Helen Wiley
@helenwiley.bsky.social
Queer Southerner, recently moved to the Third Coast. I read and write constantly (mostly fantasy), play the organ occasionally, and want to be friends with every cat and dog in the world.
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
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December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
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As told by the late dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille.
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
As told by the late dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille.
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Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
literally a perfect movie, no notes
Yearly reminder that the best Christmas action movie is actually The Long Kiss Goodnight.
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
literally a perfect movie, no notes
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
5 animals you've seen in the wild:
1. roadrunner
2. javelina
3. aoudad/barbary sheep
4. rio grande chirping frog
5. scissor-tailed flycatcher
1. roadrunner
2. javelina
3. aoudad/barbary sheep
4. rio grande chirping frog
5. scissor-tailed flycatcher
5 animals you've seen in the wild:
1. Reindeer
2. Grizzly bear
3. Moose
4. Steller sea lion
5. Ravens
1. Reindeer
2. Grizzly bear
3. Moose
4. Steller sea lion
5. Ravens
5 animals you've seen in the wild:
1. Moose (including one swimming)
2. Bald eagle (including one swimming)
3. Black bear (not swimming)
4. Beaver (obviously swimming)
5. Osprey(s) (diving but not swimming)
1. Moose (including one swimming)
2. Bald eagle (including one swimming)
3. Black bear (not swimming)
4. Beaver (obviously swimming)
5. Osprey(s) (diving but not swimming)
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 AM
5 animals you've seen in the wild:
1. roadrunner
2. javelina
3. aoudad/barbary sheep
4. rio grande chirping frog
5. scissor-tailed flycatcher
1. roadrunner
2. javelina
3. aoudad/barbary sheep
4. rio grande chirping frog
5. scissor-tailed flycatcher
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RFK Jr’s CDC posting lies about vaccines and autism on their website isn’t just misinformation, it’s intentionally weaponized eugenicist rhetoric that will kill people.
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
RFK Jr’s CDC posting lies about vaccines and autism on their website isn’t just misinformation, it’s intentionally weaponized eugenicist rhetoric that will kill people.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing
The de facto Saudi ruler was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
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This is how to write a headline about repeated liars.
Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is how to write a headline about repeated liars.
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Your regular reminder that the number of trans kids using puberty blockers to delay puberty is tiny, and the vast majority of prescriptions for the medication in children and adolescents are used to delay precocious puberty in cisgender kids.
Because it’s cis kids.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
November 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Your regular reminder that the number of trans kids using puberty blockers to delay puberty is tiny, and the vast majority of prescriptions for the medication in children and adolescents are used to delay precocious puberty in cisgender kids.
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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another speaker describes waking up to ice agents detaining a woman in his backyard.
“we need our schools funded, we don’t need ice,” he says. “we need housing, we don’t need ice. we need food, we don’t need ice. and even when we get all of that, we don’t need ice!”
“we need our schools funded, we don’t need ice,” he says. “we need housing, we don’t need ice. we need food, we don’t need ice. and even when we get all of that, we don’t need ice!”
October 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
another speaker describes waking up to ice agents detaining a woman in his backyard.
“we need our schools funded, we don’t need ice,” he says. “we need housing, we don’t need ice. we need food, we don’t need ice. and even when we get all of that, we don’t need ice!”
“we need our schools funded, we don’t need ice,” he says. “we need housing, we don’t need ice. we need food, we don’t need ice. and even when we get all of that, we don’t need ice!”
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The No Kings March in Chicago is one of the largest gatherings I’ve seen here. Looking down from by the river, the crowd stretches for blocks down Michigan Ave and wraps around Wacker Dr. This video is from a few minutes ago and the end of the protest is nowhere in sight.
@blockclubchi.bsky.social
@blockclubchi.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The No Kings March in Chicago is one of the largest gatherings I’ve seen here. Looking down from by the river, the crowd stretches for blocks down Michigan Ave and wraps around Wacker Dr. This video is from a few minutes ago and the end of the protest is nowhere in sight.
@blockclubchi.bsky.social
@blockclubchi.bsky.social
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An astonishing crowd! By u/sandrakaufmann in r/chicago
October 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
An astonishing crowd! By u/sandrakaufmann in r/chicago
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“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”
Yesterday I wrote about the effort by center-left pundits to police what people are passionate about.
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Sincerity is not the problem
As is inevitably the case after an election — and is especially the case after an election with an unexpected result — allies of the losing presidential candidate in 2024 looked for people to blame. O...
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October 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”
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The frogs have landed in Chicago!
October 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The frogs have landed in Chicago!
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Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.
There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.
There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.
October 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.
There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.
There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.
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whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
June 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
When a virtuoso musician and her best friend pledge loyalty to rival noble houses, they don’t realize they’re sabotaging each other—or that one’s ambition could cost the other’s life.
🌈 Queer friendship
🎹 High-stakes auditions
👭Lesbian pining
👿 Demon familiars
⚔️ Eat the rich
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT
🌈 Queer friendship
🎹 High-stakes auditions
👭Lesbian pining
👿 Demon familiars
⚔️ Eat the rich
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Oracle (the gods’ human mouthpiece) is dead. As rival noble houses vie to choose the new Oracle, an ambitious musician and a hapless legal clerk become entangled in a political conflict that could destroy their friendship—or their lives.
THE UNBROKEN x GODKILLER
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT
THE UNBROKEN x GODKILLER
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
When a virtuoso musician and her best friend pledge loyalty to rival noble houses, they don’t realize they’re sabotaging each other—or that one’s ambition could cost the other’s life.
🌈 Queer friendship
🎹 High-stakes auditions
👭 Lesbian pining
👿 Demon familiars
⚔️ Eat the rich
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT
🌈 Queer friendship
🎹 High-stakes auditions
👭 Lesbian pining
👿 Demon familiars
⚔️ Eat the rich
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM