Ember 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🐍
@embershadows.bsky.social
Don't post a lot of my own. Happily nb and enjoy being at home with my wife and pets.
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Thankful this week for those many queer people who came before me, people whose voices — quiet, loud, loving, angry — have taught me so much about how to live my values in this era.
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thankful this week for those many queer people who came before me, people whose voices — quiet, loud, loving, angry — have taught me so much about how to live my values in this era.
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Border Patrol’s operation in North Carolina made our construction industry grind to a halt.
But NC House speaker wants to score points in the culture war, so CBP did a “great job,” according to him.
But NC House speaker wants to score points in the culture war, so CBP did a “great job,” according to him.
December 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Border Patrol’s operation in North Carolina made our construction industry grind to a halt.
But NC House speaker wants to score points in the culture war, so CBP did a “great job,” according to him.
But NC House speaker wants to score points in the culture war, so CBP did a “great job,” according to him.
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1. Over Thanksgiving, texts from Dem. Sen Ruben Gallego leaked where he repeats far-right talking points on masculinity, lamenting that Democratic women "look like men."
Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
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Dem. Senator Gallego's Leaked Texts Echo Far-Right Gender Panic And Misogyny
Last week, Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego's texts leaked, where he lamented that Democratic "women look like men and men look like women."
www.erininthemorning.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
1. Over Thanksgiving, texts from Dem. Sen Ruben Gallego leaked where he repeats far-right talking points on masculinity, lamenting that Democratic women "look like men."
Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
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Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
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BREAKING: Indiana Republican lawmakers release a draft of a congressional map that could buy the party two additional House seats at the expense of Democratic voters. The Indiana House could pass the proposal this week, however the outcome appears uncertain.
Indiana Republicans Unveil Map to Eliminate Both Dem Congressional Seats
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
BREAKING: Indiana Republican lawmakers release a draft of a congressional map that could buy the party two additional House seats at the expense of Democratic voters. The Indiana House could pass the proposal this week, however the outcome appears uncertain.
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A reminder to a nation with way too many people untethered to facts and truth: There’s no such thing as “The Department of War.” It doesn’t exist. Only Congress has the power to create and name executive departments & agencies. So it’s still The Department of Defense.
Thanks
Thanks
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A reminder to a nation with way too many people untethered to facts and truth: There’s no such thing as “The Department of War.” It doesn’t exist. Only Congress has the power to create and name executive departments & agencies. So it’s still The Department of Defense.
Thanks
Thanks
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Last Thursday, Speaker Destin Hall told a reporter “ICE and CBP have a difficult job… we just ask that they come back.” We just didn’t know he meant Thanksgiving week.
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Last Thursday, Speaker Destin Hall told a reporter “ICE and CBP have a difficult job… we just ask that they come back.” We just didn’t know he meant Thanksgiving week.
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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the state has allowed hospitals in Illinois to illegally discriminate against trans kids. what will it do here?
Northwestern joins the growing list of US universities which are caving to Trump by agreeing to illegally ban trans people from facilities.
Banning trans people from bathrooms is illegal in Illinois, as affirmed by law and a court ruling.
www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-inform...
Banning trans people from bathrooms is illegal in Illinois, as affirmed by law and a court ruling.
www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-inform...
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
the state has allowed hospitals in Illinois to illegally discriminate against trans kids. what will it do here?
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Here are some things about farmers:
1) American farm policy needs to change
2) operating a farm in the US is difficult because of agriculture and corporate policy.
3) corporate consolidations have decreased competition and makes farmers less profitable and is also bad for consumers
1) American farm policy needs to change
2) operating a farm in the US is difficult because of agriculture and corporate policy.
3) corporate consolidations have decreased competition and makes farmers less profitable and is also bad for consumers
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Here are some things about farmers:
1) American farm policy needs to change
2) operating a farm in the US is difficult because of agriculture and corporate policy.
3) corporate consolidations have decreased competition and makes farmers less profitable and is also bad for consumers
1) American farm policy needs to change
2) operating a farm in the US is difficult because of agriculture and corporate policy.
3) corporate consolidations have decreased competition and makes farmers less profitable and is also bad for consumers
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Pesticide exposure is a rampant problem in agriculture, and for child farmworkers, it's particularly dangerous!
Lax Oversight, Few Inspections Leave Child Farmworkers Exposed to Toxic Pesticides
Child laborers and other farmworkers in California are being exposed to toxic pesticides, in part because of splintered enforcement of safety regulations.
capitalandmain.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Pesticide exposure is a rampant problem in agriculture, and for child farmworkers, it's particularly dangerous!
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We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
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PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
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The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
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UFW has sued the Trump administration over a rule change which makes it cheaper to hire vulnerable guest workers.
“We are displacing U.S. citizens to bring in H-2A workers. It just doesn’t make sense.”
read: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“We are displacing U.S. citizens to bring in H-2A workers. It just doesn’t make sense.”
read: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
UFW has sued the Trump administration over a rule change which makes it cheaper to hire vulnerable guest workers.
“We are displacing U.S. citizens to bring in H-2A workers. It just doesn’t make sense.”
read: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“We are displacing U.S. citizens to bring in H-2A workers. It just doesn’t make sense.”
read: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Huge @tinanguyen.bsky.social scoop: Trump is preparing to try and ban all state AI laws, going so far as having Brendan Carr’s FCC pull rural broadband funds from states that try to regulate AI www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Here’s the Trump executive order that would ban state AI laws
Trump is launching an all-out broadside against states with strict AI regulations.
www.theverge.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Huge @tinanguyen.bsky.social scoop: Trump is preparing to try and ban all state AI laws, going so far as having Brendan Carr’s FCC pull rural broadband funds from states that try to regulate AI www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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All five officers today continue to misgender me in front of my kid to attempt to get arise out of me. On Trans Day of Remembrance, no less. RiotKid witnessed firsthand police brutality & their complete disdain for the community they are alleged to protect.
Vancouver WA’s finest attempting to lead me away from my child who witnessed firsthand cops, tearing down tents & throwing them into the street to be bulldozed. Brand new fucking tents that were just donated & set up with all of their belongings inside to comply with the sweep were still destroyed
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
All five officers today continue to misgender me in front of my kid to attempt to get arise out of me. On Trans Day of Remembrance, no less. RiotKid witnessed firsthand police brutality & their complete disdain for the community they are alleged to protect.
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1. Texas A&M has voted that Professors must seek out official permission to talk about trans people, sexuality, or race.
One of the professors said that the new policy would make routine lessons on things like the Holocaust impossible.
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One of the professors said that the new policy would make routine lessons on things like the Holocaust impossible.
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Texas A&M Votes That Professors Must Have Permission To Discuss Trans People, Sexuality or Race
The Texas Board of Regents said it wasn’t restricting “teaching,” but professors—and a university press release—says otherwise.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
1. Texas A&M has voted that Professors must seek out official permission to talk about trans people, sexuality, or race.
One of the professors said that the new policy would make routine lessons on things like the Holocaust impossible.
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One of the professors said that the new policy would make routine lessons on things like the Holocaust impossible.
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BREAKING: Ohio Republicans passed a sweeping anti-voting law after the DOJ threatened to sue the state over its mail-ballot grace period.
The law also supercharges voter purges,and forces provisional voters to fix errors in 4 days or be removed.
The law also supercharges voter purges,and forces provisional voters to fix errors in 4 days or be removed.
After DOJ Threat, Ohio GOP Passes Law to End Mail Ballot Grace Periods
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
BREAKING: Ohio Republicans passed a sweeping anti-voting law after the DOJ threatened to sue the state over its mail-ballot grace period.
The law also supercharges voter purges,and forces provisional voters to fix errors in 4 days or be removed.
The law also supercharges voter purges,and forces provisional voters to fix errors in 4 days or be removed.
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The Trump administration is breaking the law by transferring critical work to federal agencies that lack the expertise to lead education policy.
Congress must immediately intervene to stop this illegal restructuring and protect our students' right to an education.
Congress must immediately intervene to stop this illegal restructuring and protect our students' right to an education.
US education department reassigns many powers to other federal agencies
Move marks further dismantling of the department and Democrats criticized administration for ‘slashing resources’
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The Trump administration is breaking the law by transferring critical work to federal agencies that lack the expertise to lead education policy.
Congress must immediately intervene to stop this illegal restructuring and protect our students' right to an education.
Congress must immediately intervene to stop this illegal restructuring and protect our students' right to an education.
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We’re proud to join our friends with the NC NAACP and courageous North Carolina voters at our hearing today at the federal court in Winston-Salem. Together, we’re speaking up for the people of our state and standing up against the legislature’s harmful gerrymandering. Learn more: bit.ly/47P03rF
November 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We’re proud to join our friends with the NC NAACP and courageous North Carolina voters at our hearing today at the federal court in Winston-Salem. Together, we’re speaking up for the people of our state and standing up against the legislature’s harmful gerrymandering. Learn more: bit.ly/47P03rF
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The Trump Administration just pulled a 15-year-old out of work and detained him in North Carolina.
No guardian present.
No reasonable suspicion.
Unnecessary force.
It’s pretty clear that these new DHS agents aren’t well-trained.
No guardian present.
No reasonable suspicion.
Unnecessary force.
It’s pretty clear that these new DHS agents aren’t well-trained.
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The Trump Administration just pulled a 15-year-old out of work and detained him in North Carolina.
No guardian present.
No reasonable suspicion.
Unnecessary force.
It’s pretty clear that these new DHS agents aren’t well-trained.
No guardian present.
No reasonable suspicion.
Unnecessary force.
It’s pretty clear that these new DHS agents aren’t well-trained.
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We launched a map to help our readers track the GOP’s rapidly-evolving gerrymandering scheme — days after, legacy media followed.
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Live Redistricting Tracker: All the Republican Gerrymanders — and Democrats’ Counter-Moves
Facing increasingly dire polls, President Donald Trump is determined to prevent Democrats from reclaiming the U.S. House in the 2026 midterm elections. So he’s pressuring Republican-controlled states ...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We launched a map to help our readers track the GOP’s rapidly-evolving gerrymandering scheme — days after, legacy media followed.
Get real-time updates from an outlet committed to providing all the redistricting news that could affect voters like you ⤵️
https://bit.ly/47tdiN9
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We can confirm reports that Customs and Border Patrol will be expanding their operation to the Raleigh area as early as tomorrow, Tuesday, November 18th.
Today is day three of CBP's operations in our state.
Today is day three of CBP's operations in our state.
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 AM
We can confirm reports that Customs and Border Patrol will be expanding their operation to the Raleigh area as early as tomorrow, Tuesday, November 18th.
Today is day three of CBP's operations in our state.
Today is day three of CBP's operations in our state.