@HeptaSean @molly0xfff

The accuracy of the portrayal of Trump's physical appearance is the absolute least worrisome aspect of this cryptogrift.

"Any reporter who chooses to put their preferred pronouns in their bio clearly does not care about biological reality or truth and therefore cannot be trusted to write an honest story.”

- #WhiteHouse press secretary #KarolineLeavitt, on why she is now refusing "as a matter of policy" to respond to reporters who have #pronouns in their email signatures.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/pronouns-reporters-email-signatures-get-stony-response-trump-administr-rcna200838

#USPol

#CharlesRogers became the highest-ranking #Black soldier in the U.S. to receive the #MedalOfHonor. The Dept of Defense just took down his web page and added "dei" to the URL.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/defense-department-black-medal-of-honor-veteran

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Calvin_Rogers

#DEI #USPol #BlackMastodon

The erasure of this Black #MedalOfHonor recipient is another example of what I'm helping to document on @wikipedia with the help of the @internetarchive.

https://funcrunch.medium.com/the-u-s-government-is-erasing-our-history-e3be0776ee67?sk=aeb9aae7198d67b7b0990f023bf9553a

#DEI #Wikipedia #InternetArchive #USPol

In today’s post on @medium, I call out #California Governor #GavinNewsom for agreeing with the anti-trans views of far-right influencer #CharlieKirk, a guest on his new podcast.

Click the link, not the image preview, to bypass the paywall:

https://funcrunch.medium.com/governor-newsom-support-trans-people-0d5c6abaa7b3?sk=1a7f33b8a99745258748327eb72d912e

#transgender #transphobia

January 6 insurgents: "Patriots! Pardon them all!"

Pro-Palestinian student protesters: "Illegal! Expel, arrest, and deport them all!"

How much more will it take for #Republicans to recognize that their party of so-called #FreeSpeech has turned into a dictatorship?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/trump-university-funding-protests

#USPol #Trump

RFK Jr, referring to pro-Palestinian student protests as "anti-semitism" in an official HHS press release:

"In recent years, the censorship and false narratives of woke cancel culture have transformed our great universities into greenhouses for this deadly and virulent pestilence."

Really don't think a vaccine skeptic has any business talking about "pestilence", esp during a measles outbreak

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2025/03/03/hhs-ed-gsa-announce-additional-measures-end-anti-semitic-harassment-college-campuses.html

#USPol #FreeSpeech

"Democracy dies in darkness"

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/feb/26/jeff-bezos-washington-post-opinion

#WaPo #Bezos

Happy to announce my first piece for the #trans publication @assignedmedia.org, which focuses on trans and #nonbinary @wikipedia editors handling the onslaught of #transphobia from the #Trump administration. Includes insights from awesome #Wikipedia editors @tamzin and @TheTranarchist (@yfns-wikipedia.bsky.social). Also shout-out to awesome Wikipedian and crypto critic @molly0xfff who I linked to for an editing tutorial and an interview.

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/trans-issues-wikipedia-bulwark-against-disinformation

#USPol

In today's post on @medium, I discuss why I canceled my #Disney+ subscription in 2024.

Shout-out to @pluralistic for a couple of posts on enshittification I linked to.

Click the link, not the image preview, to bypass the paywall:

https://funcrunch.medium.com/breaking-up-with-disney-bf89b4762456?sk=c62054d385bcd83ad4109577f995f4ba

#DisneyPlus

@brewsterkahle @via

WIRED had a fun feature on following a #Waymo for a day in SF recently:

https://www.wired.com/story/waymo-robotaxi-driverless-future/

My #NintendoSwitch2024 Year in Review is slightly more surprising than my Steam replay. I hadn't realized I played so much #PuyoPuyoTetris2, as I prefer Tetris Effect. I think I slowed down on the latter because of issues with lag and crashes.

#SuikaGame was highly addictive for awhile, but I think I'm over it. For now...

I don't play #DreamlightValley anymore as I'm divesting from #Disney products in general; will blog about that at some point.

#gaming #Nintendo

I blogged on @medium about #DreamlightValley earlier this year, although the lack of Black representation is not the primary reason I ultimately quit playing and canceled my #DisneyPlus subscription. It was because of disgust with #Disney lawyers (details on that in the blog to come).

Click the link, not the image preview, to bypass the paywall: https://medium.com/afrosapiophile/im-the-only-black-resident-of-disney-dreamlight-valley-5fedc58c8943?sk=5f41aa204138610ac6f29a50b1e779f1

Speaking of #Disney lawyers, check out this post by @pluralistic on the creative works that will be released into the #PublicDomain on January 1, no thanks to Disney:

https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2024-12-17-dastar-dly-deeds-roast-in-piss-sonny-bono-29a229aa67e6

#PublicDomainDay #copyright

@Mikal @lindih

The article has extended protection now, so that will probably end the hijinks

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Kissinger&diff=prev&oldid=1187582816

@mekkaokereke

Great actor. He starred in my favorite Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, "The Visitor": https://reactormag.com/star-trek-deep-space-nine-rewatch-the-visitor/

In the past week, the U.S. executed two Black men, each of whom might have been innocent of their alleged crimes. Five more executions are slated to follow. In this post on @medium, I write about the man executed last Friday and why we should honor his name, Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah.

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https://medium.com/afrosapiophile/respect-for-our-names-should-be-unconditional-261d4964d608?sk=9284f865e93d1993d3014fcd76451153

#BlackMastodon #BlackLivesMatter #DeathPenalty #CapitalPunishment #CriminalJustice

I'm #Black, #trans, have a uterus, and am in a same-sex marriage. I'm well aware of the threats that #Trump and the #Republicans pose to marginalized people.

I still don't support the #Democrats, and will not vote for #KamalaHarris.

You're welcome to disagree with my stance, but shaming me or other progressives for abstaining or voting for third-party candidates is not helpful.

(Click the link, not the image preview, to bypass the paywall)

https://funcrunch.medium.com/my-gender-is-not-binary-and-neither-are-my-politics-e872c131f66e?sk=7b2e5f3f259405fb51f51b3c1950b39c

#USPol #BlackMastodon

In today's story on @medium, I discuss the decision of U.S. sprinter #NoahLyles to compete while infected with #COVID19.

Click the link, not the image preview, to bypass the paywall:

https://funcrunch.medium.com/be-like-biles-not-like-lyles-75e0383be69e?sk=9364172ba2f079a332ff8d46cf386aa3

#Olympics

In my latest story on @medium, I reflect on the song “Tennessee” by Arrested Development in advance of the upcoming #Juneteenth holiday.

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https://medium.com/afrosapiophile/tennessee-and-the-legacy-of-lynching-3fed8dd7f242?sk=b96e7f258e75baab512bf741cd48438a

#BlackMastodon #racism