn signs on properties without permission.
He's unfit for office.
We will defeat his candidates on April 5th, then evict him from City Hall next year. #vanpoli
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/03/13/v...
'Oops': Vancouver mayor apologizes for series of recent slip-ups
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is owning up to a string of recent blunders that have stirred up controversy for his ABC Party.
vancouver.citynews.ca
March 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
"Oops" - identifying a single minority group for deportation from the city isn't an "oops". It's a declaration of your abhorrent racism & the racism of each of the ABC councillors who chose silence. For any minority other than Natives, this would end your career, which is I guess why you targeted us