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Professional flyer and city girl trying to not just survive but thrive in rural Idaho. She/her Also Blacksky @racheljo.myatpro.social

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Also curious what that was about.

12.03.2026 01:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I like to describe my career as "eclectic" πŸ˜‚ I've worked for seven 121 carriers (flew for four), seven 135 operators, and have ten type ratings with largest the B767 and smallest the King Air. I think I've flown to 40 countries? It's been a time! I still enjoy it but glad to be home most nights now!

12.03.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reynolds signs Iowa law barring local trans civil rights protections City and county civil rights commissions may no longer protect Iowans from gender identity-based discrimination under a law signed by Gov. Reynolds.

The first state in the US to remove statutory protections for an entire class, gender identity, has just enacted a bill preventing local municipalities from having their own protections for trans people.

www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...

11.03.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 775 πŸ” 344 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 49

I was flying for Airborne Express when DHL bought the business, and the on time performance plummeted. The in house joke was DHL meant "Day and a Half Late." You're right though, overseas they seemed to be much better, in fact not many years ago they were still the world's largest express shipper.

11.03.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Lots of states already ban or limit coverage of gender-affirming care for people on Medicaid, in fact. Just like the Hyde amendment made abortion inaccessible for poor people long before Roe was overturned

11.03.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Eventually I just came out anyway, right where I was, and after a while it seems that everyone around me has forgotten I was once someone else. Which is fine.

But the religious right orgs and the statehouse who would dictate to all of us who we are and how we must live Will. Not. Leave. Me. Alone.

11.03.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I had my dreams of running away to NYC, cause it was clearly a much more inclusive place than the world I lived in. But I wasn't Holly from Miami, the woman I most wanted to be was Renee Richards, moving to California and starting over where no one knew her. Just quietly living a life.

11.03.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Closeup of Lou Reed on the left, his dark hair is what I would call "big hair," not excessively so, but piled up on top. He is wearing very dark square sunglasses and has a bit of a beard shadow. Appears to be wearing a black leather jacket with a sheen. Rachel Humphreys has her arms around his neck and is close to him, slightly above him to the right. She's wearing a New York style furry dark hat with dark sunglasses that are reflective. Her lips are large and she's wearing a light pinkish lipstick. She's also wearing a black sleeveless top.

Closeup of Lou Reed on the left, his dark hair is what I would call "big hair," not excessively so, but piled up on top. He is wearing very dark square sunglasses and has a bit of a beard shadow. Appears to be wearing a black leather jacket with a sheen. Rachel Humphreys has her arms around his neck and is close to him, slightly above him to the right. She's wearing a New York style furry dark hat with dark sunglasses that are reflective. Her lips are large and she's wearing a light pinkish lipstick. She's also wearing a black sleeveless top.

This could get me in big trouble, but... Lou Reed. I LOVE Lou's music and as a teen in the 70's I thought he was marvelously transgressive. But I think it's very revealing that he fought Rachel Humphreys over her desire for surgery. I adore "Walk On The Wild Side," but it was never exactly me.

11.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It shouldn't fall to trans people to explain to cis people why creating laws that effectively amount to "If you have or ever had a penis, you must behave this way; If you have, or ever had a vagina, you must behave this other way" is horrifically dangerous for everyone's rights.

11.03.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 2256 πŸ” 818 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 7

β€œTrans people in America live inside the persecuted order. Our documents can be revoked. Our healthcare can be criminalized. Our right to exist in public space can be legislated away.”

11.03.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

House Judiciary discussing whether I should be a felon for using the restroom. β€œDetails at 11.”

Seriously, thank you for watching, listening, and reporting, Tiffani πŸ™

11.03.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think every single day about β€œThe ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.”

11.03.2026 10:51 πŸ‘ 1208 πŸ” 150 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve been intending to learn! Winter was hard, I’m hoping this spring life will give me time to make it to one of the beginner classes 😊

11.03.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’d say what does the Labour gov think is gonna happen with trans people when you ban HRT but I reckon they genuinely do not think about it and just think we’ll drop this whole β€œbeing transβ€œ thing and see they’re doing it for our own good

11.03.2026 12:38 πŸ‘ 565 πŸ” 84 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 6

like yes, the way transphobia manifests is definitely intertwined with the cisheteropatriarchal christofascist project's other pet bugaboos, but we're not coming out as some radical act against said project? we're coming out because that's just how we are man

11.03.2026 05:15 πŸ‘ 155 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

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11.03.2026 05:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: A judge refused to block a Kansas law that invalidates the driver’s licenses of transgender people and allows trans people to be sued for using public restrooms.

This isn't the final say, and we will keep fighting in court to stop this discriminatory law.

10.03.2026 22:47 πŸ‘ 1874 πŸ” 469 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 39

worth remembering, David Lynch directed β€œfix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic β€œno mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.

10.03.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 11341 πŸ” 4640 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

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11.03.2026 04:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Makes me feel nostalgic 😊

11.03.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is how I access Bluesky

11.03.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

I will never have empathy for the parents pushing these bills. If my child ever felt like he couldn’t confide in me, that failure would be mine.

Ruining the lives of others through lawmaking because you cannot love your child for who they are is not the solution.

/endrant. Great article.

10.03.2026 22:50 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Boise Treefort experts, if I only want to see one band (@ekkoastral.bsky.social) at Neurolux, how best to go about that? Is it possible? I’ve never been to a Treefort and the whole ticket thing looks kind of overwhelming!

10.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just channeling Scrooge πŸ˜‰

10.03.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I certainly know I think I should be, but I always kind of thought economists agreed I should get on with dying, and decrease the surplus population?

10.03.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think people who aren’t regularly covering the reproductive rights beat realize how common it is for women to be incarcerated for miscarriages.

10.03.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 712 πŸ” 309 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

The idea that opposing and rolling back trans rights is good for cis women and girls is ludicrous on every level and absolutely enraging when applied in legislation and policy that obviously limits and rolls backs rights for ALL women and girls

10.03.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 1783 πŸ” 408 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 10

And I also loved the convenience of not having to drive when I worked in cities with good public transit like Chicago, Portland, or any of the larger cities in Canada.

10.03.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I would definitely take the train whenever possible, I agree it’s a much better experience than airlines. I rode the train a lot when I was working in Japan, Europe, and the UK.

10.03.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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House ethics proceedings would be secret under new bill Ethics trials within the Idaho House would no longer be open to the public under a bill introduced Monday.

Barbieri advocated for this shortly after the ethics proceedings that led to former Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger's conviction for raping a legislative intern in 2021. He's still trying for it now.

10.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2