It's an onion of stupidity
- Birth rate has cratered, so the survival of so many aspects of the country – schools, tax revenue, etc – are dependent on immigration
– Key professions – esp in healthcare! – have massive labor shortages. It takes decades to "grow" doctors
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a blonde dude with lots of tattoos and jeffrey dahmer glasses looks moodily at the camera with a Very Cool t-shirt with a goth girl on it, surrounded by flowers. Underneath it says Plant Native Plants
A person with glasses in a lovely backyard and long brown hair wears a black t-shirt that says biology is bigger than binaries with a honeybee, lily, and clownfish on it
We have 2 cool shirts! I have to sell them out by early April for 2 reasons:
1) 5 of my family members are staying in the Skype a Scientist stockroom in mid-April 😅
2) I need to fund our mural project which starts the first week of April!
They're soft! They're cute! Get a shirt!
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Do you think Ariel ever has bottom surgery regret*?
*-being sad she's no longer able to hang out all the time with a crab who can stage amazing production numbers at the drop of a hat
I'd like to speak with trans adults (18+) whose access to transition care has changed due to state and/or federal policy changes.
DM, email Jo.Yurcaba@nbcuni.com or Signal joyurcaba.91
I have a vague recollection of a chemistry professor saying 30 years ago how important the Haber process was to all agriculture, but this puts it in a really clear way: “somewhere around half the world’s population stays alive because of these industrially-produced fertilizers.”
It’s not looking great for trans youth, even in the “blue states.”
Would an Instant Pot work for you? The interior is stainless steel, but there is some plastic on the exterior. Here’s a recipe I’ve used with good results: www.pressurecookrecipes.com/instant-pot-...
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If ICE and CBP don't want to be called secret police, then don't wear masks.
If they don't want to be accused of kidnapping, then don't drag people out of cars & houses without warrants.
And if they don't want to be accused of being lawless, then start following the law.
There’s something creepy about Vance and other Republicans calling for a higher birth rate when the most powerful men in our society write about raping children like they’re planning their golf tee time.
I tallied all the hospitals and health systems that have stopped providing gender-affirming care to young people in the last year (so you don't have to)
This includes nine that have stopped providing hormones and puberty blockers since the beginning of the year. www.statnews.com/2026/02/05/h...
I generally avoid The Atlantic, but this article is worth reading
If this were true, they wouldn't be banning the medical care that does this.
The ability to regenerate articular cartilage would be amazing for treating labral tears.
I got “zip-line,” which seems like the thing I am least likely to do in 2026. I’ve become an old-timey lady who travels with a steamer trunk, not a zip-lining, parasailing adventurer.
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
Since people asked, my top places for trans people right now are France, Australia (parts), Canada (parts), Spain (though politics there are tenuous), Iceland, Uruguay.
This article is a dose of hope. Not paywalled.
If you were going to donate to an organization that supports trans kids, which would it be and why? My first thought was my local PFLAG chapter, but then I thought maybe the Trevor Project or Lambda Legal needs it more
1. Republicans are attempting to get the FBI to label trans advocacy as domestic terrorism.
Project 2025's parent org is pushing it.
It would not label all trans people as terrorists, but it would open the door for heavy surveillance and disruption.
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“I remember when older men would tell me that the reason men died earlier than women was because they couldn’t stand to listen to their women talk anymore.”
I think the appropriate answer to these old guys is, “Hey, it’s okay to be gay now!”
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20 Aug 25 -- In more apparent attempts to intimidate GAC providers, DOJ sends 20+ subpoenas to doctors/clinics “performing transgender medical procedures on children" including addresses, doctors’ notes, & texts which legal experts is unprecedented. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
I’m cis and I wish ill on JK Rowling. I would also wish her a lifetime of unhappiness, but she’s already a miserable excuse for a human being.
It reminds me of the Aaron Sorkin quote about people being so desperate for leadership that they’ll drink sand. youtu.be/pf7aoj_Xcs0
This cookbook could be amazing for a lot of folks!
“Lots of companies are waiting as long as they can before planning for the future, in hopes of catching a glimpse of what tariffs and AI and inflation and anti-immigration policies will do to their business, which means many are delaying hiring.”
In case anyone thought Gavin Newsom had grown a spine: he hasn’t. He’s still selling out trans kids so he can cozy up to conservative podcasters.
