J.L. Comes // Joey (they/he)
@jlcomes.bsky.social
Demiboy 🏳️🌈 Adult/YA Fantasy & Spec Author 📖✨
30 ♊️ SAG-AFTRA Actor/Singer
😷 2x Cancer Survivor (HL)
Protect Trans People🏳️⚧️BLM✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿Free🇵🇸🇨🇩🇸🇩
Rep: @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social
Words in @handbasketzine.bsky.social & @amandasbrews.bsky.social
📍LA linktr.ee/jlcomes
30 ♊️ SAG-AFTRA Actor/Singer
😷 2x Cancer Survivor (HL)
Protect Trans People🏳️⚧️BLM✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿Free🇵🇸🇨🇩🇸🇩
Rep: @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social
Words in @handbasketzine.bsky.social & @amandasbrews.bsky.social
📍LA linktr.ee/jlcomes
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So this is what 30 looks like? ❤️🌈🥳
Happy Birthday + Pride to me!
Happy Birthday + Pride to me!
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🇵🇸 Settler Terror in the West Bank
Dozens of masked Israeli settlers stormed the Palestinian villages of Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf, torching dairy trucks, tents, and farmland before clashing with locals. Soldiers arrived only after the fires spread — then settlers attacked them too.
UN data shows...
Dozens of masked Israeli settlers stormed the Palestinian villages of Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf, torching dairy trucks, tents, and farmland before clashing with locals. Soldiers arrived only after the fires spread — then settlers attacked them too.
UN data shows...
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🇵🇸 Settler Terror in the West Bank
Dozens of masked Israeli settlers stormed the Palestinian villages of Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf, torching dairy trucks, tents, and farmland before clashing with locals. Soldiers arrived only after the fires spread — then settlers attacked them too.
UN data shows...
Dozens of masked Israeli settlers stormed the Palestinian villages of Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf, torching dairy trucks, tents, and farmland before clashing with locals. Soldiers arrived only after the fires spread — then settlers attacked them too.
UN data shows...
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Shout out to everyone completely demoralized about the state of the world who still manages to get out of bed each morning.
And shout out to you, too if you’re still in bed. This shit is hard. Talk to your friends and neighbors. They’re going though it too, which is both terrifying and comforting.
And shout out to you, too if you’re still in bed. This shit is hard. Talk to your friends and neighbors. They’re going though it too, which is both terrifying and comforting.
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Shout out to everyone completely demoralized about the state of the world who still manages to get out of bed each morning.
And shout out to you, too if you’re still in bed. This shit is hard. Talk to your friends and neighbors. They’re going though it too, which is both terrifying and comforting.
And shout out to you, too if you’re still in bed. This shit is hard. Talk to your friends and neighbors. They’re going though it too, which is both terrifying and comforting.
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Emma Thompson on AI and writing
October 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Emma Thompson on AI and writing
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My dad, explaining AI to my mom: “It doesn’t think. It copies stuff wrong.”
October 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
My dad, explaining AI to my mom: “It doesn’t think. It copies stuff wrong.”
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Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)
October 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
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Make out, make love, make a mess
October 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Make out, make love, make a mess
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They’re using AI to make videos of Black women yelling about their EBT cards on Tik Tok. I knew this would be the first way they would use AI to come after us. Please stop using it! Stop feeding the machine!
October 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
They’re using AI to make videos of Black women yelling about their EBT cards on Tik Tok. I knew this would be the first way they would use AI to come after us. Please stop using it! Stop feeding the machine!
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Sometimes the nights engulf me.
Sometimes they bring me peace.
Tonight I’m caught in between.
But I'm looking to brighter days.
It won't always be this hard.
It won't always hurt this much.
There's joy on the other side.
But there's also joy NOW.
I just have to grab hold of it.
And not let go. ♥️
Sometimes they bring me peace.
Tonight I’m caught in between.
But I'm looking to brighter days.
It won't always be this hard.
It won't always hurt this much.
There's joy on the other side.
But there's also joy NOW.
I just have to grab hold of it.
And not let go. ♥️
October 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Sometimes the nights engulf me.
Sometimes they bring me peace.
Tonight I’m caught in between.
But I'm looking to brighter days.
It won't always be this hard.
It won't always hurt this much.
There's joy on the other side.
But there's also joy NOW.
I just have to grab hold of it.
And not let go. ♥️
Sometimes they bring me peace.
Tonight I’m caught in between.
But I'm looking to brighter days.
It won't always be this hard.
It won't always hurt this much.
There's joy on the other side.
But there's also joy NOW.
I just have to grab hold of it.
And not let go. ♥️
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please remember your sick and disabled comrades in your calls for community. we’re here and belong to this world too.
October 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
please remember your sick and disabled comrades in your calls for community. we’re here and belong to this world too.
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LA Peeps! Come hang out with me and some other really cool people this Sunday!
September 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
LA Peeps! Come hang out with me and some other really cool people this Sunday!
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Yup. It matters A LOT.
I give A TON of credit to Bad Bunny for the way he's been able to manage/weaponize his global popularity.
I give A TON of credit to Bad Bunny for the way he's been able to manage/weaponize his global popularity.
Don't let anybody hit you with some form of "I can't believe y'all are so easily distracted. The halftime performer doesn't mean anything."
Putting a global artist who won't even tour in the US bc it's not safe for his community & core fans on the biggest televised US stage matters.
Putting a global artist who won't even tour in the US bc it's not safe for his community & core fans on the biggest televised US stage matters.
September 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Yup. It matters A LOT.
I give A TON of credit to Bad Bunny for the way he's been able to manage/weaponize his global popularity.
I give A TON of credit to Bad Bunny for the way he's been able to manage/weaponize his global popularity.
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I regret to inform you that the new Supreme Court term is opening with a bang next week
Tuesday's oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar will feature right-wing activists claiming the First Amendment gives state-licensed therapists a right to traumatize queer kids
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/conve...
Tuesday's oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar will feature right-wing activists claiming the First Amendment gives state-licensed therapists a right to traumatize queer kids
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/conve...
Right-Wing Activists Are Pushing For a Constitutional Right to Harm LGBTQ Kids
The Alliance Defending Freedom wants the Republican justices to hold that the First Amendment protects homophobes’ legal right to ignore state laws that protect kids.
ballsandstrikes.org
September 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I regret to inform you that the new Supreme Court term is opening with a bang next week
Tuesday's oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar will feature right-wing activists claiming the First Amendment gives state-licensed therapists a right to traumatize queer kids
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/conve...
Tuesday's oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar will feature right-wing activists claiming the First Amendment gives state-licensed therapists a right to traumatize queer kids
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/conve...
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Trump is asking us to start choosing groups we're willing to abandon, and the only way to make him stop is to be clear we're not fucking abandoning ANYONE.
Call your reps. Call your fucking reps. Especially in red states. Use the @5calls.org app, it's easy and free.
Call your reps. Call your fucking reps. Especially in red states. Use the @5calls.org app, it's easy and free.
Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned
The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.
www.thepinknews.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Trump is asking us to start choosing groups we're willing to abandon, and the only way to make him stop is to be clear we're not fucking abandoning ANYONE.
Call your reps. Call your fucking reps. Especially in red states. Use the @5calls.org app, it's easy and free.
Call your reps. Call your fucking reps. Especially in red states. Use the @5calls.org app, it's easy and free.
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Using ai for brainstorming is hilarious and pathetic, bro. What, you can't tap into your brain meat and whip up tornadoes of lore? Hurricanes of world building?? An amalgamation of tsunamis crashing weird scattered shit ashore??? Skill issue.
September 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Using ai for brainstorming is hilarious and pathetic, bro. What, you can't tap into your brain meat and whip up tornadoes of lore? Hurricanes of world building?? An amalgamation of tsunamis crashing weird scattered shit ashore??? Skill issue.
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Video below: “I am American. I am American.” A man pleads, “Ayúdame, ayúdame. Help me!”
Meanwhile, an ICE officer pulls a gun on innocent bystanders — in Hyattsville, MD. This is happening in America. Right now.
What are we doing about this? It MUST stop. @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats
Meanwhile, an ICE officer pulls a gun on innocent bystanders — in Hyattsville, MD. This is happening in America. Right now.
What are we doing about this? It MUST stop. @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats
September 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Video below: “I am American. I am American.” A man pleads, “Ayúdame, ayúdame. Help me!”
Meanwhile, an ICE officer pulls a gun on innocent bystanders — in Hyattsville, MD. This is happening in America. Right now.
What are we doing about this? It MUST stop. @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats
Meanwhile, an ICE officer pulls a gun on innocent bystanders — in Hyattsville, MD. This is happening in America. Right now.
What are we doing about this? It MUST stop. @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats
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I tell you what, learn a little bit about cancer and people who think you can cure cancer with diet or supplements do look very silly. This is why cancer biologists have such a hard time not being snarky.
September 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I tell you what, learn a little bit about cancer and people who think you can cure cancer with diet or supplements do look very silly. This is why cancer biologists have such a hard time not being snarky.
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AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.
September 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.
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BREAKING: A pro-Palestinian student group at the University of Missouri in Columbia can participate in the school’s Homecoming parade next weekend, after a federal judge ruled the university cannot exclude the group because of its viewpoints.
University of Missouri violated free speech rights of pro-Palestine student group, judge rules
A federal judge ruled Friday that University of Missouri System President Mun Choi violated students' freedom of speech when he barred the group Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine from taking part in the Homecoming parade. The judge ruled Choi excluded the group because of its views on Israel and Palestine.
www.kcur.org
September 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
BREAKING: A pro-Palestinian student group at the University of Missouri in Columbia can participate in the school’s Homecoming parade next weekend, after a federal judge ruled the university cannot exclude the group because of its viewpoints.
Oh…
Oh??
Ohhhh!
Yeah she fucking nailed that.
Start showing this to your parents or friends or whomever is in need of a wake up call bcuz this is as succinct as it can get.
Oh??
Ohhhh!
Yeah she fucking nailed that.
Start showing this to your parents or friends or whomever is in need of a wake up call bcuz this is as succinct as it can get.
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Oh…
Oh??
Ohhhh!
Yeah she fucking nailed that.
Start showing this to your parents or friends or whomever is in need of a wake up call bcuz this is as succinct as it can get.
Oh??
Ohhhh!
Yeah she fucking nailed that.
Start showing this to your parents or friends or whomever is in need of a wake up call bcuz this is as succinct as it can get.
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In an abusive relationship, the perpetrator makes the biggest power grabs when he feels his control over the victim is slipping.
I’m keeping that in mind whenever we see massive escalations from Trump. It’s all still very dangerous. But these moments are a sign of weakness, not strength.
I’m keeping that in mind whenever we see massive escalations from Trump. It’s all still very dangerous. But these moments are a sign of weakness, not strength.
September 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In an abusive relationship, the perpetrator makes the biggest power grabs when he feels his control over the victim is slipping.
I’m keeping that in mind whenever we see massive escalations from Trump. It’s all still very dangerous. But these moments are a sign of weakness, not strength.
I’m keeping that in mind whenever we see massive escalations from Trump. It’s all still very dangerous. But these moments are a sign of weakness, not strength.
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Happening now: Protest to bring back Jimmy Kimmel outside ABC Disney Studios in New York City
September 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Happening now: Protest to bring back Jimmy Kimmel outside ABC Disney Studios in New York City
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They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
September 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
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Unanimous consent.
Meaning if one Democrat or Independent from Vermont or Maine objected this measure would not pass.
Because no one objected the country is honoring someone famous for exclaiming their bigoted ideology.
Meaning if one Democrat or Independent from Vermont or Maine objected this measure would not pass.
Because no one objected the country is honoring someone famous for exclaiming their bigoted ideology.
Senate passes "National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk," to take place on the slain activist's October 14 birthday
Senate passes "National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk"
The resolution moves to designate October 14th, Kirk's birthday, as the remembrance day.
trib.al
September 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Unanimous consent.
Meaning if one Democrat or Independent from Vermont or Maine objected this measure would not pass.
Because no one objected the country is honoring someone famous for exclaiming their bigoted ideology.
Meaning if one Democrat or Independent from Vermont or Maine objected this measure would not pass.
Because no one objected the country is honoring someone famous for exclaiming their bigoted ideology.
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How I’m currently dealing with stress ☕️🎃:
September 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
How I’m currently dealing with stress ☕️🎃:
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It's Bi visibility week, so you can't not perceive this bi author & her bi heroine in a bi-panic love triangle
Saints is a coming of rage abt a woman hiding in a nunnery from her Goddess of Storms who sings of drowning colonizers & the Inquisition who'd burn her at the stake
Saints is a coming of rage abt a woman hiding in a nunnery from her Goddess of Storms who sings of drowning colonizers & the Inquisition who'd burn her at the stake
September 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It's Bi visibility week, so you can't not perceive this bi author & her bi heroine in a bi-panic love triangle
Saints is a coming of rage abt a woman hiding in a nunnery from her Goddess of Storms who sings of drowning colonizers & the Inquisition who'd burn her at the stake
Saints is a coming of rage abt a woman hiding in a nunnery from her Goddess of Storms who sings of drowning colonizers & the Inquisition who'd burn her at the stake