Notices by Mixtery Kit O'Connell (kitoconnell@kolektiva.social)

Y'all they have openly said they plan to do this nationwide if #Trump is reelected. Look up Project 2025.

A #Missouri Republican has introduced a bill that would make it a felony for teachers to support #trans and #gender-nonconforming students’ transitioning socially and force those found guilty to register as sex offenders.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/03/gop-bill-would-require-teachers-to-register-as-sex-offenders-if-they-support-trans-students/

#LGBTQIA+

I've been laid off at the @TexasObserver today. The publication no longer has a digital editor or social media manager (I was both), and has also fired it's editor-in-chief and laid off another member of the editor team.

If you have leads please send them my way. And please consider joining my Patreon to support my continued writing. https://patreon.com/kitoconnell

It's wild that all the #LGBTQ nonprofits are suddenly on board with #KOSA. Big mistake they will come to regret. Why do we keep handing more power to our government even as fascists attempt to take over?

Y'all know not to use #Temu right? Right???

Temu app contains ‘most dangerous’ #spyware in circulation: class action lawsuit | Fashion Dive
https://www.fashiondive.com/news/temu-class-action-lawsuit-data-collection/699328/

#security

I won't go into details because they aren't mine to share, but a fash publication dropped dox (real name, location, years of internet history) on an antifascist member of the #fediverse today, based in large part on their activity on @kolektiva dot social and elsewhere on #Mastodon.

Just a reminder that the enemy is aware that we are gathered here and is watching us, and as we head into these dangerous times it's important to remember that. Think twice before posting anything here you wouldn't want linked to you in a court of law, for example. #SocialMedia #fascism #antifa #SecurityCulture #feditips

Cis people will never stop making JK Rowling richer for constant retellings of her mediocre, antisemitic and racist wizard story. There's a 1000 fantasy authors more deserving of a Max series and open world video games for fuck's sake. #HarryPotter

Apparently the "#queer is a slur" discourse is back on social media and look, y'all, we settled this in the 1990s. Get with the century. We have a right to reclaim these words and we already have. Get the fuck over it, and accept my queer as fuck self or get into some therapy.

‘Our Flag Means Death’ Canceled By Max After Two Seasons – Deadline 😭
https://deadline.com/2024/01/our-flag-means-death-canceled-max-1235700702/

I do think the second season provides some nice closure but I'd watch all the gay pirate show you give me. #ofmd

Top Executive Leaves ADL Over CEO’s Praise of #ElonMusk
https://jewishcurrents.org/top-executive-leaves-adl-over-ceos-praise-of-elon-musk

#antisemitism #news #birdsite

Can't sleep but at least I know about this absolute legend now. #YouCanHaveBoth

Yes, stim that zipper you deity.

I don't usually watch Majority Report but this is a way to see this great moment in street debates without giving clicks to a weird bigot on TikTok. https://youtu.be/panlC07QXm0?si=82xH-uUJNaHcjH-Z

This is a long shot, but my spouse is looking for someone who can donate a 3D printer or a laser cutter to a group of artists and #makers who used to experience chronic homelessness. It is an actual #nonprofit so you can get the tax write off. Please boost in case someone in the #fediverse can help.

(Edit to add: in #Texas!)

#art #MastodonArt #3dprinting #3DPrinters #fundraising

Why are modern blockbusters so bad? From Some More #News: https://youtu.be/OZ28knLt5Rs?si=4MBdeNCL0X4o9eVC

#culture #capitalism #film #movies

I absolutely don't understand why anyone would rawdog the air at any medical facility in 2023, when comfortable masks exist.

@roadriverrail @BathysphereHat the Yellowjackets Buzz podcast starts "Greeting citizen detectives, secret boyfriends and antler queens." But it doesn't make any sense unless you watch the TV show.

Since I broke the story of #Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller's new transphobic dress code in the @TexasObserver, he's doubled down on his bigotry in the media.

For my latest update, I spoke with an employment lawyer, a former #gender law educator turned senior attorney for Lambda Legal, and #LGBTQIA+ advocates about why this dress code opens the department up to serious legal liability, and how decades of precedent suggest it could easily be ruled discriminatory: https://www.texasobserver.org/sid-miller-dress-code-transphobia-texas-agriculture/

#Transphobia #queer #nonbinary #trans #transgender #news #Politics #agriculture #SocialMedia #birdsite #Fascism
(CW: eye contact with Sid Miller in main image)

We fucking did it, y'all. We fucking saved the Texas fucking Observer and I'm so fucking happy rn. #TexasNeedsAnObserver