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Australian American Writer & Wearer of Clothes. She/her/hers. @DrJustineFancyPants on Instagram.
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I just pre-ordered this much needed book from @bookshop-org.bsky.social. Pre-orders can make a book and this one is super important.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

It was already starting to reduce traffic & make lower Manhattan safer & less polluted. And bonus: those who have to drive in were enjoying less traffic too. More parking spots! So, of course, our new overlords want to stop it. Why not destroy everything?

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

At the request of the Trump Admin, the Ntl Park Service removed references to trans people in this essay w/o consulting the writer, historian @wendylrouse.bsky.social. Read it here as Prof Rouse intended (and as the NPS published/maintained it until now). 🗃️ drive.google.com/file/d/1p-rQ...

submitted 11 days ago • 15 comments

Also I keep seeing people insist the set up is for a Reichstag event, and I hate to break it to you, but the set up is for another Red Summer. And tbh the way "progressive" America has reacted to Black deaths tells me this is going to be a rough ride to grasping the obvious.

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

People who write about "this is the wrong fight to pick," never ever actually fight for anything. Feel free to ignore them.

submitted 13 days ago • 232 comments

For those of you have been trying and failing to call your reps: I got through to all but 1 of mine* today to tell them to do everything to stop Musk's takeover. I used the @5calls.org app for the first time. It works really well. *I've not been able to get through to Chuck Schumer since Oct 2023.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

I am sick and tired of the ways white people in the U.S., especially women, constantly point to Iran as Exhibit A Zealot Central instead of seeing their homegrown zealotry. So I wrote this www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-dear...

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

Chicago native Eve L. Ewing’s new book, ‘Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism,’ drops today. Check out our interview with her. thetriibe.com/2025/02/eve-...

submitted 17 days ago • 11 comments

Good news--you can! Get your collector's anti-Elon Musk street art (by Absurdly Well) for a $30 donation to the PCCC's work holding Musk accountable. Limited signed version for $200 (SEEN ON MADDOW): secure.actblue.com/donate/pccc_...

submitted 20 days ago • 17 comments

Today the @nytimes.com sought to whitewash its central role in laundering anti-trans falsehoods and turbocharging anti-trans attacks nationwide. My reporting showed that editorial leadership was aware of this depravity which is why this disingenuous piece can’t erase the scale of what they’ve done.

submitted 20 days ago • 65 comments

As the expected Christian Nationalism EO came in, I’m seeing a bunch of “this isn’t real Christianity” noise in my mentions. Nope. Christian friends. 1/x 🧵 This is 💯 part of the history of Christianity, dating to Constantine, to the Holy Roman Empire, forced conversions, Inquisitions, +

submitted 20 days ago • 125 comments

Dear Friends racism was absolutely our biggest security threat I tried yall have fun

submitted 24 days ago • 4 comments

The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.

submitted 24 days ago • 939 comments

@davehogg.bsky.social How are you feeling about a possible return of the Detroit Shock? Been thinking of you as the reports keep coming.

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Neil Gaiman has been hit with law suits in New York, Wisconsin & Massachusetts. Deservedly. deadline.com/2025/02/neil...

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

No one should take this deal in general, but also please note this whole thing is a heist. They will not be paying you

submitted 25 days ago • 11 comments

Good news! (And don't we need some?) @bookshop-org.bsky.social has an app! We can now buy ebooks from them! Which means supporting indie bookshops! Woo hoo! It's very elegant and a pleasure to read on. Top marks from me.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

I know that Trans Youth Emergency Project could use donations. Perhaps they even need some volunteers. southernequality.org/tyep/

submitted 30 days ago • 11 comments

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

submitted 30 days ago • 3792 comments

Civil rights were won through protests and lawsuits and literally fighting back. We are not in unprecedented times. We are in a horrible reboot of Reconstruction. Fight in every way possible. Flood those anti DEI tiplines with misinformation, spend 10 minutes every day telling your reps to stop this

submitted 35 days ago • 30 comments

Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI Amazon Boeing Brown-Forman Caterpillar Ford Harley-Davidson John Deere Lowe’s Molson Coors McDonald’s Meta Nissan Stanley Black & Decker Target Tractor Supply Toyota Walmart Support who supports you ✨✊

submitted 35 days ago • 1951 comments

Dark Horse takes seriously the allegations against Neil Gaiman and we are no longer publishing his works. Confirming that the Anansi Boys comic series and collected volume have been cancelled.

submitted 35 days ago • 142 comments

When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure. Read our op-ed here ⤵️

submitted 36 days ago • 414 comments