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Find me elsewhere: @hughryan@mastodon.lol Order your copy today: "THE WOMEN'S HOUSE OF DETENTION: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison" https://nitter.cf/t.co/FMpk48K5P5

brooklyn, ny
Joined May 2009
I think I was far too charitable when I originally just read the quote because I didn't expect her to say it LIKE THAT???
oh Keira Knightley is OVER it 👏
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True: @zohranmamdani lives in 1 unit of rent-stabilized housing. Also true: @andrewcuomo presided over the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stab housing. And killed NY’s program helping people move out of shelter. Moral clarity: Andrew, time to move out. 🧵 nitter.cf/andrewcuomo/status/195…
Somewhere last night in New York City, a single mother and her children slept at a homeless shelter because you, assemblyman @ZohranKMamdani are occupying her rent controlled apartment. You grew up rich and married an even wealthier woman. You’ve had weddings on 3 continents. You own property in LGTBQIA+ murderous Uganda. You make $142,000 a year plus stipends, and your wife works too, meaning you together likely make well over $200,000. No matter which way you cut it: Zohran Mamdani is a rich person. You are actually very rich. Yet you and your wife pay $2,300 a month, as you have bragged, for a nice apartment in Astoria. That should be housing for someone who needs it. We are in the middle of a historic affordability crisis. Millions of low income New Yorkers need this apartment and an apartment like it. Yet your apartment remains rented to rich people who don’t need it. Today, I am calling on you to move out immediately and give your affordable housing back to an unhoused family who need it. Leaders must show moral clarity. Time to move out.
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Hugh Ryan retweeted
I didn't know where the New York Times publishing a story accusing a politician of lying about his race was going but I didn't expect "Cremieux's sister accuses him of lying about getting a PhD on bloosky" NGL
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🚨 BREAKING: Trump, visibly confused and rambling, forgot why he was in the Oval Office—to swear in Tulsi Gabbard as DNI. Instead, he tried to leave without doing it, leaving even Newsmax stunned. At almost 79 years old, the decline is undeniable. This is not normal.
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This is absurd. The @nytimes published a piece about Israel's bombing campaign in Gaza. They refer to an Israeli order allowing the killing of up to 20 civilians, including if the target was a "lowest-ranking fighter". They claim the order "has not previously been reported."
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"I felt like, like, like a Nazi ... it looked exactly like we were actually the Nazis and they were the Jews."
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Now these Amazon management animals turned a hose on us in freezing temperatures. Teamsters aren’t going anywhere!
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My assumption is mass deportations will invoke mass protests, which Trump will use to invoke the Insurrection Act. That’s game, set, match on the Constitution. He already tried to do it in 2020.
Replying to @RachelBitecofer
How long do you think it will take until he has his "Reichstag fire" allowing him to grab even more power?
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When I wrote this piece a year ago, I said a clash was coming - an epochal one, like WWII, which wouldn't be directly fought over "what" queerness is now, but would inevitably decide that question. Then came Oct 7th. bostonreview.net/articles/wh…
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Breaking my twitter hiatus for a brief announcement: @Peppermint247 and I have teamed up with Allstora (the book store founded by historian Eric Cervini and @RuPaul) to launch a Queer History 101 Book Club! It's our chance to share the queer history we love, and...
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Get attention to fabulous queer books & authors! Use the code "PEPPERMINT" to get 75% off the first month. Along with the (signed!) books, members get cool queer historical themed swag each month, and exclusive access to our interview with the authors! allstora.com/pages/queer-his…
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Also, make sure to notice how cute we look in our announcement video, filmed right outside one of our favorite places in the city: the main branch of the @nypl
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Amber Thurman, a 28-year-old mother, died after she couldn’t access legal abortion care in Georgia. The state review committee found that her death was preventable and that a delay in care caused her death. Trump’s abortion bans are killing women. propub.li/3N7xPgN
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A couple of bros who joked about and posted fake stuff about the Pelosi assassination attempt have thoughts …
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Is it OK to point out that this is a threat to democracy? Or nah?
Bruce Zuchowski, a local sheriff in Portage County, Ohio is calling for residents to write down the addresses of people who support Kamala Harris. fox8.com/news/local-sheriff-…
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Hugh Ryan retweeted
A mass shooting is when 4 or more people are shot. Today, NYPD shot 3 subway riders and also a cop. NYPD committed a mass shooting on the subway, all over one person allegedly using an emergency exit instead of paying $2.90. This is the NYPD under Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul.
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