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exulting over the suffering of others is generally pretty gross, but it gets esp wild in this country when you consider that our electorally reddest states are largely the ones with the most intense voter suppression
July 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
exulting over the suffering of others is generally pretty gross, but it gets esp wild in this country when you consider that our electorally reddest states are largely the ones with the most intense voter suppression
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You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
it's probably gonna be a good book when you're *daaaaaaaaaamn*ing at a footnote on the second page of the preface
May 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
it's probably gonna be a good book when you're *daaaaaaaaaamn*ing at a footnote on the second page of the preface
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There was an old tweet that stuck with me: "If you can easily walk to the coffee shop but your barista has a one hour commute, you don't live in a walkable 15 minute city; you live in a theme park"
as someone who lives nextdoor to both supportive housing and public housing, i need people to understand that the best locations for both are going to be the central neighborhoods in a metropolitan area, where there is easy and reliable access to services and jobs.
May 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
There was an old tweet that stuck with me: "If you can easily walk to the coffee shop but your barista has a one hour commute, you don't live in a walkable 15 minute city; you live in a theme park"
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Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die Off
Sometimes older voters aren’t just naturally more conservative. It’s just that wealthier and whiter people tend to live longer and healthier lives.
nymag.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
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public comment period for the proposed rule to remove trans care from the ACA as an essential health benefit & strip care from DACA recipients ends at 23:59pm EDT tonite
if you haven't commented, it won't take long & is worth doing. context & guidance in-thread ⬇️
if you have commented, thank you💜🏳️⚧️
if you haven't commented, it won't take long & is worth doing. context & guidance in-thread ⬇️
if you have commented, thank you💜🏳️⚧️
hi, cis folks!
if we *are* going to talk ACA, RFK's HHS proposed a rule to remove *all trans care* from ACA essential health benefit status.
~25mil people are insured by ACA & if 1% are trans, that's 250,000 people who'd lose access to care.
that's bad! take 2 minutes to stand with trans people.🧵
if we *are* going to talk ACA, RFK's HHS proposed a rule to remove *all trans care* from ACA essential health benefit status.
~25mil people are insured by ACA & if 1% are trans, that's 250,000 people who'd lose access to care.
that's bad! take 2 minutes to stand with trans people.🧵
April 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
public comment period for the proposed rule to remove trans care from the ACA as an essential health benefit & strip care from DACA recipients ends at 23:59pm EDT tonite
if you haven't commented, it won't take long & is worth doing. context & guidance in-thread ⬇️
if you have commented, thank you💜🏳️⚧️
if you haven't commented, it won't take long & is worth doing. context & guidance in-thread ⬇️
if you have commented, thank you💜🏳️⚧️
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Forcing people to pay $130 for a passport in order to vote is just a Jim Crow poll tax by another name.
It is blatantly unconstitutional.
It is blatantly unconstitutional.
April 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Forcing people to pay $130 for a passport in order to vote is just a Jim Crow poll tax by another name.
It is blatantly unconstitutional.
It is blatantly unconstitutional.
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This is right. The fact that they’re doing this to “innocent people” is not irrelevant, but it’s ultimately not the point. People convicted of crimes have rights too. And you can be damn sure that if they want to convict them - or me, or you - of something, they will.
I know this sounds like pedantic scolding but I really do believe that doubling down on the idea that criminal records are a meaningful distinction is like carefully digging a pit that we can be shoved into.
April 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is right. The fact that they’re doing this to “innocent people” is not irrelevant, but it’s ultimately not the point. People convicted of crimes have rights too. And you can be damn sure that if they want to convict them - or me, or you - of something, they will.
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You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.
April 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.
incredibly earnest babies next to me have just pledged to each other that if one reads foucault, the other will read spinoza. all happiness, sweet babies.
March 31, 2025 at 1:12 AM
incredibly earnest babies next to me have just pledged to each other that if one reads foucault, the other will read spinoza. all happiness, sweet babies.
last night of this seminar on moby dick, & bro near me is inviting another bro to hang out on his boat
March 31, 2025 at 12:05 AM
last night of this seminar on moby dick, & bro near me is inviting another bro to hang out on his boat
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And everyone, when evaluating James Carville's winning advice, please consider what Gavin Newsom's anti-trans swing has done for his numbers:
March 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
And everyone, when evaluating James Carville's winning advice, please consider what Gavin Newsom's anti-trans swing has done for his numbers:
man who last week was extensively hilarious on his own inability to understand transgender folks pronouns, is this week delighted at length by Melville showing that some 1851 white folk knew that other white folks' racism was wrong
March 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
man who last week was extensively hilarious on his own inability to understand transgender folks pronouns, is this week delighted at length by Melville showing that some 1851 white folk knew that other white folks' racism was wrong
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every single protest i attend there's a couple 9000 year old white people waving signs they painted themselves and offering everyone homemade trail mix bro old people love to protest chuck schumer is just weak.
Also: "If I were your age" is funny, because I've attended plenty of protests, and there's not actually an age limit on them. Nobody's stopping Chuck Schumer from protesting but Chuck Schumer
March 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
every single protest i attend there's a couple 9000 year old white people waving signs they painted themselves and offering everyone homemade trail mix bro old people love to protest chuck schumer is just weak.
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they know this kind of thing can constitute sexual assault and that is the intent: that kids will get molested as a punishment for being trans, GNC, intersex, or just androgynous-looking
Republicans in West Virginia passed a bill that would allow health care providers to “visually or physically examine a minor child” for the purpose of identifying their “biological sex” without the “consent of the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian.”
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/gop-...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/gop-...
GOP lawmakers pass bill allowing child genital exams without parental consent - LGBTQ Nation
And that was actually an improvement over a previous version of the bill.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
they know this kind of thing can constitute sexual assault and that is the intent: that kids will get molested as a punishment for being trans, GNC, intersex, or just androgynous-looking
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very likely that they’re about to find a constitutional right to forced conversion therapy
BREAKING: The Supreme Court takes up a case challenging Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors, after having previously turned down many other similar challenges.
The law, which protects against efforts to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity, was upheld below.
The law, which protects against efforts to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity, was upheld below.
March 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
very likely that they’re about to find a constitutional right to forced conversion therapy
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I keep seeing a lot of these FAFO assholes regurgitating the lie that most Trumpers are poor people, so I just want to remind folks that that is not true.
March 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I keep seeing a lot of these FAFO assholes regurgitating the lie that most Trumpers are poor people, so I just want to remind folks that that is not true.
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A whole host of overpaid consultants and talking heads told them not to do the right thing and they still chose to do the right thing, so I'd even go a step further and encourage people to contact Senators who opposed this measure (SB 9) and thank them for standing by trans people and our families
I want to quickly say how significant it is that after the last election, Dems have held relatively strong on trans rights, even on sports.
Senators in battleground states are not flipping.
Their one scuff was the NDAA, where some did flip.
Budget fight is next though.
Senators in battleground states are not flipping.
Their one scuff was the NDAA, where some did flip.
Budget fight is next though.
March 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A whole host of overpaid consultants and talking heads told them not to do the right thing and they still chose to do the right thing, so I'd even go a step further and encourage people to contact Senators who opposed this measure (SB 9) and thank them for standing by trans people and our families
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"Authoritarian parenting is a vital ingredient in the recipe for patriarchal socialization because it sets girls up to actively seek out abuse, to perceive abusive behavior as loving, and to never fully trust themselves."
How authoritarian parents set their children up for abusive marriages
Authoritarian parenting sets women up for a lifetime of coercion, and makes abusive marriages nearly inevitable.
zawn.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"Authoritarian parenting is a vital ingredient in the recipe for patriarchal socialization because it sets girls up to actively seek out abuse, to perceive abusive behavior as loving, and to never fully trust themselves."
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The "WHY ISN'T AMERICA PROTESTING RIGHT NOW" takes - even from Americans! - really show how many people are programmed to believe the only "real" action is mass protests. Even with the constant stories of town halls & locals fighting back, people dismiss it because it's not "big." That's a problem.
February 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The "WHY ISN'T AMERICA PROTESTING RIGHT NOW" takes - even from Americans! - really show how many people are programmed to believe the only "real" action is mass protests. Even with the constant stories of town halls & locals fighting back, people dismiss it because it's not "big." That's a problem.
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I do not need more seasons of love on the spectrum. I need an all-autistic season of the traitors. I want to see what would happen when everyone is doing inappropriate affect at each other while also being very invested in the concept of justice.
February 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I do not need more seasons of love on the spectrum. I need an all-autistic season of the traitors. I want to see what would happen when everyone is doing inappropriate affect at each other while also being very invested in the concept of justice.
basically molly conger on why molly conger's podcast is a comfort listen.
god's honest truth, listening to old recordings of richard butler is less psychologically harmful to me than reading the actual news right now. at least he's fucking dead.
February 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
basically molly conger on why molly conger's podcast is a comfort listen.
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Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"
February 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"