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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 14h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 14h

Public school teachers have been trying to warn America about this specific sub group among this generation of white men: Mediocre white boys who grew up on edge-lord internet forums with enough family wealth to go to college while still resenting everyone else for all of their tiny problems.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 21h

“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”

If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 14h

Someone has to try.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 14h

Here it is!
open.spotify.com/episode/6tQy...

Episode 4: Queerness is a Blessing

open.spotify.com

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 18h

This was so much fun. I hope you will go listen to it!

Dave Lester @davelester80.bsky.social · 19h

Had a couple of really good conversations now with @paulhoard.bsky.social and @billieiswriting.bsky.social regarding their new book, Eucontamination. This one is focused more on the Bible and theology.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

SPECIAL: Eucontamination and Disgust Theology: Billie Hoard and Dr. Paul Hoard

Podcast Episode · Does the Bible say THAT?!? · 10/14/2025 · 1h 13m

podcasts.apple.com

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 19h

Drop what you are doing and listen to this right now!
@imarajones.bsky.social is doing such important work with this and, as a public school teacher there is so much in this that I want everyone to know.
open.spotify.com/episode/1e66...

Anti-Trans Attacks Tear Communities Apart

open.spotify.com

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 1d

And here is the apple podcasts link:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

TRANSposition Podcast

Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Weekly · Audio Essays covering Queer Explorations of Religion, Culture, Philosophy, and Political Dissent, oh and also C. S. Lewis. With a little commentary added. ...

podcasts.apple.com

Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 1d

Here is the Spotify for TRANSposition:
open.spotify.com/episode/5NEh...

Episode 3: Sehnsucht

open.spotify.com

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 1d

The audio format of "Queerness is a Blessing" will drop later this afternoon! You can now subscribe to TRANSposition on pretty much all the podcast apps if you want to hear me reading my essays.

open.substack.com/pub/billieis...

Queerness is a Blessing

Queerphobia is the curse and respectability politics are a trap.

open.substack.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

ICE GOONS, laughing and pepper spraying Pastor after shooting him in the face with pepper balls, proceeded to gas the crowd who were trying to protect him.

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 2d

💜🙏

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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 2d

I have an excellent book rec for you! @billieiswriting.bsky.social

bookshop.org/p/books/euco...

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mitchell atencio (he·him·his) @mitchellatencio.com · 2d

I was just there in January and deeply moved by it. What a disgusting, infuriating act.

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 3d

Extinguishing MLK's Eternal Flame is both outrageous and a hell of a metaphor for right now www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

Eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta burial site destroyed

Police say the man also urinated in the reflective pool.

www.wsbtv.com

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! Happy Sunday!

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UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 3d

Feels today 💔

All the trans people I know are so strong and resilient - showing a picture of the shot up WW2 aircraft that highlighted survivor bias.

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 3d

"The Lord works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed."
- Psalms 103:6
#transinchurch

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 3d

This is simply true.

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 3d

Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 3d

Portland does not own the patent on inflatable animal costume protests, come on people

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 3d

Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 3d

Portland does not own the patent on inflatable animal costume protests, come on people

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ProtestArt Afficianado @ahouseunited.bsky.social · 3d

The HUMANITY!!!

#protestart
#nokings oct 18 nationwide
#handsoff
#freepalestine
#womensmarch

🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆ @eviebauer727.bsky.social · 4d

Absolute chaos continues to unfold in Portland.
#Terrorists
#NationalGuard

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 3d

Just so this is clear:

When an unaccompanied minor crosses the border CBP puts them in a facility. Then they threaten the kid with lifelong (indefinite) detention (not even deportation) in an adult facility starting the day they turn 18 if the kid won't self-deport for $2,500.

America is evil

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

"'People don’t like the idea of doing these things to kids. Over and over again this administration thinks there is support for the idea that we as a country can do this to children and they’re 80/20 issues.'"

Exclusive: Dems Fire Back at Trump’s ‘Freaky’ Kid Self-Deportation Plan

It is both not as gross AND worse than you think.

www.thebulwark.com

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 3d

I am starting with the first few essays which all revolve around my coming out experience, exploring or recounting it from different angles.

After that I will start dropping (I think twice a week) more recent essays including my most recent this coming Wednesday!

open.spotify.com/episode/44YW...

I'm Reading and Recording My Essays

open.spotify.com

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 3d

OK official announcement time!

I have decided to start recording the essays from my blog and posting them as a series of podcast episodes.

You can (and absolutely should) subscribe on all the major podcast sites if you would rather hear my essays than read them!

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 3d

I am excited about it. And I hope it helps for folks who find audio easier or more convenient!

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3d

Actually circulating videos of Candace Owens that make her seem reasonable because she’s correct on *one* issue is not good work

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 3d

Remind who it was that was claimed to be "ending anti-Christian persecution"?

Because visiting those in prison, at least for the purpose of letting them take communion, actually is Christian praxis.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 3d

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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