Sparrowdown
@sparrowdown.bsky.social
Queer artist & writer
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Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
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How are we feeling about shooting star cups 💫
January 6, 2026 at 10:57 PM
How are we feeling about shooting star cups 💫
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The lesson of January 6th is that it does absolutely no good to prosecute the the violent foot soldiers if you're not going to prosecute the leaders and hold them accountable for their sedition under the full force of the law.
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The lesson of January 6th is that it does absolutely no good to prosecute the the violent foot soldiers if you're not going to prosecute the leaders and hold them accountable for their sedition under the full force of the law.
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any time jan 6th "NEVER FORGET" stuff rolls around is so funny cuz the reaction from regular ass people was shock and loud condemnation and that action had to be taken and the reaction from the most important electeds directly threatened by it was "daaaaaamn, that shit was crazy! what's for lunch"
January 6, 2026 at 1:38 PM
any time jan 6th "NEVER FORGET" stuff rolls around is so funny cuz the reaction from regular ass people was shock and loud condemnation and that action had to be taken and the reaction from the most important electeds directly threatened by it was "daaaaaamn, that shit was crazy! what's for lunch"
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"There will be many efforts to tell us that we just don’t understand; that we need to be grown-ups about all this, and that war is a fact of life. But it’s important to reject this premise. The people who have accepted war as an inevitability are the ones who keep dragging us back into it."
Call Trump's power grab in Venezuela what it is
Corporate media must recognize they're being openly lied to—and report accordingly.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 6, 2026 at 5:14 PM
"There will be many efforts to tell us that we just don’t understand; that we need to be grown-ups about all this, and that war is a fact of life. But it’s important to reject this premise. The people who have accepted war as an inevitability are the ones who keep dragging us back into it."
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I look forward to sharing Erin's thread here every year
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I look forward to sharing Erin's thread here every year
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i'm not going to dunk on anyone specifically but get out of my mentions with "the speaker of the house doesn't have the power to-" the president doesn't have the power to be doing anything he's doing. clearly that has no bearing on reality anymore!
January 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM
i'm not going to dunk on anyone specifically but get out of my mentions with "the speaker of the house doesn't have the power to-" the president doesn't have the power to be doing anything he's doing. clearly that has no bearing on reality anymore!
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Hey so our president continuously threatening to annex an allied nation is uh
Fucked
And what's more fucked is that I could be talking about multiple places
Fucked
And what's more fucked is that I could be talking about multiple places
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Hey so our president continuously threatening to annex an allied nation is uh
Fucked
And what's more fucked is that I could be talking about multiple places
Fucked
And what's more fucked is that I could be talking about multiple places
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🔥🔥🔥 "We do not have an obligation to publish damage control on the behalf of a news outlet undergoing a legitimacy crisis because of their own actions.” 🔥🔥🔥
We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 PM
🔥🔥🔥 "We do not have an obligation to publish damage control on the behalf of a news outlet undergoing a legitimacy crisis because of their own actions.” 🔥🔥🔥
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What strikes me is how similar this sounds to what he says should happen to Venezuela
Keir Starmer now tells PA: "Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark are to decide the future of Greenland, and only Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark."
Unclear why ministers and Downing Street wouldn't say this earlier
Unclear why ministers and Downing Street wouldn't say this earlier
January 5, 2026 at 1:41 PM
What strikes me is how similar this sounds to what he says should happen to Venezuela
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The three nations are Greenland, Denmark, and the Faroe Islands.
Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen: “The US has no right to annex any of the three nations in the Danish kingdom. I strongly urge the US to stop the threats against a historically close ally and against another country and another people who have said very clearly that they are not for sale.”
January 4, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The three nations are Greenland, Denmark, and the Faroe Islands.
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Screaming "wtf" and waiting for a spontaneous uprising is going to discourage you. There won't be a spontaneous uprising. That's just not where the people are at.
Organize for the long term. Build community. Build resilience. Have a strategy for whatever corner of this thing you're working on.
Organize for the long term. Build community. Build resilience. Have a strategy for whatever corner of this thing you're working on.
January 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Screaming "wtf" and waiting for a spontaneous uprising is going to discourage you. There won't be a spontaneous uprising. That's just not where the people are at.
Organize for the long term. Build community. Build resilience. Have a strategy for whatever corner of this thing you're working on.
Organize for the long term. Build community. Build resilience. Have a strategy for whatever corner of this thing you're working on.
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Al Green has been doing this, yet it hardly receives any coverage, nor does party leadership back him up.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
House squashes second attempt to impeach Trump from Rep. Al Green
The House has voted to dismiss an effort to impeach President Donald Trump. The impeachment resolution brought by Democratic Rep.
apnews.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Al Green has been doing this, yet it hardly receives any coverage, nor does party leadership back him up.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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free-range imperialism
BREAKING: The U.S. won’t govern Venezuela, but will press changes through an oil blockade, Rubio says, after Trump claims of running the country.
Venezuela live updates: Uncertainty and legal questions remain after US captures Maduro
The Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and claims that it will “run” the country are raising stark new questions about the legality of the U.S. actions and its future operations in the South American nation.
bit.ly
January 4, 2026 at 10:14 PM
free-range imperialism
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A really sad follow-up to this story — Alexis Erlinmeyer, one of the trans federal intelligence workers who was fired, has died of a pulmonary embolism. She was 31. Her family is burying her under her deadname, so friends are fundraising for an accurate memorial: www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-...
NEW—In late Feb, Chris Rufo published leaked chats between queer/trans employees at US intel agencies. Then Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said she’d fire all involved.
I spoke to chat members who were fired, are on admin leave, and who kept their jobs about the new lavender scare:
I spoke to chat members who were fired, are on admin leave, and who kept their jobs about the new lavender scare:
Queer intel officers targeted by top secret chat leak get their chance to speak
Chris Rufo published the chats. Staffers say a new "lavender scare" is upon us.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
A really sad follow-up to this story — Alexis Erlinmeyer, one of the trans federal intelligence workers who was fired, has died of a pulmonary embolism. She was 31. Her family is burying her under her deadname, so friends are fundraising for an accurate memorial: www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-...
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watergate has cast an outsized and almost entirely unearned long shadow on the reputation of political journalism in america. this is like the only area where the uk is spot on culturally in that the reputation of political journalist here is not brave truth teller but billionare thug enforcer
January 4, 2026 at 2:11 PM
watergate has cast an outsized and almost entirely unearned long shadow on the reputation of political journalism in america. this is like the only area where the uk is spot on culturally in that the reputation of political journalist here is not brave truth teller but billionare thug enforcer
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Really messes with my afternoon plans of cyber bullying a sheep
January 4, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Really messes with my afternoon plans of cyber bullying a sheep
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Latin American Coups promoted by the United States
January 3, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Latin American Coups promoted by the United States
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Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
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Qatar's world cup venues were built by literal slaves
I think that if you're wondering if the US should have the World Cup stripped from them after kidnapping a head of state in an illegal military action you need to understand that it's increasingly autocratic regimes that organizations like FIFA prefer to do business
January 3, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Qatar's world cup venues were built by literal slaves
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NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
Mamdani Called Trump to Criticize Venezuela Strikes
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
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That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
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Rodriguez: "We are ready to defend Venezuela. We are ready to defend our natural resources, which should aid our national development"
Rodriguez does not sound like she's willing to be a US puppet, which is what Trump suggested earlier today.
Rodriguez does not sound like she's willing to be a US puppet, which is what Trump suggested earlier today.
January 3, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Rodriguez: "We are ready to defend Venezuela. We are ready to defend our natural resources, which should aid our national development"
Rodriguez does not sound like she's willing to be a US puppet, which is what Trump suggested earlier today.
Rodriguez does not sound like she's willing to be a US puppet, which is what Trump suggested earlier today.
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Rodriguez: "Together, the Venezuelan people will find a peaceful way forward. Those who use violence and violate international law are in the wrong (...) We call on other nations to stand united, because what happened today in Venezuela can happen anywhere"
January 3, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Rodriguez: "Together, the Venezuelan people will find a peaceful way forward. Those who use violence and violate international law are in the wrong (...) We call on other nations to stand united, because what happened today in Venezuela can happen anywhere"