Aaron's Bluesky Activity — May 6, 2026

Anti-LGBTQ+ Politics and Democratic Accountability

Aaron engaged with the ongoing frustration over false equivalence between the two parties on LGBTQ+ issues, reposting a pointed call-out noting that Democrats had stripped 50 anti-LGBTQ+ measures from the last appropriations bill — measures Republicans had inserted. The post argued that treating both parties as equally culpable actively puts queer people at risk. Related to this, Aaron reposted an observation about why many people resist acknowledging Republican agency: accepting that reality means confronting the uncomfortable fact that one's fate rests with people whose behavior can't be influenced. Source

Institutional Reform and the Limits of Norms

Aaron reposted commentary on the collapse of post-Watergate reforms, amplifying an argument that tenure protections and legislative mechanisms — not just norms — underpinned those guardrails, and that the Supreme Court's unitary executive rulings gutted them. This connected to a New Republic piece arguing DOJ reform needs to be codified in law rather than relying on norms that have since eroded. The story of Calvin Duncan, who spent decades wrongfully imprisoned partly because a court clerk's office repeatedly denied him access to exculpatory files — and who then ran for that very office — served as a concrete illustration of institutional failures that demand structural fixes. New Republic | Balls & Strikes

Public Health and the Anti-Vaccine Movement

A cluster of reposts focused on the real-world consequences of vaccine skepticism spreading beyond vaccines to routine newborn care. Aaron amplified reporting on babies dying or suffering brain bleeds because parents are refusing the vitamin K shot — a standard, non-vaccine injection whose purpose (preventing uncontrolled bleeding) is literally encoded in its name. One repost noted that pregnant people increasingly turn to online communities for support, and those spaces are heavily infiltrated by anti-vaccine messaging. Source

Infrastructure, Transit, and Geopolitics

Aaron shared a mix of infrastructure-related content. On public transit, he reposted a Guardian piece on Biden-era COVID relief funds for transit running out, leading to bus service cuts that are pushing low-income, car-free residents toward food insecurity. On rail, he reposted a note contrasting France's and Spain's high-speed rail ridership — Spain has the denser network but airport-style security theatre drags down its numbers. On a more geopolitical note, he reposted commentary on Southeast Asian countries floating the idea of tolling the Strait of Malacca in the wake of the Iran-Hormuz situation, with the dry observation: "you fucked up a perfectly good freedom of navigation… look at it, it's got tolls." The Guardian | CFR

Antisemitism and Political Figures

Aaron reposted concern over British tabloids' coverage of the only Jewish leader of a major UK political party, shared without comment but framed as illustrative of a troubling pattern. He also reposted dismay at Deborah Lipstadt — Biden's former special envoy on antisemitism — sharing content from what was described as a white nationalist account targeting Somali Americans, with the observation that this is particularly dispiriting given her history of successfully challenging Holocaust denier David Irving in court. Source