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alyshalynn
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I’m mean on Twitter. They kinda deserve it tho.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Oh it’s more than half now…
September 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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September 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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To say nothing of published works of feminist theory …
A book quote: “To say that straight men are heterosexual is only to say that they engage in sex (fucking exclusively with the other sex, i.e., women). All or almost all of that which pertains to love, most straight men reserve exclusively for other men. The people whom they admire, respect, adore, revere, honor, whom they imitate, idolize, and form profound attachments to, whom they are willing to teach and from whom they are willing to learn, and whose respect, admiration, recognition, honor, reverence and love they desire... those are, overwhelmingly, other men. In their relations with women, what passes for respect is kindness, generosity or paternalism; what passes for honor is removal to the pedestal. From women they want devotion, service and sex. Heterosexual male culture is homoerotic; it is man-loving.” --Marilyn Frye, The Politics of Reality
September 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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September 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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September 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.
Picture of Doctor Bronner’s Peppermint Castile Soap
September 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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What is false about the headline though?
August 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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A screenshot of the Wikipedia webpage on Authoritarianism describing how a central characteristic is when political leaders put their own civilian population under the control of the military… “Authoritarianism also tends to embrace the informal and unregulated exercise of political power, a leadership that is "self-appointed and even if elected cannot be displaced by citizens' free choice among competitors", the arbitrary deprivation of civil liberties and little tolerance for meaningful opposition. A range of social controls also attempt to stifle civil society while political stability is maintained by control over and support of the armed forces, a bureaucracy staffed by the regime and creation of allegiance through various means of socialization and indoctrination. Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart identify authoritarianism in politicians and political parties by looking for values of security, conformity, and obedience.”
August 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Pollution from transportation is the largest contributor & switching to EVs will not change that.

Impact *could* come though from reducing the need for individuals to drive in single-occupant vehicles on a daily basis.
Pie chart showing ‌the shares of Energy-Related Emissions of Carbon Dioxide, by Economic Sector, 2021 Transportation: 38% Electric power: 33% Industrial: 17% Residential: 7% Commercial: 5% Takeaway: Emissions of carbon dioxide in the transportation sector accounted for 38 percent of energy-related emissions in the United States in 2021—the largest share of such emissions of any sector of the economy.
August 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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To put a finer point: it’s eugenics.

RFK & the Republicans in general are definitionally eugenicists.
Screencap of Wikipedia article on Eugenics: “Eugenics is a set of largely discredited beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population. Historically, eugenicists have attempted to alter the frequency of various human phenotypes by inhibiting the fertility of those considered inferior, or promoting that of those considered superior.”
August 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Today, Explained - This is your brain off books app.podcastguru.io/podcast/1346...
An excerpt from the podcast linked: Today Explained, Episode - This Is Your Brain Off Books: “A lot of this analysis is really rooted in this 1982 book, ‘Orality and Literacy,’ by the philosopher Walter Ong. In that book, Ong argues that there are a few defining traits of communication in oral societies. One is that in an oral world, information needs to be verbally repeated in order to survive. So you need to speak in a way that is going to be enjoyable and easy to repeat. And this leads to the heavy use of repetition in speech, the heavy use of formulaic lines, mnemonic devices, and epithets. The law of the harvest is to reap more than you saw. Red sky at night, sailors to learn. Early bird gets the worm. Ivan the terrible. Alexander the Great…”
August 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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August 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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If the siren song of decoupling yourself from the demands Capitalism leads you into the arms of Patriarchal subjugation, I promise that your values do not align w Feminism.

You just think you’ll be the lucky girl that will find the Patriarchal husband that won’t abuse his place in the hierarchy.
User Moira Donegan posts a screencap of an anonymous Instagram reply stating the “secret” that: “I’m a feminist but sometimes I wanna be a lobotomized 50s housewife on quaaludes.” Her response to this post is: “You are not in fact a feminist. I hope this helps. 💘”
July 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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This where I post from
July 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Yup
June 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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And if you need a less-academic read:
www.talkspace.com/blog/black-l...
If racism isn’t a mental illness that people can’t control, you may be wondering what causes someone to adopt racist beliefs. “My understanding is that racism is caused by a desire for power and resources,” she explained. According to Kuhns, prejudice is a natural, preferential pull towards others who we perceive as being more similar to ourselves and a natural drawing away from those we perceive as different. “Racism adds an element of power into the mix. Racism is the combination of prejudice as well as a preferential distribution of resources (e.g. education, housing, and employment),” she said. Is It Possible to Unlearn Racism? Unlearning racism won’t happen overnight, but it is possible for those who are racist to do the work and unlearn racism. “The first step is to recognize that it exists,” Kuhns said.
June 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Because you are so very new to… everything. I will leave you with this…
June 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Either way: that’s what some might call ‘obnoxious twat’ behavior
June 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Just here to add to the ratio because nothing I would say hasn’t already been posted 😗👌
June 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Yes *and* it’s specifically related to pro-Palestinian advocacy of any kind being labeled as part of a “Hamas Support Network” so that it can be labeled as “Terrorism” & put it beyond the rule of Legislative oversight, & solely in the rule of Executive oversight..

www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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@novasafo.bsky.social thought you’d also enjoy this silly bumper sticker…
March 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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January 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Happy 37th Street Lights to all who celebrate…

“Joy to the Weird”
Haphazardly hung strands of Christmas lights surround an LED strip light placed on a wood fence that has been hand-shaped into a wonky cursive font to spell, “Joy to the Weird.”
December 17, 2024 at 12:31 AM
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But really, have you read this banger yet?
December 4, 2024 at 10:31 PM