New from me today in @xtramagazine.com , about the WNBA transphobia mess. "While some have met the moment with thoughtful shows of solidarity ... it’s frankly insulting to athletes and fans of all genders—trans and cis—that airtime continues to be devoted to this. xtramagazine.com/culture/wnba...

Transphobia is rotting women’s sports media | Xtra Magazine

Sports media is perpetuating a problem that doesn’t actually exist

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I just created www.lgbtqlegislation.com which builds on the work of the LegiAlerts team to provide an interactive data dashboard to look at 20+ years of anti-LGBTQ legislation and especially anti-trans legislation. It also includes an overview of pro-LGBTQ legislation. Check it out!

LGBTQ+ Legislation Tracking Project

Two decades of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, documented bill by bill — 10,000+ bills tracked across every state and Congress by the LegiAlerts team.

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I meant to write about this story and I didn't and I'm sorry. Trans kids have been abandoned by so many people. It's hard to find words for seeing the kids who were our promise for a world where people like us didn't have to have the hard lives most of us had being abandoned life by innocent life.

they/them might be giants ☭@babadookspinoza.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When we finally break, it’s taken as proof that we were already broken. I think of this Malcolm X quote often: “…I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”

Since the Pope is quoting Tolkien to warn about A.I., it's probably time to post that essay about the Lord of the Rings and generative A.I. medium.com/@frasercalde...

The Council of Elrond, Part 3

The Weapon of the Enemy can Create Only Shadows

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Miles Klee 🦉@milesklee.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Was Pope Leo specifically calling out Tolkien-loving tech bros Peter Thiel and Elon Musk when he quoted Gandalf in an encyclical about the dehumanizing effects of technocratic society? The Vatican won't answer my emails, but the billionaire's hopeless misreads certainly called for a correction:

you don't need a study to know this is bad for kids. that's why school admins have zero excuses for signing these deals

Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What the hell www.newyorker.com/culture/prog...

This is entirely politically motivated to eliminate an organization that has historically fought neo nazis and the KKK. What an absolute disgrace. www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/p...

Southern Poverty Law Center indicted over alleged use of paid informants in extremist groups | CNN Politics

The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday over a discontinued program that used paid confidential informants to penetrate white supremacist and other organizations, Acting Attorney General ...

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Muriel Rukeyser, always but especially today. Full text at www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47657/...

BREAKING: Avi Lewis wins the NDP leadership with a commanding majority on the first ballot. Avi Lewis is the new leader of the NDP.

🚨Massive: The AMA has issued a statement saying that they still fully support gender affirming care and don’t endorse the new ASPS position! They say that their media misinterpreted their statement regarding surgeries and their position remains unchanged! Link below:

It’s shocking how the motivation behind almost every single bad tech bill is about hating LGBTQ people and specifically trans people

❗On Friday evening, the CAJ learned that journalist Rachel Gilmore had recently been approached in public by individuals linked to, or implicated in, an investigation she had written, and was published by The Tyee that focused on white nationalists. https://loom.ly/z22FRzg

I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.

Hey just following up on this

Mine are (at least right now): 1) Narrator (Little Blue Encyclopedia for Vivian) 2) Rukia (Bleach) 3) Samwise Gamgee (LOTR) 4) Patroclus (Song of Achilles) 5) Cimorene (Dealing with Dragons) Hon. mentions: Jessa-Lynn (Mostly Dead Things), Maka (Soul Eater) (yes, I read a lot of manga as a kid)

Marxist Monster Mayhem@calderwood.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Who are your top characters in literature? Mine: 1) Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings) 2) Jean Valjean (Les Miserables) 3) Dorothea Brooke (Middlemarch) 4) Pierre Bezukhov (War & Peace) 5) Majnoun the poodle (Fifteen Dogs) Hon. mentions: Eilis Lacey (Brooklyn); Joe Kavalier (Kavalier & Clay)

Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.

The Alberta government putting out a statement for Trans Day of Remembrance two days after using the Notwithstanding Clause to override trans kids rights feels like parody at this point "Our government remains a dedicated partner of transgender Albertans.”

I’ve really come around on Showgirl now that I found the hidden track

Do Not Touch My Dog - a Silksong Fan Song

YouTube video by Marijke Perry

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Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

What we're seeing is further evidence of the modern trend of paying lip service to diversity and inclusion because it looks good while personal actions reveal that it's actually all just about self-interest. variety.com/2025/digital...

Audible’s ‘Harry Potter’ Series Expands Cast With Keira Knightley, Kit Harington, James McAvoy, Simon Pegg and More

Audible announced additional casting for its 'Harry Potter' audiobook series, including Keira Knightley, Kit Harington, James McAvoy and Simon Pegg.

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‘gender activism’ is a strange way to say ‘endless bigoted tirade against (and active harassment of) trans people’

“Banning books won’t preserve childhood innocence. But it will rob young people of stories that might have enriched or validated their lives, and it will teach others that censorship is the solution to ideas you find challenging or contrary to your personal values.”

Alberta’s Book Ban Is a Blatant Act of Cultural Vandalism | The Walrus

The push to sanitize school collections erases what literature is for: knowledge, discovery, the freedom to think

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It is 1979 and the New York Times is attacking healthcare for trans people. It is 2025 and the New York Times is attacking healthcare for trans people. It is.....

This is essentially the “same sex marriage bans affect both straight and gay people” equally argument, but even more nefarious that cis people still get access to hormone therapy and chest surgery

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · last yr.

"We're not saying you can't get health care because you're transgender, which would be illegal. We're just saying we refuse to treat the conditions that cause you to be transgender. That's different and okay." A pathetic, indefensible logical pretzel from SCOTUS

The Supreme Court ruled that the Equal Protection Clause does not protect everybody equally. Instead it upheld the Tennessee law that seeks to eradicate trans kids. My latest in @thenation www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The Supreme Court's Anti-Trans Decision Will Live In Infamy

In its bigotry and deceitfulness, US v. Skrmetti is destined to be seen alongside Plessy, Dobbs, Dred Scott, and all of the court's other most notorious decisions.

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A group of leading ocean and climate scientists, including Canadians, is calling for a ban on deep-sea mining just as U.S. President Donald Trump moves to fast-track undersea mining approvals. CBC News science reporter Inayat Singh has the story.

Scientists want a ban on deep-sea mining. Trump wants to fast-track it

A group of leading ocean and climate scientists, including Canadians, is calling for a ban on deep-sea mining just as U.S. President Donald Trump moves to fast-track undersea mining approvals.

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With more than 600,000 EVs on Canada's roads, there are soon going to be a lot of batteries looking to be recycled. What's the plan? CBC News @alexandramaej.bsky.social‬ digs into EVs, black mass & critical minerals

Without regulations to drive market, Canada's EV battery recycling industry may run out of road, experts warn | CBC News

There are more than 600,000 electric vehicles on Canada’s roads, and eventually, their batteries will die. Industry and policy experts say government regulations are needed to drive the country's EV…

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Israeli soldiers gunned down Amer Rabee, a 14-year-old Palestinian American boy who was born in New Jersey, last month in the West Bank. His death has spurred anger over soldiers’ use of force and an apparent lack of accountability. nyti.ms/3ZzbQ8Q

I fight for a world where the first thought average people have about someone transitioning is "wow science is cool" and not "let me share with you my opinions about toilets"