Sewing Dan Sicoli’s SLAG ALLEY and sasha weiss’ blue raspberries @cactus-ghoul.bsky.social

sasha weiss’ BLUE RASPBERRIES is now available for pre-order. www.ethelzine.com/shop/blue-ra... @cactus-ghoul.bsky.social

Not a single major news outlet has covered this story. There is such a blatant, obvious attempt to suppress any and all news that deals with the actual facts about transgender life and experience. As the government rolls back our rights on an unprecedented scale, we have been left out to dry.

Harms Committed@harmscommitted.com · 11mo ago

"[G]ender-affirming care saves lives." "Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent." "[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment." #USA #Healthcare #Suicide

if cumming is the little death, is dying the big cum?

My weekly must-reads list and my thoughts on witnessing care and courage amid clouds of tear gas Friday night. "Almost 550 people across Chicagoland have been arrested by ICE during Operation Midway Blitz. It is a campaign of terror focused on a city that our president feels profound contempt for."

Must-Reads and Some Thoughts on Care and Courage Amid Clouds of Tear Gas

We can embody our refusal and fiercely declare that our love and empathy will not be destroyed.

organizingmythoughts.org

🇺🇸☠️Air pollution from oil & gas is linked to 91,000 premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of health issues across the US each year; Black, Asian, Indigenous & Hispanic groups consistently among the most affected. #USA #FossilFuels #Pollution #Health time.com/7311655/us-o...

91,000 Premature Deaths Each Year Linked to US Air Pollution

Air pollution from oil and gas production and use in the U.S. has an enormous health toll. A new study tallies the cost.

time.com

Mississippi doesn't have age verification for marriage but they do for the internet. You can't make this shit up folks.

in my medium-ugly graphic era. at 10:32 on a tuesday, here are our @sundresspub.bsky.social Best of the net nominees read 'em all: fifthwheelpress.com/nominations

Automated license plate readers "are seemingly popping up everywhere—including 650 new cameras in Illinois cities since 2023." Flock "collects 20 billion license plate scans per month." "[W]e don't really have privacy or rights anymore.” #Illinois #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Policing #Genocide

Eyes on the heartland

A vast network of new license plate cameras has exploded across Illinois in recent years—paid for by state grants to fight retail crime. With the federal government clamoring for more information on…

unraveledpress.com

BREAKING: death of anti-ICE protester in Los Angeles @lapublicpress.bsky.social is reporting Skid Row resident Adrienne Villa was found dead in her jail cell while in LASD custody at the courthouse, hours after pleading not guilty to over a dozen charges of alleged assault/battery on a cop.

Climate Change Is Not A Joke, Except to Chump and RepubliKKKans........

This is huge. For years there's been a misconception that it's psychological and all in your head. We can already show changes in blood vessels, muscle tissue, etc. Now we see the genes that show ME/CFS disposition are NOT the same as the genes that show disposition for depression/anxiety/etc.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

Scientists find link between genes and ME/chronic fatigue syndrome

I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity. "What service is Microsoft providing?" Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.

Julia Carrie Wong@joolia.bsky.social · last yr.

Israel is using Microsoft Azure to store recordings of every phone call made by Palestinians in the occupied territories, then using AI to analyze the contents and select targets. Microsoft is (dubiously) claiming ignorance.

I wish as many people wanted to actually click on Teen Vogue stories as like a post about our work being good and important, because this post is almost at 20k likes and that would be pretty good traffic!

Lostcatdog @lostcatdog.bsky.social · last yr.

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you” Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?

thrilled to be published in archer! essay on gastroparesis and escaping emotionally abusive relationships archermagazine.com.au/2025/08/gast...

Gastroparesis and emotional abuse: How chronic illness helped me heal - Archer Magazine

Gastroparesis doesn’t define me. If anything, it’s freeing .I’m learning to refuse the pressure to perform norms that don’t fit me.

archermagazine.com.au

This is a fascist takeover of the school. The owners and operators of Brown obviously decided that becoming an academy for the new elite of the fascist movement is their best path towards continued profitability. So it's up to all of us to make them regret it like nothing else in their lives.

Veena Dubal@veenadubal.bsky.social · last yr.

The “deal” that Brown made with the Trump admin is much more extreme than is being reported. It includes government oversight of course evaluations and no barrier to government interference in faculty hiring. Read it for yourself here: www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

I really want to meet the sapphics4satan behind my all-time favorite meme, which I wish was clearable for my book lol ⚛️ 🏳️‍🌈

Washington coast: La Push 11:35 PM Neah Bay 11:40 PM Long Beach 11:45 PM Moclips 11:50 PM Westport 11:55 PM Port Angeles 12:20 AM Port Townsend 12:45 AM Bellingham 1:10 AM Tacoma 2:00 AM

National Weather Service@nws.noaa.gov · last yr.

As of 8:25 PM EDT July 29, 2025: Please visit tsunami.gov for the latest updates on expanding watches, warnings and advisories across the Pacific and western U.S.

Take this shit seriously. An American died on 3.11 because he went down to check out the beach. Don't go out like that.

Meade Krosby@meadekrosby.bsky.social · last yr.

Washington coast: La Push 11:35 PM Neah Bay 11:40 PM Long Beach 11:45 PM Moclips 11:50 PM Westport 11:55 PM Port Angeles 12:20 AM Port Townsend 12:45 AM Bellingham 1:10 AM Tacoma 2:00 AM

Many of the places under a tsunami warning or watch are *only* served by public broadcasting. Thanks to Congressional Repubs, including AK's Sullivan & Begich, the stations that disseminate warnings could run out of money to operate w/in a few months. Because who needs tsunami warnings, amirite?

Alaska Public Media@alaskapublic.org · last yr.

Alaska communities in the Aleutians and Pribilofs are under a tsunami warning after a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia at about 3:25 p.m. Alaska time.

Israel Detains, Chokes, and Beats Up Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls newrepublic.com/post/198550/... via @newrepublic.com

Israel Detains, Chokes, and Beats Up Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls

Meanwhile, there’s not a peep from mainstream media in the U.S.

newrepublic.com

Filled with disabled rage that pre-existing health conditions are seemed as a reason to somewhat diminish malnutrition.

LOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌍@lowrhoufo.bsky.social · last yr.

Deprivation of medical aid is filed under "starvation" in IHL btw. I've never seen famine coved like this

As society never gets tired of telling us, when disabled people die or are killed, it’s always less tragic than the deaths of others. Our lives are held to be unfortunate accidents, and many feel relief at our endings.

Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social · last yr.

Filled with disabled rage that pre-existing health conditions are seemed as a reason to somewhat diminish malnutrition.

*INSTITUTIONALIZATION IS WORSE THEN JAIL* Disabled, mentally ill, and homeless people thrown into institutions don’t get phone calls, lawyers, or trails. THEY ARE DISAPPEARED with no time limits or advocate for as long as the state pleases. You know it’s bad when prisoners have more protections.

Children in Gaza have begun to die of severe malnutrition in increasing numbers as Israel continues to starve the people of Gaza. Infants are the most severely affected, as hunger devours their bodies until they reach "a point of no return." mondoweiss.net/2025/07/when...

When the bodies of starving children in Gaza reach a ‘point of no return’

Children in Gaza have begun to die of severe malnutrition in increasing numbers as Israel continues to starve the people of Gaza. Infants are the most severely affected, as hunger devours their…

mondoweiss.net

The Duck Duck Go browser provides an option to remove AI images in image search results. Run a search. Then set the filter to off. It will remember this selection for future searches:

my best friend died and everything feels like a nightmare with no way out. them being gone doesn't make sense so my brain just doesn't work. i can't move. can't breathe. i feel like i failed them. our last conversation was so stupid snd one sided. i hope they know wherev they are that i love them

Soon!

I realized I never posted this flier for a reading on Saturday!