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@weirdlittlereader.bsky.social
(they/them) | co-founder of a new indie bookstore coming to SE PDX in 2025 @endlesswonderspdx.bsky.social| reading | women’s sports | community | 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@wyden.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov HOLD THE LINE. do not make a deal with GOP that does include vital ACA subsidies.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
@wyden.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov HOLD THE LINE. do not make a deal with GOP that does include vital ACA subsidies.
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🗣️ Journalist request (pls share):
🏟️ Looking to hear from NWSL fans who:
⚪️ got rid of a szn ticket
or
⚪️ will not be renewing in ‘26
or
⚪️ has been going to fewer games than past years
or
⚪️ has decided to buy a szn ticket/ticket package
hmu ⤵️
🏟️ Looking to hear from NWSL fans who:
⚪️ got rid of a szn ticket
or
⚪️ will not be renewing in ‘26
or
⚪️ has been going to fewer games than past years
or
⚪️ has decided to buy a szn ticket/ticket package
hmu ⤵️
October 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🗣️ Journalist request (pls share):
🏟️ Looking to hear from NWSL fans who:
⚪️ got rid of a szn ticket
or
⚪️ will not be renewing in ‘26
or
⚪️ has been going to fewer games than past years
or
⚪️ has decided to buy a szn ticket/ticket package
hmu ⤵️
🏟️ Looking to hear from NWSL fans who:
⚪️ got rid of a szn ticket
or
⚪️ will not be renewing in ‘26
or
⚪️ has been going to fewer games than past years
or
⚪️ has decided to buy a szn ticket/ticket package
hmu ⤵️
this game is very fun so far #wnbafinals
October 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
this game is very fun so far #wnbafinals
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there aren’t a lot of purely good things on the internet but “you have to share Tom Holland doing Umbrella” is one of them
September 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
there aren’t a lot of purely good things on the internet but “you have to share Tom Holland doing Umbrella” is one of them
sometimes love is doing all the sports related prompts in all of your spouse’s word games
September 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
sometimes love is doing all the sports related prompts in all of your spouse’s word games
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Trans athlete bans always get used to police cis women's bodies. The athletes affected by this are disproportionately Black. There's a direct through line from this stuff to racism.
Neither NWSL nor USSF have a trans athlete policy. The one NWSL adopted previously was abandoned years ago. Meanwhile, a lobby group seeking to ban trans athletes has laid out their plan for American soccer.
Matthew Hall's story: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Matthew Hall's story: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
NWSL and US Soccer’s lack of transgender policy targeted by conservative lobby groups
The NWSL’s transgender participation policy, thought to still be in place, was abandoned in 2022, the league confirmed
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Trans athlete bans always get used to police cis women's bodies. The athletes affected by this are disproportionately Black. There's a direct through line from this stuff to racism.
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“Out of the 82 centre stage speakers, … only five were from academia and just three came from civil society organisations. This means that what “good” means is overwhelmingly shaped, defined, and actively curated by the tech industry” w/vested interest “regardless of its risk or harm.”
A short blogpost detailing my experience of censorship at the AI for Good Summit with links to both original and censored versions of slides and links to my talk
aial.ie/blog/2025-ai...
aial.ie/blog/2025-ai...
AI for Good [Appearance?]
Reflections on the last minute censorship of my keynote at the AI for Good Summit 2025
aial.ie
July 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“Out of the 82 centre stage speakers, … only five were from academia and just three came from civil society organisations. This means that what “good” means is overwhelmingly shaped, defined, and actively curated by the tech industry” w/vested interest “regardless of its risk or harm.”
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we’re so excited to celebrate #read25day with y’all tonight! we’ll be raffling off three tote bags full of goodies including gift cards, books, and stickers. We hope to see you at Clinton Park in SE #portlandoregon at 6pm for reading and community connection. #booksky #pdx
June 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
we’re so excited to celebrate #read25day with y’all tonight! we’ll be raffling off three tote bags full of goodies including gift cards, books, and stickers. We hope to see you at Clinton Park in SE #portlandoregon at 6pm for reading and community connection. #booksky #pdx
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#PortlandOregon Need some lowkey time in community with others? We're hosting an event for #Read25Day this Wed, June 25, 6pm @ Clinton Park. We'll be reading silently together for 25 minutes then chatting about books and life. Bring something to sit on & a book. We'll be giving away bookish stuff!
June 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
#PortlandOregon Need some lowkey time in community with others? We're hosting an event for #Read25Day this Wed, June 25, 6pm @ Clinton Park. We'll be reading silently together for 25 minutes then chatting about books and life. Bring something to sit on & a book. We'll be giving away bookish stuff!
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For the month of June we're donating 10% of sales to Cascade AIDS Project! CAP provides vital services to the LGBTQ+ community in Portland & across the PNW. In a time when medical care for the queer community is being defunded and banned by the US government, we're proud to support CAP. #portland
June 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
For the month of June we're donating 10% of sales to Cascade AIDS Project! CAP provides vital services to the LGBTQ+ community in Portland & across the PNW. In a time when medical care for the queer community is being defunded and banned by the US government, we're proud to support CAP. #portland
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Took me a bit to process how big a deal this report actually is--its thus far the only review to look at the entire body of currently available research. It took two years to conduct, stands at 1,000 pages, and completely contradicts the Cass Review and the common arguments for bans on this care.
Republicans in Utah commissioned an investigation into gender-affirming care for trans youth after banning it in 2023.
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?
The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?
www.sltrib.com
May 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Took me a bit to process how big a deal this report actually is--its thus far the only review to look at the entire body of currently available research. It took two years to conduct, stands at 1,000 pages, and completely contradicts the Cass Review and the common arguments for bans on this care.
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Every Harry Potter book or shirt you buy directly funds the persecution of trans people.
There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
May 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Every Harry Potter book or shirt you buy directly funds the persecution of trans people.
There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
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"Americans who make less than $51,000 a year would see their after-tax income fall as a result of the Republican proposal beginning in 2026."
"Americans making less than $15,000 — the poorest of the poor — will pay 53% more in taxes than they do now
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
"Americans making less than $15,000 — the poorest of the poor — will pay 53% more in taxes than they do now
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Trump’s White House accidentally admitted the truth about its tax plan
Earlier this week the White House published evidence that the president’s “big, beautiful bill” hikes taxes on the poor to cut taxes for the rich.
www.msnbc.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"Americans who make less than $51,000 a year would see their after-tax income fall as a result of the Republican proposal beginning in 2026."
"Americans making less than $15,000 — the poorest of the poor — will pay 53% more in taxes than they do now
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
"Americans making less than $15,000 — the poorest of the poor — will pay 53% more in taxes than they do now
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Always like to remind people while there is no ethical consumption under capitalism- there is less ethical consumption under capitalism
your regular reminder that buying Harry Potter stuff gives money to Rowling and she uses that money directly and in large quantities to fund attacks on trans people
no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow
no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow
The upcoming Hogwarts Legacy 2 could potentially feature more characters from the Harry Potter books and movies.
May 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Always like to remind people while there is no ethical consumption under capitalism- there is less ethical consumption under capitalism
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(1/x) May is Mental Health Awareness Month! While I'm sure the world is pulling you in a million directions, I hope you're finding space and time to invest in your own mental well-being and in community care. Go for a walk, appreciate the sights and smells of plants blooming for Spring, ... #booksky
May 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
(1/x) May is Mental Health Awareness Month! While I'm sure the world is pulling you in a million directions, I hope you're finding space and time to invest in your own mental well-being and in community care. Go for a walk, appreciate the sights and smells of plants blooming for Spring, ... #booksky
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Today, Columbia “peace officers” and NYPD kettled and brutalized nearly 100 people of conscience who reclaimed Butler Library as the Basil-al-Araj Liberated Zone. There have been multiple reports of serious injuries.
May 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Today, Columbia “peace officers” and NYPD kettled and brutalized nearly 100 people of conscience who reclaimed Butler Library as the Basil-al-Araj Liberated Zone. There have been multiple reports of serious injuries.
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Staking this claim now: should we be so fortunate as to get another Democratic trifecta, it should be judged a failure if it does not 1) jail the people responsible for this, 2) abolish or in some other way dismantle and disarm ICE
According to litigators, on Tuesday, at one detention center in Texas, ICE gathered together 1 Vietnamese, 1 Lao, and 4 other people in detention and ordered them to sign paperwork agreeing to be sent to Libya.
All 6 refused, so ICE handcuffed them and threw them into solitary.
All 6 refused, so ICE handcuffed them and threw them into solitary.
![The reports with respect to the imminent removal to Libya show, inter alia, Philippine, Vietnamese and Laotian class members being set for removal without any reasonable fear screening, let alone a fifteen-day window to file a motion to reopen with the immigration court to contest any negative reasonable fear determination. See Exhibits B, C, D. In one reported case, "[U.S.
Immigration and Customs Officers (ICE)] officers at the South Texas Detention Facility gathered 1 Vietnamese detainee, along with 5 others (including 1 from Laos) into a room and told them that they needed to sign a document agreeing to be deported to Libya. When they all refused, they were each put in a separate room and cuffed in (basically, solitary) in order to get
them to sign it." Exhibit B.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreiceond5y4ih4ljlfnhev2dd3qat2fgdu3h4ickuhd25otfhzhibcq@jpeg)
May 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Staking this claim now: should we be so fortunate as to get another Democratic trifecta, it should be judged a failure if it does not 1) jail the people responsible for this, 2) abolish or in some other way dismantle and disarm ICE
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92 years ago today, the Nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld Institute for Sexuality, where the first study of trans people was conducted, and burned all of its contents.
Fitting that today is also the day SCOTUS greenlights the project of the eradication of trans people from society in the US.
Fitting that today is also the day SCOTUS greenlights the project of the eradication of trans people from society in the US.
May 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
92 years ago today, the Nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld Institute for Sexuality, where the first study of trans people was conducted, and burned all of its contents.
Fitting that today is also the day SCOTUS greenlights the project of the eradication of trans people from society in the US.
Fitting that today is also the day SCOTUS greenlights the project of the eradication of trans people from society in the US.
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This entire amazing thread
As Chinua Achebe says, "Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter."
Trans people had and have our historians.
The Nazi party of Germany burned their library.
Then they said queer people have no history.
Trans people had and have our historians.
The Nazi party of Germany burned their library.
Then they said queer people have no history.
May 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This entire amazing thread
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1. After being blocked from traveling in an airport with her drivers license, transgender rights trailblazer Miss Major issues a dire warning on encroachments to transgender rights.
Read S. Baum's latest piece here.
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Miss Major, Trans Rights Trailblazer, Issues Dire Warning After Airport Incident
The 78-year-old Stonewall veteran said she was initially turned away while trying to board a domestic flight.
www.erininthemorning.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
1. After being blocked from traveling in an airport with her drivers license, transgender rights trailblazer Miss Major issues a dire warning on encroachments to transgender rights.
Read S. Baum's latest piece here.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Read S. Baum's latest piece here.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
nothing quite like the transmasc experience of being prescribed medication to battle acne and hair loss at the same time
May 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
nothing quite like the transmasc experience of being prescribed medication to battle acne and hair loss at the same time
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Reprehensible.
If you haven’t already, I beg of you to give up whatever attachment you have to Harry Potter because she’s using those funds to do this bullshit.
If you haven’t already, I beg of you to give up whatever attachment you have to Harry Potter because she’s using those funds to do this bullshit.
April 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Reprehensible.
If you haven’t already, I beg of you to give up whatever attachment you have to Harry Potter because she’s using those funds to do this bullshit.
If you haven’t already, I beg of you to give up whatever attachment you have to Harry Potter because she’s using those funds to do this bullshit.
I think everyone should start their week with a 4mile walk amongst the trees with their best friend. Truly one of the best decisions i’ve made in a long time.
April 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I think everyone should start their week with a 4mile walk amongst the trees with their best friend. Truly one of the best decisions i’ve made in a long time.