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African | genderqueer | mid 30s | some flavor of neurodivergent | M.A. in education & mental health | partnered and polyam
Solidarity with all oppressed peoples.
ROBOT LOVE IS QUEER
Solidarity with all oppressed peoples.
ROBOT LOVE IS QUEER
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· Nov 16
INTRO POST: I am a Black and genderqueer educator. Trained in mental health and education, working towards becoming a therapist. A student of the Black radical tradition from across the diaspora. Also into writing, DND, sundry nerd shit. I run a fediverse server called BlackQueerLife that I love.
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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This number is completely made up. There are not 30 million undocumented immigrants. The most recent estimates are around 14 million, of which roughly 8 million people have been here for over a decade.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This number is completely made up. There are not 30 million undocumented immigrants. The most recent estimates are around 14 million, of which roughly 8 million people have been here for over a decade.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
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Reposting with alt text bc omfg and they claimed shortages to drive up prices on top of this shit.
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Reposting with alt text bc omfg and they claimed shortages to drive up prices on top of this shit.
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the civil war should have ended with the summary execution of every elected confederate official and all confederate military officers
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
the civil war should have ended with the summary execution of every elected confederate official and all confederate military officers
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so much to unpack with this framing, but in particularly struck by the way they put the victim's life circumstances as something that also happens to her abuser
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
so much to unpack with this framing, but in particularly struck by the way they put the victim's life circumstances as something that also happens to her abuser
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This is massive:
"Idaho bans ABA fake autism therapy by removing Medicaid coverage in the State Plan"
"Idaho bans ABA fake autism therapy by removing Medicaid coverage in the State Plan"
Idaho bans ABA fake autism therapy by removing Medicaid coverage in the State Plan
Idaho has become the first state to explicitly end Medicaid funding for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, closing the door on an era marked by widespread fraud, billing scandals, and uncheck…
doogri.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is massive:
"Idaho bans ABA fake autism therapy by removing Medicaid coverage in the State Plan"
"Idaho bans ABA fake autism therapy by removing Medicaid coverage in the State Plan"
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i know im a catch bitch
im choosing me
im choosing me
July 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
i know im a catch bitch
im choosing me
im choosing me
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For example, here's one thing you might believe but every single politician who is super mad about trans women jerks off to porn of us or hires us for sex. Including the TERF contingent.
I think this is true for a lot of marginalized groups, because we all keep our own lore and stuff, but if the trannies told the cis people how bad it really was they would never believe us
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
For example, here's one thing you might believe but every single politician who is super mad about trans women jerks off to porn of us or hires us for sex. Including the TERF contingent.
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wild how independent journalists are like “I’m traveling on my own dime to report on this” and every institutional journalist is emailing the worst man on earth being like, “yes, sir. I will print what you tell me and ONLY what you tell me. xoxo."
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
wild how independent journalists are like “I’m traveling on my own dime to report on this” and every institutional journalist is emailing the worst man on earth being like, “yes, sir. I will print what you tell me and ONLY what you tell me. xoxo."
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🏳️⚧️happy transgender awareness week!🏳️⚧️
hire trans people! buy from trans artists! support the trans community! 🙏
hire trans people! buy from trans artists! support the trans community! 🙏
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🏳️⚧️happy transgender awareness week!🏳️⚧️
hire trans people! buy from trans artists! support the trans community! 🙏
hire trans people! buy from trans artists! support the trans community! 🙏
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The horrifying emails coming from the Estate (and not the DOJ) made me think about something else. Merrick Garland had access to all the Epstein Files and I'm sure he knows what's in them and he could've gone after Trump for that in addition to J6 but he didn't. Garland protected pedos.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The horrifying emails coming from the Estate (and not the DOJ) made me think about something else. Merrick Garland had access to all the Epstein Files and I'm sure he knows what's in them and he could've gone after Trump for that in addition to J6 but he didn't. Garland protected pedos.
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Food-insecure Americans were willing to risk hunger to protect healthcare. Democrats folded. Americans soon to be without healthcare are willing to risk their lives to rid the government of criminals and corruption.
We are not letting the Epstein files go.
We are not letting the Epstein files go.
Schumer reached out to leading presidential contenders to try and mute criticism of the deal, calling Josh Shapiro, Andy Beshear, JB Pritzker, and Gavin Newsom.
While Schumer voted against it, the eight Dems behind the shutdown deal said the minority leader was aware of their plan. trib.al/lcNlGik
While Schumer voted against it, the eight Dems behind the shutdown deal said the minority leader was aware of their plan. trib.al/lcNlGik
Schumer Begged 2028 Dem Contenders Not to Criticize Shutdown Deal
The Senate minority leader was well aware the shutdown deal would face backlash across the Democratic Party.
trib.al
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Food-insecure Americans were willing to risk hunger to protect healthcare. Democrats folded. Americans soon to be without healthcare are willing to risk their lives to rid the government of criminals and corruption.
We are not letting the Epstein files go.
We are not letting the Epstein files go.
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not to be a Debbie downer but I regret to inform you people have zero problem being cruel to survivors' faces
I hope that one day Karoline Leavitt has to stand in front of a room of Epstein victims and explain to them what she means when she says, “It’s all a Democrat hoax.”
November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
not to be a Debbie downer but I regret to inform you people have zero problem being cruel to survivors' faces
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its kind of crazy. we're all like "lol these dudes can't spell" and its the correspondence of an international cabal of evil paedophiles who run the world. it's like the matrix said "you are trapped in an evil matrix" and everyone is like, well shit i guess we are.
Almost feel like I need to make a practice of rereading the survivor accounts to inoculate against the unreality of the emails. I wonder also if the ultimate effect of this slow drip of stupid decontextualized emails about pervasive elite coordination is a sort of normalisation.
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
its kind of crazy. we're all like "lol these dudes can't spell" and its the correspondence of an international cabal of evil paedophiles who run the world. it's like the matrix said "you are trapped in an evil matrix" and everyone is like, well shit i guess we are.
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anything White people and/or wealthy people support, it's in your best interest to investigate and denounce.
they are never on the right side of history.
they are never on the right side of history.
And certain religious groups (like white evangelicalism) groom everyone to normalize pedophilic thought patterns. You gotta root this shit out or you might just perpetuate it: www.strongwilledproject.com/focus-on-the...
Inside the Mind of a Pedophile: Purity Culture is Pedophile Culture part 3 — Strongwilled
To read Part 1 go here. To read Part 2 go here. “Show me a little girl of five or six who can run into her daddy’s heart, sit on his lap, and kiss him any time she likes, and in fifteen or...
www.strongwilledproject.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
anything White people and/or wealthy people support, it's in your best interest to investigate and denounce.
they are never on the right side of history.
they are never on the right side of history.
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RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
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BREAKING: Tremane Wood, who was moments away from being executed for a killing his brother admitted to committing, received a last minute clemency grant from Gov. Kevin Stitt www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
Tremane Wood Spared From Execution In Shocking Decision
His case marks only the second time Gov. Kevin Stitt has commuted a death sentence since entering office in 2019.
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
BREAKING: Tremane Wood, who was moments away from being executed for a killing his brother admitted to committing, received a last minute clemency grant from Gov. Kevin Stitt www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
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The SNAP fight at the Supreme Court is officially over. Trump's Department of Justice acknowledges that SNAP is now fully funded through the end of the fiscal year and thus withdraws its request for an additional stay. The end of the shutdown mooted the case before SCOTUS could touch the merits.
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The SNAP fight at the Supreme Court is officially over. Trump's Department of Justice acknowledges that SNAP is now fully funded through the end of the fiscal year and thus withdraws its request for an additional stay. The end of the shutdown mooted the case before SCOTUS could touch the merits.
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The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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"Our transgender, intersex, and nonbinary beloveds offer a singular gift. They invite us to witness our broken world through the knowledge that, when we lead in truth and love, nothing is beyond transformation."
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Our transgender, intersex, and nonbinary beloveds offer a singular gift. They invite us to witness our broken world through the knowledge that, when we lead in truth and love, nothing is beyond transformation."
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Since the very beginning of my author career, the one thing that has never wavered is my belief that Black LGBTQ+ readers want to read Black LGBTQ+romance. I never lost hope that my audience was there.
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Since the very beginning of my author career, the one thing that has never wavered is my belief that Black LGBTQ+ readers want to read Black LGBTQ+romance. I never lost hope that my audience was there.
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If my time zone math is right, Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler published this gem about two hours before the WSJ published their story hahaha
July 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
If my time zone math is right, Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler published this gem about two hours before the WSJ published their story hahaha
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Me using alt text to practice descriptive writing in small spaces.
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Me using alt text to practice descriptive writing in small spaces.