April Gardner
@slignot.bsky.social
Proudly intolerant of intolerance. Formless terror in service of the Old Ones here to doom mankind.
Queer ace she/her
Queer ace she/her
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Trans women are already at a higher risk of HIV infection than almost any other group of people.
Just like Reagan, the Trump administration sees AIDS as a useful tool to eliminate queer and trans people.
The fight for trans women in prisons and those with HIV/AIDS has never been more important.
Just like Reagan, the Trump administration sees AIDS as a useful tool to eliminate queer and trans people.
The fight for trans women in prisons and those with HIV/AIDS has never been more important.
Trans women 66 times more likely to have HIV, with trans men nearly 7 times more likely, global analysis finds
Updated prevalence estimates based on a systematic review by Dr Sarah Stutterheim and colleagues at Maastricht University published in PLOS ONE show that not only are trans women much more likely to a...
www.aidsmap.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Trans women are already at a higher risk of HIV infection than almost any other group of people.
Just like Reagan, the Trump administration sees AIDS as a useful tool to eliminate queer and trans people.
The fight for trans women in prisons and those with HIV/AIDS has never been more important.
Just like Reagan, the Trump administration sees AIDS as a useful tool to eliminate queer and trans people.
The fight for trans women in prisons and those with HIV/AIDS has never been more important.
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Apparently we need to evacuate all women and girls from the Czech Republic around Easter. youtu.be/0d0GAGFkpcM?...
Why I hate the Czech Easter tradition
YouTube video by Lucie Ell
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December 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Apparently we need to evacuate all women and girls from the Czech Republic around Easter. youtu.be/0d0GAGFkpcM?...
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While in detention she caught a bad “flu”.
She wasn’t given time to recover from childbirth.
She had dangerously high blood pressure.
Her milk dried up.
She was separated from her baby.
Then she was forcibly infected with an airborne virus because these camps do not protect detainees.
She wasn’t given time to recover from childbirth.
She had dangerously high blood pressure.
Her milk dried up.
She was separated from her baby.
Then she was forcibly infected with an airborne virus because these camps do not protect detainees.
December 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
While in detention she caught a bad “flu”.
She wasn’t given time to recover from childbirth.
She had dangerously high blood pressure.
Her milk dried up.
She was separated from her baby.
Then she was forcibly infected with an airborne virus because these camps do not protect detainees.
She wasn’t given time to recover from childbirth.
She had dangerously high blood pressure.
Her milk dried up.
She was separated from her baby.
Then she was forcibly infected with an airborne virus because these camps do not protect detainees.
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A Mexican woman was grabbed by ICE right after a c section.
She was suffering eclampsia and other complications, and her baby was alone in the NICU
They wouldn’t even give her a breast pump
She has a pending visa for victims of violent crimes… and then ICE committed a violent crime against her.
She was suffering eclampsia and other complications, and her baby was alone in the NICU
They wouldn’t even give her a breast pump
She has a pending visa for victims of violent crimes… and then ICE committed a violent crime against her.
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A Mexican woman was grabbed by ICE right after a c section.
She was suffering eclampsia and other complications, and her baby was alone in the NICU
They wouldn’t even give her a breast pump
She has a pending visa for victims of violent crimes… and then ICE committed a violent crime against her.
She was suffering eclampsia and other complications, and her baby was alone in the NICU
They wouldn’t even give her a breast pump
She has a pending visa for victims of violent crimes… and then ICE committed a violent crime against her.
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The 6 conservative Justices think we’re on the eve of an election that will take place 11 months from now. Utterly bankrupt of all intellectual integrity
In the weeds a bit but interesting that the court does not cite the Purcell precedent (barring meddling in election law too close to an election), as @rickhasen.bsky.social points out, but nevertheless seems to invoke it while citing a different case (left).
Kagan (right) responds:
Kagan (right) responds:
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The 6 conservative Justices think we’re on the eve of an election that will take place 11 months from now. Utterly bankrupt of all intellectual integrity
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So maybe I've missed it, but has there ever been a claim that anybody in any of the 22 boats that we have obliterated in the Caribbean has fired a single shot at our military, preemptively or in defense?
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
So maybe I've missed it, but has there ever been a claim that anybody in any of the 22 boats that we have obliterated in the Caribbean has fired a single shot at our military, preemptively or in defense?
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Yep, the Supreme Court really is just a House of Lords—a purely political branch with bizarre veto power, wielded capriciously and without accountability. Time for massive reform.
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Yep, the Supreme Court really is just a House of Lords—a purely political branch with bizarre veto power, wielded capriciously and without accountability. Time for massive reform.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court allows new Texas congressional map to be used in 2026. The Dem appointees dissent in the racial gerrymandering case.
Also: An "administrative stay" at the D.C. Circuit means National Guard can remain deployed in DC for now.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Also: An "administrative stay" at the D.C. Circuit means National Guard can remain deployed in DC for now.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Breaking: Supreme Court allows new Texas congressional map to be used in 2026
The Dem appointees dissent in the racial gerrymandering case. Also: An "administrative stay" means National Guard can remain deployed in DC for now. And: More on Cox v. Sony.
www.lawdork.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
BREAKING: Supreme Court allows new Texas congressional map to be used in 2026. The Dem appointees dissent in the racial gerrymandering case.
Also: An "administrative stay" at the D.C. Circuit means National Guard can remain deployed in DC for now.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Also: An "administrative stay" at the D.C. Circuit means National Guard can remain deployed in DC for now.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
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As Justice Kagan begins her dissent by pointing out, what is even the point of trial, of fact-finding, of clear error, of standards of review, when the Supreme Court simply ignores every single part of that and decides everything purely on the papers without any real consideration of the facts?
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
As Justice Kagan begins her dissent by pointing out, what is even the point of trial, of fact-finding, of clear error, of standards of review, when the Supreme Court simply ignores every single part of that and decides everything purely on the papers without any real consideration of the facts?
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According to this Supreme Court:
❌ Using race conscious admissions in college to give minorities a fair shot
✅ Using race to profile people on the street to detain for immigration sweeps
✅ Using race to disenfranchise minorities in elecciones
The only consistency is white supremacy.
❌ Using race conscious admissions in college to give minorities a fair shot
✅ Using race to profile people on the street to detain for immigration sweeps
✅ Using race to disenfranchise minorities in elecciones
The only consistency is white supremacy.
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
According to this Supreme Court:
❌ Using race conscious admissions in college to give minorities a fair shot
✅ Using race to profile people on the street to detain for immigration sweeps
✅ Using race to disenfranchise minorities in elecciones
The only consistency is white supremacy.
❌ Using race conscious admissions in college to give minorities a fair shot
✅ Using race to profile people on the street to detain for immigration sweeps
✅ Using race to disenfranchise minorities in elecciones
The only consistency is white supremacy.
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BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
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I don’t know, I still randomly trip out over the fact that the President told states to specifically gerrymander for him. And they did.
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I don’t know, I still randomly trip out over the fact that the President told states to specifically gerrymander for him. And they did.
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
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Hakeem Jeffries Calls For Execution Of Central Park Five
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Hakeem Jeffries Calls For Execution Of Central Park Five
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The postal service is not a business, measuring it by revenue is the wrong frame for understanding its worth.
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The postal service is not a business, measuring it by revenue is the wrong frame for understanding its worth.
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All the ice videos, the boat murder videos- they’re all not just ok-ing but giving leave to find pleasure in and get excited about (and want to do) the ‘out on the prowl’ of lynching white segregationists.
December 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
All the ice videos, the boat murder videos- they’re all not just ok-ing but giving leave to find pleasure in and get excited about (and want to do) the ‘out on the prowl’ of lynching white segregationists.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Your reminder that EotS is a snitch and part of the surveillance state and we do not teach our kids how to get used to being watched all the time. 😜
Santa's spy known as Elf on the Shelf is turning 20 this year. That's two decades of family memories and parental creativity and the occasional panic over where to move the elf to.
Parents under pressure offer creative tips for moving Santa's spy Elf on the Shelf
Santa's spy known as Elf on the Shelf is turning 20 this year. That's two decades of family memories and parental creativity and the occasional panic over where to move the elf to.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Your reminder that EotS is a snitch and part of the surveillance state and we do not teach our kids how to get used to being watched all the time. 😜
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Only tangentially related, but FUN FACT, gang: At least 9 Japanese medical schools, including the illustrious Tokyo Medical University, have been caught CHANGING THE SCORES on admission exams to exclude female applicants for the last 20 YEARS.
This is real! It happened!
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
This is real! It happened!
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Only tangentially related, but FUN FACT, gang: At least 9 Japanese medical schools, including the illustrious Tokyo Medical University, have been caught CHANGING THE SCORES on admission exams to exclude female applicants for the last 20 YEARS.
This is real! It happened!
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
This is real! It happened!
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
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Cruelty is anhedonic. It rarely delivers the euphoria promised because, in the abstract, what feels righteous and joyful inevitably reveals itself to be sordid and small. Then it's "No not like that". "No not enough". "No the real battle, the forever war to make this feel good starts now". Forever.
Note how these awful people are getting exactly the exclusions of children that they demanded and *that still isn’t enough for them*: they demand everyone be delighted about it and kiss their arses for being brilliant.
December 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Cruelty is anhedonic. It rarely delivers the euphoria promised because, in the abstract, what feels righteous and joyful inevitably reveals itself to be sordid and small. Then it's "No not like that". "No not enough". "No the real battle, the forever war to make this feel good starts now". Forever.
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If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
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On behalf of trans men everywhere: This blows. It is much worse to be included as women than excluded from women-only things. None of us want this.
I'm sure it's all well intentioned by Girl Guides, but it's transphobic to say "if someone's biologically female they can join".
Trans men are men. They are not women.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/03/g...
Trans men are men. They are not women.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/03/g...
Trans boys can join Girlguiding under new policy, organisation confirms
Following a ban on trans girls getting involved in Girl Guides, Girlguiding has confirmed it does not apply to trans boys.
www.thepinknews.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
On behalf of trans men everywhere: This blows. It is much worse to be included as women than excluded from women-only things. None of us want this.