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Laurel Powell

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Bible college dropout. Always fighting for trans people to get a fair shake. Director of Communications @hrc.org. Amateur woodworker. πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

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Wash and Book are dead though… fuck…

06.03.2026 11:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

so it's a PC

05.03.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

2nurem2berg

05.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kristi Noem's "Open to Work" LinkedIn Profile

Kristi Noem's "Open to Work" LinkedIn Profile

05.03.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 7084 πŸ” 1117 πŸ’¬ 123 πŸ“Œ 124

I will not pretend to care enough about what this fuckin guy thinks to learn his name

05.03.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

joke's on richmond mayor danny whatever, I don't use google anymore either

generative AI is a deeply irresponsible creation that will cause untold harm to the human soul

05.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hello! I am a trans journalist looking to speak with trans kids and parents of trans kids across the US who have been impacted by the clinic closures---please get in touch or share!

02.03.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 786 πŸ” 551 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 9

one day I'm going to put all my worst, most odious opinions in a box and bring them in to work and force my colleagues to endure them

04.03.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh to be clear earlier in my career I was 100% one of the people who got REALLY upset over edits for some reason

04.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

oh good our illegal war has KPIs

04.03.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

okay but in my defense (I realize this is not me but I definitely do this) sometimes it's tough to tell who deals well with edits and who doesn't and the comment method tends to smooth over hurt feelings

04.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

anti-trans Dems ate shit last night

04.03.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 8498 πŸ” 1153 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 174

UPDATE: HRC members and supporters submitted 36,000 comments to the Department of Health & Human Services opposing Trump's cruel rules to severely restrict best practice health care for trans youth.
This is a loud and defiant cry against this administration's cruel attacks on our community.

03.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

The only good idea Reagan ever had was the Five Hundred Ship Navy

03.03.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

pride month section better be lit

03.03.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If they want me back they have to go fully Woke 2, sorry. Whole hog. I gotta be able to get an abortion there

03.03.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 12067 πŸ” 2410 πŸ’¬ 159 πŸ“Œ 70

Haven't heard of them. Is this an app or something self-hosted?

03.03.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Q for the Bluesky hivemind: Has anyone found a good, privacy-focused contacts app? Mine is a mess strewn across three different platforms and Proton does not integrate with iOS as far as I can tell

03.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

oh no is the "reporters are the enemy" thing spreading again?

03.03.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, the Bush administration at least spent a couple of months trying to convince the American people about what was happening and why it was necessary to go to war to stop it.

They lied out their fucking noses and still somehow we are doing war in the middle east worse and stupider than last time

03.03.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was, as a teen, against the war in Iraq just as I am against this new war in Iran now. These governments were led by evil men and perpetrated incredible harm on their people. That does not mean the answer is to wage thoughtless war as a small group of nations over the objections of the world

03.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
YouTube user @kidnamedfinger4377: "Who's here after the sequel dropped"

YouTube user @kidnamedfinger4377: "Who's here after the sequel dropped"

top comment

03.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
President Bush Announces Start of Iraq War
President Bush Announces Start of Iraq War YouTube video by C-SPAN

went back and watched the 2003 Iraq war speech from President Bush and comparing it to whatever the hell Trump did from the basement of his resort with a baseball cap on... makes W ooze competence and confidence in comparison

we live in insane times

03.03.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Texas A&M helped me thrive as a transgender person. Now, it's complicated. A mostly good college experience isΒ hard to square with the schoolΒ that exists now.

back from my socials sabbatical because for the past few weeks i've been trying to put down words about how it feels to be trans and see what's been happening at my alma mater, texas a&m university.

on being trans, texan, and loving things that can't love you back: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

02.03.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 401 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 17

we're democratic backslidemaxxing

28.02.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

screaming, crying, throwing up that we cannot get our shit together

28.02.2026 01:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There are other liberal, pro-trans columnists at the NYT but Jamelle is somehow the only one getting harassed about not quitting or whatever. What's up with that?

27.02.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 470 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 15

Yeah they bit hook line and sinker

27.02.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Let's not mince words here. Forcing trans youth to join under their sex assigned at birth is a de facto ban, if not a de jure one.

27.02.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

hi bob

27.02.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0