people could respond to this framing around reporting deaths—"had significant underlying health conditions"—with more confidence if we weren't also living through a pandemic in which we have been told only people who have "underlying health issues" are "vulnerable" or "at risk"

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d ago

Breaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.

Really thrilled to read Christa engaging my last newsletter here!

Christa (she/her)@wordrascal.bsky.social · last wk.

This post took me 2+ weeks to write. I probably could've easily spent another 2, but I'm trying to let go of perfection. disaster-minded.ghost.io/forging-some... It's about how perennially feeling awkward & weird keeps me from engaging in community, & how I plan to channel those feelings instead.

How about instead of making shitty jokes about this being gender affirming care we recognize it as eugenics and gender fascism?

USA TODAY@usatoday.com · 3w ago

Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. military will begin testing the testosterone of troops 30 and older.

If I see one more cis person call this military t business gender affirming care, I swear...

ICE killed a person they weren't even looking for AGAIN. Second time in the past week.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3w ago

BREAKING: BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - Homeland Security secretary said man killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Maine Sen. Angus King says.

Not pinning my hopes on representation and government and also glad to see Brad Lander on the national stage doing what he does so well.

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4w ago

Dana Bash: What would you have wanted Israel to do when a bunch of civilians -- these were peacenicks -- were murdered brutally on October 7? Lander: I wouldn't have killed 5000 Palestinians under the age of 5. Bash: Israel says they tried hard to avoid this -- I'm just playing devil's advocate.

I wrote a newsletter that about doing the things the person you want to be would do; I share some of what I have been working on, including supporting Grace Pinson fundraising for her release from federal prison and about my data center organizing. buttondown.com/howdowelivet...

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This entire thread is very good, but the historical lack of division between what we in modern times think of as "gay" and "trans" identities is something I think about a lot because we absolutely did NOT think of those things as separate for a LONG time. Even in the 90s, the two were conflated

Hugh Ryan@hughryan.bsky.social · last mo.

"Queer" is helpful historically, because it doesn't conjure up the specific, modern ideas that "gay" does. If you go back to the mid 1800s, our modern ideas about the separation between "gay" and "trans" identities doesn't hold up, in a lot of ways. But most importantly for this conversation...

While everyone's "all the love to trans folks" posts are nice and it is good to see support We have been getting them for a decade now. If you want to support trans folks, hire us. Support GFMs and asks for mutual aid. Put yourself between trans folks in public if you see harassment.

5-4 on Birthright Citizenship means it can go down in the future with a different composition of the court.

“and so it’s almost like a confession – as though the words on the pamphlet are: 'We worship the devil, signed, antifa’.” @reproutopia.bsky.social quoted in @lexmcmenamin.com's incredible new story

‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison

Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility

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Here are guidelines for writing to the Prairieland defendants: prairielanddefendants.com/write-to-the...

Connect to the Defendants - Support the Prairieland Defendants

Many of them have been incarcerated since July—let them know they are not alone! This page has addresses and guidelines to help ensure that your letter gets

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DFW Support Committee@dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · last mo.

Judge O’Connor stated from the bench that he is giving maximum sentences to the Prairieland sentences because “the state wants to send a message to anyone who shares a similar ideology.”

please read this statement written by Benjamin "Champagne" Song and share as far and wide as you can: https://prairielanddefendants.com/defendant-writings/statement-by-benjamin-champagne-song/

Federal sentencing has started. Zachary Evetts was just sentenced to 50 years by Chief District Judge Reed O'Connor. Maricela Rueda was just sentenced to 840 months / 70 years by Judge Mark Pittman.

DFW Support Committee@dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Support the Prairieland Defendants at their SENTENCING! Tues June 23rd 8:00am 501 W 10th St, Forth Worth, TX > Show solidarity inside and outside the courthouse > Rally and press conference after sentencing is delivered > Breakfast and lunch provided > Reminder: NO PHONES (1/2)

This makes me so sad as my oldest looks toward college next year. But also helps me think about some of what I might want to talk with them about to support them as they face this.

Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 2mo ago

At the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/

My friend Grace Pinson is a trans woman and jailhouse lawyer leaving federal prison next month after 23 years and needs funds to support her re-entry. She's a badass, but of course she shouldn't need to be to warrant support. Donate and share! @deanspade.bsky.social bit.ly/welcomehomegrace

My friend Grace Pinson is a trans woman and jailhouse lawyer leaving federal prison next month after 23 years and needs funds to support her re-entry. She's a badass, but of course she shouldn't need to be to warrant support. Donate and share! @deanspade.bsky.social bit.ly/welcomehomegrace

I say it all of the time because it's true: Islamophobia in the U.S. is absolutely one of the most tolerated forms of bigotry. It's everywhere, routine and rarely challenged. It's not surprising that teenagers who swim in this water from birth would also be Islamophobic.

EXCLUSIVE My big behind-the-scenes look into how Gov. Josh Shapiro has courted Amazon amid the mounting backlash to data centers Complete with internal emails, memos, an “exclusive” offer for help with faster permitting and a NDA no one would explain to me. My latest for @heatmap.news 😌

Inside Josh Shapiro’s Attempt to Navigate the Data Center Backlash

Emails between the Pennsylvania governor’s office and Amazon illustrate the difficulty of courting big business as anti-AI fervor explodes.

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Oh yes - cannot wait for this!

OR Books@orbooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

How Many Therapists Does It Take to Change a Grotesquely Unequal Capitalist System? A powerful critique of how therapy reinforces neoliberal values. By Julie Tilsen, available for pre-order now: orbooks.com/catalog/pers...

wrote a protest song so simple i can play it on most of the instruments i own ;-) evangreer.bandcamp.com/track/come-t...

Donate to Grace Pinson's support fund today. Incarcerated trans people are under such intense conditions - especially in federal prison. Grace has done so much for trans folks!

Leigh Hendrix (they/he)@leighhendrix.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I am asking folks to donate to support my friend Grace Pinson, a badass jailhouse attorney and trans woman in federal prison. She is leaving in July after 23 years and needs support! You can donate here: www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...

It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you. If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can. Everyone give this a share after.

Handed out flyers about upcoming ways folks can get more involved with stopping a data center and also rapid response in my small college town today for 2 hours. It was great!

ApocalypticaNow@apocalypticanow.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Agreed. These protests are perhaps one of the few times when normies with resources can potentially meet organizations and activists who need those resources. Where else is a pissed-off middle-classed mom or dad going to meet anarchists or communists or regular old community organizers?

I hope others will join me in a paid subscription!

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I’ve added a new $1 paid tier for my newsletter on both Patreon and Ghost. The newsletter remains free on either platform, but with more than 10,000 subscribers and only a tiny fraction of paid supporters, a wave of $1 subscriptions would go a long way toward supporting this work.

Hey I want you to see what we did today kansasreflector.com/2026/03/10/c...

Clergy-led activists block entry into Kansas Senate in protest over bathroom law • Kansas Reflector

Rabbi Moti Rieber sat on the tiled floor, legs akimbo, in front of the arched passage leading to the Kansas Senate chamber with at least 20 people behind him and more lining the walls with handmade si...

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"Gender non-conforming children continue to get the strong impression… that they’d be better off being something other than what they are.” Like: yes! True. It's impressed upon them over & over again they should better conform to their gender assigned at birth. With social consequences!

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Where? How? These people have been pooping this stupid myth back and forth for so long that they don't even bother to provide basic evidence anymore. It's the *premise* of the article, how did an editor not ask for specific numbers and peer-reviewed studies on this alleged phenomenon?

I wrote another newsletter. I am continuing to experiment with how speaking to others about how I am attempting to live now may build more relationships and opportunities with people to respond together. To build solidarity and to survive. buttondown.com/howdowelivet...

Litany of Doing Something Imperfectly

I wrote my first newsletter and promised more to come twice a month. That was 5 weeks ago. I have found it challenging at times to organize my thoughts in...

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