I had some confusion regarding just which "HR 2616" was just passed today by the US House of Representatives, so for my own records:

What seems to have made it through today is the Rules Committee print of HR 2616, which combines what were formerly HR 2616 and HR 2617 into one bill.

This print requires:

• teachers at schools receiving funds under the ESEA to obtain parental consent (i.e. forced outing) before addressing a student as the gender they state, and
• a ban on "gender ideology extremism" (the bill's words; it is not clear at all how far it goes, though "widest possible applicability" is a reasonable guess) from being taught in said schools.

The print now goes to the Senate.

Y'all know I think both of these changes are bad. I do think y'all should be more concerned about point (2), which is a ban on teaching something that the current administration sees as icky, and which most of US society -- at best -- doesn't see as something worth defending.

I think students will find ways around this should it become law. Banning knowledge makes it cooler, after all, and I have some faith that a significant part of Gen Z and Gen Alpha roll with this stuff just fine.

But I still think you should view this as a live attempt to establish precedent and procedure to take other things from you. Do what you will, or won't, with that thought.

Dolores Flow had a good time in the SF Pride Parade! Attached is a video clip (from ABC7) of both our contingent as well as Bee Here Now, another contingent that we collaborated with. (We were with Heavy Petting Zoo too, but the resulting clip was too large for Mastodon.)

There's a lot of shitty policy going around right now, and at least in the US it's clear the timing with Pride was deliberate because we have an administration of Internet trolls. It's nice, however, to have a very tangible reminder that there's a sizable number of people who don't subscribe to that.

#sfba #pride #flowarts

Kindle’s on for 2025: https://kindlenw.org/

My first time was last year; looking forward to this one too! Especially now that I know what they have on site I can save myself some overpacking…

#flowarts #circus

Seattle friends! The Evergreen Flowcase’s first performance is coming up on October 12 at 6:30 PM, featuring new work by local hoopers, dragon staff spinners, jugglers, and more.

Facebook event page: https://facebook.com/events/s/evergreen-flowcase/565115975956870/
Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/evergreenflowcase?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0ACGtk5vFGeuIrMTWKJ-Xv-TaUMfm8vrNmgA8tihA5hrGUTM9qepVrIvM_aem_Yne-IcTGMW5OzMMpd14dtA

I’m not in Seattle, but the event’s being run by a friend I met up at Kindle and I’ve good reason to believe it’ll be a lot of fun :)

#seattle #flowarts

For those keeping away from Facebook (totally understandable):

If you're in the Bay Area, every Sunday there's weekly partner acro/flow arts meetups on the flat field at the bottom of Dolores Park. (The field faces the rear of the Mission Dolores Basilica.). These typically go from 1-4 PM, though the end time varies. Any experience level is welcome! I in particular am happy to teach contact leviwand and flower stick basics.

This week the subject of A DocumenTree is dropping by to play, so if that sounds like your thing feel free to drop by :)

#sfba #flowarts

I’ve posted this elsewhere, but I wanted to mark it here too. It’s ship day 🎉

I’ve helped shipped a couple of other products, but this is by far the biggest one and I’m riding a pretty big high right now. Congrats to everyone involved!