Sick Burns 5/15/2026 - The slain 19 year old trans University of Washington student has been identified in the press It's never easy to write about a trans woman who dies by violence. It's just a fact of life as trans people that there
Everything under Trump is Trump Worship, especially conservative sects of American religion In the Old Testament, Moses spent 40 days on Mt. Sinai, only descending once he had the ten commandments in hand. When he finally climbed off the mountain, he found his people worshipping a literal golden calf statue.
It was a busy week over here at Burns Notice HQ. Here's my recap of the week and a few other cool things exclusively for paid subscribers! Friday Thought: Chief Justice John Roberts, fresh off completing his decades long venture to destroy the Voting Rights Act, took to
When cis people invoke Isabel Fall, they do not understand the complex trans dynamics at play This piece is not about Will Stancil. Though he is what prompted me to write this. To give you a short recap, Will Stancil has been the subject of intense online criticism for years
The exhausting atheist and evolutionary biologist is kind of brainless It's been an ongoing joke on trans BlueSky for awhile now that AI is someday going to get full human rights before trans people do. It's a funny joke, but I don't really think
Maine Governor Janet Mills officially dropped out of the Democratic Primary for Maine Senate and I have thoughts on the possible future Senator Nazi Tattoo Also weekly recap and things of interest Earlier this week, Maine governor Janet Mills dropped out of the Democratic Primary for the US Senate race
And what it means for the future of trans health care. A local group of concerned citizens showed up at the Chestnut St. entrance to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA Saturday to protest and draw attention to a recent decision by the hospital system to end its provision of
My subscriber exclusive weekly round up has returned! Everyone help me welcome back my weekly reading round up, which will compile all the things I've produced during the week, along with links to other things I've been reading and thinking about. This piece is exclusively for
Tech billionaire Sam Altman positions his company’s artificial intelligence, including ChatGPT, as humanity’s savior. But the human race can’t trust the OpenAI CEO, according to a recent New Yorker Sam Altman profile. From his earliest days in the tech industry, Altman has toggled between exaggerations (at best)
The GOP started the Gerrymander Wars, Democrats will finish it Gerrymandering has been a thing in American politics for over a century now. The practice of drawing district lines to favor one political party over another is named after former Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry, who signed a bill in 1812
Those of you who are following me on Bluesky know that my cat has been in the animal hospital since Tuesday and he's barely hanging on. This morning I made the decision to cancel all further work this week, including the piece I had planned for the newsletter.
“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling’s trans persecution feeds off her vast fortune. Rowling uses her estimated $1.2 billion net worth to directly fund anti-trans causes. As executive producer of the upcoming Harry Potter HBO show, Rowling will make even more money that she can funnel into what