Thanks for reminding me why I left instagram.

Bet the comments are as toxic tho

Your Honor, She’s beautiful ❤️❤️

Families left reeling after hospitals in blue states drop transgender care for youth Massachusetts passed laws and joined lawsuits to protect access to gender-affirming care for minors. But faced with the Trump administration's threats, some hospitals voluntarily stopped care.

"The American Academy of Pediatrics — which has come out in favor of gender-affirming treatment for minors —declined NPR's request for an interview. The group's media representative said every pediatrician she approached was too scared of retaliation to comment publicly." www.npr.org/2026/04/17/n...

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But then, on Nov. 12, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops overwhelmingly passed a total ban on trans care throughout all of its healthcare network. This was, and remains, the most extensive and draconian trans healthcare ban in the U.S., and one that has gotten far too little attention for how much damage it's done. The bishops' ban includes not just hospitals but many clinics and doctor's practices as well. It bans hormones and surgeries, for adults as well as trans youth. While individual Catholics have a wide range of beliefs, the church hierarchy itself is incredibly reactionary, abusive and a longtime enemy of trans people's very existence. While the church had never been friendly to trans healthcare, the ban eliminated grey areas that more pro-trans Catholics and others working in their networks had previously used to provide healthcare anyway. This also didn't just impact a few charity hospitals. The church's network is massive, and in recent decades has grown constantly, including by taking over existing, previously secular practices. This means that even trans people who currently get their care elsewhere may fall under the ban as the church's healthcare holdings continue to aggressively expand. In some states, a third to nearly half of all healthcare beds are run by it, even in places like Oregon and Washington that — on paper — have protections for trans healthcare access. It includes not just hospitals but also a multitude of clinics and doctors' practices, including plenty that aren't obviously religious.

When she went back for her first appointment in January, after the ban, suddenly everything had changed. “They were very careful to avoid stating the exact reason. The way they phrased it was 'I thought we could, now it turns out we couldn't,'” she said. “They'd had trans patients before. I got the feeling they were willing to help.” The practice wasn't advertised as a Catholic Church-run one. During her initial appointment, she saw no signs of it, and “the staff clearly knew how to interact with a trans person.” But even if she'd wanted to find another clinic, for a working class trans person in her area that's nearly impossible, because “where I live, there's exactly one network that's not Catholic and that one network is not covered by a lot of insurances because they're more expensive.” This is a problem around the country. A 2025 article from healthcare access advocacy org Community Catalyst on the “growing crisis” of the Catholic Church's healthcare networks notes their record of “acquiring more and more independent hospitals.” “Despite their non-profit status and because of their Catholic directives, they're leaving devastating impacts on access, affordability and basic rights in their wake,” the piece noted. As of that year, Community Catalyst found, Catholic systems comprised four in ten of the largest health networks in the entire country. Their “directives limit access to critical health care, often going against evidence-based medical standards and clinical guidelines,” especially when it comes to reproductive health and gender-affirming care.

While it's gotten far too little attention, the trans healthcare ban imposed by the Catholic hierarchy late last year is the most extensive and draconian in the U.S.

In many areas, its networks — which are rapidly expanding, taking over previously secular practices — are the only option...

a digital ink drawing of Michael "Robby" Robinavitch dressed in Death Stranding porter gear. He's looking down at the BB Unit strapped to his chest, saying "Alright. Where to next, little one?"

hey can i tell you about my absurd The Pitt x Death Stranding AU

Far-right troll account followed by JD Vance on X unmasked “HowlingMutant,” who jokes about rape and the Holocaust, is Alexander Norden of New York City

NEW: We’ve identified the man who runs the far-right troll account on X “HowlingMutant,” whose jokes about rape and the Holocaust have earned him nearly 200,000 followers, which include Vice President JD Vance. His name is Alexander Norden, from Rockaway Park in New York City.

Holodomor genocide denial is rampant and despicable. Please, if you see accounts spreading denial, recommend this free online course as push back: holodomor.ca/new-online-c...

FUCKING LEAVE SUBSTACK

NO SHIT THEY SUPPORT NAZIS

IF YOU BIG PUBS LEFT SUBSTACK

THEY WOULD HAVE LESS $$ FFS

a lot of us already made the leap because we believe that fighting fascism is more important than doing the easy thing and complaining about it

hey support NAZI-FREE liberatory writing:

"The report harshly criticized the Israeli government’s role in the global fight against antisemitism, saying that “the government did not carry out even a single significant and effective action and often caused harm.” Israeli politicians at the highest levels steadily “expanded the scope of the term ‘antisemitism,’ including through cynical and hasty declarations, drained it of meaning, and damaged the struggle against Jew-hatred,” the report’s authors said."

It's notable that this new report from Tel Aviv University finding that more Diaspora Jews were killed in 2025 than in any year since 1994, also finds that the Israeli government's cynical manipulation of the term "antisemitism" made Diaspora Jews less safe.

She told the Times he "had dangled the prospect of marriage — and the path to citizenship that comes with it — and then taken it back."
A rich sex pest who wanted a much hotter partner and also the right to cheat on her with impunity is not new. Getting her deported is a Trump-era innovation.

The white flag, aka the official flag of the Confederacy

Wishing you and yours a very merry Confederate Surrender Day.

Quark chyron on the news with Quark speaking

News used to be better

Thanks for reminding me why I left instagram

Yeaaaaah…big pain

What really sucks is also getting your writing mistaken for AI. Like, I was arguing with someone on Reddit (my fault for using the App) and was accused of using AI.
How am I supposed to prove otherwise?

Had to scroll back up—
SHE’S PERFECT

These parents will do anything but monitor their own kids 😭

idk who needs to hear this but antisemitism is still not cool and you should block anyone who uses goy or goyim. we hate israel for being a genocidal ethnostate not for being jewish.

a man in a black costume is standing in front of a spaceship ALT: a man in a black costume is standing in front of a spaceship

Or Anakin works too :)

darth vader 's face is shown in the dark ALT: darth vader 's face is shown in the dark

Here me out—

Told them to deal with their pedo problem first before doing anything remotely related to AI

Apparently russians have launched an intercontinental missile at Ukraine, don’t know when and where it might arrive, I just really want to live. I don’t think it can be shot down?

Drones already attacking the capital, air defence at work. Loud. Horrible. Unfair. So unfair.

This with both men and women. Give me belly fat and arm waddles damn it!

Trying to get back to my roots #Ghost

another! my hands are abt to fall off

★ #starwars #starwarsart #starwarsoc #oc #rebels #resistance #pantoran #twi'lek #nautolan #zabrak #artsky

Another old piece of my #starwars #oc arterius. I was inspired by human hearts when creating him. I’m still working on an art trade—the perfectionist in me is not satisfied lol. Will hopefully post more later.
#Twilek #alienoc #gore #originalcharacter #oldart #digitalart #artwork #procreate