OldBae
@dorianbae.bsky.social
Trans man. Left to my own devices I'd be making mead and playing with my friends and chosen family in the woods. Choosing kindness as my strength. Pet cats, lift heavy, laugh in the teeth of despair.
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Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
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insurance companies literally kill people
UnitedHealth reduced hospitalizations for nursing home seniors. Now it faces wrongful death claims
The company says it is protecting nursing home residents by curbing unnecessary hospital transfers. Whistleblowers allege cost-cutting tactics have endangered the elderly
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
insurance companies literally kill people
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NEW: Pardoned January 6 rioters have been advising Justice Department officials how to pursue – and perhaps prosecute – the very prosecutors who helped put them behind bars.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
December 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NEW: Pardoned January 6 rioters have been advising Justice Department officials how to pursue – and perhaps prosecute – the very prosecutors who helped put them behind bars.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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March 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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“It seems like these officials know quite well how important it is for people to have easy access to medications that improve their health and improve their lives,” said Zan Lussier, a 56-year-old transgender man living in Washington state. “It absolutely is gender-affirming care for cis men.”
For too long, hormone therapy has been inaccessible for cisgender men — or so said clinicians, professors and a pharmaceutical CEO gathered this week by the FDA.
So, HRT for everybody, right? ... Right guys?
So, HRT for everybody, right? ... Right guys?
There’s a testosterone crisis, the FDA says — for cisgender men
The government disapproves of the hormone for transgender people but is enthusiastic about what it could do for cisgender men.
19thnews.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“It seems like these officials know quite well how important it is for people to have easy access to medications that improve their health and improve their lives,” said Zan Lussier, a 56-year-old transgender man living in Washington state. “It absolutely is gender-affirming care for cis men.”
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LOLOLOLOL hahahahahahaha
December 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
LOLOLOLOL hahahahahahaha
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NEW: Friday memo from the NIH shows the agency is still thinking about terminations & aligning awards with its priorities
The upside, experts told me, is that this new guidance offers more of an opportunity for researchers to push back on terminations
www.statnews.com/2025/12/15/n...
The upside, experts told me, is that this new guidance offers more of an opportunity for researchers to push back on terminations
www.statnews.com/2025/12/15/n...
NIH specifies how grant reviewers should ensure alignment with Trump priorities
In a memo obtained by STAT, the NIH gives specific steps on how grant reviewers can check for alignment with administration priorities.
www.statnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
NEW: Friday memo from the NIH shows the agency is still thinking about terminations & aligning awards with its priorities
The upside, experts told me, is that this new guidance offers more of an opportunity for researchers to push back on terminations
www.statnews.com/2025/12/15/n...
The upside, experts told me, is that this new guidance offers more of an opportunity for researchers to push back on terminations
www.statnews.com/2025/12/15/n...
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I’m not making free content for a website owned by a guy who thinks my family existing is a form of genocide against white people, which is why I’m not going back to that place.
December 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I’m not making free content for a website owned by a guy who thinks my family existing is a form of genocide against white people, which is why I’m not going back to that place.
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If I had to ask the Louvre's permission it would 'kill' my high-end jewelry business!
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
December 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If I had to ask the Louvre's permission it would 'kill' my high-end jewelry business!
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absolutely the fuck not
Private equity has found a new source of profit: volunteer fire departments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
absolutely the fuck not
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This column on Vox is the biggest pile of steaming AI crap I've seen this year. Human's aren't running out of ideas. Instead, those with power and money don't want to listen to ideas that threaten their power and money.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This column on Vox is the biggest pile of steaming AI crap I've seen this year. Human's aren't running out of ideas. Instead, those with power and money don't want to listen to ideas that threaten their power and money.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
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This is this strip it's based on, took a few creative liberties :)
December 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This is this strip it's based on, took a few creative liberties :)
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fernwyld
something green inspired by a few days in the pnw 🌿
(thanks to my art-in-the-mail patrons for sponsoring this piece 💚)
#art #fantasyart #digitalart
something green inspired by a few days in the pnw 🌿
(thanks to my art-in-the-mail patrons for sponsoring this piece 💚)
#art #fantasyart #digitalart
December 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
fernwyld
something green inspired by a few days in the pnw 🌿
(thanks to my art-in-the-mail patrons for sponsoring this piece 💚)
#art #fantasyart #digitalart
something green inspired by a few days in the pnw 🌿
(thanks to my art-in-the-mail patrons for sponsoring this piece 💚)
#art #fantasyart #digitalart
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"Thanks" for sharing... JFC
Just in time for the holidays, today's HHS dump of terminated grants lists a bunch of child welfare projects funded by the Administration for Children and Families' Children's Bureau. Programs across KS, KY, MN, NY, OR, CA, MD, DC, and IA. taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
December 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"Thanks" for sharing... JFC
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Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
December 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
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Boycott OpenAI and ChatGPT.
Evil companies pushing evil products.
Evil companies pushing evil products.
'She participated in a TikTok "Devil trend" on Saturday, Dec. 6, in which she asked ChatGPT to reveal her biggest flaws and insecurities.'
The 19-year-old sophomore was found dead in her off-campus apartment.
December 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Boycott OpenAI and ChatGPT.
Evil companies pushing evil products.
Evil companies pushing evil products.
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"What are you in for?"
"Wanting to be able to complete more than one task a day"
"Wanting to be able to complete more than one task a day"
December 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"What are you in for?"
"Wanting to be able to complete more than one task a day"
"Wanting to be able to complete more than one task a day"
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on the intimidation front, this is a big country! they've hired a lot of (clown shoes) ICE agents but they're only surging them to one place at a time, they don't have anywhere near the numbers to try this across even the swing districts
and given the enthusiasm we've seen, trying might backfire
and given the enthusiasm we've seen, trying might backfire
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
on the intimidation front, this is a big country! they've hired a lot of (clown shoes) ICE agents but they're only surging them to one place at a time, they don't have anywhere near the numbers to try this across even the swing districts
and given the enthusiasm we've seen, trying might backfire
and given the enthusiasm we've seen, trying might backfire
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this is also where I’m at
they have two paths to steal the midterms - intimidate enough people to flip them and outright steal them - and neither seems at all likely to work
once the House has flipped the duck becomes even lamer, even though they will flail hard on the way down
they have two paths to steal the midterms - intimidate enough people to flip them and outright steal them - and neither seems at all likely to work
once the House has flipped the duck becomes even lamer, even though they will flail hard on the way down
In the last few weeks, I’ve become increasingly convinced that Trump and his regime are totally cooked.
They can only stay in power by stealing elections—but they can only do that if enough people are willing to help them.
They’re in a downward spiral and can’t pull themselves out of it.
They can only stay in power by stealing elections—but they can only do that if enough people are willing to help them.
They’re in a downward spiral and can’t pull themselves out of it.
December 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
this is also where I’m at
they have two paths to steal the midterms - intimidate enough people to flip them and outright steal them - and neither seems at all likely to work
once the House has flipped the duck becomes even lamer, even though they will flail hard on the way down
they have two paths to steal the midterms - intimidate enough people to flip them and outright steal them - and neither seems at all likely to work
once the House has flipped the duck becomes even lamer, even though they will flail hard on the way down
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The GOP just voted to gut your health care. Trump’s allies are preparing the military for more domestic use.
I went live with @duckworth.senate.gov to break it down. Watch + share:
🔗 onoffense.substack.com/p/duckworth-...
I went live with @duckworth.senate.gov to break it down. Watch + share:
🔗 onoffense.substack.com/p/duckworth-...
Senator Duckworth: GOP Just Voted to Gut Health Care as Trump Escalates Domestic Troop Plans
Senator Tammy Duckworth joined me to break down the Senate’s health care votes—and expose how Trump’s allies are laying the groundwork for more domestic military deployments against civilians.
onoffense.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The GOP just voted to gut your health care. Trump’s allies are preparing the military for more domestic use.
I went live with @duckworth.senate.gov to break it down. Watch + share:
🔗 onoffense.substack.com/p/duckworth-...
I went live with @duckworth.senate.gov to break it down. Watch + share:
🔗 onoffense.substack.com/p/duckworth-...
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"The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism."
- Hannah Arendt
- Hannah Arendt
December 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism."
- Hannah Arendt
- Hannah Arendt
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One life eclipses another; Smilodon takes down a whitetail deer. Inspired by petroglyphs, cave art, and ancient Scythian art. It's weird to think that the whitetail deer survived the ice age and made it to the present but many of its predators did not. #art #smilodon #paleontology #rockart #deer
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
One life eclipses another; Smilodon takes down a whitetail deer. Inspired by petroglyphs, cave art, and ancient Scythian art. It's weird to think that the whitetail deer survived the ice age and made it to the present but many of its predators did not. #art #smilodon #paleontology #rockart #deer
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An HIV doctor quit the CDC when they insisted on censoring his research by removing data on trans people. This interview peels back the curtain of how anti-trans ideology figured into the Trump administration's war on science.
Republished from @kffhealthnews.org, written by @amymaxmen.bsky.social.
Republished from @kffhealthnews.org, written by @amymaxmen.bsky.social.
This HIV Expert Refused To Censor Data on Trans Patients, Then Quit the CDC — Assigned
John Weiser, a doctor and researcher, has treated people with HIV since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
An HIV doctor quit the CDC when they insisted on censoring his research by removing data on trans people. This interview peels back the curtain of how anti-trans ideology figured into the Trump administration's war on science.
Republished from @kffhealthnews.org, written by @amymaxmen.bsky.social.
Republished from @kffhealthnews.org, written by @amymaxmen.bsky.social.