I agree it's cool, but have admit I'm a little sad that many of the rocks below the lower dam will disappear under water. Many fond memories of playing on those rocks as a kid.

Oh, BTW y'all, I'm published! Along with my coauthor, Jim Fussell, in @friendsjournal.org. The whole March issue is on gender and sexual identities; lots of other excellent articles exploring the intersection of Quakerism & SOGIs, that you can check out: www.friendsjournal.org/to-be-known-...

*starts singing Star Trek theme*

She has literally boldly gone where no woman has gone before.

We're More Than Trans+: The changing recognition of transmasculine family roles Families play a crucial part in our freedoms and acceptance as humans with rights. We’ve been making waves in what ‘family’ means for centuries.

How our Trans+ ancestors lived authentically, if only temporarily, as adored and admired members of society

Really excellent piece by @willofwands.bsky.social in this week's QueerAF newsletter. I'd also encourage transmasc people, if they have the spoons for it and are in a reasonably safe situation, to use their privilege, speak up & be visible for those who can't.

This is why you don't have healthcare.

Senate Budget Invests More in Public Schools with Data Center Revenue - The Commonwealth Institute Funding for schools in Virginia is still being decided. See how Senate and House budget choices impact students and long-term support.

Virginia's Senate budget invests $577M more in public schools — funded by making data centers pay their fair share. That means real raises for teachers, more support for students facing the highest barriers, and money for school construction. https://bit.ly/4v6rfvz

Christ, I am one of the least pro-military people I know, and I find this offensive and kind of insane.

Last post I'll do on people lecturing me about X/Twitter.

I worked at the Washington Post for 11 years. The amount of racist hate I would get in story comments and emails was astounding.

I don't remember anyone telling me to leave the Washington Post because of racist comments and toxicity.

What many ostensibly thoughtful white people on Bluesky don't seem to understand: not having a more representative number of Black & other people of color here isn't ONLY about doing right by those groups/people. It's also the #1 reason this site just isn't as GOOD as Twitter was—for all of us.

Donald Trump and Republicans enacted the largest cuts in history to Medicaid and SNAP because the nation simply “couldn’t afford” them.

Now, the Trump Administration is seeking $200 billion to pursue their illegal, poorly planned war of choice against Iran. Absolutely not.

[I hope it's clear that I'm making fun of the Nazis here]

Yeah, I knew about Hirschfeld and how his institute was attacked, etc. And knew about how queer people were scapegoated by the Reich. Just had not heard the particular bit abt how Jews were somehow orchestrating people being trans. Seems like an impressive wizardly power.

Although this conspiracy theory is a new one for me, I have to say I'd not be unhappy if by some miracle it were true. (from a non-Jewish trans guy w/many Jewish family & Friends)

I am curious to know how Jews have this impressive power to make people be trans!

just because america won gold in hockey over canada doesn’t mean we need the weather to come with it too

I'm confused about where the Tesla comes in. Maybe I missed something?

Fantastic🧵! Just what this gringo needed. Makes me love Bad Bunny's halftime performance even more. And you know that's the ONLY part of the Superbowl I watched.

That's really sweet, but what if it's in your car and the doors are frozen closed?

To be specific, they're outside the Minneapolis Marriott City Center where many agents have been staying. The singers are a group called Singing Resistance — their numbers have been growing dramatically, despite having just organized within the last month. www.instagram.com/singingresis...

Pretty fucking awesome.

Please speak up and condemn this violation of human rights! @mcclellan.house.gov @markwarner.bsky.social

What I need Congress to understand is that like Trump, much of what ICE does in full view of the cameras is already illegal.

We don’t need more documentation of the crimes. We need consequences for the crimes.

Until you have a plan for that, I don’t want to hear about cameras and training.

@juliaserano.bsky.social provides an excellent rebuttal to the idea that Dems need to triangulate against trans people in order to win moderate votes. (Calling Pete Buttigieg and Gavin Newsom). Lots of receipts for her argument.

The fed admin is turning plowshares into swords (so they can terrorize us & our neighbors) then pretending not to notice when people can't afford food. But in Hanover and around the country, people are saying it's too much. Thank you to everyone who organized & showed up to make this step happen

“Pssh, I’m from up north! I can drive in snow! I’ll be fine!”

A lot of us who drive can drive fine in snow. The problem is it’s 20 degrees and dropping, which means it’s going to freeze all sorts of fast, and you don’t want your tires to find that out the hard way.

This is a major storm. Be smart.

Jorts the cat: always on the right side if history!

this reminds me of the way i’ve seen susan bro speak about her daughter, heather heyer. when a fascist murders your child, you aren’t allowed to just grieve. you have to defend their memory, even their very grave.

Because brave Minnesotans are staying in the streets in subzero temps and filming everything, we know this is happening. Of course it's not the first time our govt has murdered people in the streets. But it's outrageous every time, we have video, & the deportation machine is fundamentally wrong (1/2

Fantastic🧵 uplifting the people of Minneapolis today standing up to tyranny in spite of bitter cold. Thanks for this, @kvetch.gay

Amazing! Way to go Minneapolis!