As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.
it's 2016: north carolina introduces a bill to ban trans people from using bathrooms safely. there's a national outcry; companies withdraw business up to and including the NCAA cancelling a publicized game. the bill fails.
it's 2026: kansas passes a law nullifying trans people's licenses. crickets.
This is so much fun!
one thing i think is true is that republicans assumed that democrats would not respond in kind and that the forceful pushback spooked them (a lesson to learn here, perhaps)
Bagel is right.
Watching all the focus and care here had me in SUSPENSE
Police around Australia clearly need training overhauls so they stop siding with abusers against survivors. When they attend a 'domestic violence' incident they are dealing with somebody who has been attacked, injured & terrified. They MUST stop seeing this as hysterical accuser, provoked bloke.
I tried to do what my good friend LP is doing and finish my bachelors degree as a working professional. I failed, but if I’d had this community back then, it would have meant everything to have this happen. It would mean everything now to see my friend get to do this. Let’s share far and wide, ok?
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Very cool book (and very intriguing mocktail!)
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Great opportunity here for the right person!
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And then they ended the experiment.
Two measures of music in common time on perpetual repeat. Quarter note equals 80. Three voices needed. Children's choir, which screams any sound they want on the first beat, sforzando. And then silent. Ar -15 which keeps a steady, nonstop beat. And Congress, which is always silent
A little ditty I wrote
POETRY by Keyan Bowes Watching Migrations Quote The sky above you is filled with pelicans, and far above them, dragons only you can see. 8 September 2025 Strange Horizons
Watching Migrations
by Keyan Bowes @keyanbowes.bsky.social
"The sky above you is filled with pelicans,
and far above them, dragons only you can see."
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Thank you! I really appreciate that!
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My poem is up on Strange Horizons! They published the first poem I sold in 2005 ("When you left your body lying around"). Now, twenty years later, they've published my most recent one: "Watching Migrations"
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I used to say litchen, but now I say liken. Whatever gets me understood!