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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 10h

I think they can also override the vetoes when the next session comes back next year, since it's still the same session.

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 10h

no, but they can convene special sessions if they want to. they did last year after Trump was elected.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 12h

low key lmao

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 12h

I don't like to glaze politicians normally but holy shit no notes lol

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 12h

I keep watching Mamdani's video in disbelief of how good it is... centering BIPOC trans street activism, SOPHIE soundtrack, pivoting to supporting funds for trans housing and healthcare...

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 15h

Mamdani promises to deploy *hundreds* if lawyers to fight for trans rights, create a new office of LGBTQ affairs, and allocate millions of dollars to fund housing and healthcare for trans kids and adults

This is what fighting back looks like--elevating activists to materually support trans people.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 12h

legislative studies are usually first steps for more concrete legislation and signal that they are paying attention to the problem. It might seem obvious to us, but to lawmakers the best ways to fight these issues aren't always obvious and the point of this law is to get that information

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 13h

Chapelle Roan says "Fuck ICE, forever" very nervously yesterday during her concert (twice). The crowd goes absolutely nuts!

From a source who was there.

(please don't copyright claim me this is journalistic fair use 😭)

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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 14h

UPDATE: As of 10/11/25, Newsom has signed AB 727 providing LGBTQ+ suicide hotline numbers on student IDs, and AB 678 which orders a study on how to reduce anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in homelessness programs.

Eight other bills are still pending.

Follow us and @madycast.com to stay updated!

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 14h

Grassroots org @translatinacoalition.org recently announced an initiative for LA's housing programs to materially support trans peoples' housing needs. These initiatives should be a priority in every city and state.

Trans POC once again leading the way!

www.translatinacoalition.org/blog/2025/9/...

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 14h

I missed AB678 among the dozens of bills Newsom signed yesterday. That brings Newsom up to 2 bills signed, 8 still waiting on action, and 0 vetoed, among the 10 bills in our article.

This one was supported by Republicans so not too surprising, but a win for LGBTQ+ homeless people regardless.

A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 15h

He signed AB 678 re studying LGBTQ homelessness leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHi...

leginfo.legislature.ca.gov

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 15h

Thanks, missed this one.

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 15h

Hundreds of lawyers for trans rights if realized would bring the NYC legal team to the size of the entire ACLU... I don't know if, given the legal landscape, more lawyers will necessarily create huge wins in the short term, but it's still a huge commitment that could defend NYC against legal actions

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 15h

Broke: 300 tweets mocking Trump in all caps and lawsuits that go nowhere on appeal.

Woke: directly combatting lost funding and resources by taxing the wealthy to support the marginalized, and centering BIPOC trans activists, not politicians, as the centerpiece of such policy.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 15h

Mamdani promises to deploy *hundreds* if lawyers to fight for trans rights, create a new office of LGBTQ affairs, and allocate millions of dollars to fund housing and healthcare for trans kids and adults

This is what fighting back looks like--elevating activists to materually support trans people.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 15h

Intentional incompetence is no better than malice and it shouldn't be distinguished as less bad

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 15h

how does one accidentally fire hundreds of people?

characterizing this as a mistake because that's what the administration says feels just about as naive as the journalists who "fact checked" people who warned Trump was going to enact Project 2025, because he said he wouldn't lol.

Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 17h

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 16h

*I also love animals and therians :3

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 16h

I don't "love" any country, only humans.

It's weird to humanize institutions that way. Imagine if someone said they love Google Inc. or Harvard University or Kellogg's.

What does that even mean? The only interpretations devalue the concept of love itself to something below human love.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 17h

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 16h

The bill doesn't appear to ban trans athletes from sports, and actually supports trans girls equality in sports compared to boys

bsky.app/profile/mady...

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 16h

more research on AB932:
this bill Newsom signed is opposed by an anti-trans hate group with a way too long name, and supported by one LGBTQ+ group.

It seems to be a bill meant to reduce disparities between boys and girls sports, and probably? doesn't ban trans kids from sports.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 16h

Countering GOP hate messaging about "protecting girl's sports" by genuinely passing a bill that protects girl's sports is pretty good political maneuvering, even most Republicans voted for it lol.

good on the Dems here, once again.

(It is so weird to say that).

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 16h

more research on AB932:
this bill Newsom signed is opposed by an anti-trans hate group with a way too long name, and supported by one LGBTQ+ group.

It seems to be a bill meant to reduce disparities between boys and girls sports, and probably? doesn't ban trans kids from sports.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 16h

here's his updates for today. if we are lucky, he's saving all the bills to make a special announcement like he did for women's rights bills etc signing them all..but we will see!

www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/11/g...

Governor Newsom issues legislative update 10.11.25 | Governor of California

www.gov.ca.gov

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 16h

Update for Newsom's bill signings today:

No signatures or vetoes on the 10 bills we reported on. However, he signed a bill that bans sex or gender discrimination in youth athletics that passed with bipartisan support.

I have honestly no clue how it impacts trans athletes, so don't ask me lol

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 18h

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

Nate Silver
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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 18h

damnn yeah usually I go straight to discord lol

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