Transtastic
@transtasticguy.blacksky.app
Scholar, Spouse, Parent, Justice Warrior, Therapist, PhD student of Cultural Sociology at nameless University in the Midwest. Soon migrating to safer lands...Oh yeah, and trans guy.
So interesting. A colleague wisely pointed out that banning student use is a little like abstinence only ed - useless. But we do need to figure out how to get them (and us!) to use it appropriately within discipline. And, we absolutely must change motivation and engagement. They need a WHY.
New feature article from TNJ (nation's best student magazine): Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...
November 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
So interesting. A colleague wisely pointed out that banning student use is a little like abstinence only ed - useless. But we do need to figure out how to get them (and us!) to use it appropriately within discipline. And, we absolutely must change motivation and engagement. They need a WHY.
I’m in. I have all kinds of ideas about behavioral health and education rebuilding. Let’s go!
This, but with society as the unit of analysis is basically my whole thing right now. Get out your vision boards for parallel institution building. Nope. Don’t tell me what can’t be done. Tell me how we figure out how to do it.
For you (and for me!)
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I’m in. I have all kinds of ideas about behavioral health and education rebuilding. Let’s go!
Happy Birthday fellow Jarheads! Oohrah and Semper Fi!!
a united states marine corps emblem with a globe and anchor
ALT: a united states marine corps emblem with a globe and anchor
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November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Happy Birthday fellow Jarheads! Oohrah and Semper Fi!!
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Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
Read this.
I don't know what the Senate is going to do. But if they do in fact fold in exchange for nothing, they will be living up to past performance. To expect the Senate to carry out the will of the American people is to misunderstand why it was created in the first place.
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Read this.
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
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When I say "we need accomplices, not allies", @aphyr.com demonstrated that by highlighting what the fuck is going on.
I Want You to Understand Chicago
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November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
When I say "we need accomplices, not allies", @aphyr.com demonstrated that by highlighting what the fuck is going on.
You know what (y’all know that’s a dangerous phrase sometimes)…I’m just gonna go read my Goffman and call it a day before I burst a blood vessel this morning. I need to protect my shreds of peace where I can find them.
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
You know what (y’all know that’s a dangerous phrase sometimes)…I’m just gonna go read my Goffman and call it a day before I burst a blood vessel this morning. I need to protect my shreds of peace where I can find them.
It doesn’t matter if benefits are partially funded. It doesn’t matter if they end up fully funding them in a week. They’ve held what, 42 million people hostage for days with this. The stress levels, the worry, the fear, the toll that takes on bodies and minds. The extra time some folks need to take
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
It doesn’t matter if benefits are partially funded. It doesn’t matter if they end up fully funding them in a week. They’ve held what, 42 million people hostage for days with this. The stress levels, the worry, the fear, the toll that takes on bodies and minds. The extra time some folks need to take
Another day as trans folk in paradise. You don’t have to like her to know this is vile.
someone went up to sarah mcbride in front of the u.s. congress, hurled her deadname at her loudly and called her a pedophile repeatedly, posted video of the exchange to x, and it is now going wildly viral
i will not share the video
but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself
i will not share the video
but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Another day as trans folk in paradise. You don’t have to like her to know this is vile.
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This was an extremely difficult piece to write, with more re-writes than I think I’ve ever forced myself to do.
I was able to speak to about a dozen family members and visit one detainee within Adelanto ICE Processing Center. Please give it a peak.
latenfour.com/2025/11/06/i...
I was able to speak to about a dozen family members and visit one detainee within Adelanto ICE Processing Center. Please give it a peak.
latenfour.com/2025/11/06/i...
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
This was an extremely difficult piece to write, with more re-writes than I think I’ve ever forced myself to do.
I was able to speak to about a dozen family members and visit one detainee within Adelanto ICE Processing Center. Please give it a peak.
latenfour.com/2025/11/06/i...
I was able to speak to about a dozen family members and visit one detainee within Adelanto ICE Processing Center. Please give it a peak.
latenfour.com/2025/11/06/i...
I’m so f-ing angry right now.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while our lawsuit makes its way through the courts.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I’m so f-ing angry right now.
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Seeing this chart as an impressionable young man was a formative moment in my political development
November 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Seeing this chart as an impressionable young man was a formative moment in my political development
“I could smell the onions and mustard” sounds right up @raygunsite.com alley…
November 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
“I could smell the onions and mustard” sounds right up @raygunsite.com alley…
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someone make up shirts that say "I could smell the onions and mustard" with a sandwich logo and give them out to protestors, this should be the defining line of these lil babies lol
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
someone make up shirts that say "I could smell the onions and mustard" with a sandwich logo and give them out to protestors, this should be the defining line of these lil babies lol
Oh hell no!
Their cruelty knows no bounds.
Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon has ordered trans military members to appear at their separation board hearings in drag, dressed and groomed to the standards of their sex assigned at birth and not their gender identity.
www.advocate.com/news/pentago...
Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon has ordered trans military members to appear at their separation board hearings in drag, dressed and groomed to the standards of their sex assigned at birth and not their gender identity.
www.advocate.com/news/pentago...
New Pentagon memo dictates how transgender troops must look to defend their service
“This administration is desperate to distract from the reality that these service members have impeccable records and that there is no reason whatsoever to separate them from military service,” attorn...
www.advocate.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Oh hell no!
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I know that some of you #onhere have access to people with money. Get some of them to invest in Lex and the other staffers laid off from Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I know that some of you #onhere have access to people with money. Get some of them to invest in Lex and the other staffers laid off from Teen Vogue.
I started so amny sentences here, but none of them matter. Humanity is on fire and we lit our own match.
For those asking for background - I was in Sudan twice this year and wrote about it
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
November 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I started so amny sentences here, but none of them matter. Humanity is on fire and we lit our own match.
Humanity is on fire.
Sudanese fleeing a paramilitary force that seized a city in the country’s Darfur region trickled into a nearby refugee camp Thursday after walking for miles, telling aid workers that roads were littered with bodies.
https://to.pbs.org/4342NyK
https://to.pbs.org/4342NyK
Reported rampage by Sudanese paramilitary force in Darfur puts fate of thousands in question
Sudanese fleeing a paramilitary force that seized a city in the country’s Darfur region trickled into a nearby refugee camp Thursday after walking for miles, telling aid workers that roads were litter...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Humanity is on fire.
JFC the cruelty.
a trans girl in college committed suicide days ago amid discrimination against her easily tied to this administration’s policies. npr and other media should cover that too
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
October 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
JFC the cruelty.
Yeah booyyeee!!
October 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Yeah booyyeee!!
I despise these people. I don’t know how they sleep at night and I hope they hear her screams.
I used to feel conflicted about feeling that way, but there’s such a thing as right and wrong. They are just simply wrong and will have to answer to their own makers one day.
I used to feel conflicted about feeling that way, but there’s such a thing as right and wrong. They are just simply wrong and will have to answer to their own makers one day.
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I despise these people. I don’t know how they sleep at night and I hope they hear her screams.
I used to feel conflicted about feeling that way, but there’s such a thing as right and wrong. They are just simply wrong and will have to answer to their own makers one day.
I used to feel conflicted about feeling that way, but there’s such a thing as right and wrong. They are just simply wrong and will have to answer to their own makers one day.