Zoey duJour 🏳️⚧️
@zoeyquartz.bsky.social
amateur chef. professional tranny. autism aficionado. out-of-work gaming writer. opinions up for grabs. 29, she/her
It is hard to picture a world in which Tim Schafer "accidentally" laid off specifically every person in his company who had led a Unionization effort or supported it. Very tough to imagine that being an accident, and kind of fatally sabotages Tim's "good guy" vibes.
Wow, this sucks
transfems r going to have unpalatable radical opinions on restorative justice on account of the horrors, if you don't like that then stop believing everything you hear about us
if it's never happened to you then you don't know what it's like. all you fuckers are laughing from your tme high chair wondering what kind of freak is stumped by this while girls are clearly exhibiting a trauma response
trans people “apparently able to feel pain,” surprising new study reveals
The absolute state of trans ally journalism
A Tennessee appellate court has ruled that the killing of a woman may have been justifiable because she was trans. The court reversed a conviction, stating that the killer could have a new trial because the jury did not know the woman killed was trans. Trans panic in the modern era.
Killing of Woman May Have Been Justifiable Because She Was Trans, Tennessee Court Rules
The case is a bitter reminder of the ways LGBTQ people have had their identities weaponized by the courts in the past, most notoriously through a legal defense tactic known as gay or trans “panic.”
erininthemorning.com
Boss: Did you pick the perfect Andrew Garfield photo for that headline just like I asked? Photo Editor: Sure did boss. No funny curveballs or surprises just the exact correct photo. Boss: Great, thank you.
these people would say it was "unclear" why more people in germany didnt openly identify as jewish in 1942
Young teenagers are less likely to identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual than a few years ago, according to a new analysis. “It really does look like a free fall,” Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology, said. “But what’s causing it is unclear.”
happy birthday lesbians and cis lesbians
I've been looking for this facility in the detention book ins data that's available and I cannot find it. It should be there.
Source: www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
I spoke to @transnews.network about the nyt’s actions, the internal politics and their connections to US politics. transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the news
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
phoenixnewtimes.com
This is so damn bleak. "The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals ruled this week the biological sex of a transgender woman fatally shot by Samuel Ward Jr. in June 2022 was not only relevant to Ward’s claim of self defense but supported it." jamiescoop.substack.com/p/court-judg...
do you remember when isabella rossellini did all those short films about animal mating.
but just in case you do, i’ll let isabella rossellini explain it
It's called acid reflux. Maybe you've gerd of it
it's called going fishing, maybe you've lured of it
In a stunning announcement Tuesday afternoon, Christa Pike’s attorneys said she is “conscious and speaking” almost a week after surviving Tennessee’s attempt to execute her. ✍️ @iamstevenhale.bsky.social
Christa Pike is awake, talking days after botched execution - Nashville Banner
Christa Pike is conscious and speaking following a failed lethal injection execution attempt last week, lawyers say. Her long-term prognosis remains unclear.
nashvillebanner.com
“The task force is a sprawling multiagency operation that includes officers from 31 federal, state, and local agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Administration, Tennessee National Guard, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, and Tennessee Highway Patrol,”
Trump’s Deadly Invasion of Memphis
A Black city tried to rein in abusive policing. Then Trump’s task force arrived.
hammerandhope.org