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@birdsinapuddle.bsky.social
Proud mom of two queer kids 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Sharing a brain with @jtross.bsky.social for more than a quarter of a century. Midwest nice until the situation necessitates a different response, and, alas, that’s now
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For my newsletter, I wrote about how the Democratic Party "Big Tent" fell in on trans kids yesterday. www.burnsnotice.com/the-big-tent...
The Big Tent Collapses in on Us
Three Democrats crossed the aisle to join Republicans in passing a nationwide ban on gender affirming care for youth Wednesday evening
Well, it happened finally. After a vote swapping deal by Rep. Ma...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
For my newsletter, I wrote about how the Democratic Party "Big Tent" fell in on trans kids yesterday. www.burnsnotice.com/the-big-tent...
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"Near daily I think of billionaire Rowling, and I just feel sad for her. As much anger as I feel towards her—and towards all transphobes, however active and powerful—I feel sorry for her, is my truth."
new piece out today from me, from @literaryhub.bsky.social ... lithub.com/burn-harry-b...
new piece out today from me, from @literaryhub.bsky.social ... lithub.com/burn-harry-b...
Burn Harry Burn: Reckoning With My Harry Potter Fandom as a Trans Person
During the spring of 2020, as the world locked down and people were dead and dying and breaking apart and mourning and afraid and hiding, the British author J.K. Rowling decided to publish an open …
lithub.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Near daily I think of billionaire Rowling, and I just feel sad for her. As much anger as I feel towards her—and towards all transphobes, however active and powerful—I feel sorry for her, is my truth."
new piece out today from me, from @literaryhub.bsky.social ... lithub.com/burn-harry-b...
new piece out today from me, from @literaryhub.bsky.social ... lithub.com/burn-harry-b...
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Today, ProPublica launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and what the factories that made them are like.
Here’s how to use it.
Here’s how to use it.
Rx Inspector: ProPublica’s New Tool Provides Drug Info the FDA Won’t
We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and see the track records of the factories that made them.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Today, ProPublica launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and what the factories that made them are like.
Here’s how to use it.
Here’s how to use it.
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Seriously as someone who survived a masters in philosophy I can tell you young white men doing dead white men stuff are actually doing quite well for themselves.
I always think when I encounter this particular type of aggrieved white man in or around academia that they would not be able to survive a single week in the shoes of the people of color/women they are convinced are less qualified than them, and only get jobs because of our identities.
Not one week.
Not one week.
Wait…omg…this entire anecdote I mean argument is premised on the experience of someone who DIDN’T EVEN ATTEMPT THE MARKET????
I literally applied to hundreds of jobs over seven or eight years before getting a TT job offer.
I literally applied to hundreds of jobs over seven or eight years before getting a TT job offer.
December 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Seriously as someone who survived a masters in philosophy I can tell you young white men doing dead white men stuff are actually doing quite well for themselves.
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Dear Democrats: please hit Trump hard on tariffs. They're bad and unpopular. Take the easy win.
Read @eggerdc.bsky.social in Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-arent-...
Read @eggerdc.bsky.social in Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-arent-...
Why Aren’t Dems Going After Trump’s Tariffs?
They don’t work and Americans hate them. Layup.
www.thebulwark.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Dear Democrats: please hit Trump hard on tariffs. They're bad and unpopular. Take the easy win.
Read @eggerdc.bsky.social in Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-arent-...
Read @eggerdc.bsky.social in Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-arent-...
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Trump just endorsed a post calling for the arrests of Chris Wray and Merrick Garland.
There's almost no media coverage of the sitting president supporting the arrest of a former FBI director and former Attorney General.
There's almost no media coverage of the sitting president supporting the arrest of a former FBI director and former Attorney General.
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Trump just endorsed a post calling for the arrests of Chris Wray and Merrick Garland.
There's almost no media coverage of the sitting president supporting the arrest of a former FBI director and former Attorney General.
There's almost no media coverage of the sitting president supporting the arrest of a former FBI director and former Attorney General.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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13 years ago today.
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
13 years ago today.
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💥 Why did the word ENSHITTIFICATION catch on?
#CoryDoctorow thinks people like a little cussing — & the word captures how tech platforms make the web frustrating & hostile.
Want more? 🎧 Listen to the full episode of the Future Knowledge #podcast: futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/ens...
#CoryDoctorow thinks people like a little cussing — & the word captures how tech platforms make the web frustrating & hostile.
Want more? 🎧 Listen to the full episode of the Future Knowledge #podcast: futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/ens...
December 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
💥 Why did the word ENSHITTIFICATION catch on?
#CoryDoctorow thinks people like a little cussing — & the word captures how tech platforms make the web frustrating & hostile.
Want more? 🎧 Listen to the full episode of the Future Knowledge #podcast: futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/ens...
#CoryDoctorow thinks people like a little cussing — & the word captures how tech platforms make the web frustrating & hostile.
Want more? 🎧 Listen to the full episode of the Future Knowledge #podcast: futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/ens...
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Had a good time joining @bradleyonishi.bsky.social to discuss this essay on Straight White American Jesus
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December 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Had a good time joining @bradleyonishi.bsky.social to discuss this essay on Straight White American Jesus
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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PIERS: “You’re not gay?”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
PIERS: “You’re not gay?”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
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I must've missed ABC News’ official statement supporting reporter Rachel Scott, who was insulted by Trump yesterday. I guess ABC is still busy drafting a rip-roaring defense of Scott, because no ethical employer would let a staffer be harassed like that without addressing the issue.
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Trump to ABC's Rachel Scott: "You are the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. Let me just tell you -- you are an obnoxious-- a terrible reporter. And it's always the same thing with you. I told you."
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I must've missed ABC News’ official statement supporting reporter Rachel Scott, who was insulted by Trump yesterday. I guess ABC is still busy drafting a rip-roaring defense of Scott, because no ethical employer would let a staffer be harassed like that without addressing the issue.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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thank you @marisakabas.bsky.social for including @thecity.nyc in this, you’re a real one
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
thank you @marisakabas.bsky.social for including @thecity.nyc in this, you’re a real one
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He’s absolutely right.
December 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
He’s absolutely right.
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"Rep. Van Epps’s 9% win is a significant shift. Green won by 21% in 2024 & Trump by 22%-- so that's a 13% shift toward Dems in a little under 1 year. That a rural TN district was just a high-single-digits win for Reps should be a five-alarm fire ahead of the 2026 midterms."
What the special election in Tennessee's Seventh District means for the 2026 midterms
Republicans held a Trump +22 seat — but by only 9 points. A swing half as large would give Democrats the U.S. House in 2026, and put the Senate clearly in play
www.gelliottmorris.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"Rep. Van Epps’s 9% win is a significant shift. Green won by 21% in 2024 & Trump by 22%-- so that's a 13% shift toward Dems in a little under 1 year. That a rural TN district was just a high-single-digits win for Reps should be a five-alarm fire ahead of the 2026 midterms."
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Your constant reminder that fascist republicans gerrymandered the shit out of Tennessee, so a Democratic candidate even coming into to play in a deeply red state doesn’t bode well for them. Fuck fascism.
December 3, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Your constant reminder that fascist republicans gerrymandered the shit out of Tennessee, so a Democratic candidate even coming into to play in a deeply red state doesn’t bode well for them. Fuck fascism.
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A reminder that the largest demographic of Americans on food aid are white MAGA voters. By far. No other demographic is even a close second.
This is the Trump regime’s cruelty to distract from its own failures by punishing those who didn’t vote for him.
This is the Trump regime’s cruelty to distract from its own failures by punishing those who didn’t vote for him.
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A reminder that the largest demographic of Americans on food aid are white MAGA voters. By far. No other demographic is even a close second.
This is the Trump regime’s cruelty to distract from its own failures by punishing those who didn’t vote for him.
This is the Trump regime’s cruelty to distract from its own failures by punishing those who didn’t vote for him.
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man it really is very demoralizing to be bowing and scraping for months to get a crumb of coverage of a book as criticism is basically sidelined in every publication just to see some shit like olivia nuzzi's crap get more and more and more and more and more oxygen lol
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
man it really is very demoralizing to be bowing and scraping for months to get a crumb of coverage of a book as criticism is basically sidelined in every publication just to see some shit like olivia nuzzi's crap get more and more and more and more and more oxygen lol
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Republicans stole their whole health care plan from Spongebob
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Republicans stole their whole health care plan from Spongebob
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Good people are alone with no holiday treats and I hate it. I want to do something but I can’t figure out how to do it without something Amazon. Basically I want to do an adult gift trade, or something where creators like myself could offer a book or art as a little prezzie? Any suggestions?
December 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Good people are alone with no holiday treats and I hate it. I want to do something but I can’t figure out how to do it without something Amazon. Basically I want to do an adult gift trade, or something where creators like myself could offer a book or art as a little prezzie? Any suggestions?
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HOW ARE THERE YET MORE DEM CAMPAIGNS THAT THINK I WANT TO HEAR FROM JAMES CARVILLE
AND INCLUDE A PICTURE OF HIS FACE
STOP
AND INCLUDE A PICTURE OF HIS FACE
STOP
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
HOW ARE THERE YET MORE DEM CAMPAIGNS THAT THINK I WANT TO HEAR FROM JAMES CARVILLE
AND INCLUDE A PICTURE OF HIS FACE
STOP
AND INCLUDE A PICTURE OF HIS FACE
STOP
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Browsing museums, galleries, libraries, bookstores have been some of the best hours of my life, but yes, its not instant gratification and its designed to take time
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Browsing museums, galleries, libraries, bookstores have been some of the best hours of my life, but yes, its not instant gratification and its designed to take time
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Three weeks ago I marked nine years on Testosterone.
I didn't celebrate it then because I was in the middle of a multi-month battle to be allowed to stay on it, despite not producing my own hormones and simply wanting to remain on the exact prescription I'd had for nine years without any problems.
I didn't celebrate it then because I was in the middle of a multi-month battle to be allowed to stay on it, despite not producing my own hormones and simply wanting to remain on the exact prescription I'd had for nine years without any problems.
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Three weeks ago I marked nine years on Testosterone.
I didn't celebrate it then because I was in the middle of a multi-month battle to be allowed to stay on it, despite not producing my own hormones and simply wanting to remain on the exact prescription I'd had for nine years without any problems.
I didn't celebrate it then because I was in the middle of a multi-month battle to be allowed to stay on it, despite not producing my own hormones and simply wanting to remain on the exact prescription I'd had for nine years without any problems.
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Trump threw her life away.
20 year-old National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom has died from her gunshot wounds. May she rest in peace.
November 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Trump threw her life away.