stellar jay
@hibernacle.bsky.social
they/she. queer, disabled, autistic, fiber artist, pet parent, creative, reader, writer, leftist, trekkie, science obsessed skeptical witch. the turtle moves
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There seems to be a lot of discussion about Gavin Newsom today.
I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.
There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.
There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
Why Transgender People Are Not Feeling Gavin Newsom
We have seen this song and dance before.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:43 PM
There seems to be a lot of discussion about Gavin Newsom today.
I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.
There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.
There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
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Happy Valentine's Day to everyone who isn't a Nazi, and especially to the trekkies.
February 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Happy Valentine's Day to everyone who isn't a Nazi, and especially to the trekkies.
Seeing Ian McKellan perform Macbeth in London was a true highlight of my last decade. I'm so glad he did this
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Seeing Ian McKellan perform Macbeth in London was a true highlight of my last decade. I'm so glad he did this
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On 29th January 1996, "Threshold", the Star Trek: Voyager episode where Captain Janeway and Tom Paris turned into giant space newts and had babies first aired. Since it's #ThresholdDay we aim to answer a burning question: did Paris and Janeway fuck? If so, how did they fuck?
January 29, 2026 at 10:26 AM
On 29th January 1996, "Threshold", the Star Trek: Voyager episode where Captain Janeway and Tom Paris turned into giant space newts and had babies first aired. Since it's #ThresholdDay we aim to answer a burning question: did Paris and Janeway fuck? If so, how did they fuck?
I saw a bobcat this morning. It was nice
January 28, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I saw a bobcat this morning. It was nice
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This hit so fucking hard today.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This hit so fucking hard today.
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 AM
ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
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If this is what they do when they're out on the street with people pointing cameras at them, what do you think is happening inside the ICE prison camps that they keep denying Members of Congress access to?
January 25, 2026 at 7:20 AM
If this is what they do when they're out on the street with people pointing cameras at them, what do you think is happening inside the ICE prison camps that they keep denying Members of Congress access to?
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They didn’t just shoot him. They executed him. It’s fascism. They’re modern Nazis. They’re criminals. Any reasonable government would impeach and arrest the president now, today.
January 24, 2026 at 5:33 PM
They didn’t just shoot him. They executed him. It’s fascism. They’re modern Nazis. They’re criminals. Any reasonable government would impeach and arrest the president now, today.
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7 Democrats — with the blessing of Hakeem Jeffries and Democratic leadership — just voted with Republicans to give these agents even more money
January 24, 2026 at 5:34 PM
7 Democrats — with the blessing of Hakeem Jeffries and Democratic leadership — just voted with Republicans to give these agents even more money
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Hakeem Jeffries deserves to be unemployed.
DHS spending bill passed 220-207
7 Democrats voted in favor:
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Laura Gilles
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Jared Golden
Vicente Gonzalez
Tom Suozzi
Massie voted No
Andy Harris didn't vote
Might not have passed if every Democrat voted No, but leadership wasn't whipping them to do so
7 Democrats voted in favor:
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Laura Gilles
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Jared Golden
Vicente Gonzalez
Tom Suozzi
Massie voted No
Andy Harris didn't vote
Might not have passed if every Democrat voted No, but leadership wasn't whipping them to do so
January 22, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Hakeem Jeffries deserves to be unemployed.
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This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
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As always: Be gay, do crime!
DO post about being gay!
DO NOT post about doing crime!
DO post about being gay!
DO NOT post about doing crime!
Folks, I am literally begging you, if you're going to engage in, shall we say, alternative means of financial or other protest against this government, DO NOT ANNOUNCE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
PLEASE.
PLEASE.
January 9, 2026 at 8:35 AM
As always: Be gay, do crime!
DO post about being gay!
DO NOT post about doing crime!
DO post about being gay!
DO NOT post about doing crime!
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BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 AM
BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.
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Seeing people I respect admit to using generative AI when they're not required to do so makes me disappointed.
December 31, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Seeing people I respect admit to using generative AI when they're not required to do so makes me disappointed.
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Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/
December 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/
I made my grandmother's pot roast, drank some gifted homemade Kahlua with cocoa, watched Hogfather with my mom, and cheered as my neighbors cleared mudslides and blocked culverts with heavy equipment and shovels and brute force. The dogs got presents. Feels like a holiday to me ❄️
December 26, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I made my grandmother's pot roast, drank some gifted homemade Kahlua with cocoa, watched Hogfather with my mom, and cheered as my neighbors cleared mudslides and blocked culverts with heavy equipment and shovels and brute force. The dogs got presents. Feels like a holiday to me ❄️
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“Things in Nature Merely Grow” a memoir by author Yiyun Li on the suicides of her two sons, is one of those books I can really only read for five minutes at a time
December 25, 2025 at 6:46 AM
“Things in Nature Merely Grow” a memoir by author Yiyun Li on the suicides of her two sons, is one of those books I can really only read for five minutes at a time
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Henry Cuellar, Don Davis, and Vicente Gonzalez joined Republicans in voting to criminalize trans health care.
The bill passed only 216 to 214.
4 Republicans voted no. If they did too, it would have failed.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
The bill passed only 216 to 214.
4 Republicans voted no. If they did too, it would have failed.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
clerk.house.gov
December 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Henry Cuellar, Don Davis, and Vicente Gonzalez joined Republicans in voting to criminalize trans health care.
The bill passed only 216 to 214.
4 Republicans voted no. If they did too, it would have failed.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
The bill passed only 216 to 214.
4 Republicans voted no. If they did too, it would have failed.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
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The Vanity Fair photographer knew what he was doing. (I doubt I’m the first to notice this but it hasn’t graced my TL)
December 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The Vanity Fair photographer knew what he was doing. (I doubt I’m the first to notice this but it hasn’t graced my TL)
I don't know if it's just me, but it seems like it's freezing here in the bay area/redwood coast. I haven't been this cold in my bones since living in Midwest winters without heat. The heat is on, it's allegedly like 60° today but I'm so cold.
December 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I don't know if it's just me, but it seems like it's freezing here in the bay area/redwood coast. I haven't been this cold in my bones since living in Midwest winters without heat. The heat is on, it's allegedly like 60° today but I'm so cold.