A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir)
@agoadesq.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ advocate, herp fan, and cat parent. Militant introvert. Fan of Angel City FC, all NWSL, USWNT, LGBTQI athletes, and good defense. Ambivalent resident of unceded Tongva land. Views my own.
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what a cool way to do blatant homophobia while campaigning for president
[sighing so hard I pull several muscles] www.cnbc.com/2026/01/22/n...
Newsom shows off knee pads for CEOs 'selling out' to the Trump administration
The Governor of California showed off knee pads that he suggested were for leaders "selling out" to the Trump administration, during an interview at Davos.
www.cnbc.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:02 PM
what a cool way to do blatant homophobia while campaigning for president
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Abigail Spanberger was told to throw trans youth under the bus during her campaign. She refused to do so.
She won the election by 15 percent. A dominant victory. A landslide.
She was just sworn-in as the 75th Governor of Virginia, the first woman to lead the state.
She won the election by 15 percent. A dominant victory. A landslide.
She was just sworn-in as the 75th Governor of Virginia, the first woman to lead the state.
January 17, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Abigail Spanberger was told to throw trans youth under the bus during her campaign. She refused to do so.
She won the election by 15 percent. A dominant victory. A landslide.
She was just sworn-in as the 75th Governor of Virginia, the first woman to lead the state.
She won the election by 15 percent. A dominant victory. A landslide.
She was just sworn-in as the 75th Governor of Virginia, the first woman to lead the state.
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They're targeting Renee Good's widow because they don't want her talking. If they can manufacture charges, most defense attorneys will tell her not to speak with media even if she did nothing wrong
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
They're targeting Renee Good's widow because they don't want her talking. If they can manufacture charges, most defense attorneys will tell her not to speak with media even if she did nothing wrong
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On my way to the Supreme Court where I'll be proud to support 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, West Virginia's only transgender athlete, as she opposes the state's effort to ban her from playing as herself.
Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right
Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right
January 13, 2026 at 12:10 PM
On my way to the Supreme Court where I'll be proud to support 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, West Virginia's only transgender athlete, as she opposes the state's effort to ban her from playing as herself.
Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right
Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right
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"I have heard too many people echo talking points about how poorly trained these fascist kidnappers and murderers are — and I want us to stop and think about that for a moment...What do we want? Greater professionalism in the violence they perpetrate, or an end to that violence?"
Tonight, I was one of more than 200 people who gathered on Chicago’s North Side to mourn Renee Nicole Good. Several people asked me to publish my remarks from the vigil, so I’m sharing them here.
The Cost of Staying Human
Remarks from a vigil for Renee Nicole Good
organizingmythoughts.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:39 PM
"I have heard too many people echo talking points about how poorly trained these fascist kidnappers and murderers are — and I want us to stop and think about that for a moment...What do we want? Greater professionalism in the violence they perpetrate, or an end to that violence?"
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"Witnesses said a doctor was at the scene and tried to help the woman who had been shot, but the ICE agents refused to let the doctor in to help. Up to 15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived but was blocked by ICE vehicles that had occupied the street."
Video shows Minneapolis ICE shooting that left woman dead
An ICE agent is claiming self-defense after shooting and killing a woman in Minneapolis. Eyewitnesses tell a different story.
www.fox9.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:15 PM
"Witnesses said a doctor was at the scene and tried to help the woman who had been shot, but the ICE agents refused to let the doctor in to help. Up to 15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived but was blocked by ICE vehicles that had occupied the street."
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🚨🚨🚨 ICYMI President “grab them by the pussy” is moving to rescind federal rules enforcing protections against workplace sexual harassment
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Pending EO 12866 Regulatory Review
www.reginfo.gov
January 5, 2026 at 3:07 PM
🚨🚨🚨 ICYMI President “grab them by the pussy” is moving to rescind federal rules enforcing protections against workplace sexual harassment
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eo...
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eo...
2025 sporting event total: 22. 14 NWSL including the CVI and the championship; 1 UWCL; 1 USWNT; 1 WTA/ATP; 1 WNBA and 3 WCBB. And one women's college gymnastics for variety.
January 1, 2026 at 4:10 PM
2025 sporting event total: 22. 14 NWSL including the CVI and the championship; 1 UWCL; 1 USWNT; 1 WTA/ATP; 1 WNBA and 3 WCBB. And one women's college gymnastics for variety.
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So, the frog stopped the National Guard from coming to Portland, along with astute lawsuits by Oregon. Only part of what's happening, but hard to understate how fundamentally the Portland Frog changed perceptions and helped morale. Humor, imagination, courage, savvy.
December 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
So, the frog stopped the National Guard from coming to Portland, along with astute lawsuits by Oregon. Only part of what's happening, but hard to understate how fundamentally the Portland Frog changed perceptions and helped morale. Humor, imagination, courage, savvy.
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@marisakabas.bsky.social managing to concisely lay out what's going on, without screaming and cursing like when I do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
@marisakabas.bsky.social managing to concisely lay out what's going on, without screaming and cursing like when I do it
There are valid uses but I hate what it's doing to people and... thought.
Repost if you hate AI
I’m trying to see something
I’m trying to see something
December 29, 2025 at 7:10 AM
There are valid uses but I hate what it's doing to people and... thought.
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The judge also ordered that teachers have a right to misgender trans youth even when the parents know of and are supportive of their trans child. Just in case you thought this was actually about parental rights.
24 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Judge overturns CA school policy on outing trans kids, rules parents have right to know & teachers a right to tell them but no mention of child's rights. Case likely bound for Supremes. Weirdly CA law allows abortion w/o parental notification.
Federal judge rules California teachers are allowed to ‘out’ transgender students to parents
The ruling applies to all public schools in California and is a victory for two teachers who claimed that district policies violated their constitutional free speech and religious rights.
edsource.org
December 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The judge also ordered that teachers have a right to misgender trans youth even when the parents know of and are supportive of their trans child. Just in case you thought this was actually about parental rights.
In less heartwarming news, the Southern District had a big lump of coal for CA's trans public school students and their supportive teachers this week. www.aclusocal.org/press-releas...
ACLU Statement on Ruling in Mirabelli v. Olson - ACLU of Socal
Ruling undermines critical protections for trans and gender nonconforming students in California
www.aclusocal.org
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
In less heartwarming news, the Southern District had a big lump of coal for CA's trans public school students and their supportive teachers this week. www.aclusocal.org/press-releas...
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Families deserve dignity and respect, and belong together. When families stay together, children do better and so do our communities.
Number of Children in LA County Foster Care Has Plunged
The Imprint set out to discover why LA County's foster care placements have declined even more dramatically than the nation's.
imprintnews.org
December 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Families deserve dignity and respect, and belong together. When families stay together, children do better and so do our communities.
The complex late capitalist gender euphoria of being adressed by a service worker as "boss"
December 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The complex late capitalist gender euphoria of being adressed by a service worker as "boss"
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I'm reporting on what it's like to go through perimenopause/menopause while incarcerated for @themarshallproject.org, and building a guide for currently incarcerated people. Help me by filling out or sharing this form! www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/16/m...
Tell Us What It’s Like to Go Through Menopause in Prison
Your insights will help inform a guide about the critical life stage that we’ll share with incarcerated people.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I'm reporting on what it's like to go through perimenopause/menopause while incarcerated for @themarshallproject.org, and building a guide for currently incarcerated people. Help me by filling out or sharing this form! www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/16/m...
This is fittingly also the name of a clothing brand founded by one of the Teen Moms and her 😒 husband, then shut down by the state of Tennessee for failure to file basic paperwork.
CBS News and The Free Press announce Things That Matter, a series of town halls and debates, starting in early 2026, with Sam Altman, J.D. Vance, and others (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
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December 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This is fittingly also the name of a clothing brand founded by one of the Teen Moms and her 😒 husband, then shut down by the state of Tennessee for failure to file basic paperwork.
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I do think more people should appreciate that Sarah has to be selective about when she draws attention to her identity given the obsessive focus on it by some of her colleagues--she is in a uniquely impossible position. But it also makes it more impactful when she does.
December 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I do think more people should appreciate that Sarah has to be selective about when she draws attention to her identity given the obsessive focus on it by some of her colleagues--she is in a uniquely impossible position. But it also makes it more impactful when she does.
This...though the tests are also largely BS
That is patently false: not only do immigrants score better than native-born Americans in tests, the mere presence of immigrants improve test scores for all students, when factoring in white flight
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December 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This...though the tests are also largely BS
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Of the thousands of characters on TV between 1987 and 2007, TWO were Native American. One of those was Elaine Miles’s character on Northern Exposure. Last week, the actress was detained by ICE after they called her tribal ID “fake.”
December 2, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Of the thousands of characters on TV between 1987 and 2007, TWO were Native American. One of those was Elaine Miles’s character on Northern Exposure. Last week, the actress was detained by ICE after they called her tribal ID “fake.”
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
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Collective, racist punishment.
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Collective, racist punishment.
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The BBC removed a line about Trump being the most openly corrupt president in American history...from a lecture about the cowardice of today's elites.
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The BBC removed a line about Trump being the most openly corrupt president in American history...from a lecture about the cowardice of today's elites.
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
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The ICAO is who you need to lobby if you want to remove gender from all passports altogether, which is why American trans activists have largely focused on the ability to update/change your gender marker
In somewhat good news, today the state department website has changed the answer to this question to defer to ICAO policy. Sources still tell me that there is some appetite for invalidation/reversion of passports issued under the injunction, but this message will be welcome to many trans people.
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The ICAO is who you need to lobby if you want to remove gender from all passports altogether, which is why American trans activists have largely focused on the ability to update/change your gender marker
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM