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soniccipher.bsky.social
@soniccipher.bsky.social
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queer trans latino autistic leftist parent w. ADHD

i like to make things, solve problems and equip people with skills, resources, and knowledge

currently living in unceded territories of the Ute, Cheyenne, and Arapaho people (aka Colorado)
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soniccipher.bsky.social
some vibrance breaking through
a photo of bright light shining through small, colorful plastic pyramids. The isosceles pyramids are in a circular clear container, pointing towards the center of the container. Container is being held up to the light by a light-skinned hand in the upper left corner of the photo. they are arranged in mostly chromatic order (going clockwise around the circle) clear, purple, pink, red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and then opaque colors (so harder to decipher in this picture) black, grey, white
October 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
soniccipher.bsky.social
Today marks 3 months since ICE took immigrant rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra into custody. She's being held at the GEO immigration detention center in Aurora, CO.
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Donate towards her legal defense: www.gofundme.com/f/4ekfk-help...

#freejeanette #abolishice #immigrantrights #unidossomosmás
screenshot of picture of Jeanette Vizguerra in front of the image of a butterfly with orange and black wings (like a monarch butterfly). ​ text along top reads: "FREE JEANETTE VIZGUERRA" in dark san serif font, below that "FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS" in red font reposted from @DenverJusticeProject on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJDP-IfxVBb/
June 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
soniccipher.bsky.social
Court orders Trump to return National Guard control to Newsom:
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
white serif font on black background, screen shot from linked LA Times article: "We're talking about the president exercising his authority, and of course, the president is limited in his authority," Breyer said. "That's the difference between the president and King George." "We live in response to a monarchy," the judge continued, adding: "Line drawing is important, because it establishes a system of process." In the lengthy decision, Breyer wrote that he is "troubled by the implication" inherent in Trump administration's argument "that protest against the federal government, a core civil liberty protected by the First Amendment, can justify a finding of rebellion."
June 13, 2025 at 4:16 AM
soniccipher.bsky.social
We need community to:
- Show up! We'll be at the Capitol for several hours (likely late into evening) so come by when you can
- testify
- contact your senators and Gov. Polis

This is a crucial next step in passing the bill and making our state safer for trans Colorado.

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ACCESS INFO: - There are wheelchair accessible entrances and bathrooms - Abundant and accessible seating! - You will have to go through security to enter the building - don't bring self defense items. - Parking lots are available around the capitol, and there is street parking in the surrounding neighborhood. There is some need- based reimbursement available for parking expenses. - Snacks, drinks, KN95 masks, and in person and virtual support will be provided. - For additional accessibility questions, please reach out to breadandroseslaw@riseup.net WHAT THE BILL DOES: 1. Defines "deadnaming." "misgendering," and "chose name" for purposes of the Colorado Anti- Discrimination Act (CADA). 2. Forbids removal of children from their parent or guardian on the basis that the child was seeking gender affirming care in Colorado. 3. Requires schools that adopt policies for chosen names to be inclusive of ALL the reasons a student might adopt a chosen name. 4. Disallows dress code policies based on gender, and requires schools to allow students to abide by any variation of a school dress code. 5. Defines discriminatory practice to include publishing mnaterials (such as nevwsletters, announcements, and year books) that intentionally deadnamne or misgender someone. Note: Due to feedback from organizations shifting their position of supporting the bill to seeking amendments, some concessions were made from the original proposed bill.
April 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
soniccipher.bsky.social
more 4/30 details from Bread and Roses, @denverdsa.bsky.social, Liberatory Literary Lesbians:

"The Kelly Loving Act is back in committee! We need to PACK the Capitol and make it known that trans people deserve life.

We need community to:

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screenshot from instagram, with the following text: PACK THE HOUSE Come support HB. 25-1312 AKA the Kelly Loving Act in the senate judiciary hearing! APRIL 30, 2025 1:30 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT 200 E COLFAX AVE OLD SUPREME COURT ROOM (2nd floor) swipe for more info THIS BILL PROTECTING TRANS PEOPLE IS UNDER ATTACK. WE NEED AS MUCH SUPPORT AS POSSIBLE!!! HOW TO SUPPORT: - SHOW UP! Pack the room and hold seats! Wear trans colors, butterflies, and/or pictures of Kelly Loving - TESTIFY with your stories! This bill has gone viral. There has been strong opposition, Sànd key organizations have recently hedged their support. Public opinion matters! - SHARE with anyone you know! - CALL & EMAIL your senators! - DONATE! venmo @xox_asa screen shot from instagram with the following text: TO TESTIFY Testimonies are only 2 minutes long and can be casual! Personal stories about yourself, loved ones, and community highlighting why trans people need these codified protections are the best. Use the expertise available to you; speak on your experiences. SIGN UP AT: bit.ly/HB25-1312 Wear trans colors and/or butterflies! Do not bring self defense items, posters, flags, or clothing with political slogans (keffiyehs are okay!) CONTACT SENATORS: https://leg.colorado.gov/FindMyLegislator - Call and/or email them to tell your story! - Some questions and talking points to consider: - Why is this bill important to you and your community? - Have you ever experienced or witnessed discrimination due to trans identities? - How would you have felt if these protections were in place when you were younger? - Contact them frequently, but with unique and heartfelt messages! Encourage your loved ones to contact their senators as well!
April 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
soniccipher.bsky.social
repost from Denver PSL on insta:

🏳️‍⚧️PACK THE HOUSE FOR TRANS RIGHTS 🏳️‍⚧️

Wednesday 4/30 @ 1:30pm
Colorado Capitol, Old Supreme Court Room

Far right groups like "Moms for Liberty" are mounting an attack on HB25-1312 - a bill that would greatly expand protections for trans people in Colorado. 1/2
TRANS RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK. PACK THE HOUSE ON 4/30 TO DEMAND STATE SENATORS SUPPORT HB25-1312. Far right groups like “Moms for Liberty” are mounting an attack on this trans protections bill. Join us 4/30 @1:30pm in the Old Supreme Court room at the Capitol to stand up and fight back! FAR RIGHT GROUPS ARE MOUNTING AN ATTACK ON HB25-1312. “Moms for Liberty-” a right wing organization that advocates against school curricula that mentions LGBTQ rights, race and ethnicity, critical race theory, and discrimination, among other things-is currently organizing townhalls with right wing politicians and urging their supporters to speak out against HB25-1312. IN THE FACE OF THIS ATTACK, STATE SENATORS WANT TO WATER DOWN HB25-1312. State lobbying groups are urging politicians to gut this bill of crucial protective language, and the governor is threatening to veto it as-written. As the Trump administration continues its all out assault on trans rights, we cannot afford to back down. HB25-1312 DOES THE FOLLOWING: Defines "deadnaming," "misgendering," and"'chosen name" for purposes of the Colorado Anti Discrimination Act (CADA). Forbids removal of children from their parent or guardian on the basis that the child was seeking gender affirming care in Colorado. Requires schools that adopt policies for chosen names to be inclusive of ALL the reasons a student might adopt a chosen name. Disallows dress code policies based on gender, and requires schools to allow students to abide by any variation of a school dress code. Defines discriminatory practice to include publishing materials (such as newsletters, announcements, and year books) that intentionally deadname or misgender someone.
April 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
soniccipher.bsky.social
just discovered the game Color Wheel for Looney Labs' pyramids and I'm really enjoying it. (also just love the pyramids in general)
I don't have an actual board for it but here's one of my first couple games (didn't have the right arrangement of trios, so I used clear as wild colors)
40 translucent plastic right square pyramids lying in their sides, arranged in a rough decagon shape (with a couple rows), center decagon all pyramids are pointing towards the center, in the next outer decagon they are in sets of 3 per side of the decagon - 2 pointing towards the center and the middle one pointing outward. The pyramids are a mix of 3 different sizes. They are of 7 different colors- purple, yellow, green, cyan, dark blue, orange, and red, and arranged in continuous groupings of those colors, respectively. and then 2 pyramids are clear - 1 is in the orange group, and 1 is between the cyan and dark blue
April 24, 2025 at 5:22 AM
soniccipher.bsky.social
listen.
hypothetically I knew that color we see is perceived and is a result of reflecting only some of the spectrum and absorbing the rest.

but "therefore *appear* as if they have color"
(emphasis mine, words- Christian Leborg) is really messing with my conception of reality this morning.
photo of part of a page of a book. all text is black unless otherwise specified upper left line of text: VISUAL GRAMMAR | CONCRETE | OBJECTS | COLOR body text: "Color. [just this word is in red font] Colors are different wavelengths of light. Concrete objects and the materials of which they are made reflect only part of the light spectrum and therefore appear as if they have color." below that, there's a red filled circle with white text inside it saying "100% red" finally text block: "Hue refers to the wavelength of the color and is separate from its intensity or saturation. Saturated hues are those we are accustomed to seeing in the chromatic circle. This book is printed in two colors, but only one hue, namely, red. Black, gray, and white are colors without hue. photo is of page 32 of "Visual Grammar" by Christian Leborg
March 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
soniccipher.bsky.social
ok, but turns out you can complete the Stonewall Junior Ranger program remotely.
*and* they haven't updated the book yet: www.nps.gov/ston/learn/k...

includes a page on helping a protestor evade the tactical patrol force :-)

I'm def getting my kid started on it this wknd

#TransLivesMatter #nps
maze drawn in pink on a map of streets around the Stonewall Inn in NYC, bordered on the left side by 7th Avenue, and on the right side by 6th Avenue, with Christopher Street cutting across from the lower left to the upper right. There are drawn-in barricades at some intersections and arrows pointing in a single direction on some streets. The Stonewall Inn is marked with a kind of large asterisk. text: "Stonewall National Monument Streets are Like a Maze! They twist, turn, and confuse people who don’t know the area. In the Stonewall Uprising, protesters used their local knowledge of this maze to avoid the Tactical Police Force and keep returning to protest outside the Stonewall Inn. Can you help a protester find their way from the Stonewall Inn (* ) through the maze of streets, barricades, and Tactical Patrol Force clearing back to the Stonewall Inn?" Key: * The Stonewall Inn. Begin and end here. [barricade image] The street is blocked by a barricade! Turn around. [block shape with arrow on one side] The Tactical Patrol Force is clearing the streets in the direction the arrow! Proceed only in the direction of the arrow."
February 15, 2025 at 5:14 AM
soniccipher.bsky.social
sorry still learning. forgot the images 🤦‍♂️
February 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
soniccipher.bsky.social
"ICE, DEA, FBI, DHS and potentially other police agencies launched coordinated operations in East Denver and Aurora this morning" (via Denver PSL on Instagram, link and details ⤵️)

March at the Capitol: today and Saturday
Organizing mtg: Monday 6:30pm, Shorter Community AME Church, Richard Allen Ct
photo of people being taken into custody text reads "ICE, DEA, FBI, DHS carried our coordinated operations at multiple East Denver and Aurora apartment buildings this morning. Several people were taken into custody." text about events: - March at the capitol: today, 12pm - March at the capitol: Saturday, 2pm - Organizing Meeting: Monday, 6:30pm, Shorter Community Ame Church, 3100 Richard Allen Ct, Denver
February 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
soniccipher.bsky.social
late stage capitalism is.
wild.

#latestagecapitalism #target #jumpedtheshark #funko #consumerism
Funko POP! box containing Target's mascot dog "bullseye" text along the top of box: Funko POP! Ad Icons. Nickelodeon. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Target logo. 243. all branded according to their respective brand identities, so there are many colors and fonts. text on lower right of the box: "only at <target bullseye logo> Bullseye in a ninja mask with Raph vinyl figure / figurine en vinyle / figura de vinil" containing (as described above): a Funko pop figure of Bullseye the dog wearing a red "ninja" mask to match Raphael the teenage mutant ninja turtle. Bullseye is sitting inside a red Target branded shopping basket with an undersized brown skateboard with red and white checkered pattern on the end of it. Raphael (who seems to be in ... "typical turtle" form instead of "ninja turtle" form) is wearing his red "ninja mask" and peeking out over Bulleye's head... large foil bag sitting in a store shelf with even more chaotic text and graphic design than previously described Funko POP box, approximately the size of a piece of paper. text in wide variety of bright colors and fonts: "Best of NECA blind bags. Pop culture blind bag super hero blind bag sci-fi and horror blind bag warning: choking hazard ages 14+ " more letters are visible in photo but not words small clear plastic container-type object with thin strips of paper spilling out of it and some kind of black mechanism partly visible through its top. it has a hand crank on left side. unfortunately i didn't capture the price tag and label well in the photo, but it says that it is a mini paper shredder. it cost $5. ​please tell me the purpose of a mini, manual paper shredder
January 29, 2025 at 6:16 AM
soniccipher.bsky.social
feels like a good time to remind my fellow freaks of
@katebornstein.bsky.social 's "get out of hell free" card

also "Hello, Cruel World Lite: Beta 1.0.1": katebornstein.typepad.com/files/hcw_li...

gotta stick around and stick together to get through this.

we keep us safe.

xo

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image of faceless person with wings holding a cane flying out of an open birdcage, evokes Monopoly "get of jail free" card arrow pointing to faceless face says "your face here" large text: "GET OUT OF HELL FREE" smaller text: "Do whatever you need or want to do in order to make life worth living. Love who and how you want to love. Just don't be mean. Should you get sent to Hell for doing something that isn't mean to someone, I'll do your time in Hell for you. kiss, kiss -- Kate"
January 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM