Umbire
@umbire.blacksky.app
black, 33, he/him
18+ - no minors, no zoo/lolisho, no exceptions.
If I have you blocked here, feel free to assume you're dead to me. If you were blocked previously/on my last acc. and then aren't, you're on thin fucking ice.
BAMN
Kill your heroes.
18+ - no minors, no zoo/lolisho, no exceptions.
If I have you blocked here, feel free to assume you're dead to me. If you were blocked previously/on my last acc. and then aren't, you're on thin fucking ice.
BAMN
Kill your heroes.
Pinned
Umbire
@umbire.blacksky.app
· Aug 12
With all that said:
People calling themselves my opps are treated as such.
People calling themselves my allies should act as such.
None of that moral indulgences shit. I don't care who you are.
I will try to focus on things I enjoy, but I am also outspoken and angry. Expect me to get bitey.
People calling themselves my opps are treated as such.
People calling themselves my allies should act as such.
None of that moral indulgences shit. I don't care who you are.
I will try to focus on things I enjoy, but I am also outspoken and angry. Expect me to get bitey.
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"... complaint alleging that the county was using zoning enforcement to deprive Asian Americans of water."
"... our fight will continue until every resident has access to adequate water to meet their daily needs.”
#WATER
"... our fight will continue until every resident has access to adequate water to meet their daily needs.”
#WATER
Victory: Asian American residents of Siskiyou County faced traffic stops at nearly 12 times the rate their population would justify. They documented the discrimination, fought back, and won! www.aclunorcal.org/press-releas...
Siskiyou County Settles Claims Over Race-Based Traffic Stops, Agrees to Major Reform - ACLU of Norcal
Sheriff’s Office to follow new traffic stop reforms and comply with independent oversight
www.aclunorcal.org
December 30, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"... complaint alleging that the county was using zoning enforcement to deprive Asian Americans of water."
"... our fight will continue until every resident has access to adequate water to meet their daily needs.”
#WATER
"... our fight will continue until every resident has access to adequate water to meet their daily needs.”
#WATER
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The thing about conservatives and others on the right is that they lie. Constantly. To you. To each other. To themselves. Professional rightwingers are lying liars who lie.
Distrust outlets that try to convince you these snakes are ever sorry about anything
Distrust outlets that try to convince you these snakes are ever sorry about anything
December 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The thing about conservatives and others on the right is that they lie. Constantly. To you. To each other. To themselves. Professional rightwingers are lying liars who lie.
Distrust outlets that try to convince you these snakes are ever sorry about anything
Distrust outlets that try to convince you these snakes are ever sorry about anything
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This is why "waiting to see if it gets worse" is a problem.
Viral replication is exponential. By the time you feel "sick enough" to go to urgent care, you may have missed the window to keep that curve small.
Test fast. Treat fast. Deny the virus that AUC.
www.patreon.com/posts/dealin...
Viral replication is exponential. By the time you feel "sick enough" to go to urgent care, you may have missed the window to keep that curve small.
Test fast. Treat fast. Deny the virus that AUC.
www.patreon.com/posts/dealin...
December 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This is why "waiting to see if it gets worse" is a problem.
Viral replication is exponential. By the time you feel "sick enough" to go to urgent care, you may have missed the window to keep that curve small.
Test fast. Treat fast. Deny the virus that AUC.
www.patreon.com/posts/dealin...
Viral replication is exponential. By the time you feel "sick enough" to go to urgent care, you may have missed the window to keep that curve small.
Test fast. Treat fast. Deny the virus that AUC.
www.patreon.com/posts/dealin...
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Hot take, Furry is not unique in any way. We are not uniquely queer, or uniquely progressive, or uniquely sex positive, or uniquely safe for survivors.
But we regularly insist we are special while sweeping all the evidence to the contrary under the rug. Anything to protect our "UwU no dwama" image.
But we regularly insist we are special while sweeping all the evidence to the contrary under the rug. Anything to protect our "UwU no dwama" image.
It is like the Balm of Gilead on my soul to hear you speak the words 'racist furries'. You see, people are always talking about how the Furry Fandom is the Wholesome 100% Keanu Chungus fandom. It is actually infested with very nasty people that others insist on glossing over as a non-issue.
this explains the racist furries
December 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Hot take, Furry is not unique in any way. We are not uniquely queer, or uniquely progressive, or uniquely sex positive, or uniquely safe for survivors.
But we regularly insist we are special while sweeping all the evidence to the contrary under the rug. Anything to protect our "UwU no dwama" image.
But we regularly insist we are special while sweeping all the evidence to the contrary under the rug. Anything to protect our "UwU no dwama" image.
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Flu antivirals don't kill the virus—they stop it from replicating. That's why the "take within 48 hours" guidance isn't arbitrary: every hour you wait means more virus for your body to deal with. Here's how to test at home and get treatment fast ⤵
www.patreon.com/posts/146890...
www.patreon.com/posts/146890...
December 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Flu antivirals don't kill the virus—they stop it from replicating. That's why the "take within 48 hours" guidance isn't arbitrary: every hour you wait means more virus for your body to deal with. Here's how to test at home and get treatment fast ⤵
www.patreon.com/posts/146890...
www.patreon.com/posts/146890...
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Please let me know if you can see this! We can't let anyone, including these six families and a camp (of fifteen more), be forgotten. It's what the occupation is betting on.
Bet on life instead. With shares, mutual aid, and bold, new action offline. chuffed.org/project/hope...
Bet on life instead. With shares, mutual aid, and bold, new action offline. chuffed.org/project/hope...
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
December 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Please let me know if you can see this! We can't let anyone, including these six families and a camp (of fifteen more), be forgotten. It's what the occupation is betting on.
Bet on life instead. With shares, mutual aid, and bold, new action offline. chuffed.org/project/hope...
Bet on life instead. With shares, mutual aid, and bold, new action offline. chuffed.org/project/hope...
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"What, are the Democrats supposed to just block legislation so that NOTHING gets done?!"
Yeah. Yes. They should be keeping the Nazis from doing things.
Yeah. Yes. They should be keeping the Nazis from doing things.
December 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
"What, are the Democrats supposed to just block legislation so that NOTHING gets done?!"
Yeah. Yes. They should be keeping the Nazis from doing things.
Yeah. Yes. They should be keeping the Nazis from doing things.
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me: I'm so pissed at democrats for not fighting republicans hard enough
liberals: well perhaps you'd be more comfortable on republican dot republican, the republican website, eh, you old republican?
liberals: well perhaps you'd be more comfortable on republican dot republican, the republican website, eh, you old republican?
December 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
me: I'm so pissed at democrats for not fighting republicans hard enough
liberals: well perhaps you'd be more comfortable on republican dot republican, the republican website, eh, you old republican?
liberals: well perhaps you'd be more comfortable on republican dot republican, the republican website, eh, you old republican?
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Please it’s almost the 1st. Please, please get us to our goal. I don’t even know what to say about it anymore.
And even our goal amount is not going to keep us totally and completely safe and out of the weeds, but it sure as hell will help!
And even our goal amount is not going to keep us totally and completely safe and out of the weeds, but it sure as hell will help!
Again, if you haven’t read the link below, we went from having 1/2 our rent paid for ~3 years & food assistance each month via my child’s district to having it stop suddenly for all families - with no time to plan ahead, etc.
I’m also working full-time & not even getting paid rn. Plz consider🙏
I’m also working full-time & not even getting paid rn. Plz consider🙏
December 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Please it’s almost the 1st. Please, please get us to our goal. I don’t even know what to say about it anymore.
And even our goal amount is not going to keep us totally and completely safe and out of the weeds, but it sure as hell will help!
And even our goal amount is not going to keep us totally and completely safe and out of the weeds, but it sure as hell will help!
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This past weekend we had dinner with our friend who is a Sbux union leader. She clued me into 3 things.
Starbucks has not signed a contract with the workers for 4 years.
Starbucks has more union violations than any other company in the US.
Shareholders are demanding they settle.
Keep boycotting.
Starbucks has not signed a contract with the workers for 4 years.
Starbucks has more union violations than any other company in the US.
Shareholders are demanding they settle.
Keep boycotting.
Starbucks spent years trying to become an inescapable storefront on the streets of New York, Los Angeles and other big cities in America. Now that’s coming to an end. https://cnn.it/4q8AJ6D
December 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This past weekend we had dinner with our friend who is a Sbux union leader. She clued me into 3 things.
Starbucks has not signed a contract with the workers for 4 years.
Starbucks has more union violations than any other company in the US.
Shareholders are demanding they settle.
Keep boycotting.
Starbucks has not signed a contract with the workers for 4 years.
Starbucks has more union violations than any other company in the US.
Shareholders are demanding they settle.
Keep boycotting.
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eugenics and ableism remain mainstays of our present that we must understand and contend with to build a sustainable future for all.
I don't understand how we are still stigmatizing people for wearing masks during respiratory virus season in 2025. Really, people?
December 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
eugenics and ableism remain mainstays of our present that we must understand and contend with to build a sustainable future for all.
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Without racists of some form, there is no movement Right-wing.
NEW from @azrww.bsky.social: We wondered what Turning Point would look like after Charlie Kirk's murder. At this year's AmericaFest, his friends, colleagues & wife are making hay on his grave while bickering over which racists are too racist for polite company in front of neo-Nazi attendees.
“Why Do You Idolize a Man Who Was Racist?” Dispatch From AmericaFest 2025
| Left Coast Right Watch
With Charlie Kirk dead, this year’s AmericaFest quickly devolved into conservative in-fighting about whether it’s fine to hang out with open neo-Nazis.
leftcoastrightwatch.org
December 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Without racists of some form, there is no movement Right-wing.
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please help me out- my phone bill is due in 2 days and I need help with getting groceries. It's urgent. Anything helps me out and to be upfront, yes, this is for what I need, and I'm always so so appreciative of you all and your patience. Thank you. ♡
www.paypal.me/XP1991
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cash.app/$laPazdeKate
www.paypal.me/XP1991
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cash.app/$laPazdeKate
December 27, 2025 at 6:07 AM
please help me out- my phone bill is due in 2 days and I need help with getting groceries. It's urgent. Anything helps me out and to be upfront, yes, this is for what I need, and I'm always so so appreciative of you all and your patience. Thank you. ♡
www.paypal.me/XP1991
~
cash.app/$laPazdeKate
www.paypal.me/XP1991
~
cash.app/$laPazdeKate
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DNA evidence is *very* extremely conclusive.
There is a problem though: even though the odds of a false match are like one in a billion, laboratory error is not.
It is illegal to mention this.
www.cnn.com/2024/03/09/u...
There is a problem though: even though the odds of a false match are like one in a billion, laboratory error is not.
It is illegal to mention this.
www.cnn.com/2024/03/09/u...
Colorado Bureau of Investigation finds DNA scientist manipulated data in hundreds of cases over decades | CNN
A now-former forensic scientist with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) manipulated DNA test results in hundreds of criminal cases, an internal affairs investigation found, which prompted a fu...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
DNA evidence is *very* extremely conclusive.
There is a problem though: even though the odds of a false match are like one in a billion, laboratory error is not.
It is illegal to mention this.
www.cnn.com/2024/03/09/u...
There is a problem though: even though the odds of a false match are like one in a billion, laboratory error is not.
It is illegal to mention this.
www.cnn.com/2024/03/09/u...
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"The Israeli government, which I do not support, should never face any consequences whatsoever for its actions" was essentially the way most people talked on here from exactly Oct 7th 2023 to Jan 20th 2025.
December 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"The Israeli government, which I do not support, should never face any consequences whatsoever for its actions" was essentially the way most people talked on here from exactly Oct 7th 2023 to Jan 20th 2025.
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And he has the power to hurt this time? He doesn’t doubt himself. He is fucking team terf. He will be the one with the power this time. It’s insane and grotesque and we all get to witness this horribly disfigured monster mete out his idea of justice by becoming an empty shell of himself
December 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
And he has the power to hurt this time? He doesn’t doubt himself. He is fucking team terf. He will be the one with the power this time. It’s insane and grotesque and we all get to witness this horribly disfigured monster mete out his idea of justice by becoming an empty shell of himself
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And finally the Chappelle show and Comedy Central debacle cut him deeper than I think he knows and he knows it cut him very deep. He hasn’t gotten over that shit in 20 fucking years. His kids are grown and he’s not over that. So someone he perceives as also trying to “control” or “cancel” him
December 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
And finally the Chappelle show and Comedy Central debacle cut him deeper than I think he knows and he knows it cut him very deep. He hasn’t gotten over that shit in 20 fucking years. His kids are grown and he’s not over that. So someone he perceives as also trying to “control” or “cancel” him
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different civil rights movements to the black civil rights movement and there is a lot to be said about the black civil rights movement getting left in the lurch by “allies” but his hatred of this trend leads him to do… the exact same thing. He has become the thing he hates through and through
December 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
different civil rights movements to the black civil rights movement and there is a lot to be said about the black civil rights movement getting left in the lurch by “allies” but his hatred of this trend leads him to do… the exact same thing. He has become the thing he hates through and through
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He is not wrong about stuff. It’s impossible.
And this goes into a third problem with him. He knows how racist America is and he is fucking furious at the gay community for achieving civil rights and more power faster than black people. He has talked regularly about the inequity of comparing
And this goes into a third problem with him. He knows how racist America is and he is fucking furious at the gay community for achieving civil rights and more power faster than black people. He has talked regularly about the inequity of comparing
December 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
He is not wrong about stuff. It’s impossible.
And this goes into a third problem with him. He knows how racist America is and he is fucking furious at the gay community for achieving civil rights and more power faster than black people. He has talked regularly about the inequity of comparing
And this goes into a third problem with him. He knows how racist America is and he is fucking furious at the gay community for achieving civil rights and more power faster than black people. He has talked regularly about the inequity of comparing
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He is also aware he is a genius. And this is a big fucking problem because he thinks he therefore must be correct. He doesn’t doubt himself as possibly being wrong on this or a number of issues he just doesn’t know about. Why? Cuz he’s a genius. He regularly calls himself the GOAT.
December 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
He is also aware he is a genius. And this is a big fucking problem because he thinks he therefore must be correct. He doesn’t doubt himself as possibly being wrong on this or a number of issues he just doesn’t know about. Why? Cuz he’s a genius. He regularly calls himself the GOAT.
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So for transphobia, he is he just is transphobic. He doesn’t like trans people and it’s an emotional thing for him but he has legitimised it in his brain thoroughly. He knows it tho, he’s aware he doesn’t like trans people but that disgusts him so he embarrassedly has tried to justify it publicly
December 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
So for transphobia, he is he just is transphobic. He doesn’t like trans people and it’s an emotional thing for him but he has legitimised it in his brain thoroughly. He knows it tho, he’s aware he doesn’t like trans people but that disgusts him so he embarrassedly has tried to justify it publicly
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So it doesn’t super matter “why” but it’s something I’ve been fascinated by so fuck it I’ll share my thoughts on it.
Dave Chappelle has 4 main issues:
Transphobia
He is aware of his genius
He’s the product of a deeply racist America
He’s still very bitter about the Chappelle show
Dave Chappelle has 4 main issues:
Transphobia
He is aware of his genius
He’s the product of a deeply racist America
He’s still very bitter about the Chappelle show
Iceberg Slim, really cool story and he told it very well.
Fuck I remember getting emotional watching his 8:46 that honored George Floyd.
Where the fuck did that guy go? The guy who could slide between great storytelling, gripping social commentary and effortless comedy.
What the fuck happened.
Fuck I remember getting emotional watching his 8:46 that honored George Floyd.
Where the fuck did that guy go? The guy who could slide between great storytelling, gripping social commentary and effortless comedy.
What the fuck happened.
December 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
So it doesn’t super matter “why” but it’s something I’ve been fascinated by so fuck it I’ll share my thoughts on it.
Dave Chappelle has 4 main issues:
Transphobia
He is aware of his genius
He’s the product of a deeply racist America
He’s still very bitter about the Chappelle show
Dave Chappelle has 4 main issues:
Transphobia
He is aware of his genius
He’s the product of a deeply racist America
He’s still very bitter about the Chappelle show
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The Second-Order Streisand Effect is a social phenomenon where if a party makes an effort to censor information, discussion and news about the censorship paradoxically leads to an increased awareness of Barbara Streisand, a musician whom most "Zoomers" would probably have otherwise never heard of
December 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Second-Order Streisand Effect is a social phenomenon where if a party makes an effort to censor information, discussion and news about the censorship paradoxically leads to an increased awareness of Barbara Streisand, a musician whom most "Zoomers" would probably have otherwise never heard of
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“I just can’t let this go because reasons” yeah we know Dave. You’re fucking pathetic
December 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“I just can’t let this go because reasons” yeah we know Dave. You’re fucking pathetic