Cass
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Land back. End apartheid. Free 🇵🇸 & 🇺🇦 & Turtle Island.
conlangs / birds / ttrpgs / Wingspan fan content
Land back. End apartheid. Free 🇵🇸 & 🇺🇦 & Turtle Island.
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Fenway Health caving to Trump administration bigotry is shameful, not strategy.
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Fenway Health caving to Trump administration bigotry is shameful, not strategy.
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I have been in Europe for almost a month and am now at DAU Barcelona for Devir's 25th anniversary. I have had the great good fortune to hang out with many board gamers and designers on this trip.
And I have heard from them over and over that they are scared to visit the US right now.
And I have heard from them over and over that they are scared to visit the US right now.
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I have been in Europe for almost a month and am now at DAU Barcelona for Devir's 25th anniversary. I have had the great good fortune to hang out with many board gamers and designers on this trip.
And I have heard from them over and over that they are scared to visit the US right now.
And I have heard from them over and over that they are scared to visit the US right now.
Very subtle aurora with lots of light pollution in Silver Spring, MD. Not naked eye visible here in the city.
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Very subtle aurora with lots of light pollution in Silver Spring, MD. Not naked eye visible here in the city.
Not a single one of my bird follows are going to say anything at all about what Cornell has done, huh?
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Not a single one of my bird follows are going to say anything at all about what Cornell has done, huh?
This is the document that Cornell agreed to abide by and share as training material. It bans trans students from using bathrooms and participating in sports and also bans DEI.
As birders, we must boycott and defund Cornell, eBird, and Birds of the World. 🪶
www.justice.gov/ag/media/140...
As birders, we must boycott and defund Cornell, eBird, and Birds of the World. 🪶
www.justice.gov/ag/media/140...
www.justice.gov
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is the document that Cornell agreed to abide by and share as training material. It bans trans students from using bathrooms and participating in sports and also bans DEI.
As birders, we must boycott and defund Cornell, eBird, and Birds of the World. 🪶
www.justice.gov/ag/media/140...
As birders, we must boycott and defund Cornell, eBird, and Birds of the World. 🪶
www.justice.gov/ag/media/140...
I don't understand how "Cornell birder boycott" returns no results.
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I don't understand how "Cornell birder boycott" returns no results.
Is disgusting how other birders are not reacting at all to Cornell's violent agreement with Trump. I guess birders are 99% far-right MAGA heads who all want trans people dead.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Is disgusting how other birders are not reacting at all to Cornell's violent agreement with Trump. I guess birders are 99% far-right MAGA heads who all want trans people dead.
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‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Phylogeny of tinamous based on whole-genomes and fossils: academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan... 🪶🧪 (📷Musher et al.)
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Phylogeny of tinamous based on whole-genomes and fossils: academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan... 🪶🧪 (📷Musher et al.)
Cancelled my Cornell Labs membership and Birds of the World subscription. Hope all of you do the same and we send Cornell University a strong message that discrimination will not be tolerated. 🪶
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Cornell University to pay $60M in deal with Trump admin to restore federal funding
Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy Leagu...
abcnews.go.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Cancelled my Cornell Labs membership and Birds of the World subscription. Hope all of you do the same and we send Cornell University a strong message that discrimination will not be tolerated. 🪶
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Birders, please stop funding Cornell immediately. No donations or subscriptions. There are other organizations that help birds and don't commit violence against trans people.
This capitulation will only embolden Trump to target other universities and institutions. This helps no one and only feeds the beast.
We must continue to stand with those who resist Trump’s lawlessness and call out those who don’t. Shame on Cornell.
We must continue to stand with those who resist Trump’s lawlessness and call out those who don’t. Shame on Cornell.
Cornell University to pay $60M in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy Leagu...
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Birders, please stop funding Cornell immediately. No donations or subscriptions. There are other organizations that help birds and don't commit violence against trans people.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while our lawsuit makes its way through the courts.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while our lawsuit makes its way through the courts.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
If you want to discover the horrifying consequences of the death of all local media throughout the US, ask pretty much anyone at all (including you who are reading this) for their knowledge and opinions about the NYC mayoral election tomorrow and then ask the same about their own local elections.
November 4, 2025 at 5:23 AM
If you want to discover the horrifying consequences of the death of all local media throughout the US, ask pretty much anyone at all (including you who are reading this) for their knowledge and opinions about the NYC mayoral election tomorrow and then ask the same about their own local elections.
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this is an anti-labor sentiment that has been constantly perpetuated in narratives so that owners can cry poor when clearly there's no way a goddamn billion dollar team can say they're poor they literally have valuations at over a billion dollars
July 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
this is an anti-labor sentiment that has been constantly perpetuated in narratives so that owners can cry poor when clearly there's no way a goddamn billion dollar team can say they're poor they literally have valuations at over a billion dollars
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the myth of a "small market" MLB team is a justification provided by owners so that they can try to legitimize having a smaller payroll when every fucking MLB team is valued at over $1 billion. how the FUCK can any of these teams be small market. USE YOUR FUCKING BRAINS READ A GODDAMN ECON BOOK
July 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
the myth of a "small market" MLB team is a justification provided by owners so that they can try to legitimize having a smaller payroll when every fucking MLB team is valued at over $1 billion. how the FUCK can any of these teams be small market. USE YOUR FUCKING BRAINS READ A GODDAMN ECON BOOK
Made a top 10 list of why I stopped watching MLB since 2020 and ended up with 11 reasons
November 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Made a top 10 list of why I stopped watching MLB since 2020 and ended up with 11 reasons
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People use SNAP benefits to buy food. More people qualify for SNAP benefits than get them. The program is well regulated and fraud is extremely low (and more likely to come from officials or businesses.) SNAP money helps local economies. This is all backed up by tons of research and data.
November 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
People use SNAP benefits to buy food. More people qualify for SNAP benefits than get them. The program is well regulated and fraud is extremely low (and more likely to come from officials or businesses.) SNAP money helps local economies. This is all backed up by tons of research and data.
With everything else happening, I never heard the news that the most mysterious song on the Internet was definitively identified almost one year ago.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subways...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subways...
Subways of Your Mind - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:46 AM
With everything else happening, I never heard the news that the most mysterious song on the Internet was definitively identified almost one year ago.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subways...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subways...
I have the my Wingspan eBird checklist with taxonomy and geography notes all updated with the 150 new promo pack birds. Just waiting on eBird to publish their full 2025 Taxonomy Update to publish it. Halloween again like last year?
October 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I have the my Wingspan eBird checklist with taxonomy and geography notes all updated with the 150 new promo pack birds. Just waiting on eBird to publish their full 2025 Taxonomy Update to publish it. Halloween again like last year?
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USA Today clearly does not know what DMV stands for. Yes, the DMV is very much affected more than the rest of the country.
October 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
USA Today clearly does not know what DMV stands for. Yes, the DMV is very much affected more than the rest of the country.
I still can't believe this administration has attacked or killed millions and millions of people and white people are only worried about a stupid building.
October 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I still can't believe this administration has attacked or killed millions and millions of people and white people are only worried about a stupid building.
I just read the lyrics of one of my favorite songs and realized I've been mishearing a word for the hundreds? of times I've listened to it.
I like my version much better 😭
I like my version much better 😭
October 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I just read the lyrics of one of my favorite songs and realized I've been mishearing a word for the hundreds? of times I've listened to it.
I like my version much better 😭
I like my version much better 😭
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Federal immigration agents have detained an alarming number of U.S. citizens, demonstrating their widespread failure to respect basic protections against wrongful seizures.
“Any one of us could be next,” said Cody Wofsy, Deputy Director of our Immigrants' Rights Project.
“Any one of us could be next,” said Cody Wofsy, Deputy Director of our Immigrants' Rights Project.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
www.propublica.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Federal immigration agents have detained an alarming number of U.S. citizens, demonstrating their widespread failure to respect basic protections against wrongful seizures.
“Any one of us could be next,” said Cody Wofsy, Deputy Director of our Immigrants' Rights Project.
“Any one of us could be next,” said Cody Wofsy, Deputy Director of our Immigrants' Rights Project.