Sara Colognesi
@saracolognesi.bsky.social
Spoonie dog parent from Italy. Affirmative pychologist psychotherapist
www.saracolognesi.it
www.saracolognesi.it
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Ok last Patreon push of the year. On January 1 this year, I set a goal of getting to 1000 paid Patreon supporters by the end of the year. Right now between my newsletter and Patreon, I'm at 883.
Will you help me hit my year end goal? I'm only 117 away. patreon.com/katelynburns
Will you help me hit my year end goal? I'm only 117 away. patreon.com/katelynburns
Katelyn Burns | Patreon
creating LGBTQ journalism
patreon.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Ok last Patreon push of the year. On January 1 this year, I set a goal of getting to 1000 paid Patreon supporters by the end of the year. Right now between my newsletter and Patreon, I'm at 883.
Will you help me hit my year end goal? I'm only 117 away. patreon.com/katelynburns
Will you help me hit my year end goal? I'm only 117 away. patreon.com/katelynburns
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It’s not because we oppose dignity in death.
It’s not because we’re against bodily autonomy.
It’s because we know we live in a deeply eugenicist society that doesn’t value the lives of disabled people.
We’re seen as “useless eaters” and have to constantly fight for care
It’s not because we’re against bodily autonomy.
It’s because we know we live in a deeply eugenicist society that doesn’t value the lives of disabled people.
We’re seen as “useless eaters” and have to constantly fight for care
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
It’s not because we oppose dignity in death.
It’s not because we’re against bodily autonomy.
It’s because we know we live in a deeply eugenicist society that doesn’t value the lives of disabled people.
We’re seen as “useless eaters” and have to constantly fight for care
It’s not because we’re against bodily autonomy.
It’s because we know we live in a deeply eugenicist society that doesn’t value the lives of disabled people.
We’re seen as “useless eaters” and have to constantly fight for care
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A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
Sask. woman considers MAID because she can't get needed surgery for rare disease | CBC News
For the past eight years Jolene Van Alstine has suffered from a rare form of parathyroid disease, normocalcemic primary hyperparathryroidism (nPHPT). It causes extreme bone pain.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
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# Christmas carol lyrics that go hard when you paste them over a picture of Stacker Pentecost
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
# Christmas carol lyrics that go hard when you paste them over a picture of Stacker Pentecost
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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I wrote about the fecklessness of the Democrats ending this shutdown for my newsletter this morning. www.burnsnotice.com/what-was-the...
What Was the Point of the Shutdown?
Democrats asked voters to weather short term pain from the shutdown to get long term gains in extending the ACA health insurance subsidies. Then they threw it all away.
So, what was the point of all ...
www.burnsnotice.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I wrote about the fecklessness of the Democrats ending this shutdown for my newsletter this morning. www.burnsnotice.com/what-was-the...
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wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
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I’m not going to take this sitting down, because Arizona doesn’t deserve that.
Swear me in, Speaker Johnson!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...
Swear me in, Speaker Johnson!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...
Opinion | Adelita Grijalva Just Wants to Get to Work. The House Speaker Won’t Let Her.
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I’m not going to take this sitting down, because Arizona doesn’t deserve that.
Swear me in, Speaker Johnson!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...
Swear me in, Speaker Johnson!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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No more Black or trans staffers. No politics of any kind. The cowardice of mainstream media isn't just insulting, it's *boring.* Now TV is just like any other beauty rag. Why not just kill it quickly? Why the slow-motion pretense?
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
No more Black or trans staffers. No politics of any kind. The cowardice of mainstream media isn't just insulting, it's *boring.* Now TV is just like any other beauty rag. Why not just kill it quickly? Why the slow-motion pretense?
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The Cass Scandal is killing people.
My son is caught up in this. They are forcibly detransitioning children who started blockers before the ban. No GP in the UK is allowed to continue prescribing for any under 16 year olds. We are being threatened with social services if we get...
November 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The Cass Scandal is killing people.
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions.
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
November 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions.
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
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Backed by the Heritage Foundation and Big Tech, KOSA will force everyone to upload their ID to access the internet. In an age when Palantir has direct ties to ICE, where technofascists are in power and want to eliminate and censor everything, we CANNOT allow KOSA to pass.
It NEEDS mass pushback.
It NEEDS mass pushback.
🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on.
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Backed by the Heritage Foundation and Big Tech, KOSA will force everyone to upload their ID to access the internet. In an age when Palantir has direct ties to ICE, where technofascists are in power and want to eliminate and censor everything, we CANNOT allow KOSA to pass.
It NEEDS mass pushback.
It NEEDS mass pushback.
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🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.
October 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.
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Thanks for all the thoughtful comments, everyone! J has also written a haunting piece about how vulnerable non-speakers are when they are not taught to type and cannot self advocate.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Stereotypes Killing Us Nonspeaking Autistics
Another autistic person was left to cook alive in a hot vehicle. Far too often, the so-called normal world treats us as disposable.
www.thenation.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Thanks for all the thoughtful comments, everyone! J has also written a haunting piece about how vulnerable non-speakers are when they are not taught to type and cannot self advocate.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Happy Monday and a gentle reminder to those dealing with chronic illness to watch out for the October Slide.
This time of year can cause flare ups, increased symptoms and unexpected hits to your baseline.
It’s best to go slow. Be gentle. And know that you’re not alone.
This time of year can cause flare ups, increased symptoms and unexpected hits to your baseline.
It’s best to go slow. Be gentle. And know that you’re not alone.
October 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Happy Monday and a gentle reminder to those dealing with chronic illness to watch out for the October Slide.
This time of year can cause flare ups, increased symptoms and unexpected hits to your baseline.
It’s best to go slow. Be gentle. And know that you’re not alone.
This time of year can cause flare ups, increased symptoms and unexpected hits to your baseline.
It’s best to go slow. Be gentle. And know that you’re not alone.
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My video on how Star Trek Strange New Worlds is a Centrist Space Fantasy is now up on Nebula for early access! nebula.tv/videos/jessi...
Jessie Gender — Star Trek Strange New Worlds Is a Centrist Space Fantasy
Strange New Worlds season 3 promised to boldly go but went straight into CW love triangles, hollow nostalgia, and straight up racist eugenics storylines. Trek used to challenge the present, but now it...
nebula.tv
September 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
My video on how Star Trek Strange New Worlds is a Centrist Space Fantasy is now up on Nebula for early access! nebula.tv/videos/jessi...
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I wrote about the Trump administration’s false claims about Tylenol, and the moral—not scientific—burdens they place on pregnant women’s bodies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
September 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I wrote about the Trump administration’s false claims about Tylenol, and the moral—not scientific—burdens they place on pregnant women’s bodies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I spoke with five families in the D.C. region about what it's like raising trans kids in Trump's backyard.
They shared fears about being personally targeted by the federal government and their joys in raising kids that are learning to express themselves authentically in a difficult world.
They shared fears about being personally targeted by the federal government and their joys in raising kids that are learning to express themselves authentically in a difficult world.
What it’s like raising trans kids in Trump’s backyard
Families in and around Washington, D.C., are navigating the White House’s crackdown on gender-affirming care and a growing assertion of federal power.
19thnews.org
September 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I spoke with five families in the D.C. region about what it's like raising trans kids in Trump's backyard.
They shared fears about being personally targeted by the federal government and their joys in raising kids that are learning to express themselves authentically in a difficult world.
They shared fears about being personally targeted by the federal government and their joys in raising kids that are learning to express themselves authentically in a difficult world.
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Read the full report here: www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Read the full report here: www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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The future is human rights for all, regardless of how we look or seem to others, and that includes we all deserve safe bathroom access. It's a public health crisis, the policing of bathrooms according to mythical notions about binary sex/gender ... which I just again want to emphasize: Aren't real.
September 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The future is human rights for all, regardless of how we look or seem to others, and that includes we all deserve safe bathroom access. It's a public health crisis, the policing of bathrooms according to mythical notions about binary sex/gender ... which I just again want to emphasize: Aren't real.
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The constitution is supposed to apply equally to all Americans. The Department of Justice is flirting with removing constitutional protections from anyone with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria.
The top stories in trans news to start your week:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The top stories in trans news to start your week:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Department of Justice Considers Throwing Out Constitution for Trans Americans — Assigned
Leading Off: The Department of Justice toys with the idea of banning trans Americans from owning guns. The NRA comes to an unexpected defense of the trans community. Texas successfully passes a bathro...
www.assignedmedia.org
September 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The constitution is supposed to apply equally to all Americans. The Department of Justice is flirting with removing constitutional protections from anyone with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria.
The top stories in trans news to start your week:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The top stories in trans news to start your week:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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New UserMag piece outlines the problems with age verification and increased censorship online, written by Pratika Katiyar and Rebecca Williams at the ACLU and Cynthia Conti Cook who leads work the Surveillance Resistance Lab.
We must fight age verification with all we have
+ App Mafia' pivot, August scaries, influencers faking Apple sponcon, a white supremacist Sopranos meme page, e-bike teens,Spotify's premium plans, Netflix Houses, and Astronomer’s new CEO speaks out
www.usermag.co
August 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
New UserMag piece outlines the problems with age verification and increased censorship online, written by Pratika Katiyar and Rebecca Williams at the ACLU and Cynthia Conti Cook who leads work the Surveillance Resistance Lab.