Newt Schottelkotte
@newtschott.bsky.social
(they/them) EP Where the Stars Fell, Inkwyrm, Mini Marconis. AP at Sounds Profitable. Music at Bloody Disgusting. Views my own, silliness for everyone. newtschottelkotte.com
Welp, here it is. World Athletics is going back to mandatory sex testing for all women. This is something that was done for years, but abandoned in the 1990's because it was invasive, discriminatory, and also useless. news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
World Athletics to introduce mandatory sex testing for female competitions
Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, says the governing body feels the mandatory tests for athletes are "a really important way of providing confidence".
news.sky.com
I think it’s important to realize the Atlantic editor is ex idf and has a history of promoting the US imperial line not because it’s a “conspiracy” but because it’s good for people to know Pete H doesn’t have his number on signal by accident, but only added him to that particular chat by accident.
take a stop the bleed course. get to know your neighbors. Organize in your community. learn about storing food and filtering or otherwise obtaining fresh water. explore radio / ham comms. learn about disaster preparedness. Volunteer.
I started pitching Hit Singles in 2016. I thought it'd be the next thing after Wolf 359. It took 6 years for someone to buy it and another 2 years to make it. Takeaways? 1. don't give up! If you believe in a story, keep pushing for it to get made 2. I'm DYING for you all to listen to this series!
9 days to go until our crowdfund for Liars & Leeches' second season begins! We have a ton of exciting rewards planned, teasers for the second season, and some new crew announcements. To learn more and to sign up to be notified when the campaign goes live, visit: www.indiegogo.com/projects/lia...
Have you read about Hit Singles, the New Thing I've been working on? It's an audio fiction romcom series. 12 episodes. 5 BRILLIANT leads. One whirlwind New York summer. Tons of misadventures. ALL the feels. Check out my full(er) write up about it! gabrielurbina.substack.com/p/the-new-th...
The New Thing
Newsletter #010
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"Is Where the Stars Fell based on Supernatural?" "Is Where the Stars Fell based on Good Omens?" I was gay and on Tumblr in 2014, Gravity Falls you ARE the father
Chapter 20: ...Of Usher. Available 2/12 for Patrons, 2/13 for everyone. Featuring @mcwheaty.bsky.social @gianster98.bsky.social @jonnysims.bsky.social @nichole.bsky.social @thelaurentucker.bsky.social @thelirivalley.bsky.social and Isabel Adomakoh Young.
if you’re 25 years old with control of the entire treasury system and you don’t delete every student debt file, you are the biggest loser the world has ever seen
people, the new administration is a) completely unconcerned with the actual law and b) very online please stop posting about the crimes you want to commit, especially in my replies your opsec is not as good as you think it is if they decide to go after you for whatever reason
I would like to reiterate that this EO is not law and the NCAA is preemptively complying, as none of the state level sports bans have held up in court!!
Trump Order Set to Ban Transgender Girls and Women From Female School Sports
The president is expected to sign the executive order order Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter.
wsj.com
Sydney Bauer@sydney-bauer.com · 2y agoCongrats sports fans you just made it illegal for your neighbor’s daughter to play low level field hockey because some rich moms in Connecticut were mad their daughters got 5 scholarships instead of 10.
RFK Jr vote now goes to the full senate. Call on your senators to oppose his confirmation! StopRFKjr.com
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I really don't know what more these judges need to see to understand that the Trump people do not care what you say and will only care if you throw them into jail.
Sabrina Shankman@shankman.bsky.social · 2y agoNow *3* judges have told the Trump administration they can't freeze federal grants. But New England states told me and @erinmdouglas23.bsky.social that they can't access funds for Solar for All, a $7 billion program to bring solar to disadvantaged communities. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/04/s...
This is truth. SO many of you have no idea the sputtering, wild-eyed meltdown you would trigger. Criticism means nothing coming from marginalized person; they've already decided we don't matter. But YOU? You're supposed to be on THEIR side. And I can almost guaranteed they just assume you are.
wow!youmadeit@wowyoumadeitemo.bsky.social · 2y agoCis men truly need to understand the power of saying “that’s fucked up bro why would you say that” to another cis man
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Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · 2y agoSlate [Feb 2] -- Purpose of Trump multiple Executive Orders is to "create Jim Crow for trans people" by "fully disenfranchising them from society on a scale not seen since Jim Crow" (e.g., the legal racial caste system mostly in South from Civil War to 1960s). [by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
“Why is Elon’s coup not on the front page of the New York Times???” idk, probably because the NYT is a puzzle game app that happens to also release articles about how trans people aren’t real but are also somehow a menace. It’s like asking why there isn’t a sonnet printed on your toilet paper
Yes, this should alarm the hell out of us. Please call your reps.
Trump administration fires DOJ officials who worked on criminal investigations of the president
The DOJ employees had been involved in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation that led to Trump's classified documents and Jan. 6 cases.
nbcnews.com
this piece is quite good mostly because it gets at the real reason for a lot of maga support. it's not about trump. they simply hate having to think about what they say and they absolutely will not stand for having to take responsibility for their speech. not remotely deep. nymag.com/intelligence...
For music journalism alone, the Reader is an indispensable resource. Not just for covering what's happening now, but for documenting history that's literally not being covered anywhere else right now in this dire media climate. Donate what you can to this. I wish I could afford to give more.
Leor Galil@imleor.bsky.social · 2y agoManaged to raise more than $10k for the Reader in five days: can we double that amount in ten?
We don't need you to explain. We need you to sue. On this, many other matters you should have filled suit on last week. That is why anyone donates to you in the first place: direct action. Get moving.
ACLU@aclu.org · 2y agoPresident Trump's executive actions lay out a plan to erase transgender people’s existence under the law. Trans people have always existed and always will — no matter what politicians say or do.
Many journalists have written extensively about those externalities. When these massive data centers come to town, they distort power supplies (per @bloomberg.com’s @leonardonclt.bsky.social, @naurtorious.bsky.social, @andretartar.bsky.social)… 7/ www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
bloomberg.com
If Americans thought they were voting for cheaper groceries, then forgive me but they were fucking stupid
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · 2y agoAmericans voted for cheaper groceries. Less than a week on the job and Trump's already managed to get us into a trade war that will drive up the cost of coffee and be a gut-punch to American farmers and manufacturers, all because Colombia hurt his feelings.
“Oh you think there’ll be elections in 4 years” is kind of the cope of disillusioned and despondent liberals who don’t want to admit that yeah there probably will, they’ll be in a good position to win, and they still will run just a dogshit candidate who might lose.
