Spencer Watson
@spencer-watson.com
they/them | Executive Director, @economics.lgbt | Chief Site Administrator, @lgbtq-wiki.org | Principal, https://watson-labs.com | Opinions are my own, but you can share them if you like
Come join me and @economics.lgbt at the Boston City Hall for the LGBTQ+ Pride Flag Raising Ceremony!
June 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Come join me and @economics.lgbt at the Boston City Hall for the LGBTQ+ Pride Flag Raising Ceremony!
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! Won't it be fun when all the student borrowers of this country go on a debt strike and the entire FDSL student crumbles to dust? This is going to be fun to watch
April 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! Won't it be fun when all the student borrowers of this country go on a debt strike and the entire FDSL student crumbles to dust? This is going to be fun to watch
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Who can sign/host the strike card: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
April 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Who can sign/host the strike card: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
This is an example of the fun pro-tips I have been getting added onto my correspondence with sales and support professionals at vendors I contract with.
I just keep hearing "Y'all need Jesus!"
I just keep hearing "Y'all need Jesus!"
April 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is an example of the fun pro-tips I have been getting added onto my correspondence with sales and support professionals at vendors I contract with.
I just keep hearing "Y'all need Jesus!"
I just keep hearing "Y'all need Jesus!"
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Ezra Klein has finally joined us in reality.
Maybe he can now push the rest of the @nytimes.com to call it like it is.
Because to fight this, we need to appropriately name it.
This is a fascist regime.
This is a coup.
Maybe he can now push the rest of the @nytimes.com to call it like it is.
Because to fight this, we need to appropriately name it.
This is a fascist regime.
This is a coup.
The Emergency Is Here | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
April 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Ezra Klein has finally joined us in reality.
Maybe he can now push the rest of the @nytimes.com to call it like it is.
Because to fight this, we need to appropriately name it.
This is a fascist regime.
This is a coup.
Maybe he can now push the rest of the @nytimes.com to call it like it is.
Because to fight this, we need to appropriately name it.
This is a fascist regime.
This is a coup.
This countdown is literally on the website I'm looking at right now. Get ready for a wild ride, this could get a little bumpy
April 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This countdown is literally on the website I'm looking at right now. Get ready for a wild ride, this could get a little bumpy
This is disgusting. Its time for a change, kiddos
Time to get out of the offices, and into the streets.
Time to get out of the offices, and into the streets.
A town hall for Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on Tuesday quickly deteriorated into chaos, as police officers forcibly removed several protesters and subdued two of them with stun guns.
Read more: nyti.ms/42MLMZV
Read more: nyti.ms/42MLMZV
April 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This is disgusting. Its time for a change, kiddos
Time to get out of the offices, and into the streets.
Time to get out of the offices, and into the streets.
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DOGE cannot be trusted with your personal data. Concerned citizens have said it, now so are whistleblowers.
Read NPR's reporting about DOGEs shifty, illegal, and downright dangerous use of your personal data, and how bad their security is. 👀👀👀
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
Read NPR's reporting about DOGEs shifty, illegal, and downright dangerous use of your personal data, and how bad their security is. 👀👀👀
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
5 takeaways about NPR's reporting on the whistleblower report about DOGE at the NLRB
Here's a summary of NPR's findings about the report that a whistleblower filed to Congress about how DOGE violated security protocols and could have removed sensitive labor data.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
DOGE cannot be trusted with your personal data. Concerned citizens have said it, now so are whistleblowers.
Read NPR's reporting about DOGEs shifty, illegal, and downright dangerous use of your personal data, and how bad their security is. 👀👀👀
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
Read NPR's reporting about DOGEs shifty, illegal, and downright dangerous use of your personal data, and how bad their security is. 👀👀👀
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
Hey DC friends!!!!
Guess I'm coming to town for Inclusion Day, April 30th and staying thru May Day and until Friday.
Bringing protest gear (flags, banners, etc.), a whole a/v kit, and CLEAR's demands for economic equality.
Who wants to march with me? I can't carry it alone!!11!!!
Guess I'm coming to town for Inclusion Day, April 30th and staying thru May Day and until Friday.
Bringing protest gear (flags, banners, etc.), a whole a/v kit, and CLEAR's demands for economic equality.
Who wants to march with me? I can't carry it alone!!11!!!
We'll be coming to DC for #InclusionDay, with our cameras, protest gear, and demands for full economic inclusion for all trans, gnc, and LGBTQ people AND the liberation of our siblings and allies from violence and oppression
Who wants to march with us?
www.wearevivid.org/event-detail...
Who wants to march with us?
www.wearevivid.org/event-detail...
Inclusion Day | The LGBTQIA+ March
On April 30, 2025, we take to the streets to make our voices impossible to ignore. We’re demanding real protections, real accountability, and real action for LGBTQIA+ rights. This isn’t just a protest...
www.wearevivid.org
April 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Hey DC friends!!!!
Guess I'm coming to town for Inclusion Day, April 30th and staying thru May Day and until Friday.
Bringing protest gear (flags, banners, etc.), a whole a/v kit, and CLEAR's demands for economic equality.
Who wants to march with me? I can't carry it alone!!11!!!
Guess I'm coming to town for Inclusion Day, April 30th and staying thru May Day and until Friday.
Bringing protest gear (flags, banners, etc.), a whole a/v kit, and CLEAR's demands for economic equality.
Who wants to march with me? I can't carry it alone!!11!!!
So. I am the child of an @iatse.bsky.social stagehand, on advance crew of a major musical. I know how to pack some equipment in and out.
I also had no A/V equipment this time last month. Now I have enough to start a small studio
The revolution may not be televised. But it will be live streamed
I also had no A/V equipment this time last month. Now I have enough to start a small studio
The revolution may not be televised. But it will be live streamed
April 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
So. I am the child of an @iatse.bsky.social stagehand, on advance crew of a major musical. I know how to pack some equipment in and out.
I also had no A/V equipment this time last month. Now I have enough to start a small studio
The revolution may not be televised. But it will be live streamed
I also had no A/V equipment this time last month. Now I have enough to start a small studio
The revolution may not be televised. But it will be live streamed
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#HandsOff FEMA!!!! The Dept of Homeland Security has created a plan to dismantle #FEMA, which provides critical disaster response services across the U.S.
@nlihc.bsky.social has created this tool to contact your Congress persons to tell them to protect #FEMA.
nlihc.quorum.us/campaign/118...
@nlihc.bsky.social has created this tool to contact your Congress persons to tell them to protect #FEMA.
nlihc.quorum.us/campaign/118...
Urge Congress to Protect FEMA
Urge Congress to Protect Communities by Reforming, Not Destroying, FEMA
nlihc.quorum.us
April 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#HandsOff FEMA!!!! The Dept of Homeland Security has created a plan to dismantle #FEMA, which provides critical disaster response services across the U.S.
@nlihc.bsky.social has created this tool to contact your Congress persons to tell them to protect #FEMA.
nlihc.quorum.us/campaign/118...
@nlihc.bsky.social has created this tool to contact your Congress persons to tell them to protect #FEMA.
nlihc.quorum.us/campaign/118...
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Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, stating, “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT.” Approximately four hours later, he announced a 90-day pause on most trade tariffs, leading to a significant surge in the stock market. Do you think this is insider trading?
April 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, stating, “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT.” Approximately four hours later, he announced a 90-day pause on most trade tariffs, leading to a significant surge in the stock market. Do you think this is insider trading?
When people write pieces rooted in sex shame and with dim understandings of how cyberspace works it gets under my skin.
@cosendem.bsky.social's need to be cautious to not be giving into fearmongering and feeding into an internet security state by supporting SB 201.
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@cosendem.bsky.social's need to be cautious to not be giving into fearmongering and feeding into an internet security state by supporting SB 201.
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In a small-minded opinion piece, @denverpost.com's Krista Kafer mocks the @fsc.bsky.social's existence and completely omits mention of trans people, other LGBTQ people, reproductive rights, sexual health, or other reasons to be concerned about this bill. www.denverpost.com/2025/04/03/p...
Opinion: Children should not be able to access pornography online
Senate Bill 201 would require such websites to verify each potential user’s age by employing commercially available, independently certified technology highly effective in establishing that an indi…
www.denverpost.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When people write pieces rooted in sex shame and with dim understandings of how cyberspace works it gets under my skin.
@cosendem.bsky.social's need to be cautious to not be giving into fearmongering and feeding into an internet security state by supporting SB 201.
[Click thru for full thread]
@cosendem.bsky.social's need to be cautious to not be giving into fearmongering and feeding into an internet security state by supporting SB 201.
[Click thru for full thread]
True to form as an LGBTQ organization, @economics.lgbt will be getting flags for May Day and other future days of action in protest of the administration. [Eddie Izzard fans may ask: Do you have a flag?]
Help me pick: Light or Dark? And if I got more than one... would anyone be interested in one?
Help me pick: Light or Dark? And if I got more than one... would anyone be interested in one?
April 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
True to form as an LGBTQ organization, @economics.lgbt will be getting flags for May Day and other future days of action in protest of the administration. [Eddie Izzard fans may ask: Do you have a flag?]
Help me pick: Light or Dark? And if I got more than one... would anyone be interested in one?
Help me pick: Light or Dark? And if I got more than one... would anyone be interested in one?
I love that I have a broad, eclectic, and esoteric appeal. My followers here, as is the case on the platform formerly known as Twitter, consist largely of economists and sex workers. I'm such a fan of strange bedfellows
April 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I love that I have a broad, eclectic, and esoteric appeal. My followers here, as is the case on the platform formerly known as Twitter, consist largely of economists and sex workers. I'm such a fan of strange bedfellows
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Who benefits from an economic crisis? Trump does. He declares an economic emergency—then manufactures one—which allows him to expand his power. Under the National Emergencies Act (NEA), the president can unlock more than 120 special statutory powers. No wonder he was just out golfing—crisis pays.
April 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Who benefits from an economic crisis? Trump does. He declares an economic emergency—then manufactures one—which allows him to expand his power. Under the National Emergencies Act (NEA), the president can unlock more than 120 special statutory powers. No wonder he was just out golfing—crisis pays.
The energy at #HandsOff Boston was incredible. I apparently will have the chop up the footage a little bit more so it'll fit here on @bsky.app and @skylight.social though... Stay tuned for more content I suppose 😘
Sadly most of the videos we took at #HandsOff Boston are too large of a file size to share here. But you can find a YouTube playlist with our favorite clips and quotes of the day HERE: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
CLEAR's Hands Off Boston Highlights - YouTube
Some selected highlights from the Hands Off Protest in Boston on April 5, 2025. Featuring clips from Urban Leage of Eastern Mass CEO Rahsaan D. Hall, Rep. Ay...
youtube.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The energy at #HandsOff Boston was incredible. I apparently will have the chop up the footage a little bit more so it'll fit here on @bsky.app and @skylight.social though... Stay tuned for more content I suppose 😘
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Whelp. Welcome to the U.S. AI and social media fueled surveillance state, plus U.S. government data upgrade. Didn't you kinda call this @ket.bsky.social?
DOGE reportedly planning a hackathon to build ‘mega API’ for IRS data
DOGE reportedly planning a hackathon to build ‘mega API’ for IRS data
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) plans to host a hackathon next week focused on the creation of a “mega API” that will provide access to taxpayer data, according to Wired. Wired says the hackathon is being organized by two DOGE staffers at the Internal Revenue Service — Gavin Kilger and Sam Corcos, who’s […]
tcrn.ch
April 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Whelp. Welcome to the U.S. AI and social media fueled surveillance state, plus U.S. government data upgrade. Didn't you kinda call this @ket.bsky.social?
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Best sign from Strongsville Ohio Hands Off protest 4/5/25
April 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Best sign from Strongsville Ohio Hands Off protest 4/5/25