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I’ve never forgotten this picture from 2016 and how it completely reshaped my understanding of how the media covers protests.

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NEW: Over a thousand people are rallied in Downtown LA in support of SEIU, after SEIU President Pres. David Huerte was arrested days ago after an ICE raid (ABC7) Won't be able to be as active with the updates today, but I'll do my best to provide some

didn’t realize Ypsi Pride was yesterday, assumed it’d be over the weekend, completely missed it 😭 very bummed about this

Weatherday AMA is tomorrow! 12pm ET / 9am PT you can get your questions in now! See you in the chat 🩸 redd.it/1l13im0

I was recently interviewed for @embodiedwunc.bsky.social about my trans technologies work; just now getting a chance to post about this! Thanks to @asrao.bsky.social and Kaia Findlay for their work on the episode, and @hibby.bsky.social for contributing an audio clip. www.wunc.org/show/embodie...

hazy outside today, reminded me a little of the wildfire smoke in 2023

BREAKING: The Florida higher education system Board of Governors rejects the hiring of Santa Ono as University of Florida president. Vote was 6 yes, 10 no.

📯 PUBLICATION ALERT (ANOTHA ONE) 📯 Happy to announce that my Provocation, “The Vibes Are Off: Considering Embodied Reflections by TBIPOC to Account for Displacement and Discomfort in Makerspaces” for @acm-dis.bsky.social (DIS 2025) was accepted! 🎊

Bluesky's character count literally isn't long enough for how astonishing and out-of-pocket this woman was, lol. Like, there wasn't even room to add the bit about her being a master fencer who would humble your ass in duels for misgendering her

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Hey folks, I have a huge request for Pride: Trevor Project is recruiting for a landmark new study. If you are LGBTQ, in the United States, and between 13-24 or know someone who is, pass this along to them. Trevor’s research has led to meaningful defenses of queer and trans lives. Take the survey

Welcome sign Gay, MI

Oh hey Hulu released the new King of the Hill intro I boarded

i love squinting my eyes and reimagining these as cutting edge visions of the future

Another week, another research ethics controversy. TL;DR Researchers released a public dataset of 2B+ messages from 4M+ users on 3k+ "public" Discord servers. Usernames/IDs are anonymized. But let's unpack this one... 🧵 www.404media.co/researchers-...

HuffPo [cont] -- Trans outmigration varies widely by state. Trans groups in "South Dakota & Florida estimated just 4% and 3% of their clients had left; Louisiana and Ohio each between 15% and 20% of theirs; and Kansas 35%." The main reason cited for not moving is poverty. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

just spent the past 24 hours enjoying Flulike Symptoms because I lingered by some trees yesterday

This week I'll be giving a few talks in Seattle & LA! May 20, UW Center for an Informed Public Scaling Down: How and Why to Move Away from Mainstream Tech Platforms May 21, DUB Seminar Trans Technologies book talk dub.washington.edu/seminars/202... May 22, UCLA Info Studies Colloquium book talk

Current* conditions near Isle Royale NP, MI:

Star-Gazette, Elmira, New York, February 1, 1924

those grand fresh-water seas of ours,—Erie, and Ontario, and Huron, and Superior, and Michigan,—possess an ocean-like expansiveness, with many of the ocean’s noblest traits

Final round of book events! I'll be in person this week and next in Chicago/Evanston at Northwestern (in conversation with Calvin Liang), Seattle at UW, and Los Angeles at UCLA.

hi my name is Pollen, my hobbies include frolicking in the air and making springtime Itch

SUPERPOSE: ARC III FINALE pages 41-END latest | superpose.superposecomic.com/comic/arc-ii... start | superpose.superposecomic.com/comic/arc-i-... SUPERPOSE: longform dark trans sci-fi comic 🔞 written & illustrated by @kingfishercove.bsky.social & i 🔭 prism won/ignatz nominated #webcomics

FROM 198X SUPERPOSE OVA Rafael Original CELs rare Excellent++ w/Painted background and drawing !!! [ARC III ends tomorrow]

capybara listening to good music prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/guil...

Forgot to mention before, but: I recently finished the first year of my PhD! Feels like it went by so fast… what a surreal year it’s been.

A federal judge has halted Trump's attempt to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services — the agency which provides federal funding to libraries and museums.   District court Judge John J. McConnell Jr. issued an injunction, stating that it violated the Administrative Procedure Act.

in Michigan we’ve got st Clair st Clair shores st Clair township st Clair county st Clair River and who could forget, lake st Clair

Our systematic review on legal gender recognition for trans people is out now. Still a pre proof but the DOI is live and it’s finally available to read. Thanks to Ayden and Arjee for their leadership! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

was just told that em dashes are associated with ChatGPT so now I gotta overhaul how I write 😭

drove through here once

not to be controversial but someone has to say it: long flights are often not very fun