Helen Wiley
@helenwiley.bsky.social
Queer Southerner, recently moved to the Third Coast. I read and write constantly (mostly fantasy), play the organ occasionally, and want to be friends with every cat and dog in the world.
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There are people in Minnesota who are violating the law, and it's the people who are flash-banging babies, shooting people who pose no threat, and deploying tear gas against peaceful crowds.
The way to end the violence in Minnesota is for ICE to stop committing violence against Minnesotans.
The way to end the violence in Minnesota is for ICE to stop committing violence against Minnesotans.
January 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
There are people in Minnesota who are violating the law, and it's the people who are flash-banging babies, shooting people who pose no threat, and deploying tear gas against peaceful crowds.
The way to end the violence in Minnesota is for ICE to stop committing violence against Minnesotans.
The way to end the violence in Minnesota is for ICE to stop committing violence against Minnesotans.
wow, this is indeed depressing.
Depressing news reported at @lgbtqnation.com:
Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books amid bans & the current GOP president
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/publ...
#kidlit #queerkidlit #lgbtq #booksky
Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books amid bans & the current GOP president
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/publ...
#kidlit #queerkidlit #lgbtq #booksky
Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books amid bans & the current GOP president - LGBTQ Nation
"In the face of so many book bans and so much concern about decreasing school library sales of queer content" publishers are "passing" on LGBTQ+ books.
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:17 AM
wow, this is indeed depressing.
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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“IT WAS MURDER”
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
January 10, 2026 at 8:57 PM
“IT WAS MURDER”
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
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This is literally what they do whenever a Black person is killed by police. No matter how solid the evidence is, they will keep pushing that lie, not just to poison the conversation and make sure the killer walks free, but to reassert the political idea that these people deserve to be killed.
The shooting is shocking enough but the government's response is off the charts when you consider that this incident is forensically documented on video.
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
This is literally what they do whenever a Black person is killed by police. No matter how solid the evidence is, they will keep pushing that lie, not just to poison the conversation and make sure the killer walks free, but to reassert the political idea that these people deserve to be killed.
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I would uh
Hesitate to repost this one as we have a video of her wife at the scene after it happened. A grandfather saying "he has no one, I'll come get him" with that context reads like they don't acknowledge her queer partner
Hesitate to repost this one as we have a video of her wife at the scene after it happened. A grandfather saying "he has no one, I'll come get him" with that context reads like they don't acknowledge her queer partner
Renee Nicole Good, the woman shot & killed by an ICE agent, had a young son whose father died in 2023, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune
“There’s nobody else in his life,” the boy’s grandfather told the paper. “I’ll drive. I’ll fly. To come get my grandchild.” www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
“There’s nobody else in his life,” the boy’s grandfather told the paper. “I’ll drive. I’ll fly. To come get my grandchild.” www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
January 7, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I would uh
Hesitate to repost this one as we have a video of her wife at the scene after it happened. A grandfather saying "he has no one, I'll come get him" with that context reads like they don't acknowledge her queer partner
Hesitate to repost this one as we have a video of her wife at the scene after it happened. A grandfather saying "he has no one, I'll come get him" with that context reads like they don't acknowledge her queer partner
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As you listen to DHS and ICE offer their excuses and justifications for murdering an American mother in cold blood, a quickly-forgotten reminder from Chicago:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
January 8, 2026 at 1:25 AM
As you listen to DHS and ICE offer their excuses and justifications for murdering an American mother in cold blood, a quickly-forgotten reminder from Chicago:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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ICE isn’t bad because they’re doing a bad job at something that is necessary. it is that they are wholly unnecessary, and their function is evil.
January 8, 2026 at 1:23 AM
ICE isn’t bad because they’re doing a bad job at something that is necessary. it is that they are wholly unnecessary, and their function is evil.
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Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
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Giant black bird along this old industrial building. Armitage & Clybourne. (Unable to find artist name).
December 31, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Giant black bird along this old industrial building. Armitage & Clybourne. (Unable to find artist name).
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Over the Chicago River and thru the hoods.
December 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Over the Chicago River and thru the hoods.
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He ys ridinge a horse
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
December 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
He ys ridinge a horse
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
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As told by the late dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille.
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
As told by the late dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille.
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Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
literally a perfect movie, no notes
Yearly reminder that the best Christmas action movie is actually The Long Kiss Goodnight.
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
literally a perfect movie, no notes
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
5 animals you've seen in the wild:
1. roadrunner
2. javelina
3. aoudad/barbary sheep
4. rio grande chirping frog
5. scissor-tailed flycatcher
1. roadrunner
2. javelina
3. aoudad/barbary sheep
4. rio grande chirping frog
5. scissor-tailed flycatcher
5 animals you've seen in the wild:
1. Reindeer
2. Grizzly bear
3. Moose
4. Steller sea lion
5. Ravens
1. Reindeer
2. Grizzly bear
3. Moose
4. Steller sea lion
5. Ravens
5 animals you've seen in the wild:
1. Moose (including one swimming)
2. Bald eagle (including one swimming)
3. Black bear (not swimming)
4. Beaver (obviously swimming)
5. Osprey(s) (diving but not swimming)
1. Moose (including one swimming)
2. Bald eagle (including one swimming)
3. Black bear (not swimming)
4. Beaver (obviously swimming)
5. Osprey(s) (diving but not swimming)
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 AM
5 animals you've seen in the wild:
1. roadrunner
2. javelina
3. aoudad/barbary sheep
4. rio grande chirping frog
5. scissor-tailed flycatcher
1. roadrunner
2. javelina
3. aoudad/barbary sheep
4. rio grande chirping frog
5. scissor-tailed flycatcher
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RFK Jr’s CDC posting lies about vaccines and autism on their website isn’t just misinformation, it’s intentionally weaponized eugenicist rhetoric that will kill people.
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
RFK Jr’s CDC posting lies about vaccines and autism on their website isn’t just misinformation, it’s intentionally weaponized eugenicist rhetoric that will kill people.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing
The de facto Saudi ruler was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
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This is how to write a headline about repeated liars.
Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is how to write a headline about repeated liars.
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Your regular reminder that the number of trans kids using puberty blockers to delay puberty is tiny, and the vast majority of prescriptions for the medication in children and adolescents are used to delay precocious puberty in cisgender kids.
Because it’s cis kids.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
November 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Your regular reminder that the number of trans kids using puberty blockers to delay puberty is tiny, and the vast majority of prescriptions for the medication in children and adolescents are used to delay precocious puberty in cisgender kids.