Looking forward to the winter storm because I dont wanna have to drive to work, but at the same time dreading the consequences of how poorly insulated my apartment is. Hopefully the power doesnt go out.
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I'd like to sincerely thank you. Im listening to your episode of Weird Little Guys about Tyler Bradley Dykes. I was a close friend of his in North Carolina, from about 2012 to 2023, when he failed to attend my wedding, solely due to his arrest the week prior.
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As far as Cornell goes, he didn't even flunk because of Calc or Chem. Tyler was never the most disciplined person in High School, and what little discipline he had he practically purposefully lost in his gap year in Romania; Tyler told me straight up that he just did not attention his classes.
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social
I'd like to sincerely thank you. Im listening to your episode of Weird Little Guys about Tyler Bradley Dykes. I was a close friend of his in North Carolina, from about 2012 to 2023, when he failed to attend my wedding, solely due to his arrest the week prior.
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Im a trans woman of Jewish descent, and he knew this. It stings to see how much of himself he hid from me. This man slept at my house; i considered him like a brother. Your podcast is filling in the blanks, and is leaving me with closure on this bond burnt by his hate, I'm deeply grateful for that.
I have lot of insight on his life prior to 2017 I'd be happy to share if you ever do journalistic followups, considering Dykes is now running for Nancy Mace's seat in SC.
Why does Qatar want an airbase in Idaho anyway? Its not like they can bomb Yemen from there. Nor does Idaho have a large exploitable Nepali population.
Im seeing many threads debating the morality of the Charlie Kirk assassination like condemning an immoral act perpetrated against a man of immoral character makes a difference. Condemnation doesnt matter. Its done, and condemnation doesnt save us from what will be justified from it. Look forward!
Earlier today we taped tomorrow’s show, and we discussed the potential for the U.S. to bomb Iran. Since taping, the U.S. has carried out several bombings. We’ll have more to say in the future, but for now our piece on Trump and the Iran Deal can help explain what got us here. youtu.be/5xnZ_CeTqyM
The Skrmetti decision is gonna be used to justify blocking transition medication for adults. And probably medications unrelated to transition after that. Things like PrEP and contraceptives. And then to medications even more far flung, like antidepressants. This decision will cost lives. #SCOTUS
My last day before my federally mandated furlough. Gotta love working as a contractor for the government; I'm only allowed to work this job 11 months out of the year. Get to drag my trans self to the unemployment office on Monday for 31 days as I wait for the furlough period to elapse so I can work.
Im kinda treating it like I'm a teacher getting the summer off. Going on vacation to New York. Might start my book idea.
Tbh I'd prefer to just keep my benefits and pay (modest but still better than unemployment) uninterrupted, but whatchu gonna do?
I got to see #Raleigh PD swarming one guy in handcuffs the other day by the CVS Pharmacy in Stanhope, just off NC State campus. They'd put a bag on the guy's head. Didn't feel normal. Couldn't tell if any of the officers there were with ICE - dont think I'll ever learn what that was about.
Its so funny to me that Elon is tooting the "Ephebophilic Epstein pal" alarm over Trump like he hasn't been photographed with Ghislane Maxwell himself. Mutually Assured Cancel Culture.
The reason ICE is wearing masks and the Gestapo didn’t is because we have the internet now. If we take their picture or a video of them they can be easily identified and they don’t want that
Ashli Babbitt was a terrorist. She was justifiably shot and killed because she was part of a mob trying to murder people in the furtherance of a treasonous plot. The US government, as currently constructed, believes that's a person who should be vindicated and that her family should be rewarded.
Kristi Noem's new ICE Squid Game with the Duck Dynasty guys? The zombie fetus in Georgia because the mother is artificially being kept alive? Guys, the news is fucking. Horrifying.
Are MAGAts actually excited by this? The news is SUPPOSED to be boring! I like boring news! It means things are stable!
andor has everything kids love about star wars!
droids that talk funny!
the wannsee conference!
X-wings!
confronting the inability of a woman's personal privilege to ignore patriarchal norms!
the force!
false flag operations to slaughter civilians to advance a political agenda!
Of COURSE Kennedy is part of the establishment! He's not only part of THE LITERAL WHITE HOUSE, he's also a fucking KENNEDY! Its impossible to be more establishment than a Kennedy!
The backlash is the latest in a series of criticisms of the way Kennedy is implementing his Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda, with people who have in the past been his most vocal supporters now questioning whether he has become part of the establishment.
I find the discourse on whether Leo XIV is the first American pope tiring. Technically, he is the first United States born Pope, but also the second pope from the continental Americas. Don't know why people are so fired up about this, English is just a dumb language. #NewPope#RobertPrevost
Months before Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became the first American pope, he expressed criticism of Vice President JD Vance on social media, sharing an article that called the vice president’s interpretation of Christian doctrine “wrong.”
This is a creative concept and I love seeing the ideas here! But it’s also funny because we already know how the gang would dress for nearly half of these decades lol
Yeah… this HHS review isn’t going so well for them.
Watch how CNN is covering it.
“Conversion therapy using friendlier language”
“Peer reviewed but they won’t say by who”
can you imagine how pissed the greeks and romans woulda been to find out we *actually* developed the technology to have both a dick + boobs and yet the worlds wealthiest and most powerful ppl are trying to make it illegal???
I got into a bit of a tussle over #transgender rights and "sexual dimorphism" which, evidently, proved #trans women were male. In hindsight, I find that argument extremely #sexist. Did this lady really think all women are shaped the same, all men are too? No. It's reductionary and antifeminist.
Haven't opened BlueSky in a couple days, let's see how many people in my replies I need to block to keep my experience on this site pruned and pleasant
Yes. In a sane media environment, the bathroom ban would be the end of anyone treating 'gender critical feminists' as anything other than a hate group. It's a straightforwardly bigoted policy that imposes an insane 'solution' to a nonexistent problem.
The UK's political and media class has spent years heaping sadism on trans people, and they want to do the same in Ireland next. Calls for civility and calm won't cut it. We need to fight them tooth and nail.
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