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Proud Kentuckian. 🏳️‍⚧️Doing my best to make my state a better place to live for everyone. He/him

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M-son @masoninky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Does anyone in Louisville know of a place to get a scoop of dairy free ice cream that isn't just sorbet or Italian ice? I'm kinda crashing out rn
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M-son @masoninky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They should invent a type of home you don't have to leave every two years
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Nikes | AlexLeeDee @alexleedee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/09/2026
In an incredible move, Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada has announced a gender-affirming care clinic for trans youth, asserting tribal sovereignty and defying the region's ban. It is one of the biggest cross-movement solidarity moments in Canada. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Canada First Nation Leaders Announce They Won’t Comply With Alberta Trans Care Ban
“This is about more than one health service,” officials wrote. “It is about Indigenous sovereignty. It is about our responsibility to care for one another.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026
ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:
Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
ICE OUT ICE OUT ICE OUT
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Uncut Femmes @juliagiantrat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Hey i know we all gotta eat here but I think if you advertise doing surgery requirement letters for trans people but you accept no major insurance and you charge your standard session self-pay rate for a single 1 hour session then. i think ur heart is not kind.
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M-son @masoninky.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
In the 1780s and 90s George Washington kept his Philadelphia-based household staff enslaved despite Pennsylvania’s gradual abolition laws by trafficking them out of the state and back into the state to reset the clock every 6 months despite the fact that he had publicly supported the laws.
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
For those who might have forgotten, Dolly was always punk as fuck
"I made jokes about it, but it's the truth that I kind of patterned my look after the town tramp. I didn't know who she was, just this woman who was blonde and piled her hair up, wore high heels and tight skirts, and, boy, she was the prettiest thing I've ever seen. Mama used to say, 'Aw, she's just trash,' and I thought, That's what I want to be when I grow up. Trash."
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M-son @masoninky.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
How do you cope with the thought that your whole life you have to go grocery shopping and do dishes and laundry and clean? Struggling again rn
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M-son @masoninky.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
They should invent a type of sleep that makes you less tired
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 13/08/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Advocate Seattle considers $300K boost for nonprofit groups serving trans people displaced by red-state bigotry www.advocate.com/politics/sta...
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Seattle considers $300K boost for groups serving LGBTQ+ people displaced by red-state bigotry
The money would support LGBTQ+ nonprofits as Seattle grapples with an influx of transgender people leaving states with increasingly restrictive laws.
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Emma Curtis @emmacurtis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Today is my 30th birthday. I never thought I’d make it to today, much less do so while serving in elected office. But here I am, fighting to build a Lexington that works for ALL of us If you’re able, please chip in to help make that Lexington a reality 💙 secure.actblue.com/donate/emmaf...
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I touched on this at the end of my piece, but one thing I find shocking about May Pollard's death, speaking as a reporter, is that it took two months after knowing a major trans lawsuit had been dropped due to the suicide of one of the teen plaintiffs and knowing May Pollard's name.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Joan Sebastian Guerrero. Say his name.
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Neighbor IDs man shot by an immigration agent in Biddeford
An immigrant advocacy group also confirms Joan Sebastian Guerrero is the 26 year-old man from Colombia killed by law enforcement. Officials haven't verified the name after repeated requests. <br>
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⚔️🎀 𝔉𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 🎀⚔️ @fiadh.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
you still haven’t met all the animals you’re going to pet. keep going and don’t give up
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure. Keep a watch.
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M-son @masoninky.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
There's a like five pound dog in my apartment complex that always has a muzzle on. I asked her owner why (since she doesn't seem big enough to bite anything) and apparently it's because she licks things too much
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M-son @masoninky.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
In the interest of countering doomerism, can you share things you like about the US?
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M-son @masoninky.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I'm not celebrating the 4th this year but I am trying to be more positive so I am proud that I live in a country where my union stands in solidarity with other unions and where immigrants can teach me a little part of their language. If the USA has any positives, it's the people who live here.
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M-son @masoninky.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
If you hate the supreme court as much as I do rn, can you help some trans kids in Kentucky experience joy? This is a free summer camp and we have 60 campers this year! givebutter.com/camp-beacon
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Camp Beacon – Giving Hub
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
i have run out of things i can legally say about the supreme court
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M-son @masoninky.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Are you interested in supporting LGBTQ teenagers in Kentucky? Can you help our free nonprofit summer camp purchase supplies? www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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Check out my list on Amazon
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Kinda love this for us
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
this story should be national news during pride month and instead barely anyone knows about it
A lawsuit challenging Idaho’s transgender bathroom ban in K-12 public schools could end soon, after a group at Boise High School suing over the law dropped the case.

The move came after a transgender student who was part of Boise High School’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance died by suicide, and another stopped attending the school, the group’s lawyers wrote in a legal agreement reached Wednesday requesting the case be dismissed.
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Charlotte @fireantprincess.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
trans children deserve the puberty they want as much as cis children, a puberty being “natural” does not make it better or less of a choice, and that most people think otherwise just shows that most people have very parriarchal, essentialist, biologist and teleological views on human bodies.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/06/2026
Mamdani being a huge coward when it comes to trans youth is genuinely enraging. They will tell us with a straight face how hard it is. Do you know how hard it is for a trans youth who has had to move states and had 3 providers drop them and now has no options? Try that.
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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Artist and author Marjane Satrapi has passed away.
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
this pride month if you’re proud of anything be proud to still be alive
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edeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Celebrate pride by sending money to trans people in need. We’re one of the poorest demographics facing some of the highest employment discrimination and public life is increasingly being placed out of reach for many of us.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Did you see this??? An entire 50 PERCENT of Democratic voters under 30 want the party to MOVE TO THE LEFT on transgender issues. Comparing with other issues polled, it's second only to healthcare as an issue younger voters want to see the party move left on.
screenshot from a new york times poll showing 50 percent of democratic voters under 30 want the democrats to move LEFT on transgender issues
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
These people are captives of a concentration camp fighting back against their heavily armed captors with only their bodies. Their heroism is extraordinary. Thank you to all of the protesters standing with and for them.
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Mornings evenings and afternoons @coffeesp00ns.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
This is a crisis. If you have a buck to spare, there is a list of orgs attached who could use your help.
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M-son @masoninky.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Thank you so much to anyone who lives in this district and voted for anyone other than Grossberg. Wish I could have cast a vote in this one
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M-son @masoninky.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Got an email from my boss telling me I had to start using AI and I just will not be doing that.
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francis @dilfkink.kindboys.online · 16/05/2026
don't ever fucking use ME to silence my sisters. don't ever fucking rope me into your transmisogynistic bullshit. i can't say what i wish for you "people." i have infinitely more in common with any trans woman than i do some nasty fucking cis man taking it upon himself to speak for me. fuck off.
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Nightmare Mommy, Kink Sommelier (semper infidelis) @cuntleyjune.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Found this post on reddit and the last bit nails it: “Please don't remember her for the horrific end to her life. Remember her for who she was, a true blessing. To everyone around her.”
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l've known her for 6 years. She was a best friend to me. She loved meteorology, music, singing. She loved buying jewelry and perfume. She would join vc on discord and show us her outfit, tell us about her day, or just talk about anything that was on her mind. She loved her dogs back in NM. She only wished the best for everyone in her life. She was so caring, always wanted to listen, always there if you needed her. It's silly but, I'm glad she got to play silksong before this happened. She's a huge hollow knight fan, steven universe fan, she had so many interests and hobbies. She was the sweetest, most kindest soul I've ever met in my life. Her being there helped me through the darkest times in my life. I cannot express enough how much of a heart of gold she had. Everyone she knew loved her so so much. I don't know if I'II ever get over the aching void that's in my heart now after this. My heart aches so bad for her family too. I've been crying nonstop ever since the 12th when my friends found out she was the one who died from the news articles. She had so much life left to live, she was so ambitious no matter what got in her way. Just the most beautiful soul ever. I can't believe she's gone.
Please don't remember her for the horrific end to her life. Remember her for who she was, a tru blessing. To everyone around her.
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M-son @masoninky.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Devastating
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
NEW: Seattle might declare a civil emergency to help LGBTQ (mostly trans) people fleeing red states, so I looked for a Texas angle. An organizer told me that Texas is #1 among trans people looking to relocate: "The baseline hostility to their existence is unbearable." www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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So many LGBTQ Texans are moving to this city, it may declare an 'emergency'
Seattle is one of the many places that transgender Texans are resettling after fleeing their home state.
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M-son @masoninky.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I think this is the first time since turning 18 that I have just wanted to not vote I just am too tired and drained to put in effort
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Serenity Johnson @serenityky.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
No-excuse early voting begins tomorrow, May 14th, at Colvin Community Center here in Radcliff, or at the Hardin County Clerk's Office in Elizabethtown. For times and additional Primary Day locations, please visit GoVote.KY.gov
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Dawn @502eire.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Louisville: St John Center is slated to lose $117,000 in the FY27 budget. I know better than anybody what this would mean. PLEASE take time to email your council person and ask them to restore funding. Sample language is below and you can find your council person here: apps.lojic.org/metrocouncil...
Protect Access to Day Shelter Services in Our Community
St. John Center is facing a significant reduction in public funding under the proposed FY27
Metro budget-an estimated $117,000
decrease, or roughly 43% less than last year.
These funds have historically supported the core operations of our day shelter, covering essential needs like security, cleaning, and maintaining a safe, welcoming space for individuals experiencing homelessness. Without this support, we may be forced to reduce hours or close on weekends, limiting access to critical services for our community. We are asking our supporters to make their voices heard-please consider reaching out to your Metro Council member to share why access to day shelter services matters and to advocate for sustained funding that ensures our neighbors have a safe place to go each day.
Below is a sample language you can use when reaching out. Thank you in advanceDear Council Member [Last Name],
I hope you are well.
I am writing as a constituent to express my concern about the proposed FY27 Metro budget and its impact on funding for homeless services, particularly support for day shelter operations at organizations like St. John Center.
Day shelters provide critical, life-saving services for individuals experiencing homelessness, including a safe place to rest, access basic needs, and connect with resources. Reductions in funding for these essential operations could result in decreased hours or limited access, directly affecting some of the most vulnerable members of our community.
I respectfully ask that you consider the importance of maintaining-or restoring-funding that supports day shelter services.
Ensuring access to these resources is vital to the health, safety, and dignity of our neighbors.
Thank you for your time, leadership, and commitment to our community.
Sincerely,
[Your Namel
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Vauhini Vara @vauhinivara.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This essay is extraordinary; drop everything and read it. What a writer, what a person.
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What Mother’s Day Means to the Men in Prison
Back when I was sentenced—I was young and stupid, ripping and running the streets, flouting the law—I never knew this would be part of the punishment. A complicated mother-son story.
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M-son @masoninky.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Paid $400 for two weeks of groceries and one week of gas for two people today. I think maybe shutting down Americas access to oil while also building our entire system on it was a bad idea
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Dawn @502eire.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
very powerful statement from Emma here, one of the brave women who has come forward about what Grossberg did to her. if you or anyone you know are in Buechel West Buechel Newburg Watterson Park Okolona Bon Air Petersburg Klondike you need to vote this creep out May 19 or in early voting
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M-son @masoninky.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I've been in treatment for mental health for almost half my life now (yikes) and despite all the work that has been done to eliminate stigma, it is still so hard for me every time I have to tell someone new that I have mental health issues
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Rudy walking beatifically down a golden path toward the Pearly Gates and then suddenly accosted and put in a strangle hold by three angels who pat him down as a fourth holds back the crowd
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M-son @masoninky.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Shout out to the dude who radicalized my little brother and destroyed my family. Hope it gets worse
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