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Strawberry Basil
@strawberrybasil.bsky.social
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Loves cats, gardening, and living in the desert (originally from ABQ and just moved back). Queer. She/her. Mainly here to read, not to interact.
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caudlewag.bsky.social
We keep going for three reasons: Because life is beautiful and people are worth it, because descending into despair is what they want, and out of pure, unbridled spite for their ghoulishness.

Live to see their obituaries, upset them with your joy, protect each other, Stay strong.
July 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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mskellymhayes.bsky.social
Come what may, I will bet on us, every time, because there is no other bet worth placing. I am all in, fam. I will never stop looking for openings and aiming at them. I will never stop reaching for people and saying, “Take my hand. We can do this.” Because we are worth it.
July 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
I'm gutted and furious that the Iranian people will be injured, harmed and killed as a result of this absolutely depraved act of violence. What a complete travesty on every single level.
June 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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mariadahvana.bsky.social
Trans people are my people, my family, my friends, my loved ones, my colleagues, my heroes. Solidarity, all day, every day.
June 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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joshuaerlich.bsky.social
I appreciate all of your efforts but the answer is Truth or Consequences, NM
brendelbored.bsky.social Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · May 8
What would be the funniest city for a Pope to come from? I’m going with Tampa
May 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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ellearmageddon.bsky.social
gavin newsom looks like if a bond villain’s toupee struck off on its own to make it in the big city
April 15, 2025 at 7:07 AM
strawberrybasil.bsky.social
Would love to see action or even a statement about this Albuquerque resident from @heinrich.senate.gov @lujan.senate.gov @repstansbury.bsky.social
nycsouthpaw.bsky.social southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Apr 23
A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
Tricia McLaughlin & @TriciaOhio 0... The narrative being pushed about Jose Hermosillo is false. On April 8, Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully. He was processed and appeared in court on April 11. Afterward, he was held by the U.S. Marshals in Florence, AZ. A few days later, his family presented documents showing U.S. citizenship. The charges were dismissed, and he was released to his family. This arrest was the direct result of Hermosillo's own actions and statements. In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'. 's account was false. According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency. After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying. He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson. "You" re not from here. Do you have your papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer, "New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested. Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read. According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name. Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade. The officer also signed the document, which said Hermosillo "read" the document or had it read to him. But Hermosillo said no one read him the document. Other documents created by the officer have inaccuracies. For example, the criminal complaint says that Hermosillo was detained "at or near Nogales, Arizona." But Hermosillo was detained in Tuscon, which is more than 70 miles from Nogales. John Mennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Border Patrol, said that it was an "unintentional" error. Hermosillo said he was detained with about 15 other men in a cell at the Florence Correctional Center. He was served only cold food. He said he contracted the flu because "they have it cold in there and everybody's getting sick." Hermosillo said he requested medicine but was not provided with any.
April 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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nittles.bsky.social
I can never get all the way through this without crying it’s so good
April 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
If a 78-year-old George W. Bush appointee can school DOJ and DOD on anti-trans discrimination, maybe we should expand our definition of what’s possible — and then act on it.
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Mar 28
Judge Benjamin Settle, a George W. Bush appointee to the federal bench born in 1947, had this to say to the Trump administration tonight about its defense of its anti-trans military ban: www.lawdork.com/i/159798593/...
The government's arguments are not persuasive, and it is not an especially close question on this record. The government's unrelenting reliance on deference to military judgment is unjustified in the absence of any evidence supporting "the military's" new judgment reflected in the Military Ban—in its equally considered and unquestionable judgment, that very same military had only the week before permitted active-duty plaintiffs (and some thousands of others) to serve openly. Any evidence that such service over the past four years harmed any of the military's inarguably critical aims would be front and center. But there is none.
March 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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mskellymhayes.bsky.social
I talked with my friends @prisonculture.bsky.social, @deanspade.bsky.social, @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social, and @shaneburley.bsky.social about activism and organizing in 2025 and how we should move into the next phase of struggle.
Wading Into 2025: How to Begin
“We live in chaotic, disastrous times, but amid that madness, we can still find each other and fight for each other.”
organizingmythoughts.org
December 31, 2024 at 3:52 PM
strawberrybasil.bsky.social
Trans people are my family, my friends, and my community. Every part of my life is better for knowing and loving trans people. Even if that wasn’t my experience, I believe in the right to self determination and dignity for everyone.

I will to do everything in my power to protect trans folks.
katelynburns.com Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · Dec 4
My guess is that a lot of trans people will be feeling a ton of stress and worry over SCOTUS today.

If you are a cis person, quote this and say why you support trans people and what you are willing to do to support us if the government comes for us.
December 4, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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threnody.bsky.social
hi, cis folks! it's trans day of remembrance & we're mourning our dead. the GOP used it to intro federal legislation barring trans folks from the right bathrooms.

this is bigger than rep mcbride, who can’t or won’t fight for herself. we need folks to stand with us now. call scripts & info follow.🧵
2D SESSION H. R. _ To prohibit individuals from accessing or using single-sex facilities on Federal property other than those corresponding to their biological sex, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. MACE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on A BILL To prohibit individuals from accessing or using single-sex facilities on Federal property other than those corresponding to their biological sex, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Protecting Women's Private Spaces Act". SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF SINGLE-SEX FACILITIES ON FEDERAL PROPERTY OTHER THAN THOSE CORRESPONDING TO THE BIOLOGICAL SEX OF AN INDIVIDUAL. (a) IN GENERAL.-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in subsection (c), no person may access or use a single-sex facility on Federal property, other than those corresponding to the biological sex of such person. (b) DEFINITIONS.-In this section— (1) SINGLE-SEX FACILITY.-The term "single-sex facility" means a space intended for the use of one biological sex (male or female), including (A) restroom; (B) locker room; or (C) changing room. (2) FEDERAL PROPERTY.-The term "Federal property" means any building, land, or other real property owned, leased, or occupied by any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States (including the Department of Defense and the United States Postal Service), or any other instrumentality wholly owned by the United States, or by any department or agency of the District of Columbia or any territory or possession of the United States (3) BIOLOGICAL SEX.- The term "biological sex" means the biological determination as to whether an individual is male or female, as such terms are defined in this section. (4) FEMALE.-The term "female" means an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes eggs for fertilization. (5) MALE.-The term "male" means an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes sperm for fertilization. (c) EXCEPTION.-The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to (1) emergency medical personnel responding to a medical emergency; or
November 21, 2024 at 2:10 AM
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captainawkward.bsky.social
Get a load of this cozy asshole
My tabby cat, Daniel Jason Mendoza Striped Tiger, fast asleep in a fuzzy brown blanket burrito.
November 21, 2024 at 4:31 PM
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
The correct response to Republican harassment is to clarify that an attack on our transgender colleagues and friends is an attack on all of us. Every Democrat should be saying: "To get to her, you will have to come through me."
November 21, 2024 at 4:04 AM
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nmpoliticalreport.bsky.social
“I think we cannot overstate what the emotional impact of this election will have, especially on trans people but queer and trans people as a whole,” Martinez said.
LGBTQ: What’s at risk under a second Trump term - NM Political Report
Within the first two days after the general election earlier this month, LGBTQ crisis lines in the U.S. experienced a 700 percent increase in calls, Marshall Martinez, executive director of Equality N...
nmpoliticalreport.com
November 18, 2024 at 9:15 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.
November 19, 2024 at 1:25 PM