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Matthew J Barnhart

@matthewbarnhart.bsky.social

Mastering engineer, tour manager for Superchunk, & displaced Texan. Veo que traes un bate de criquet. 🌱 matthewbarnhart.com

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jj skolnik@supremenothing.myatproto.social · 5d ago

just said this on another post but it bears repeating: the thing about continuing to give money to any jk rowling properties or the nyt is not that they’re shitty about trans people, which they are. it is that both of these entities MATERIALLY CONTRIBUTE to the legal challenges to trans rights

Matt (Taylor’s Version)@mattyew.bsky.social · 2mo ago

CHOTINER: It was more than just the cereal, it was the moment itself that you were enjoying DAD: right CHOTINER: And you wanted it to continue DAD: yes. Exactly CHOTINER: so then you thought: let’s add hot tap water DAD: well,

Jesse Thorn@jessethorn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Right now where you live healthcare for trans kids is either being made literally illegal by your state or made functionally illegal by the unlawful threats of the federal government and a care infrastructure glad to sacrifice trans kids on the altar of appeasement. www.npr.org/2026/04/17/n...

Families left reeling after hospitals in blue states drop transgender care for youth

Massachusetts passed laws and joined lawsuits to protect access to gender-affirming care for minors. But faced with the Trump administration's threats, some hospitals voluntarily stopped care.

npr.org

RM@dorsalstream.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
@afghanevac.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Nazeer was a 41 year old father of 6. He died less than 24 hours after ICE detained him, while in their custody. We need investigations now.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5mo ago

They made them take down the videos because they would cause "reputational damage" to people like this young man, Nathan Cavanuagh, so definitely don't post this all over the internet with the name Nathan Cavanaugh attached, or this guy might suffer reputational damage. This guy, Nathan Cavanaugh.

404 Media@404media.co · 5mo ago

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

Hierophant Shelley B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛@shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 5mo ago

""I'm afraid I could be arrested if I travel to that state for your wedding and need to use the restroom at the venue ..."

r/trans u/RedRhodes13012⚫ 4h Seeing people deflate when I explain simple facts of my reality bums me out. Vent "No, I can't go on that cruise to Italy with you, because I'm struggling to get a passport that doesn't put me in danger. I'm scared I might have trouble getting home." "Yes, I'm looking at other job opportunities/leaving my position working at school, which I love so much. It's becoming unsafe for people like me to work with children - I got a death threat the other day." "Will the doctor/therapist/etc. you're recommending be safe for someone like me?" "Before I meet your parents, I need to know if they know about me. Will I be safe?" "I'm afraid I could be arrested if I travel to that state for your wedding and need to use the restroom at the venue, I'm sorry." Seeing it actually register on people's faces that this is my life- that these policies are real and affect real people they know and love- is a really bitter pill. On one hand, it's sad to have to break such depressing news. And on the other hand, it feels so isolating and infuriating that people who love me apparently have no clue any of this is happening unless I take the time to inform them. Just needed to get that out. Thanks for listening.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hi! The Onion and Bluesky are throwing a party at South By Southwest in Austin on Saturday. It's free and spots are limited, so sign up nowish. We did this last year and only a handful of people died, so we're hoping to keep those numbers down once again! anormalfuckingparty.splashthat.com

Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 5mo ago

remember when the IRS put out a a free online tax filing system where you could just do your taxes through the IRS and it was actually well made and was pretty well recieved and then the tax filing industry and Republicans killed it and now you have to use TurboTax again

jj skolnik@supremenothing.myatproto.social · 5mo ago

this is extremely fucking important, esp with what just happened in kansas. they are trying to criminalize every aspect of our existence. i try not to be alarmist about things but this is where we are and it is BAD bad

Sherry CD-ROM 🏳️‍⚧️@sherrycdrom.bsky.social · 5mo ago

this bill is legitimately a three-alarm fire. if they manage to define trans existence as explicit then there is nothing stopping them from genocide. i need every single cis person talking about this, calling their reps, getting out in the streets.

Jessica Kant@jessdkant.bsky.social · 5mo ago

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social · 5mo ago

They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.

Asha Rangappa@asharangappa.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF