Lain Kaplan 🏳️🌈💗🏳️⚧️
@lainkaplan.bsky.social
Level 40+ linguist and trans woman. She/her. Interests: Judaism, human rights, LGBTQ joy, MTG, comics, language, fashion, feminism. Obnoxious fitness affictionado. Fash begone.🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✡️
Black Trans Lives Matter.
Black Trans Lives Matter.
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Reposting a thread I had on Twitter.
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Dear trans people who found out about Judaism’s positing of eight genders,
If you think Judaism sounds like a thing that might work for you, that’s cool, you are welcome to inquire, but Jews have a VERY DIFFERENT perspective on applicants than Christianity.
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Dear trans people who found out about Judaism’s positing of eight genders,
If you think Judaism sounds like a thing that might work for you, that’s cool, you are welcome to inquire, but Jews have a VERY DIFFERENT perspective on applicants than Christianity.
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A poll mentions that 37 percent of (what would be) West Germans in 1947 said that the genocide of Jews by Nazis was a favorable outcome.
In unrelated matters, I don’t expect MAGA voters to view Trump unfavorably for a while after he leaves power, whenever that happens.
A poll mentions that 37 percent of (what would be) West Germans in 1947 said that the genocide of Jews by Nazis was a favorable outcome.
In unrelated matters, I don’t expect MAGA voters to view Trump unfavorably for a while after he leaves power, whenever that happens.
Public opinion in occupied Germany: the OMGUS surveys, 1945-1949 : Merritt, Anna J : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Continued by the authors' Public opinion in semisovereign Germany
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January 21, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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A poll mentions that 37 percent of (what would be) West Germans in 1947 said that the genocide of Jews by Nazis was a favorable outcome.
In unrelated matters, I don’t expect MAGA voters to view Trump unfavorably for a while after he leaves power, whenever that happens.
A poll mentions that 37 percent of (what would be) West Germans in 1947 said that the genocide of Jews by Nazis was a favorable outcome.
In unrelated matters, I don’t expect MAGA voters to view Trump unfavorably for a while after he leaves power, whenever that happens.
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avoidance is a form of rumination. if you are trying to avoid & repress specific stress in your life, then you’re still fixating on it.
displacing that into wrath towards people who are self-actualizing instead of addressing your own desires will only make you more anxious, isolated, & miserable.
displacing that into wrath towards people who are self-actualizing instead of addressing your own desires will only make you more anxious, isolated, & miserable.
“being transmed is when you take medicine for your endocrine disorder & the more medicine you take the more transmed you are”
January 21, 2026 at 7:36 AM
avoidance is a form of rumination. if you are trying to avoid & repress specific stress in your life, then you’re still fixating on it.
displacing that into wrath towards people who are self-actualizing instead of addressing your own desires will only make you more anxious, isolated, & miserable.
displacing that into wrath towards people who are self-actualizing instead of addressing your own desires will only make you more anxious, isolated, & miserable.
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when I tell you that number made feel ill, like literally I felt like throwing up
its so upsetting and no one wants to talk about how Trump and Musk intentionally killed ALL these people because they were not white.
its so upsetting and no one wants to talk about how Trump and Musk intentionally killed ALL these people because they were not white.
"To date, 757,314 people – the majority children – have died from the funding cuts, according to ImpactCounter, which tracks the effect of USAID cuts via sophisticated modelling tools. That is 88 deaths every hour."
One Year Later: The Effect of US 'Chainsaw' on Global Health healthpolicy-watch.news/the-human-co...
January 21, 2026 at 3:14 AM
when I tell you that number made feel ill, like literally I felt like throwing up
its so upsetting and no one wants to talk about how Trump and Musk intentionally killed ALL these people because they were not white.
its so upsetting and no one wants to talk about how Trump and Musk intentionally killed ALL these people because they were not white.
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man I was cooking when I wrote this
August 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
man I was cooking when I wrote this
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the existence of cast iron implies the existence of a much less heralded but equally necessary crew iron
January 20, 2026 at 1:38 PM
the existence of cast iron implies the existence of a much less heralded but equally necessary crew iron
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We've all got our gripes about DC Dems, but mine is: why the fuck aren't they saying "Stephen Miller is really the president" or "I hear Stephen Miller jokes about how Trump will sign anything". It took like two days of "Elon is really the president" before he was banned from the white house!
January 19, 2026 at 8:16 PM
We've all got our gripes about DC Dems, but mine is: why the fuck aren't they saying "Stephen Miller is really the president" or "I hear Stephen Miller jokes about how Trump will sign anything". It took like two days of "Elon is really the president" before he was banned from the white house!
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what are we afraid of? well speaking as a trans person with guns, i’m afraid of getting murdered by police, getting imprisoned, getting raped, getting sent to a concentration camp, getting sent to a country that will kill me, and above all any, of those things happening to my wife
I'm quite confused by all the Americans who say they are afraid of speaking up because they're worried for their own safety..... You all have guns... What have you got to be afraid of?... Isn't that why you can even buy them in Walmart.. to stop a tyrannous leader...
January 20, 2026 at 11:56 AM
what are we afraid of? well speaking as a trans person with guns, i’m afraid of getting murdered by police, getting imprisoned, getting raped, getting sent to a concentration camp, getting sent to a country that will kill me, and above all any, of those things happening to my wife
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German Jews were citizens of Germany at the start of 1933. By the end of 1933, the Nazis had
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
January 19, 2026 at 10:22 PM
German Jews were citizens of Germany at the start of 1933. By the end of 1933, the Nazis had
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
Tonight’s league results:
2nd on Fall of the Empire, last on Cactus, 3rd on Addams, and a win on Metallica.
2nd on Fall of the Empire, last on Cactus, 3rd on Addams, and a win on Metallica.
January 20, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Tonight’s league results:
2nd on Fall of the Empire, last on Cactus, 3rd on Addams, and a win on Metallica.
2nd on Fall of the Empire, last on Cactus, 3rd on Addams, and a win on Metallica.
The idea that any of these chud were going to see this musical, but opt out because of this casting is patently risible.
So apparently Dylan Mulvaney got cast in a Broadway musical... which resulted in transphobes losing their minds and threatening to "Bud Light" the show... and now the show's Twitter page is locked down. Cool cool.
January 19, 2026 at 7:34 PM
The idea that any of these chud were going to see this musical, but opt out because of this casting is patently risible.
This is true. Also mostly true for Jews, historically.
Leftists are really annoying and we argue with each other a lot because we truly want a better world for EVERYONE.
January 19, 2026 at 6:08 PM
This is true. Also mostly true for Jews, historically.
Kinda annoyed my band didn’t make the cut, but I can live with it.
Also, I must be going to the wrong parties. Then again, a lot of my social events are cis-centered.
Also, I must be going to the wrong parties. Then again, a lot of my social events are cis-centered.
January 19, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Kinda annoyed my band didn’t make the cut, but I can live with it.
Also, I must be going to the wrong parties. Then again, a lot of my social events are cis-centered.
Also, I must be going to the wrong parties. Then again, a lot of my social events are cis-centered.
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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To all the gun owners in America who ever, ever claimed their weapons were for rising up against a tyrannical regime:
You lied.
You lied.
January 18, 2026 at 1:53 AM
To all the gun owners in America who ever, ever claimed their weapons were for rising up against a tyrannical regime:
You lied.
You lied.
Friend: What’s Homestar Runner, Lain? You keep talking about it.
Me: Uh, so before YouTube, we had Flash…
Another person: It’s her generation’s version of brain rot. It’s pretty good!
Me: … yeah, that.
Me: Uh, so before YouTube, we had Flash…
Another person: It’s her generation’s version of brain rot. It’s pretty good!
Me: … yeah, that.
a drawing of a lion and a woman with the words wave o ' babies written below them
Alt: a drawing of a lion and a woman with the words wave o ' babies written below them
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January 19, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Friend: What’s Homestar Runner, Lain? You keep talking about it.
Me: Uh, so before YouTube, we had Flash…
Another person: It’s her generation’s version of brain rot. It’s pretty good!
Me: … yeah, that.
Me: Uh, so before YouTube, we had Flash…
Another person: It’s her generation’s version of brain rot. It’s pretty good!
Me: … yeah, that.
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My summary of the 'torah' of gender, standing on one foot:
Gender can and should be a home, not a prison. That is the entire teaching. The rest is interpretation.
(inspiration: www.sefaria.org/Shabbat.31a....)
Gender can and should be a home, not a prison. That is the entire teaching. The rest is interpretation.
(inspiration: www.sefaria.org/Shabbat.31a....)
June 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
My summary of the 'torah' of gender, standing on one foot:
Gender can and should be a home, not a prison. That is the entire teaching. The rest is interpretation.
(inspiration: www.sefaria.org/Shabbat.31a....)
Gender can and should be a home, not a prison. That is the entire teaching. The rest is interpretation.
(inspiration: www.sefaria.org/Shabbat.31a....)
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Remember when Conservatives insisted Barack Obama would declare martial law, send troops to the cities, and suspend the election in order to stay in power indefinitely?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
June 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Remember when Conservatives insisted Barack Obama would declare martial law, send troops to the cities, and suspend the election in order to stay in power indefinitely?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
I’m a trans woman and a linguist with 20 years in the field.
If you’re trans, I don’t care if you use transsexual instead of transgender, because I am not a cop.
If you’re cis and not an ally, you aren’t going to care what I say, so I’d rather you go do something productive than demand the floor.
If you’re trans, I don’t care if you use transsexual instead of transgender, because I am not a cop.
If you’re cis and not an ally, you aren’t going to care what I say, so I’d rather you go do something productive than demand the floor.
Every time I try to read an argument for a meaningful transgender/transsexual divide in good faith I always stumble over this notion that some kids on Tumblr with vaguely confused politics and a handful of academics nobody reads have full spectrum dominance over transgender activism.
January 18, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I’m a trans woman and a linguist with 20 years in the field.
If you’re trans, I don’t care if you use transsexual instead of transgender, because I am not a cop.
If you’re cis and not an ally, you aren’t going to care what I say, so I’d rather you go do something productive than demand the floor.
If you’re trans, I don’t care if you use transsexual instead of transgender, because I am not a cop.
If you’re cis and not an ally, you aren’t going to care what I say, so I’d rather you go do something productive than demand the floor.
I find myself rather sleepy today. I only walked two miles today, not that much. Why am I so sleepy?
Oh yeah, the squats, curls, and bicycle crunches for three hours between MTGA games. That would definitely contribute.
Oh yeah, the squats, curls, and bicycle crunches for three hours between MTGA games. That would definitely contribute.
January 18, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I find myself rather sleepy today. I only walked two miles today, not that much. Why am I so sleepy?
Oh yeah, the squats, curls, and bicycle crunches for three hours between MTGA games. That would definitely contribute.
Oh yeah, the squats, curls, and bicycle crunches for three hours between MTGA games. That would definitely contribute.
Me: (getting ready to nod off, taking her meds)
Internet: So here’s Sophie Turner photos.
Me:
Internet: So here’s Sophie Turner photos.
Me:
a cartoon of a girl sitting at a desk with the words oh my gah on the bottom right
Alt: a cartoon of a girl sitting at a desk with the words oh my gah on the bottom right
This is Osaka from Azumanga Daioh. And that is exactly what I said.
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January 18, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Me: (getting ready to nod off, taking her meds)
Internet: So here’s Sophie Turner photos.
Me:
Internet: So here’s Sophie Turner photos.
Me:
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As far as I can tell, the Trump Administration has no clear *mission* in Minneapolis.
There is no stated purpose that fits the template: “ICE will come into Minneapolis, do [X], and then leave.”
It’s just open-ended terror and intimidation. Like most of our military invasions.
There is no stated purpose that fits the template: “ICE will come into Minneapolis, do [X], and then leave.”
It’s just open-ended terror and intimidation. Like most of our military invasions.
January 17, 2026 at 4:08 PM
As far as I can tell, the Trump Administration has no clear *mission* in Minneapolis.
There is no stated purpose that fits the template: “ICE will come into Minneapolis, do [X], and then leave.”
It’s just open-ended terror and intimidation. Like most of our military invasions.
There is no stated purpose that fits the template: “ICE will come into Minneapolis, do [X], and then leave.”
It’s just open-ended terror and intimidation. Like most of our military invasions.
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This wheel is to the boy squirrel the way that the football is to Charlie Brown and it still makes me laugh every time he tries to use it only to be immediately spun.
January 6, 2026 at 2:53 AM
This wheel is to the boy squirrel the way that the football is to Charlie Brown and it still makes me laugh every time he tries to use it only to be immediately spun.