I can't even imagine what's going on in rural healthcare in the red states that refused to expand Medicaid and outlawed abortion right now. The insurance rates for private ob-gyns must be through the roof. Gotta be wild wild west.

Ugh another new bill in Oklahoma to force transgender people up to age 26 to medically detransition 😞

First it was the kids now they are telling adults that they can't make decisions for themselves.

This doesn't even include other states like Kentucky & Kansas that have bills filed to detransition up to 18 and 21 year olds

sigh 😞

Why is so hard to accept people for who they are and be nice, I just don't understand why being hurtful and hateful is all of sudden ok!

#trans #transawareness

Sigh. He’s just so 🥰🥰

And in other news ... water is wet 🙄

𝘈 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.

This is only news to people who don't game 😂 In the early days these very White, very narrow-minded "psychologists" ONLY wanted to see gaming as negative and "prove" that it was bad ... way to be late to reality, y'all. 🙄

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/19/12081

#CoSoGaming

This is wonderful to see. When I was a teenager, I babysat (well, he was a preteen, you get the idea) a boy who had muscular dystrophy. He was in a wheelchair, but he could still use his hands at that point. I'd bring my SNES over and we'd play. Some days it was hard for him, but he loved it. It's fantastic to see developers finally cater to everyone.

https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-announces-project-leonardo-an-accessibility-controller-kit-for-ps5

#CoSoGaming

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A read if you are in #California 👀

"A *Series* of #AtmosphericRiver s will continue to significantly impact California next week"

NWS Weather Prediction Center
@NWSWPC
Here are the latest Key Messages highlighting the series of atmospheric rivers that will continue to significantly impact CA into next week. Considerable flood impacts & dangerous mountain travel will resume over northern & central CA Saturday, and carry into Tues.
3:32 PM · Jan 5, 2023

#weather #CoSoWeather #sierranevada

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in the meantime, before a Speaker is elected, who is presiding over the US #house of representatives?

per Lawrence O'Donnell:

For the 1st time in history a black woman is now in charge of the House until they elect a Speaker.
Cheryl Johnson, Clerk of the House of Representatives, now has the power to “preserve order and decorum and decide all questions of order.”

#congress #politics

This is why the US needs five Republicans to put country over party and vote for Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker.

Spin it all you want, but the Republican Shit Show needs to end.

'Night all. May all of you in harm's way be safe and find shelter for you and yours. Sleep well, and wake.

My chances to follow you go up greatly if you are Pro.

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This is sort of the essence of the problem. Many House Republicans didn’t run to govern. They ran to be part of a reality TV show. Their goal is shit show. - Sen. Murphy

#politics Remember their names. These are the fascists.
Republican lawmakers who voted for Rep. Andy Biggs:

Bob Good, Scott Perry, Matt Rosendale, Paul Gosar, Ralph Norman, Andy Biggs, Dan Bishop, Andrew Clyde, Phil Crane and Matt Gaetz

Republicans who voted for Rep. Jim Jordan:

Andy Ogles, Lauren Boebert, Michael Cloud, Anna Paulina Luna, Mary Miller and Keith Self

Republicans who voted for others: Andy Harris, Josh Brecheen, Chip Roy