Starling (he/him)
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anyone who voted trump, don’t talk to me.
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Took me a bit to process how big a deal this report actually is--its thus far the only review to look at the entire body of currently available research. It took two years to conduct, stands at 1,000 pages, and completely contradicts the Cass Review and the common arguments for bans on this care.
Republicans in Utah commissioned an investigation into gender-affirming care for trans youth after banning it in 2023.
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?
The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?
www.sltrib.com
May 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Took me a bit to process how big a deal this report actually is--its thus far the only review to look at the entire body of currently available research. It took two years to conduct, stands at 1,000 pages, and completely contradicts the Cass Review and the common arguments for bans on this care.
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Ship carrying humanitarian aid and activists to Gaza attacked by drones, NGO says, and at risk of sinking after its generator targeted with 30 human rights activists on board
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Ship carrying humanitarian aid and activists to Gaza attacked by drones, NGO says
Ship issued SOS distress call after being hit 31.5km east of Malta
www.irishtimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Ship carrying humanitarian aid and activists to Gaza attacked by drones, NGO says, and at risk of sinking after its generator targeted with 30 human rights activists on board
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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FEBRUARY 28TH 10AM PST!!!!!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf7b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf7b...
Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl (PILOT)
YouTube video by Kiana Khansmith
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February 28, 2025 at 5:09 AM
FEBRUARY 28TH 10AM PST!!!!!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf7b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf7b...
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IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ - NETFLIX HAS tried to silence me for calling out racism from the star of their so-called ‘trans movie.’ I'm absolutely LIVID.
More info is in the photo, and even more is in the below thread.
More info is in the photo, and even more is in the below thread.
January 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ - NETFLIX HAS tried to silence me for calling out racism from the star of their so-called ‘trans movie.’ I'm absolutely LIVID.
More info is in the photo, and even more is in the below thread.
More info is in the photo, and even more is in the below thread.
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The UN has now formally found Israel's genocide "consistent with genocide", including the use of weaponized starvation.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN Special Committee finds Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war
NEW YORK (14 November 2024) – Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palest...
www.ohchr.org
November 16, 2024 at 12:18 PM
The UN has now formally found Israel's genocide "consistent with genocide", including the use of weaponized starvation.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Do you have a book coming out between now and the end of November? It’s a tough time to get any visibility. So please respond to this post with 1) your title, 2) at least one thing that’s rad about your book, and 3) a link to order it!
October 18, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Do you have a book coming out between now and the end of November? It’s a tough time to get any visibility. So please respond to this post with 1) your title, 2) at least one thing that’s rad about your book, and 3) a link to order it!
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Shout-out to whoever embellished this cafe bathroom
June 5, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Shout-out to whoever embellished this cafe bathroom
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I paid way too much in tuition to Columbia to give a fuck that the admin is sad they have to fix broken windows. Columbia has a $13.6 billion endowment and charges nearly $70,000 in just tuition and fees. I don’t give a fuck about your property damage. I give a fuck about human rights.
May 3, 2024 at 12:00 PM
I paid way too much in tuition to Columbia to give a fuck that the admin is sad they have to fix broken windows. Columbia has a $13.6 billion endowment and charges nearly $70,000 in just tuition and fees. I don’t give a fuck about your property damage. I give a fuck about human rights.
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Once again, it is important to understand the NYPD not as a law enforcement organization, but as an occupying army of suburbanites attempting to force their views on a city that they see as resistive and unruly at best
May 1, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Once again, it is important to understand the NYPD not as a law enforcement organization, but as an occupying army of suburbanites attempting to force their views on a city that they see as resistive and unruly at best
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Periodic reminder that it's always a good day to write or call the white house and tell them what you think of the job they're doing. www.whitehouse.gov/get-involved...
Write or Call the White House | The White House
How you can write or call the White House. We look forward to hearing from you!
www.whitehouse.gov
May 1, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Periodic reminder that it's always a good day to write or call the white house and tell them what you think of the job they're doing. www.whitehouse.gov/get-involved...
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Day 4 that I've been a faculty observer. The students are impressive in how they have conducted themselves and their tenacity. It's been pretty calm, and I think that has a lot to do with them.
Signs made on cardboard from the UConn rally today, day 3.
April 28, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Day 4 that I've been a faculty observer. The students are impressive in how they have conducted themselves and their tenacity. It's been pretty calm, and I think that has a lot to do with them.
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University of York Palestinian Solidarity has announced that, following student activism, York has divested from weapons manufacturers, which is just a reminder that:
-UK student activism may look a bit different from the US, but it's still happening.
-Protest works. Keep agitating keep fighting.
-UK student activism may look a bit different from the US, but it's still happening.
-Protest works. Keep agitating keep fighting.
April 26, 2024 at 10:13 PM
University of York Palestinian Solidarity has announced that, following student activism, York has divested from weapons manufacturers, which is just a reminder that:
-UK student activism may look a bit different from the US, but it's still happening.
-Protest works. Keep agitating keep fighting.
-UK student activism may look a bit different from the US, but it's still happening.
-Protest works. Keep agitating keep fighting.
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Update from Columbia's student radio station WKCR tonight www.instagram.com/p/C6AhhXutT8v/
April 21, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Update from Columbia's student radio station WKCR tonight www.instagram.com/p/C6AhhXutT8v/
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USC doesn’t want her to talk about genocide, but she minored in “resistance to genocide.” It’s amazing. A school offers an area of study, a brilliant student follows through on it and is punished as a result.
Tabassum is a biomedical engineering major who was selected as valedictorian by a university committee that chose from nearly 100 applicants with GPAs of 3.98 or above.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
USC valedictorian’s grad speech is canceled: ‘The university has betrayed me’
Asna Tabassum was selected as USC valedictorian and offered a slot to speak at graduation. The university canceled her speech after pro-Israel groups criticized her Instagram.
www.latimes.com
April 17, 2024 at 3:06 PM
USC doesn’t want her to talk about genocide, but she minored in “resistance to genocide.” It’s amazing. A school offers an area of study, a brilliant student follows through on it and is punished as a result.
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Friends, if you've been following @michaeldthomas.bsky.social or @lynnemthomas.com you know that their daughter Caitlin is in a bad way. A small group of us have organized a fundraiser to help them be able to be entirely present with Caitlin.
Please give them some love & support.
Please give them some love & support.
Lynne & Michael Thomas, organized by Mary Robinette Kowal
It has been a long and exhausting road for Caitlin Thomas and her parents, Lynne & Michael… Mary Robinette Kowal needs your support for Lynne & Michael Thomas
gofund.me
April 17, 2024 at 4:12 AM
Friends, if you've been following @michaeldthomas.bsky.social or @lynnemthomas.com you know that their daughter Caitlin is in a bad way. A small group of us have organized a fundraiser to help them be able to be entirely present with Caitlin.
Please give them some love & support.
Please give them some love & support.
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Joshua Yehl got fired from IGN and then found out he has a rare, aggressive form of cancer. He can beat it, but he has to undergo five months of intense chemotherapy, while also out of a job and without savings. Help him out.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-joshu...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-joshu...
Help Joshua Yehl Beat Cancer, organized by Joshua Yehl
Hi, my name is Joshua Yehl. You may know me from my work online where I shared my passion abo… Joshua Yehl needs your support for Help Joshua Yehl Beat Cancer
www.gofundme.com
April 11, 2024 at 3:42 AM
Joshua Yehl got fired from IGN and then found out he has a rare, aggressive form of cancer. He can beat it, but he has to undergo five months of intense chemotherapy, while also out of a job and without savings. Help him out.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-joshu...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-joshu...
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I'm raising funds for surgery in May, so I'm officially open for story requests! Want a written souvenir in return for donating towards a queer indie author's gender goals? I write fantasy, sci fi, gothic, and romance, and $50 CAD gets you a short story! Pls share widely 🖤
✨ ko-fi.com/ardenpowell
✨ ko-fi.com/ardenpowell
March 20, 2024 at 11:46 AM
I'm raising funds for surgery in May, so I'm officially open for story requests! Want a written souvenir in return for donating towards a queer indie author's gender goals? I write fantasy, sci fi, gothic, and romance, and $50 CAD gets you a short story! Pls share widely 🖤
✨ ko-fi.com/ardenpowell
✨ ko-fi.com/ardenpowell
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Has anyone done a zoom/enhance on the “Jews can’t be occupiers of Palestine because they are Actually Indigenous” rhetoric as a new & emergent thing or is it an old chestnut? I have this maybe mistaken sense that it’s in direct response to a v recent growing awareness of settler-colonial theory?
March 18, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Has anyone done a zoom/enhance on the “Jews can’t be occupiers of Palestine because they are Actually Indigenous” rhetoric as a new & emergent thing or is it an old chestnut? I have this maybe mistaken sense that it’s in direct response to a v recent growing awareness of settler-colonial theory?
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The thing I need to stress here is that settlers claiming they are indigenous is settler-colonialism working as intended! (cf Veracini!) ugh where is this diagram I can never find when I need it, probably I should port a 2018 thread from Twitter
March 19, 2024 at 12:30 AM
The thing I need to stress here is that settlers claiming they are indigenous is settler-colonialism working as intended! (cf Veracini!) ugh where is this diagram I can never find when I need it, probably I should port a 2018 thread from Twitter
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All right thread begins/continues here, idk breaking it up seemed like the thing to do at the time don’t at me
OK surfacing this to cite sources & give y’all some fun reading if you want! New thread!
Super briefly, in SETTLER COLONIALISM: A THEORETICAL OVERVIEW, I had my mind blown by Veracini’s mapping populations along these axes (pls ignore the highlighting of my search terms)
Super briefly, in SETTLER COLONIALISM: A THEORETICAL OVERVIEW, I had my mind blown by Veracini’s mapping populations along these axes (pls ignore the highlighting of my search terms)
March 19, 2024 at 1:10 AM
All right thread begins/continues here, idk breaking it up seemed like the thing to do at the time don’t at me
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I'm a Jewish creative and I'd be grateful if you would consider this my signature on an open letter in support of, and expressing gratitude towards, Jonathan Glazer.
Embarrassing shit variety.com/2024/film/ne...
Over 450 Jewish Creatives and Professionals Denounce Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Zone of Interest’ Oscars Speech in Open Letter (EXCLUSIVE)
More than 450 Jewish creatives, executives and Hollywood professionals have signed an open letter denouncing the Oscars speech from "The Zone of Interest" director.
variety.com
March 19, 2024 at 2:17 AM
I'm a Jewish creative and I'd be grateful if you would consider this my signature on an open letter in support of, and expressing gratitude towards, Jonathan Glazer.
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A country so deeply unserious even the good news is baffling
March 16, 2024 at 8:29 PM
A country so deeply unserious even the good news is baffling