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submitted 48 days ago • 143 comments

man it was nice to have a president who wouldn’t give an off the cuff press conference tanking the economy

submitted 57 days ago • 6 comments

My wife just asked me if I was whistling at our dog and I had to admit that no, I was pretending to be R2D2. She took it in stride and said, “Oh, okay.”

submitted 56 days ago • 31 comments

i think it's cool that they made a truck that doesn't work as a truck at all and instead makes random strangers hate you and want to ruin your life. good purchase

submitted 69 days ago • 7 comments

a year ago 16-year-old Oklahoman Nex Benedict died after a bathroom beating. in the time since, we've lost more trans kids, while losing federal trans rights. how a community is holding itself together after years of living under Trump's current anti-trans policies at the state level @teenvogue.com

submitted 77 days ago • 38 comments

I got mad at the New York Times after their editorial board released an opinion piece condemning Trump's anti-trans EOs and I decided to write about how the paper of record laundered transphobia into the mainstream and paved the road for Trump's transphobia. www.patreon.com/posts/nyt-ed...

submitted 79 days ago • 45 comments

in retrospect maybe it was a mistake to tell young people that reading, the arts, the humanities weren’t important and that “learning to code” was sufficient for a good life.

submitted 79 days ago • 10 comments

tariff the fuck out of me, Trudeau. I want to pay $50 for maple syrup and to see car prices to go up 25% overnight. the American people voted to touch the stove, and by god, that stove shall be touched.

submitted 87 days ago • 29 comments

I just sent this email to all 13,000 federal employees of the NOAA lol. The Trump administration's changes to their communications system made it so literally anyone can blast messages out to the entire agency

submitted 88 days ago • 199 comments

Montgomery County Public Schools comes out and tells Trump to pound sand with his EO telling schools that they have to discriminate against transgender students. This is how you refuse to comply.

submitted 89 days ago • 186 comments

If you don't think you can be talked out if your current gender, why do you think trans people can be talked out of theirs?

submitted 89 days ago • 13 comments

i said in the chat the other day that even though i'm a literal witch, i reckon i'm still closer to jesus' teachings than a significant number of american christians

submitted 94 days ago • 9 comments

First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.

submitted 94 days ago • 682 comments

This is the latest post on my newsletter and, honestly, it felt like I was just listing the most basic of things. Like "stand up for us!" and "educate yourself!" The problem is, even those super basic things are too difficult for a lot of cis folks who proudly say they are trans allies. 😕

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

Wait, fascism isn't good for profits? www.theverge.com/2025/1/24/24...

submitted 94 days ago • 41 comments

A lot of people need to read their Brandon Sanderson. We will not comply in advance.

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

Fuck. This is so fucking stupid.

submitted 99 days ago • 222 comments

Me whenever I'm on a night shift

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

TLDR: There is nothing enforceable for the immediate future. It will take months or years to implement this via rulemaking or bureaucratic changes which are then subject to legal challenge. While it's worrying, there's no immediate change yet for most trans people. Do not comply in advance.

submitted 98 days ago • 86 comments

These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.

submitted 99 days ago • 135 comments

Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.

submitted 99 days ago • 532 comments

Transgender people have always been here, and we’re not going anywhere. Count on it.

submitted 98 days ago • 29 comments

BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration to block the president’s attempt to end birthright citizenship. An executive order does not have the power to override the Constitution.

submitted 98 days ago • 378 comments

“Defending” women while banning abortion, limiting recourse for pregnancy discrimination, engaging in a campaign to deport families, seeking to revoke birthright citizenship. Don’t be deputized to enact their cruelty.

submitted 98 days ago • 3 comments

We are here. We are strong. We are fighting back. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

submitted 99 days ago • 9 comments

I decided to restart my newsletter -- in this post, I discuss the first lesson of @timothysnyder.bsky.social 's book "On Tyranny" -- do not obey in advance. open.substack.com/pub/jben3634...

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

Love you all 🩵🩷🤍 #transrightsarehumanrights

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

Transgender & non-binary people of the United States: I just feel like today, in light of the inauguration of 47, maybe you might need the reminder that you are ALWAYS immeasurably valuable. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #HumanRights

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

Trans Liberation Now. Trump can sign his orders, they can pass their bills, ban our existence. None of it changes who we are. Being trans is a gift and one I am so grateful to have received. No fascist Trumpist nationalist bullshit will ever change that. Get some rest. Stay safe. Keep fighting.

submitted 99 days ago • 4 comments

reminder about checking yr sources when sharing links. the fp is bari weiss’s site and emily yoffe was one of the atlantic’s famous transphobes. i don’t doubt many awful executive orders are coming but like, we could maybe not circulate gleeful bigots without questioning

submitted 99 days ago • 4 comments

If it can't be changed then why are you banning us from changing it

submitted 99 days ago • 63 comments

I am stunned by the collective amnesia about how awful Trump’s first term was at the same time, this is exactly why his honeymoon is going to be short lived. round 2 is going to be an absolute shitshow

submitted 99 days ago • 15 comments

kids, this is called propaganda

submitted 100 days ago • 62 comments

So... I got a notification from the State Department at like 8 PM Pacific that my passport was approved, and I was quietly thankful and stunned bc my legal gender is X, and that's what's on my passport. I'm pretty sure someone worked late to get the X passports done today. Thank you, random worker.

submitted 101 days ago • 27 comments

Trans people even look kind of like we're from the future, and no I don't really know what that means, we just do

submitted 99 days ago • 4 comments

Taking the metro in DC today

submitted 100 days ago • 27 comments

Definitely the problem I’m having…

submitted 156 days ago • 1 comment

The quality, hard-hitting journalism we’ve all come to expect from the @nytimes.com

submitted 99 days ago • 16 comments

Tomorrow is the official end of the Obama era of trans rights in America. Thanks for all the support from allies, but it’s over now. We lost. For the next 4 years, trans people will not be equal citizens of the law according to the executive government of America. God help us.

submitted 99 days ago • 9 comments

🚨Trump’s Day One Executive Orders reportedly include directives (which will likely take time to implement) on pronouns, prison inmates, and passports. But nothing, for now, affecting the ability of trans Americans to obtain medical treatment.