Hi, I'm back! I'm sorry I disappeared. I'm just really hunkering down on this writing business. Please tell me something good that happened to you this week, though. I need the positivity in my life.

Hi can I just live there forever? Arecibo was fucking amazing.

I've been quiet lately because I've been enjoying Puerto Rico. I am in love with it. I could live here, it's incredibly beautiful and Puerto Ricans are the nicest human beings 😭😭😭🖤🖤🖤

Massive protest happening in Union Square right now to defend trans youth from President Trump’s attempts at eradication.

Elliot@1t2ls.bsky.social · 2y ago

at the rally for trans youth in Union Square

They're trying so hard to portray normalcy and compliance but that's just not reality. Americans do not want this and they are out in the streets protesting.

Lizbeth Davis@screechingsloth.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you look around, you can find footage of protests all over social media, but that's the only place you'll see it.

So this is fucking rad 🖤🔥

Dani Fiend 👹@danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 2y ago

It’s getting bad fast in the US. I’m relatively safe, so I’m donating 100% of the proceeds of my lesbian bundle directly to trans people trying to GTFO of the fascist US. 4 lesbian books for $6 All February long Only on itch itch.io/s/147091/bar...

More of this please

Clare Doornbos@claredoornbos.bsky.social · 2y ago

“Say Gay. Read Banned Books. Shop Local.” Is a slogan used at @seatbooks.bsky.social. I’ve known this only for a few days but I can’t stop thinking how it’s a check list of awesome. Products with that logo are on Etsy www.etsy.com/shop/ASeatat...

I don't know if you guys know this, but my cat Federal Agent Clarice Starling is perfect

The reason why is exposure. It's pretty hard to hate a certain demographic when they are your friends and neighbours. When you see them as people in your community. Bigger cities are typically blue for this reason.

Eve 🐙@xehsu.northsky.social · 2y ago

I’ll let you in on a secret. Blue states are blue due to dense progressive bubbles. Rest of the state is just as racist and phobic.

Ruh Roh, looks like they got what they deserved.

Jeff Yang@originalsp.in · 2y ago

“You were ONLY supposed to be RACIST”

"His comments seemed to indicate that Mr. Trump wanted to find a new homeland for the Palestinians rather than reconstruct Gaza" is an insane way to describe what would be one of history's greatest programs of ethnic cleansing.

This is a coup btw

Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is a backdoor. Elon's coders are creating a backdoor into the US Treasury. This is incredibly dangerous both because of its intended use (by Elon and Trump) and the risk of other actors exploiting a major security vulnerability to cause a massive disruption to the US government.

Remember. These. Words.

Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE@leftistlawyer.com · 2y ago

If you're protesting tomorrow: "I invoke my rights to silence and counsel and will not answer questions without my attorney present." MEMORIZE THAT, because aside from asking if you're free to leave (or providing ID if you're in a stop and ID state), that's the ONLY thing you ever say to cops.

She lives for the Jimmy John's sniff

These comments are going to fully stock my bookshelf 🖤

Michael LaBorn@michaellaborn.bsky.social · 2y ago

I want to read some Black horror. Drop your scariest book recs. Extra points if you include an indie!

Please help if you can!

Tehlor Mejia@tehlormejia.bsky.social · 2y ago

hey friends, my wife is currently running a fundraiser to help with resourcing as she continues to look for safe and fulfilling work as things deteriorate quickly for trans women in this country. I would so appreciate your help sharing widely. www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-tra...

Any four Republican Senators could stop this at any time simply by threatening to block all action (or even caucus with the Democrats) if Trump doesn't make certain concessions. They won't, but that should be a much bigger story than whether the Democrats are doing everything that *they* can.

The elimination of transgender people is not a distraction from "real issues", it is an OFFER in exchange for dismantling and looting the Federal government Most of the GOP base is going to take that deal; the rest of us have to reject it

Jeremy Faust, MD@jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 2y ago

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals. Take a look. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

The fact that "victim" is on the list hit me in the fucking gut.

Darby Saxbe@darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

The more I study the occult the more I realize "demons" are just incredibly old gods that threatened Christian rule. Lucifer/Satan? That's Cernunnos King Paimon? That's Ruda, beloved. They were powerful gods that were demonized by the church to scare people away from them.

"I would not be here without trans girls" alright make me cry why don't you

ah cool, an archive of all CDC data before they tampered with it

CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

An archive of all CDC datasets uploaded to https://data.cdc.gov/browse before January 28th, 2025. Excludes corrupt datasets and data not publicly accessible.

archive.org

Hey y'all, you're gonna need to cry. You will need to scream and cry and have days where you can't do anything at all. We are facing unprecedented horrors and threats to our well-being, our freedoms. But I beg of you not to stay in the despair. Rise up, but always give yourself time to grieve.

They're also trying to get rid of no fault divorce with this bill, and drag queen performances. There is no doubt in my mind they're going to put LGBTQ+ content under the umbrella of pornography. #booksky

Maggie Tokuda-Hall@maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 2y ago

This bill in OK is exactly what Project 2025 threatened: to make all pornography illegal, and criminalize the people who make it, using a WILDLY broad definition of pornography, which would include any book with sex in it. We're talking jail time for romance authors. oksenate.gov/press-releas...

Musk and his allies are ransacking the federal treasury, gaining access to closely guarded payment systems that disburse trillions of dollars and hold massive amounts of incredibly sensitive information—including Social Security numbers. Just a terrifying development. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

No, in fact, fuck no. The only thing backwards is you thinking it's okay to ask a group of human beings to allow injustices and sacrifice their rights for your benefit. How about you eat out of a dirty toilet Jamie.

My hot take: Most people in their twenties do irreversible damage to their bodies (sometimes lives) by their over consumption of alcohol mixed with a poor sleep schedule and diet. You'll be feeling that in your thirties, beloved.

This is so COOL 🔥🔥🔥

Myths in Clay@mythsinclay.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hare coaster #sgraffito #clay #ceramics #art