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Nerdy queer who occasionally makes stuff
They/them, ace, ADHD, leftist
They/them, ace, ADHD, leftist
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
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Anyone can reverse an overdose, and we should all know how. Naloxone is a social intervention; while our public health systems are woefully inadequate, and the war on drugs continues unchecked, we can empower ourselves and one another to step up.
✍️: @nuala.bsky.social
📸: @estefancy.bsky.social
✍️: @nuala.bsky.social
📸: @estefancy.bsky.social
COYOTE First Aid Kit: How to Compassionately Respond to an Overdose
Naloxone, rescue breathing, and 911: Learn the do's, don'ts, and best practices for reversing an overdose.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Anyone can reverse an overdose, and we should all know how. Naloxone is a social intervention; while our public health systems are woefully inadequate, and the war on drugs continues unchecked, we can empower ourselves and one another to step up.
✍️: @nuala.bsky.social
📸: @estefancy.bsky.social
✍️: @nuala.bsky.social
📸: @estefancy.bsky.social
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
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The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
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“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
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We are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp.
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
We are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp.
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
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I’m not the kind of lawyer who is ever going to argue a case at SCOTUS or land the next big Warner Bros M&A deal, but I am very, very, very good at explaining how to navigate the punishing bureaucracy that tries to kill us.
I firmly believe, with every single atom of my being, that instead of amplifying unreliable information that discourages helping, our focus as 42 million Americans face hunger must be on providing factual information that enables people to help.
www.patreon.com/posts/142285...
www.patreon.com/posts/142285...
How To Help People Who Rely On SNAP While Minimizing Risk To Their Benefits | Matthew Cortland
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October 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I’m not the kind of lawyer who is ever going to argue a case at SCOTUS or land the next big Warner Bros M&A deal, but I am very, very, very good at explaining how to navigate the punishing bureaucracy that tries to kill us.
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A great many of the (wonderful) stories about Ireland's (wonderful) UBI plan for artists tend to bury if not duck completely the hard cold fact that it was funded largely by Google's billion-euro settlement of tax-evasion charges.
TAX BILLIONAIRES
RUN THEM DOWN
LOOT THEM
IT WORKS
TAX BILLIONAIRES
RUN THEM DOWN
LOOT THEM
IT WORKS
October 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
A great many of the (wonderful) stories about Ireland's (wonderful) UBI plan for artists tend to bury if not duck completely the hard cold fact that it was funded largely by Google's billion-euro settlement of tax-evasion charges.
TAX BILLIONAIRES
RUN THEM DOWN
LOOT THEM
IT WORKS
TAX BILLIONAIRES
RUN THEM DOWN
LOOT THEM
IT WORKS
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ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
October 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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Want to help feed people during the SNAP shutdown and also enter to win a whole bunch of cool stuff?
Donate to any food bank, food pantry, or mutual aid group that distributes food, post a receipt here, and I'll use a random number generator to draw a winner.
More details in 🧵:
Donate to any food bank, food pantry, or mutual aid group that distributes food, post a receipt here, and I'll use a random number generator to draw a winner.
More details in 🧵:
October 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Want to help feed people during the SNAP shutdown and also enter to win a whole bunch of cool stuff?
Donate to any food bank, food pantry, or mutual aid group that distributes food, post a receipt here, and I'll use a random number generator to draw a winner.
More details in 🧵:
Donate to any food bank, food pantry, or mutual aid group that distributes food, post a receipt here, and I'll use a random number generator to draw a winner.
More details in 🧵:
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The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
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Yoshiyuki Tomino is on -record- stating that the original fandom of Mobile Suit Gundam in 1980 was predominantly made up of young women, who held events, visited the studio and published their own fanzines about the show. Men didn't start to get into Gundam until after the original TV series ended.
October 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Yoshiyuki Tomino is on -record- stating that the original fandom of Mobile Suit Gundam in 1980 was predominantly made up of young women, who held events, visited the studio and published their own fanzines about the show. Men didn't start to get into Gundam until after the original TV series ended.
The first recorded cosplayer was literally a woman at a scifi convention in the '80s in a trek uniform BUT OKAY
October 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The first recorded cosplayer was literally a woman at a scifi convention in the '80s in a trek uniform BUT OKAY
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mohamed. Mohamed was studying to be a software engineer before this. He’s now trying to take care of his whole family including his siblings Farah, 23, Fatena, 22, Aseel, 19, Hala, 18, Lama, 15, Leen, 13 and Karem, 7 and his niece Ghazal, 3.
October 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mohamed. Mohamed was studying to be a software engineer before this. He’s now trying to take care of his whole family including his siblings Farah, 23, Fatena, 22, Aseel, 19, Hala, 18, Lama, 15, Leen, 13 and Karem, 7 and his niece Ghazal, 3.
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if you are actually concerned with devs getting paid what they're worth you could probably say more useful things than "games should be $100". you could condemn excessive exec pay. you could fight for unionization and better labor protections. you could display, like, any interest in ending poverty
October 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
if you are actually concerned with devs getting paid what they're worth you could probably say more useful things than "games should be $100". you could condemn excessive exec pay. you could fight for unionization and better labor protections. you could display, like, any interest in ending poverty
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The same forces attacking abortion access are attacking gender-affirming care — both rooted in control.
We can’t stop at abortion access. We have to dig injustice out at the root, not just when it touches our own gardens.
We can’t stop at abortion access. We have to dig injustice out at the root, not just when it touches our own gardens.
October 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The same forces attacking abortion access are attacking gender-affirming care — both rooted in control.
We can’t stop at abortion access. We have to dig injustice out at the root, not just when it touches our own gardens.
We can’t stop at abortion access. We have to dig injustice out at the root, not just when it touches our own gardens.
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after a clarinet player was arrested at Sunday's ICE protest in downtown Portland, I talked to five artists, crafters and makers - a puppet designer, an illustrator, a graphic designer, a knitter, and a theatre artist - about creativity under fascism
www.orartswatch.org/resistance-c...
www.orartswatch.org/resistance-c...
“Resistance can be joyful” • Oregon ArtsWatch
Portland protest artists on creativity, resilience, inflatable frogs, and protecting the soul of the city.
www.orartswatch.org
October 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
after a clarinet player was arrested at Sunday's ICE protest in downtown Portland, I talked to five artists, crafters and makers - a puppet designer, an illustrator, a graphic designer, a knitter, and a theatre artist - about creativity under fascism
www.orartswatch.org/resistance-c...
www.orartswatch.org/resistance-c...
Companies should have to pay for your commute to/from work as well as the time spent actually at the job. It's time you're taking out of your day on your employer's behalf, so they're taking from us by requiring we travel to a place but not paying us for it.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Companies should have to pay for your commute to/from work as well as the time spent actually at the job. It's time you're taking out of your day on your employer's behalf, so they're taking from us by requiring we travel to a place but not paying us for it.
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It's not well known that the congregation of the First African Baptist Church in Richmond donated approximately $40 towards Irish Famine Relief in 1847. Around 2,000 members of the congregation were enslaved, and only 150 were free. #twitterarchive
March 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It's not well known that the congregation of the First African Baptist Church in Richmond donated approximately $40 towards Irish Famine Relief in 1847. Around 2,000 members of the congregation were enslaved, and only 150 were free. #twitterarchive
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October 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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The WHO has verified the elimination of both measles & rubella in all Pacific Island countries, alongside rubella elimination in Japan. The achievement follows 2 decades of coordinated immunisation campaigns, regional surveillance, and high routine vaccine coverage. buff.ly/EpFb7HK
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Rubella elimination verified in Japan, and measles and rubella elimination verified in Pacific island countries and areas
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that the 21 Pacific island countries and areas that are part of the WHO Western Pacific Region have collectively been verified as having eliminated…
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October 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The WHO has verified the elimination of both measles & rubella in all Pacific Island countries, alongside rubella elimination in Japan. The achievement follows 2 decades of coordinated immunisation campaigns, regional surveillance, and high routine vaccine coverage. buff.ly/EpFb7HK
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Your favorite YouTubers and i will be live streaming a Jackbox party TODAY from Noon to Midnight PST on twitch !!!
www.twitch.tv/lolasebastian
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www.twitch.tv/lolasebastian
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October 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Your favorite YouTubers and i will be live streaming a Jackbox party TODAY from Noon to Midnight PST on twitch !!!
www.twitch.tv/lolasebastian
tilt.fyi/47cU7asAYd
www.twitch.tv/lolasebastian
tilt.fyi/47cU7asAYd