Kitten

the attitude is necessary
the sarcasm is a bonus

[crumb @cuptoast]

new flesh (flash warning)

[Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit]

Yesterday Bernie Sanders introduced a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour over a five year period.

[Jo Ann Duman @JoAnnDuman]

@KeneAkers Unmarked cars are dangerous. They should never be used to contact a citizen and certainly not for traffic violations. Glad you are okay.

[☆ ‧dreamboy·˟͙‧̩̥l @LilNasX]

the dynasty is complete

[Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit]

This one weird trick unions do want you to know about! Come to the negotiation table early and in good faith and you won’t lose $10B overnight.

[Sarah Burssty @SarahBurssty]

Just found out something crazy. If you bonemeal a biome and remove all the grass there are predetermined patches of different flowers in different areas, allowing you to reveal what I think is literally just perlin noise

[Banan(a Bread) Otaibi, MD @beeotaibi]

Heart broken tweet & SOS: lost cat in Tucson

I've spent all day searching for this little guy who somehow got out late last night. I know most of you aren't in Tucson but if you could share I would appreciate it. And if anyone local has seen him please let me know 😔

[Right Wing Cope @RightWingCope]

Shocking phenomenon!

[Liz @rudybird100]

@cmclymer Don't mess with the Mouse!

[Brandon Bradford @BrandonLBradfor]

If you really listen to Steven Crowder talk about his divorce, the thing that makes him the most angry is that his wife can legally divorce him without his permission

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

you probably have no idea what this animal is

this is the vaquita, the smallest porpoise and also the most endangered

there are only 12 remaining in the whole world, and the fact that no one talks about them makes me so sad. we need to raise awareness and save these creatures!

[WendyLMartin 💛💙 @wendycomics]

I’ve mentioned the Vaquita before and gotten a lot of responses saying ‘they’re so few in number that there’s no hope in saving the species’

But I feel that protecting the last of them is still important even if they can’t fully repopulate.

[Walter Masterson @waltermasterson]

MAGA does not want the military voting in elections. Pass it on.

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

Happening now - Montana's GOP will try to censure Rep. Zooey Zephyr after they have silenced the first trans lawmaker for a week, not allowing her to speak on any bill.

This story is also close to my heart as many of you know, because she is my partner.

Follow along 🧵

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

Gender-affirming Care in Children - My opinion (please read & debate)

Let's envision a scenario: You are a parent of a 13-year-old male child who constantly has said since early childhood that they feel as if they were meant to be a girl and insists they will be a girl when they grow up. If you aren't biased against transgenderism, you will have to debate what the right thing to do for that child is.

Your two main options are as follows:
(1) Hope that these feelings change and they outgrow them.
(2) Visit with a pediatrician and a child psychologist to find out if your child has gender dysphoria and to discuss the possible use of puberty blockers. note: Puberty blockers usually have no lasting side effects.

If you decide on option (1), you may still elect to speak to a pediatrician and a psychologist. Let's say that both of these individuals tell you that it is unlikely that your child will outgrow these feelings, and that puberty blockers are a good, safe way to prolong their options with very little chance of longterm side effects.

You then weigh the following:
A) Allow your child to start puberty blockers to extend the runway for an ultimate decision.
B) Allow puberty to kick in, ensuring that a future transition to a transgender woman will be much less successful, and most likely cause your child to live a life in a body that they feel they don't belong in.

As a parent who cares about their child, and whose ultimate goal is to see your child have longterm happiness and acceptance of who they are, you elect to start the puberty blockers until they are 15 or 16. At this point, you (along with a doctor and psychologist) need to decide on whether or not they should start hormone therapy to begin transitioning, or stop puberty blockers and let the male hormones turn them into a man.

This is a super tough decision for parents. At this age the vast majority of teenagers know which gender they ultimately want to identify as and those who transition typically don't live to regret that decision (not everyone; there are a very small percentage that changes their minds later in life). So as parent you must decide what is best for your child: Let them transition and look more feminine in the long run, or allow the male hormones to kick in, ultimately masculinizing your child permanently against their wishes.

Both options result in permanent changes to your child. In this case, either puberty gives them permanent male traits or hormones give them permanent female traits.

It's a tough decision for parents who have no bias against transgenderism, who truly love their children and only want them to be happy in the long run. To some the idea might seem insane or ridiculous but that's not how every parent feels when it comes down to it.

So ask yourself if the government should ultimately make this decision or should a parent, along with their child, a pediatrician and a psychologist make that decision? I believe it's the latter.

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

And for the record I am strictly against sex change surgeries for anyone under 18 years of age and don't know where I would stand on hormone therapy if it was my child. But I do know I don't want someone else making that decision for us based on political motives.

[Philip DeFranco 👊🏻 @PhillyD]

“We’re only getting divorced because she’s legally allowed by the state to get one without my permission” is a weird fucking thing for a man to stress several times…

Marriage only works if both people want it. Requiring both to want the divorce sounds like a hostage situation.