L hale
@lhvt.bsky.social
Writer, nature photographer, cat caretaker, music maker, and general do-gooder.
I saw a new to me species today - the hornet fly (Genus Spilomyia)! I love mimicry in nature and hoverflies are experts. I've seen bee mimicking flies before, but this hornet mimic was quite cool. The markings read "hornet" from a few feet away until I got up close and saw the tell-tale fly eyes.
October 10, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I saw a new to me species today - the hornet fly (Genus Spilomyia)! I love mimicry in nature and hoverflies are experts. I've seen bee mimicking flies before, but this hornet mimic was quite cool. The markings read "hornet" from a few feet away until I got up close and saw the tell-tale fly eyes.
A good friend of mine is in Ukraine for 2 weeks and staying in cities that are heavily bombed, and constantly wondering if she is hurt is overwhelming. My heart breaks for people whose loved ones live in war zones. Holding that uncertainty with no end must be torture. Fuck war, fuck cruelty.
October 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM
A good friend of mine is in Ukraine for 2 weeks and staying in cities that are heavily bombed, and constantly wondering if she is hurt is overwhelming. My heart breaks for people whose loved ones live in war zones. Holding that uncertainty with no end must be torture. Fuck war, fuck cruelty.
As I sit here looking up NJ open meeting law because I watched an episode of Bob's Burgers where school board members got together on school business and my brain immediately jumped to "I hope someone put out a public meeting warning", I am reminded that 5 people have told me I have "notary energy"
October 5, 2026 at 5:59 PM
As I sit here looking up NJ open meeting law because I watched an episode of Bob's Burgers where school board members got together on school business and my brain immediately jumped to "I hope someone put out a public meeting warning", I am reminded that 5 people have told me I have "notary energy"
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The 988 hotline's LGBTQ+ youth services have been returned over a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Advocates say this is a crucial step to address a growing mental health crisis among LGBTQ+ youth. https://bit.ly/3TAna4Y
October 1, 2026 at 8:48 PM
The 988 hotline's LGBTQ+ youth services have been returned over a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Advocates say this is a crucial step to address a growing mental health crisis among LGBTQ+ youth. https://bit.ly/3TAna4Y
The woman who raised me was killed when I was 12. It was one of the most painful things I have experienced and the grief is still fresh over 30 years later. The government executing the killer wouldn't have changed any of that. The death penalty should be abolished.
October 1, 2026 at 1:10 PM
The woman who raised me was killed when I was 12. It was one of the most painful things I have experienced and the grief is still fresh over 30 years later. The government executing the killer wouldn't have changed any of that. The death penalty should be abolished.
Don't mind me, just getting water for tea out of the bathroom sink because one of my cats is asleep on the floor in front of the kitchen sink and I don't want to wake her up...
September 27, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Don't mind me, just getting water for tea out of the bathroom sink because one of my cats is asleep on the floor in front of the kitchen sink and I don't want to wake her up...
One lesson I've learned from the zoom era is that unless I monitor and consciously make a different facial expression, I will look annoyed, not neutral. Permanently annoyed. My wife and I have been together for 19 years and she still can't tell when I'm actually upset or just not monitoring my face.
September 20, 2026 at 10:14 PM
One lesson I've learned from the zoom era is that unless I monitor and consciously make a different facial expression, I will look annoyed, not neutral. Permanently annoyed. My wife and I have been together for 19 years and she still can't tell when I'm actually upset or just not monitoring my face.
I did not expect this morning to include a visit from our downstairs neighbor's plumbers to take out the toilet and part of the wall of our only bathroom, but here we are. Happy Monday, everyone. @loveandcrossbones.org and I are having just a great, great time.
August 31, 2026 at 1:17 PM
I did not expect this morning to include a visit from our downstairs neighbor's plumbers to take out the toilet and part of the wall of our only bathroom, but here we are. Happy Monday, everyone. @loveandcrossbones.org and I are having just a great, great time.
If you, like me, have a sore throat that is so bad it's keeping you from eating solid foods, go get a strep test. Seriously. I waited 7 days to find out I had strep and the nurse practitioner at urgent care felt sorry for me because my throat looked so inflamed. Don't wait till an NP pities you!
August 24, 2026 at 12:24 PM
If you, like me, have a sore throat that is so bad it's keeping you from eating solid foods, go get a strep test. Seriously. I waited 7 days to find out I had strep and the nurse practitioner at urgent care felt sorry for me because my throat looked so inflamed. Don't wait till an NP pities you!
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My solo dance show film A Singular They can now be rented on demand, from anywhere, by anyone (you??!). Come with me through the fluid embodiments that hold my core self.
Audience feedback includes things like "gorgeous", "intimate", and "accessible" 💜💛🖤♿
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My solo dance show film A Singular They can now be rented on demand, from anywhere, by anyone (you??!). Come with me through the fluid embodiments that hold my core self.
Audience feedback includes things like "gorgeous", "intimate", and "accessible" 💜💛🖤♿
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August 19, 2026 at 4:32 PM
It's here! It's here!
My solo dance show film A Singular They can now be rented on demand, from anywhere, by anyone (you??!). Come with me through the fluid embodiments that hold my core self.
Audience feedback includes things like "gorgeous", "intimate", and "accessible" 💜💛🖤♿
tobymacnutt.vhx.tv
My solo dance show film A Singular They can now be rented on demand, from anywhere, by anyone (you??!). Come with me through the fluid embodiments that hold my core self.
Audience feedback includes things like "gorgeous", "intimate", and "accessible" 💜💛🖤♿
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60 yrs ago, sex workers, drag queens and street youth held a landmark riot against police in SF's Tenderloin—the world's 1st Trans District
now that space is held by Geo Group. trans people are still arrested at SF Pride—over tagging Flock cams. the trans fight against police in '66 and today:
now that space is held by Geo Group. trans people are still arrested at SF Pride—over tagging Flock cams. the trans fight against police in '66 and today:
The fight to protect a trans landmark in California from ICE’s biggest contractor
Compton’s Cafe is one of the earliest examples of LGBTQ+ resistance. Today, a prison company occupies the site
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2026 at 2:57 PM
60 yrs ago, sex workers, drag queens and street youth held a landmark riot against police in SF's Tenderloin—the world's 1st Trans District
now that space is held by Geo Group. trans people are still arrested at SF Pride—over tagging Flock cams. the trans fight against police in '66 and today:
now that space is held by Geo Group. trans people are still arrested at SF Pride—over tagging Flock cams. the trans fight against police in '66 and today:
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if that stupid as fuck terf t-shirt was ACTUALLY* biologically accurate
* don't get me started on XX/XY mosaicism, Swyer syndrome, de la Chapelle syndrome and more, we only get the one t-shirt
* don't get me started on XX/XY mosaicism, Swyer syndrome, de la Chapelle syndrome and more, we only get the one t-shirt
July 31, 2026 at 10:19 AM
if that stupid as fuck terf t-shirt was ACTUALLY* biologically accurate
* don't get me started on XX/XY mosaicism, Swyer syndrome, de la Chapelle syndrome and more, we only get the one t-shirt
* don't get me started on XX/XY mosaicism, Swyer syndrome, de la Chapelle syndrome and more, we only get the one t-shirt
This is hilarious, tbh. The Third Way folks have clearly never been to a DSA meeting. The "dirt" is that it takes forever to organize anything and half of the electoral committee members don't believe in electoral politics so endorsements take months
The "centrist" think tank Third Way is looking to pay someone between $140,000 and $150,000 to spend their days trying to dig up dirt on DSA members. They're trying to sell this gig as "anti-extremism" work, which I find completely disgusting.
August 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
This is hilarious, tbh. The Third Way folks have clearly never been to a DSA meeting. The "dirt" is that it takes forever to organize anything and half of the electoral committee members don't believe in electoral politics so endorsements take months
This is my 6th primary cycle as a campaign manager in VT and this work has aged me more than anything else I do
August 10, 2026 at 10:56 PM
This is my 6th primary cycle as a campaign manager in VT and this work has aged me more than anything else I do
You know, historically it always goes really well for rulers when they intentionally starve their people...
Rollins: "For those who love work and celebrate work and want people to work and not be on food stamps, it's a pretty big win when we've moved 5 million people off food stamps, y'all."
August 4, 2026 at 7:07 PM
You know, historically it always goes really well for rulers when they intentionally starve their people...
My housing plan for VT is that every house that sells for $750K or more gets a $50K tax that goes into a housing fund. 25% of that fund creates supportive housing and pays support staff livable wage salaries. 25% creates non-congregate homes for folks moving out of homelessness.
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August 3, 2026 at 9:24 PM
My housing plan for VT is that every house that sells for $750K or more gets a $50K tax that goes into a housing fund. 25% of that fund creates supportive housing and pays support staff livable wage salaries. 25% creates non-congregate homes for folks moving out of homelessness.
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Who is responsible for what in Vermont’s government? Here’s a guide for Vermonters preparing to vote. 🗳️
Who is responsible for what in Vermont’s government? Here’s a guide for Vermonters preparing to vote. - VTDigger
As voters prepare to fill elected positions for the next two years, VTDigger has summed up the primary responsibilities of each.
vtdigger.org
July 29, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Who is responsible for what in Vermont’s government? Here’s a guide for Vermonters preparing to vote. 🗳️
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Fannie Lou Hamer. The police brutality that disabled her during her civil rights activism highlights the importance of police brutality as a disability rights issue.
In honor of #ADA36, who is a person with a disability in history most people don’t know but should?
July 26, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Fannie Lou Hamer. The police brutality that disabled her during her civil rights activism highlights the importance of police brutality as a disability rights issue.
We had a good streak going there, but now we're back to 1
July 24, 2026 at 11:13 PM
We had a good streak going there, but now we're back to 1
Every candidate I know and all of us who work on political campaigns are very, very ready for the primary to be done. We're not even able to take in the realities of what the general will be like. This cycle has been brutal.
July 18, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Every candidate I know and all of us who work on political campaigns are very, very ready for the primary to be done. We're not even able to take in the realities of what the general will be like. This cycle has been brutal.
I grew up with the saying "red sky at night, sailors' delight/red sky in the morning, sailors take warning" but no one said anything about an unnatural peach colored wildfire haze that looks like it's signaling armageddon. Rude, frankly
July 14, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I grew up with the saying "red sky at night, sailors' delight/red sky in the morning, sailors take warning" but no one said anything about an unnatural peach colored wildfire haze that looks like it's signaling armageddon. Rude, frankly
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Since a whole bunch of people are all of sudden very sympathetic to vets with PTSD, sexual trauma while serving in the military is 4 times more likely to cause PTSD than combat, just fyi
July 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Since a whole bunch of people are all of sudden very sympathetic to vets with PTSD, sexual trauma while serving in the military is 4 times more likely to cause PTSD than combat, just fyi
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Dr. Fred Fay was an activist, psychologist, and computer programmer who was essential in developing assistive technology that helped people with disabilities access the world around them.
As a leader in the Independent Living Movement, Dr. Fred Fay helped advance disability rights legislation.
As a leader in the Independent Living Movement, Dr. Fred Fay helped advance disability rights legislation.
July 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Dr. Fred Fay was an activist, psychologist, and computer programmer who was essential in developing assistive technology that helped people with disabilities access the world around them.
As a leader in the Independent Living Movement, Dr. Fred Fay helped advance disability rights legislation.
As a leader in the Independent Living Movement, Dr. Fred Fay helped advance disability rights legislation.