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Queer therapist in the Boston burbs. Race, media, trans rights, fandom, climate. Heated Rivalry obsessed. She/they.

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gay hockey is just a gateway drug for the real hard stuff: the music of wolf parade

14.02.2026 19:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 366 ๐Ÿ” 33 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Image: watercolor of some crumbling clay on the left and some rich earth and a green and pink flower on the right. 

Quote by Baldwin: To accept one's
past - one's history - is not the same thing as drowning in it; it is Learning how to use it. An invented past can never be used; it cracks and crumbles under the pressures of life like clay in a season of drought.

Image: watercolor of some crumbling clay on the left and some rich earth and a green and pink flower on the right. Quote by Baldwin: To accept one's past - one's history - is not the same thing as drowning in it; it is Learning how to use it. An invented past can never be used; it cracks and crumbles under the pressures of life like clay in a season of drought.

From the comrade card archives

09.03.2026 12:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Additionally, I want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city โ€” you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders.ย You will be safe here.

28.02.2026 17:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 9990 ๐Ÿ” 1430 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 52 ๐Ÿ“Œ 83

I wonder if a hard-line successor will assume power and further destabilize the region just like every other time this has happened

28.02.2026 20:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 2877 ๐Ÿ” 582 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 75 ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

Wow... WOW. This is so over-the-top wrong, even The Onion hasn't thought of it. Very strong "Seรฑor Chang from Community" vibes. ๐Ÿ˜…

Take a few seconds to click and hear for yourself.

28.02.2026 01:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Today I learned that tempura originated from Portuguese missionaries in 16th century Japan, who brought their tradition of breading and frying foods with them. The name apparently comes from the Latin phrase โ€œad tempora cuaresmaโ€ (in the time of Lent) because it was popular Lenten food.

28.02.2026 00:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 260 ๐Ÿ” 46 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

rapid onset dark ages

27.02.2026 22:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1733 ๐Ÿ” 330 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 65 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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This lede is a good example of the torqued discourse around cops and crime in local news. The "though" at the beginning of this creates an implicit causality (need more cops for less crime), but the evidence presented suggests the exact opposite

28.02.2026 00:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Once again, in actual democracies, people do not need to engage in permanent litigation & political mobilization to retain the basic right to vote, because none of the major political parties make restricting suffrage the central pillar of their policy platform. We also don't have to live like this.

28.02.2026 01:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 3252 ๐Ÿ” 1032 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

I live deep in the Kirk/Spock fandom and there is a conversation I think VERY few people in media are equipped to touch about how many queer women write and read m/m, with a different lens from either cishet women or queer men. we literally did a whole fan con panel on why lesbians love Spock ๐Ÿ˜‚

24.02.2026 10:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 475 ๐Ÿ” 83 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Finding God at the cottage: A meditation on "Heated Rivalry" - Outreach In the television show "Heated Rivalry," viewers are invited to contemplate how hope takes flesh in one's own life as a beloved child of God.

GUYS

GUYS OMFG

my favorite LGBTQ Catholic site published a Lenten spiritual meditation on โ€œHeated Rivalryโ€ and itโ€™s genuinely so beautiful I cried??? itโ€™s all about how queer identity/self-acceptance and queer community and queer love (including, yes, all the onscreen queer sex) are sacred things

18.02.2026 03:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 459 ๐Ÿ” 98 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

i really can not emphasize enough that the most materially impactful thing you can do for trans people right now is hire them.

26.02.2026 16:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 3787 ๐Ÿ” 1533 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 101
27.02.2026 01:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 109 ๐Ÿ” 33 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Columbia President with NEW details:

5 DHS agents entered a residency with no warrant.

They said they were police looking for a missing kid.
Security camera even captures them showing pictures of the "kid."

A campus officer asked for a warrant & their boss.

They ignored him & took the student.

27.02.2026 00:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 4367 ๐Ÿ” 1797 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 130 ๐Ÿ“Œ 212

Mmmmmm mirepoix

25.02.2026 03:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In competitive authoritarianism (US right now) there's often a "loyal opposition" that's essential to the regime. They are so wedded to "decorum," they go along with rites & rituals that help regime prop up veneer of normalcy, undermining clear view of regimes actions & aims.

25.02.2026 03:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 4078 ๐Ÿ” 1156 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59 ๐Ÿ“Œ 104
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Letz go even bigger and better,,, ALL Female US Olympians and Paralympian medalists are invited out to celebrate in Viva Las Vegas for the SHE GOT GAME Weekend ,,,

Hit a guy up and LETZ GOOO

25.02.2026 01:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 26763 ๐Ÿ” 4848 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 726 ๐Ÿ“Œ 695

Donโ€™t tell me about the rivalry unless itโ€™s heated

25.02.2026 00:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

4 Minnesota guys

24.02.2026 21:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 9585 ๐Ÿ” 1643 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 200 ๐Ÿ“Œ 68

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

23.02.2026 21:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 19307 ๐Ÿ” 2928 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 345 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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After year of skyrocketing utility bills, Eversource reports skyrocketing profits Eversource credited rising gas and electric rates with fueling higher revenues.

Just to be clear, Massachusetts has a regulatory body that sets our prices. It is a little complicated, but this is the legacy of Gov. Baker allowing coporate lackey's to run our oversight. If Healey wants to tackle rising energy prices, just regulatorily take the profits away #mapoli

23.02.2026 23:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The thing about the womenโ€™s hockey team declining the SOTU invitation is in part that sometimes, if you do not need certain kinds of power, you get to retain others.

23.02.2026 23:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 925 ๐Ÿ” 125 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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BAFTA and BBC Let the N-Word Air on Tape Delay โ€” Michael B. Jordan, Delroy Lindo, the Touretteโ€™s Community and Viewers Deserve an Apology A Touretteโ€™s-related outburst of the N-word aired during the BAFTAs despite tape delay. Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo are owed an apology.

"The BBC and the BAFTAs behaved appallingly, with horrific consequences for Jordan, Lindo, and Davidson" pretty much summed up my reaction to the events of last night before I read this very very good essay that reached similar conclusions in a very thoughtful way.

23.02.2026 22:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 195 ๐Ÿ” 50 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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I Caught POLITICO and the New York Times Laundering Pink Slime "News" How the sexist backlash to AOC and Gretchen Whitmer at the Munich Security Conference led me to a scammy "local news" outlet pushing a coordinated right-wing narrative

Superb sleuthing by Emily Horne to establish that the New York Times and Politico laundered right-wing "pink slime" propaganda designed to make AOC and Gretchen Whitmer look bad. @emilyhorne.bsky.social

23.02.2026 23:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 295 ๐Ÿ” 153 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

I hollered

23.02.2026 00:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this just in from new york city: weโ€™re hearing that mayor mamdani just signed an executive order making it illegal to NOT stand at your window and fold your arms and say โ€œwow, itโ€™s really coming down out thereโ€

22.02.2026 23:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 3172 ๐Ÿ” 431 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43 ๐Ÿ“Œ 28
Why Heated Rivalry is more than a gay, smutty hockey show
Why Heated Rivalry is more than a gay, smutty hockey show YouTube video by CBC News: The National

New Jacob Tierney interview!

โ€œHeated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney takes a break from writing season 2 to tell The Nationalโ€™s Ian Hanomansing about the showโ€™s phenomenal success, and why it's so much more than just a gay, smutty hockey series.โ€

youtu.be/9I-9P7kjl8s?...

22.02.2026 21:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 118 ๐Ÿ” 26 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Mayor has suspended nutritional consequences

22.02.2026 23:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 162 ๐Ÿ” 16 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people local newspaper reporters are rarified elites instead of ink-stained wretches driving their Honda Civic to a crime scene so you know donโ€™t have to rely on Nextdoor and the police press release.

22.02.2026 19:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 3816 ๐Ÿ” 879 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38 ๐Ÿ“Œ 29

โ€œI can see clearly now the rain is goneโ€ฆโ€ ๐ŸŽต

23.02.2026 00:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0