Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The world is my oyster 🦪 And I’m the only girl 👸🏼 2520
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Starting to get sense of what today's 20,000 word hit piece on Erin Reed is really about 141087
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026the senate gop's super pac is putting $10m behind an ohio ad blaming sherrod brown for "sex change surgery for minors." the woman in it had her surgery in texas at 19, and ohio already bans it for minors.thenewtranssexual.comA Senate Republican Super PAC Is Blaming Sherrod Brown for a Surgery a 19-Year-Old Had in TexasA Texas surgery, an Ohio Senate race and a claim PolitiFact already rated Mostly False. 34410
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Talked to the Washington Post about Democrats who fall short on respecting their trans constituents and electoral pragmatism: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... 3304
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Good piece from Assigned: still no evidence anti-trans ads won 2024, and even Third Way now says repeating the attack's language is “disrespectful.” Sarah McBride deserves a lot of credit for getting Democrats and the groups around them to this point. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...assignedmedia.orgDemocrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say - Assigned MediaInsiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights. 05913
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Trump’s Education Department says 2,000 gold medals were “stolen” from women and girls. The number came from HeCheated, an anti-trans website that counts nearly every first place it can find, from middle school meets to events with one entrant. www.thenewtranssexual.com/p/the-rights...thenewtranssexual.comThe Right’s “Stolen Medals” Number Comes From a Site That Counts Middle School Meets and One-Person RacesTrump’s Education Department repeated the claim that over 2,000 gold medals were “stolen.” The group that built the number never said which of the site’s results it counted. 48824
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Right-wing media spent years pushing “biological male” into the mainstream. Now it’s in a Senate hearing, a CBS standards memo and a Democratic campaign. The doctors who treat us dropped it in 2017 as “imprecise.” The accurate word was there the whole time. www.thenewtranssexual.com/p/right-wing...thenewtranssexual.comRight-Wing Media Made “Biological Male” Mainstream. It Isn’t Accurate.The doctors who treat us dropped the phrase in 2017. Now it’s in a Senate hearing, a CBS standards memo, and a Democratic Senate campaign. The accurate word was there the whole time. 4619
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I love that almost every trans femme names herself after nature, it’s so beautiful to me. We find ourselves out in the world, just existing. 2474
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026James Talarico has been portrayed as part of a Democratic backslide on trans rights. But his position on trans athletes is the same as the Biden administration's, and his position on trans surgeries is the same as Andy Beshear: www.vox.com/politics/504... 5255
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The American Principles Project now says anti-trans attacks may not be enough for Republicans to win this year. Their big new idea is…Charlie Kirk. www.thenewtranssexual.com/p/the-group-...thenewtranssexual.comThe Group Behind the Anti-Trans Attack Ads Says They May Not Be Enough. Its New Idea Is Charlie Kirk.The American Principles Project told Republicans that attacking Democrats on trans issues may not win on its own. Then it oversold those attacks and pointed candidates to Charlie Kirk’s murder. 1314
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is an unpopular take but as a neurodivergent self-employed person, LLM's have been an unbelievably helpful tool for the things I have struggled with my whole adult life: managing my finances, filling out paperwork, and staying on top of my email. I'm functional in a way I never dreamed of. 2849143
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 24/09/20261/ my substack has a new name: the new transsexual. torrey peters describes a fourth stage in trans writing, "when the terms that are set by trans people begin to impact the viewpoint of the mainstream." we're there. cis people are learning their genders from us. 4465
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026not now kitten, the walls are closing in on mommy 1404
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It’s not just Western Mass: Seattle trans pride, which is held *outdoors* in a public park, was still requiring all attendees wear N95 masks in 2026 131287
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026heartwarming: I spent a couple years hyperfixating on yassification and now my IG reel talking about politics underperformed every outfit selfie I’ve posted recently 0220
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I simply do not want to play a video game that only has a male protagonist. I already did that shit for 28 years. 2026916
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The mob is a wildfire: it burns until it runs out of fuel. Once you start letting the mob dictate who your friends are, you belong to the fire. 0194
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Guy who’s never read the Human Domestication Gude: “What would super intelligent AI even do besides killing us all?” 4270
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It is not true that Talarico had a different position on trans athletes in the primary. This is January: "I’m here to have that conversation about how we maintain safety and fairness in sports when it comes to trans athletes, and there are going to be rules where sometimes it’s not allowed." 1016819
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Finally signed up for voice training lessons and I've only been out for 8 (?) years, can I get a "gg" in the chat 7730
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026ken paxton asked texas for a list of everyone who changed the sex on their driver's license. james talarico said sports should be "safe and fair." the best thing for trans rights this year is beating paxton 16490107
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026ken paxton asked texas for a list of everyone who changed the sex on their driver's license. james talarico said sports should be "safe and fair." the best thing for trans rights this year is beating paxton: www.thenewtranssexual.com/p/the-best-t...thenewtranssexual.comThe Best Thing for Trans Rights This Year Is Beating Ken PaxtonOne candidate softened a sentence. The other one is making lists. 613539
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026What’s the Chicago equivalent of Capitol Hill Seattle or Ridgewood Queens? 750
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I believe in nothing so much as the magical properties of a beautifully written letter 1170
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026To make cool things you first have to let yourself be bored 1311
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026What a lovely thing to find on the ground by the building in my neighborhood people are always fenty folding in front of 5271
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Hey so uhhh are my dreams always going to be like this now or will it settle down? 7280
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026either you log off a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become a lolcow 2281
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Oppenheimer is goated but I’m kind of surprised it was so popular 4270
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Doing a lil experiment where I eat 3000 calories a day while working out for an hour + an hour of sauna + 10k steps a day 1280
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I don’t think AI writing will ever sound right and that’s so beautiful. A story needs a soul. 2478
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026gf gave me the progesterone that makes you cry about all the love in your life 3450
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I need to get more famous so that I can pursue my life’s true passion: spooning with beautiful, powerful, and wealthy women 4391
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026cyberpunk finally got its hooks in me on my third attempt 5350
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Genuinely wild how often Gandalf tells people to kill themselves because they presented him with an irritating question or a minor inconvenience 1232