Jessica Kant
@jessdkant.bsky.social
Researcher, therapist, heavily caffeinated. Frequently described as a bit of a handful. 🖤 (She/her) 🏳️⚧️ jessk.org/blog
We have higher rates of kidney and bladder problems compared to the general population, and historically rather than address this, medicine has chosen to either ignore it or blame our healthcare. Nope, turns out marginalization just destroys bodies. Quelle surprise.
Sandy Ernest Allen@sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 5h agoHere's my Cosmo piece about how segregated bathrooms have impacted my own health www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a6...
This is an excellent primer on the brutal history of post-13th amendment prison labor. As the need for workers to do backbreaking work continues to increase, this is only going to get worse. You better believe this is part of why the administration keeps boasting about new prison construction.
juno Rylee Schultz@junoryleejournalism.com · 7h agoTaylor Farms is using slave convict labor in Arizona. I’ve written about this practice before. America LOVES slave labor. junoryleejournalism.com/2026/01/15/p...
If Stevens had the lead no matter how narrow, they’d be calling the it for her already. Sooner or later, Democratic leadership will have to contend with the fact that people who historically vote Democrat are actually their target demographic.
i think el-sayed winning the michigan senate primary will permanently break the brains that were being held together by string since mamdani
This is the play in every single industry at the moment. A massive bailout for mediocre white underachievers .
Jake_Vig@jakevig.bsky.social · 2d agoAfter a middling WNBA career, blonde haired, blue eyed Sophie Cunningham has positioned herself for post-basketball success and riches as a conservative mouthpiece. This is the pattern that always works because conservatives are very very dumb and will latch onto anyone who promotes hate.
Fifty is generous, too. The whole idea is for these things to run themselves. There was an article recently about how some are using those Boston dynamics robot dogs rather than hiring security guards. The troubleshooting is mostly automated, with the exception of the part swapping listed below.
Chris DeLeon Ⓥ make your own games@chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 5d agomany of the data centers need as few as 10-50 permanent workers. they aren't software engineers making apps/services. it's $60k/yr people who can check if a hard drive failed and swap it out and monitor if a cooling fan fails even the one-time construction jobs aren't local, they bring in outsiders
TIL that one of the founders of Oracle had the legal middle name Nimrod. There’s no greater lesson there, but since the company is more less taking over the world it makes me feel a little better.
I had my car broken into and laptop stolen in front of a police station in San Francisco and when I walked in to report the crime the officer on duty asked what I wanted him to do about it
Em, midly@lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 4d agoIt’s so funny when people are like “sure you’re an abolitionist now but wait until you’re the victim of a property crime.” Buddy, the most useful thing the police have ever done for property crime is put the form you need to submit to your insurance online.
yeah! it’s a weird 20th century media fantasy that “news” and “editorial” are different, firewalled things it’s a weird 21st century media fantasy that we — who see the impact of publishing — are actually the real idiots here
Jessica Kant@jessdkant.bsky.social · 4d agoEvery time I say something about the NYT, someone rushes in to say the editors do the headlines, not writers. Yes. Read it before you assume the headline is the worst part. But also, I do struggle to understand working for a newspaper that has made shepherding liberals to the right a core mission.
the real victims of the new york times' targeted campaign against trans people are cis people who like to play wordle
Why would anyone think the NYT was a right wing newspaper just because of all the right wing articles and editors and journalists?
Danielle Froom 🏳️🌈@danifroom.bsky.social · 4d agoLiberals: giving the New York Times money doesn't do anything to trans people The New York Times in just the last 24 hours:
If you are rich, to be mildly inconvenienced is a fate close to death, apparently.
Excellent explainer of both how and why to oppose these in your town. Don’t believe the hype: everyone saying they’re not a big deal is deliberately ignoring that energy requirements will soon surpass that of multiple states combined, and that in places like Memphis it’s been horrendous for health.
How to fight a data center - Engadget
Most Americans don't want them in their backyard, but beating AI companies isn't easy.
engadget.com
Jessica Kant@jessdkant.bsky.social · last wk.Hoping the more local politicians take this heavy-handed authoritarian posture with the public that it galvanizes resistance.
Every major organization and NGO dedicated to trans rights in the UK from Stonewall to Mermaids to Amnesty have been systematically attacked and neutralized. All that's left are severely underfunded trans led orgs that are systematically ignored by the British press and government.
Trump just ended Medicare drug subsidies for an estimated 25 million people, mostly seniors. Part D was a mess, but this is so cruel and dangerous.
Here's the link to tell them what you think. Obviously keep it polite but do consider letting them know. www.amnesty.org.uk/contact-us/
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This feels so much more harmful than never having posted the threat briefing in the first place. That research was spot-on, which only highlights that you’re apologizing to unambiguous hate groups for finally defending us. Never donating another dime after this.
Stub Buns@stubbuns.bsky.social · 5d agoQuestion for Amnesty. Trans rights have regressed in the UK. That’s undeniable. The organisations you are apologising to have celebrated these rights being eroded. Are you really that weak that you can’t in good faith defend calling them anti-rights? Because they very clearly fucking are.
This is chilling. People being grabbed off the streets and sent randomly and arbitrarily around the world by shady contractors. All at an unprecedented rate that is rising rapidly.
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 6d agoThursday, July 30. Just a horrible day in ICE flights. At least 79 flights on 29 planes. At least 21 removal flights, of which at least 4 were likely third-country removals. ICE flights hit every continent except Australia and Antarctica in one day.
“The FBI has signaled that its new effort to brand political opponents of the president as terrorists has only just begun, and that soon the power of large language models will be brought to bear on the effort to flag and tag political dissidents en masse.”
Minority report: FBI seeks AI for political watch list
Documents show the FBI seeking AI tools to flag Americans before they act, as the terror watchlist's focus moves toward domestic dissent.
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cis person: i’m just concerned about women’s sports other cis people: reasonable! trans person: i’m just concerned about restrictions on passports and id, job discrimination, movement being restricted due to bathroom issues, being harassed or worse, etc cis people: you’re being hysterical
The way Fauci is being treated right now is such a disgrace. I keep thinking of the video of him meeting with ACT UP organizers and how unbelievably rare this was for someone in either government or medicine. ACT UP deserves the credit but his response is part of why things changed.
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Layoff threat ignites labor fight at major transgender rights group
Workers accuse Advocates for Trans Equality leaders of mismanagement after the organization warned that staff positions could be eliminated.
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Jessica Kant@jessdkant.bsky.social · 2w agoOur friends at A4TE who do the front line work of defending our community are facing disgusting repression and retaliatory layoffs, and they need our unwavering support. Please sign and share widely.
SpaceX-owned xAI, the developer of Grok, sued Minnesota AG to challenge a law coming into effect in the state that will ban "nudify" apps, use of these AI image generators to make non-consenting intimate images, aka AI deepfake porn of real people including minors. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/28/s...
Elon Musk's xAI sues Minnesota over law to ban 'nudify' apps
Elon Musk's xAI, now owned by SpaceX, is challenging a law that would ban so-called nudify apps in Minnesota
cnbc.com
North Carolina state rep Erin Paré posted some truly vile stuff in her official capacity on multiple platforms targeting a trans teacher yesterday, referencing alleged “concerns raised” to her office, saying she will work to ban all trans teachers. This greatly undersells how bad it actually is.
It’s happening in front of our eyes, whether we choose to acknowledge it or not. This has to be stopped.
Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed.bsky.social · last wk.My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.
Upwards of 200,00 people may have lost their jobs today; or will in the upcoming days. There is a palpable sense of fear among the Haitian community right now. They need your support.
Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed.bsky.social · last wk.My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.