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Socialist anti-imperialist activist, real name Steve Patt. Media commentary & more since 2003 @lefti.blogspot.com & X/Bsky. Birder, ultrarunner, 🇨🇺 activist, LGBTQ ally 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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I’m not actually a writer, but I have written a few things so here goes:
Trans sunset.
December 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Trans sunset.
Neighborhood wildlife today.
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Neighborhood wildlife today.
Boys dressed in the colors of the trans flag. 🤔
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Boys dressed in the colors of the trans flag. 🤔
“Contradictions”! 🙄 This is only that if you think the war on Venezuela (already in progress, just not involving a direct military attack yet) has anything to do with drugs, instead of overthrowing the Bolivarian & Cuban Revolutions & achieving total hemispheric domination.
November 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“Contradictions”! 🙄 This is only that if you think the war on Venezuela (already in progress, just not involving a direct military attack yet) has anything to do with drugs, instead of overthrowing the Bolivarian & Cuban Revolutions & achieving total hemispheric domination.
It is impossible to be in an “armed conflict” with people who have not only never fired a shot at any member of the US military, but, as far as we know from any presented evidence (none), are not even armed.
November 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It is impossible to be in an “armed conflict” with people who have not only never fired a shot at any member of the US military, but, as far as we know from any presented evidence (none), are not even armed.
NYT reports a claim that Maduro & Trump discussed a meeting in the US, without mentioning that the US has a warrant out for Maduro’s arrest & a $50M bounty on him. The idea that Maduro would even consider a meeting in the US is preposterous.
November 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
NYT reports a claim that Maduro & Trump discussed a meeting in the US, without mentioning that the US has a warrant out for Maduro’s arrest & a $50M bounty on him. The idea that Maduro would even consider a meeting in the US is preposterous.
So Trump demolished the East Wing of the White House without actually having a finalized plan for what’s going up in its place. 🤦♂️
November 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
So Trump demolished the East Wing of the White House without actually having a finalized plan for what’s going up in its place. 🤦♂️
In case you’re wondering why there’s an affinity between Trump & convicted drug trafficker JOH, consider: “His tenure was also defined by the contentious election of 2017, when he secured a second term despite a constitutional ban on re-election.” 🤔😡
November 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In case you’re wondering why there’s an affinity between Trump & convicted drug trafficker JOH, consider: “His tenure was also defined by the contentious election of 2017, when he secured a second term despite a constitutional ban on re-election.” 🤔😡
A little birding today. Damn it’s hard to get good pictures of Ruby-crowned Kinglets!
#NotiPhonePhotos!
#NotiPhonePhotos!
November 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
A little birding today. Damn it’s hard to get good pictures of Ruby-crowned Kinglets!
#NotiPhonePhotos!
#NotiPhonePhotos!
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Not a single major news outlet has covered this story. There is such a blatant, obvious attempt to suppress any and all news that deals with the actual facts about transgender life and experience. As the government rolls back our rights on an unprecedented scale, we have been left out to dry.
"[G]ender-affirming care saves lives."
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
New Study: Gender-Affirming Care Dramatically Lowers Suicide Risk for Trans Kids
Twenty-seven states in the US ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth, including hormone therapy.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Not a single major news outlet has covered this story. There is such a blatant, obvious attempt to suppress any and all news that deals with the actual facts about transgender life and experience. As the government rolls back our rights on an unprecedented scale, we have been left out to dry.
Very misleading take from the WaPo. This is a case of extirpation, not extinction as most people will assume from the headline.
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Very misleading take from the WaPo. This is a case of extirpation, not extinction as most people will assume from the headline.
This is just an allegation at the moment, but it’s pretty specific. If true…wow! 😳
November 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is just an allegation at the moment, but it’s pretty specific. If true…wow! 😳
A reminder of what real turkeys look like.
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A reminder of what real turkeys look like.
Trump math on display. That $2000 is never going to happen (except for high income people!). But if it did, turning $2000 into $2M would take 10 successive double or nothing bets. 999 out of 1000 people would lose everything doing that. (And bets at, eg, roulette, only pay 18/38, or 47%, not 50%).
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Trump math on display. That $2000 is never going to happen (except for high income people!). But if it did, turning $2000 into $2M would take 10 successive double or nothing bets. 999 out of 1000 people would lose everything doing that. (And bets at, eg, roulette, only pay 18/38, or 47%, not 50%).
The headline promises “anti-Jewish scrawlings”, but every example cited in the article is about Israel or Zionists, not Jews.
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The headline promises “anti-Jewish scrawlings”, but every example cited in the article is about Israel or Zionists, not Jews.
Trump is busy dismantling the Department of Education, but apparently whatever is left has time for a ridiculous investigation into a minor demonstration at UC Berkeley.
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Trump is busy dismantling the Department of Education, but apparently whatever is left has time for a ridiculous investigation into a minor demonstration at UC Berkeley.
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Free public transportation is not socialism, but it should be a demand of socialists everywhere.
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Free public transportation is not socialism, but it should be a demand of socialists everywhere.
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Trump says an old man with cancer was a “bad guy” & gets no sympathy, & mocks another who lost use of an arm in war. I strongly opposed both Biden & McCain, but that that doesn’t stop me from saying that Trump is an absolutely disgusting human being without a shred of human decency.
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Trump says an old man with cancer was a “bad guy” & gets no sympathy, & mocks another who lost use of an arm in war. I strongly opposed both Biden & McCain, but that that doesn’t stop me from saying that Trump is an absolutely disgusting human being without a shred of human decency.
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Still waiting for the woman who had these things to say in 2019 (only 6 years ago!) to say one word about the current US war drive against Venezuela.
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Still waiting for the woman who had these things to say in 2019 (only 6 years ago!) to say one word about the current US war drive against Venezuela.
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Still can’t find a word of reporting on this outrage in either the NYT or WaPo. @fairmediawatch.bsky.social
I couldn’t find any mention of this revolting development in either the NYT or WaPo. #DisinformationByOmission
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Still can’t find a word of reporting on this outrage in either the NYT or WaPo. @fairmediawatch.bsky.social
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OMG! Coolest stamps ever, courtesy of David Sibley via the USPS. Coming in 2026.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
OMG! Coolest stamps ever, courtesy of David Sibley via the USPS. Coming in 2026.
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White nationalism corroding MAGA coalition? White nationalism is the 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑝𝑖𝑛 of the MAGA coalition.
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
White nationalism corroding MAGA coalition? White nationalism is the 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑝𝑖𝑛 of the MAGA coalition.
WTAF? You’re now going to have to show your papers to enter a National Park? And of course that means everyone. 😡
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
WTAF? You’re now going to have to show your papers to enter a National Park? And of course that means everyone. 😡
White nationalism corroding MAGA coalition? White nationalism is the 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑝𝑖𝑛 of the MAGA coalition.
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
White nationalism corroding MAGA coalition? White nationalism is the 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑝𝑖𝑛 of the MAGA coalition.