pannonica
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Misanthropic Humanist | pronouns: sche/her/azade
"What you think is the point is not the point at all but only the beginning of the sharpness." –Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman (1967)
FYHOD
"What you think is the point is not the point at all but only the beginning of the sharpness." –Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman (1967)
FYHOD
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@acinonnap.bsky.social
· Nov 9
More context for the Flann O'Brien quote from The Third Policeman (1967) that I've been using as a metaphor for how we can perceive the heinous attacks on trans rights, and how cis folks and others might not understand how not only will their rights also be violated, *it's already happening*
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the reason that it's so disturbing when Newsom/Buttigieg/Harris say that they want to force trans ppl out of sports is that it signals that they don't want to fight for trans rights at a time when there is a massive genocidal campaign against trans people. 1
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
the reason that it's so disturbing when Newsom/Buttigieg/Harris say that they want to force trans ppl out of sports is that it signals that they don't want to fight for trans rights at a time when there is a massive genocidal campaign against trans people. 1
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Someday this cruelty will be reversed for Rachel Levine. It will be covered as a touching moment, a "correction" of an injustice. People will expect her to be grateful. Fuck that. The expectation of easy forgiveness & the shaming of rage at injustice is what brings us back to this awful place
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Someday this cruelty will be reversed for Rachel Levine. It will be covered as a touching moment, a "correction" of an injustice. People will expect her to be grateful. Fuck that. The expectation of easy forgiveness & the shaming of rage at injustice is what brings us back to this awful place
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Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Tinpot Dear Leader shit
The Trump administration has removed MLK Day and Juneteenth as holidays that include free entrance to national parks, adding the president’s birthday instead
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Tinpot Dear Leader shit
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Debra Houry reminds us that we are losing our essential public health capacity at CDC.
Since Dr Houry's resignation as Chief Medical Officer in August 2025, ideologues have increasingly replaced specialists in science, public health, and medicine.
#publichealth 🧪🦠
Since Dr Houry's resignation as Chief Medical Officer in August 2025, ideologues have increasingly replaced specialists in science, public health, and medicine.
#publichealth 🧪🦠
I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True
time.com/7338714/dr-d...
time.com/7338714/dr-d...
I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True
"Things have not improved," writes Dr. Debra Houry. "They have worsened. And Congress has still failed to act."
time.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Debra Houry reminds us that we are losing our essential public health capacity at CDC.
Since Dr Houry's resignation as Chief Medical Officer in August 2025, ideologues have increasingly replaced specialists in science, public health, and medicine.
#publichealth 🧪🦠
Since Dr Houry's resignation as Chief Medical Officer in August 2025, ideologues have increasingly replaced specialists in science, public health, and medicine.
#publichealth 🧪🦠
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REPORT: Congressional MAGA Republicans' Continued Obsession with Transgender People
www.hrc.org/press-re...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.hrc.org/press-re...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
REPORT: Congressional MAGA Republicans’ Continued Obsession with…
Despite Americans Rejecting Anti-Trans Scapegoating at the Ballot Box, House Republicans Produced 12 Federal Funding Bills Littered with 50+ Anti-LGBTQ+…
www.hrc.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
REPORT: Congressional MAGA Republicans' Continued Obsession with Transgender People
www.hrc.org/press-re...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.hrc.org/press-re...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
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I don't care if you think that AI can do some really nifty things. It's being rammed down our throats by obscenely wealthy men who are also, obviously, both dangerously right-wing and mentally unstable, and no rational society should be allowing that to happen. End of discussion.
December 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I don't care if you think that AI can do some really nifty things. It's being rammed down our throats by obscenely wealthy men who are also, obviously, both dangerously right-wing and mentally unstable, and no rational society should be allowing that to happen. End of discussion.
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"What? We shouldn't say the clickbait is clickbait?"
December 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"What? We shouldn't say the clickbait is clickbait?"
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The Oklahoma House of Representatives gave that girl an award for writing a terrible essay? For getting a trans person fired? This whole thing is an op.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Oklahoma House of Representatives gave that girl an award for writing a terrible essay? For getting a trans person fired? This whole thing is an op.
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Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
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A year ago, Tracy Hoeg was selling people unproven therapies (like injecting your own blood into your knees) for cash. She is trained in physical medicine & rehabilitation, & does not have any relevant background for this position other than being a prolific & extreme antivaxxer and disease promoter
I suspect FDA no longer has qualified people willing to do this job.
"FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has appointed Tracy Beth Høeg, a longtime skeptic of Covid-19 vaccines, to be the acting director of the agency’s drug unit,...."
endpoints.news/fda-to-name-... @endpts.com
"FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has appointed Tracy Beth Høeg, a longtime skeptic of Covid-19 vaccines, to be the acting director of the agency’s drug unit,...."
endpoints.news/fda-to-name-... @endpts.com
Breaking: FDA to name Tracy Beth Hoeg, who helped lead Covid shot investigation, as acting CDER chief
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has appointed Tracy Beth Høeg, a longtime skeptic of Covid-19 vaccines, to be the acting director of the agency's drug unit
endpoints.news
December 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
A year ago, Tracy Hoeg was selling people unproven therapies (like injecting your own blood into your knees) for cash. She is trained in physical medicine & rehabilitation, & does not have any relevant background for this position other than being a prolific & extreme antivaxxer and disease promoter
Just a reminder: 'girl' originally referred to a child of any sex/gender.
But then male fragility stepped in. It's been with us a long, long time.
But then male fragility stepped in. It's been with us a long, long time.
December 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Just a reminder: 'girl' originally referred to a child of any sex/gender.
But then male fragility stepped in. It's been with us a long, long time.
But then male fragility stepped in. It's been with us a long, long time.
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SCOOP: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) quietly updated its player eligibility policy to ban trans women from competing as women in their leagues, tournaments and competitions in order to comply with Trump's anti-trans sports executive order. The policy went into effect on Monday.
USTA bans trans athletes from competing as women to comply with Trump executive order
The national tennis governing body's policy change was made with no announcement.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
SCOOP: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) quietly updated its player eligibility policy to ban trans women from competing as women in their leagues, tournaments and competitions in order to comply with Trump's anti-trans sports executive order. The policy went into effect on Monday.
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This is a big problem for the people of South America.
The North always wanted to flip it all fascist and steal all its resources. They want to pave and stripmine the Amazon, and will, if not stopped.
Long before this regime, US and Canada have been setting up the dominos like the Belo Monte dam
The North always wanted to flip it all fascist and steal all its resources. They want to pave and stripmine the Amazon, and will, if not stopped.
Long before this regime, US and Canada have been setting up the dominos like the Belo Monte dam
"[E]mbassies in [Venezuela, Brazil, and Mexico] are increasingly using their online presence to promote anti-immigration rhetoric."
"[P]osted 348 times, with 45% [.] featuring anti-immigrant rhetoric."
#USA #Venezuela #Brazil #Mexico #Media #Drugs #Courts #Military #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[P]osted 348 times, with 45% [.] featuring anti-immigrant rhetoric."
#USA #Venezuela #Brazil #Mexico #Media #Drugs #Courts #Military #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
U.S. is exporting xenophobia through some Latin American embassies
A Prism investigation reveals the State Department's social media campaign of fear in Venezuela, Brazil, and Mexico.
prismreports.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This is a big problem for the people of South America.
The North always wanted to flip it all fascist and steal all its resources. They want to pave and stripmine the Amazon, and will, if not stopped.
Long before this regime, US and Canada have been setting up the dominos like the Belo Monte dam
The North always wanted to flip it all fascist and steal all its resources. They want to pave and stripmine the Amazon, and will, if not stopped.
Long before this regime, US and Canada have been setting up the dominos like the Belo Monte dam
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"Watch what Trump's inner cohort -- in particular, Kushner -- wants to do to Ukraine and what they want to do to Gaza, because it indicates what they want to do to the world at large."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jymh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jymh...
Trump Ties to Russian Mob, Sarah Kendzior
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"Watch what Trump's inner cohort -- in particular, Kushner -- wants to do to Ukraine and what they want to do to Gaza, because it indicates what they want to do to the world at large."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jymh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jymh...
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Surprise, surprise: House Republicans don’t want the public to hear what Jack Smith has to say about President Donald Trump—even though the president claims he’d prefer it. trib.al/VoCZs2F
December 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Surprise, surprise: House Republicans don’t want the public to hear what Jack Smith has to say about President Donald Trump—even though the president claims he’d prefer it. trib.al/VoCZs2F
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JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
ANNOUNCEMENT
I am drinking Frank August bourbon, on a Tuesday night, and it is glorious.
I am drinking Frank August bourbon, on a Tuesday night, and it is glorious.
December 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
ANNOUNCEMENT
I am drinking Frank August bourbon, on a Tuesday night, and it is glorious.
I am drinking Frank August bourbon, on a Tuesday night, and it is glorious.
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I used to think Republicans fell in line because they feared Trump would attack them in a primary election. Now, I realize it's much worse. They are physically afraid of Trump's supporters and the risk of violence.
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I used to think Republicans fell in line because they feared Trump would attack them in a primary election. Now, I realize it's much worse. They are physically afraid of Trump's supporters and the risk of violence.
I will add Metropolis (2001)
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I will add Metropolis (2001)
evergreen post?
A lot of skills will let you down but making increasingly decadent tacos never will
December 3, 2025 at 2:57 AM
evergreen post?
sorry I haven't bothered to see how many other people chose this
Lady Snowblood (1973)
Lady Snowblood (1973)
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
sorry I haven't bothered to see how many other people chose this
Lady Snowblood (1973)
Lady Snowblood (1973)