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Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 6h

Still proudly at 0 podcasts, unless I watch them as YouTube videos

Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 6h

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2d

they’re scared fucking shitless of this weekend, or, at the least, are scared fucking shitless of trump seeing it on the television

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you to WISDOM Wisconsin, MOSES, FREE and the many other organizations and individuals working to end solitary confinement and mass incarceration in Wisconsin. The testimonies and answers from directly impacted people - not political expediency - should be guiding our legislation.

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Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 4d

I JUST heard back from Alec.

Here's what he recommended.

I'm sure you're busy, but I want to avoid doubling up. If you'd like me to reach out, please let me know.

I'm hoping you have more detail in writing via email from Kara, would make it faster. Lmk if you'd like me to try something myself.

Screenshot of text "For the federal BOP stuff, I'd recommend reaching out to: Samuel Weiss"

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 8d

Fuck Gavin Newsom. No I'm not voting for him.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 8d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 8d

out to friends who are there, but maybe he'd be worth reaching out to he was extremely knowledgeable and got his start doing prison advocacy work for the last decade or two. Dean Spade could also be another resource, who Alec knows.

Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 8d

@deviantollam.bsky.social any progress on the Kara situation after yesterday's video?

I wish I had seen it yesterday - earlier today we had a meeting with Alec the author of Copaganda, and I would've given anything to ask him if he knows anyone.

Theres a second meeting right now and I'm reaching

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Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 14d

When McBride's company includes people like Ezra Klein and Gavin, you know where her true allegiances really lie

Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 14d

Holy crap!! I believed you but WOW

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Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 14d

Carrying a knife is the best way to get shot!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14d

There's fundamentally no legal difference between allowing Trump to fire the FTC commissioner pending litigation and not allowing him to fire a Fed governor except that the latter directly implicates the investment portfolios of SCOTUS justices and their benefactors. It's comical how corrupt this is

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14d

An “immigration judge” is not an actual judge in the judicial branch. They are a DOJ employee.

As Judge Young, an actual judge, made clear in one of the truly essential parts of his Tuesday ruling. www.lawdork.com/p/judge-will...

Detailing the reality of ICE and immigration enforcement, Young wrote:

ICE has nothing whatever to do with criminal law enforcement and seeks to avoid the actual criminal courts at all costs. It is carrying a civil law mandate passed by our Congress and pressed to its furthest reach oy the President. Even so, it drapes itself in the public's understanding of the criminal law though its "warrants" are but unreviewed orders from an ICE superior and its
"immigration courts" are not true courts at all but hearings before officers who cannot challenge the legal interpretations they are given.

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Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 14d

In general, I've found community folk knowledge (while if taken too seriously can be problematic) has more than just a kernel of truth to a lot of it, and I've known ppl with doctors who either overestimate their knowledge or straight up make shit up about HRT that doesn't have any basis. It's wild.

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Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 14d

-(similarly) I know people whove had various chronic conditions either change or disappear entirely
-its still unclear if you even need to be on t-blockers once your t bottoms out; it seems to be suppressed by injections for most ppl, and even oral for many whose bodies don't process most of it out

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Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 14d

-I know people who've shrunk or had hands or feet shrink, even if they're transitioning as adults
-my IBS, skin, and psychiatric profile completely changed with hrt; not in a "my brain got better" way, but a "my neurological differences changed and we still don't know why" way (ie: ADHD)

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Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 14d

-Almost no idea on how age impacts transition
-we still don't know how skin changes work, even though we know there's differences in amount and formation of collagen that's responsible for M/F skin differences
-no idea on what "high" hormone levels look like or could mean, or if it changes with age

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Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 14d

Like, just off the top of my head:
-we have no idea if sperm production rebounds if one with those parts ceases estradiol
-we barely have a vibe of how fertility works
-we only got our first real study on if progesterone works like last month, despite that being folk knowledge for literal decades

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Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 14d

tbh, I'd say most people don't know *anything* about transition. Most doctors don't even have a solid grasp on what they do or don't know; many overestimate their actual knowledge. Some places even insist it has to be hyperspecialized, even though the majority of doctors everywhere Rx HRT to cis ppl

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Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 15d

Always down to trade perspectives and opinions, you seem really genuine and level headed (genuinely, I don't just mean compared to others on here) so I'd make the time if you'd like to chat more

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Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 15d

Can't be up much later, figure it's late for you too. If I don't reply tonight, I'll try tomorrow!

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Spooky Scott Kelley Ernest, BSPH 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #mtpol @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 15d

Pete Hegseth: Let's attack fat generals.
Ted Cruz: Let's not attack pedophiles.

Spooky Scott Kelley Ernest, BSPH 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #mtpol @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 15d

GOP Sen. Ted Cruz says, “Let’s stop attacking pedophiles” during Congress speech
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/gop-...

GOP Sen. Ted Cruz says, "Let's stop attacking pedophiles" during Congress speech - LGBTQ Nation

The anti-LGBTQ+ Republican didn't bother to correct his misstatement.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 15d

It's wild how these people are allied with the far right, but see us as the problem

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Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 15d

Not speaking as N=1, I'm speaking as nearly a decade on HRT and helped a few hundred friends now transition, and witnessed their experiences.

I dated someone who went on progesterone after 8yr on E, and doubled in breast size within a year.

Bodies are wild

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Aria X Trucios @ariaxt.bsky.social · 15d

Sorry if this take is undesired, but:
-genetics is a BIG component
-age seems to slow change moreso than be a hard limit; disappointment seems broadly possible as soon as you age beyond teen/puberty range
-I cannot stan progesterone harder for growth and mood
-3 years does slow, but depends on a lot

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