Video of my interview with @friendlyatheist.com is now up, if you missed the livestream!
I go into my blogging era lore, what I've been up to since then, and why I launched @beyondxandy.bsky.social with a #Transquake 🏳️⚧️ 🧬
youtu.be/b8n0jZkw1qg
Today's selfie summarizes my current mood 💖 🧬 🏳️⚧️
Worth noting how many organizations like SPLC neutered themselves and the work that they do, trying to avoid this very moment. Especially since Trump won again. But MAGA was always going to come for them. And eventually, we'll all be targets. No matter how much we tried to remain nonpartisan, etc.
A Democrat who was elected sheriff in Pennsylvania last fall hopes others are watching: “It sends a message to elected public safety officials across the country that partnering with ICE is a loser in a district that’s remotely a swing district.”
Long story short, some piece of shit manosphere wannabe influencer douchebag harassed two gay guys and their baby on the street and eventually one of the dads shoved the guy and now said pos is suing him for assault. Now the dads have to get a lawyer. 🫤
gofund.me/156374457
"Instead of addressing our concerns, our legitimate concerns — instead, they turn toward investigating me... And I was instrumental in leading the group. So I think that clearly they were trying to chill [the] activity of workers and that should scare every worker across the country."
#Pinks
Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.
🚨 Trans kids need our help.
We only have until Wednesday to make our voices heard on proposed changes to ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ statutory guidance.
We are really worried about what the government has proposed.
Will you take action?
www.theproudtrust.org/about-us/blo...
one of the most insane aspects of all of this is that "a wide ranging government crackddown after a handful of newspaper cranks said insane things based on misunderstood cherrypicked papers" is considered illegitimate in every field of endeavor except this one
We won.
Tesla Chicago is closed.
Their new location is in a ghost town. They sacrificed visibility to thousands/day--& proximity to the other luxury car dealerships--to get away from us, because we'd turned their brand ambassador location into a liability.
Organizing works.
@teslatakedown.com
One place you can help: this new non-profit is launching to help kids without access to insurance (or on insurance that isn't paying out) get GAC in California. They're working with VERY trusted providers who used to work at CHLA. It's all a scramble right now, $ helps.
www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
AGAIN AGAIN premieres at the Seattle International Film Festival May 11 and 12!!!
I'm so excited to finally put this beautiful heartfelt movie out into the world. Grab your tickets before they sell out!
www.siff.net/festival/aga...
montana constitution stays winning
There's a reason why great comics have historically avoided punching down. Because it doesn't stay in the comedy club. It inevitable filters out into society to cause actual harm to the communities they're targeting.
"Trump's Freedom 250 will present Rededicate 250, a 10-hour Christian nationalist event in DC on May 17."
"United Airlines is newly listed as a sponsor of Freedom 250" 🧵
What do these companies have in common?
-Block
-Citigroup
-Coinbase
-CVS
-Dominion Energy
-Disney
-Halliburton
-Hasbro
-HP
-Kohl's
-Live Nation
-Palantir
-Paypal
-PG&E
-Southwest Airlines
-Tesla
-United Airlines
They all paid a lower effective income tax rate than you: zero.
Phone access has a real effect on whether or not someone gets deported.
But "Alligator Alcatraz" guards are using physical violence to obstruct that basic right.
truthout.org/articles/all...
The CEO of United Airlines reportedly wants Trump to let his company merge with American Airlines.
That's a terrible idea.
Anti-competitive mega-mergers that stick consumers with higher fares are one of the main reasons flying sucks so much today.
I have reached out to United Airlines asking for comment about its sponsorship of Trump's Freedom 250 and the project's Christian nationalist Rededicate 250 event, "rededicating our country as One Nation under God."
$UAL
If you were homeschooled, please take this survey about how your experience impacted outcomes afterwards! And share widely--CRHE is trying to get 1,000 participants.
siucpsyc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Hard to think of anything that will matter more, long term, in Minnesota than making as many of these relationships as possible deepen and last
If you paid taxes for 2025, you likely paid:
$124 — school lunch & nutrition programs
$49 — diplomacy to prevent wars
$19 — USPS
$19 — Federal Aviation Administration
$18 — national parks
and
$4,049 — weapons and war.
These priorities are hurting us all. We need change. #TaxDay
Here's a thorough rundown on the rise and fall of Orbán, and what his defeat means for Hungary and the world, from @kimlanelaw.bsky.social, one of the foremost experts on Hungary and the collapse of constitutional democracies.
www.weekendreading.net/p/orbans-def...
despite all the efforts of certain press outlets who have been doing their best for him
Start printing whistles. ICE doesn't like those.
Be safe.
ICE just approved a $12M AI tool to monitor immigrants’ movements, routines, and relationships in real time — building “target profiles” from personal data.
TWIN CITIES AND THE GREATER MINNESOTA AREA.
I have a request.
If you are down to share.
Could you drop an instance of something that has happened since the beginning of Metro Surge that solidified for you that we are in fact gonna win and Neighborism is the Future?
I have some. want to hear yours!
Trans people: Expect better from your partners. You deserve to be treated with respect and kindness. Do not accept conditions on when/if they will correctly gender you or use your chosen name. Do not allow them to dictate when you can or can't be out or presenting as yourself. You deserve better.
Voters in a small Missouri town, unhappy with the city council’s approval of a $6B data center, ousted all four incumbent council members running for reelection
stop making weapons and just fund science and exploration
