Champ Champenstein 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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I’m in my Mac era: I’m gay and cutting the sleeves off all my tshirts.
CJ Grad Student. Queer Criminology. Comic book nerd (once again on hold). Board game winner.
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CJ Grad Student. Queer Criminology. Comic book nerd (once again on hold). Board game winner.
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The gay agenda is to have everyone tuck in their shirt and roll up their pants.
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Too often when discussing trans rights, we’re forced to be on the defensive, as Republicans wage attacks.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Too often when discussing trans rights, we’re forced to be on the defensive, as Republicans wage attacks.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
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Don’t look away from MN. ICE is still wreaking havoc across the state - changing their tactics to deceive Minnesotans - pretending to be construction workers or folks delivering groceries. Still over 2,000 ICE agents in the state. They’re not going anywhere, your anger and outrage shouldn’t either.
February 10, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Don’t look away from MN. ICE is still wreaking havoc across the state - changing their tactics to deceive Minnesotans - pretending to be construction workers or folks delivering groceries. Still over 2,000 ICE agents in the state. They’re not going anywhere, your anger and outrage shouldn’t either.
It is dumb but I thought I might not get the grant because it is research on the LGBTQ+ community.
Got a lil’ student research grant to do some stuff I’ve been wanting to do for a couple years and it just feels nice to have a little win.
February 10, 2026 at 8:51 PM
It is dumb but I thought I might not get the grant because it is research on the LGBTQ+ community.
Got a lil’ student research grant to do some stuff I’ve been wanting to do for a couple years and it just feels nice to have a little win.
February 10, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Got a lil’ student research grant to do some stuff I’ve been wanting to do for a couple years and it just feels nice to have a little win.
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
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ICE officials, under a judge’s order to clean up overcrowded and squalid conditions inside holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza detained migrants on a separate floor where they decided the the ruling didn't apply. The revelation comes in a hearing today:
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
ICE Moved Detainees to Previously Undisclosed Floor of 26 Federal Plaza
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reduce overcrowding and squalid conditions at a Manhattan holding room. Months later, he finds ICE merely shifted floors.
www.thecity.nyc
February 10, 2026 at 1:25 AM
ICE officials, under a judge’s order to clean up overcrowded and squalid conditions inside holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza detained migrants on a separate floor where they decided the the ruling didn't apply. The revelation comes in a hearing today:
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
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Reports Emerge Claiming M23 Detained Blackwater Founder Erik Prince in Eastern DRC
kigalidailynews.rw
February 9, 2026 at 8:24 PM
How has not one democrat said anything about this or pushed against this AT ALL?
ICE detention facilities are already rampant with disease and abuse, putting more people together will only make this worse.
We absolutely need to abolish ice and abolish the use of prisons altogether.
ICE detention facilities are already rampant with disease and abuse, putting more people together will only make this worse.
We absolutely need to abolish ice and abolish the use of prisons altogether.
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
How has not one democrat said anything about this or pushed against this AT ALL?
ICE detention facilities are already rampant with disease and abuse, putting more people together will only make this worse.
We absolutely need to abolish ice and abolish the use of prisons altogether.
ICE detention facilities are already rampant with disease and abuse, putting more people together will only make this worse.
We absolutely need to abolish ice and abolish the use of prisons altogether.
In these dark times there is light.
Ranking Every Sam Raimi Movie Part 1 - re:View
Ranking Every Sam Raimi Movie Part 1 - re:View
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February 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
In these dark times there is light.
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lizard is doing so much better today. just got off the phone with the doctor. the blockage has been cleared, he's producing less urine, his heart is beating stronger and his body temperature is going back up
we are trying to raise money for his hospital care so please venmo magdalene-visaggio
we are trying to raise money for his hospital care so please venmo magdalene-visaggio
little dude is in the hospital under heat lamp
February 8, 2026 at 3:36 PM
lizard is doing so much better today. just got off the phone with the doctor. the blockage has been cleared, he's producing less urine, his heart is beating stronger and his body temperature is going back up
we are trying to raise money for his hospital care so please venmo magdalene-visaggio
we are trying to raise money for his hospital care so please venmo magdalene-visaggio
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Another day in America
February 8, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Another day in America
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This article was written in 2021 and there are several academic papers about police killing people’s pets and animals. And sure this is federal law enforcement but the police are gonna police in whatever capacity they serve.
February 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
This article was written in 2021 and there are several academic papers about police killing people’s pets and animals. And sure this is federal law enforcement but the police are gonna police in whatever capacity they serve.
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Well, here we go: a fresh new printing of Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents? and a new follow up booklet from Public Collectors: What You Agents Are Doing In Your Hotels. Both are now available ($6.00 each):
halfletterpress.com/what-you-age...
halfletterpress.com/who-shares-w...
halfletterpress.com/what-you-age...
halfletterpress.com/who-shares-w...
February 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Well, here we go: a fresh new printing of Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents? and a new follow up booklet from Public Collectors: What You Agents Are Doing In Your Hotels. Both are now available ($6.00 each):
halfletterpress.com/what-you-age...
halfletterpress.com/who-shares-w...
halfletterpress.com/what-you-age...
halfletterpress.com/who-shares-w...
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Hanya Yanagihara in 2015:
writing a frankly harmful novel
February 5, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Hanya Yanagihara in 2015:
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the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
Sometimes you just need a minute in the pit to feel something.
February 5, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Sometimes you just need a minute in the pit to feel something.
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My friend and one of the co-authors of Read This When Things Fall Apart, Stevie Wilson, will be released from prison in less than a week. Stevie has done tremendous work as an incarcerated organizer and has plans to continue doing important work on the outside. Let's help him make a new start.
Donate to Support Stevie Wilson's New Beginning, organized by Danielle Squillante
Our beloved comrade and friend Stevie Wilson is FINALLY coming home from pri… Danielle Squillante needs your support for Support Stevie Wilson's New Beginning
www.gofundme.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM
My friend and one of the co-authors of Read This When Things Fall Apart, Stevie Wilson, will be released from prison in less than a week. Stevie has done tremendous work as an incarcerated organizer and has plans to continue doing important work on the outside. Let's help him make a new start.
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Thanks to all who supported our DWJ TFR collab comic/shirt. Together we raised damn near 60K for MIRAC.
Thanks to Brody, DWJ, and Edgemen for joining me in donating their time to maximize what we could to deliver.
Thanks to Brody, DWJ, and Edgemen for joining me in donating their time to maximize what we could to deliver.
February 4, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Thanks to all who supported our DWJ TFR collab comic/shirt. Together we raised damn near 60K for MIRAC.
Thanks to Brody, DWJ, and Edgemen for joining me in donating their time to maximize what we could to deliver.
Thanks to Brody, DWJ, and Edgemen for joining me in donating their time to maximize what we could to deliver.
I am not allowed to say what I want to say, but the fact that they did this quietly without telling anyone or discussing this with anyone is so disgusting and shady.
Jim Pillen’s hate for LGBTQ+ families is beyond the pale.
Jim Pillen’s hate for LGBTQ+ families is beyond the pale.
EXCLUSIVE: NU System is ‘no longer collecting or using preferred pronouns’ on Canvas amid ‘evolving social climate’
When NU System students returned to classes from the winter break, they no longer had the ability to display their pronouns on their Canvas profiles, which has been a tool on the university’s system i...
www.unothegateway.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I am not allowed to say what I want to say, but the fact that they did this quietly without telling anyone or discussing this with anyone is so disgusting and shady.
Jim Pillen’s hate for LGBTQ+ families is beyond the pale.
Jim Pillen’s hate for LGBTQ+ families is beyond the pale.
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Sometimes I forget that I actually know a lot about certain things and can talk about them without having imposter syndrome.
February 3, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Sometimes I forget that I actually know a lot about certain things and can talk about them without having imposter syndrome.
Sometimes I forget that I actually know a lot about certain things and can talk about them without having imposter syndrome.
February 3, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Sometimes I forget that I actually know a lot about certain things and can talk about them without having imposter syndrome.
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if I’m being honest I’ve had the sunday scaries for the past fifteen years
February 2, 2026 at 3:38 AM
if I’m being honest I’ve had the sunday scaries for the past fifteen years