Jamie Saoirse
@mousyaesthete.bsky.social
Library worker, library student. Former professional socialist. Religious studies PhD. Occupied Muscogee land (Decatur, GA, USA) 🏳️⚧️
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I wish there was more public recognition of how batshit insane it is to call the president a dangerous authoritarian and then give him a $1 trillion military budget
December 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I wish there was more public recognition of how batshit insane it is to call the president a dangerous authoritarian and then give him a $1 trillion military budget
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In August, we got a bit of extra money from a generous donor, and I used it to expand into coverage of trans life in American prisons.
This piece, by incarcerated journalist B Speaks, describes the chaos Georgia's forced detransition regime, currently halted by the courts, wreaked in one prison.
This piece, by incarcerated journalist B Speaks, describes the chaos Georgia's forced detransition regime, currently halted by the courts, wreaked in one prison.
EXCLUSIVE: Forced Detransitions ‘Nearly Toppled’ Medical Unit in Georgia Prison During Care Ban — Assigned
In the midst of a lawsuit, a Georgia prison resumes gender affirming care for trans inmates.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In August, we got a bit of extra money from a generous donor, and I used it to expand into coverage of trans life in American prisons.
This piece, by incarcerated journalist B Speaks, describes the chaos Georgia's forced detransition regime, currently halted by the courts, wreaked in one prison.
This piece, by incarcerated journalist B Speaks, describes the chaos Georgia's forced detransition regime, currently halted by the courts, wreaked in one prison.
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I mean ending prison rape protections, come the fuck on!!
They are openly declaring that they believe trans women should be brutally raped in prison!
Where is the outrage?
They are openly declaring that they believe trans women should be brutally raped in prison!
Where is the outrage?
December 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I mean ending prison rape protections, come the fuck on!!
They are openly declaring that they believe trans women should be brutally raped in prison!
Where is the outrage?
They are openly declaring that they believe trans women should be brutally raped in prison!
Where is the outrage?
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BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
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Legitimacy is not a substance. Legitimation is a process. Things become illegitimate because you treat them as such.
December 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Legitimacy is not a substance. Legitimation is a process. Things become illegitimate because you treat them as such.
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Prison rape is actually not just widely tolerated, but celebrated. Many people think prisoners deserve to be raped. It’s a staple of Hollywood comedy, as widely popular as slipping on a banana peel www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Prison rape is actually not just widely tolerated, but celebrated. Many people think prisoners deserve to be raped. It’s a staple of Hollywood comedy, as widely popular as slipping on a banana peel www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is a profoundly anti-Black country. Not just racist but ANTI-BLACK. It is foundational and everpresent.
December 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is a profoundly anti-Black country. Not just racist but ANTI-BLACK. It is foundational and everpresent.
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Always money for cops, never money for libraries.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Always money for cops, never money for libraries.
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It is essential to remember that Sensible centrists got everything they wanted in the UK.
The left smashed, their Competent Sensible politicians won by a landslide last year and have a huge majority and the policies they dreamed of implemented.
And the result is endless horror.
The left smashed, their Competent Sensible politicians won by a landslide last year and have a huge majority and the policies they dreamed of implemented.
And the result is endless horror.
December 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It is essential to remember that Sensible centrists got everything they wanted in the UK.
The left smashed, their Competent Sensible politicians won by a landslide last year and have a huge majority and the policies they dreamed of implemented.
And the result is endless horror.
The left smashed, their Competent Sensible politicians won by a landslide last year and have a huge majority and the policies they dreamed of implemented.
And the result is endless horror.
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Of course there’s a fucking point to getting angry at organisations dropping trans people out of fear. It should be shameful and they should be confronted with our feelings of anger and betrayal. To pretend we do this instead of targeting the court government sex matters etc is disingenuous bullshit
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Of course there’s a fucking point to getting angry at organisations dropping trans people out of fear. It should be shameful and they should be confronted with our feelings of anger and betrayal. To pretend we do this instead of targeting the court government sex matters etc is disingenuous bullshit
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Nothing that many people talk about wanting will ever be possible under current conditions and those conditions include the gatekeepers of the state terrorizing segments of the population daily.
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Nothing that many people talk about wanting will ever be possible under current conditions and those conditions include the gatekeepers of the state terrorizing segments of the population daily.
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![A Calvin and Hobbs comic with Calvin refusing to answer a math question because the question violates his religious beliefs. The text of the comic has been altered to read, “I cannot answer this question, as [trans people existing is] against my religious principles.”
Calvin sitting at a desk in a classroom
First panel: question 2+7=_____
Second panel: the above text.
Third panel: Calvin inspecting his answer.
Fourth panel: Calvin saying, “it’s worth a shot.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sryiimnoaw5mn4af56e2sjac/bafkreicycf3qlmattz7ydekmh5nfwqz26dp7rdditrqhly7kbedxb3ljs4@jpeg)
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Has this been posted yet
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Has this been posted yet
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If universities would prioritize smaller classes and fewer bells and whistles like third-party technology contracts, a significantly bigger number of PhDs would find a position in higher education.
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
If universities would prioritize smaller classes and fewer bells and whistles like third-party technology contracts, a significantly bigger number of PhDs would find a position in higher education.
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I lost my job, I can't afford turkey or pie, and my kids have measles. But at least I'm not seeing any trans people in the Macy's parade.
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I lost my job, I can't afford turkey or pie, and my kids have measles. But at least I'm not seeing any trans people in the Macy's parade.
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That time, ~400 years ago, when Jesuits dragged a new world turkey nearly 2,000 kilometers from Goa to northern India.
Fun, but also reflective of premodern India's integration in global networks of trade and travel.
#Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025
Fun, but also reflective of premodern India's integration in global networks of trade and travel.
#Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
That time, ~400 years ago, when Jesuits dragged a new world turkey nearly 2,000 kilometers from Goa to northern India.
Fun, but also reflective of premodern India's integration in global networks of trade and travel.
#Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025
Fun, but also reflective of premodern India's integration in global networks of trade and travel.
#Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025
I just finished reading @nikostratis.com's book, and it's amazing!
i don’t want to spoil the central Thing of Pluribus but I will just say that it has unlocked a new weird fear (asking everyone in the world what they think of your book)
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I just finished reading @nikostratis.com's book, and it's amazing!
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Give us our roses while we're still alive.
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Give us our roses while we're still alive.
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larry summers is genuinely, deeply misogynist in a way which is not even captured by his public contempt for women
November 16, 2025 at 5:34 AM
larry summers is genuinely, deeply misogynist in a way which is not even captured by his public contempt for women
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Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
I'm glad he's calling it the Department of War. It's a more honest name for what it is
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I'm glad he's calling it the Department of War. It's a more honest name for what it is
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I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
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Happy LL107 Opening Day, LLamas! It's a day of rejoicing, merriment, grilled cheese with tomato soup, the works.
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Happy LL107 Opening Day, LLamas! It's a day of rejoicing, merriment, grilled cheese with tomato soup, the works.