WeaverChick
@weaverchick.bsky.social
Textile Artist and historian, lover of books, skeptic, 🏳️🌈❤️🏳️⚧️🌻🐝🐈⬛ BeTheBear
MSN
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May 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Massachusetts freshman Rep presented a bill that would bar trans athletes playing on sports teams not consistent with their birth sex. Senior members stalled it by requiring the bill to be studied. Smart move.
www.wwlp.com/news/massach...
www.wwlp.com/news/massach...
House shuttles transgender athlete amendment to study
House Democrats used a procedural maneuver that essentially put on ice a freshman Republican’s push to ban transgender students from playing sports on teams consistent with their gender ident…
www.wwlp.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Massachusetts freshman Rep presented a bill that would bar trans athletes playing on sports teams not consistent with their birth sex. Senior members stalled it by requiring the bill to be studied. Smart move.
www.wwlp.com/news/massach...
www.wwlp.com/news/massach...
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This is a brilliant and crucial article about the demonisation of empathy by @joolia.bsky.social (Julia Carrie Wong).
It's a reminder that there is no idea so perverse that some people won't turn it into a doctrine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
It's a reminder that there is no idea so perverse that some people won't turn it into a doctrine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy
Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM
This is a brilliant and crucial article about the demonisation of empathy by @joolia.bsky.social (Julia Carrie Wong).
It's a reminder that there is no idea so perverse that some people won't turn it into a doctrine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
It's a reminder that there is no idea so perverse that some people won't turn it into a doctrine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
Ending Cooperative Agreements’ Funding to Princeton University
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that nearly $4 million in funding is ending to Princeton University after a detailed, careful, and thorough review of the...
www.commerce.gov
April 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
“Asked about the public fight between two of Trump’s advisors—two of the most powerful men in the world—White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters: ‘Boys will be boys.’ ”
Pretty much sums up the Trump administration.
Pretty much sums up the Trump administration.
April 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
“Asked about the public fight between two of Trump’s advisors—two of the most powerful men in the world—White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters: ‘Boys will be boys.’ ”
Pretty much sums up the Trump administration.
Pretty much sums up the Trump administration.
News leaked that Donald Trump is staging a military parade in the capital nine weeks from now, on June 14. For the first time in our nation’s history, we will have soldiers and tanks flowing through the streets as a display of our president’s might.
April 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
News leaked that Donald Trump is staging a military parade in the capital nine weeks from now, on June 14. For the first time in our nation’s history, we will have soldiers and tanks flowing through the streets as a display of our president’s might.
HHS propose rule to classify gender-affirming care (they call “sex-trait modification”) as a non-essential (not covered) benefit for Affordable Care Act insurance plans.
This is an unpublished draft. The rationale appears on pages 137-142.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-04083.pdf
This is an unpublished draft. The rationale appears on pages 137-142.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-04083.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
March 18, 2025 at 6:58 AM
HHS propose rule to classify gender-affirming care (they call “sex-trait modification”) as a non-essential (not covered) benefit for Affordable Care Act insurance plans.
This is an unpublished draft. The rationale appears on pages 137-142.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-04083.pdf
This is an unpublished draft. The rationale appears on pages 137-142.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-04083.pdf
Remember, Paxton will spin this however he can. Don’t spread rumors. He chose an Hispanic midwife, hoping she would seem less sympathetic to voters.
www.texastribune.org/2025/03/17/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/03/17/t...
Houston-area midwife arrested for allegedly providing illegal abortions
This represents the first criminal charges under Texas’ near-total abortion ban.
www.texastribune.org
March 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Remember, Paxton will spin this however he can. Don’t spread rumors. He chose an Hispanic midwife, hoping she would seem less sympathetic to voters.
www.texastribune.org/2025/03/17/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/03/17/t...
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Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
March 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
Teslas have more rights than women.
March 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Teslas have more rights than women.
Енджі Крейда - Враже (Офіційний Виднограй)
YouTube video by Енджі Крейда / Angy Kreyda
youtu.be
March 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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four Cybertrucks burned overnight in Seattle, authorities say it's still too early to say whether this was an act of politically-motivated arson, or the Cybertrucks simply self-immolated to protest the cruel mockery of god and nature that is their very existence
komonews.com/news/local/f...
komonews.com/news/local/f...
Fire burns 4 Tesla Cybertrucks in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood
Four Tesla Cybertrucks were damaged or destroyed in a fire at a lot in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood late Sunday night, raising questions about possible arson and
komonews.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
four Cybertrucks burned overnight in Seattle, authorities say it's still too early to say whether this was an act of politically-motivated arson, or the Cybertrucks simply self-immolated to protest the cruel mockery of god and nature that is their very existence
komonews.com/news/local/f...
komonews.com/news/local/f...
