Great reporting from @emilybregel.bsky.social about a gay man who’s been in the US since he was four, imprisoned in a “hotel” in Equatorial Guinea since April. He says he’s being denied soap and toilet paper in retaliation for filing a complaint w African Commission. 1/ tucson.com/news/local/b...

Arizona man languishes in African hotel after third-country deportation

A 30-year-old man, Ahmed Soliman, is confined in a decommissioned hotel in Equatorial Guinea after being deported there by ICE without warning. He faces the threat of return to Egypt, where he may fac...

tucson.com

No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...

Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation

PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...

theonion.com

who needs a writing center when u can use AI and just DOGE staff. lest we forget also closing the basements ie womens center, LGBTQ office, multicultural office etc. but i guess they stood up to trump for…federal money

Ordinary Notes@hystericalblkns.bsky.social · last wk.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2026... Disgusting. Disgraceful.

To everyone taking the bar: I wrote down the wrong date for the exam and only realized it a week out, went to the wrong address on the first day, forgot a #2 pencil, and was so stressed I panic-ate my quiet snack as the exam started. You’ve got this and don’t let the snags throw you!

This is such a loss, and not just for Penn State but for the whole enterprise of bold and engaged academic inquiry. www.law.com/thelegalinte...

Penn State Dickinson Law Dean's Sudden Departure Follows Congressional DEI Hearing | Law.com

The school announced Friday that Danielle Conway had stepped down as dean effective immediately, two days after a former Penn State Dickinson Law student testified during congressional hearings accusi...

law.com

I’m choosing to focus on the positive, which is that I did a good job of applying sunscreen to 98% of my exposed skin.

I’ve always had a thick skin with homophobic messaging but it turns out attacks on my family hit differently, including this nut job set of billboards across Ohio: thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/07/23/o...

Anti-LGBTQ+ billboards pop up in rural Ohio. Communities are immediately pushing back.

‘These billboards don’t just attack LGBTQ+ families, they erase every Ohio kid whose home doesn’t fit a narrow, manufactured mold.’

thebuckeyeflame.com

Finished all my summer writing projects and am now giving myself permission to dissociate on a beach with gay people all weekend before even thinking about the fall semester.

Argentina: The Gender Identity Law is fully reinstated: the courts suspended Milei's decree against transgender adolescents agenciapresentes.org... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

The Gender Identity Law is fully reinstated: the courts have suspended Milei's decree against transgender adolescents - Agencia Presentes

The Federal Court provisionally suspended Decree 62/2025, which prevented access to hormonal treatments for minors under 18 years of age contemplated in the Gender Identity Law.

agenciapresentes.org

Amy Klobuchar may not have broken one glass ceiling (electing a woman president) but she did break another (normalizing senators angrily throwing objects at people).

Taegan Goddard@politicalwire.com · 2w ago

Maine Senate Hopeful Faces Anger Allegations https://politicalwire.com/2026/07/21/maine-senate-hopeful-faces-anger-allegations/

UT Austin’s denial of Iván Char Lopez’ tenure is enraging and disheartening, not least because it demonstrates how the recent dismantling of faculty governance across UT has left little recourse for independent oversight to appeal this type of one-sided decisions:

Texas Conference of the AAUP@texasaaup.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨Lauren Gutterman, former chair of the American Studies department and AAUP UT Austin Chapter VP: “Iván’s case is a warning for all faculty across the university, because it suggests that achieving excellence in your field is no longer enough to secure tenure and promotion.” ⬇️

Clue

J.M. Berger@jmberger.com · 2w ago

What are your favorite adaptations that transcend their source material? Blade Runner springs to mind

The most stressful two months of my life involved finishing law school, putting on a wedding, honeymooning in Colombia, sitting for the NY bar, and moving to Utah without a car or furniture. Somehow, this fall will be similar and my brain has decided to go on strike, which is not helpful!

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

Romy and Michele's Business Woman's Special

Alt: Romy and Michele's Business Woman's Special

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Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social · 3w ago

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) vetoes bathroom bill for fourth time in two years www.lgbtqnation.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

GOP governor vetoes bathroom bill for fourth time in two years

"These bills are overly broad, poorly drafted, and create the potential for substantial litigation."

lgbtqnation.com

Apply the logic of Kavanaugh’s BPJ opinion to this fertility-based argument and you can see why it’s such a bad decision for sex discrimination law generally.

Aleksandra Vaca@transiticsnews.com · 3w ago

1. After pushing anti-trans laws to ‘protect women’s sports’, Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation now wants women’s sports gone to ‘assist fertility.’ Turns out it was about women’s sports all along—if getting rid of women's sports counts, that is.

Inside you there are two wolves:

This is huge! The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to withhold Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide gender affirming care to trans youth under 19. www.npr.org/2026/07/13/n...

Trump's HHS abandons threat to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding over trans care

NPR has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally.

npr.org

While I appreciate the suggestion, Instagram, I am not going to pair this photo of my three year old making muffins with the song “Work Bitch.”

I’m only tuning in to see who wins the RuPaul’s Drag Race Peace Prize.

Pop Base@popbase.tv · 3w ago

The final for the World Cup and ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars 11’ take place next weekend.

My favorite Lindsey Graham memory is Ross Matthews saying “i’M LiNdSeY gRaHaM!” while making fun of Geneva Karr’s terrible impression of him on Season 16 of RuPaul’s Drag Race. It actually has nothing to do with Lindsey Graham but I’ve watched it 200 times.

I don’t *need* abs in time for my beach vacation but I will say I’m only halfheartedly washing my raspberries and lettuce.

I read this as Eva Longoria and thought “I’d be nervous too, there’s clearly been some mistake.”

Tampa Bay Times@tampabaytimes.bsky.social · 4w ago

‘Nervous’ Evan Longoria set for Rays Hall induction, number retirement

I’ve never clicked unsubscribe so hard in my life.

LIFE IMITATES ART

Faculty groups sued Texas Tech Chancellor Brandon Creighton and the university system’s regents Wednesday, asking a federal judge to block classroom restrictions they say have censored professors and intentionally discriminated against Black faculty.

Texas Tech sued over limits on race, gender instruction

The lawsuit asks a federal judge to halt the restrictions as discriminatory, improperly vague and a violation of free speech.

texastribune.org

"Before her death, Jane reflected on her fears as a trans girl and explained why privacy mattered so deeply to her: “I don’t want people to know I am transgender without my consent — even students who might be friendly.”" Boise's Jane Doe just wanted to live a normal life. They took that away.

Legal Voice@legalvoice.org · 4w ago

In the rush to push transgender people further out of public life, Idaho politicians have put all young people in danger.

Hacks should win a special Emmy for Lifetime Achievement in Casting Outstanding Guest Actresses In A Comedy Series.

The NYT regularly writes about trans people without quoting a single trans person, but god forbid we ever miss this specific woman’s views on natalism.

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall.bsky.social · 4w ago

This woman has been the subject of three NYT pieces in 2025-26