Sam
@samn.biz
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I would like to direct all speeders to this chart
January 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I would like to direct all speeders to this chart
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If you're working on end-of-year donations, I'd like to recommend the Trans Youth Emergency Project (a project of the Campaign for Southern Equality): southernequality.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donati...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If you're working on end-of-year donations, I'd like to recommend the Trans Youth Emergency Project (a project of the Campaign for Southern Equality): southernequality.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donati...
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REALLY WOULDNT MIND SEEING SOME
STONG STATEMENTS FROM DEM
LEADERS ABOUT PROTECTING TRANS KIDS RN
STONG STATEMENTS FROM DEM
LEADERS ABOUT PROTECTING TRANS KIDS RN
December 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
REALLY WOULDNT MIND SEEING SOME
STONG STATEMENTS FROM DEM
LEADERS ABOUT PROTECTING TRANS KIDS RN
STONG STATEMENTS FROM DEM
LEADERS ABOUT PROTECTING TRANS KIDS RN
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Help the Trans Youth Emergency Project: they need it more than ever now 🏳️⚧️💙
southernequality.app.neoncrm.com/forms/60
southernequality.app.neoncrm.com/forms/60
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Help the Trans Youth Emergency Project: they need it more than ever now 🏳️⚧️💙
southernequality.app.neoncrm.com/forms/60
southernequality.app.neoncrm.com/forms/60
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So much hinges on whether we treat children as people with their own inalienable rights—to dignity, to education, to their own bodies—or as objects on which adults are free to enact their own desires.
Alito, joined by Thomas and Gorsuch, suggest that public schools violate the Constitution when they help a student transition (by acknowledging them as trans) without their parents' knowledge or consent.
Would force schools to out trans kids to their parents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
Would force schools to out trans kids to their parents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
JONATHAN LEE, ET AL. v. POUDRE
SCHOOL DISTRICT R–1
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
No. 25–89. Decided October 14, 2025
The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
Statement of JUSTICE ALITO, with whom JUSTICE
THOMAS and JUSTICE GORSUCH join, respecting the denial
of certiorari.
I concur in the denial of certiorari because petitioners do
not challenge the ground for the ruling below. But I remain
concerned that some federal courts are “tempt[ed]” to avoid
confronting a “particularly contentious constitutional questio[n]”: whether a school district violates parents’ fundamental rights “when, without parental knowledge or consent, it encourages a student to transition to a new gender
or assists in that process.” Parents Protecting Our Children, UA v. Eau Claire Area School Dist., 604 U. S. ___,
___–___ (2024) (ALITO, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari) (slip op., at 1–2) (citing Troxel v. Granville, 530 U. S.
57, 70 (2000) (plurality opinion)). Petitioners tell us that
nearly 6,000 public schools have policies—as respondent allegedly does—that purposefully interfere with parents’ access to critical information about their children’s genderidentity choices and school personnel’s involvement in and
influence on those choices. Pet. for Cert. 24. The troubling—and tragic—allegations in this case underscore the
“great and growing national importance” of the question
that these parent petitioners present. Parents Protecting
Our Children, 604 U. S., at ___ (slip op., at 1).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreibznytltv7mexkfzlraxhxhcwvilqwad7bmgdmbtd643ln7wd375y@jpeg)
October 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
So much hinges on whether we treat children as people with their own inalienable rights—to dignity, to education, to their own bodies—or as objects on which adults are free to enact their own desires.
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One thing that I finally internalized when I was working as the head researcher for the Harvard and Slavery Project was how mainstream liberal institutions use investigations to claim credit for action without actually doing a goddamn thing to fix anything. Sometimes you do have enough information!
Senator Padilla was thrown on the ground and handcuffed, all because he was exercising his duty as a senator.
We need a full investigation into what the hell happened, and what's going to be done to see that this doesn't happen again to Senator Padilla or any American citizen.
We need a full investigation into what the hell happened, and what's going to be done to see that this doesn't happen again to Senator Padilla or any American citizen.
June 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
One thing that I finally internalized when I was working as the head researcher for the Harvard and Slavery Project was how mainstream liberal institutions use investigations to claim credit for action without actually doing a goddamn thing to fix anything. Sometimes you do have enough information!
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RFK Jr’s ACIP pick, Martin Kulldorff, said one of the most disturbing images from the pandemic was a toddler crying about having to wear a mask. I see toddlers cry about everything all the time, and I found it far more disturbing to see refrigerator trucks full of body bags outside of the hospitals…
June 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
RFK Jr’s ACIP pick, Martin Kulldorff, said one of the most disturbing images from the pandemic was a toddler crying about having to wear a mask. I see toddlers cry about everything all the time, and I found it far more disturbing to see refrigerator trucks full of body bags outside of the hospitals…
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An Attack on One Is an Attack on All.
Stand Up. Speak Out.
Defend Workers. Protect Immigrants. Fight for Our Freedoms.
📍 Find an action near you and show up to demand:
✊The release of David Huerta
🛑 An immediate end to ICE raids
📣 The right to protest without fear
🔗 bit.ly/FreeDavidEndRaids
Stand Up. Speak Out.
Defend Workers. Protect Immigrants. Fight for Our Freedoms.
📍 Find an action near you and show up to demand:
✊The release of David Huerta
🛑 An immediate end to ICE raids
📣 The right to protest without fear
🔗 bit.ly/FreeDavidEndRaids
#FreeDavidEndRaids
On Friday afternoon, military-gear-clad ICE agents launched aggressive raids throughout Los Angeles. At one location, SEIU-USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured and detained while advocat...
seiu.co
June 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
An Attack on One Is an Attack on All.
Stand Up. Speak Out.
Defend Workers. Protect Immigrants. Fight for Our Freedoms.
📍 Find an action near you and show up to demand:
✊The release of David Huerta
🛑 An immediate end to ICE raids
📣 The right to protest without fear
🔗 bit.ly/FreeDavidEndRaids
Stand Up. Speak Out.
Defend Workers. Protect Immigrants. Fight for Our Freedoms.
📍 Find an action near you and show up to demand:
✊The release of David Huerta
🛑 An immediate end to ICE raids
📣 The right to protest without fear
🔗 bit.ly/FreeDavidEndRaids
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The Smart People said "Abolish ICE" was too radical. Then ICE kidnapped students, sent innocent people to a mega prison, broke into a car to take a mom from her daughter, and tried questioning elementary kids while lying that they had parents permission.
Ask yourself: which part is more "radical"?
Ask yourself: which part is more "radical"?
April 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The Smart People said "Abolish ICE" was too radical. Then ICE kidnapped students, sent innocent people to a mega prison, broke into a car to take a mom from her daughter, and tried questioning elementary kids while lying that they had parents permission.
Ask yourself: which part is more "radical"?
Ask yourself: which part is more "radical"?
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I'm so bad at #portfolioday but just a reminder I am a freelance illustrator available for private commissions, merch design, book/website illo, portraits. Have done work for Rizzoli, Harper Collins, Ignite Films, and Brattle and Coolidge Theatres. Some client work below:
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April 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I'm so bad at #portfolioday but just a reminder I am a freelance illustrator available for private commissions, merch design, book/website illo, portraits. Have done work for Rizzoli, Harper Collins, Ignite Films, and Brattle and Coolidge Theatres. Some client work below:
www.behance.net/panandscan
www.behance.net/panandscan
@fetterman.senate.gov your phones aren’t working, probably because everyone’s calling you to say vote NO on cloture and the CR. Stand up and fight, or get out of the way, you dickhead
March 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
@fetterman.senate.gov your phones aren’t working, probably because everyone’s calling you to say vote NO on cloture and the CR. Stand up and fight, or get out of the way, you dickhead
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If you think anti-trans bigotry is a magic spell we can cast to fix things you are just dumb as dogshit. First of all you're doing something evil. Second of all you will get zero credit from the right. Making our positions suck ass doesn't help, don't overthink it
Yglesias sucks and given the fact that everyone who listens to him who was ever in a position of power has been cast out there is zero reason to engage with him. Just block & move on
March 7, 2025 at 4:22 AM
If you think anti-trans bigotry is a magic spell we can cast to fix things you are just dumb as dogshit. First of all you're doing something evil. Second of all you will get zero credit from the right. Making our positions suck ass doesn't help, don't overthink it
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ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
a cloture vote for the way-harder-to-undo-than-an-executive-order federal anti-trans sports ban is now set for monday. that means there's more time to make calls.
no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.
please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.
please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
February 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
A good reminder that being in community means both giving, and receiving help
This week’s newsletter is about getting comfortable asking for what you need: buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
How to ask for stuff
I auctioned a couple of these off on Bluesky last week and we raised $1.2k for Trans Lifeline. Thanks to everyone who bid. 🏳️⚧️ This week’s question comes...
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February 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
A good reminder that being in community means both giving, and receiving help
I just called and left messages for my dickhead senators, you can too!
ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
a cloture vote for the way-harder-to-undo-than-an-executive-order federal anti-trans sports ban is now set for monday. that means there's more time to make calls.
no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.
please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.
please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
February 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I just called and left messages for my dickhead senators, you can too!
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Hey Boston-area movie lovers! I will be giving a talk at Coolidge Corner Theatre on March 18 for their screening of Agnès Varda's wintery and tragic 1985 masterpiece, Vagabond! Screening on 35mm! Please come!!!
coolidge.org/package/semi...
coolidge.org/package/semi...
Seminar: Vagabond
Pre-film seminar taught by projectionist and illustrator Alex Kittle! This seminar will provide attendees with background on Vagabond’s production while exploring its major themes and insights, as wel...
coolidge.org
February 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Hey Boston-area movie lovers! I will be giving a talk at Coolidge Corner Theatre on March 18 for their screening of Agnès Varda's wintery and tragic 1985 masterpiece, Vagabond! Screening on 35mm! Please come!!!
coolidge.org/package/semi...
coolidge.org/package/semi...
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It is mind-boggling to me that people say "but I had to comply with the fascists because otherwise there would be some cost—"
NO FUCKING KIDDING. Did you think you'd never have to make a hard choice in Fascist America? That you wouldn't be asked to sacrifice someone and be rewarded for it?? JFC
NO FUCKING KIDDING. Did you think you'd never have to make a hard choice in Fascist America? That you wouldn't be asked to sacrifice someone and be rewarded for it?? JFC
“We had to erase trans people or we couldn’t get our federal funding”
Fuck the federal funding. You fight, you sue, you do not become complicit in our mass erasure.
We are all in this together, and we all go down together.
I will not allow us to be jettisoned or erased.
Fuck the federal funding. You fight, you sue, you do not become complicit in our mass erasure.
We are all in this together, and we all go down together.
I will not allow us to be jettisoned or erased.
FWIW, the choice was scrubbing their website or potentially closing down because their funding was turned off. Sure they could have sued, but what then?
February 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It is mind-boggling to me that people say "but I had to comply with the fascists because otherwise there would be some cost—"
NO FUCKING KIDDING. Did you think you'd never have to make a hard choice in Fascist America? That you wouldn't be asked to sacrifice someone and be rewarded for it?? JFC
NO FUCKING KIDDING. Did you think you'd never have to make a hard choice in Fascist America? That you wouldn't be asked to sacrifice someone and be rewarded for it?? JFC
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i see people comparing this to the way trans youth healthcare was the canary in the coal mine for attacking all trans people, and i talk about this in the piece 🩷
New from me —
“What it comes down to is the removal of choice, especially when it comes to established health care. People should not have to suffer the anguish of being denied life-saving drugs because a couple of guys have decided to apply conspiracy theories instead of established science.”
“What it comes down to is the removal of choice, especially when it comes to established health care. People should not have to suffer the anguish of being denied life-saving drugs because a couple of guys have decided to apply conspiracy theories instead of established science.”
You can pry my antidepressants from my cold, dead hands
A new executive order announced an "assessment" for the use of these meds in children. Adults aren't far behind.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
i see people comparing this to the way trans youth healthcare was the canary in the coal mine for attacking all trans people, and i talk about this in the piece 🩷
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This post from last week has stuck with me in a way I can't even describe. I feel such a level of rage about everyone who voted for and supports attacks on trans kids and people everywhere. If you can't get behind allowing kids to be happy and be who they are, I have nothing good to say about that.
In a new lawsuit filed against Trump by state AGs, a family with a trans kid shares she died by suicide last month citing fears Trump would deny her access to gender-affirming care. "Her parents have expressed fear...that what happened to their daughter does not happen to other children."
![The serious concerns over how the Order will detrimentally impact transgender
youth cannot be overstated. One Washingtonian, as her parents describe her, was a bright and
gentle soul who loved playing musical instruments, trying new things, and playing Magic the
Gathering. She was excited to learn Japanese and the impact of gender-affirming care was
immediately clear to her family. Her parents described that “her joy was clear with every new
milestone in her transition. She was so happy to get to the next step, to get closer to presenting
in a way that was true to herself.” But the day before the presidential election, she shared,
“[t]omorrow I get to find out if I’m illegal.” After the election, she asked her parents if they
could move to Canada because she was fearful of new restrictions on transgender youth and
worried about losing access to gender-affirming care. In January 2025, she took her life. After
the Order issued, her parents expressed that the outlook for transgender futures looks scary and
shared fears of what ending gender-affirming care would have meant for their daughter’s access
to therapy, puberty-delaying medication, hormones, and hope of surgery. Her parents have
expressed fear for the many lives who depend on gender-affirming care and that what happened
to their daughter does not happen to any other children.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mlmouohgzbjofidukcp4pxf2/bafkreich7jyv3lnkmd5r234itpdhtvavgblc46ai6d47tb4i7oxgfga2ym@jpeg)
February 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This post from last week has stuck with me in a way I can't even describe. I feel such a level of rage about everyone who voted for and supports attacks on trans kids and people everywhere. If you can't get behind allowing kids to be happy and be who they are, I have nothing good to say about that.
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Cis people: the more of you that speak out, the better I feel that we can survive this. Please familiarize yourself with why transition related care for trans teens is so important and how it is safe, effective, and literally life saving: https://transequality.org/news/get-facts-truth-about-transiti
Get the Facts: The Truth About Transition-Related Care for Transgender Youth | A4TE
As extremist lawmakers in state after state try to attack our transgender community’s basic health care, the misinformation is rampant.
transequality.org
January 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Cis people: the more of you that speak out, the better I feel that we can survive this. Please familiarize yourself with why transition related care for trans teens is so important and how it is safe, effective, and literally life saving: https://transequality.org/news/get-facts-truth-about-transiti
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it’s been so hard to find the words. here they are
January 31, 2025 at 3:07 AM
it’s been so hard to find the words. here they are
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To my nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, and otherwise off the binary friends & siblings: You are loved, you are valued, you are important to our community, you've been here longer than the tyrants, and you will still be here when their bones are dust and the names of their false gods are forgotten.
January 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
To my nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, and otherwise off the binary friends & siblings: You are loved, you are valued, you are important to our community, you've been here longer than the tyrants, and you will still be here when their bones are dust and the names of their false gods are forgotten.