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Emily McLongstreet 🍉 @emilymclongst.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry to be dramatic, but not being able to filter @letterboxd.social searches by Tubi is literally ruining my entire life. When will this nightmare end???

a woman wearing glasses and a suit is making a please sign .

Alt: Tina Fey is heartbroken over not being able to easily search for horror flicks on Tubi during peak spooky watch season

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Emily McLongstreet 🍉 @emilymclongst.bsky.social · Sep 19

I too am new here ☹️

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · Aug 12

Mask up, friends! And foes! I also want my foes to mask up! Everyone mask up! 😷

The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · Aug 12

COVID-19 rates continue to take off across the U.S. as our summer surge hits every region. All metrics report substantial increases in SARS-CoV-2 spread in recent weeks — and the latest data are from early August, meaning levels may be much higher now than our reported numbers. bit.ly/4mgGDAP

An orange background and a meter indicating moderate wastewater levels of SARS-CoV-2. The text reads: COVID-19 rates continue to take off across the U.S. as our summer surge hits every region. All metrics report substantial increases in SARS-CoV-2 spread in recent weeks — and the latest data are from early August, meaning levels may be much higher now than our reported numbers.

Wastewater data from the CDC and WastewaterSCAN show continued increases in coronavirus levels. Coronavirus levels in wastewater remain highest in the South and West Coast: most states in these two regions report “very high,” “high,” or “moderate” wastewater viral activity levels, according to the CDC. And “high” levels in the CDC’s reporting system correspond to what other health experts might call “incredibly high.”

Test positivity and emergency department visits for COVID-19 also continue to increase across the U.S. Similar to last week, the CDC reported increased test positivity for every health region, and the agency's forecasting center reported that cases are “growing or likely growing in 45 states” as of August 5."

Line chart showing COVID-19 test positivity from the network of PCR labs reporting to the CDC. Title: "COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) Percent Positivity, by Week, in Region 6, Reported to CDC." A note below the chart clarifies that Region 6 covers Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The Y axis represents weekly % test positivity and the X axis represents time, going from August 2023 to August 2025. In that time, this region experienced waves in summer 2023, winter 2023-24, and summer 2024, and a smaller uptick in winter 2024-25. Most recently, test positivity jumped significantly in late July/early August 2025.

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Chalk Girl @chalkgirl.bsky.social · Jul 15

More than a month ago, a 24 year old transgender woman known only as OJM was arrested by ICE agents in #Portland #Oregon for no reason.

After a month of community outcry and protests and occupations, a judge just ruled OJM must be freed.

What we're doing matters. #ICEOutOfPortland #FuckICE #PDX

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · Jul 3

a little on the nose but well played, beaches, well played

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Jul 3

Just ahead of the Independence Day long weekend, beaches across the country have closed and issued advisories due to excessive levels of fecal waste.

Dozens of beaches close before July Fourth weekend due to fecal bacteria

At least six states have issued closures or advisories for certain beaches and lakes that have tested positive for fecal bacteria above safe levels.

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Emily McLongstreet 🍉 @emilymclongst.bsky.social · Jul 1

The Scarlet Empress (1934)

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Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · Jun 30

I have heard around a dozen stories like this, and I don't know _that_ many people.

Matt Baume 🏳️‍🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · Jun 30

We are at a red-alert moment with queer stories right now. Literally this morning, I was chatting with a seasoned Hollywood producer who just had a project halted b/c executives were skittish about it being too gay. Not only is a mass-erasure of queer characters plausible... it's already begun.

Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · Jun 30

I hope there's a course correction, but it's incredibly plausible that Hollywood's desire to not offend reactionaries ends up costing us 20-ish years of more diverse stories, roughly akin to the comparative drought of POC and queer stories in the '80s and '90s when compared to the '70s.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Jun 28

The world really does not have to be like this

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Emily McLongstreet 🍉 @emilymclongst.bsky.social · Jun 26

Next Stop Wonderland (1998) 2.8k
Making Mr. Right (1987) 4.1k
What a Way to Go! (1964) 20k
It Should Happen to You (1954) 7k

Still from Next Stop Wonderland (1998) in which Philip Seymour Hoffman breaks up with an incredulous Hope Davis, leaving her with his cat

Still from Making Mr. Right (1987) in which Ann Magnuson smiles with robot-himbo John Malkovich in the middle of a mall.

Still from What a Way to Go! (1964) in which Shirley Maclaine lounges in a black bathing suit in an otherwise COMPLETELY pink poolside scene.

Still from It Should Happen to You (1954) in which Jack Lemmon and Judy Holliday sing together at a piano, radiating charisma out of every pore.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Jun 24

Bread and roses and hormones too

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Gwendolyn Ann Smith @gwensmith.com · Jun 22

A pinback button. It shows the transgender “trine” combining three sex symbols, with a “peace sign” in the middle. Around the edge it reads, “Money for hormones, not war.”

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Jeanna Kadlec @jeannakadlec.bsky.social · Jun 22

tl;dr you should be reading al jazeera

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Jun 21

"I am excited to do this for the rest of my life and be terrified"

Having a Great Time Being Transgender in America Lately
BY JACKIE SABBAGH
It is day infinity
of everyone wanting me dead. People are having fun bringing lemon squares and automatic artillery to the anti-trans community meetings. Divorced legislators harangue about pedophile cults and surgeried infants and what ever happened to forever ago.
I am more beautiful than you and I would like to be loved.
I am getting concerned
about the monomaniacs who make their entire lives about deadnaming and transvestigations:
obviously it's working but aren't you exhausted, don't you remember
when someone loved you without knowing what you were? I am eating shortbread on a patio table overlooking the enormous green ocean.
Somewhere an octopus is being eaten by an octopus and not panicking.
Black dress to the floor, red acrylic nails, silver teardrop earrings, waterproof mascara.
I am excited to do this for the rest of my life and be terrified. I hear a noise behind me and I don't turn around.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · Jun 21

Down at #iceoutofpdx encampment demanding the immediate end of ICE’s contract in the city. A couple hundred here with permanent mutual aid and medical stations at all times, and growing as a 24/7 demo. #occupyice

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Ruwa Romman @ruwaromman.bsky.social · Jun 21

Mahmoud should’ve never missed the birth of his child, or his first Father’s Day, or being with his wife during countless precious moments as a growing family. His release today underscores what so many of us have said. His detention was unjust. We need to end these disappearings.

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Raquel Willis @raquelwillis.com · Jun 19

It's been five years since Brooklyn Liberation / the March for Black Trans Lives. A seismic day that shifted the course of many lives.

Let’s remember that we are battle-tested + ready. The fight will be long, but our history, our community, and our collective vision of liberation will win.

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secondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.com · Jun 9

New Crow Time update [1/3]

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Jun 19

Could you imagine the New York Times writing an article saying women were asking for too much with abortion rights and that they went too far?

That's effectively what they did here to trans people despite it being the same fight for bodily autonomy.

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Nirali @firewordsparkler.bsky.social · Jun 18

Trans Lifeline has also linked to more community-based support, should you need it

translifeline.org/resources/co...

The Fireside Project’s Psychedelic Support Line provides emotional support during and after psychedelic experiences. Call or text 1-62-FIRESIDE (1-623-473-7433) any day between 11 AM–11 PM PT.
Call Blackline is a peer-support hotline by and for Black, Black TLGBTQI+, Brown, Native, and Muslim communities. Call or text 1-800-604-5841 or download the app.
StrongHearts Native Helpline is a domestic and sexual violence helpline for Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Call 1-844-762-8483 or visit their website to chat with an advocate.
THRIVE Lifeline is a text line for underrepresented individuals (person of color, LGBTQ2S+, person living with disabilities, neurodivergent, and/or other marginalized identities). Text “THRIVE” to begin your conversation: 1-313-662-8209. THRIVE also moderates a discord server for Trans, Nonbinary, Agender, and Questioning people (13+) and co-hosts the Stronger Together discord server for multiply marginalized complex trauma survivors (open to all 18+).
Trans Lifeline is a peer support and crisis hotline run by Trans people for the Trans, Nonbinary, Agender, and Questioning community. Call 1-877-565-8860 in the US or 1-877-330-6366 in Canada.
Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line: (888) 407-4515 (trained peer supporters)

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Nirali @firewordsparkler.bsky.social · Jun 18

Here's how you can reach the Trevor Project without the national number: www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/

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Raquel Willis @raquelwillis.com · Jun 18

The SCOTUS ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti confirms what we know: this government is crooked and ignorant. Trans kids deserve care, safety, and bodily autonomy. We must remind them of their history, the sacredness of community, and that no government gave them their power—and no court can take it away.

Dear Trans Kids, You Don't Need the Government's Permission to Exist

Activist and journalist Raquel Willis offers crucial advice to trans and nonbinary youth.

www.teenvogue.com

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