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Nikki Dolson
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katelynburns.com
For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:

It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!

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That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic. (Note for free subscriber...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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never.horse
Trans Authors: Post a link to your books in the comments!
thetransfemininereview.com The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 16h
It's December, which means that it's time for reading trans books!

The December Trans Readathon is a challenge to read a trans book every day for the whole month! If you do, you can track your progress with this official calendar, or use the hashtag #DecemberTransReadathon to share your progress 🩷
2025 December Trans Readathon Calendar: "Every day add a picture of the book you read to the calendar if a book takes you multiple days add it more than once reading every day matters more than finishing books!
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
7 copies remain
mattzollerseitz.bsky.social Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 3d
Writer-painter Josh Hickman, my friend since high school, wrote a powerful book about being his mother's caretaker during her decline from dementia. Reading it healed me after going through a similar experience. I recommend it to all caregivers. We carry it signed by Josh. mzs.press/SIGNED-Forge...
Screenshot of a section of Josh Hickman's book Forgetting: She was… difficult," I have caught myself, sighing weakly, in unguarded and honest moment since my mother's passing. In fact, she was probably the most difficult person I've ever known. She was difficult to deal with, difficult to communicate with, and difficult, if not impossible, to please. When I asked about her by those who had never met her, she also remained somewhat difficult to describe. For me – especially the younger version of me – she was a frightening and enigmatic contradiction, only predictable in her unpredictability. She affected a misplaced aristocratic, even snobbish air, such that many, who didn't know her well thought her well educated, or perhaps some sort of blue blood, but she came from a poor, broken Canadian home and never attended college. She strive to appear polished and controlled, though she possessed a virtually unveiled violent temper. She was endlessly critical, overbearing and argumentative. She always acted as if she deserved better, no matter what she was getting. Where did all this come from? At times I still catch myself struggling to figure it out." Excerpt from forgetting, Josh Hickman's memoir about caring for his mother as she declined from dementia: "One evening, she rose from the couch to go to the bathroom, stumbled, wobbled for a long moment, then collapsed in a heap on the carpet. Horrified, I jumped up and examined her, trying to rouse her, but she was unconscious. Panicking, I dragged her by the armpits back onto the couch, noticing she had soiled her underwear. Yanking the underwear off and throwing them in the bathtub, I pulled her sweatpants up and stared into her ashen face. Was she dying? My mind raced as I tried to figure out what to do. For the moment, I handled things myself in lieu of calling 911. Remembering a brief conversation from months carlier, I recalled her vagucly mentioning she had been diagnosed with a heart condition, a diagnosis she had of course brushed off as "bullshit." She had been given a prescription for this which she wasn't taking. The ailment was atrial fibrillation, which can cause sudden tachycardia and subsequent fainting, My mind shot to the incident of her "falling" on the balcony and breaking her wrist. I hurriedly scoured her voluminous medicine closet, found the medication she had shown me, pulled a pill out, then tried to jiggle her awake so I could force it in her mouth. Her eyes finally opened after several tense seconds, widening as she stared blankly at me. As I yelled at her to wake up and take the pill, she gazed at me vacantly, as if she had no idca who I was. Was she having a stroke? My mind raced. I knew strokes were also possible due to blood pooling in the atrium, especially if one..." Excerpt from Josh Hickman's book Forgetting, about caring for his mother during her decline from dementia: "I had barely I finally informed my mother that she had had nearly two months to mentally and physically prepare herself for this last move, and the time had arrived. Still, she claimed that she hadn't understood that we were actually moving to the condo. She said she thought that was just an "idea." Forced to ignore her protests yet again, I told her she could wait on her couch, and I would do my best to have it packed last. I thought it might help her to actually see the boxes and furniture physically leaving the apartment, that it might aid her in comprehending the inevitable was actually happening before her eyes. I figured it might be best to depart the empty apartment together, mysclf, my mother, and Sammy driving last to the new place as it filled up with our belongings." The cover of Josh Hickman's book Forgetting: The Trials and Tribulations of Caring for a Difficult Parent with Dementia. The cover on the photo shows the author's mother, a woman with brown hair, wearing a black pullover, holding the author as a toddler. He is reaching out to touch her collar. Behind them is a Texaco station in front of a shopping mall in Dallas in the 1970s.
December 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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danifroom.bsky.social
[trans people fired from all federal jobs]
[trans people fired from all military jobs]
[trans people fired from jobs everywhere]
[cis people fired for being accused of being trans]
[cis professors fired for mentioning trans people exist]
[trans teacher fired for giving a bad grade to Nazi]

liberal:
Bernard, a host from Westworld, physically and mentally unable to recognize evidence right in front of his eyes: "Doesn't look like anything to me."
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
nikkidolson.bsky.social
BOUGHT 😍
December 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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emilyhughes.bsky.social
the final horror shopping list of 2025 is here! feat. new books from @comptonwrites.bsky.social, @allyoutthere.bsky.social, @brennanlafaro.bsky.social, @datlow.bsky.social, @tkingfisher.com, and more. 2026 list drops later this week!!
All the New Horror Books Coming in December 2025
December 2025’s new horror books, featuring titles from Kristi DeMeester, Johnny Compton, T. Kingfisher, Ally Russell, Brennan LaFaro, and more!
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December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone reviewed a screenshot of a chat where Zero Unit veterans shared information with a CIA representative about ongoing issues. Lakanwal posted messages asking for help.

His last post went unanswered and was deleted by the chat’s administrator.

More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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indrapramitdas.bsky.social
Please help Lubna keep her son Nasser alive, Palestinians have been left to die homeless, starving, & without medication or healthcare in brutal winter in Israel's continuing genocide:
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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oniblackstock.bsky.social
Today is World AIDS Day.

“An awareness day is not a strategy” is the US government's rationale for not publicly acknowledging World AIDS Day for the first time since the inaugural WAD in 1988.

#WAD2025
Graphic for World AIDS Day 2025 showing a Black woman standing on a higher red ledge reaching down to pull up a Black man on a lower red ledge, with the words ‘World AIDS Day | 2025’ on the bottom.
December 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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danielkraus.com
⚠️ ALERT! ⚠️

New Meg Elison!
New Meg Elison!
New Meg Elison!

@megelison.bsky.social

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Foundling Fathers - Tachyon Publications
When a radical think tank clones America’s founding fathers, can they run America the way it used to be run? PKD Award-winner Meg Elison shines in this ingeniously satirical mashup of U. S. history an...
tachyonpublications.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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moreperfectunion.bsky.social
From the newspaper owned by Jeff Bezos.
Headline: why you may not want lower prices as much as you think you do
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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propublica.org
The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.

So we made that list for you 👇
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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rollingstone.com
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, served in a CIA-backed Afghan force unit, known as the “Zero Units.”

His unit mate said Lakanwal sought help from a CIA program designed to aid unit veterans.

Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
nikkidolson.bsky.social
Yep
aclu.org ACLU @aclu.org · 12h
Our country is better because of immigrants.
December 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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megelison.bsky.social
Foundling Fathers, by Meg Elison

Hamilton meets The Boys from Brazil
1776 meets Clone High
All the Presidents' Heads meets Jurassic Park

6.23.2026

It's the satire America deserves for her 250th. tachyonpublications.com/product/foun...
Cover of "Foundling Fathers" by Meg Elison: a blue book featuring a polaroid-style picture of a white man in a powdered wig wearing white sunglasses and AirPods. Background: the Jefferson Memorial, desaturated, with figures on the stairs.
December 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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noh8campaign.bsky.social
Today would've been Matthew Shepard's 49th Birthday. While we remember those we lost to AIDS, let's not forget those we lost to hate. #RememberMatthew #NOH8
December 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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wearequeeraf.com
Have you heard about The Other Blue Pill? 

Our documentary - produced for @thelovetankcic.bsky.social and @nat.org.uk - explores the history of PrEP in the UK and how it changed HIV prevention #WorldAIDSDay 🎗️

Listen now 👇🧵
The Other Blue Pill
The phenomenal story of the battle for access to HIV prevention drug PrEP in the UK, told in six parts.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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erininthemorning.com
6. Matt Walsh echoes the sentiment often, such as when he rails against feminism by claiming, “Feminism set the stage for trans activists by insisting for years that there are no significant or inherent differences between men and women apart from anatomy.”
Feminism set the stage for trans activists by insisting for years that there are no significant or inherent differences between men and women apart from anatomy. They are the ones who came up with the idea that most differences between the sexes were “social constructs.”
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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erininthemorning.com
5. It’s the same language we find from some of the worst anti-trans influencers. Candice Owens for instance, said “In the west, the steady feminization of our men at the same time that Marxism is being taught to our children is not a coincidence. It is an outright attack. Bring back manly men,”
There is no society that can survive without strong men. The East knows this. In the west, the steady feminization of our men at the same time that Marxism is being taught to our children is not a coincidence. It is an outright attack. Bring back manly men.
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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erininthemorning.com
4. Now, newly leaked texts—published by a conservative source but confirmed as accurate from Gallego himself—suggest Gallego’s shift may not be a mere political calculation but a reflection of deeper, toxic beliefs that have become far too common in American politics.

You can see the texts here:
8:25 5G 8:09 RG Ruben > UVI STEM Explore Following Shop For You Q LIVE 10:13 pm ET IF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION HAD A FACE jamesmaynard4891 Photo ४ This is how the world views many of them... They aren't wrong! Hahaha my point exactly you have gained the strength and the wisdom seems like it's time for you to flex and battle your way to the top of that party I could become your Republican consultant lol RG Ruben > 12:10 50% They aren't wrong! Hahaha my point exactly you have gained the strength and the wisdom seems like it's time for you to flex and battle your way to the top of that party I could become your Republican consultant lol We look like the not fun party Always telling and correcting people Not allowing no men to men Women to be hot We used to be the party of sec drugs and rock and roll Exactly I'm gonna crack up when I go to the Capitol Hill club next time I'm in DC and you're there hanging out just so you can hang out with hot beautiful people Now Dem women look like Dem men and Dem men look like women + iMessage + iMessage
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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erininthemorning.com
3. Enter Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona, one of the Democrats seeming to take that bait. Earlier this year, when asked about transgender participation in sports, he said he was “concerned” about fairness in women’s sports and said "this is one place you can't play" to trans girls.
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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erininthemorning.com
1. Over Thanksgiving, texts from Dem. Sen Ruben Gallego leaked where he repeats far-right talking points on masculinity, lamenting that Democratic women "look like men."

Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.

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Dem. Senator Gallego's Leaked Texts Echo Far-Right Gender Panic And Misogyny
Last week, Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego's texts leaked, where he lamented that Democratic "women look like men and men look like women."
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December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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reactorsff.bsky.social
Asa West spent years trying to find a strange fantasy film she'd glimpsed as a child–finally tracking it down was a revelation, not just about the film itself, but about how weird, ambitious art falls in and out of fashion
I Tracked Down the Film that Traumatized Me as a Kid, and Found a Forgotten Gem - Reactor
Weird, ambitious art — the kind that sticks with you for decades — is always worth searching for.
reactormag.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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rhppress.bsky.social
3 BY NICK KOLAKOWSKI: The “Jake Halligan” trilogy is an action-packed, blood soaked saga that will leave you wanting more! Pick up all three books by @nkolakowski.bsky.social for that crime fiction lover in your life today: bit.ly/3J1ekYN
December 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Bumping this up again!
megiddings.bsky.social Megan Giddings @megiddings.bsky.social · 6d
Hi CNF writers with a book, if you're interested in teaching a 1-1 for the next two to three years while you're hopefully working on your next book and want to live in the Twin Cities, please consider applying to be our next writer in residence: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
a screenshot of the Edelstein-Keller Endowed Visiting Writing Chairship. Includes the required qualifications: an MA, MFA or PhD in Creative Writing, English or related field with degree in hand by 8/25/2025 a minimum of one volume of work published by a national press in literary nonfiction (a book under contract is acceptable, provided the pub date is before position start date) College or university level teaching experience Preferred qualifications: Evidence of potential for continued success as a published writer Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion
December 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM