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Parts of the Biden administration’s healthcare nondiscrimination rule went into effect today, but three federal judges — all GOP appointees — issued injunctions against aspects of it, including a Mississippi judge who issued a nationwide injunction blocking the rule’s gender identity protections.

Trans healthcare anti-discrimination rule blocked nationwide as other LGBTQ rule challenges proceedwww.lawdork.com Some aspects of the rule enforcing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act go into effect on Friday. Also: Another Title IX rule injunction.

Hey if anyone’s in Pittsburgh for Anthrocon (or just in general) and has free time Saturday evening, my taiko drumming group is performing at Novo Asian Food Hall in the Strip. pittsburghtaiko.com/news/novo-ni...

Novo Night Market performance July 6pittsburghtaiko.com Blog post about Pittsburgh Taiko performance at Novo Asian Food Hall in Pittsburgh on July 6 2024.

I love that there’s a Trans Nerd Meetup! I hope folks have fun (and maybe start some in other areas too)!

The Trans Nerd Meet Up is this Saturday at Biergarten on Octavia St in San Francisco, starting around 1 PM. I made the WORLD'S WORST FLIER. (Anyone who self-identifies as trans/nb/gnc/whatever and likes to geek out is welcome. Come hang!) RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/trans-nerd...

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Happy 4th of July

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Clarence Thomas unquestionably committed tax fraud on his motorcoach deal and the president has the power to put him in handcuffs this afternoon, in his official capacity in charge of the IRS and federal law enforcement

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Joe Biden has the potential to do the legalest thing now

If the Supreme Court decides in favor of Trump’s claim that a sitting president has immunity from prosecution, the logical and legal thing for Biden to do would be to simply assassinate him before the election

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In normal times, the Supreme Court would've smacked down claims of presidential immunity almost immediately, but we're not in normal times, and there's a reason why the conservative majority of Federalist Society bagmen waited until the last possible moment to provide this insane ruling.

Heck yeah Pittsburgh www.wesa.fm/arts-sports-...

Book recalls Pittsburgh's Mal Goode, network TV's first Black reporterwww.wesa.fm The new biography "Mal Goode Reporting" revives the story of the Pittsburgh man who became network TV's first Black reporter.

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I wrote to the Tractor Supply board today. Here is what I sent. Even if you've only ever bought one thing there, I encourage you to write, as a customer.

Fuck. This one's going to sting, but add another company to our boycott list. x.com/TractorSuppl...

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It would be more impressive with the video but you’ll just have to imagine the hypnotic wacky spinning 8s on today’s Octordle puzzle.

Wait, I still can’t post a video here?

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Wow, Fancy Dance sounds great. xtramagazine.com/culture/fanc... And it's in theaters RIGHT NOW. Let's all go see it!!!!

‘Fancy Dance’ finally gets the release it deserves | Xtra Magazinextramagazine.com REVIEW: Lily Gladstone stars in the tender and arresting queer Indigenous drama

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I don't want some egghead bureaucrat telling me whether there's poison in the water I drink. Ideally I'd want that decided by a 29yo judge who went to a "biblical law school" and does not believe dinosaurs existed, and then to have that decision reaffirmed six years later by the Supreme Court.

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A light in the dark

STRANGE HORIZONS IS AT $11,943 OUT OF A $13,500 BASE GOAL I've been reading Strange Horizons and submitting stories there for like twenty years, I'd love to get in there one day! And keep reading in the meanwhile. www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...

Strange Horizons 2025www.kickstarter.com A free weekly speculative fiction magazine with a global perspective.

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I'mma say this for all the people in the back. Don't vote for a person. Vote for your rights, for the rights of others. On page 5 of Project 2025's 180-day plan they openly call for outlawing porn, recommending imprisoning anyone who creates it. Are you an NSFW artist, or like the art? THIS IS YOU.

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Either you’re not from Pittsburgh, or you’re sad when I tell you Gus from Gus & Yiayia’s passed away last night 😢

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Sometimes there are small good things in the world, that make you believe some of the people in it are lovelier than you’d imagined, and Mr. Gaiman’s responses to this thread (about imposter accounts) are one of those times.

Also if Neil is all up in your DMs and mentions, it's not him.

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I get it. you're looking for a reason to give up fuck that leave your teethmarks on their bones

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Shopping on Amazon, which do you feel is the most trusted brand: Furologee, HOOBRO, YITAHOME, or Yaheetech?

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tweeted this four years ago and it pretty much sums up my feelings on this shit

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Mary Robinette Kowal

Biden's half of the debate was about policy, for at least 75% of it. Trump's half of the debate was about lying and dragging things back to spouting Great Replacement talking points. It's unfortunate that lying ones ass off is an effective debate topic.

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Every morning I check the news and it's like -SCOTUS Eliminates Three More Basic Rights, Only Six Remain -President Mispronounces a Word, Will Now Lose Election to Senile Hitler -New AI Company Uses Artist Blood to Let Billionaires and Racists Live Forever, Gets $45 Billion Valuation

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Just FYI we’re entering a summer Covid wave right now (especially western regions in the US); you can see it in the CDC wastewater plot here (and anecdotally a bunch of my friends are suddenly testing positive). www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...

Wastewater COVID-19 National and Regional Trendswww.cdc.gov CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System, U.S. National trends

It’s actually fairly clever and only a little bit creepy.

Please enjoy the nightmare-inducing sight of humanoid robot faces covered with masks of lab-grown and self-healing living skin 🧪

Scientists create smiling robot face from living human skin cellswww.axios.com The breakthrough could one day prove "useful in the cosmetics industry and to help train plastic surgeons," researchers say.

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Biden is a good president and he’s doing good things.

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If you’d like to support the Smith College Library Workers’ Union as bargaining begins, the union has made it easy with a quick form. SCLWU hopes to gather as many signatures as possible from students, staff, faculty, alums, & community members. Thank you! forms.gle/2gNfouMmT4ga...

Sign our open letter of support!forms.gle CALL TO ACTION 6/26/2024: With over half of Smith College Libraries Workers United (SCLWU) members reporting that they are looking for other jobs, and while recruitment and retention are at all time l...

I believe the phrase that applies here is “Shut up and take my money!”

OMG I need more Lady Astronaut tales! Give them to me NOW!!! Please support this Kickstarter if you are able....

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OMG I need more Lady Astronaut tales! Give them to me NOW!!! Please support this Kickstarter if you are able....

Hey, check out @maryrobinette.bsky.social's collection of short stories from the award-winning Lady Astronaut series. This is one of my favorite SF series! You can support the project here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...

Silent Spaceswww.kickstarter.com Silent Spaces is a collection of short stories from Mary Robinette Kowal's award-winning Lady Astronaut series!

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I love that the choice is “play football in 110 degree heat and 70% humidity or be a tranny” like ok the estrogen is inside boys let me help with the shots

Thrilled to know we got water in the woke wars.