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Agender enby. An Old. Crafter. Once and future massage nerd. Professional weirdo.
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Trump’s Economy lost an estimated 50,000 private sector jobs in October.
But he continues to insist everything is booming.
But he continues to insist everything is booming.
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Trump’s Economy lost an estimated 50,000 private sector jobs in October.
But he continues to insist everything is booming.
But he continues to insist everything is booming.
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Between this, the permaban of Link, and the silent rollout of the “rude” moderating, BlueSky’s leaders seem intent on speedrunning the enshittification of the site
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Between this, the permaban of Link, and the silent rollout of the “rude” moderating, BlueSky’s leaders seem intent on speedrunning the enshittification of the site
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"But I do not want a cure. I do not think my mom should have prevented me. And I certainly do not want a crucial part of my identity to be reversed. What I want is for U.S. politicians to stop bemoaning my existence and to actually fund supports for my community." www.aapd.com/i-am-autisti...
I am autistic. No, I don’t want a cure. - AAPD
Content warning: this post discusses disturbing topics such as eugenics and anti-autistic ableism. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made an announcement back in April that Donald Trump gave him a mission on day…
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November 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"But I do not want a cure. I do not think my mom should have prevented me. And I certainly do not want a crucial part of my identity to be reversed. What I want is for U.S. politicians to stop bemoaning my existence and to actually fund supports for my community." www.aapd.com/i-am-autisti...
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Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
How is he so fractally wrong? At every degree of magnification, the beliefs that underpin his arguments are just nonsense.
Trump: We gave her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It’s much better than the Congressional Medal of Honor because soldiers get the Congressional. And they’re in very bad shape because they're dead. She gets it and she's a healthy, beautiful woman. And they’re rated equal
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
How is he so fractally wrong? At every degree of magnification, the beliefs that underpin his arguments are just nonsense.
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“Come hang out, and you hopefully make some really good friends out of the whole process.”
There's a growing number of Queer Social Clubs that offer sober alternatives to the bars, from hiking to yoga to line dancing and soup. My first for "Big and Bright," @thebarbedwire.com's queer news section.
There's a growing number of Queer Social Clubs that offer sober alternatives to the bars, from hiking to yoga to line dancing and soup. My first for "Big and Bright," @thebarbedwire.com's queer news section.
Looking For Queer Community Outside the Bar? There’s a Walking (and Hiking and Yoga and Line-Dancing) Club For That.
Tired of alcohol? Join a queer walking club. “Sometimes, a sense of belonging can genuinely be lifesaving.”
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November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“Come hang out, and you hopefully make some really good friends out of the whole process.”
There's a growing number of Queer Social Clubs that offer sober alternatives to the bars, from hiking to yoga to line dancing and soup. My first for "Big and Bright," @thebarbedwire.com's queer news section.
There's a growing number of Queer Social Clubs that offer sober alternatives to the bars, from hiking to yoga to line dancing and soup. My first for "Big and Bright," @thebarbedwire.com's queer news section.
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Here, now, today, you have permission to feel & express things that you were shamed or punished for feeling back then.
People or institutions (including, especially, churches) who make you feel otherwise aren't going to be realistic supports for you in your trauma recovery.
People or institutions (including, especially, churches) who make you feel otherwise aren't going to be realistic supports for you in your trauma recovery.
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Here, now, today, you have permission to feel & express things that you were shamed or punished for feeling back then.
People or institutions (including, especially, churches) who make you feel otherwise aren't going to be realistic supports for you in your trauma recovery.
People or institutions (including, especially, churches) who make you feel otherwise aren't going to be realistic supports for you in your trauma recovery.
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Trauma survivors don't instinctively keep our stories & experiences to ourselves because we love handling them on our own. We've often been conditioned to believe we HAVE to handle them on our own-- & that putting words to our world makes us vulnerable.
Breathe. You make sense.
Breathe. You make sense.
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Trauma survivors don't instinctively keep our stories & experiences to ourselves because we love handling them on our own. We've often been conditioned to believe we HAVE to handle them on our own-- & that putting words to our world makes us vulnerable.
Breathe. You make sense.
Breathe. You make sense.
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New details out on DHS's plans to use skip tracing services to track down immigrants.
ICE seeks to give multiple contractors info on ~50k people per month, out of a docket of 1.5M. Contractors will conduct "enhanced location research" and surveillance, prioritizing identifying people's homes.
ICE seeks to give multiple contractors info on ~50k people per month, out of a docket of 1.5M. Contractors will conduct "enhanced location research" and surveillance, prioritizing identifying people's homes.
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
New details out on DHS's plans to use skip tracing services to track down immigrants.
ICE seeks to give multiple contractors info on ~50k people per month, out of a docket of 1.5M. Contractors will conduct "enhanced location research" and surveillance, prioritizing identifying people's homes.
ICE seeks to give multiple contractors info on ~50k people per month, out of a docket of 1.5M. Contractors will conduct "enhanced location research" and surveillance, prioritizing identifying people's homes.
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It’s wild how MAGA falls in love with people like nepo baby developer Bill Pulte, who was born on 3rd base and thinks he hit a triple, because he investigated Schiff, then he rolls out a plan for a lifetime of debt slavery with 50-year mortgages and they are somehow surprised.
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It’s wild how MAGA falls in love with people like nepo baby developer Bill Pulte, who was born on 3rd base and thinks he hit a triple, because he investigated Schiff, then he rolls out a plan for a lifetime of debt slavery with 50-year mortgages and they are somehow surprised.
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Under Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum 7, or NSPM-7, he instructed his administration to target U.S. progressive groups and their donors as well as political activists who profess undefined anti-American, anti-fascist, or anti-Christian sentiments.
Are You on Trump’s List of Domestic Terrorists? There’s No Way to Know.
The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups. It won’t tell us who’s on the list.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Under Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum 7, or NSPM-7, he instructed his administration to target U.S. progressive groups and their donors as well as political activists who profess undefined anti-American, anti-fascist, or anti-Christian sentiments.
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The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups. It won’t tell us who’s on the list.
Are You on Trump’s List of Domestic Terrorists? There’s No Way to Know.
The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups. It won’t tell us who’s on the list.
interc.pt
November 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups. It won’t tell us who’s on the list.
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“When you erase history, you make it easier to repeat…It’s about shaping what people believe about America itself…if the struggles of Black Americans are scrubbed…then it becomes easier to claim that systemic racism never existed in the first place. And that’s the real goal.” - Julian Vasquez Heili
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“When you erase history, you make it easier to repeat…It’s about shaping what people believe about America itself…if the struggles of Black Americans are scrubbed…then it becomes easier to claim that systemic racism never existed in the first place. And that’s the real goal.” - Julian Vasquez Heili
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
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...Anyway! As this thread seems to be taking off a little, this looks like a good time to let folks know that #BlackFriday / #BlackNovember prices have just gone into effect over at #Ebooks Direct. And since I'm having a brain scan on Monday, sales will be welcome! ebooks.direct/collections/...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
...Anyway! As this thread seems to be taking off a little, this looks like a good time to let folks know that #BlackFriday / #BlackNovember prices have just gone into effect over at #Ebooks Direct. And since I'm having a brain scan on Monday, sales will be welcome! ebooks.direct/collections/...
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Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
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After the largest peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations in American history, and a blue wave election where voters clearly and loudly said FIGHT ALL OF THIS CHAOS, it is malpractice and disqualifying for an elected Democrat to suggest caving to Trump.
I'm looking in your direction, Chuck Schumer.
I'm looking in your direction, Chuck Schumer.
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
After the largest peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations in American history, and a blue wave election where voters clearly and loudly said FIGHT ALL OF THIS CHAOS, it is malpractice and disqualifying for an elected Democrat to suggest caving to Trump.
I'm looking in your direction, Chuck Schumer.
I'm looking in your direction, Chuck Schumer.
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PolitiFact - Do ICE officers have ‘federal immunity’ as White House official Stephen Miller said?
No
www.politifact.com/f... #wipolitics
No
www.politifact.com/f... #wipolitics
Do ICE officers have ‘federal immunity’?
Stephen Miller said ICE agents have federal immunity. Agents have broad protections when they’re conducting official duties. But they’re not immune from prosecution if they break state or federal law.
www.politifact.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
PolitiFact - Do ICE officers have ‘federal immunity’ as White House official Stephen Miller said?
No
www.politifact.com/f... #wipolitics
No
www.politifact.com/f... #wipolitics
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The smartest thing a politician can do in 2026 is to come up with a bold plan for shoring up and EXPANDING public libraries. Call it Project 2050. It's a way to reintroduce the grammar of commoning and the commons to a new generation in a way they can easily grasp. Such low hanging fruit.
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The smartest thing a politician can do in 2026 is to come up with a bold plan for shoring up and EXPANDING public libraries. Call it Project 2050. It's a way to reintroduce the grammar of commoning and the commons to a new generation in a way they can easily grasp. Such low hanging fruit.
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been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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Meanwhile, over at Tumblr…
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Meanwhile, over at Tumblr…
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The new episode of Philosophy Tube is about birth rates, ageing populations, and moral panics. Check it out! 👶
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You're Wrong About Birth Rates & Aging Populations
YouTube video by Philosophy Tube
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November 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The new episode of Philosophy Tube is about birth rates, ageing populations, and moral panics. Check it out! 👶
youtu.be/AIDnr646tLA?...
youtu.be/AIDnr646tLA?...