Green_Knight
@green-knight.bsky.social
Freelance editor/copyeditor, SFF reader/writer, classical dressage nerd, landscape historian, Swift developer.
Prefer they/them.
Prefer they/them.
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The DOJ released a memo--the day after World AIDS Day--ordering prisons to enable the rape of incarcerated trans women.
The State Department also banned recognition of World AIDS day.
Prison rape, on top of the lifelong trauma, often leads to HIV transmissions.
It's not hard to do the math.
The State Department also banned recognition of World AIDS day.
Prison rape, on top of the lifelong trauma, often leads to HIV transmissions.
It's not hard to do the math.
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 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The DOJ released a memo--the day after World AIDS Day--ordering prisons to enable the rape of incarcerated trans women.
The State Department also banned recognition of World AIDS day.
Prison rape, on top of the lifelong trauma, often leads to HIV transmissions.
It's not hard to do the math.
The State Department also banned recognition of World AIDS day.
Prison rape, on top of the lifelong trauma, often leads to HIV transmissions.
It's not hard to do the math.
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This is hilarious. And also very frightening. And also so absurdly funny you'll forget why it's frightening.
December 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is hilarious. And also very frightening. And also so absurdly funny you'll forget why it's frightening.
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Powerful new malaria drug offers first serious alternative to artemisinin in decades. Novartis’ new drug cured more than 97% of malaria cases in a Phase 3 trial of 1,688 adults and children across 12 African countries. buff.ly/agdifWX
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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December 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Powerful new malaria drug offers first serious alternative to artemisinin in decades. Novartis’ new drug cured more than 97% of malaria cases in a Phase 3 trial of 1,688 adults and children across 12 African countries. buff.ly/agdifWX
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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This is Poncho. He's trying to fix some mistakes on his medical record. Actually does not require any more shots, must have been a typo. 12/10 (TT: veterinariabarranquitas)
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This is Poncho. He's trying to fix some mistakes on his medical record. Actually does not require any more shots, must have been a typo. 12/10 (TT: veterinariabarranquitas)
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December 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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I do buy books directly from places which still let me download the file, which means NOT bookshop.org, which REQUIRES purchasers use their proprietary ebook reader. No, thank you. No no no.
(I've bought from author sites and itch. If you know of other places, let me know!?)
(I've bought from author sites and itch. If you know of other places, let me know!?)
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I do buy books directly from places which still let me download the file, which means NOT bookshop.org, which REQUIRES purchasers use their proprietary ebook reader. No, thank you. No no no.
(I've bought from author sites and itch. If you know of other places, let me know!?)
(I've bought from author sites and itch. If you know of other places, let me know!?)
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Look I know all the online doomers/realists who were beating the bushes telling you "Nazi America is coming" wasn't a message normies heard on TV but Kamala Harris said Trump was gonna do all this shit during a debate or whatever and people still ignored her, so it's not like you weren't warned
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Look I know all the online doomers/realists who were beating the bushes telling you "Nazi America is coming" wasn't a message normies heard on TV but Kamala Harris said Trump was gonna do all this shit during a debate or whatever and people still ignored her, so it's not like you weren't warned
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This is as expected.
What we're not gonna do is give up on Texas. It is not a red state, it is a vote suppressed and gerrymandered state. Our job now in caring for each other is to find out how we can help get out the vote in Texas. I suggest following @andreagrimes.com
What we're not gonna do is give up on Texas. It is not a red state, it is a vote suppressed and gerrymandered state. Our job now in caring for each other is to find out how we can help get out the vote in Texas. I suggest following @andreagrimes.com
BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Texas use Trump-backed gerrymandered maps in 2026
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is as expected.
What we're not gonna do is give up on Texas. It is not a red state, it is a vote suppressed and gerrymandered state. Our job now in caring for each other is to find out how we can help get out the vote in Texas. I suggest following @andreagrimes.com
What we're not gonna do is give up on Texas. It is not a red state, it is a vote suppressed and gerrymandered state. Our job now in caring for each other is to find out how we can help get out the vote in Texas. I suggest following @andreagrimes.com
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We saw a district in Tennessee engineered to be R+22 swing to be ~R+13 this week. I'm betting a bunch of those new districts in Texas don't have that kind of margin to lose. When we empower Texans to vote, the GOP bites it, so let's take care of Texans, y'all.
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
We saw a district in Tennessee engineered to be R+22 swing to be ~R+13 this week. I'm betting a bunch of those new districts in Texas don't have that kind of margin to lose. When we empower Texans to vote, the GOP bites it, so let's take care of Texans, y'all.
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Writing a large grant application takes months. Now they're not even going to read them. It is very hard to maintain morale in these conditions www.chemistryworld.com/news/ukri-op...
UKRI opens up grant proposal data to explore using AI to smooth peer review
Surging applications has led the UK's main funder to look at ways to reduce the burden on reviewers
www.chemistryworld.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Writing a large grant application takes months. Now they're not even going to read them. It is very hard to maintain morale in these conditions www.chemistryworld.com/news/ukri-op...
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
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These orgs are not our allies. They may have been before, but now they just are not, they have given up on us no matter how sad they look while they do it they have crossed the line to the anti trans side and deserve all the scorn they get for it sorry
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
These orgs are not our allies. They may have been before, but now they just are not, they have given up on us no matter how sad they look while they do it they have crossed the line to the anti trans side and deserve all the scorn they get for it sorry
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One of the most common replies in any discussion of universal basic income is "but how do we pay for it?" and not once do those same people ever question the costs incurred by not doing UBI. We spend $1.5 trillion every year on the costs of child poverty alone. Poverty ain't free, folks. WE ALL PAY.
December 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
One of the most common replies in any discussion of universal basic income is "but how do we pay for it?" and not once do those same people ever question the costs incurred by not doing UBI. We spend $1.5 trillion every year on the costs of child poverty alone. Poverty ain't free, folks. WE ALL PAY.
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I'm disappointed in the Girl Guides and the WI for caving to this, but I'm *furious* with the transphobes and the supreme court and the EHRC and the government for causing this situation, when even trans inclusive institutions are throwing people out.
December 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I'm disappointed in the Girl Guides and the WI for caving to this, but I'm *furious* with the transphobes and the supreme court and the EHRC and the government for causing this situation, when even trans inclusive institutions are throwing people out.
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"How will I respond to terrible injustice?" has ONLY ONE RIGHT ANSWER and if a person or organization fails that simple test, there's one obvious conclusion you can make about them.
These orgs are not our allies. They may have been before, but now they just are not, they have given up on us no matter how sad they look while they do it they have crossed the line to the anti trans side and deserve all the scorn they get for it sorry
December 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"How will I respond to terrible injustice?" has ONLY ONE RIGHT ANSWER and if a person or organization fails that simple test, there's one obvious conclusion you can make about them.
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We are mothers, daughters, friends and colleagues who stand together in support of trans people.
Not In Our Name.
Read our full statement here:
notinourname.org.uk/trans-exclus...
Not In Our Name.
Read our full statement here:
notinourname.org.uk/trans-exclus...
Trans women and girls excluded from Girlguiding and Women’s Institute: Our response
We are deeply saddened that both Girlguiding and the Women's Institute have been put in a position that has resulted in trans women and girls being excluded from their organisations.
notinourname.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We are mothers, daughters, friends and colleagues who stand together in support of trans people.
Not In Our Name.
Read our full statement here:
notinourname.org.uk/trans-exclus...
Not In Our Name.
Read our full statement here:
notinourname.org.uk/trans-exclus...
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Added to this, if you're a trans inclusive group wanting to do green woodworking or forest bathing or permaculture or naked drum circles (look, i work in a hippie field, sorry) or what-fucking-ever, you come to us and we will keep you safe. Promise.
Just to say, apropos of nothing, we don't allow trans-exclusive groups to set up at Nantymeillion to do things (things being wild women camps or womens drumming workshops). This has come up in the past. If your "feminist" group excludes trans women you can go somewhere else. We don't want you.
December 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Added to this, if you're a trans inclusive group wanting to do green woodworking or forest bathing or permaculture or naked drum circles (look, i work in a hippie field, sorry) or what-fucking-ever, you come to us and we will keep you safe. Promise.
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This is genuinely massive, like earth-shakingly big in terms of pushing back the anti-trans exclusion drive.
The anti-trans movement have lost a case they didn't expect to lose and really couldn't afford to.
I can't imagine them not appealing (near infinite money) but now the precedent exists.
The anti-trans movement have lost a case they didn't expect to lose and really couldn't afford to.
I can't imagine them not appealing (near infinite money) but now the precedent exists.
BREAKING: Employee who demand a trans-exclusive toilet policy loses employment tribunal. All claims, direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, and 1992 Regs, dismissed.
Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...
Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...
B M Kelly v Leonardo UK Ltd: 8001497/2024
Employment Tribunal decision.
www.gov.uk
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is genuinely massive, like earth-shakingly big in terms of pushing back the anti-trans exclusion drive.
The anti-trans movement have lost a case they didn't expect to lose and really couldn't afford to.
I can't imagine them not appealing (near infinite money) but now the precedent exists.
The anti-trans movement have lost a case they didn't expect to lose and really couldn't afford to.
I can't imagine them not appealing (near infinite money) but now the precedent exists.
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1725: Why the fuck did I lose my left hand for the same wages I earned while being 10x more productive than last year? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
1725: Why the fuck did I lose my left hand for the same wages I earned while being 10x more productive than last year? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
'Nah dran' #FotoVorschlag
Ganz nah dran am Boden, der Nebel heute.
Wenn man mitten in der Stadt wohnt, nimmt man halt, was man kriegt. Jedes bisschen Natur zählt.
Ganz nah dran am Boden, der Nebel heute.
Wenn man mitten in der Stadt wohnt, nimmt man halt, was man kriegt. Jedes bisschen Natur zählt.
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
'Nah dran' #FotoVorschlag
Ganz nah dran am Boden, der Nebel heute.
Wenn man mitten in der Stadt wohnt, nimmt man halt, was man kriegt. Jedes bisschen Natur zählt.
Ganz nah dran am Boden, der Nebel heute.
Wenn man mitten in der Stadt wohnt, nimmt man halt, was man kriegt. Jedes bisschen Natur zählt.
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
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Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
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„This is a standard playbook. We are now all arguing about the details of a grading rubric, while the practical outcome on the ground will be to continue the project of giving conservative students & activists veto power over educational institutions & curricula.“
Don’t. Argue. About. The. Grade.
Don’t. Argue. About. The. Grade.
I wrote much of this several months ago, about Ezra Klein's response to the Kirk assassination, and then never ended up publishing it, but I think this UO "controversy" is a such a perfect example of how TPUSA et al actually advance conservative power that I decided to revive and rewrite it.
What Liberals Can Learn from Charlie Kirk
Over the last few days, if you’re active on political media, you have probably seen references to the “controversy” over a student’s failing grade on an essay at Oklahoma Un…
nathangoldwag.wordpress.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
„This is a standard playbook. We are now all arguing about the details of a grading rubric, while the practical outcome on the ground will be to continue the project of giving conservative students & activists veto power over educational institutions & curricula.“
Don’t. Argue. About. The. Grade.
Don’t. Argue. About. The. Grade.
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