Cassie
@mosquitochaser.bsky.social
Queer entomologist. Dog person. Poet of a sort. Freelance editor. Life is strange and long. (she/her)
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IRW — a Pulitzer-winning nonprofit newsroom at American — and @thebarbedwire.com traced the history of anti-trans legislation. Houston conservatives realized homophobia didn’t fly anymore, weaponized girls’ safety, and parroted segregationist language. It worked.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
Where Did Anti-Trans Laws Start? How a Forgotten Houston Ordinance Turned Into a Massive, Nationwide Culture War
In fighting for bathroom bills in Houston, Texas conservatives provided a blueprint for the rest of the country.
thebarbedwire.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
IRW — a Pulitzer-winning nonprofit newsroom at American — and @thebarbedwire.com traced the history of anti-trans legislation. Houston conservatives realized homophobia didn’t fly anymore, weaponized girls’ safety, and parroted segregationist language. It worked.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
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One of my favorite local planthoppers, Dictyonissus griphus. Such distinctive wing venation.
December 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
One of my favorite local planthoppers, Dictyonissus griphus. Such distinctive wing venation.
We fostered a puppy for a couple days since we have a yard, now and it went really well and we got a bunch of free dog food out of it that our dog loves. I’ve missed this and we’ll definitely be doing it again.
December 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We fostered a puppy for a couple days since we have a yard, now and it went really well and we got a bunch of free dog food out of it that our dog loves. I’ve missed this and we’ll definitely be doing it again.
Apparently my first neurology appointment was retroactively not covered by my insurance even tho I was told it was. It is covered by my new insurance so I’m on a payment plan to cover the first appointment and I had to reschedule the follow up twice. Nobody knows why the first one isn’t covered, now
December 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Apparently my first neurology appointment was retroactively not covered by my insurance even tho I was told it was. It is covered by my new insurance so I’m on a payment plan to cover the first appointment and I had to reschedule the follow up twice. Nobody knows why the first one isn’t covered, now
Someone teach me how to handle grief. I suck at it.
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Someone teach me how to handle grief. I suck at it.
Figuring out health insurance is a pain. I can’t get dental and keep my neurologist but actually also I have to get dental but I have to do it separately… ?
December 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Figuring out health insurance is a pain. I can’t get dental and keep my neurologist but actually also I have to get dental but I have to do it separately… ?
Cute life moment.
@valorievandieman.bsky.social (about to game with @alyssaur.bsky.social and looking around frantically): Where is my gayming hat!?
Me: You need your gaming hat?
Val: YES!
Me: I want to make fun of you on bluesky.
Val: Okay, just make sure to spell gayming G A Y M I N G
@valorievandieman.bsky.social (about to game with @alyssaur.bsky.social and looking around frantically): Where is my gayming hat!?
Me: You need your gaming hat?
Val: YES!
Me: I want to make fun of you on bluesky.
Val: Okay, just make sure to spell gayming G A Y M I N G
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Cute life moment.
@valorievandieman.bsky.social (about to game with @alyssaur.bsky.social and looking around frantically): Where is my gayming hat!?
Me: You need your gaming hat?
Val: YES!
Me: I want to make fun of you on bluesky.
Val: Okay, just make sure to spell gayming G A Y M I N G
@valorievandieman.bsky.social (about to game with @alyssaur.bsky.social and looking around frantically): Where is my gayming hat!?
Me: You need your gaming hat?
Val: YES!
Me: I want to make fun of you on bluesky.
Val: Okay, just make sure to spell gayming G A Y M I N G
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Woman Realizes Adorable Rescue Is A Coyote Pup After It Orders Dynamite Detonator Off The Internet
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Woman Realizes Adorable Rescue Is A Coyote Pup After It Orders Dynamite Detonator Off The Internet
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I can't decide whether this is doubling or tripling down on racism.
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I can't decide whether this is doubling or tripling down on racism.
The day got better. Our dog and the neighbor dog are proper friends now. Hedy asked to go out just to see her pal, earlier. It was really cute. We also had friends bring over some good food and stay a while, which was lovely. I do wish I could’ve gone home, especially now, but this was really nice.
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The day got better. Our dog and the neighbor dog are proper friends now. Hedy asked to go out just to see her pal, earlier. It was really cute. We also had friends bring over some good food and stay a while, which was lovely. I do wish I could’ve gone home, especially now, but this was really nice.
If you’re good to your dogs, dogs are good for depression days. No sleeping all day when someone relies on you to use the bathroom comfortably and eat. Even better if the dog is the kind that needs a full walk, not just a couple minutes in the yard. I’m extra glad to have this pup, today.
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you’re good to your dogs, dogs are good for depression days. No sleeping all day when someone relies on you to use the bathroom comfortably and eat. Even better if the dog is the kind that needs a full walk, not just a couple minutes in the yard. I’m extra glad to have this pup, today.
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We don’t shape the truth to fit agendas.
We report it and let the chips fall where they must.
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We report it and let the chips fall where they must.
Donate today to help us continue our commitment to truth.
Right now, every donation is MATCHED, doubling your impact.
Give TODAY: givebutter.com/mfpdonate
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
We don’t shape the truth to fit agendas.
We report it and let the chips fall where they must.
Donate today to help us continue our commitment to truth.
Right now, every donation is MATCHED, doubling your impact.
Give TODAY: givebutter.com/mfpdonate
We report it and let the chips fall where they must.
Donate today to help us continue our commitment to truth.
Right now, every donation is MATCHED, doubling your impact.
Give TODAY: givebutter.com/mfpdonate
Cats are a lot.
The dog had a playful moment with a neighbor dog and had a nice little mutual nose-sniff moment with one of the cats, today. I think moving to a new place, recently, has been good for everyone.
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Cats are a lot.
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Check out our newest paper on mosquito sugar feeding! 🦟🌸
This study was led M. VanderGiessen, F. Upshur & M. Cartadena-Guzman. A great collaboration with L. Escobar & @thevinaugerlab.bsky.social!
@globalchangebio.bsky.social @vtbiochemistry.bsky.social
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This study was led M. VanderGiessen, F. Upshur & M. Cartadena-Guzman. A great collaboration with L. Escobar & @thevinaugerlab.bsky.social!
@globalchangebio.bsky.social @vtbiochemistry.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jme/article-...
Effect of landscape heterogeneity on mosquito abundance and sugar feeding behavior
Abstract. Mosquito-borne diseases pose a dire threat to humanity, claiming over 700,000 lives annually. At the local scale, the interplay between several e
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November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Check out our newest paper on mosquito sugar feeding! 🦟🌸
This study was led M. VanderGiessen, F. Upshur & M. Cartadena-Guzman. A great collaboration with L. Escobar & @thevinaugerlab.bsky.social!
@globalchangebio.bsky.social @vtbiochemistry.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jme/article-...
This study was led M. VanderGiessen, F. Upshur & M. Cartadena-Guzman. A great collaboration with L. Escobar & @thevinaugerlab.bsky.social!
@globalchangebio.bsky.social @vtbiochemistry.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jme/article-...
The dog had a playful moment with a neighbor dog and had a nice little mutual nose-sniff moment with one of the cats, today. I think moving to a new place, recently, has been good for everyone.
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The dog had a playful moment with a neighbor dog and had a nice little mutual nose-sniff moment with one of the cats, today. I think moving to a new place, recently, has been good for everyone.
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ICYMI
...since today's TDoR, I'm not gonna do my usual thread of excerpts just yet. but this passage from the intro provides a taste. pls share to raise awareness of all the studies debunking "social contagion/ROGD" as well as how inane Colin Wright's WSJ op-ed was:
juliaserano.medium.com/lies-damned-...
juliaserano.medium.com/lies-damned-...
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
ICYMI
She’s not great with the cats yet but this one really wants to interact with her and she’s figuring it out and it’s fun to watch. Excuse the moving boxes.
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
She’s not great with the cats yet but this one really wants to interact with her and she’s figuring it out and it’s fun to watch. Excuse the moving boxes.
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🕯️ today is Trans Day of Remembrance. 🕯️
spend some time with the loved ones we’ve lost.
www.transremembrance.org/in-memoriam
spend some time with the loved ones we’ve lost.
www.transremembrance.org/in-memoriam
In Memoriam — Trans Remembrance Project
www.transremembrance.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🕯️ today is Trans Day of Remembrance. 🕯️
spend some time with the loved ones we’ve lost.
www.transremembrance.org/in-memoriam
spend some time with the loved ones we’ve lost.
www.transremembrance.org/in-memoriam
Lunch with @valorievandieman.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Lunch with @valorievandieman.bsky.social
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A couple days after this piece was published, I went to my local TDOR. I had lost a local friend that year to suicide and they were going to honor her that night.
The small gathering was touching. I cried through my friend's commemoration and choked up each time one of the women I wrote about...
The small gathering was touching. I cried through my friend's commemoration and choked up each time one of the women I wrote about...
Read this piece I contributed to in 2017. This piece, talking with the friends and families of murdered Black trans women, still haunts me to this day.
Pieces like this are just not printed anymore.
www.thefader.com/2017/10/15/t...
Pieces like this are just not printed anymore.
www.thefader.com/2017/10/15/t...
Rest in power
So far in 2017, 21 trans people have been reported as murdered. These are their life stories.
www.thefader.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A couple days after this piece was published, I went to my local TDOR. I had lost a local friend that year to suicide and they were going to honor her that night.
The small gathering was touching. I cried through my friend's commemoration and choked up each time one of the women I wrote about...
The small gathering was touching. I cried through my friend's commemoration and choked up each time one of the women I wrote about...
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This digital memorial built by @transequality.bsky.social is so impressive because it summons our humanity. It documents those who died too soon, yet those stories are full of life and passion.
Please please visit the Trans Remembrance Project. You will come away inspired www.transremembrance.org
Please please visit the Trans Remembrance Project. You will come away inspired www.transremembrance.org
"Just by existing, just by being yourself, you are making a change."
This Transgender Day of Remembrance, Advocates for Trans Equality put together the Trans Remembrance Project, a digital memorial for those we've lost this last year.
@valorievandieman.bsky.social brings you a look at the memorial.
This Transgender Day of Remembrance, Advocates for Trans Equality put together the Trans Remembrance Project, a digital memorial for those we've lost this last year.
@valorievandieman.bsky.social brings you a look at the memorial.
The Lives We Lost: A Digital Memorial Full of Life and Humanity — Assigned
In the premature deaths of our trans comrades, Advocates for Trans Equality has extracted insights and understanding, both for our community and for the entire country.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This digital memorial built by @transequality.bsky.social is so impressive because it summons our humanity. It documents those who died too soon, yet those stories are full of life and passion.
Please please visit the Trans Remembrance Project. You will come away inspired www.transremembrance.org
Please please visit the Trans Remembrance Project. You will come away inspired www.transremembrance.org
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1. Nearly every transgender person walks this earth knowing people like us who are no longer with us.
In writing about transgender people every day, I hold in my heart the people who are now our ancestors, and I try to bring their light forward.
These are the people I'm remembering today.
In writing about transgender people every day, I hold in my heart the people who are now our ancestors, and I try to bring their light forward.
These are the people I'm remembering today.
The People I Remember On This Trans Day Of Remembrance
Elisa Shupe, Lia Smith, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, and so many more names are worth remembering today.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
1. Nearly every transgender person walks this earth knowing people like us who are no longer with us.
In writing about transgender people every day, I hold in my heart the people who are now our ancestors, and I try to bring their light forward.
These are the people I'm remembering today.
In writing about transgender people every day, I hold in my heart the people who are now our ancestors, and I try to bring their light forward.
These are the people I'm remembering today.
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Also of note, A4TE is putting on a virtual event tonight to honor the people we've lost.
Register: Give Them Their Flowers
A Trans Day of Remembrance gathering, presented by Advocates for Trans Equality and partners.
action.transequality.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Also of note, A4TE is putting on a virtual event tonight to honor the people we've lost.
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I had a lovely chat with @tekla.bsky.social in writing this story, and the memorial itself I found quite moving, especially seeing someone from my hometown among the people we've lost this year.
"Just by existing, just by being yourself, you are making a change."
This Transgender Day of Remembrance, Advocates for Trans Equality put together the Trans Remembrance Project, a digital memorial for those we've lost this last year.
@valorievandieman.bsky.social brings you a look at the memorial.
This Transgender Day of Remembrance, Advocates for Trans Equality put together the Trans Remembrance Project, a digital memorial for those we've lost this last year.
@valorievandieman.bsky.social brings you a look at the memorial.
The Lives We Lost: A Digital Memorial Full of Life and Humanity — Assigned
In the premature deaths of our trans comrades, Advocates for Trans Equality has extracted insights and understanding, both for our community and for the entire country.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I had a lovely chat with @tekla.bsky.social in writing this story, and the memorial itself I found quite moving, especially seeing someone from my hometown among the people we've lost this year.
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM