Tyler Hayes

Miller, above, is the main sponsor of the bill; cosponsors include Owens, above, and:
AL: Moore
AZ: Gosar
FL: Fine; Gregory
IL: Miller
IN: Stutzman
LA: Letlow
MT: Downing
NY: Tenney
OH: Davidson
SC: Biggs
TN: Ogles
TX: Roy, Self, Weber
WY: Hageman

www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

Correction: these are the reps on the Committee that will be considering the bill; sponsors in the next reply!
AZ: GrijalvaCA: Kiley (CA-3)
CT: Hayes
FL: Wilson
Guam: Moylan
IL: Miller
IN: Messmer
NC: Adams; Harris;
NY: Mannion
OH: Rulli
OR: Bonamici
PA: Lee; Mackenzie; Thompson
UT: Owens

Information about HR 7661, the "Stop the Sexualization of Children Act," which is actually a national level book ban targeting any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism," which means any book about being trans or with trans characters. The list of reps given in the skeet are shown, and talking points for the call are: It is egregiously unconstitutional, targets ideas based on ideological disapproval, and misleads parents and the public about the content of children's books. It does nothing to protect kids and will likely harm education. It will tie school material funding into knots and hurt anyone who is a library materials vendor, regardless of content. Also, if you are a bookseller, librarian, or author, tell them your livelihood depends on the next generation of readers.

An action request from me and @authorsabb.bsky.social: Some info for folks about HR 7661, the national book ban wrapped in the guise of protecting kids. Reps sponsoring the bill and who EXTRA need their constituents to yell at them are in the image and the reply to this skeet.

Good morning, vegan chicken tenders of Bluesky!
Today's kindness upgrade is more yelling about book bans and forever wars. We can do this!

#3GoodThings
1. Finding time for chores, hustle, writing, AND hockey
2. The good soreness after a lifting night
3. The cats napping with me again, proving all is returning to our (relative) normal

An orange and white cat curled up in an armchair next to a brown and black tabby cat curled up on a heated bed on top of a bookshelf. They both look sleepy and happy.

Thursday cat cleanse: I found them like this when I got up (minus Bruce looking annoyed that I woke him of course).

Thirded!

Good morning, long-awaited DLC characters of Bluesky!
Today’s kindness upgrade is yelling about book bans and forever wars (God, these people have never has an original thought, have they?). Keep at it, we got this!

The patrolman was also a personal guard to Patton and honestly when I thought my opinion of the man couldn’t get lower…

One was highway patrol in Chicago (and a monster in plenty of other ways) and one was in the military but I have no idea what his job was, only that he was stationed in Japan.

ICE is an evil institution that must be entirely defunded, demolished, and abolished.

Local friends: let em have it

His Darkseid is the apex portrayal of that role.

Slap Shot: Civil War

#3GoodThings
1. Getting to see a little of Boston today
2. Getting excited about sports again
3. Doggy snuggles

My new rubric for watching sports is "has the league ever had a player who was queer, out, and actively playing?"
Right now that means I'll watch the AHL, the NFL*, the NBA, MiLB, and...oh, hey, EVERY WOMEN'S LEAGUE.

*J/K, American football is strictly a party delivery system, don't at me.

This. Add in that using it is ethically dubious at best right now and I’d rather we all just be learning regular expressions.

A minor league hockey team had a wiener dog race. Zero thoughts, just vibes and absolute chaos. A thing of beauty

Good morning, spicy chickpea bowls of Bluesky! Today and tomorrow’s kindness upgrades are some time with visiting relatives and signing Resistbot petitions; back at the big push Thursday.

Absolutely not. Openly operating art thieves and their conspirators are not getting my help.

I feel this so hard.
I can testify that you do very well with making online friends, but I know that isn’t quite the same thing.

- desultory
- ecumenical
- bellicose

anytime anyone lectures you on how much universal healthcare costs, tell them to look up the price of a missile

#3GoodThings
1. Monster Train 2
2. Self-care techniques keeping my brain together during a high-stress couple of days
3. Pizza

1/1: I have family visiting, which is of course complicated, as visiting family always is. It's going fine, but I also have no energy for anything except that plus the necessaries (art is necessary, it's a truth universally acknowledged), so today I'm just telling you this and hitting Reply. <3

~MENTAL HEALTH CHECKPOINT, 2026-2-MAR~

Pop culture sometimes remembers we all have a finite amount of energy in our day, but often forgets managing our emotions uses some of it. Read on for why this thread is only two posts today, and if you want to share how you're doing, I'll see it. <3

Good morning, triple-changing Transformers of Bluesky!
Today’s kindness upgrade is continuing to bug my electeds about book bans and DHS funding. What we are doing does matter. 🖤

I have known @libbymerrill.bsky.social for several years and I am proud to call her my friend. So, the moment I heard she announced that she's running for Ward 3 East Providence School Committee not only brightened up my day, but my year. (1/2)

I am so sorry.

just became aware of this--the regime wants to clear-cut massive chunks of Oregon's old growth forests in the name of timber production.

you have until March 23rd to comment.

i know we have endless fucking things to scream at politicians about--this is an important one too.