Honestly in shock. @nytimes.com terminated the contract of romance fiction columnist Olivia Waite because she reposted on Bluesky criticism I and @markjacob.bsky.social had of the paper’s lack of coverage of the new rape allegations against Donald Trump. Details and a statement from Olivia here:

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This post is about complicit media working hand in glove with a repressive government to target minorities, in this case trans kids. It starts with the NYT's "The Headlines" podcast from yesterday, in which one of the summarized stories is the improvement of mental health for teenagers.

Technically, they’re Remains now.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A fifth of Leave voters have died.

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EU/Israel: Adoption of death penalty law by the Israeli Knesset requires urgent EU measures – Joint statement

As humanitarian and human rights organisations that have worked for years in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, we are appalled by the Israeli Knesset’s decision to approve a bill that mak...

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The NYT reported how Dr. Oz held a meeting with Medical orgs and a anti-trans hate group to coerce those groups into backing off their support of trans youth. Jeremy Peters and the NYT framed this shakedown as a reasonable meeting about medical evidence standards. The NYT's bias is clear again.

I didn’t watch the SOTU for the same reason that I don’t usually watch SNL. I know that a lot of it is going to be boring and that the funniest parts will be on the Internet the next day.

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Zeteo watched Trump’s record-long State of the Union address so you didn’t have to. Here are the worst bits.

Should I not watch it in theaters, or wait till it’s streaming to not watch it…

Nature abhors a vacuum, so Louise Perry has been sucked into the right wing, faux feminist shaped hole left by Pamela Paul’s departure.

This morning’s vibe

Made shepherd’s pie recently.

Waiting for Bhattacharya and Memoli to announce our return to the gold standard science of the good old days with “The Tuskegee Experiment: Part II”. thespectator.com/topic/cured-...

How we cured DEI at the National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health will no longer fund research based on DEI that has diverted resources from advancing health

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while our lawsuit makes its way through the courts. This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.

He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/s...

He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males

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Azeen Ghorayshi, co-author of this NYT piece on the anti-trans HHS report, doesn't bother to disclose being one of its most-cited authors. Ghorayshi is a key historical figure in stoking this moral panic about our young people. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/h...

Federal Report Denounces Gender Treatments for Adolescents

The H.H.S. review may set the stage for additional restrictions on gender-affirming care. Critics described it as an ideological statement.

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When my daughter found out that I was on @maddow.msnbc.com tonight, she texted “wow, he must be fangirling so hard now”. Yes. Yes I am.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility. You are worthy of love.

Arkansas Legislator Warns Loophole In New Law Could Still Allow Trans Youth To Exist theonion.com/arkansa...

Realizing I sent my daughter to live on Hoth with nary a lightsaber or tauntaun.

Transgender youth deserve to live their lives without politicians getting in the way of their freedom and happiness. 📸 Will Martinez

This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.

I spoke with @nbcnews.com about Trumps new difficult-to-enforce definition of sex. Also featuring insights from Drs. Eve Feinberg (Northwestern) and Aileen Gariepy (Cornell): www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

Roasted Tuna with Brown Butter Corn, Tomatoes and Chile, from Dinner in One by Melissa Clark

van der grrrrrruf!

I am monarch of all I survey

What’s up, indeed.