Ya that was the most recent one that made me stop watching. Its so often that one or something trans related.

I hate how often I start following a gaming channel on YouTube, they seem funny and relatively normal, then 5 or 6 videos in they randomly throw in a slur.

everything we are seeing now is the consequence of having a political environment in which indifference to the deaths and suffering of other people - even by the state whose supposed responsibility is to safeguard their welfare - is a superpower rather than a political liability

Silicon Valley's Billion Dollar Design Scams YouTube video by Design Theory

This video is a fascinating lecture on how Silicon Valley created a dystopian world out of antisocial design and bland or nonfunctional products.
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I found it on a display at Austin Public Library and really glad that I did! 💜

‘Proudly Claiming Our Tears’: Fathers Stand Together for Their Trans and Nonbinary Kids In “The Dads,” a new documentary that premiered at SXSW, men open up to each other about their hope, their fears, and their unconditional love for their children.

“We just want what everyone else has, which is just regular, mundane lives.”

From me @texasobserver.org: Fathers of trans and nonbinary kids gather to share their pride, and fight for a better future in this doc that premiered at SXSW, as a feature length expansion of an Emmy-winning short film:

This is really good and you should read it.

Ajuan, I felt seen over your desperate childhood crush on Carl Sagan. 🚀

‘Proudly Claiming Our Tears’: Fathers Stand Together for Their Trans and Nonbinary Kids In “The Dads,” a new documentary that premiered at SXSW, men open up to each other about their hope, their fears, and their unconditional love for their children.

“In [2023], we thought things were bad: we were having conversations around safety for our children. This is another level that we haven’t ever seen before.”

Last week from @kitoconnell.com: Fathers gather together to protect their trans and nonbinary kids in this doc that premiered at SXSW.

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Fund the public libraries. Just do it.

I'm getting by day to day right now, but I'll make it. Hope its as well as can be right now.

The Trans Panic Clickbait Economy - It Could Happen Here | iHeart <p>Garrison investigates a series of frightening claims: that ICE can detain people for &lsquo;looking trans,&rsquo; the creation of a transgender public registry, and that an adult gender-affirming h...

I really appreciate Garrison Davis devoting an episode of It Could Happen Here podcast to pushing back on some clickbait about trans rights, such as the myth that ICE is beginning a widespread roundup of transgender people. Garrison doesn't downplay the risks we face but focuses on the actual facts.

I finished Pantheon on Netflix last night and I can't remember seeing a show that felt so psychedelic as the last few episodes of season 2. Best treatment of consciousness uploading as a concept that I've seen in TV sci fi. Kinda messy in places but highly recommended.

what i love especially about all these stories is that i have a hundred stories and ideas that i can't get placed because the 5 remaining left indie outlets are all way maxxed out, but the places with all the resources are just reprinting press releases left and right.

The State vs. the Emma Goldman Book Club | Sara Van Horn The prosecutorial strategy is a puerile one: completely overwhelm the jury with unrelated images of leftist protest—for ten full days!—and then hope for guilt by association.

Nonprofits ostensibly focused on ensuring First Amendment protections also turned their backs. (To this day, the ACLU of Texas has yet to comment.) “The reputation of these cases, and the way that the federal government described them, made people run from them.”

"CEO Said A Thing!" Journalism "CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion.

"CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion.

‘Proudly Claiming Our Tears’: Fathers Stand Together for Their Trans and Nonbinary Kids In “The Dads,” a new documentary that premiered at SXSW, men open up to each other about their hope, their fears, and their unconditional love for their children.

“We just want what everyone else has, which is just regular, mundane lives.”

From me @texasobserver.org: Fathers of trans and nonbinary kids gather to share their pride, and fight for a better future in this doc that premiered at SXSW, as a feature length expansion of an Emmy-winning short film:

‘Proudly Claiming Our Tears’: Fathers Stand Together for Their Trans and Nonbinary Kids In “The Dads,” a new documentary that premiered at SXSW, men open up to each other about their hope, their fears, and their unconditional love for their children.

“We needed to capture this moment in history ... [so that] no one can say this didn’t happen … and really just for people to understand the human toll that these state laws and now the federal government is having on these families, that they have become political refugees in their own country.”

Texas' ban of smokable hemp takes effect, leaving out-of-state sales in legal gray area Texas says new rules banning sales of smokable hemp also apply to out-of-state companies. But cannabis lawyers question the rules and Austin police won't confiscate hemp if you have the packaging.

Despite the fact that a THCA-hemp ban went into effect today, Austin Police admit they still aren't going after most possession charges, and don't really have the capacity to worry about flower packaged as hemp. www.kut.org/business/202...

My first visit to Texas was to go to San Marcos to read the university’s King of the Hill archives and baby I fell in love with the place. Happy to hear San Marcos still has a big heart!

‘Proudly Claiming Our Tears’: Fathers Stand Together for Their Trans and Nonbinary Kids In “The Dads,” a new documentary that premiered at SXSW, men open up to each other about their hope, their fears, and their unconditional love for their children.

“In [2023], we thought things were bad: we were having conversations around safety for our children. This is another level that we haven’t ever seen before.”

New from @kitoconnell.com: Fathers gather together to protect their trans and nonbinary kids in this doc that premiered at SXSW.

What It’s Like to Be a Nonbinary Educator in Texas Right Now “The people in charge are actively and deliberately coordinating efforts to erase our identity and our history,” said Indigo Giles.

New @thebarbedwire.com for Trans Day Of Visibility: After meeting at SXSW, I interviewed nonbinary assistant teacher Indigo Giles about special education and how to be out and proud when they're not even allowed, under Texas law, to discuss their pronouns with students.

I’m a Trans Journalist Choosing to Live in Texas. Here’s Why That Matters. My name is Kit O’Connell. I’ll be covering queer and trans life in Texas for Big & Bright — The Barbed Wire’s first underwritten vertical.

“The more that marginalized voices disappear from legacy outlets, the more it matters to fight for our corner instead of abandoning it,” O’Connell wrote. “It matters to have places in journalism, in media, where we belong and where we can see ourselves.” thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/25/t...

‘Barbecue Saved My Life’: Meet Waco’s Antifascist Transgender Pitmaster Kaleb Blain went from the fast-paced world of 911 dispatching to the “low and slow” of BBQ, where he’s built a following.

Kaleb Blain went from the fast-paced world of 911 dispatching to the “low and slow” of BBQ, where he’s built a following from combining fresh meat with progressive politics. thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/21/b...

‘They Just Don’t Want Authors’: Latiné Writer Uninvited from Speaking at Texas School “The most rewarding part of stories,” said author Jonny Garza Villa at a book signing hosted by Austin’s Little Gay Shop, is “realizing that I can write something that’s hyperspecific, a Mexican-Ameri...

“San Antonio really has been that place where I have been able to come out of my shell,” they said. “It’s the place where I became the person who was able to write these sorts of stories and celebrate those identities.” thebarbedwire.com/2024/09/20/t...

Who Could’ve Guessed I Was Queer? Six ‘Glass Closet’ Letters to Santa Who didn’t ask for a Barbie who can kiss her best friends, a computer for their “Twilight” fan club, or a skateboard for sick ollies?

“I want transgender teens to be able to walk into a classroom and be referred to by the name and pronouns they know in their heart,” Ponthier wrote in an essay for The Barbed Wire. thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/17/w...

🏳️‍⚧️💕 Today is Trans Day of Visibility — a day to celebrate trans and nonbinary people and to raise awareness about the discrimination they've faced. Let’s look back at some of the influential transgender & nonbinary Texans who’ve been spotlighted by The Barbed Wire

Pro-tip: Texas is banning THCA hemp flower starting on Tuesday, so some shops in the state are offering discounts to clear out their stock right now.

Defending the Most Vulnerable in San Marcos When book bans or right-wing operatives come to town, school board trustee Juan Miguel Arredondo told the Observer, “My colleagues have to have those conversations with an openly gay man next to…

“Not once has a family been in crisis because of transgender bathrooms. It’s families not being able to afford rent or put food on the table, issues with unemployment or lack of access to jobs that pay living wages.”

Exclusion, Belonging, and Hidden History in Castroville The Little Alsace of Texas, my once and current home, has long been more comfortable with an idealized past than with its full history or contradictory present.

Elegant writing and original thinking here from @aprilcicada.bsky.social: www.texasobserver.org/time-comes-f...