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Apparently an "elder" Enthusiast of bikes, beer, music, cocktails, the STL, food, and good people. (He/Him)

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Anti-trans hate groups petitioning FDA for registry of trans women, crackdown on transition, newly revealed document shows In the short term, this is not as dangerous as an outright ban on estrogen. If implemented and then combined with other methods of suppressing trans people, it might be far more destructive in the lon...

An assortment of groups has submitted a set of awful proposals to the FDA concerning estrogen as HRT. theneedlenews.com/anti-trans-h...

Public comment is still open. If you comment opposing these proposals and send me a screenshot, I'll draw you a sketch in this thread (link+examples below).

12.03.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 660 πŸ” 492 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 69

Just showing us all how he's gonna eat the bag of dicks we've all been wishing on him.

11.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also, SXSW is not a music conference this year, so what the fuck are they all doing there? Nothing but activations and influencer circle jerk parties. How unimaginably boring.

11.03.2026 00:52 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, this! All of this!

09.03.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe Donnie should get out there and helm one himself

09.03.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So in the short term, the Senate Majority is now 52-47 then, right?

05.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Really wish they had been showing the carpet bombing of Tehran in an inset box at the same time he was talking about precision, laser guided bombs.

04.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bessent Says Trump’s Tariff Hike to 15% Likely Coming This Week Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that President Donald Trump’s plan to increase a 10% universal tariff up to 15% will likely be done this week.

Words cannot express the insanity of slapping across-the-board inflationary tariffs in the middle of waging an inflationary war. It’s like they’re trying to crash the market or somethβ€” ah, I see now

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

04.03.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 323 πŸ” 132 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3
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IRGC Destroys Second US THAAD System in Gulf, Wipes Out UAE Radar and $1.1 Billion Qatar Early Warning Shield β€” Iran Declares Missile Dominance - Defence Security Asia IRGC precision strikes reportedly destroy a second US THAAD system, its UAE radar, and Qatar’s $1.1 billion early warning system, exposing fractures in America’s Gulf missile defence architecture and ...

so Iran has apparently knocked out and destroyed / disabled to some extent two U.S. THAAD batteries

This is a massive deal. Aside from the expense, this is not a weapon system we just have a ton of lying around. You don't replace these easily.

defencesecurityasia.com/en/irgc-dest...

04.03.2026 04:26 πŸ‘ 4602 πŸ” 1471 πŸ’¬ 230 πŸ“Œ 281
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Oligarchs Are Building The World's Biggest Propaganda Machine. Their Success Isn't Guaranteed. America's wealthiest, shittiest people are trying to hoover up the entirety of new and old media companies in a bid to pummel the plebs with propaganda. But what they want, and what they actually get,...

Over at the newsletter I wrote about the Paramount/Warner deal, how it's best viewed as a well-funded attack on informed consensus, and how we still have collective agency to determine whether or not it actually succeeds.

02.03.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 356 πŸ” 136 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 9

It feels so difficult as the entirety of the mainstream media are just right wing sycophants. Newsom is beloved by capitalists and the right wing is salivating for him to be the candidate.

03.03.2026 03:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It reminds me of all the work they are doing to restrict voting rights. The only people that are going to jump through the hoops are going to vote against them.

27.02.2026 02:05 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just imagine the exit interviews where you make them beg and ultimately cry.

27.02.2026 01:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

FFS LET TRANS PEOPLE LIVE THEIR LIVES IN PEACE

26.02.2026 01:39 πŸ‘ 1144 πŸ” 273 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 12

Oof, those first few records, so damn good.

Trailer Trash

25.02.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Once again, I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats do not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn πŸ€”πŸ§

25.02.2026 03:06 πŸ‘ 551 πŸ” 129 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 4

The problem in this asshat's view is that people on Bluesky actually noticed and commented on it.

23.02.2026 03:20 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Telling people to vote for Newsom on Bluesky in February of 2026 feels like posting on Facebook that they can’t use your likeness or content

16.02.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 3908 πŸ” 378 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm going to guess that this very unpleasant person is having a hard time finding someone willing to spend enough time with her to do a proper job with her coloring.

11.02.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"The boys took a beating on that one"

I do appreciate it when commentators commentate

11.02.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How a trans woman's removal from a restroom tore the world of competitive pinball apart Pinball is one of the most welcoming sports for trans players. But after a confrontation at an arcade last fall, pinball’s governing group is struggling to rebuild trust.

I keep reposting this article because it needs to be seen. This is what responsible journalism on a discriminatory act against trans people looks like. Jo put in the work.

It's no longer just my and others' personal accounts vs. random men with opinions.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

02.02.2026 05:15 πŸ‘ 821 πŸ” 419 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

The murderers of Alex Pretti and Renee Good had been in the DHS for years. Among some of the most "trained" agents in the field.

If your answer is not abolishing ICE it must instead be an absolute gutting of agency leadership, with impeachment for all the department heads.

10.02.2026 03:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Missouri families worry proposed $80.7 million cut will hobble disability care programs β€’ Missouri Independent As advocates argued reduced pay would cause care staff to quit, Mental Health Director Valerie Huhn said the workforce impact is unclear.

A proposed $80.7 million funding reduction of Missouri’s services for people with developmental disabilities would eliminate the β€œcommunity specialist” option β€” and slash pay rates for families’ care staff by between 21% and 29%. #moleg #mogov

09.02.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

How in the hell did anyone think this made it better?

09.02.2026 04:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Drive on down farty far and we'll grill up some park steaks with Maul's"

04.02.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You've got one problem though, many native St Louisans pronounce that as "Tower Grove Park" which will get confusing in conversation real quick.

04.02.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

How much of this is they fed all that data into ChatGPT and asked, who is the leader?

03.02.2026 04:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How is this not an SNL sketch?

02.02.2026 04:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I cannot wait to see the turnout

02.02.2026 04:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Crypto has been tanking all weekend.

02.02.2026 04:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0