E Mills 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉
@millbot.bsky.social
Wisconsin-based writer, reader, nature nerd, DJ, roller derby-er (Hammer Abby), and musician (Damsel Trash, LINE & Little Red Wolf). 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ grist-from-the-mills.ghost.io
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It's my pleasure to announce the Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction in the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
The 2025 Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction (TFR Awards)
Thirteen early contenders for the best transfeminine novel of 2025. Voting is open until December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
thetransfemininereview.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It's my pleasure to announce the Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction in the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
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“The Daily Nebraskan found in the leaked spreadsheet that every program eliminated appeared to be profitable…every program that the chancellor proposed eliminating generated more money from tuition dollars than the department costs to run”
December 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“The Daily Nebraskan found in the leaked spreadsheet that every program eliminated appeared to be profitable…every program that the chancellor proposed eliminating generated more money from tuition dollars than the department costs to run”
Not me using @dropout.tv shows as therapy. The subscription basically pays for itself!
(It's been a rough week) (But for real binge-watching "Make Some Noise" is great when you're sick and everywhere else you look it's just The Horrors)
(It's been a rough week) (But for real binge-watching "Make Some Noise" is great when you're sick and everywhere else you look it's just The Horrors)
December 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Not me using @dropout.tv shows as therapy. The subscription basically pays for itself!
(It's been a rough week) (But for real binge-watching "Make Some Noise" is great when you're sick and everywhere else you look it's just The Horrors)
(It's been a rough week) (But for real binge-watching "Make Some Noise" is great when you're sick and everywhere else you look it's just The Horrors)
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If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
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Unreal levels of civic engagement happening here
Today, Dec 6, 2025
NYC Hands Off Training
1,000 people attended!
No ICE in NYC!
Join us at HandsOffNYC.com.
NYC Hands Off Training
1,000 people attended!
No ICE in NYC!
Join us at HandsOffNYC.com.
December 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Unreal levels of civic engagement happening here
Comrade Weird Al!
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Comrade Weird Al!
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As awful as this, the focus on whether the woman was complying obscures the more important issue: in a democracy, there should not be armed agents demanding to see papers of every passing person.
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
As awful as this, the focus on whether the woman was complying obscures the more important issue: in a democracy, there should not be armed agents demanding to see papers of every passing person.
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This is the energy we need from everyone
December 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This is the energy we need from everyone
The way I CACKLED
En dashes: They’re here to serve.
Ah, the famous Christmas tradition of right wing men drinking cum.
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The way I CACKLED
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Send letters of support for the ou instructor placed on leave for doing their job correctly
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Support OU Instructor Mel Curth - Contact Info & Scripts
TO OU Administration: President: [email protected] [email protected] (Update: Neither of the emails above, according to current students, directly reach the president. Alums have been sending...
docs.google.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Send letters of support for the ou instructor placed on leave for doing their job correctly
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Maybe use that salary to hire back Teen Vogue's kick-ass writers.
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Maybe use that salary to hire back Teen Vogue's kick-ass writers.
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I've said it before, I'll say it again--these sons of bitches on the Court piss me off w this 'presume the legislature acted in good faith and wasn't being racist' thing
why on Earth would I presume that?! what on Earth does it take to overcome that presumption?!
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/supre...
why on Earth would I presume that?! what on Earth does it take to overcome that presumption?!
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/supre...
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I've said it before, I'll say it again--these sons of bitches on the Court piss me off w this 'presume the legislature acted in good faith and wasn't being racist' thing
why on Earth would I presume that?! what on Earth does it take to overcome that presumption?!
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/supre...
why on Earth would I presume that?! what on Earth does it take to overcome that presumption?!
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/supre...
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NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
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Knowing her family history of grifting + attention seeking, the fact that the account that reported on this was created just days before the incident, + how off-rubric the essay was, I believe Samantha Fulnecky failed on purpose to create a lucrative media cycle based on manufactured outrage
new episode of kill the computer where we talk about how the oklohoma university essay debacle was a planned political narrative targeting a trans professor from the very start
True Grift Ft. Parker Molloy
Podcast Episode · Kill The Computer · 12/04/2025 · 1h 16m
podcasts.apple.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Knowing her family history of grifting + attention seeking, the fact that the account that reported on this was created just days before the incident, + how off-rubric the essay was, I believe Samantha Fulnecky failed on purpose to create a lucrative media cycle based on manufactured outrage
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.
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In many ways this is the widest ban on trans healthcare yet. In some states Catholic Church-run healthcare systems are over 40% of all healthcare.
This ban also applies to the many doctors, urgent cares and specialists in the church's sprawling networks. And they're buying up/taking over more.
This ban also applies to the many doctors, urgent cares and specialists in the church's sprawling networks. And they're buying up/taking over more.
U.S. Catholic bishops recently banned trans care throughout the church's sprawling healthcare systems.
@davidforbes.bsky.social delves into how this fits the institution's long history of hatred and abuse, a direction that has not changed despite its recent p.r. shifts.
It's time to fight back...
@davidforbes.bsky.social delves into how this fits the institution's long history of hatred and abuse, a direction that has not changed despite its recent p.r. shifts.
It's time to fight back...
U.S. Catholic Bishops Launch Attack on Trans Healthcare; It’s Time To Fight Back
While headlines were giving the Catholic church hierarchy plaudits for symbolic gestures in support of immigrants and a papal lunch with trans people, American bishops passed a major ban on trans heal...
transnews.network
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
In many ways this is the widest ban on trans healthcare yet. In some states Catholic Church-run healthcare systems are over 40% of all healthcare.
This ban also applies to the many doctors, urgent cares and specialists in the church's sprawling networks. And they're buying up/taking over more.
This ban also applies to the many doctors, urgent cares and specialists in the church's sprawling networks. And they're buying up/taking over more.
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The grief our ancestors had to live with... even our grandparents. Unimaginable. That fucker RFKjr wants 50% of kids dead again
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The grief our ancestors had to live with... even our grandparents. Unimaginable. That fucker RFKjr wants 50% of kids dead again
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there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
August 10, 2024 at 3:21 PM
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
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and this is why the Death of the Humanities Degrees is devastating; we're just giving up on teaching students how to synthesize information in a way that's not somehow tied to capitalism
One hard part of the literacy problem in the United States is there are a lot of people -- some of them with college degrees and beyond -- who don't realize that they are bad at reading
I don't know how to reach those people
I don't know how to reach those people
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
and this is why the Death of the Humanities Degrees is devastating; we're just giving up on teaching students how to synthesize information in a way that's not somehow tied to capitalism
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Everything you do online is tracked, saved, and shared for what feels like a lifetime. But there are some steps you can take to minimize what data is out there. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
How to: Manage Your Digital Footprint
Search for your name in any search engine and you’ll likely encounter dozens of results, some of which might include personal information like addresses, email accounts, usernames, or family members. Each piece of information is often public and not typically seen as harmful. But together these parts of your identity...
ssd.eff.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Everything you do online is tracked, saved, and shared for what feels like a lifetime. But there are some steps you can take to minimize what data is out there. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
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Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
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Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
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The term "has historic roots, including Nazi ideology and, more recently, a violent conspiracy theory that’s inspired terrorist attacks in the US and abroad" www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/u...
November 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The term "has historic roots, including Nazi ideology and, more recently, a violent conspiracy theory that’s inspired terrorist attacks in the US and abroad" www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/u...