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🏳️‍🌈♿️🏳️‍⚧️ writer, activist, educator, & leftist dog papa | SE Ohio AuDHD, disability, LGBTQ+, access, gaming, patient-involved research, rheumatology, health tech, sex & sexual health, health equity, etc. Links: graysongoal.carrd.co

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Grayson (he/him) @graysongoal.bsky.social · Nov 11

#Intro thread

Hi folks! I'm Grayson (right in the picture).

I do & talk about a lot of things — sex & health education, patient advocacy, healthcare access, health equity work, patient-involved research, AI in healthcare, being trans & queer in Ohio, TTRPGs & video games, and so much more.

A selfie of two people by Lake Champlain, a large body of water surrounded by mountains. They are standing on a wooden dock with a clear blue sky and the sunlight is reflecting off the water's surface, creating a shimmering effect. On the left, McGravin (they/he) is wearing sunglasses and a light blue shirt. On the right is Grayson, who is in a black shirt, sunglasses, and a backwards baseball hat. The scene conveys a relaxed outdoor atmosphere, highlighting the natural beauty of the surroundings.

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Grayson (he/him) @graysongoal.bsky.social · 2h

Take this as a reminder to pause and see where you're at on a scale of emotionally regulated to dysregulated.

If you're less regulated, what can you do right now to address that?

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 3h

At 14, Ed Roberts was disabled by polio. He later became known as the father of the independent living movement.

At @motherjones.com, I interviewed Scot Danforth about his new book on Ed Roberts' life. @ucpress.bsky.social

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The radical life of the father of independent living

A new book explores disabled activist Ed Roberts' revolutionary career.

www.motherjones.com

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 4h

Remember when Republicans got mad that the federal government might be CENSORING political content on social media? Remember when they spent three years holding hearings trying to prove it happened? And threatened to jail anyone involved?

How times change!

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 6h

Statement from AG Pam Bondi:

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 4h

Foreshadowing for next week's episode of Cancel Me, Daddy: I wrote about Bari Weiss for @xtramagazine.com

Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 4h

CBS is crumbling under the weight of a billionaire and his favourite news lackey. This is emblematic of the larger issues facing U.S. media

Bari Weiss’s hiring at CBS signals a much bigger problem | Xtra Magazine

CBS is crumbling under the weight of a billionaire and his favourite news lackey. This is emblematic of the larger issues facing U.S. media

xtramagazine.com

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 3h

Gavin Newsom can go straight to hell. Like just take the goddamned express train, Haircut. Supporting him for president is like trying to put JK Rowling in charge if she also made a habit of persecuting unhoused people.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 4h

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Trevor Parsons @dartmouthcommon.bsky.social · 5h

Dear Albertans,
If you like what Trump is doing to America, you'll love what Dani will do to Alberta. Would be nice if NDP opposition leader @naheednenshi.bsky.social recognized this threat and shouted it from the rooftops.

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 6h

The think tank is widely known for creating Project 2025.

And this isn’t the first meeting Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has had with allies of the U.S. president.

David Falk writes. A @desmog.com Canada reprint. #canpoli

Smith Reveals Meeting with the US Heritage Foundation After Trump Win | The Tyee

The Alberta premier said she met with the right-wing think tank because of its influence on the president.

thetyee.ca

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 4h

Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 5h

This from @janus.bsky.social is also really, really good and important:

The return of the trans underground

The internet once helped trans people connect and organize. Now it’s a dangerous liability. What comes next?

www.theverge.com

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 6h

Been waiting for this to come out, super super excited for this piece

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 7h

I wrote about trans visibility in a time of rising transphobia for @theverge.com www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

How trans visibility became a trap

People who have documented their lives online are discovering the dark side of digital permanence.

www.theverge.com

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 7h

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 6h

Miss Major was known as many things in her community — a caretaker for other Black trans women, a defender of the homeless and the incarcerated, and a Stonewall veteran who did not want the past to be used as an excuse for inaction.

Read our full obituary here:

Legendary transgender activist Miss Major dies at 78

Known as a surrogate mother of her community, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy leaves behind a legacy as a fierce advocate for trans and LGBTQ+ rights.

19thnews.org

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 2d

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 6h

They will not stop until children are explicitly declared property.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 7h

Alito, joined by Thomas and Gorsuch, suggest that public schools violate the Constitution when they help a student transition (by acknowledging them as trans) without their parents' knowledge or consent.

Would force schools to out trans kids to their parents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
JONATHAN LEE, ET AL. v. POUDRE
SCHOOL DISTRICT R–1
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
No. 25–89. Decided October 14, 2025
The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
Statement of JUSTICE ALITO, with whom JUSTICE
THOMAS and JUSTICE GORSUCH join, respecting the denial
of certiorari.
I concur in the denial of certiorari because petitioners do
not challenge the ground for the ruling below. But I remain
concerned that some federal courts are “tempt[ed]” to avoid
confronting a “particularly contentious constitutional questio[n]”: whether a school district violates parents’ fundamental rights “when, without parental knowledge or consent, it encourages a student to transition to a new gender
or assists in that process.” Parents Protecting Our Children, UA v. Eau Claire Area School Dist., 604 U. S. ___,
___–___ (2024) (ALITO, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari) (slip op., at 1–2) (citing Troxel v. Granville, 530 U. S.
57, 70 (2000) (plurality opinion)). Petitioners tell us that
nearly 6,000 public schools have policies—as respondent allegedly does—that purposefully interfere with parents’ access to critical information about their children’s genderidentity choices and school personnel’s involvement in and
influence on those choices. Pet. for Cert. 24. The troubling—and tragic—allegations in this case underscore the
“great and growing national importance” of the question
that these parent petitioners present. Parents Protecting
Our Children, 604 U. S., at ___ (slip op., at 1).

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 6h

Amy is one of our best science writers, please contact her if you have stories to share. #ScienceSky #altgov #MedSky #PublicHealth 🩺 🧪

Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 3d

I'd love to hear from anyone who has been at agencies protecting public health this year (eg CDC, HHS, HRSA, HUD, NIH, OSHA). Privacy respected. Signal is AmyMaxmen.25

🧵Here's a thread of some of my stories this year on the impact of the Trump administration on America's public health.

Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · Nov 10

Hi! I'm a public health reporter moving from THERE to here. Give me a follow if you're interested in my writing & take:

Public health isn't only about outbreaks & vaccines. It's about making society healthier outside of clinics. It requires systemic change, equity, a belief in the common good.

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 17h

This is an alarming compression of the planetary destruction timeline: with the massive growth of the AI bubble, data centers are expected to consume up to 12% of total US electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/t...

Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal | CNN Business

OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further high...

www.cnn.com

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 9h

In her life, Marilyn Monroe was exploited and abused by so many men.
Studio executives, so many people.
After she died, men continued to exploit her for their pleasure: trying to get themselves buried near/above her.
What your writer did here is obscene, nonconsensual and makes me feel slightly ill

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Kim Booruska 🎃 @kim.uruska.lol · 18h

www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Danielle Smith’s obsession with the fertility of children is so deeply creepy.

‘We’ll be moving’: Alberta transgender children, families brace for legal changes

Football decals plaster the walls of his bedroom. A San Francisco 49ers bedspread and a binder full of trading cards make it clear the seven-year-old loves sports.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 17h

Good night and sub to my newsletter

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

For my newsletter today, I wrote about the American police state and how Democrats are going to have to kill it if they have any hope of rebuilding from the authoritarian Trump regime. www.burnsnotice.com/democrats-mu...

Democrats Must Kill Their Inner Cops

Who needs the National Guard when your state troopers are perfectly willing to crack protester skulls all on their own? Listen, Illinois governor JB Pritzker is not perfect, but he's my guy. Or at le...

www.burnsnotice.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17h

Rest in peace, Miss Major.

We will carry the bricks forward.

ACLU @aclu.org · 19h

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 18h

This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement.

At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 20h

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 20h

Tim Onion is doing better vaccine messaging than our own CDC

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 21h

If you're wondering whether or not to get a flu shot, I didn't get one in time, and I just had a fever dream where I was in the Drew Carey Show because several days ago I was on the Wikipedia page for the Drew Carey Show. You don't have to do this to yourself.

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TransLash Media @translash.org · 20h

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 20h

Du Bois basically did a version of this in his bibliography in Black Reconstruction

BIB L I OGRAPH Y
STAN DARD - A N TI-NEGRO
(These authors believe the Negro to be sub-human and congenitally un-
fitted for citizenship and the suffrage.)
Burgess, John W., Reconstruction and the Constitution, 1 866-1 876.
Coulter, E. Merton, Civil War and Reconstruction in Kentucky.
Davis, William W ., The Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida.
Dunning, William A., Reconstruction, Political and Economic .
Eckenrode, F. Hamilton, Political History of Virginia During Reconstruc·
tion.
Fertig, James Walter, The Secession and Reconstruction of Tennessee.
Ficklen, John R., History of Reconstruction in Louisiana.
Fleming, Walter F., Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama.
--, Documentary History of Reconstruction, 1 906, 1907.
Hamilton, Joseph G. de R., Reconstruction in North Carolina.
Hollis, John Porter, The Early Period of Reconstruction in South Carolina.
Lonn, Ella, Reconstruction in Louisiana after 1 868 .
Ramsdell, Charles W., Reconstruction in Texas .
Rhodes, James F., History of United States from the Compromise of 1 850.
Scott, Eben G., Reconstruction During the Civil War.
Staples, Thomas S ., Reconstruction in Arkansas .
Studies in Southern History and Politics . Inscribed to William Archibald
Dunning.
Carpet-Baggers in the United States Senate. By C. Mildred Thompson.
The Literary Movement for Secession. By Ulrich B. Phillips.
Negro Suffrage in the South. By W. Roy Smith.
Some Phases of Educational History in the South Since 1 865. By Wil-
liam K. Boyd.
Southern Legislation in Respect to Freedmen, 1 865- 1 866. By J. G. de
Roulhac Hamilton.
The Federal Enforcement Acts . By William Watson Davis.
The New South, Economic and Social . By Holland Thompson.
Grant's Southern Policy. By Edwin C. Woolley.
Taylor, Richard, Destruction and Reconstruction.
Thompson, Clara M., Reconstruction in Georgia, Economic, Social, Po-
litical, l 805-1 872.
Wooley, Edwin C., The Reconstruction of Georgia.

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Robin (she/he-ella/él) @merryrobin.bsky.social · 1d

Any cause you could care about is a Palestinian cause. If you care about human rights, women's rights, Indigenous rights, environment, climate change. And here I want to stress a very urgent conversation that must center Gaza: DISABILITY JUSTICE.

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 1d

About 42,000 people in the Gaza Strip have suffered life-altering injuries. Over 22,000 have limb injuries, more than 5,000 have undergone amputations, 3,300 have severe burns, over 2,000 have spinal cord injuries, and more than 1,300 have traumatic brain injuries.

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 1d

I understand the sentiment of "we need to find some way to not all see each other mortal enemies" but it REALLY REALLY needs to be made expressly clear that one side wants to live and be happy and the other side is "that's a line too far and you must suffer and die" and you can't Kumbaya that.

Laura 🍁🍄🦇🎃 @tricksyliesmith.bsky.social · 1d

oh no. no. absolutely the fuck not. fuck off.

a bullshit statement from Keira knightley saying she was not aware of a boycott against jk Rowling before taking a job on the new audio series and that she's "sorry" and "we're all going to have to figure out how to live together and we've all got very different opinions"
She can fuck off.

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