Iresine
@iresine.bsky.social
Corvids, cheese, capriccio. They/Them
Rheumy spoonie, occasionally poetic.
Gender affirming care is the bee's knees.
ACAB, Land Back, Wear Your Mask.
If you know my real name, this is my not-sharing-that account. I may create a hey-look-it's-me one later
Rheumy spoonie, occasionally poetic.
Gender affirming care is the bee's knees.
ACAB, Land Back, Wear Your Mask.
If you know my real name, this is my not-sharing-that account. I may create a hey-look-it's-me one later
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Iresine
@iresine.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Hi all - I'm going to move my poetry posts to my author account so I can keep this one marginally anonymous.
If know me IRL and would like to know my author handle, you know how to find me.
Fellow writers, I'm sure we'll find each other over there. You're awesome and I love already.
If know me IRL and would like to know my author handle, you know how to find me.
Fellow writers, I'm sure we'll find each other over there. You're awesome and I love already.
Sharing: a powerful call to action from Ijeoma Oluo
open.substack.com/pub/ijeomaol...
"As long as you are asserting your “individual rights” you are alone. And that is how the state wants you to be.
....
But if your life is your connection to people...your life is stronger than the state..."
open.substack.com/pub/ijeomaol...
"As long as you are asserting your “individual rights” you are alone. And that is how the state wants you to be.
....
But if your life is your connection to people...your life is stronger than the state..."
It's Time To Stop Fighting For Your Rights
Beyond the Book: Individual Rights vs. Collective Liberation
open.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Sharing: a powerful call to action from Ijeoma Oluo
open.substack.com/pub/ijeomaol...
"As long as you are asserting your “individual rights” you are alone. And that is how the state wants you to be.
....
But if your life is your connection to people...your life is stronger than the state..."
open.substack.com/pub/ijeomaol...
"As long as you are asserting your “individual rights” you are alone. And that is how the state wants you to be.
....
But if your life is your connection to people...your life is stronger than the state..."
Maybe if I had another cup of coffee?
September 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Maybe if I had another cup of coffee?
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So much for originalism.
The official version of the constitution on Congress.gov has removed Article I, Section 9 and 10 from the website which includes the writ of habeus corpus.
web.archive.org/web/diff/202...
web.archive.org/web/diff/202...
August 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
So much for originalism.
I woke up teary this morning. Perhaps I am grieving for the things that I knew would happen and yet hoped would not.
Check-in: how are you doing?
Check-in: how are you doing?
June 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I woke up teary this morning. Perhaps I am grieving for the things that I knew would happen and yet hoped would not.
Check-in: how are you doing?
Check-in: how are you doing?
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En banc Fifth Circuit overrules decades of precedent and holds that there is no First Amendment right to receive information in a public library.
May 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
En banc Fifth Circuit overrules decades of precedent and holds that there is no First Amendment right to receive information in a public library.
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New: Not only would Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” ban gender-affirming care via Medicaid, it would ban insurance under the Obamacare exchanges from covering it as an essential health benefit
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump’s ‘One, big, beautiful bill’ would transgender care on Medicaid and Obamacare
‘It's one more example of health care that they're trying to rip away,’ Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, tells The Independent
www.independent.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New: Not only would Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” ban gender-affirming care via Medicaid, it would ban insurance under the Obamacare exchanges from covering it as an essential health benefit
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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The bill wouldn't just cause millions to lose their health insurance, it would also:
*ban Medicaid coverage of non-abortion care at Planned Parenthood
*ban Medicaid coverage of ANY gender-affirming care (yes, adults)
*block marketplace insurance plans from covering abortion or gender-affirming care
*ban Medicaid coverage of non-abortion care at Planned Parenthood
*ban Medicaid coverage of ANY gender-affirming care (yes, adults)
*block marketplace insurance plans from covering abortion or gender-affirming care
House Passes 'Big, Beautiful Bill' That's a Vicious Attack on Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care
The budget bill would "defund" Planned Parenthood, closing nearly 200 clinics, and prohibit Medicaid from covering healthcare for transgender people, no matter their age.
www.jezebel.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The bill wouldn't just cause millions to lose their health insurance, it would also:
*ban Medicaid coverage of non-abortion care at Planned Parenthood
*ban Medicaid coverage of ANY gender-affirming care (yes, adults)
*block marketplace insurance plans from covering abortion or gender-affirming care
*ban Medicaid coverage of non-abortion care at Planned Parenthood
*ban Medicaid coverage of ANY gender-affirming care (yes, adults)
*block marketplace insurance plans from covering abortion or gender-affirming care
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Last night, we were one of the first outlets to report the ADULT ban on gender affirming care for Medicaid recipients who depend on it to access it.
This morning, that bill passed 215-214-1.
It now goes to the senate.
It's a bleak day for transgender Americans.
This morning, that bill passed 215-214-1.
It now goes to the senate.
It's a bleak day for transgender Americans.
1. Terrifying news for transgender people across the United States. In a late night development, the House Spending Bill was amended to ban transgender coverage for transgender ADULTS on medicaid!
A manager's amendment removed the words "for minors."
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A manager's amendment removed the words "for minors."
Subscribe to support my journalism.
House Spending Bill Now Bans Medicaid For Transition Care For Adults
The provision was stricken late at night to appeal to hardline conservatives.
www.erininthemorning.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Last night, we were one of the first outlets to report the ADULT ban on gender affirming care for Medicaid recipients who depend on it to access it.
This morning, that bill passed 215-214-1.
It now goes to the senate.
It's a bleak day for transgender Americans.
This morning, that bill passed 215-214-1.
It now goes to the senate.
It's a bleak day for transgender Americans.
It's World Goth Day! streaming on KEXP
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www.kexp.org/goth/
KEXP Celebrates World Goth Day
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May 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It's World Goth Day! streaming on KEXP
www.kexp.org/goth/
www.kexp.org/goth/
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I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few:
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
May 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few:
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
Went out on my first rides of the season on my bike yesterday and today. I've been nervous about riding because I'm due for a tune-up and just don't have the $300 to make that happen.
But, the Shoreline Tool Library hosted a bike event today and I got some free maintenance support. 💜🚴♂️💜
But, the Shoreline Tool Library hosted a bike event today and I got some free maintenance support. 💜🚴♂️💜
May 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Went out on my first rides of the season on my bike yesterday and today. I've been nervous about riding because I'm due for a tune-up and just don't have the $300 to make that happen.
But, the Shoreline Tool Library hosted a bike event today and I got some free maintenance support. 💜🚴♂️💜
But, the Shoreline Tool Library hosted a bike event today and I got some free maintenance support. 💜🚴♂️💜
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It's National Nonbinary Parents' Day.
To my fellow enbies honored with the gifts of helping young ones learn into their worlds, Happy Day.
To my fellow enbies honored with the gifts of helping young ones learn into their worlds, Happy Day.
April 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It's National Nonbinary Parents' Day.
To my fellow enbies honored with the gifts of helping young ones learn into their worlds, Happy Day.
To my fellow enbies honored with the gifts of helping young ones learn into their worlds, Happy Day.
✨ This is my daily “who needs protest sign inspo?” post ✨
Please share and let others know they can use any of my coloring book designs and ideas on protest signs!
#handsoff #handsoff2025 #50501movement #fiftyfiftyone #peoplesmovement #nokings #protestsign #savedemocracy #teslatakedown
Please share and let others know they can use any of my coloring book designs and ideas on protest signs!
#handsoff #handsoff2025 #50501movement #fiftyfiftyone #peoplesmovement #nokings #protestsign #savedemocracy #teslatakedown
April 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Act to protect trans healthcare in the ACA.
A4TE (Advocates for Trans Equality) has put together a great datasheet on the proposed rule changes and how and why to submit a comment.
transequality.org/news/act-now...
A4TE (Advocates for Trans Equality) has put together a great datasheet on the proposed rule changes and how and why to submit a comment.
transequality.org/news/act-now...
Act Now to Protect Our Healthcare | A4TE
The Trump administration is trying to deprive trans people of the healthcare that we need. Tell this administration to get their hands off our healthcare!
transequality.org
April 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Act to protect trans healthcare in the ACA.
A4TE (Advocates for Trans Equality) has put together a great datasheet on the proposed rule changes and how and why to submit a comment.
transequality.org/news/act-now...
A4TE (Advocates for Trans Equality) has put together a great datasheet on the proposed rule changes and how and why to submit a comment.
transequality.org/news/act-now...
All our big plans.
I wonder if my introvertedness
has always been anxiety.
I wonder if my introvertedness
has always been anxiety.
April 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
All our big plans.
I wonder if my introvertedness
has always been anxiety.
I wonder if my introvertedness
has always been anxiety.
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Just shy of two hours left on this deadline, and countless people have taken the few minutes to submit a comment — thank you. Will you ask a friend to do the same? We want to double our numbers before 11:59pm tonight!
The proposed anti-trans passport changes are a clear attack on trans people's rights to have correct identification. And for some people, their passport is their only chance. Today is the deadline for one of the three portals taking comments — it takes <5 minutes! transequality.org/news/freedom...
FREEDOM TO FLY: Take Action to Protect Trans Passport Access | A4TE
The U.S. Department of State has opened public comment periods on three important passport applications, and we must flood all three with our opposition to anti-trans changes before it's too late.
transequality.org
March 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Just shy of two hours left on this deadline, and countless people have taken the few minutes to submit a comment — thank you. Will you ask a friend to do the same? We want to double our numbers before 11:59pm tonight!
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They're moving to classify constitutionally protected speech as terrorism. This is a five alarm fire.
BREAKING: The US Justice Department is examining whether student protests at Columbia University over the genocide in Gaza violated federal terrorism laws, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said today.
March 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
They're moving to classify constitutionally protected speech as terrorism. This is a five alarm fire.
aerating bedsheets
tangle of turf and shoots
full moon rising
#DailyHaikuPrompt (full moon)
#Haiku
#Senryu
#micropoem
tangle of turf and shoots
full moon rising
#DailyHaikuPrompt (full moon)
#Haiku
#Senryu
#micropoem
March 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
aerating bedsheets
tangle of turf and shoots
full moon rising
#DailyHaikuPrompt (full moon)
#Haiku
#Senryu
#micropoem
tangle of turf and shoots
full moon rising
#DailyHaikuPrompt (full moon)
#Haiku
#Senryu
#micropoem
(US) Now (Wednesday 3/12, as early as you can) is a great time to call your senators and urge them to vote no on cloture and no on the R Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act. (HR 1968)
The vote is today. Cloture needs 60 votes to pass.
The vote is today. Cloture needs 60 votes to pass.
March 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
(US) Now (Wednesday 3/12, as early as you can) is a great time to call your senators and urge them to vote no on cloture and no on the R Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act. (HR 1968)
The vote is today. Cloture needs 60 votes to pass.
The vote is today. Cloture needs 60 votes to pass.
Everything they do is calculated to disempower and disenfranchise us and enrich themselves.
So everything we do must be calculated to muck up that process.
What we do must include joy, love, rest, and creativity. For fascism depends on despair, weariness, and on destroying that which is good.
So everything we do must be calculated to muck up that process.
What we do must include joy, love, rest, and creativity. For fascism depends on despair, weariness, and on destroying that which is good.
March 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Everything they do is calculated to disempower and disenfranchise us and enrich themselves.
So everything we do must be calculated to muck up that process.
What we do must include joy, love, rest, and creativity. For fascism depends on despair, weariness, and on destroying that which is good.
So everything we do must be calculated to muck up that process.
What we do must include joy, love, rest, and creativity. For fascism depends on despair, weariness, and on destroying that which is good.
"....it is more important than ever to use our language in ways that honor the beautiful and generative diversity of the world around us, and to insist on our ability to see and name the world with the fidelity that such beauty deserves."
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Reject the Linguistic Coup: Speak Up for Trans People
The Trump administration is trying to shape public perception on transness by manipulating language and symbols—don’t let it.
www.thenation.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"....it is more important than ever to use our language in ways that honor the beautiful and generative diversity of the world around us, and to insist on our ability to see and name the world with the fidelity that such beauty deserves."
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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This is the first time in US history that a state has repealed statutory protections for a specific group.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs a bill that strikes gender identity from Iowa civil rights law, making the state the first to remove civil rights from a previously protected class.
Iowa governor signs bill removing gender identity from state civil rights protections
The move marks the first time a state has removed a protected class from a state law prohibiting discrimination.
www.nbcnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This is the first time in US history that a state has repealed statutory protections for a specific group.
I went out to do a little yardwork on this beautiful false spring day in Seattle, and I got to watch an adult bald eagle fly over the house a couple of times.
I love living in the Pacific Northwest.
I love living in the Pacific Northwest.
February 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I went out to do a little yardwork on this beautiful false spring day in Seattle, and I got to watch an adult bald eagle fly over the house a couple of times.
I love living in the Pacific Northwest.
I love living in the Pacific Northwest.