Gwendolyn Ann Smith
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I foster communities, I shape opinions, and I dance the dream. columnist for Bay Area Reporter and online support staff. ⚧ and proud.
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One thing Mr Galvan taught me in my High School World History & Geography course was the idea of Relative Deprivation -- and its role in revolutions.
I'd like to think that the reason these people tell us those countries are so awful is so we won't realize just how badly we're being played.
I'd like to think that the reason these people tell us those countries are so awful is so we won't realize just how badly we're being played.
January 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
One thing Mr Galvan taught me in my High School World History & Geography course was the idea of Relative Deprivation -- and its role in revolutions.
I'd like to think that the reason these people tell us those countries are so awful is so we won't realize just how badly we're being played.
I'd like to think that the reason these people tell us those countries are so awful is so we won't realize just how badly we're being played.
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good. more of this.
.@PabloReports: Stephen Miller seems to be operating sort of as a shadow president at this point. Is there any legal liability he could face at the end of this presidency?
Ryan: There’s going to be legal—and I think criminal—liability for multiple members.. certainly Stephen Miller.
Ryan: There’s going to be legal—and I think criminal—liability for multiple members.. certainly Stephen Miller.
January 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM
good. more of this.
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This just in! We're headlining the second night of Mosswood Meltdown this summer. Tickets are on sale now! Incredible poster by the one, and only, (real) @janelleblarg.bsky.social
mosswoodmeltdown.com
mosswoodmeltdown.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
This just in! We're headlining the second night of Mosswood Meltdown this summer. Tickets are on sale now! Incredible poster by the one, and only, (real) @janelleblarg.bsky.social
mosswoodmeltdown.com
mosswoodmeltdown.com
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Security folklore of the morning is that no one should share URLs on Signal because it exposes IP addresses and people should use QR codes instead. Please don’t do this! QR codes are much less secure. If you’re concerned about link security, turn off link previews which you can do in Signal settings
January 15, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Security folklore of the morning is that no one should share URLs on Signal because it exposes IP addresses and people should use QR codes instead. Please don’t do this! QR codes are much less secure. If you’re concerned about link security, turn off link previews which you can do in Signal settings
Wow. Who didn't see this coming?
January 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Wow. Who didn't see this coming?
I wish EVERY day could be Transphobes Are Trash Day!
Transphobes Are Trash Day is really catching on.
People wearing fun hats and eating pie with wild abandon!
Live your life, celebrants!
People wearing fun hats and eating pie with wild abandon!
Live your life, celebrants!
a cartoon duck is wearing a hat and sunglasses .
ALT: a cartoon duck is wearing a hat and sunglasses .
media.tenor.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I wish EVERY day could be Transphobes Are Trash Day!
That's this video this morning, and thought about what it takes to come out in 2026. Good on you, Mikki. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCYn...
Didn't Expect This, But I'm Coming Out as Trans
YouTube video by Free Roaming Photography
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:32 PM
That's this video this morning, and thought about what it takes to come out in 2026. Good on you, Mikki. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCYn...
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Per YouGov this week:
🟥44% think transphobia is a "major problem" among Republicans
🟦34% think "transgender ideology" is a "major problem" among Democrats
Americans list transphobia second among "major problems" for Republicans, behind "hostility towards immigrants" (47%)
🟥44% think transphobia is a "major problem" among Republicans
🟦34% think "transgender ideology" is a "major problem" among Democrats
Americans list transphobia second among "major problems" for Republicans, behind "hostility towards immigrants" (47%)
January 15, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Per YouGov this week:
🟥44% think transphobia is a "major problem" among Republicans
🟦34% think "transgender ideology" is a "major problem" among Democrats
Americans list transphobia second among "major problems" for Republicans, behind "hostility towards immigrants" (47%)
🟥44% think transphobia is a "major problem" among Republicans
🟦34% think "transgender ideology" is a "major problem" among Democrats
Americans list transphobia second among "major problems" for Republicans, behind "hostility towards immigrants" (47%)
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![4 frame comic. In the first frame, JD Vance is in Greenland. Text reads : praxis is a start-up funded
by american billionaires and
Trump backers such as jd Vance's
puppeteer Peter Thiel and open
AI's Sam Altman. its aim is to
create "freedom cities" outside
of democratic regulations and
managed by a "king-ceo leading
citizen-shareholders."*
Second frame shows some houses of Nuuk, in Greenland. Text reads : in 2023, praxis founder dryden
brown went to greenlAND TO
Attempt buying it (or at least
a sizeable chunk of it), without
success. he said in 2025 : "we
think Greenland is a very in-
teresting place. we view it as
one of the last frontiers
on earth."**
Third frame shows an iceberg. Text reads : he spoke for many. in April
2025, Reuters reported that
tech investors in silicon valley
were "promoting the frozen
island as a site for a so-called
freedom city, a libertarian utopia
[sic] with minimal regulation."***
Fourth frame shows a Twitter screenshot reading 'according to plan." Text reads : since then, ken Bowery, Who co-
founded a venture-capital firm
with his PayPal buddy Peter thiel,
has been appointed u.s. ambassador
to Denmark, with the express order
to lead greenland-acquisition
negotiations. praxis reacted to
the news by posting on Twitter:
Sources are indicated at the bottom of the first three frames from Le Monde (Peter Thiel, the libertarian billionaire waging war on government), The New Republic (The oligarchs pushing for conquest of Greenland) and Reuters (Greenland freedom city? Rich donors push Trump for a tech hub up north)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vcmpg73bt2wudku3nqgx33yx/bafkreibarlgqfhsaccjj2ujgezf4r5huqmxeh47fkcbz35hapjktlsp6mi@jpeg)
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Hi folks - I know I sound like a broken record, but Liz’ full time pay doesn’t kick in for another 2 weeks and we need to get some money to our landlord ASAP.
If you can help, it would mean the world to us. ❤️
PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy
Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy
Venmo.com/u/MaeGodHaveMercy
If you can help, it would mean the world to us. ❤️
PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy
Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy
Venmo.com/u/MaeGodHaveMercy
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Go to paypal.me/maegodhavemercy and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Hi folks - I know I sound like a broken record, but Liz’ full time pay doesn’t kick in for another 2 weeks and we need to get some money to our landlord ASAP.
If you can help, it would mean the world to us. ❤️
PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy
Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy
Venmo.com/u/MaeGodHaveMercy
If you can help, it would mean the world to us. ❤️
PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy
Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy
Venmo.com/u/MaeGodHaveMercy
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"During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night.
The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for."
The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for."
I'm gonna say this with all the kindness in my heart: you aren't going to survive if you don't let your life have room for other things.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
January 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
"During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night.
The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for."
The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for."
What a pisser.
(I feel like this video is only gonna create copycats. Oh, darn.)
(I feel like this video is only gonna create copycats. Oh, darn.)
Lmao someone threw an open bottle of piss into an ICE vehicle that was driving by
January 15, 2026 at 3:40 AM
What a pisser.
(I feel like this video is only gonna create copycats. Oh, darn.)
(I feel like this video is only gonna create copycats. Oh, darn.)
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In tracking this down to the source, I haven’t seen anything that is not solely the word of the Department of Homeland Security.
January 15, 2026 at 1:12 AM
In tracking this down to the source, I haven’t seen anything that is not solely the word of the Department of Homeland Security.
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My husband was on the 2 train and a guy started braying about how Renee Good deserved to die and her "lesbian lover" did too. My husband got pissed and said, "You're absolutely disgusting." "Fuck you!" the guy said. "Fuck YOU!" my husband said. The guy left.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
January 14, 2026 at 11:46 PM
My husband was on the 2 train and a guy started braying about how Renee Good deserved to die and her "lesbian lover" did too. My husband got pissed and said, "You're absolutely disgusting." "Fuck you!" the guy said. "Fuck YOU!" my husband said. The guy left.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
We’re living in a poorly-written dark satire, reason # 253624
This is straight out of Succession:
Larry Ellison named a giant yacht "Izanami" after a Shinto deity, but quickly renamed it after it was pointed out that the name spelled "I'm a Nazi" backwards!!!
Larry Ellison named a giant yacht "Izanami" after a Shinto deity, but quickly renamed it after it was pointed out that the name spelled "I'm a Nazi" backwards!!!
January 15, 2026 at 12:15 AM
We’re living in a poorly-written dark satire, reason # 253624
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1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
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the sidelining of renee good's queerness by the media is extremely similar to the ungendering and dead among if murdered trans people by the media.
we used to call it our second death.
we used to call it our second death.
For my @xtramagazine.com column this month, I wrote about the simultaneous mainstream media erasure of Renee Good's queerness and the right wing amplification of it as a post hoc justification for her murder. xtramagazine.com/power/activi...
Renee Nicole Good’s queerness isn’t an aside—it’s a key part of her story | Xtra Magazine
We can’t ignore the misogyny and homophobia baked into Good’s killing—and erasing her wife does just that
xtramagazine.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:35 PM
the sidelining of renee good's queerness by the media is extremely similar to the ungendering and dead among if murdered trans people by the media.
we used to call it our second death.
we used to call it our second death.
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They're targeting Renee Good's widow because they don't want her talking. If they can manufacture charges, most defense attorneys will tell her not to speak with media even if she did nothing wrong
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
They're targeting Renee Good's widow because they don't want her talking. If they can manufacture charges, most defense attorneys will tell her not to speak with media even if she did nothing wrong
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We have all the cultural, artistic, and not being fucking loser advantages - time to make them count.
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
January 13, 2026 at 9:58 PM
We have all the cultural, artistic, and not being fucking loser advantages - time to make them count.
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Support for Becky at SCOTUS
Send your support to Becky and her family as they attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court.
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January 13, 2026 at 6:43 PM
My friends at @acluwv.bsky.social are collecting (and moderating) messages of gratitude to Becky if you'd like to submit them here padlet.com/mkennedy243/...
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Shorter Supreme Court conservatives: There aren't even enough trannies for them to have constitutional rights
January 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Shorter Supreme Court conservatives: There aren't even enough trannies for them to have constitutional rights
Oh.... *training. *
Here I thought we were just gonna toss these guys *under* a train. My bad.
Here I thought we were just gonna toss these guys *under* a train. My bad.
January 13, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Oh.... *training. *
Here I thought we were just gonna toss these guys *under* a train. My bad.
Here I thought we were just gonna toss these guys *under* a train. My bad.
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The Gavin Newsom that people think they like is 100 percent a character played by his staffers. Every time he goes off script or does something on his own it's horrible.
January 13, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The Gavin Newsom that people think they like is 100 percent a character played by his staffers. Every time he goes off script or does something on his own it's horrible.
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Listen to Cat: this Nazi grifter is claiming to be a Democrat, hoping you’ll ignore who he is. Don’t. There will be other Democrats running against him.
Hey CA!
Vet out candidates closely!! There are going to be a LOT of these wolves in sheep's clothing this year.
www.rawstory.com/california-r...
Vet out candidates closely!! There are going to be a LOT of these wolves in sheep's clothing this year.
www.rawstory.com/california-r...
Pro-Auschwitz Republican flips to Democrat in bid to win after California redistricting
A Republican candidate for governor in California will instead run for Congress as a Democrat despite floating Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration camp, as an "unemployment plan."In paperwork f...
www.rawstory.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Listen to Cat: this Nazi grifter is claiming to be a Democrat, hoping you’ll ignore who he is. Don’t. There will be other Democrats running against him.