The number one piece of advice I wish someone had given me when I came out as trans: pick a name that was popular in your birth year and NOT in your coming out year.
Juno
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Rocket scientist, biology PhD, carries tampons but doesn’t know how to use one
My bestie @vicatto.bsky.social brought this vegan cheese whiz over and I think the fact that it’s not called “whizn’t” is a big miss.
Transgender visibility is not a positive without strong civil rights. I’d much rather be invisible in this climate, please and thank you.
Y’all, if you have ADHD and you struggle with perpetual fear your friends are all going to abandon you, with attachment anxiety, and with self-critique, consider asking your doctor about alpha-2 adrenergic agonists.
I know some people who spend all their money on cosmetic surgery chasing an unobtainable ideal. I also know some people who’ve spent every penny and then some becoming who they’ve always wanted to be. 1/2
Sometimes when I show up early for my flight I walk in on the arrivals level and then walk right out the door again so I get the extra dopamine rush of *arriving* in a place
You push the request stop button on the airport bus just before the airport stop on the off chance that the bus won’t actually stop at the airport because no one pushed the button
Tfw a syringe (for estrogen) and an emergency narcan dose fall out of your bag in front of people at the same time, at work 😳
Last week I learned that the magic phrase in a political campaign which serves to create a contrast between a candidate and her opponent is, “I am the only candidate in this race who…” and since then I’ve been seeing it *everywhere*.
This matters a lot more than his tweets.
Massive Bay Area transit cuts likely as Newsom backtracks on $750M loan, lawmakers warn
Bay Area lawmakers and transit advocates say Gov. Gavin Newsom’s reneging on a critical $750 million loan will have devastating consequences for BART, Muni and other agencies in the region.
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NEW: The CDC shooting was public health’s Jan. 6. from @colincarlson.bsky.social and myself for @statnews.com. we do not make this comparison lightly, and we bring the receipts.
The CDC shooting was public health’s Jan. 6
“In RFK Jr.’s America, it will never be safe to practice public health or medicine," write an epidemiologist and a former CDC staffer.
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Today I strung together my first full real sentence (albeit with a comma splice) in Ukrainian while talking with my coworker friend: Так, але думаю що, чому то ця пісня нова для мене, не люблю цю пісню, мені подобається ця пісня ☺️
Yesterday, I replaced the Tesla (the unit of magnetic field strength) with the Ohm (the unit of resistance). It’s my first time manufacturing an art project of my own design.
The left: I hope the rest of the world understands that many of us didn’t vote for Trump and don’t support him. Also the left: Maybe Texas should have thought twice before they voted for Trump if they didn’t want a bunch of kids to drown.
I don’t know what to say today. I haven’t felt this scared for my country since 2007, when I and my friends survived the then-worst mass shooting in US history, at Virginia Tech. 1/
Today, the Supreme Court voted 6–3 that Christian nationalist ideology trumps the rights of trans people to receive medically necessary care. The ruling applies to children, but it’s a blueprint for expanding such bans to adults.
Highly recommend this interview with @chenoweth.bsky.social. “There’s no…magic number. But there is a theory of change, which is the main function of civil resistance movements is to mobilize with sufficient mass, with sufficient momentum to effectively begin to disrupt the opponent's coalition.”
The 3.5% Protest Rule That Could Bring Down Trump | Crooked Media
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There are a lot of reasons it feels hard for me to visit South Carolina, but I’m not mad about the enormous raindrops and thunderstorm sound effects happening right now.
After all the crap about TikTok spying, we all knew Meta was doing this but also JESUS
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)@iwriteok.bsky.social · last yr.do not install any app from Facebook or Meta on any device. Ideally avoid installing ANY social media app. Login through a browser. I highly doubt Facebook is the only company pulling this shit www.zeropartydata.es/p/localhost-...
Newsom's address is worth a listen if you haven't seen it yet www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFpj...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses LA protests
YouTube video by The National Desk
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I will repeat this ad nauseum: violence gains us nothing but the enmity of people who are undecided. If we let them provoke us, we will almost certainly have the police state people fear, the police state Trump wants. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/u...
A Solidarity Protest in San Francisco Turns Violent
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see, the thing *i’m* genuinely worried about is that RFK will effectively ban vaccines
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last yr.Breaking: WASHINGTON (AP) - Health secretary removes every member of scientific committee that advises the CDC on how vaccines should be used.
I just had a very bad dysphoria day and then as I was walking out of the grocery store parking lot this guy yelled out his car window, “you too fine to be walking by yo self,” and I know a lot of y’all hate cat calls but that was exactly what I needed just now.
Protestors: let’s burn some waymos Me: Wait you guys at least read @chenoweth.bsky.social’s book— Protestors (burning another Waymo): !!!!
James Queally@jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · last yr.The protesters have turned on the Waymos
Y’all, I’ve been trying to attend my local (Alameda County, CA) Democratic Party meetings for months now. Today I showed up in person and it’s behind a locked gate at the local Teamsters. In the Zoom, they won’t admit you unless you’re a member. How does someone actually join this organization?
