Perhaps it's the head that I found in the lake

Everyone who is saying "Dems in red states have to throw trans people under the bus to win" -- no. They don't. When they do that, we just start with no winning options on the table. It gives in to the fascist premise that we get to decide some groups don't get rights. THIS is what I want to see.

Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights: “I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”

If you donated to Josh Turek without realizing he was running on a federally funded trans healthcare coverage ban, you can request a refund of your donation here: help.actblue.com/hc/en-us/art...

At the end of a syllable, right after one short vowel sound

It's frickin' bats!

Looking for #parents to complete our survey on #language development and #sleep - we need more info on this important topic! We are particularly interested to hear from families of children with #DLD or #poorsleepers Survey is 15mins & anonymous 😊 cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Remember earlier this year when the progressive councilors tried to address the MIRL Middle Income Revolving Loan that gave Prosper housing dollars that Council would have no oversight powers over and the mods voted it down? They didn’t even want to see pro formas! www.wweek.com/news/city/20...

I do not like to be publicly dire, but this is the insidious shit at the root of our reading and critical thinking crisis. It's not just the saying of the words on the page. It's the dialog we have with our children. Reading with children is cognitive, emotional, social, and language development!

Basic Rights Oregon rescinded endorsement of Julia Brim-Edwards for MultCo Chair. They no longer trust that she will act in line with BRO's values: to stand with LGBTQ2SIA+ Oregonians — including when doing so is difficult, unpopular, or politically inconvenient.” www.basicrights.org/news/bro-pac...

I am so tired of this false media narrative about a divided council. In 2026 we have voted 395 times so far. 59 of those votes ended in a 6-6 tie. Only two of those tied votes got a mayoral tie break. The rest were budget amendments or the presidential election. Don't believe the media hype

Take 5 minutes to read this and remember the best of humanity.

4 October 1936. Battle of Cable Street took place in Cable Street, Whitechapel, London. It was a clash between the Metropolitan Police, protecting a march by the British Union of Fascists (BUF) led by Sir Oswald Mosley and various anti-fascist and Jewish demonstrators.

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

We are at the break glass moment on the Democratic Party and its treatment of transgender people, and it is my opinion that if we don’t act now and loudly demand to be heard, we will suffer the consequences of their shift.

So they're translating it into Old English? Who is the audience for this?

Just also want to note that trans people and advocates for the unhoused have told people for years that Gavin Newsom is trash. If this is what makes people realize how awful he is, great, but I really hope this is also a wake-up call to listen the first time someone tells you who they really are.

Please stop cutting burgers in half and serving them in a pool of sauce. Not even cheese sauce. Just stop.

HOLY SHIT Y'ALL A MOTHERFUCKING BLACK CAT HAS JUST INTRODUCED HIS VOIDTASTIC GODDAMN SELF INTO THIS GOURD AND MUM FESTIVAL OF MOTHERFUCKERY WE HAVE GONE FULL FUCKING AUTUMN NOW GO GRAB A MUG OF SOMETHING WITH NUTMEG AND MOTHERFUCKING CINNAMON CAUSE THERE'S NO GOING BACK NOW

WTF, Andorra?

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"Women are TOO EMOTIONAL to be president!!!!!"

i need people to start responding to questions about trans women in sports with "what the hell is wrong with you?? why do you care about this all of a sudden? why do you want to impose insane, invasive rules just to stop some 8th grader from hanging out with her friends after school" at the minimum

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Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.

Happy Labor Day.

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

As someone who has been tweeted about personally by Rowling. And who spends my whole life trying to fight the damage caused by the litigation she funds. I think, personally, I would be less harmed by you giving me an actual kick in the ribs than watching the new Harry Potter & trying to justify it.

To anyone paying any attention at all, it was always clear they would move from targeting youth trans care to adult trans care. Now, Wales' gender clinic has shut down surgeries for transgender adults, because too many trans people were getting care. Subscribe to support our journalism.

happy pride month!

And of course now people are claiming she just got “radicalised” by people criticising her. No, what happened was she was already radicalised, hid it for a while, and then felt safe to show it once twitter was a safe fascist space and fascism was the look du jour.

She quite obviously saw what happened when she posted about Dolly Parton. Wall to wall people saying you’ll never be loved like her because you’re a transphobic piece of shit and she loved trans people. So now she’s trying to soften her image again.

The reason JKR is suddenly saying more and more “moderate” seeming things is not because her views are “moderate”, you daft shits. It’s because she is registering that her extremely overtly transphobic points are now making her very unpopular.

For the avoidance of doubt, this is complete BS. if you are a post-doc (or worker of any description frankly) and you have the option of joining a union, you absolutely should.

Greetings, non-Jews in academia! As we start another semester, here's your regularly scheduled reminder that the Jewish High Holy Days are coming up. If you wouldn't schedule an important meeting or exam on Christmas or Easter, don't schedule one on Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur.

@tkingfisher.com Large Francis Building is a delight who I would protect with my life. But I'm confused and wondering if there's a regional difference in what is called a pillbug? To me they are an adorable isopod who lives in soil and decomposing plant matter. Is there an insect also called this?

My union lobbied NYS to pass a heat bill with temperature limits. Now every classroom in my district has an air conditioner. Unionize Amazon.

Public schools are not Sunday schools. If states want to violate the separation of church and state, they’ll have to get through us.

Portland: Free back-to-school haircuts tomorrow and Tuesday.

Kansas' new law preventing transgender people from having accurate identification or using the right bathroom is an alarming intrusion on our rights and safety. Kansas, we'll see you in court.

Gdammit! Not another one!

The person driving this car approached me in the parking lot and threatened to punch me in the face because I honked at him. White guy, 6'/6'2", stocky, short white frizzy hair, about 60 yo. It's Portland so someone must know who this is. Please RS. #PDX #Portland @missedconnections.bsky.social

Bet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.

i personally don't think child molestetion should be required to play volleyball