H. May(hem)
@drmayhem.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈(They/them) Eternally liminal. Theatre artist / scholar / activist trying to build beautiful worlds on stage & in life. In despair but hiding a hopeful heart. I was born in a small town and will probably die in a small town
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
I'm trying to purge as much AI as possible from my world (where I can). Do you have a recommendation for learning Spanish that isn't Duolingo? Please share it with me.
December 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I'm trying to purge as much AI as possible from my world (where I can). Do you have a recommendation for learning Spanish that isn't Duolingo? Please share it with me.
I'm digging out from the first significant snowfall of the year, and am reminded that cleared walkways are essential forms of access. Please shovel the full width of your sidewalk so folks using wheelchairs or white canes are able to navigate them. Also a reminder: FUCK ICE.
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm digging out from the first significant snowfall of the year, and am reminded that cleared walkways are essential forms of access. Please shovel the full width of your sidewalk so folks using wheelchairs or white canes are able to navigate them. Also a reminder: FUCK ICE.
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It’s so wild how the wealthy are destroying the Amazon that potentially has the cure for all the cancers in favor of an Amazon that’s creating new types of cancers
December 1, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It’s so wild how the wealthy are destroying the Amazon that potentially has the cure for all the cancers in favor of an Amazon that’s creating new types of cancers
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For my Chicago neighbors, here's the petition to sign to oppose the delivery robots: nosidewalkbots.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
For my Chicago neighbors, here's the petition to sign to oppose the delivery robots: nosidewalkbots.org
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If Trump does go through with his threatened invasion of Venezuela without Congressional approval, that should absolutely be grounds for immediate impeachment proceedings.
We would need mass, popular mobilization calling for his removal from office. It has to be a red line.
We would need mass, popular mobilization calling for his removal from office. It has to be a red line.
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
If Trump does go through with his threatened invasion of Venezuela without Congressional approval, that should absolutely be grounds for immediate impeachment proceedings.
We would need mass, popular mobilization calling for his removal from office. It has to be a red line.
We would need mass, popular mobilization calling for his removal from office. It has to be a red line.
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It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
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While the right lose their goddamn minds about a lone wolf doing something horrendous in DC today, let’s not forget that last week in the White House they all gushed over a genocidal, journalist murdering tyrant whose country financed 9/11.
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
While the right lose their goddamn minds about a lone wolf doing something horrendous in DC today, let’s not forget that last week in the White House they all gushed over a genocidal, journalist murdering tyrant whose country financed 9/11.
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The House will have been in session for fewer than 30 days between July 1-December 31 and just had a 53-day recess. He makes $223K/year plus benefits including 75% of all health expenses for his entire family. Affordable Care Act subsidies expire Dec 31st for everyone else’s healthcare coverage.
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The House will have been in session for fewer than 30 days between July 1-December 31 and just had a 53-day recess. He makes $223K/year plus benefits including 75% of all health expenses for his entire family. Affordable Care Act subsidies expire Dec 31st for everyone else’s healthcare coverage.
I really want to be thankful for @governor.ny.gov taking action to protect bodily autonomy by signing Shield Law 2.0, Hospital Transparency, and New York Health Information Privacy Act. Would you help make that happen by watching this video, sharing it, and following the call to action at the end?
I Am Sovereign - A Call to Action
YouTube video by H May
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November 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I really want to be thankful for @governor.ny.gov taking action to protect bodily autonomy by signing Shield Law 2.0, Hospital Transparency, and New York Health Information Privacy Act. Would you help make that happen by watching this video, sharing it, and following the call to action at the end?
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remember, Salvation Army is a big NOPE
use your extra $$$ for mutual aid groups
use your extra $$$ for mutual aid groups
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
remember, Salvation Army is a big NOPE
use your extra $$$ for mutual aid groups
use your extra $$$ for mutual aid groups
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Black women are down 297,000, but men’s gains have surged to +621,000. That’s a 324,000 widening of the gender gap in two months—a 34% jump. Since February, the swing between black women’s losses and men’s gains approaches 1 million jobs.
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Black women are down 297,000, but men’s gains have surged to +621,000. That’s a 324,000 widening of the gender gap in two months—a 34% jump. Since February, the swing between black women’s losses and men’s gains approaches 1 million jobs.
If you are in the Finger Lakes, please come join us tomorrow at 1 p.m. outside the Ontario County Courthouse in Canandaigua to celebrate the power of bodily autonomy and remind Gov. Hochul that New Yorkers want our rights to self-determination protected. #OurBodiesOurChoice #ProtectBodilyAutonomy
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
If you are in the Finger Lakes, please come join us tomorrow at 1 p.m. outside the Ontario County Courthouse in Canandaigua to celebrate the power of bodily autonomy and remind Gov. Hochul that New Yorkers want our rights to self-determination protected. #OurBodiesOurChoice #ProtectBodilyAutonomy
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And if you’re born with a congenital condition which requires lifelong care, sorry if we can’t insure you. The healthy people need lower rates. I’m sure you understand.
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
And if you’re born with a congenital condition which requires lifelong care, sorry if we can’t insure you. The healthy people need lower rates. I’m sure you understand.
What a loss. I learned so much from Alice Wong's work - about myself, about the world, about how to be a better human. Rest in power. May we carry your mantle forward with as much compassion, dignity, fearlessness, and eloquence.
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
What a loss. I learned so much from Alice Wong's work - about myself, about the world, about how to be a better human. Rest in power. May we carry your mantle forward with as much compassion, dignity, fearlessness, and eloquence.
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Absolutely fitting coda to the whole Epstein horror show is that the brave testimony of dozens of women could not be credited and we need the emails of men to deem it credible.
November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Absolutely fitting coda to the whole Epstein horror show is that the brave testimony of dozens of women could not be credited and we need the emails of men to deem it credible.
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THIS 👇 bsky.app/profile/will...
Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
THIS 👇 bsky.app/profile/will...
This pretty much sums it up. It's hard to find any way to salvage hope for the future. The people spoke loudly and nobody in power cares. I'd say I hope every last one of them gets primaried, but it's hard to believe in elections at this point. @democrats.senate.gov betrayed us.
Americans listened to Senate Democrats promises to fight against Trump’s asinine actions and secure affordable healthcare & voters ensured Democrats swept the Elections last week. Tonight the @democrats.senate.gov f*cked us all and bowed down before the Orange Overlord and his goons. #Weak #Useless
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This pretty much sums it up. It's hard to find any way to salvage hope for the future. The people spoke loudly and nobody in power cares. I'd say I hope every last one of them gets primaried, but it's hard to believe in elections at this point. @democrats.senate.gov betrayed us.
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The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Opinion | Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Really wish union leaders were calling for a national strike rather than the Democrats to sacrifice us.
November 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Really wish union leaders were calling for a national strike rather than the Democrats to sacrifice us.
The government is shut down and people are going hungry. If you are looking for a way to bring your community together to document the impacts of Republican funding priorities, I encourage you to reproduce FLX Beacon's Chain Reaction Project in your community. 1/
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The government is shut down and people are going hungry. If you are looking for a way to bring your community together to document the impacts of Republican funding priorities, I encourage you to reproduce FLX Beacon's Chain Reaction Project in your community. 1/
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There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”
Disability is dynamic
Some disabilities are invisible. Some change day to day
You won’t always know a person is disabled unless they tell you
It’s a minority group you can join at any time, not a moral failing.
Disability is dynamic
Some disabilities are invisible. Some change day to day
You won’t always know a person is disabled unless they tell you
It’s a minority group you can join at any time, not a moral failing.
October 30, 2025 at 5:38 AM
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”
Disability is dynamic
Some disabilities are invisible. Some change day to day
You won’t always know a person is disabled unless they tell you
It’s a minority group you can join at any time, not a moral failing.
Disability is dynamic
Some disabilities are invisible. Some change day to day
You won’t always know a person is disabled unless they tell you
It’s a minority group you can join at any time, not a moral failing.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
What is the action that pushes news outlets to treat what is happening in the US w/ the urgency like 9/11, shifting to pretty much all fronts coverage as such? It's apparently not:
Disappearing people
Ordering the govt pay him $1/4B
Demolishing the White House
Removing all press corps from Pentagon
Disappearing people
Ordering the govt pay him $1/4B
Demolishing the White House
Removing all press corps from Pentagon
October 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
What is the action that pushes news outlets to treat what is happening in the US w/ the urgency like 9/11, shifting to pretty much all fronts coverage as such? It's apparently not:
Disappearing people
Ordering the govt pay him $1/4B
Demolishing the White House
Removing all press corps from Pentagon
Disappearing people
Ordering the govt pay him $1/4B
Demolishing the White House
Removing all press corps from Pentagon
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i think some decent people hold the idea that fascists need excuses to do evil, because it’s hard to wrap their heads around the cruelty otherwise.
the truth is, fascists have never needed excuses. they’ll opportunistically *take* an excuse if it appears, but they’ll just fabricate one otherwise.
the truth is, fascists have never needed excuses. they’ll opportunistically *take* an excuse if it appears, but they’ll just fabricate one otherwise.
September 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
i think some decent people hold the idea that fascists need excuses to do evil, because it’s hard to wrap their heads around the cruelty otherwise.
the truth is, fascists have never needed excuses. they’ll opportunistically *take* an excuse if it appears, but they’ll just fabricate one otherwise.
the truth is, fascists have never needed excuses. they’ll opportunistically *take* an excuse if it appears, but they’ll just fabricate one otherwise.