April Gardner
@slignot.bsky.social
Proudly intolerant of intolerance. Formless terror in service of the Old Ones here to doom mankind.
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Look, I'm just gonna tell cishet white people right now--Newsom ain't the one. You got Walz and Pritzker out here. You do not need a Bill Clinton clone wearing Mitt Romney's skin.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Look, I'm just gonna tell cishet white people right now--Newsom ain't the one. You got Walz and Pritzker out here. You do not need a Bill Clinton clone wearing Mitt Romney's skin.
Maybe it's just me but I think supposedly opposition party could muster someone who hasn't publicly reveled in cruelty when planning a run against the most execrable human being ever to be president.
As a contrast we could rummage around in the couch cushions and find someone who is at least okay?
As a contrast we could rummage around in the couch cushions and find someone who is at least okay?
December 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Maybe it's just me but I think supposedly opposition party could muster someone who hasn't publicly reveled in cruelty when planning a run against the most execrable human being ever to be president.
As a contrast we could rummage around in the couch cushions and find someone who is at least okay?
As a contrast we could rummage around in the couch cushions and find someone who is at least okay?
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This man did a photo opp of himself destroying homeless people's last possessions.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This man did a photo opp of himself destroying homeless people's last possessions.
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Brett Kavanaugh sees no problem with this woman being forced to do this every day for the rest of her life
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
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The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Brett Kavanaugh sees no problem with this woman being forced to do this every day for the rest of her life
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Three times she’s been stopped and goons have demanded “show us your papers”.
And if they feel like it they smash your stuff, and pound on you; and all the while you know it’s going to happen again.
And you’ve done nothing more than be a person they felt like abusing.
And if they feel like it they smash your stuff, and pound on you; and all the while you know it’s going to happen again.
And you’ve done nothing more than be a person they felt like abusing.
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Three times she’s been stopped and goons have demanded “show us your papers”.
And if they feel like it they smash your stuff, and pound on you; and all the while you know it’s going to happen again.
And you’ve done nothing more than be a person they felt like abusing.
And if they feel like it they smash your stuff, and pound on you; and all the while you know it’s going to happen again.
And you’ve done nothing more than be a person they felt like abusing.
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These losers.
They don't actually care what the public wants, they just know they've created an electoral mess for themselves in 2026. So, they'll repeal to dodge accountability, but their union-busting bill will return.
They don't actually care what the public wants, they just know they've created an electoral mess for themselves in 2026. So, they'll repeal to dodge accountability, but their union-busting bill will return.
GOP leaders have been in talks with labor unions to put a repeal of HB267, the so-called "union busting" bill, on the agenda for Tuesday's special session.
With a referendum looming in 2026, Republicans fear backlash if it stays on the ballot.
Story: dub.sh/kEfsVYP
With a referendum looming in 2026, Republicans fear backlash if it stays on the ballot.
Story: dub.sh/kEfsVYP
Utah Legislature eyes HB267 repeal in special session
Utah Legislature negotiates with unions to repeal HB267, the GOP-backed law curbing public-sector bargaining; repeal could appear on Tuesday’s special-session agenda.
dub.sh
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
These losers.
They don't actually care what the public wants, they just know they've created an electoral mess for themselves in 2026. So, they'll repeal to dodge accountability, but their union-busting bill will return.
They don't actually care what the public wants, they just know they've created an electoral mess for themselves in 2026. So, they'll repeal to dodge accountability, but their union-busting bill will return.
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dred scott, in their minds, established the united states as a place of tiered citizenship and permanent inequality among americans. it was a ruling that said, in effect, that all men *were not* created equal and would *never* be treated as such.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
dred scott, in their minds, established the united states as a place of tiered citizenship and permanent inequality among americans. it was a ruling that said, in effect, that all men *were not* created equal and would *never* be treated as such.
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the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
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I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
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Acting as if birthright citizenship is just a quaint gentleman's agreement and not A BEDROCK PRINCIPLE OF THE SUPREME LEGAL DOCUMENT OF THE UNITED STATES is one reason why no one takes journalism seriously anymore, particularly journalists.
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Acting as if birthright citizenship is just a quaint gentleman's agreement and not A BEDROCK PRINCIPLE OF THE SUPREME LEGAL DOCUMENT OF THE UNITED STATES is one reason why no one takes journalism seriously anymore, particularly journalists.
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ok so here is the deal. you send me $37 dollars and i send you this bad boy nora.jewelry/products/ova...
Oval Pendant: Collage #28 (PENDANT ONLY)
Handmade in my kiln by me! The swirling colors in these come from twisted glass cane that has been cut up and remelted. Pendant only; pair with a chain or cord for a complete necklace. I recommend cor...
nora.jewelry
December 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
ok so here is the deal. you send me $37 dollars and i send you this bad boy nora.jewelry/products/ova...
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Exactly so.
A competent opposition party would call a presser and explain that while their party believes that voters should choose politicians and not the other way around, the Republican Supreme Court majority had previously said that extreme gerrymandering was legal if it was about partisanship but...
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Exactly so.
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Being trans disqualified you from being involved or having any say at all in the nyt coverage of trans people. That was true 5 years ago, and it’s true today.
It’s the definition of prejudice.
It’s the definition of prejudice.
Ever wonder why the New York Times abandoned balance and impartiality to lead an old-fashioned newspaper crusade against trans equal rights?
In one of our most read stories for the year, @evanurquhart.bsky.social took readers behind the scenes at NYT.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
In one of our most read stories for the year, @evanurquhart.bsky.social took readers behind the scenes at NYT.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Bias at NYT: Trans Former Employee Speaks Out — Assigned
Billie Sweeney is a trans journalist who was an editor for the New York Times until last year. Here, she recalls her losing battle for the soul of the paper of record.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Being trans disqualified you from being involved or having any say at all in the nyt coverage of trans people. That was true 5 years ago, and it’s true today.
It’s the definition of prejudice.
It’s the definition of prejudice.
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@tgeuorg.bsky.social calls it.
As an academic I have been consistently saying this all along. The “Pathways” “study” is totally unethical.
And it won’t even address the main pretext used to justify it; the issue of long-term negative effects (of which there is no evidence whatsoever).
As an academic I have been consistently saying this all along. The “Pathways” “study” is totally unethical.
And it won’t even address the main pretext used to justify it; the issue of long-term negative effects (of which there is no evidence whatsoever).
The UK puberty blocker trial is an ethical breach and a threat to trans youth’s health and rights - TGEU - Trans Europe and Central Asia
The recently announced PATHWAYS clinical trial protocol on puberty blockers (also known as puberty suppressing hormones) for young trans people in the UK represents a deeply troubling escalation in th...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
@tgeuorg.bsky.social calls it.
As an academic I have been consistently saying this all along. The “Pathways” “study” is totally unethical.
And it won’t even address the main pretext used to justify it; the issue of long-term negative effects (of which there is no evidence whatsoever).
As an academic I have been consistently saying this all along. The “Pathways” “study” is totally unethical.
And it won’t even address the main pretext used to justify it; the issue of long-term negative effects (of which there is no evidence whatsoever).
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I called the boat attacks murder as soon as the first one happened, but after reading the details of it all I think that undersells it. It was murder combined with torture. An utter atrocity for which everyone in the chain of demand, on up to Trump, deserves prison.
December 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I called the boat attacks murder as soon as the first one happened, but after reading the details of it all I think that undersells it. It was murder combined with torture. An utter atrocity for which everyone in the chain of demand, on up to Trump, deserves prison.
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I’m beyond tired with liberalism taking solace in dissents from the liberal justices. THEY ARE MEANINGLESS WORDS. THE DISSENTS MEAN NOTHING.
Agree with this thread. Worth reading in full.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I’m beyond tired with liberalism taking solace in dissents from the liberal justices. THEY ARE MEANINGLESS WORDS. THE DISSENTS MEAN NOTHING.
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I do not want the America that stole this land and makes our kids run drills away from guns and poisons our water
And I resent to hi heavens anyone who tells me I have to “make peace with that”
I want BETTER
I don’t live from “fighting against Trump” we are in a fight for our future and lives
And I resent to hi heavens anyone who tells me I have to “make peace with that”
I want BETTER
I don’t live from “fighting against Trump” we are in a fight for our future and lives
December 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I do not want the America that stole this land and makes our kids run drills away from guns and poisons our water
And I resent to hi heavens anyone who tells me I have to “make peace with that”
I want BETTER
I don’t live from “fighting against Trump” we are in a fight for our future and lives
And I resent to hi heavens anyone who tells me I have to “make peace with that”
I want BETTER
I don’t live from “fighting against Trump” we are in a fight for our future and lives
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The December Comfort Watch series continues today with Albert Brooks' Defending Your Life, which posits one of the most interesting afterlife scenarios ever -- and once helped me get a big damn raise at my newspaper job.
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The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day 4: Defending Your Life
There are many ways to die in this world, roughly as many ways as there are to live, but there is one thing I know for sure: I do not wish to die the way Daniel Miller (Albert Brooks) dies in Defen…
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December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The December Comfort Watch series continues today with Albert Brooks' Defending Your Life, which posits one of the most interesting afterlife scenarios ever -- and once helped me get a big damn raise at my newspaper job.
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/04/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/04/t...
There's just no white supremacist move too petty for this fucker.
Why am I not surprised?
NPS has made Trump's birthday a free admission day, while deleting MLK Day and Juneteenth.
NPS has made Trump's birthday a free admission day, while deleting MLK Day and Juneteenth.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
There's just no white supremacist move too petty for this fucker.
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The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
Um.... This is an actual judicial opinion (dissenting in the TX gerrymandering case)
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
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Trans women are already at a higher risk of HIV infection than almost any other group of people.
Just like Reagan, the Trump administration sees AIDS as a useful tool to eliminate queer and trans people.
The fight for trans women in prisons and those with HIV/AIDS has never been more important.
Just like Reagan, the Trump administration sees AIDS as a useful tool to eliminate queer and trans people.
The fight for trans women in prisons and those with HIV/AIDS has never been more important.
Trans women 66 times more likely to have HIV, with trans men nearly 7 times more likely, global analysis finds
Updated prevalence estimates based on a systematic review by Dr Sarah Stutterheim and colleagues at Maastricht University published in PLOS ONE show that not only are trans women much more likely to a...
www.aidsmap.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Trans women are already at a higher risk of HIV infection than almost any other group of people.
Just like Reagan, the Trump administration sees AIDS as a useful tool to eliminate queer and trans people.
The fight for trans women in prisons and those with HIV/AIDS has never been more important.
Just like Reagan, the Trump administration sees AIDS as a useful tool to eliminate queer and trans people.
The fight for trans women in prisons and those with HIV/AIDS has never been more important.
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Apparently we need to evacuate all women and girls from the Czech Republic around Easter. youtu.be/0d0GAGFkpcM?...
Why I hate the Czech Easter tradition
YouTube video by Lucie Ell
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December 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Apparently we need to evacuate all women and girls from the Czech Republic around Easter. youtu.be/0d0GAGFkpcM?...