Whiskey

Roller derby, neuroscience, outrage retweets. She/her

[Whiskey @MauledWhiskey]

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[A Queer and Pleasant Danger 🦖🦕 @Samwitch11]

I didn't have much time to work on this, and I won't have much time at my computer for a while, so this is rather slap-dash in its presentation, but it is heartfelt. My love and admiration to Rep. Zephyr, and all the support I can muster.

I stand with @ZoAndBehold.

#LetHerSpeak

[marieeeeee @mbpup]

Hey! This is a form asking people to report others for receiving gender affirming care. It would really suck if people filled it out with bullshit and submitted it! Definitely don't do that!

https://t.co/3ZpuEu0vZn

[Rep. Zooey Zephyr @ZoAndBehold]

In response to the MT Freedom Caucus' call for my censure, I stand by my description of the devastating consequences of banning essential medical care for trans youth.

As long as I am a member of the Montana Legislature, I will never stop fighting for trans people in our state.

[🎒Shailja #FreePalestine Patel @shailjapatel]

"Every day of Feinstein not serving is another day Democrats are not confirming federal judges. And right now, the U.S. is in a judicial crisis. We have a Supreme Court ruled by Republicans taking away women's right to bodily autonomy." - @MollyJongFast

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[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

While Black representatives are being expelled by the GOP in Tennessee, in Democratically controlled NY, right now, the Dem. Governor is holding the state budget hostage to dramatically change the state's bail laws to lock up thousands of Black & brown people. Needlessly.

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

THREAD: In all the lies over bail reform, we so easily lose sight of the people who benefit from freedom. 100,000s more free who get to experience the everyday normalcy & joys of freedom.

People like Jon, Sandy, & Frank. "Freedom to me is just life." https://t.co/MOWvoarjyF

[Scott D. Levy @ScottDLevy]

Thread. Lawmakers say they want to follow the data on bail reform. So, here’s the data: there have been at least five studies in the past two years showing that bail reform has been a success and does not compromise public safety.

[The Sentencing Project @SentencingProj]

Our analysis finds at the current pace of decarceration, it would take 75 years—until 2098—to return to 1972’s pre-mass incarceration prison population.

We need urgent reform to protect future generations and end mass incarceration. https://t.co/wBaYGcAEuW

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

If you are a journalist, a good idea for your next story would be to compare the overtime pay of cops with the overtime pay of teachers in your city.

[Rabbi Daniel Bogard @RavBogard]

Missouri's Democratic Senators are refusing to cede the floor, and are in a true filibuster to #ProtectTransKids from the bigoted and cruel bills being proposed in the #MOLeg. @gregrazer @TracyMcCreery @DougBeck562 @LaurenArthurMO are heroes ❤️👊🙏💔

[Krish Gundu @kinsngops]

We've criminalized the poor.
We've criminalized the unhoused.
We've criminalized the hungry.

And now we're criminalizing humanitarians.

When you spend over 65% of your county budget on law enforcement, everyone begins to look like a criminal.
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[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

It's finally time! Trans girl scout cookies!

Trans kids are under attack nationwide. The Girl Scouts has accepted trans girls and non-binary kids for years now. Let's make the lives of some trans scouts a little bit better and get tasty cookies to boot.

Thread of links here! 🧵

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

Instead of learning to adore rich enslavers who forced poor White southerners to die in battles to preserve slavery, I wish we all learned about those who fought Confederates like Robert Smalls who died OTD in 1915. He stole a Confederate warship. Sailed it to Union lines. A 🧵1/

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Trump is visiting East Palestine on Wednesday, where he’ll attempt to portray himself as a friend of the town and as someone who would have stood up to Norfolk Southern. But that couldn’t be further from the truth.

Thread.🧵

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

On #PresidentsDay, it is important to recall that at least twelve U.S. presidents enslaved Black people, eight while in office. Two-thirds of the first 18 presidents collectively enslaved nearly 2,000 Black people. We know what largely built this nation, and it wasn’t freedom.

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

As Wyoming nukes a bill to raise the marriage age to 16, they also advance a bill to define gender affirming care as child abuse.

Because 16 is too young for getting the agreed upon standard of care for gender dysphoria...

But apparently not too young to marry a Republican.

[Rep. Zooey Zephyr @ZoAndBehold]

Brianna should've been able to enjoy her girlhood without being murdered for who she was. My heart breaks for her (& for every trans person afraid of the escalating hate towards us)

I'm scared too. But I promise to never stop fighting until the world lets us just live our lives.