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Siobhan Thompson

@vornietom.bsky.social

Bitch 😎 lover 😽 child 👼 mother 🦾 sinner 👹 saint 🎅 sometimes feel ashamed 🧚‍♂️

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Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · 22h ago

Republicans know that too, but they also know this is something they can make Dems flinch and equivocate about, which makes them look overall weak and indecisive. They did it with immigration last cycle, they did it with gay marriage 20 years ago. The only way to win is to tell them to eat shit

John Cluverius@johncluverius.bsky.social · 23h ago

I have to keep saying this. Trans rights are very unpopular on face but extremely sensitive to persuasion and question wording. In other words very few people care deeply about them, one way or another. Electorally, there is no advantage or penalty for Democrats to take one way or another.

Paul F. Tompkins@pftompkins.bsky.social · 2d ago

It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.

Nichole Hiltz The Democrats defend the Kennedy Center but not trans people. A building. @treewarrior.bsky.... maybe because defending everything about a super small minority of the population is not worth losing to fascists
Sarang Shah@sarangshah.com · 5d ago

We're going to have to have a big re-think about what corruption is, and it's going to make a lot of professional advisors + consultants very uncomfortable. There's a lot of people in my socioeconomic strata who take various perks at public expense for granted. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

California high-speed rail consultants billed taxpayers for first-class flights, gym trips and more

California’s High Speed Rail improperly reimbursed consultant travel expenses, including premium flights and rides to gyms, a nightclub, an escape room and other destinations.

sfchronicle.com

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6d ago

A friend of mine works in AI and thinks bad things are about to happen. He sold his home and moved his family out the country. He said that if you own a home in a walkable San Francisco neighborhood near a taqueria with good veggie options, you should sell your home for super cheap right now.

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · last wk.

It's very easy to wear a suit and tie in any major city, even if the aesthetic has mostly disappeared from daily life, because there are people outside wearing pink tutus with Army boots. As usual, your liberation is connected to other people's liberation.

Bobby Mars on Twitter writes: "If you wear a collared shirt and nice shoes out to the bar in the rust belt, multiple people will ask you if you just came from a wedding. Aesthetic standards for men’s attire are horrendously low"
Ed Markey@edmarkey.bsky.social · 2w ago

In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights.

Stellraiser 2: Stellbound@antlervel.vet · 4w ago

Full-cal sodas are empty calories but charged with positive spiritual energy. Conversely, each time I drink a Coke Zero I know the ease of infinite consumption has put me on a dark and twisted path. “A vice with no consequences is no vice—it is the sandbox of cowards” - the Buddha i think

merritt@merrittk.com · 4w ago

the "clanker is a slur" guys should link up with the ppl who are still fighting the "saying 'idiot/stupid' is ableist" war like ww2 soldiers stranded on remote pacific islands

Paul F. Tompkins@pftompkins.bsky.social · 4w ago

Some people are so universally beloved that I think we shouldn’t be told when they die. Let us figure it out eventually but never receive confirmation. We should always be able to idly speculate that somehow there’s a chance they *could* still be alive