Lee Mandelo
phd in gender studies - writer of books (gay southern gothic Summer Sons + t4t appalachian historical The Woods All Black + anthology Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity)- he/him
- journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact
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- INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
- It’s hard to put into perspective how truly massive the warehouse is that was recently sold by the Rockefeller Group to the Department of Homeland Security for $70 million to build a concentration camp in Surprise, AZ. Across the street is a huge neighborhood and a school. It’s 400,000-square-feet.
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View full threadThe meeting is adjourned. Mayor Kevin Sartor ended the long meeting by saying “We hear you, we have a lot to consider and your voices are impactful and powerful.” Surprise showed tf up. The overflow room filled + hundreds outside. It ended with only 2 speakers in favor of the ICE camp.
- Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
- please watch:
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- “The 32-page document reveals that 94% of those killed were not gang members. Among them were evangelical pastors, union leaders, taxi drivers, and four minors, including a newborn. This figure triples the 153 deaths in state custody reported by the organization Cristosal in 2023.“
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- Star trek had a lot of hard lines over the years, but this remains the fucking hardest
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- Naah, I want them on trial.
- #ShareGoodNewsToo "A vaccine called GBP511 has begun clinical testing in Australia. Pioneered by UW Medicine researchers, it is intended to protect against COVID-19 and related coronaviruses — including some that haven’t yet jumped to humans. www.ipd.uw.edu/2026/02/gbp5...
- This is a big step, folks! Been watching this one a while, broad spectrum SARS vaccine! Would be a big deal even w/o Covid but with its 🌟🌟🌟
- #ShareGoodNewsToo "A vaccine called GBP511 has begun clinical testing in Australia. Pioneered by UW Medicine researchers, it is intended to protect against COVID-19 and related coronaviruses — including some that haven’t yet jumped to humans. www.ipd.uw.edu/2026/02/gbp5...
- can anyone rec me speculative fiction (short or long) that deals with unionizing in appalachia ?
- OK folks, let's get this started. Think back to pandemic year 2020. Think of SFF books from that year which "include positive explorations of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered characters, themes, or issues." A broad citation! Here's my initial longlist from racking my brain. What've I missed?
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- Two things that I'm in made the list: The Outspoken and the Incendiary, Terry Bisson @pmpress.bsky.social and Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity, edited by @leemandelo.bsky.social from @erewhonbooks.bsky.social. Proud to be in such excellent company!
- 2025 Recommended Reading List locusmag.com/2026/02...
- Feeling pretty upbeat this morning. Step out of my mum's house. Big intake of breath. 😃 'Well, what a beau-' *slips on first step, falls into postman, we both scream*
- I'm a 'quirky' Disney girl just with a beard
- Congrats to everyone on the Locus Recommended reading list. I see a lot of work that I loved and also work that I must investigate! 🔎 locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
- Oh let’s goooo
- Congrats to everyone on the Locus Recommended reading list. I see a lot of work that I loved and also work that I must investigate! 🔎 locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
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- this is cracking me up. won’t somebody think of the billionaires
- Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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- Steven Pinker wrote a legal analysis of a *child sex crimes law* as a favor to Epstein and then had the gall to say he had no idea what the guy was accused of. All of the “hey what’s the big deal here” pageantry is insulting
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- Just got gassed pretty good at the labor union anti-ICE protest in Portland. Massive march, 5-10k strong. Vibes were very much liberal rather than radical. Lots of kids and older folks. They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
- ICE is assaulting and at war with americans. we are all their enemy. no other way to look at it at this point
- Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
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- it's been very clear Epstein was a white supremacist, yet our (very white) media largely ignored to the public's detriment
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- They've had all these files for years and did nothing. Tell me again how any of the people in power give a shit about women and girls... This isn't Democrat v Republican or Tory v Labour, it's the rich and powerful v everybody else. It couldn't be simpler or clearer.
- Amid heated public debate about whether trans children are dying by suicide, campaigners say we need to "take the politics out of policymaking" www.wearequeeraf.com/one-in-six-c...
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- From the wonderous fantasy to mind-expanding sci-fi, from the depths of horror to the magical realms of the speculative, we're proud to have an expansive list of SFF fiction eligible this year for awards consideration! @dianapho.bsky.social @viengsamai.bsky.social
