Van Lilith Bush
@vanlilithbush.bsky.social
T4F, T4T. Pittsburgh PA.
1619. BLM. M4A. UBI. Flâneur Cyclist. Veteran. Voter.
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Trans Enby Genderqueer
212, 516, 804, 412, 724, 814
1619. BLM. M4A. UBI. Flâneur Cyclist. Veteran. Voter.
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Trans Enby Genderqueer
212, 516, 804, 412, 724, 814
Pinned
I am both Doctor Frankenstein, experimenting with forces society forbids, and simultaneously I am his Creature, seeking to find my place in a hostile world, harassed by ignorant, fearful, superstitious villagers.
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This article quotes the university president saying Lia was on the women's swimming and diving team, but she's not on this year's roster on their athletic department website. The NCAA banned her from being on the team when Trump first took office.
Lía Smith, a missing trans student in Vermont has been found dead.
"Vermont State Police touted the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for those in distress or their loved ones." This is the same lifeline the Trump admin cut for LGBTQ people in crisis.
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
"Vermont State Police touted the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for those in distress or their loved ones." This is the same lifeline the Trump admin cut for LGBTQ people in crisis.
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
Missing Middlebury College student confirmed dead after dayslong search, Vermont police say
Middlebury student Lia Smith, 21, was found dead Thursday, Vermont police confirmed. She had been reported missing several days prior.
www.boston.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This article quotes the university president saying Lia was on the women's swimming and diving team, but she's not on this year's roster on their athletic department website. The NCAA banned her from being on the team when Trump first took office.
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I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives
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Forgive me, Chicago, I was not aware of your game
October 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Forgive me, Chicago, I was not aware of your game
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Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
October 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
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Found the perfect shirt in my closet for next Transgender Day of Visibility
September 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Found the perfect shirt in my closet for next Transgender Day of Visibility
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www.axios.com/2025/08/29/c... covid rates have to be really fucking high for the CDC to admit it at this point, mask up folks long covid will ruin your life
CDC warns of huge COVID spike amid internal chaos
The COVID increase comes amid a surging "stratus" variant and the return-to-school season.
www.axios.com
August 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
www.axios.com/2025/08/29/c... covid rates have to be really fucking high for the CDC to admit it at this point, mask up folks long covid will ruin your life
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The key to modern American politics is that the Confederacy never went away. There was no punishment for their treason and it quietly became a Cold War.
The states currently sending troops to DC have masturbated to the idea of their soldiers marching through DC streets for generations.
The states currently sending troops to DC have masturbated to the idea of their soldiers marching through DC streets for generations.
August 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The key to modern American politics is that the Confederacy never went away. There was no punishment for their treason and it quietly became a Cold War.
The states currently sending troops to DC have masturbated to the idea of their soldiers marching through DC streets for generations.
The states currently sending troops to DC have masturbated to the idea of their soldiers marching through DC streets for generations.
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Time's up. Either you have the Flick or you don't. And then there are the 7UPs. Never had it, never will.
This is a day that should be known by every worker in America. It is *not* simple. It is *not* straightforward.
But the results are. It was a bad day for American workers. #PATCO #NATCA
This is a day that should be known by every worker in America. It is *not* simple. It is *not* straightforward.
But the results are. It was a bad day for American workers. #PATCO #NATCA
#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 1981: Almost 13,000 air-traffic controllers go on strike after negotiations with the FAA to raise their pay and shorten their workweek prove fruitless. Two days later, Reagan fired more than 11,000 who had not returned to work. /1
Today in history, 1981: Almost 13,000 air-traffic controllers go on strike after negotiations with the FAA to raise their pay and shorten their workweek prove fruitless. Two days later, Reagan fired more than 11,000 who had not returned to work. /1
August 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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I wish I could write this succinctly.
Economist Amartya Sen won a Nobel in part for asking: Why did India avoid the mass famines that killed tens of millions in China? His answer: a free press. Journalists could expose suffering and shame governments into action. Silence and avoidance, by contrast, can be deadly.
August 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I wish I could write this succinctly.
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Orange Monday. Acrylic on canvas. 🍊
August 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Orange Monday. Acrylic on canvas. 🍊
On the evening of Reagan vs PATCO, court decided Trump does not need to negotiate with some unions, including ATC-NATCA #NATCA
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Court allows Trump to end union bargaining for federal workers
A federal appeals court on Friday lifted a judge's order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal workers of the ability to engage in union bargaining with U.S. agencies.
www.reuters.com
August 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
On the evening of Reagan vs PATCO, court decided Trump does not need to negotiate with some unions, including ATC-NATCA #NATCA
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
I am both Doctor Frankenstein, experimenting with forces society forbids, and simultaneously I am his Creature, seeking to find my place in a hostile world, harassed by ignorant, fearful, superstitious villagers.
July 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I am both Doctor Frankenstein, experimenting with forces society forbids, and simultaneously I am his Creature, seeking to find my place in a hostile world, harassed by ignorant, fearful, superstitious villagers.
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Sweet cheese on a stick every time I read
@joellenovey.bsky.social
spit devastating truth about how far our community has fallen from who we are supposed to be it breaks me even more:
(link seems to be back online:)
@joellenovey.bsky.social
spit devastating truth about how far our community has fallen from who we are supposed to be it breaks me even more:
(link seems to be back online:)
Corrections · Jewschool
Three decades after my bat mitzvah, All of my Hebrew school teachers, youth group counselors, rabbis, and that lady with the guitar from camp. They got us all back together to issue some corrections. ...
jewschool.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Sweet cheese on a stick every time I read
@joellenovey.bsky.social
spit devastating truth about how far our community has fallen from who we are supposed to be it breaks me even more:
(link seems to be back online:)
@joellenovey.bsky.social
spit devastating truth about how far our community has fallen from who we are supposed to be it breaks me even more:
(link seems to be back online:)
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UPMC is forcing their trans patients under 19 to taper off their medication while simultaneously telling their emergency staff to expect more suicide attempts, mental health crises, and psychotic episodes as a result of being forcefully pulled off their medication.
open.spotify.com/episode/3HJN...
open.spotify.com/episode/3HJN...
The Fight for Trans Youth Healthcare at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
It Could Happen Here · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
UPMC is forcing their trans patients under 19 to taper off their medication while simultaneously telling their emergency staff to expect more suicide attempts, mental health crises, and psychotic episodes as a result of being forcefully pulled off their medication.
open.spotify.com/episode/3HJN...
open.spotify.com/episode/3HJN...
Asshat chucklehead
Rahm Emanuel is a huge sack of shit who thinks that dumping on trans people will win him the presidency, part 1 million thehill.com/homenews/cam...
Rahm Emanuel tells Megyn Kelly a man can’t become a woman
Rahm Emanuel, who is publicly mulling a presidential run, told conservative media host Megyn Kelly in a new interview that a man can’t become a woman, breaking with most Democrats on the divisive i…
thehill.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Asshat chucklehead
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MLK Jr’s daughter responds to the partial release of files related to her father:
![Be A King
@BerniceKing
Now, do the Epstein files.
[photo of MLK Jr giving side eye]
6:01 PM • 7/21/25 • 136K Views](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gvda6fem6r7selm4gzjjww4a/bafkreifcacrxwnwacy5awxhe6lvmundhpbym6bzibpsms4rs6kq47o7in4@jpeg)
July 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
MLK Jr’s daughter responds to the partial release of files related to her father:
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Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
July 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
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Israel bombed an Evin, an Iranian prison that housed dissidents and political prisoners. They ended up destroying the trans wing and murdering over 100 trans people incarcerated there, many for simply being queer in Iran.
This is unspeakable evil.
archive.ph/PA2n5
This is unspeakable evil.
archive.ph/PA2n5
July 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Israel bombed an Evin, an Iranian prison that housed dissidents and political prisoners. They ended up destroying the trans wing and murdering over 100 trans people incarcerated there, many for simply being queer in Iran.
This is unspeakable evil.
archive.ph/PA2n5
This is unspeakable evil.
archive.ph/PA2n5
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The Department of Defense will deploy 200 U.S. Marines to support ICE operations in Florida.
July 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The Department of Defense will deploy 200 U.S. Marines to support ICE operations in Florida.
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All the sins of Wade–Giles romanization, rendering
北京 as "Peking" and all,
are forgiven for setting up this joke.
北京 as "Peking" and all,
are forgiven for setting up this joke.
June 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
All the sins of Wade–Giles romanization, rendering
北京 as "Peking" and all,
are forgiven for setting up this joke.
北京 as "Peking" and all,
are forgiven for setting up this joke.
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Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani is now here calling for the release of Lander (his fellow mayoral candidate)
June 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani is now here calling for the release of Lander (his fellow mayoral candidate)
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This is a fantastic video that documents in 2 minutes the challenges people with disabilities routinely face in using transit. Check out the proposed travel alternatives beginning at 1:40.
Whether visible or invisible, permanent or temporary, almost all of us will have or know someone with a disability.
As Mayor, I’ll fight like hell for truly accessible public transit.
As Mayor, I’ll fight like hell for truly accessible public transit.
June 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This is a fantastic video that documents in 2 minutes the challenges people with disabilities routinely face in using transit. Check out the proposed travel alternatives beginning at 1:40.