Katherine 🌲🏳️⚧️💽
@penguinpopup.dev
Consumer security enthusiast, 🧡🤍🩷 in the PNW, opinionated about coffee.
@theneedlenews.com The assertion in here about there being a secret withheld reason for revocation of passports is wrong. [Reserved] in the CFR just means they wanted the space held open
www.archives.gov/federal-regi...
www.archives.gov/federal-regi...
November 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
@theneedlenews.com The assertion in here about there being a secret withheld reason for revocation of passports is wrong. [Reserved] in the CFR just means they wanted the space held open
www.archives.gov/federal-regi...
www.archives.gov/federal-regi...
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(1/5) The outpouring of support on this has been amazing but I need to say this.
There have been numerous people asking why I haven't done this yet or telling me I should be doing more.
Im one woman with a full time job and not a lot of money and it's been only 24 hours.
I am not superhuman.
There have been numerous people asking why I haven't done this yet or telling me I should be doing more.
Im one woman with a full time job and not a lot of money and it's been only 24 hours.
I am not superhuman.
this is fucking new, i think im gonna be sick
how tf am i supposed to get an old birth cert if it was fucking sealed by the state
oh but religious records are valid dw
how tf am i supposed to get an old birth cert if it was fucking sealed by the state
oh but religious records are valid dw
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
(1/5) The outpouring of support on this has been amazing but I need to say this.
There have been numerous people asking why I haven't done this yet or telling me I should be doing more.
Im one woman with a full time job and not a lot of money and it's been only 24 hours.
I am not superhuman.
There have been numerous people asking why I haven't done this yet or telling me I should be doing more.
Im one woman with a full time job and not a lot of money and it's been only 24 hours.
I am not superhuman.
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Look if you're trans, you have to live. Do whatever you need to do to make it.
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Look if you're trans, you have to live. Do whatever you need to do to make it.
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RT with alt text
Fuck RMS forever
Fuck RMS forever
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
RT with alt text
Fuck RMS forever
Fuck RMS forever
This just means so much 🥲 now we have to make sure the message gets through their skulls
wait, are you telling me that all the centrist pundits who insisted that Dems wouldn't win any future elections unless/until they threw trans people under the bus turned out to be wrong? how could this be?!? 😱
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...
New Poll: Voters Prefer Democratic Candidates Approach To Trans Rights Over Republicans
A new poll, which surveys voters who will partake in the New Jersey and Virginia governor races, found that voters were not impressed with Republican anti-trans positions.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
This just means so much 🥲 now we have to make sure the message gets through their skulls
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every news outlet and journalist who calls trans rights a losing issue should be forcefed soap and their own regrets
November 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
every news outlet and journalist who calls trans rights a losing issue should be forcefed soap and their own regrets
Slightly concerning that this is phrased as a question
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October 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Slightly concerning that this is phrased as a question
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I am simply not fucking okay with yet another liberal plea to sacrifice the lives of trans people on the same day we find the Trump regime caused another one of our sister's death and is blaming us for 42 million people losing SNAP benefits.
October 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I am simply not fucking okay with yet another liberal plea to sacrifice the lives of trans people on the same day we find the Trump regime caused another one of our sister's death and is blaming us for 42 million people losing SNAP benefits.
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Sometimes it feels like the 2024 election was a referendum that just said:
WOMEN
YES [ ]
NO [ ]
and voters were like:
WOMEN
YES [ ]
NO [x]
WOMEN
YES [ ]
NO [ ]
and voters were like:
WOMEN
YES [ ]
NO [x]
Symbolically, the destruction of the East Wing is the end of an era, and it has been seen as a slight to the traditional respect for the Office of the First Lady.
The East Wing is gone. Here’s why it’s been called ‘the heart’ of the nation.
The East Wing played second banana to the West Wing, but the home of the first lady’s office was the source of quiet power and influence.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Sometimes it feels like the 2024 election was a referendum that just said:
WOMEN
YES [ ]
NO [ ]
and voters were like:
WOMEN
YES [ ]
NO [x]
WOMEN
YES [ ]
NO [ ]
and voters were like:
WOMEN
YES [ ]
NO [x]
This happened to my wife with chickens — as soon as she got exposed to what they’re actually like she lost all inhibitions about eating them
i have met a number of pigs, including pigs i later went on to eat (we have small farmers in our family) and quite frankly, getting to know pigs has made me feel even less bad about eating them
they would 100% eat us if given the chance
they would 100% eat us if given the chance
October 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This happened to my wife with chickens — as soon as she got exposed to what they’re actually like she lost all inhibitions about eating them
I hope this makes it around to as many cis folks as possible. The amount of ignorance out there regarding what we're facing and how this moment feels for all of us is staggering.
For my Burns Notice newsletter, I wrote about what it was like being a trans person and see the entire right wing try to incite pogrom on us over the last several weeks. burns-notice.ghost.io/what-am-i-su...
What Am I Supposed to Tell My Terrified Friends?
Every time there's a mass shooting in the US, my trans friends and I hold our collective breath. If the shooter turns out to be trans, it could signal the final days of our human rights in a country t...
burns-notice.ghost.io
September 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I hope this makes it around to as many cis folks as possible. The amount of ignorance out there regarding what we're facing and how this moment feels for all of us is staggering.
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For my Burns Notice newsletter, I wrote about what it was like being a trans person and see the entire right wing try to incite pogrom on us over the last several weeks. burns-notice.ghost.io/what-am-i-su...
What Am I Supposed to Tell My Terrified Friends?
Every time there's a mass shooting in the US, my trans friends and I hold our collective breath. If the shooter turns out to be trans, it could signal the final days of our human rights in a country t...
burns-notice.ghost.io
September 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
For my Burns Notice newsletter, I wrote about what it was like being a trans person and see the entire right wing try to incite pogrom on us over the last several weeks. burns-notice.ghost.io/what-am-i-su...
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This is really great reporting from Mother Jones - the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine disavows the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine for misusing his work. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown
The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans "misuse" of his work.
www.motherjones.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is really great reporting from Mother Jones - the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine disavows the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine for misusing his work. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Costco announced they will not stock mifepristone in their pharmacies. Contrary to viral social media posts, this IS a big deal and it DOES mean that they caved to pressure from far-right MAGA anti-woman conservatives. Here I go over the evidence and what you can do skepchick.org/2025/08/cost...
Costco Gives Misogynists a Win by Not Selling Abortion Medication
Transcript: You may have recently heard some news about Costco and the abortion medication mifepristone. Today I want to address some misinformation about that, AND some misinformation ABOUT the mi…
skepchick.org
August 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Costco announced they will not stock mifepristone in their pharmacies. Contrary to viral social media posts, this IS a big deal and it DOES mean that they caved to pressure from far-right MAGA anti-woman conservatives. Here I go over the evidence and what you can do skepchick.org/2025/08/cost...
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Btw, I remember there being some anxieties around folks expressing their opinions during primaries.
Besides being nowhere near a presidential primary at the moment, now is in fact the time for people to express certain lines they expect candidates not to cross.
Protect trans folks.
Besides being nowhere near a presidential primary at the moment, now is in fact the time for people to express certain lines they expect candidates not to cross.
Protect trans folks.
August 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Btw, I remember there being some anxieties around folks expressing their opinions during primaries.
Besides being nowhere near a presidential primary at the moment, now is in fact the time for people to express certain lines they expect candidates not to cross.
Protect trans folks.
Besides being nowhere near a presidential primary at the moment, now is in fact the time for people to express certain lines they expect candidates not to cross.
Protect trans folks.
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Our new research estimates that 2.8 million people aged 13+ in the U.S. identify as transgender. This includes 724,000 youth (13 to 17) and 2.1 million adults 18+. bit.ly/TranspeopleUS
August 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Our new research estimates that 2.8 million people aged 13+ in the U.S. identify as transgender. This includes 724,000 youth (13 to 17) and 2.1 million adults 18+. bit.ly/TranspeopleUS
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Hunter Biden has a point. And a quite colorful one.
July 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hunter Biden has a point. And a quite colorful one.
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If there's one thing that getting yelled at all day for saying that I will not vote for Gavin Newsom in a hypothetical 2028 election has made me more sure of... it's that I will not be voting for Gavin Newsom (or any other politician who pushes anti-trans nonsense) in 2028 or any other year.
July 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
If there's one thing that getting yelled at all day for saying that I will not vote for Gavin Newsom in a hypothetical 2028 election has made me more sure of... it's that I will not be voting for Gavin Newsom (or any other politician who pushes anti-trans nonsense) in 2028 or any other year.
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This means that Democrats will have to raise a point of order on this part of the bill. This would force a vote on the amendment that would require 60 votes. Republicans have 53 Senate seats, so it means they would need to pick off 7 Democrats for this.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Democrats wrestle whether to kill ban on trans care in Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
Democrats have an opportunity to protect transgender people’s health care. It also comes at a time when Republicans see anti-trans policies as a winning issue, Eric Garcia writes
www.independent.co.uk
June 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This means that Democrats will have to raise a point of order on this part of the bill. This would force a vote on the amendment that would require 60 votes. Republicans have 53 Senate seats, so it means they would need to pick off 7 Democrats for this.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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TIL r/steam and r/gaming and chocked full of Treatlerites who get mad that it costs a lot of money to pay workers to do nice things
June 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
TIL r/steam and r/gaming and chocked full of Treatlerites who get mad that it costs a lot of money to pay workers to do nice things
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June 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Hi! It's the 7th day of Pride and I've set a goal of reaching 800 paid subs on my Patreon before the end of the month. This would allow me to cover my rent, health insurance and car expenses from just my Patreon alone
As of this morning I have 750 paid subs!
Help me continue to do my critical work
As of this morning I have 750 paid subs!
Help me continue to do my critical work