@zeesm
PhD in Entomology & certified scuba instructor. Queer trans masc neurospicy leftist invertebrate ecologist, scuba diver, kayaker, weightlifter, TTRPG gamer, scifi reader, cat lover, professional pessimist.
A chonky black with a white chest & white bikini belly is sprawled on her back on a fuzzy gray cat bed with a silly look on her face. All four of her white-tipped paws are curled. She is adorable & I would die for her.
The news is horrifying infuriating depressing so here's my grrrl Io being a happy little harbor seal. #caturday #catsofbluesky
61 years ago today at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama.
Color me unsurprised....
1. In yesterday's primary elections, anti-transgender Democrats found out the hard way why you don't throw transgender people under the bus.
Two anti-trans dems lost their primaries, including one that cast the deciding veto override vote, in blowouts.
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I love the way trumpetfish can color so dramatically.
They're as adorable as they can manage to be! It's difficult when they lack the corgis' fluffy little trousers.
I threw up a little in my mouth when I read that trash article.
Oh that's a tough contest. I take a ridiculous number of photos of their little snooty faces.
A. broad-bodied pale with with small dark spots and short stout spines swims away from the viewer over a coral reef.
Side view of a chonky spiky spotted fish built a little like a flat-bottomed boat.
Porcupinefishes are like the corgis of the fish world - chonky, oddly-shaped, and with a perpetual slight smile. They are fairly fast swimmers but tolerant of a slow respectful approach. #fish #oceans #scuba #diving #coralreefs
If you can dive in the Sound, you can dive just about anywhere!
Yep I'm an instructor. Sorry you had a bad experience - that shouldn't have happened. We stress safe slow descents as well as slow ascents. I have students follow me down a line so they learn how to go slowly enough to clear their ears. Hope you were able to recover & get back in the water.
The New York attorney general's office has ordered NYU Langone to resume gender affirming care for trans youth due to violating New York Human Rights law.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/n...
Bypass here.
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if the US government logs these trees at the rate / quantity they're proposing, we'll lose one of the last old-growth forests. there's no coming back from that. if you have five minutes to leave a comment pushing back against the BLM, please do; there's a guide to that below.
Aw, two cool humans being cool to each other!!!
A dark strip of wet sand in the foreground leads to a calm expanse of blue water with low vegetated islands in the background. The sky is blue with a low line of ragged clouds.
A beautiful day to take scuba students through their final day of open water checkout dives. #WashingtonState #scuba #diving #pacificnorthwest
And so the erasure of trans lives from public spaces continues, facilitated by craven bigots who lack any ethical standards. And the majority of the cis people in this country can't be bothered to do anything.
Every senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr owns this tragedy. Every single one.
1. Yesterday, we broke the story that Kansas drivers licenses for transgender people were being immediately revoked by the state.
This morning, the ACLU filed suit in state court to block that process.
Thousands of trans Kansans watch with horror and hope.
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Because of the National driver register, since their licenses are suspended, trans folks cannot move to another state and get a new license until they remove the suspension on their existing Kansas license.
They can't even escape this by moving to another state.
it took an expensive, coordinated effort & a lot of people saying “this doesn’t matter” to get from a bathroom ban costing one state $400 million & a gubernatorial race to “trans people must turn in their documents which become invalid in a few hours or face fines & potential jail time” in 10 years.
I don't think anyone pretending there isn't an effort underway by Republicans to eradicate trans people from public life can be taken seriously at this point.
American Psychological Association Reaffirms Support For Trans Youth Care, Pushes Back Against NYT
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
Morning.
So I guess fuck any trans people who drive their kids to school, drive to work, need fucking groceries, drive for Lyft Uber or DoorDash. Yet another reminder that we are utterly disposable to this country.
1. Major news on trans youth care. The American Psychological Association has reaffirmed its full support for its 2024 guidelines supporting trans youth car.e
It provided documentation showing Jesse Singal mischaracterized their position in the NYT.
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Black-and-white photograph of Pauli Murray seated at a desk, smiling while writing on papers. Books, a lamp, and office materials surround her, with a cross visible in the background. A dark band at the bottom of the image displays the quote: “When my brothers try to draw a circle to exclude me, I shall draw a larger circle to include them.” — Pauli Murray.
Pauli Murray saw injustice where others accepted it. She refused to shrink to fit someone else’s boundaries.
Lawyer and activist whose work shaped civil rights and gender equality law, including the legal foundation behind Brown v. Board of Education.
Black History. Always. 🖤
#SheShed #V4V
CIA retracts intelligence reports on LGBTQ+ oppression and white supremacy www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/cia-...
apparently today we get Jesse Singal in the New York Times with the "gender-affirming care is new & experimental" 🙃
Image of U.S. women's hockey team after their Olympic victory.
The United States women’s national ice hockey team has officially declined an invitation to attend Trump's State of the Union address.
Not only are they incredible at what they do (and did), they are also American patriots of the highest order.
Ah the unifying force in America - hatred & dehumanization of trans people.