Luz 🦋🐟
@hyalaphora.northsky.social
Coregonid Researcher • Great Lakes Geology • Wetland Ecologist • Moth Rearer • Retired E-Sports caster • she/they • ♑🏳️⚧️🏞️
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Luz 🦋🐟
@hyalaphora.northsky.social
· Mar 26
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My name is Luz and I'm a wetland ecologist! I am currently studying Coregonid larvae and occasionally will post cool nature stuff. Recently, this bluesky has mostly been political retweets cause everything sucks rn but whatever. Thanks for clicking my profile 🤪💙
My name is Luz and I'm a wetland ecologist! I am currently studying Coregonid larvae and occasionally will post cool nature stuff. Recently, this bluesky has mostly been political retweets cause everything sucks rn but whatever. Thanks for clicking my profile 🤪💙
Are we sharing milkweed/late summer residents?? Check out this banded orb weaver and her snack
September 16, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Are we sharing milkweed/late summer residents?? Check out this banded orb weaver and her snack
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Here’s a female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. The males are always yellow while the females can be yellow or black. She’s enjoying some Joe Pye Weed in the yard
#invertebrates #NativePlants 🌿 #BugSky
#invertebrates #NativePlants 🌿 #BugSky
September 15, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Here’s a female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. The males are always yellow while the females can be yellow or black. She’s enjoying some Joe Pye Weed in the yard
#invertebrates #NativePlants 🌿 #BugSky
#invertebrates #NativePlants 🌿 #BugSky
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Every time I see an American claim that trans people kill their own support, I think about how in the UK, self ID polled majority support until the media attacked it.
When Labour accepted self ID should die, we were told to let them win, it would get better. Now we have a bathroom ban.
Fuck you.
When Labour accepted self ID should die, we were told to let them win, it would get better. Now we have a bathroom ban.
Fuck you.
They apparently took all of the wrong lessons from the wildly successful gay rights movement, choosing to be as alienating as possible. I won't be surprised if it ends up like abortion and 20 years from now public opinion is effectively frozen on the issue somewhere around 50/50.
September 13, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Every time I see an American claim that trans people kill their own support, I think about how in the UK, self ID polled majority support until the media attacked it.
When Labour accepted self ID should die, we were told to let them win, it would get better. Now we have a bathroom ban.
Fuck you.
When Labour accepted self ID should die, we were told to let them win, it would get better. Now we have a bathroom ban.
Fuck you.
I just feel terrible tonight. I want to isolate really bad
September 14, 2026 at 3:39 AM
I just feel terrible tonight. I want to isolate really bad
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it’s wild that the heritage foundation wrote in text that the assault on trans woman particularly in sports is their first step in their efforts to completely abolish all Title IX protections and liberals still don’t believe it’s about more than trans women in sports
September 11, 2026 at 8:39 PM
it’s wild that the heritage foundation wrote in text that the assault on trans woman particularly in sports is their first step in their efforts to completely abolish all Title IX protections and liberals still don’t believe it’s about more than trans women in sports
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average UK employer is 300 millihitlers on a good day, and rapidly approaches 1,000 millihitlers when a trans person has the temerity to exist in their presence
September 12, 2026 at 12:18 AM
average UK employer is 300 millihitlers on a good day, and rapidly approaches 1,000 millihitlers when a trans person has the temerity to exist in their presence
Oops! All Berries!
September 11, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Oops! All Berries!
Found some turkey tail 🤩 any tips? I was thinking of just dehydrating and using it in broth
September 11, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Found some turkey tail 🤩 any tips? I was thinking of just dehydrating and using it in broth
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Fuck James Talarico. Fuck these wishy washy Dems who think throwing my community under the bus gets them votes. Fuck a "big tent" party that includes these assholes. Fuck every single neolib saying I need to grin and bear it and get in line, my rights will come later. fuck you fuck you fuck you.
Talarico says he would vote in favor of a national ban for transgender surgeries for minors
September 9, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Fuck James Talarico. Fuck these wishy washy Dems who think throwing my community under the bus gets them votes. Fuck a "big tent" party that includes these assholes. Fuck every single neolib saying I need to grin and bear it and get in line, my rights will come later. fuck you fuck you fuck you.
SHOCKED I'm SHOCKED I say! Who would have guessed????
Talarico says he would vote in favor of a national ban for transgender surgeries for minors
September 9, 2026 at 11:47 PM
SHOCKED I'm SHOCKED I say! Who would have guessed????
This one is for all the biracial bitches and their problematic white parents
We'll be okay and we'll get through it ❤️🩹🙏
We'll be okay and we'll get through it ❤️🩹🙏
September 8, 2026 at 8:16 PM
This one is for all the biracial bitches and their problematic white parents
We'll be okay and we'll get through it ❤️🩹🙏
We'll be okay and we'll get through it ❤️🩹🙏
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Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection
The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
September 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection
The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
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This is probably a big part of why, despite a college degree, NASA on my resume, and half a decade writing for every automotive outlet under the sun, I was still unemployed for eighteen months
New study on transgender women hiring discrimination paints an incredibly bleak picture. If you can't stealth and don't pass your callbacks plummet 32%
This is only at the resume stage, back when I was still trying I was getting callbacks all the time. I was ghosted or experienced death by panel
This is only at the resume stage, back when I was still trying I was getting callbacks all the time. I was ghosted or experienced death by panel
The Cost of Being Seen: Identity, Non-Passing Appearance, and Hiring Discrimination Against Transgender Women
This paper examines whether hiring discrimination against transgender women arises from gender identity, non-cisnormative appearance, or their interaction. In a
papers.ssrn.com
September 6, 2026 at 8:07 PM
This is probably a big part of why, despite a college degree, NASA on my resume, and half a decade writing for every automotive outlet under the sun, I was still unemployed for eighteen months
I wish I had the courage to post a go-fund-me asking for money to help me get FFS, but I really don't want to strain other struggling trans people when I feel like they're the only ones who might donate.
I'm supposed to get married next year and I'm so afraid of being included in wedding pictures
I'm supposed to get married next year and I'm so afraid of being included in wedding pictures
September 7, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I wish I had the courage to post a go-fund-me asking for money to help me get FFS, but I really don't want to strain other struggling trans people when I feel like they're the only ones who might donate.
I'm supposed to get married next year and I'm so afraid of being included in wedding pictures
I'm supposed to get married next year and I'm so afraid of being included in wedding pictures
I am a contractor working for the federal government. The only transgender person in the office, and I do in fact make less than all the other contractors I've talked to.
I, and every trans person I know, has been homeless at some point or is currently a slip away from homelessness.
It's dire
I, and every trans person I know, has been homeless at some point or is currently a slip away from homelessness.
It's dire
all my friends are either stuck with the job they came out in or are 200% below the poverty line & have been sending out resumes and filling out applications since, with only scams and deliberately underpaid overwork offered. its intentional and deeply transphobic but no one cares. they want us dead
New study on transgender women hiring discrimination paints an incredibly bleak picture. If you can't stealth and don't pass your callbacks plummet 32%
This is only at the resume stage, back when I was still trying I was getting callbacks all the time. I was ghosted or experienced death by panel
This is only at the resume stage, back when I was still trying I was getting callbacks all the time. I was ghosted or experienced death by panel
September 7, 2026 at 1:10 AM
I am a contractor working for the federal government. The only transgender person in the office, and I do in fact make less than all the other contractors I've talked to.
I, and every trans person I know, has been homeless at some point or is currently a slip away from homelessness.
It's dire
I, and every trans person I know, has been homeless at some point or is currently a slip away from homelessness.
It's dire
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New study on transgender women hiring discrimination paints an incredibly bleak picture. If you can't stealth and don't pass your callbacks plummet 32%
This is only at the resume stage, back when I was still trying I was getting callbacks all the time. I was ghosted or experienced death by panel
This is only at the resume stage, back when I was still trying I was getting callbacks all the time. I was ghosted or experienced death by panel
The Cost of Being Seen: Identity, Non-Passing Appearance, and Hiring Discrimination Against Transgender Women
This paper examines whether hiring discrimination against transgender women arises from gender identity, non-cisnormative appearance, or their interaction. In a
papers.ssrn.com
September 6, 2026 at 9:16 AM
New study on transgender women hiring discrimination paints an incredibly bleak picture. If you can't stealth and don't pass your callbacks plummet 32%
This is only at the resume stage, back when I was still trying I was getting callbacks all the time. I was ghosted or experienced death by panel
This is only at the resume stage, back when I was still trying I was getting callbacks all the time. I was ghosted or experienced death by panel
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JKR is alive and very rich and hating trans people is her whole deal so you can just not f with her or her work. So much art in the world that isn’t being made by someone who is trying to erase my children.
September 5, 2026 at 9:31 PM
JKR is alive and very rich and hating trans people is her whole deal so you can just not f with her or her work. So much art in the world that isn’t being made by someone who is trying to erase my children.
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Joe Biden’s birth was closer in time to Abraham Lincoln’s presidency than his own
Tell me a fun fact.
September 5, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Joe Biden’s birth was closer in time to Abraham Lincoln’s presidency than his own
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"that wouldn't-"
A trans woman named Aurora Rush was assaulted by a transphobic vigilante mob in a Louisiana parish that had no trans bathroom bans in place at the time, was hauled to jail by the cops, given no medical attention, and is now in mens prison awaiting trial for spurious fraud charges.
A trans woman named Aurora Rush was assaulted by a transphobic vigilante mob in a Louisiana parish that had no trans bathroom bans in place at the time, was hauled to jail by the cops, given no medical attention, and is now in mens prison awaiting trial for spurious fraud charges.
"but so and so Democrat said-"
I don't care. I can't safely vote or travel because I can't properly update my ID and I don't want to risk landing in jail on fraud charges and being v coded.
They are not doing enough anywhere close enough.
I don't care. I can't safely vote or travel because I can't properly update my ID and I don't want to risk landing in jail on fraud charges and being v coded.
They are not doing enough anywhere close enough.
September 2, 2026 at 8:45 PM
"that wouldn't-"
A trans woman named Aurora Rush was assaulted by a transphobic vigilante mob in a Louisiana parish that had no trans bathroom bans in place at the time, was hauled to jail by the cops, given no medical attention, and is now in mens prison awaiting trial for spurious fraud charges.
A trans woman named Aurora Rush was assaulted by a transphobic vigilante mob in a Louisiana parish that had no trans bathroom bans in place at the time, was hauled to jail by the cops, given no medical attention, and is now in mens prison awaiting trial for spurious fraud charges.
Spent my weekend building several wood + boulder "reefs" on my mom's kettle lake since she wants me to develop some shoreline habitat since a bunch of new homeowners cleared their beaches of all plants + debris
Turtle moved in!
Turtle moved in!
September 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Spent my weekend building several wood + boulder "reefs" on my mom's kettle lake since she wants me to develop some shoreline habitat since a bunch of new homeowners cleared their beaches of all plants + debris
Turtle moved in!
Turtle moved in!
I can name like 50 other 80 year olds you can take PLEASE have some mercy on us
August 27, 2026 at 6:49 PM
I can name like 50 other 80 year olds you can take PLEASE have some mercy on us
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