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Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 53m

I should say that, as someone with quite a bit of privilege (I am white, currently able-bodied, relatively neurotypical, have a stable job/housing/food/healthcare/etc) a lot of my thinking has revolved around how much good I can do by staying vs the risk I take by being a visible trans activist

Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 3h

Literally had this conversation ("when do we leave?") with my girlfriend last night. Or should I say "continued to have this conversation," since we've been talking on and off about it since November 2024?

Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 4h

I'm writing the newsletter this week on a question I think a lot of us have been pondering: When is it really time to leave the country?

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Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 3h

Logan Circle (a neighborhood in DC) and Logan Square (a neighborhood in Chicago) implies the existence of a Logan Triangle, a Logan Hexagon, a Logan Octagon, etc

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Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 4h

“Richard Kling [defense attorney, and also my dad!] cited the old expression that a good prosecutor could convince a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. ’Apparently they had less evidence than a ham sandwich,’ said Kling, who represents Ray Collins.”

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 5h

Federal prosecutors are dropping charges against the Chicago couple who lawfully carried guns outside Broadview's ICE facility last month.

A defense attorney tells @chicago.suntimes.com a grand jury refused to indict: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds dropping charges against couple who lawfully carried guns outside ICE facility

A defense attorney says a grand jury refused to indict in the high-profile case.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 21h

Death to Chronos (e.g. time zones)

I was coordinating a call between a client and a reporter, very carefully putting all the times in both Pacific (client) and Eastern (reporter). The ONE TIME that the reporter didn’t put a time zone is of course the time that the client got confused about

Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 1d

Coooooooooooooool!!

Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

Bicycle Map of the Island of Montreal
Sponsored by (among others) the Dominion Burglary Guarantee Company
"First insure your bicycle - against being stolen - then study the map"
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Antique map of the Island of Montreal. Red lines appear to indicate bicycle routes.

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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 1d

horrific whiplash in PR, which just several years ago was explicitly affirming our care had to be covered. but already this year PR enacted a criminal ban up to age 21 w/ a 15yr prison sentence, and now this. here's the donation page if you're able to pitch in:
www.trueselffoundation.org/donar/

BOUTHERN EQUALITY

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SUPPORT TRANS PUERTO RICANS

We learned a few days ago that on 10/6, Medicaid in Puerto Rico will stop covering all medications used for gender-affirming care.

True Self Foundation has established an emergency fund to cover the cost of GAC for trans Puerto Ricans, but they need more funding to meet the vast need.

The link to donate is in the KHJN Trans Health page bio.

Trans people in Puerto Rico are facing an unprecedented crisis. This Medicaid announcement comes just months after a ban on gender-affirming care for anyone under 21 was signed into law.

True Self Foundation is assisting trans youth + their families as well as trans adults. Donate to provide direct support to trans people in Puerto Rico.

The link to donate is in the KHJN Trans Health page bio.

kytranshealth: We learned a few days ago that on 10/6, Medicaid in Puerto Rico will stop covering all medications used for gender-affirming care.

True Self Foundation has established an emergency fund to cover the cost of GAC for trans Puerto Ricans, but they need more funding to meet the vast need.

Trans people in Puerto Rico are facing an unprecedented crisis. This Medicaid announcement comes just months after a ban on gender-affirming care for anyone under 21 was signed into law.

True Self Foundation is assisting trans youth + their families as well as trans adults. Donate to provide direct support to trans people in Puerto Rico.

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 1d

it takes a windmill 27.7 hours to generate one transgender athlete

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "If we didn't win this election. If we had these people that were running that were ruining our country, destroying our country with their open borders and men playing in women's sports and transgender from everybody and windmills all over the place ... I'm not sure we'd even have a country."

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

3 random poses from old TV show where Jonathan Frakes asks questions, commonly clipped into short video memes 5 years ago. first he's on a laptop by stacks of books, sitting in a leather chair.

here he's in the same room lifting up his leg, sitting on a wooden fancy desk, by a globe. lighting is intense and artificially foggy for dramatic stage-like emphasis.

here he holds a book by a candle at a round table with red plaid cloth, light directly behind him radiates out in soft blue from dark room.

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Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 1d

We already have dynamic photo-realistic experiences and they’re called VIDEO GAMES!

Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 2d

Elon Musk announces xAI game studio will release a great AI-generated game before end of 2026.

Powered by Grok, the studio aims to revolutionize gaming with dynamic, photo-realistic experiences.

#xAI #Grok #AIGaming

Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 1d

I’m just honored to be included on a list that includes open borders and windmills

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "If we didn't win this election. If we had these people that were running that were ruining our country, destroying our country with their open borders and men playing in women's sports and transgender from everybody and windmills all over the place ... I'm not sure we'd even have a country."

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Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 1d

I have a fantasy of a bunch of woke progressive radicals taking over the ham radio network

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Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 1d

Loving this snark directed at an absolutely deserving target

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

"You have elected to take a job where the primary purpose is for you to eat shit and own the death of broadcast TV news, a thing that is going to die no matter what you do. Nice work!"

Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/business/793...

A photo of Bari Weiss over a headline: "Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You're doomed"

Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 2d

Replace all golf courses with bird sanctuaries

Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 2d

Golf courses close down all the time. This charming film shows how a community got an abandoned golf course turned into a park, with a lot of help from birders.
I hope this turns into a widespread park-creation strategy, like rails to trails. birdwalkfilm.com

Bird Walk

After a golf course closes, birders discover more than 160 bird species and mount a campaign to preserve the 131-acre site as a public park

birdwalkfilm.com

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Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favorite places to bike!

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Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 2d

”I have a podcast recommendation.”

CNBC @cnbc.com · 2d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

cnb.cx

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Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been playing a lot of HADES 2 this weekend and I’ve come to the conclusion that it is excellent. Dunno if I’m the only one who feels this way.

Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 3d

Especially because i forget from episode to episode of The Gilded Age so I have to keep going back to the same inflation calculator

Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 3d

Subtitles should include inflation calculations for all money amounts so I don't have to always go to inflation calculator.

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Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 3d

I’m an actual real life trans woman and I’m still not totally sure when to use Dolls

Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 6d

A lot of people learned the shorthand Dolls and just assumed it meant A - all trans women and B - that using it in conversations or on T shirts was a sign that you're cool with the transgenders

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I feel the same way about the way jay was treated today - disappointed. And I still hang out with the dolls so I don't know what you're saying

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 3d

Journalists in Portland: Try to get photos of gas canisters/munitions, either spent on ground or still carried by DHS. ONLY IF SAFE. Use long lens. Risks unknown, don’t approach.

This green smoke isn’t super common. Raised concerns in 2020. Documenting DHS munitions may help accountability later.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 3d

Federal forces inexplicably tried to move all protestors out a city block using chemical irritants.

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Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 4d

It's so gooooooood! You should treat yourself to a copy! bookshop.org/p/books/simp...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

Crowd chanting, "lick them boots! Lick them boots!" at ISP.

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Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 5d

An excellent Onion article that always makes me cackle

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 15d

“Rash Kishansha is a very holy time for the Jewish people,” said Paul Castellano, a guy from Houston whose gastroenterologist is Jewish. theonion.com/jews-to-cele...

Short news item from The Onion, September 11, 1996:

Jews To Celebrate Rosh Hashasha Or Something

JERUSALEM—Jews the world over are preparing to celebrate Rosh Hashanukah or something this weekend, the traditional Jewish holiday marking some sort of rebirth and new beginning, or maybe the Jews’ liberation from some foreign ruler 55,000 years ago. “Rash Kishansha is a very holy time for the Jewish people,” said Paul Castellano, a guy from Houston whose gastroenterologist is Jewish. “I think Dr. Futterman said it’s the holiday where they light that chandelier and blow that horn.” Lasting 12 days, Ran Hosea is followed by Yor Kiplach, the Festival of Sand, during which no buttered bread may be eaten in remembrance of the flooding of the ancient Temple of Hosea.

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cass | in my cryptid era @cassferatu.bsky.social · 6d

I think my favorite part of this glorious video is hearing this nazi loser blubbering about how outnumbered he is, because it's something we could all stand to remember:

We will ALWAYS outnumber nazi scum.

We will ALWAYS outnumber fascists.

And as long as we fight back, they will NEVER win.

Queer Satanic @queersatanic.bsky.social · 6d

Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play

go fuckin Huskies

Nazi UW students fuck off

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Queer Satanic @queersatanic.bsky.social · 7d

But the most important consideration may just be this: if you're right in all of your fears about this regime in its authoritarian ambitions and fascist character, then this is the most vulnerable they will be for a long while.

Why would you not stay now and fight them now when they are so weak?

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