Newt Calkins
@graynewt.bsky.social
Adjunct professor of Film and TV specializing in screenwriting. Freelance story analyst since 2010. Award winning short horror screenwriter. Steve Martin fan. Clive Barker stan. Jim Henson man. Progressive lefty with a tendency for angry hyperbole.
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Just looking at the Comey indictment mess, would you wager that this same DOJ has a solid legal justification for the killing spree at sea?
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Just looking at the Comey indictment mess, would you wager that this same DOJ has a solid legal justification for the killing spree at sea?
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guys i dont think i defrosted my turkey right
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
guys i dont think i defrosted my turkey right
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
This lady is a piece of shit. No kid gloves or grace from me. You suck, ma'am. Fuck off.
MIAMI — picking up on the open racism Trump has unleashed, racist lady blocks brown Americans from leaving a garage and tries to wait for ICE to get there
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This lady is a piece of shit. No kid gloves or grace from me. You suck, ma'am. Fuck off.
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This is nazi shit
November 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This is nazi shit
Given how much I've kept hydrated in preparation for this colonoscopy, I should probably just schedule and back out of a colonoscopy every week.
November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Given how much I've kept hydrated in preparation for this colonoscopy, I should probably just schedule and back out of a colonoscopy every week.
I enjoy a lot of HBO output. But they're happy to platform TERF jagoff JK and I just saw an ad for their Conjuring collection, which supports the estate of two of this country's biggest grifters. Come on, gang. Don't support transphobes and con artists.
November 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I enjoy a lot of HBO output. But they're happy to platform TERF jagoff JK and I just saw an ad for their Conjuring collection, which supports the estate of two of this country's biggest grifters. Come on, gang. Don't support transphobes and con artists.
It's sort of heartening to know that wrestling promoters are the same in any community.
T Boy Wrestling, the trans and gender-diverse wrestling property that gained national popularity in the last year, has suspended ticket sales for all 2026 events amidst alleged financial misappropriations.
www.outsports.com/20...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.outsports.com/20...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
T Boy Wrestling suspends ticket sales amid financial allegations, transfer of leadership
T Boy Wrestling co-creator faces allegations of financial malfeasance, as the organization's events have suspended ticket sales.
www.outsports.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It's sort of heartening to know that wrestling promoters are the same in any community.
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Cal has broken down the hundreds of questions in the multiple tests Trans 12 year olds are forced to answer if they have any chance of accessing necessary healthcare. There are hundreds of questions, dehumanising, harmful & utterly inappropriate for any kid. growinguptransgender.com/2025/09/19/q...
Questioning trans kids
The UK Government and UK research councils have contributed £10 million pounds to a series of research studies on service users of the newly established Children and Young People’s Gender Services.…
growinguptransgender.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Cal has broken down the hundreds of questions in the multiple tests Trans 12 year olds are forced to answer if they have any chance of accessing necessary healthcare. There are hundreds of questions, dehumanising, harmful & utterly inappropriate for any kid. growinguptransgender.com/2025/09/19/q...
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This is very good. Clear, calm, factual, and devastating for proponents of bans on puberty blockers for trans youth.
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
The government’s ban on puberty blockers undermines clinical expertise and targets trans youth with a policy that lacks evidence, consistency and fairness.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This is very good. Clear, calm, factual, and devastating for proponents of bans on puberty blockers for trans youth.
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
Dismantle ICE
Marimar Martinez is a US citizen who was shot by ICE five times in Chicago.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Dismantle ICE
The difference between reasonable caution and biased oppression. Imagine having your sense of self questioned relentlessly, all but denying you, just because a handful of assholes are uncomfortable with that self. And imagine that was during the most confusing, emotionally jarring time of your life.
Under new NHS puberty blocker trial protocols, trans youth are being subjected to more than 50 assessments, intrusive exams, and over 13 hours of intrusive testing - just to access lifesaving healthcare
It demands young people re-live distress & undergo intimate examinations
#ConversionPractices
It demands young people re-live distress & undergo intimate examinations
#ConversionPractices
Trans Young People Face 50+ Tests and Hours of Intrusive Assessments in the PATHWAYS Puberty…
The publication of the PATHWAYS puberty blocker trial protocols reveals how trans young people are required to complete more than fifty…
medium.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The difference between reasonable caution and biased oppression. Imagine having your sense of self questioned relentlessly, all but denying you, just because a handful of assholes are uncomfortable with that self. And imagine that was during the most confusing, emotionally jarring time of your life.
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trump is further left than the baileys
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
trump is further left than the baileys
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big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
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The DOE just cut multiple fields from the “professional degree” list, shrinking loan access for future workers. Nursing, PAs, PT, OT, audiology, public health, social work, & education master’s all got dropped.
And yes, they’re fields dominated by women.
#ProudBlue
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
And yes, they’re fields dominated by women.
#ProudBlue
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The DOE just cut multiple fields from the “professional degree” list, shrinking loan access for future workers. Nursing, PAs, PT, OT, audiology, public health, social work, & education master’s all got dropped.
And yes, they’re fields dominated by women.
#ProudBlue
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
And yes, they’re fields dominated by women.
#ProudBlue
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
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Here’s @sarahjeong.bsky.social somehow going even harder than the T-shirt at the AI-copyright conference: “[AI companies] have ushered in a wholesale destruction of human knowledge and culture that is as significant as the burning of the Library of Alexandria.”
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Here’s @sarahjeong.bsky.social somehow going even harder than the T-shirt at the AI-copyright conference: “[AI companies] have ushered in a wholesale destruction of human knowledge and culture that is as significant as the burning of the Library of Alexandria.”
Fuck all the way off with this.
I want a vote to denounce the horrors of capitalism. As long as we're playing this stupid game.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
I want a vote to denounce the horrors of capitalism. As long as we're playing this stupid game.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
House votes to denounce ‘horrors’ of socialism ahead of Mamdani-Trump meeting
The incoming New York mayor will meet with the president at the White House this afternoon.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Fuck all the way off with this.
I want a vote to denounce the horrors of capitalism. As long as we're playing this stupid game.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
I want a vote to denounce the horrors of capitalism. As long as we're playing this stupid game.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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RFK Jr. Calls It “the Most Comprehensive Study to Date” on Gender-Affirming Care. Half its Authors Aren’t Even Doctors.
transitics.substack....
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
transitics.substack....
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
RFK Jr. Calls It “the Most Comprehensive Study to Date” on Gender-Affirming Care. Half its Authors Aren’t Even Doctors.
The HHS’ ‘peer-reviewed’ gender-affirming care report isn’t science, it’s politics.
transitics.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
RFK Jr. Calls It “the Most Comprehensive Study to Date” on Gender-Affirming Care. Half its Authors Aren’t Even Doctors.
transitics.substack....
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
transitics.substack....
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Green continues to be one of the only Dems with a goddam spine.
“After the rally, demonstrators will march to the Capitol with Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) for what organizers say will be ‘record-breaking’ lobbying to Congress for Trump's impeachment and removal.
In June, Green also called for Trump's impeachment on the House floor.”
In June, Green also called for Trump's impeachment on the House floor.”
“Another round of protests against the Trump administration will take over D.C. over the next few days, with activists calling for the president's impeachment and removal.” www.fox5dc.com/news/remove-...
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Green continues to be one of the only Dems with a goddam spine.
I find this sentiment frustrating. But I also agree with it 100%.
HEY DEMS AND REPUBLICANS WHO KNOW THIS IS FUCKED: DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE FASCIST MANIAC IN CHARGE
HEY DEMS AND REPUBLICANS WHO KNOW THIS IS FUCKED: DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE FASCIST MANIAC IN CHARGE
If there are no consequences to the "president" for threatening political opponents with death or being cruel to reporters, then why is it even news? Just so we can all be sad about it?
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I find this sentiment frustrating. But I also agree with it 100%.
HEY DEMS AND REPUBLICANS WHO KNOW THIS IS FUCKED: DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE FASCIST MANIAC IN CHARGE
HEY DEMS AND REPUBLICANS WHO KNOW THIS IS FUCKED: DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE FASCIST MANIAC IN CHARGE
This is incredibly short-sighted and dumb. And probably just the bottom cell of a spreadsheet these dipshits pulled out of their asses.
Montclair State University is planning to eliminate departments...and department chairs. Who is going to do things like handle promotion applications and approve mundane paperwork?
A Planned Shake-Up at Montclair State U. Raises a Question: What Is a Department for?
The administration says its plan to reorganize 15 departments into four schools will foster interdisciplinarity and make academic fields more relevant. Faculty members aren’t so sure.
www.chronicle.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 AM
This is incredibly short-sighted and dumb. And probably just the bottom cell of a spreadsheet these dipshits pulled out of their asses.
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Articles of Impeachment need to be filed. Make Trump defend, in the media, his public tweets about hanging members of Congress by the neck until dead.
Let's see if he has the courage.
Let's see if he has the courage.
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Articles of Impeachment need to be filed. Make Trump defend, in the media, his public tweets about hanging members of Congress by the neck until dead.
Let's see if he has the courage.
Let's see if he has the courage.