I don't know who needs to see a picture of my cat in a Sunbeam looking like a boss but when I walked into my office and saw this, I almost took it as a sign I should call off of work. And yes, the chair looks like this because I have cats.

I had a neurologist tell me my pain wasnt due to anything physical and that I should try talk therapy. I, someone who has done extensive hard work through talk therapy already, demanded an MRI. I was later diagnosed with spinal arthritis.

Heather Hill@rollin-academic.bsky.social · 2d ago

A question from Reddit that I'll answer here: "What's the most unhinged thing a doctor has said to you with a straight face?"

What the absolute fuck.

Ken Jennings@kenjennings.bsky.social · last wk.

This may be true of others but I actually got express permission from the trans community to keep NYT games and recipes. I also have a news subscription, which is arguably worse, so I had to specifically send in a written request. Took 30 days but I got approved.

Dr. Kenner butchered my kids name at her hs graduation. Not the diploma part itself but when announcing the success of the graduate class. My kiddo was the top female mathathlete in the state and had gone to the school for 6 yrs. I am still ready to fight Dr. Kenner at a moments notice over this.

Alexandra Gallant-Lee@alexandragallant.com · 2w ago

I am so tired of "haha, I'm not even gonna bother to try" or jokes about names. Fuck off. I'm still mad my name got said wrong at my high school graduation (Alexandria) but it is SO easy to do better, ESPECIALLY at a moment that is meant to HONOR people. I wish people would.

As someone who is constantly beset by self-doubt, when this one came in I RACED to claim it. Comrades, believe in yourselves the way a mediocre white man does.

The Flytrap@theflytrapmedia.com · 2w ago

It's ASK THE FLYTRAP day! This week, @sesmith.lol advises a reader worried they're going to screw up a "once in a lifetime" professional opportunity.

I will criticize anyone who takes a stance that is anything other than a full embrace of our trans community members and if you have a problem with that then I guess you are the problem.

RoxyDog@roxydog.bsky.social · 3w ago

I understand your disappointment but why do you want to undermine the Democrat in this race? You think Ramaswamy will have your back? These purity tests are what gave us trump and his Supreme Court.

My brain, being the place that it is, read bear instead of beer and I was deeply disappointed when I opened the link for the story.

CNN@cnn.com · 3w ago

The Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from an Alaskan bush pilot whose plane was seized by authorities after they discovered it was bound for a remote, dry village with beer on board. https://cnn.it/4fcpiI5

Let’s be better at: This current situation is very bad, scary, and disturbing and reflects some unique characteristics about the political moment AND look at this historical precedent that is very similar and was also always bad, scary and disturbing that we should have/still can learn from.

I don't understand people who don't think there is fun on this here app. We literally have groups of romance writers coordinating whistle 3D printers. How is that not amazing and fun?

Alex Kirshner@alexkirshner.com · 3w ago

Graham Platner's collapse is an indictment of what Twitter has done to people's brains, and a major W for this platform and the general idea of "not spending time in Elon Musk's sandbox" slate.com/technology/2...

If you use AI, you are an antiblack environmental racist. Full stop. Own that about yourself & stand proud.

I may be having a rough disabled weekend but I outlived another piece of shit and so I am taking that as a win.

So many people on the left are waiting for their white male savior to ride in and defeat fascism. Yet every day there are so many people doing really important community work to do this who are not white or male.

In the year of the Undying King 2026 can we please take a fucking moment and just remember that the only people who would say that a woman let herself be abused is the kind of person who others are warned about in a whisper network somewhere.

So many men on the "left" are showing their full asses over this and we should never let them live it down.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last mo.

"she asked for it"

Is the Mitch you spoke with today in the room with us?

Politico@politico.com · last mo.

Senate GOP leaders say they’ve spoken with Mitch McConnell

I have been thinking a lot about the friends who absolutely believed me about my abuse, stood in witness to it, and then continued to be friends with and hang out with my abuser after I finally got out. And I've been again so thankful to have booted those people and their partners from my life.

Liz@stayathomecommie.bsky.social · last mo.

whole thing reminds me of the friends who absolutely believed me about my rapist & were so kind to me in conversation and then still hung out with him

legit question for people who didn't see this coming: who ties your shoes

Oh, I didn’t even have to wait years…except in how long it has felt

Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started@gothamgirlblue.com · 5mo ago

Sitting here as a Black person, thinking about how I am not allowed to say “I told you so” in a few years when the guy with the SS tattoo turns out not to be a key ally for multiracial democracy

This. Like, fucking come on. We told you the Nazi tattoo should be disqualifying because, I mean for fucks sake, it should be on its own. But the language Platner used at the time, and still uses, was clocked by many of us as the language of someone who does not take responsibility for his harms.

Rachel Cohen@cohen489.bsky.social · last mo.

perhaps we should view nazi tattoos as disqualifying from here on out. i kind of assumed we'd already view them as disqualifying but was unpleasantly surprised so maybe from here we could all agree not to downplay nazi tattoos since they seem pretty indicative of broad disregard for human dignity

If my rapist was running for office, I'd be in hell. Esp just five years later? Hell. I might change my mind after a transformative justice process, but in the absence? It means he still isn't willing to be honest, to do the work. He still lacks integrity. I wish Jenny Racicot peace & healing.

These men all have the same playbook and I will never forgive the politicians who foisted him on us, including @warren.senate.gov. I mean, I sort of expect men on the left to rally behind a Nazi with a questionable history with women, but Warren really grossed out on this one.

Jordan Uhl@jordanuhl.com · last mo.

A woman who dated Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner says he forced her to have sex with him nearly five years ago despite her repeated objections, an allegation Platner denies.

I miss Alice Wong.

Once again the rights of millions of Americans hang on the health of an 70+ yr old woman and maybe, maybe, we would have learned something from the last time this happened.

...and this right here is precisely what trans folks have been saying: these sports bans *have never been about sports* – they're a backdoor way to stripping trans rights more generally... bsky.app/profile/elie...

ElieNYC@elienyc.bsky.social · last mo.

See, people always want to make this just about "sports," but the real upshot here is that, 6-3, trans women can't make a claim under the Equal Protection Clause. And if they can't do that, it's hard to see how they have constitutional rights.

Name a TV show your positive no one remembers but you. I can't explain why this show lives rent free in my head but it does and no one I have mentioned it to has seen it.

MickD415@mickd415.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you.

I fucking hate posts like this. You know who goes down stairs like this? I do. A lot of people do. It's shit on your knees. Maybe focus on the fascists doing fascist things instead of showing your ableism to the world.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

Trump gingerly goes down the Air Force One stairs

I have more fosters! Now that I am settled with my new job it was time. But instead of a pack of kittens I have two kittens and their momma. Introducing Pebbles and her babies Fava and Lima.

This was a great piece and I recommend the Flytrap. Got the subscription as soon as I got the new job. I often grapple with my love for sports I was raised on versus the way they often reinforce the inequities I spent my days fighting against. I felt this.

The Flytrap@theflytrapmedia.com · 2mo ago

I'M MAD THAT THEY PAYWALLED MY WORLD CUP PIECE! TAKE THE FREE MONTH, READ MY PIECE AND I GIVE THE ACCOUNT BACK! www.theflytrapmedia.com/this-world-c...

Happy Pride! Every day for Pride 2026, I will be highlighting a Black, Brown, or Indigenous queer person, because we're not whitewashing Pride this year. Today is @gemafawell.bsky.social, a web developer, disability activist,

I have been diagnosed with PTSD and I have never once used it to excuse the harm I caused someone else. The bending over backwards for Platner is just stunning. Y'all will champion a white man who is toxic as fuck but will absolutely punch down anyone from a marginalized background.