We should be writing Project 2029—defining the society we want, clearly and publicly.

Let’s start today.

Always wondered how the Star Wars Emperor could start with a battle-hardened army and end up with an "entire legion of his best troops" being beaten to death by teddybears with sticks.

Then Hegseth ended up as US Defence Sec. And now yeah that makes sense.

1. Today, the Iowa Legislature shamefully stripped transgender people from the State Civil Rights Act.

It becomes the first state to ever strip any group from a civil rights act.

There were powerful speeches, and huge protets.

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Watching Aime Wichtendahl speak right now on Iowa's removal of transgender people from civil rights law and I am in tears right now.

She's incredible.

I will do anything I can to clip this speech but if anyone else is doing so please send it.

Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.

That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)

Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

For those thinking the NYT grew a spine, hold tight… even in this piece they equivocate on sports and trans youth care.

Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

Musk’s staffers fanned out across several agencies today, sending representatives to the Atlanta headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and meeting with the Labor Department to seek access to sensitive data.

Ok #booksky, let’s talk.

👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.

👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!

Sitting, listening to coworkers go on and on about the conspiracy from the first Iraq war to the COVID vaccine to eradicate all people of color. My first instinct is to scoff, but the way things are... this could totally be valid. I mean, not likely, but in the realm??

HISTORY LESSON: The Pilgrims and Puritans did not leave Europe to flee religious persecution, they came to the New World so they could be the ones doing it.

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all!

It’s Flag Day. Randall Flagg day. 🤣

Having a great time in NOLA!