Kaj J
@speedofhuman.bsky.social
Weirdo nature nerd, 🪨hound, 👻 storyteller, #trans 🏳️⚧️⚧️, #genderqueer, #AuDHD #pwME #WUFO Liminal Earth Ambassador
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Kaj J
@speedofhuman.bsky.social
· Mar 14
I finally wrote up a field report zine about some of my wild experiences in Boyer Chute, which I alluded to a few weeks back in #WUFO
📖 You can check out "Fairy-Led at Boyer Chute" here (no need for an account - click "continue as guest"): new.express.adobe.com/publishedV2/...
📖 You can check out "Fairy-Led at Boyer Chute" here (no need for an account - click "continue as guest"): new.express.adobe.com/publishedV2/...
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CN: Suicide
“Suicide prevention for autistic people is being accepted for who they are, being able to be who they are without masking.”
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
#autism #autistic #neurodiversity
“Suicide prevention for autistic people is being accepted for who they are, being able to be who they are without masking.”
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
#autism #autistic #neurodiversity
Behind his smile, a silent crisis: Parents seek answers after autistic son’s suicide
Autistic kids are far more likely to think about and die from suicide than their neurotypical peers. Autism researchers and advocates are working towards developing better screening tools, safety plan...
www.latimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
CN: Suicide
“Suicide prevention for autistic people is being accepted for who they are, being able to be who they are without masking.”
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
#autism #autistic #neurodiversity
“Suicide prevention for autistic people is being accepted for who they are, being able to be who they are without masking.”
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
#autism #autistic #neurodiversity
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Federal judge hands CHOP victory in its fight to protect medical records of transgender children
www.inquirer.com/hea...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.inquirer.com/hea...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Federal judge hands CHOP victory in its fight to protect medical records of transgender children
U.S. District Court Judge Mark A. Kearney sided with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and denied the bulk of the Department of Justice's subpoena seeking patient records.
www.inquirer.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Federal judge hands CHOP victory in its fight to protect medical records of transgender children
www.inquirer.com/hea...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.inquirer.com/hea...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Mom and cub stopped by to check us out where we watched, breathless from the buggy. Some bears are very curious of the large, white box full of people with clicky things.
November 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Mom and cub stopped by to check us out where we watched, breathless from the buggy. Some bears are very curious of the large, white box full of people with clicky things.
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Artist: FalseKnees.com (I changed words for chronic illness)
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Artist: FalseKnees.com (I changed words for chronic illness)
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Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
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Trans Day of Remembrance: Zack Polanski and Kate Nash deliver powerful speeches at London vigil
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Zack Polanski and Kate Nash deliver powerful speeches at London trans vigil
Zack Polanski and several prominent campaigners joined together to host an array of candlelight vigils to mark Trans Day of Remembrance.
www.thepinknews.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Trans Day of Remembrance: Zack Polanski and Kate Nash deliver powerful speeches at London vigil
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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John Kerry’s on this list. A lot of people are on this list. If you want to go back to school, consider community college.
"An entire Google doc with all the names , connections, job titles, timeframes, if they’re dead or alive, etc — just based off the emails so far. She’s the real MVP. ⬇️🖇️"
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Regen Futurist Investigation & Analysis of Epstein Email Names
docs.google.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
John Kerry’s on this list. A lot of people are on this list. If you want to go back to school, consider community college.
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you do have to do it in a couple of places but this tutorial makes it easy to go uncheck the boxes that otherwise lets Google's AI read all your shit. or move everything over to protonmail but moving everything over is a giant thing I know.
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
you do have to do it in a couple of places but this tutorial makes it easy to go uncheck the boxes that otherwise lets Google's AI read all your shit. or move everything over to protonmail but moving everything over is a giant thing I know.
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A new city program aims to bring vendors, and more Portlanders, to parks via a same-day permit system. The program allows vendors, like a mobile sauna or coffee cart, to set up at a number of parks in Portland.
New city program aims to bring vendors, and more Portlanders, to parks
The same-day permit system allows vendors, like a mobile sauna or coffee cart, to set up at a number of parks in Portland
www.streetroots.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
A new city program aims to bring vendors, and more Portlanders, to parks via a same-day permit system. The program allows vendors, like a mobile sauna or coffee cart, to set up at a number of parks in Portland.
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Our Somali friends and neighbors are elected leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, caregivers, drivers, and integral parts of communities from the Twin Cities to St Cloud to small towns. No matter their status, they belong.
Don’t buy into hateful rhetoric. Stand with all those who call this state home.
Don’t buy into hateful rhetoric. Stand with all those who call this state home.
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Our Somali friends and neighbors are elected leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, caregivers, drivers, and integral parts of communities from the Twin Cities to St Cloud to small towns. No matter their status, they belong.
Don’t buy into hateful rhetoric. Stand with all those who call this state home.
Don’t buy into hateful rhetoric. Stand with all those who call this state home.
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I'm helping to organize a toy drive and it's very difficult to find a good way to create a registry without relying on Amazon or Target. What are others using? I am trying out Walmart [which is not great either but very few good options].
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I'm helping to organize a toy drive and it's very difficult to find a good way to create a registry without relying on Amazon or Target. What are others using? I am trying out Walmart [which is not great either but very few good options].
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This is some fucking balls-out patriotism shit right here.
"During the drive to the station, prosecutors say she made statements to officers about immigration enforcement, including, “Why are you doing this to your people?” and “What are you going to tell your children about what you do?”
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This is some fucking balls-out patriotism shit right here.
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Twelve years ago today, Ukrainians began the Revolution of Dignity. Our fight for freedom continues to this day.
And today, more than ever, we must remind the world: we will not accept capitulation — no matter who tries to force it on us.
And today, more than ever, we must remind the world: we will not accept capitulation — no matter who tries to force it on us.
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Twelve years ago today, Ukrainians began the Revolution of Dignity. Our fight for freedom continues to this day.
And today, more than ever, we must remind the world: we will not accept capitulation — no matter who tries to force it on us.
And today, more than ever, we must remind the world: we will not accept capitulation — no matter who tries to force it on us.
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Nov 21st Update:
NWSS is back! After what may have been the lowest transmission rates since 2021, we are seeing rises again. Expect this to accelerate into the holiday season, especially in MW&NE
Estimates:
🔸150,000 new inf/day
🔸~1 in 220 currently infected
🔸~1 in 550 are significantly infectious
NWSS is back! After what may have been the lowest transmission rates since 2021, we are seeing rises again. Expect this to accelerate into the holiday season, especially in MW&NE
Estimates:
🔸150,000 new inf/day
🔸~1 in 220 currently infected
🔸~1 in 550 are significantly infectious
November 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Nov 21st Update:
NWSS is back! After what may have been the lowest transmission rates since 2021, we are seeing rises again. Expect this to accelerate into the holiday season, especially in MW&NE
Estimates:
🔸150,000 new inf/day
🔸~1 in 220 currently infected
🔸~1 in 550 are significantly infectious
NWSS is back! After what may have been the lowest transmission rates since 2021, we are seeing rises again. Expect this to accelerate into the holiday season, especially in MW&NE
Estimates:
🔸150,000 new inf/day
🔸~1 in 220 currently infected
🔸~1 in 550 are significantly infectious
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
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This is still available and I just got mine. They were right - this box is huge.
30 bucks for 440 masks is obscenely cheap. Great as it’s getting colder out and flu and covid inevitably peak
30 bucks for 440 masks is obscenely cheap. Great as it’s getting colder out and flu and covid inevitably peak
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This is still available and I just got mine. They were right - this box is huge.
30 bucks for 440 masks is obscenely cheap. Great as it’s getting colder out and flu and covid inevitably peak
30 bucks for 440 masks is obscenely cheap. Great as it’s getting colder out and flu and covid inevitably peak
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There's an easy way to win the battle against the creeping darkness that affects upper-left-corner Pacific Northwesterners: Just stop fighting it, opines Ron Judd, CDN's executive editor and a NW native. The Big Dark is nature's way of allowing us all to get by with happily diminished expectations.
A secret solution to winning the war against the Big Dark: Stop fighting it | Cascadia Daily News
A deeply rooted NW perspective on centering oneself on a big spinning planet
www.cascadiadaily.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
There's an easy way to win the battle against the creeping darkness that affects upper-left-corner Pacific Northwesterners: Just stop fighting it, opines Ron Judd, CDN's executive editor and a NW native. The Big Dark is nature's way of allowing us all to get by with happily diminished expectations.
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Trump is making the f-word acceptable. He is destigmatizing the concept of "fascism". This is in line with the criminalization of "antifascism."
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Trump is making the f-word acceptable. He is destigmatizing the concept of "fascism". This is in line with the criminalization of "antifascism."
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listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
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Almost like the answer is to help people, not punish them. Funny how that is, eh mayor Wilson? Eh?
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Almost like the answer is to help people, not punish them. Funny how that is, eh mayor Wilson? Eh?
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Breaking we have shut down Cbsa!
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Breaking we have shut down Cbsa!
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For @texashighways.bsky.social, I put together a joyously illustrated package on dark tourism in the Lone Star State. You have to click through for the cryptid art, which is super fun
Go On a Haunted Texas Road Trip
Travel through the spookier side of the state on cursed ships, in haunted hotels, and at sites of alleged paranormal activity
texashighways.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
For @texashighways.bsky.social, I put together a joyously illustrated package on dark tourism in the Lone Star State. You have to click through for the cryptid art, which is super fun
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I was thrilled to come back to @defector.com to write about "Alligator Alcatraz," the vicious folklore of "gator bait," and the long history of white supremacists trying to recruit alligators as enforcers of racial terror
Why Do Fascists Dream Of Alligators? | Defector
In June, Florida’s attorney general James Uthmeier extolled the benefits of the concentration camp they were rushing to build in the wetlands of the Big Cypress Nature Reserve, west of Miami and just ...
defector.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I was thrilled to come back to @defector.com to write about "Alligator Alcatraz," the vicious folklore of "gator bait," and the long history of white supremacists trying to recruit alligators as enforcers of racial terror
Great documentary about the indigenous relationship with Istiyehe, what white folks call “bigfoot”
Call it Bigfoot, Sasquatch or Istiyehe: Indigenous peoples know it as Protector | Oregon Experience
YouTube video by Oregon Public Broadcasting
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Great documentary about the indigenous relationship with Istiyehe, what white folks call “bigfoot”