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1. Today, the NYT has reported that 100 members of an ERG-adjacent LGBTQ+ chat in the intelligence community have been fired. This is a new McCarthyism, a new lavender scare meant to remove LGBTQ+ in government, and the way this was done should shake us all. Subscribe to support my journalism.

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1. We are seeing a massive amount of overcompliance with Trump EOs. Nonprofits across the board are erasing transgender people from their websites. Mira Lazine reports on several that have made the decision to do so in her latest piece. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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1. Major exclusive breaking news: Marco Rubio may have just banned trans foreigners seeking visas with correct gender markers from US Entry. A new cable, effective immediately, says visas must contain assigned sex at birth and should be rejected if they don't. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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So there’s not a whole lot I can do about this in the short term but those listening to Songbirding via YouTube Music (because Google forced us podcasters there when shutting down Google Podcasts) will not get the latest episode due to a copyright claim for Ovenbird birdsongs 🤦‍♂️ The claim is of…

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If you want to be a good ally to trans and nonbinary people, please try to scrub the phrase "identifies as" from your vocabulary. It implies a degree of imitation, like "we know you aren't REALLY what you say you are, but we should all just play along", which is really condescending.

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The Senate version of Maryland’s anti-mask bill is scheduled for a hearing on Wednesday (Feb. 26) in the judiciary committee. Join us on Tuesday at 7 p.m. for an urgent phonebank calling into the committee ahead of the hearing! Register: www.tinyurl.com/Feb25MaskBanAction

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I finally ended our five-game Opposition win-streak with a Suffragist win! Second time using my fan expansion, though, and it's possible I went too far in buffing one of my new cards that proved to be underpowered last game. Suffragists are now 3 out of 9 in our games.

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I knew the woman suffrage movement was often racist, but I wasn't quite prepared for finding this 1916 speech by the sitting Chief Justice of North Carolina arguing for woman suffrage on the grounds that it would help maintain "White Supremacy". commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ba...

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Is a photo of a 100+ year old artifact public domain if it's just a simple photo of the artifact? Could this image be used as public domain? The site has a general copyright all rights reserved, but doesn't address the photos directly. lewissuffragecollection.omeka.net/items/show/1...

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Thanks to everyone who called or emailed legislators! At the hearing yesterday, the committee talked about the hundreds of calls they received opposed to this bill! Let's keep it up as the MD House and Senate committees consider these bills.

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After publishing this story, which features a picture of the protest at Children's National in DC, I have been informed that moments ago, Childrens National in DC has resumed transgender care. The hospital protests worked! Keep doing them!

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📣 UPDATE: HB1081 was read to the judiciary committee today (2/18). The committee has not voted yet so we need to keep up the pressure! Keep calling & emailing committee members and urge them to oppose ANY criminalization of masking! Find scripts & contact info👇 docs.google.com/presentation...

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I called. I’m going to keep calling. Please do the same. Get your leathers on and don’t stand by silent as this happens. house.utleg.gov/rep/PECKNI/

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Also please call the MD House Judiciary Committee right now if you can. They're counting pro and oppose calls. Oppose HB1081. Easiest call you can make! 410-841-3488

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Fellow Marylanders, please call your state reps and ask them to vote NO on the mask ban. It's up for a hearing today. Stand up for people with disabilities and those who mask to protect their health and community. linktr.ee/FightMDMaskB...

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Orgs are convincing themselves they can still do good for some if they surrender others. We need to help them understand that it doesn't work that way. You can't serve rape victims by partially giving in to a climate of shame and fear.

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

The telepath song ("We Will All Come Together In A Better Place") from Babylon 5 was written by @straczynski.bsky.social per Lurker's Guide, but it sure seems to have been inspired by the gay anthem, Singing For Our Lives, by Holly Near. youtu.be/VleoZCfgbFU

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

When we give up our fear of being visible, that's when we win. So says @rikiwilchins.bsky.social anyway, and as a member of the group who protested the death of Brandon Teena in Nebraska in 1995, she'd know.

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It's fun going to a playtesting event with a huge display of a game you playtested at that same event a couple years before on the shelf. (Undergrove)

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My natural inclination on something like this has always been to give Congressional staff some benefit of the doubt that they just wrote something too quickly...but I now I'm starting to believe we're just living out the fucking Handmaid's Tale

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This does away with awards based on underrepresentation, student support services based on race, scholarships, etc. Let me explain, pre coffee (wrote this morning, no time to update, you're getting a cut n paste), why this is a bad idea. 🧵 www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

Finished the first draft of my Votes For Women fan expansion and played with it tonight. It was a hit! Unfortunately I was not able to win Votes for Women as my partner got an early lead as the opposition and then had a monster final round after I caught up to shut me down. 5 opposition wins in row.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Infuriating.

submitted 12 days ago • 56 comments

In reality, the Nahua peoples who spoke of "Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl" didn't use that name for what's now the Gulf of Mexico. Instead, that name means "the Fresh Water of Chalchiuhtlicue," and it refers to her mansion in the midst of the cosmic sea, to the east the sea-ringed world. I'll explain. 1/

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Hey, it's Valentine's Day! I bet you're thinking, "Today would be a great day to check out a romance game, especially a queer one, or even several! Oh, and, it would be great if I could benefit a charity like Outright International while doing so!" Well... www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

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Lay an egg on each bird in this column, including this one! (I always think of Wingspan powers when I see birds, especially ones not local to me that I primarily know through Wingspan. And the Red-legged Partridge is one of the best birds in the game!)

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This story is so painful to read.

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

Rough study of an intersex Mallard, based on a photo by redditor u/Pugsterpal. 🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt

submitted 18 days ago • 7 comments

Can we just start calling all ornithodirans "birds"?

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How did these not make it into Wingspan Asia? 🥺 Future promo pack, perhaps...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Any athlete or spectator continuing to participate in NCAA events is transphobic and shameful. Complete boycott of the NCAA. No March Madness until all student athletes can compete.

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