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Miss Major—legendary activist, elder and Stonewall veteran—tells her story | Xtra Magazine

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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 21d

Trans trailblazer Miss Major Griffin-Gracy died yesterday. In 'Miss Major Speaks' the elder, organizer, Stonewall veteran and mother discusses her past and the community's and the struggle for Black, trans and queer liberation.

“Miss Major Speaks” is part biography, part interview and full of Miss Major spitting truths and laying it down like it is

Why Transgender People Are Not Feeling Gavin Newsom

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Aug 25

1. If you've scrolled social media lately, you've likely seem Democrats cheering for Gov. Gavin Newsom for trolling Trump relentlessly.

You've also likely seen trans people terrified of a Newsom 2028 run.

I explain why trans people are not feeling Newsom.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

We have seen this song and dance before.

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louisereeve1.bsky.social @louisereeve1.bsky.social · Jul 28

From @atlassian.bsky.social and @mikedesocio.com - I'm a great believer in #SystemsThinking and this is a good way of tackling #burnout: www.atlassian.com/blog/product...

Burnout isn’t just a "you" problem - Work Life by Atlassian

Systemic factors also play a major role in workplace exhaustion.

www.atlassian.com

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Mike De Socio @mikedesocio.com · Jun 11

Nick’s cheese career 📈

Mike De Socio @mikedesocio.com · May 5

I’m so excited for this!

Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · May 4

The May selection for the Out of Your League book club is 'Morally Straight: How the Fight for LGBTQ+ Inclusion Changed the Boy Scouts—And America' by @mikedesocio.com.

Register here:

OOYL Book Club: May Selection

'Morally Straight' by Mike De Socio

www.thefrankiedlc.news

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Rewiring America @rewiringamerica.bsky.social · Apr 21

Thank you to @mikedesocio.com for this delightful recap of our FREE Electric Coach course (which you can also take)!

Mike, you were a wonderful student!

Mike De Socio @mikedesocio.com · Apr 17

I’ve been writing about climate for @cnet.com for years, but recently I decided I could do more. So, I became a certified Electric Coach with @rewiringamerica.bsky.social. Wrote about why I did — and why you should too: www.cnet.com/home/energy-...

I Care About the Environment, So I Became a Certified Electric Coach

I've been reporting on decarbonization and the environmental issues for almost four years. Now I'm choosing to do more than write about it with this free electric coach course.

I Care About the Environment, So I Became a Certified Electric Coach

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Mike De Socio @mikedesocio.com · Apr 17

I’ve been writing about climate for @cnet.com for years, but recently I decided I could do more. So, I became a certified Electric Coach with @rewiringamerica.bsky.social. Wrote about why I did — and why you should too: www.cnet.com/home/energy-...

I've been reporting on decarbonization and the environmental issues for almost four years. Now I'm choosing to do more than write about it with this free electric coach course.

Inside the history of Boston’s bygone gay bathhouses | Xtra Magazine

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · Mar 12

To be a journalism nerd for a second: this piece includes a) a source in his 80s—rare, and b) a historian who happened to work at a bathhouse in a past life. Queer journalism/being our own experts FTW. xtramagazine.com/love-sex/bos...

From sexual health support to discreet gathering place, bathhouses were once a small but important part of the city’s gay community

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Mike De Socio @mikedesocio.com · Mar 13

Easily my favorite two things about this story!!!

Inside the history of Boston’s bygone gay bathhouses | Xtra Magazine

Mike De Socio @mikedesocio.com · Mar 12

I wrote a super gay and fun story about Boston and its (tragic!) lack of gay bathhouses for @xtramagazine.com!

Xtra @xtramagazine.com · Mar 12

It’s been more than 25 years since Boston has been home to a gay bathhouse. @mikedesocio.com writes about when and why Boston lost its bathhouses for good, when other American cities managed to keep them.

From sexual health support to discreet gathering place, bathhouses were once a small but important part of the city’s gay community

Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · Mar 4

"Trump has instructed the US Forest Service & Bureau of Land Management to increase logging targets and for officials to circumvent the US’s Endangered Species Act by using unspecified emergency powers to ignore protections placed upon vulnerable creatures’ habitats."

Unspecified emergency powers.

President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species

www.theguardian.com

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Mike De Socio @mikedesocio.com · Mar 3

It’s true! I will never stop shouting about this: If you have high heating bills (even as a renter), get yourself a home energy audit!

Jon Reed @jondreed.bsky.social · Feb 25

After getting a $500 heating bill, @mikedesocio.com got a home energy audit, which led to free insulation thanks to energy efficiency programs in Massachusetts. As a renter.

www.cnet.com/home/energy-...

My Home Had No Insulation. A Free Energy Audit Changed That

Some states and utilities offer free insulation and improvements, which should make that $500 heating bill a thing of the past.

Contributor Information - Trails Magazine

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Ryan Wichelns @ryan.trailsmag.net · Feb 5

#Freelance writers! We're holding a "How to Pitch Trails Mag" info session to share about what we're looking for, how we prefer to be pitched, and lots of thoughts on what makes the ideal Trails Mag story. Plus questions!

Feb 18 at 11AM Pacific!

Register at trailsmag.net/contribute!

The focus of Trails is on backpacking and other human/naturally-powered means of sleeping outdoors: bikepacking, canoe camping, even things like rafting or mountaineering are fair game. But remember: ...

trailsmag.net

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Mike De Socio @mikedesocio.com · Jan 31

And another one!

How Trump's Executive Order Can Change American Energy Policy

The order to "unleash" American energy is creating uncertainty for the country's energy markets and consumers.

What Trump's Executive Order Means for Electric Vehicles

Mike De Socio @mikedesocio.com · Jan 31

Hah, totally fair!

Mike De Socio @mikedesocio.com · Jan 30

My first (of many) @cnet.com pieces about the impacts of Trump on all things EVs and energy. ⚡️⬇️

An executive order can't change the most significant EV policies: tax credits.

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Mike De Socio @mikedesocio.com · Jan 30

Oh, I have a canned response I send to most PR emails that basically says, “Hi, I don’t ever develop stories out off press releases, please take me off your list.” 🤷

How I wrote and published my first nonfiction book

Mike De Socio @mikedesocio.com · Jan 30

Hey, did you know I have a newsletter? It’s true!

The Prologue helps writers learn the skills they need to become (published) narrative nonfiction authors.

Today I sent out the first edition, about my own book publication journey. ✍🏻 Give it a read!

It took five years, countless rejections and more than a few mistakes before I saw my book on a shelf.

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Jon Reed @jondreed.bsky.social · Jan 16

Fire Weather was probably my favorite book I read last year, truly haunting.

Kiley Bense @kiley.bsky.social · Jan 16

“We’re going to have to let go of a lot of the 20th century. That’s what these events are telling us,” says @johnvaillant.bsky.social, the author of the book “Fire Weather,” of the wildfires in Los Angeles. insideclimatenews.org/news/1601202...

‘Virtually Any City on Earth Can Burn Now’ - Inside Climate News

In the superheated 21st century, the old rules for wildfires no longer apply. John Vaillant, author of “Fire Weather,” explains.

insideclimatenews.org

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Mike De Socio @mikedesocio.com · Jan 16

Same. 'Fire Weather' still haunts me. I think it about it often.

2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jan 12

1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?

Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.

Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!

This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!

www.erininthemorning.com

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Mike De Socio @mikedesocio.com · Jan 13

Wow, @sam.upstate.blog, I love that I contributed to your "radicalization" as an urbanist lol 🤠