Somebody showed Dan the 19th Amendment

it is very funny how these people are so accustomed to essentially bullying democratic politicians that they meltdown when met with appropriate pushback.

in any case, the process to amend the virginia constitution has multiple stages where, at any point, an amendment can be defeated.

They’re always angry that land can’t vote in state elections, which is wild. Growing up in SWVA, I was always looking for the rest of the state to save us.

We live and die by Kornacki Cam in this household. Congrats Virginia! She said Yes! 💙💙

The rest is just anecdotes, most of which also don't match the premise. The headline says having a "chief of staff for the home" is becoming more common among the middle class but this person is the COO of a fairly large corporation.

Whatever you call the job, the ultra-wealthy have maintained some version of this role in their homes for years, but more and more companies are cropping up to serve Americans with salaries in the lower six figures—a cohort that is nowhere near having a private jet but might already use a house cleaner or have a regular handyman.

This is it, the lone attempt to provide data to back up the core premise of the article: "more and more"

If you haven’t voted yet- you have until 7 pm to get to your normal polling place. Keep pushing!

Make Real Change On Gun Violence: Stop Scapegoating People With Mental Health Disabilities - Autistic Self Advocacy Network What You Need To Know Research shows that there is no direct link between gun violence (excluding suicide) and mental health. In fact, people with disabilities of all kinds are more likely to be the…

ASAN wants to change the conversation that we, as a society, have about gun violence and people with mental health disabilities. Misinformation and stereotypes hurt some of the most marginalized people in our society. We can do better. autisticadvocacy.org/policy/brief...

The excited squeal that came out of me this morning 😍😍😍 IT’S HAPPENING

Without directing this at anyone in particular, I feel like making statements like "Hinduism is very queer-accepting" or "the Indian trans bill that literally designates trans women as either groomers or self-mutilators doesn't really impact trans women" should be disqualifying in terms of being taken seriously on the topic, but are instead being met with a great degree of credulity. I fear this is the piss on the poor site continuing to not exercise the literacy the US education system robbed them of, but I promise if you think about it for even a little bit you can overcome the orientalist and transmisogynistic biases that would lead you to accept such statements uncritically. Declaring a religion as "queer-accepting" without any regard for the systems of oppression and literal theocratic fascism it is currently upholding in a nation of over a billion people is more than a little shortsighted, in fact, especially when said religion is being cited heavily by those implementing the aforementioned transphobic bill. And maybe, maybe, just maybe, being seen as an oh so special "third sex" that isn't allowed into regular society and can't do any actual jobs besides begging for alms at ceremonies isn't a fucking privilege. Mayhaps you could read up more on the topic. #transfeminism #materialist feminism #feminism #gender is a regime #sex is a social construct #social constructionism #third sexing #degendering #racialized degendering #racialized disposability #racialized transmisogyny #racialized misogyny #third world transfeminism #how do people take this nonsense seriously #I've literally been smeared as “Hindutva” but I guess that word is only useful for dismissing trannies and has no other implications

The Third World is not real to Westerners

Opinion | Beware conservatives promoting “intellectual freedom” Victor Ray: This conservative lie about schools like mine is furthering authoritarianism

Making tenure count, for MSNOW I wrote about my employer, The University of Iowa, creating a center for intellectual freedom. It's a reactionary project built on decades of conservative propaganda about higher ed.

Rules for thee, not for me

Sometimes readers are skeptical when I tell them that retailers would rather pay for self-checkout kiosks and product lockup systems and all manner of other questionable in-store tech rather than staffing because of an ideological preference for capital spending over labor spending and, well,,,

Happy First Contact Day 🖖🏻

It’s a hard one to tackle, for sure. That site is a great start. @flyinghyrax.bsky.social do you have some folks that Matt can look into on here or other resources?

DAIR Institute The Distributed AI Research Institute is a globally distributed organization of academics, activists, and engineers conducting community-rooted research.

I really appreciate that the new lead is making sure everyone is heard! I am concerned about the use of AI, though. www.dair-institute.org

For some, it may feel like support is being taken away, or that doors are closing. You may have heard the PATHWAYS clinical trial on puberty blockers has been paused while the regulator reviews aspects of its design and safety. At the same time, there is a proposal to stop routinely offering puberty blockers and hormone treatments to under-18s while more evidence is gathered about long-term effects.

“It may feel like support is being taken away” [proceeds to describe support being taken away].

I have the audiobook on hold at the library. I always look forward to seeing @chanda.blacksky.app’s thoughts come up on my feed, and I can’t wait to grab this in hard cover to loan to friends.

PWHL's Support For Trans People Draws Mixed Reviews From Fans In 2025, the PWHL was the only professional women’s sports league not to recognize Trans Day of Visibility. The league rectified that void in 2026, but the league’s efforts in drew equal, if not great...

In 2025, the PWHL was the only professional women’s sports league not to recognize Transgender Day of Visibility. '

The league rectified that void in 2026, but the league’s efforts in drew equal, if not greater critique.

thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/...

people finding out a science fiction writer they like has bad and incoherent politics

Even if you “just read the books already owned,” I ask if you’re actually reading them. The joy I remember about this world was always the fan community. We had to completely change her world to make it tolerable, much less right, just & accessible to everyone with our fanfic and role play forums.

Made the call a while ago that I won’t be writing much about the series itself, but it was important to spell things out now that Warner Bros. is cranking the hype machine up

NEW: ICE Raided Children's Dorms at Dilley and Confiscated Their Letters. I'm Suing to Get Them Back. In our latest lawsuit, MSW Media is demanding children's letters confiscated by ICE agents, and the Office of General Counsel memo authorizing warrantless home entry.

BREAKING: After ProPublica published letters written by children at the Dilley concentration camp, ICE officers raided the dormitories and confiscated the children's letters. I'm suing ICE to get them back. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-i...

Barry Caldwell Dies: 'Animaniacs' Animator Was 68 Barry Caldwell, the animator and director known for 'Animaniacs' (1993-'98) and 'Osmosis Jones' (2001), has died. He was 68.

“He knew more about cartoons than you or I ever will (trust me on this) yet he was incredibly generous with his time and his talent. And my God, could he make you laugh! When it comes to humor, it takes a special kind of genuis to be both dry and warm. Barry was both"
deadline.com/2026/03/barr...

Boston defeats Toronto 4-0 in regulation.

Three-peat 👌

That's officially three-straight shutout wins!

Fleetmin is doing a great job and deserves a snack and a good night’s sleep.

"money smuggling"??

money smuggling:

Since the 2000s mainline LGBTQ+ organizations — “Gay Inc” in common cultural parlance — increasingly turned away from countering conservative religious organizations in favor of lobbying within the electoral and legislative systems, assuming that non-discrimination laws (like the ones now being blatantly ignored) and increased assimilation would lead to acceptance. Even from religious conservatives. Some Gay Inc figures even praised anti-trans religious conservatives as essentially good people. This was, of course, a catastrophic failure. That it was an approach concocted by gentry often removed from the realities faced by many in our communities — where fundamentalist violence against us never stopped being a threat — is telling. The Catholic Church, as well as evangelical Protestant groups, began steadily advancing their attacks on trans rights once it was clear their efforts to stop equal marriage had stalled. Far too often, they went unchallenged by organizations whose supposed purpose was to defend our rights, but who wanted to not upset elites by criticizing religious institutions. In December 2013 The Advocate named Pope Francis its person of the year. Meanwhile, his papacy further advanced attacks on our existence, and U.S. bishops — as TNN reported in our first article on the ban last year — invoked his anti-trans stances when overwhelmingly supporting the largest attack on our healthcare yet. As we noted in our December article on the bishops' ban, things weren't always this way. Criticism of, organizing against and mockery of the theocracies opposed to our existence used to be incredibly common in queer and trans movements. A key point in fighting the AIDS genocides was when the militant queer group ACT-UP disrupted services at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York in 1989 as part of its Stop the Church actions. While they were widely condemned by the establishment at the time, they did it anyway, and their tactics worked.

A major reason the Catholic Church hierarchy's ban on trans care hasn't gotten nearly the attention it deserves is because establishment LGBTQ+ orgs have, since the 2000s, been loath to ever criticize religious institutions, no matter how conservative.

That approach is a total failure, and must end

A couple of friends in the house 🙂‍↕️

Refs watching Boston 🧐

Refs watching Seattle 🙈