Reposted by Maura HubbellJeff, formerly of MN and MA, still God of Cookies @diasporaminnesotan.bsky.social · 13hSo many of us are refugees from rural America. Don't tell us we need to understand them. We do. It's why we fled. 121217
Reposted by Maura HubbellRobert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is great, though the settlement is a fraction of the harm done. During the pre-Prop 22 era gig driver companies underpriced rides via cheap labor & VC funding, to undercut public transit & get customers hooked. Allowing them to operate illegally contributed to our current transit crisis. 27613
Reposted by Maura Hubbellceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap 150107722331
Reposted by Maura HubbellRevenge of Princesscore @princessrevenge.bsky.social · 04/10/2026less “u dont need to transition to be trans” more “here’s what transition does and how to do it. less “u don’t need dysphoria to be trans” and more “idk bitch that sounds a lot like dysphoria to me” 425359
Reposted by Maura HubbellKavi Kat 🌬️ @katinthestars.bsky.social · 02/10/2026What would you do if you found out a January 6th domestic terrorist was running for a seat on your city council or state legislature? For thousands of Americans, that question has stopped being hypothetical. #WeThePeople are taking notes. 📝 #J6Tracker 👀click.actionnetwork.orgJ6Tracker | Keeping the RecordExplore the January 6 public record: people, prosecutions, pardons, preserved evidence, and reporting on what happened next. 1320701113
Reposted by Maura Hubbellthemboy insomniac @riotliturgist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026i'm just saying that i actually HAVE encountered a bear in the woods while hiking, and it was scary, but i held still and it left me alone because it was just going about its business. and it was far less scary and way cooler of a story than the time a guy chased me to my apartment gate 538462
Reposted by Maura HubbellSarah Clarke - Not your doll @damselindystopia.northsky.social · 27/09/2026LGBTQ+ youth are hugely overrepresented in homeless populations cos their folks kick them out or chase them out. Where is the moral panic over that? Why do we, as a culture, place the blame for bad relationships on abused kids and not their abusers? 1652149
Reposted by Maura HubbellHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor 03674773
Reposted by Maura Hubbell𝔫𝔬𝔯𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔰𝔦𝔰𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔯 🏳️⚧️ @neurosismancer.gay · 26/04/2026*thumping industrial beat* *preacher voice* hey boys you don’t have to be boys anymore! 1155
Reposted by Maura Hubbell🌦️Wifeguy Auteur🌦️ @delugeduvall.effigyfilms.com · 25/09/2026if “we’re all cam girls in a surveillance state” ya’ll better be acting in solidarity with actual fucking cam girls 😒 4892296
Maura Hubbell @sistawendy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026THE MIGHTY ORB RETURNS TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. HAIL THE MIGHTY ORB. Heat? Moderate; I only ran my A/C on three days. Smoke? It's been worse in the Seattle area. Scantily clad frolics? Done. It was a good summer in Seattle and a certain temporary city in Nevada. 010
Reposted by Maura HubbellBearhAHHH!!t @fussybabybit.ch · 21/09/2026Once again: the "concerned parents of a transed child" is an abuser rights movement 121672516
Reposted by Maura HubbellHell-a Bambust 🏳️⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Yes that's the point, it's not about fairness it's about making it so we can't exist publicly, we've been over this 121724411
Reposted by Maura HubbellSara Sanchez @bcbsara.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I remember listening to Chris Hayes' podcast at the start of Trump II and his guest talking about how the Brazilian movement that defeated Bolsonaro had a saying "We're not letting go of anyone's hands." Way too many people think it's okay to let go of some peoples' hands. 2392100
Maura Hubbell @sistawendy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026All my Burning Man gear has been washed or wiped with diluted vinegar, hosed down if it couldn't be laundered, dried, and put away. Now I have to clean the playa off my actual house. 050
Reposted by Maura HubbellShellraiser B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Assigned Human At Birth. Name changes at any time for anyone who wants them. HRT before puberty. HRT over-the-counter. Trans people are treated as any other person - as a person. 27718
Reposted by Maura HubbellEvan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026No matter what the Court ruled, Trump and his goons are going to try some fuckery. Don't give them a chance. Drop your ballot off at a drop box, vote early in-person, or vote in-person on Election Day. Do. Not. Give. Trump's. Goons. The. Chance. To. Throw. Out. Your. Vote. 619266
Reposted by Maura HubbellGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Our kids and grandkids are going to ask us who we were during these dark times, and for some of you the answer will be "the guy who had opinions about which vulnerable people we should let them kill" 338786
Reposted by Maura HubbellElizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This is why I think the retelling of accurate history is so important. Self ID was dropped by the Tories in 2020 and then Labour in 2023, which was around the time Stonewall was starting to quiet down too. 5549143
Reposted by Maura Hubbellamanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Wrote about documenting ICE arrests during a surge in southwest Florida -- and how no one wanted any of the footage.turtlediaries.netICE is Still SurgingDispatch from an immigration surge in southwest Florida 181425617
Maura Hubbell @sistawendy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026There's wet laundry hanging in my living room because my bedroom, where I usually hang it, is full of dusty bins and water jugs. There's a trail of dusty spots leading from the washing machine to the balcony, where I hung my tent. I've used up most of my vinegar neutralizing the dust on my stuff. 130
Reposted by Maura HubbellKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 10/09/2026They were attacking Sikhs because they thought wearing a turban meant they were Muslim. It seemed like younger Sikhs switched to do-rags + baseball caps out of survival. 418225
Reposted by Maura HubbellFloodlight @floodlightnews.org · 09/09/2026America’s air monitors are disappearing. So is your power to expose polluters. 🗞️ floodlightnews.org/toxic-air-mo...floodlightnews.orgAmerica’s air monitors are disappearing. So is your power to expose polluters.Across several states, a quiet chemical industry campaign is making it harder to hold polluters accountable. 0126
Maura Hubbell @sistawendy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I’m home and ambulatory after my seventh Burning Man, albeit covered in bruises, scrapes, and burns from both alkali and ultraviolet. You know, the usual. 150
Maura Hubbell @sistawendy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026On the E to the H to the car or maybe truck to Black Rock City, NV, and not a minute too soon. 130
Reposted by Maura HubbellKrystyn @krystyn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Smartglasses, but instead of becoming part of the surveillance state, all they do is identify Meta glasses and disable them 141
Reposted by Maura HubbellMistress Matisse @mistressmatisse.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Asking yourself “What would Dolly Parton do?” is an effective way to ensure that you go through life being as kind as possible to other people. I have used this question to sharpen my decision-making on more than one occasion. 416423
Reposted by Maura Hubbell🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 25/08/2026You know this is the kind of education all the guys getting rich off AI are paying for their kids, right? We have to spend tens of thousands a year to opt out of having our kids doused in untested tech. 28125
Reposted by Maura HubbellHolBat(Commission open on November) @kholbatar.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Hey artists, share something!🖤 433262
Maura Hubbell @sistawendy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I have packed for Burning Man. The towers of bins, etc. in my place are so tall that I’m a little worried about the seismic hazard. 041
Reposted by Maura HubbellBecca Petunia 🏳️⚧️ @tallgirlpetunia.northsky.social · 20/08/2026One of my local representatives constantly lets us trans constituents down. And I still saw an attack ad yesterday saying he wants to fund "sex change surgeries for kids." They're gonna do it regardless. Might as well get one of the most involved demographics out there on your side in the process. 013429
Reposted by Maura HubbellAidan Comerford @aidancomerford.bsky.social · 19/08/2026They do this in the media as well, a trans person is called an "activist", by dint of existing and saying "please don't treat me cruelly," whereas "gender critical" people, who are in every sense of the word extremists, get gentler words, like "feminist" or "women's rights campaigner" etc. 110018
Reposted by Maura HubbellCaelan Conrad @caelan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I was undercover in TERF FB groups for parents of trans kids for over a year. Everyone that claimed parental alienation was a self-absorbed bigot - and many had tried at-home DIY conversion therapy on their children. The same DIY “therapy” that led to Leelah Alcorn’s suicide. Fuck them all. 112135471
Reposted by Maura HubbellBoise Autonomous Solidarity Hub @bigbash.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The parents who don't respect the autonomy of their children's identity also don't respect the children's autonomy to choose to disengage from a system that has never respected them. These pieces are published to sooth those who have lost access to what they view as their property, their children. 16316
Reposted by Maura HubbellSundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 16/08/2026Every day I see cars practically empty. One driver with empty seats. Extra wide roads subsidized with my tax dollars so they can choose wasteful and selfish lifestyles. Meanwhile we are out here maxing out panniers with groceries paying our “fair share” for a 3ft wide strip with some paint. 1729340
Reposted by Maura HubbellDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I took a law class in high school and our teacher asked all of us if we could recite the Preamble. We all immediately started singing it to the Schoolhouse Rock theme. She’d never heard it before and looked at us like we were all in a cult. 361120135
Reposted by Maura HubbellTalia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 16/08/2026If you want relationships with men to be more equitable and voluntary, there needs to be a viable alternative outside of the patriarchal family. You can only enter into a truly equal relationship when you have the option to leave, when economic and community coercion is removed from the picture. 128747
Reposted by Maura HubbellCrip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I wonder how many trans kids get asked if they consent to be a target for $240M in demonizing ads? Or the 100s of major news stories about how scary trans volleyallers are. Or the huge number of stories about how deluded and fake their trans identities are and how evil is their health care. 24012
Reposted by Maura HubbellGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 28/07/2026Just keeps happening, doesn't it? I'm gonna start making a thread of these. Stay safe out there, folks. And remember to never, ever, ever, ever vote for a Republican for any office. 291370470
Reposted by Maura Hubbellbree bird 🇨🇦 @goose.ski · 11/08/2026‘procedures’ is objectively the wrong word to use here, they’re targeting *treatments* like HRT too 27611
Reposted by Maura HubbellJeff @jefffreyspies.bsky.social · 12/08/2026If you aren’t familiar, the rate of left-handedness exploded from 1900 to 1940, after teachers stopped physically abusing children for writing with their left hand, and then leveled off at around 11% from that point on. Which is probably the natural rate. slowrevealgraphs.com/2021/11/08/r...slowrevealgraphs.comSlow Reveal Graphs: Rate of Left-Handedness in the USWhat does the change in the rate of reported left-handedness tell us about stigma and society? #slowrevealgraph 620045
Reposted by Maura HubbellSascha Stronach🏳️⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Fun fact: in New Zealand, white out is called twink. No this is not a joke, and I found out the other meaning in my first year of uni when I told an American student about the time I accidentally blew up some twink 1215826
Maura Hubbell @sistawendy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026At Myrtle Edward’s for the annual Forest For the Trees party. Such hippie. Very house music. Wow. 030