Zack Ford
@zackford.bsky.social
Press/Editorial: AFJustice
Formerly: ThinkProgress (RIP).
Queer/cis, atheist, SJW, pianist, gaymer, IC alumni, union member. https://linktr.ee/zackford
Opinions my own. (He/Him) 🏳️🌈🖖
Formerly: ThinkProgress (RIP).
Queer/cis, atheist, SJW, pianist, gaymer, IC alumni, union member. https://linktr.ee/zackford
Opinions my own. (He/Him) 🏳️🌈🖖
Did I take a vacation day to go to a Wicked double feature with my bestie? Yes, yes I did.
November 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Did I take a vacation day to go to a Wicked double feature with my bestie? Yes, yes I did.
Y'all know we can't just "move on" from this, right? We have to very intentionally correct for it.
November 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Y'all know we can't just "move on" from this, right? We have to very intentionally correct for it.
There's nothing more feminist than defending the most conservative vision of a woman's place, says Amy Coney Barrett. 🤮
She sounds JUST LIKE the tradwives I see on TikTok. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
She sounds JUST LIKE the tradwives I see on TikTok. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There's nothing more feminist than defending the most conservative vision of a woman's place, says Amy Coney Barrett. 🤮
She sounds JUST LIKE the tradwives I see on TikTok. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
She sounds JUST LIKE the tradwives I see on TikTok. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Important footnote from the Fifth Circuit:
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Important footnote from the Fifth Circuit:
They don't know that they're the orcs. 🤦
October 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
They don't know that they're the orcs. 🤦
Trump's McCarthyist immigration goon Joseph Edlow consistently wears an American flag pin with SOMETHING on it, but I can't make it out in any of the pics or videos. Does anybody recognize what it might be?
October 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Trump's McCarthyist immigration goon Joseph Edlow consistently wears an American flag pin with SOMETHING on it, but I can't make it out in any of the pics or videos. Does anybody recognize what it might be?
Fuck Megan McArdle and Fuck WaPo for publishing her transphobic bullshit. When someone is arguing that "biological sex is an essential fact" or claiming transition needs to be studied with "randomized controlled studies," they're only making clear they will never accept trans people are real.
October 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Fuck Megan McArdle and Fuck WaPo for publishing her transphobic bullshit. When someone is arguing that "biological sex is an essential fact" or claiming transition needs to be studied with "randomized controlled studies," they're only making clear they will never accept trans people are real.
I think she maybe just watched Star Trek: Generations and confused her Kirks.
October 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I think she maybe just watched Star Trek: Generations and confused her Kirks.
ADF's lawyer keeps insisting that the research on consequences aren't valid because they account for forms of therapy beyond speech. But there is plenty of evidence of the harms of just speech. The ex-gay survivor survey shows most only had speech-based treatments: beyondexgay.com/survey/resul...
October 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
ADF's lawyer keeps insisting that the research on consequences aren't valid because they account for forms of therapy beyond speech. But there is plenty of evidence of the harms of just speech. The ex-gay survivor survey shows most only had speech-based treatments: beyondexgay.com/survey/resul...
Survivors of ex-gay therapy have been very open about how painful their experiences were. It taught them to hate themselves and devastated their mental health, with long-term effects even after removing themselves from the torturous treatment. beyondexgay.com/survey/resul...
October 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Survivors of ex-gay therapy have been very open about how painful their experiences were. It taught them to hate themselves and devastated their mental health, with long-term effects even after removing themselves from the torturous treatment. beyondexgay.com/survey/resul...
Lots of places in DC have shutdown drink specials, but only one place has drink specials AND the chance to belt out your feelings with live piano Broadway karaoke. Come sing with me tonight at Sid Gold's Request Room in Union Market from 6-9 then stick around for even more karaoke!
October 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Lots of places in DC have shutdown drink specials, but only one place has drink specials AND the chance to belt out your feelings with live piano Broadway karaoke. Come sing with me tonight at Sid Gold's Request Room in Union Market from 6-9 then stick around for even more karaoke!
Having my usual reaction to my COVID shot from yesterday and so grateful I have Tylenol on hand. 😉
September 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Having my usual reaction to my COVID shot from yesterday and so grateful I have Tylenol on hand. 😉
I hope everyone has a great rapture tomorrow.
September 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I hope everyone has a great rapture tomorrow.
Funny, you never hear any accountability from them when the vast majority of politically motivated violence is right-wing motivated, but they have to cite non-deadly examples from 2012 to fabricate this narrative.
September 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Funny, you never hear any accountability from them when the vast majority of politically motivated violence is right-wing motivated, but they have to cite non-deadly examples from 2012 to fabricate this narrative.
If you're not following the work of @afj.org and @afjactioncampaign.org, you're missing out on great events like tonight's panel previewing the upcoming Supreme Court term.
September 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
If you're not following the work of @afj.org and @afjactioncampaign.org, you're missing out on great events like tonight's panel previewing the upcoming Supreme Court term.
So this week's episode of #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds has a planet called Purmantee III that is known for its sandwiches with french fries right on the sandwich. Clearly this is a reference to the Primanti Bros. chain out of Pittsburgh, right?
@seanferrick.bsky.social @trekculture.bsky.social
@seanferrick.bsky.social @trekculture.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
So this week's episode of #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds has a planet called Purmantee III that is known for its sandwiches with french fries right on the sandwich. Clearly this is a reference to the Primanti Bros. chain out of Pittsburgh, right?
@seanferrick.bsky.social @trekculture.bsky.social
@seanferrick.bsky.social @trekculture.bsky.social
Goodbye and good riddance to one of the worst state supreme court justices.
August 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Goodbye and good riddance to one of the worst state supreme court justices.
I sure hope when tides turn that Democrats remember that Republicans openly admitted how much they abused the blue slip to obstruct judges, because it was a lot more than the Democrats!
August 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I sure hope when tides turn that Democrats remember that Republicans openly admitted how much they abused the blue slip to obstruct judges, because it was a lot more than the Democrats!
Revisited some of the best years of my life this morning.
August 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Revisited some of the best years of my life this morning.
Time to chat about a captured Supreme Court with Evan Milligan (Milligan v. Allen), @alexaronson.bsky.social, @ashdashlee.bsky.social, @elienyc.bsky.social, and @brianbeutler.bsky.social at #nn25!
August 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Time to chat about a captured Supreme Court with Evan Milligan (Milligan v. Allen), @alexaronson.bsky.social, @ashdashlee.bsky.social, @elienyc.bsky.social, and @brianbeutler.bsky.social at #nn25!
Glad to see @mmfa.bsky.social still kicking and keeping the oppo research movement alive at #nn25!
August 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Glad to see @mmfa.bsky.social still kicking and keeping the oppo research movement alive at #nn25!
I was pretty disappointed in how @petebuttigieg.bsky.social talked about the transgender sports issue, so I recorded a TikTok offering what I think is a better approach to winning people over on full inclusion and countering the right's fear: www.tiktok.com/@zackfordblo...
August 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I was pretty disappointed in how @petebuttigieg.bsky.social talked about the transgender sports issue, so I recorded a TikTok offering what I think is a better approach to winning people over on full inclusion and countering the right's fear: www.tiktok.com/@zackfordblo...