gingerwithapen.bsky.social
@gingerwithapen.bsky.social
Yes, absolutely, but right now they are already coming for trans rights.
March 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
😬 yes, let’s not give them any more ideas
March 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you have any friends who are LDS (mainstream Mormons, not the offshoots) they often have an Ancestry acct. Plus there are LDS sponsored Family History centers in most major cities, generally staffed by friendly volunteers who would be ecstatic to help anyone interested in research.
March 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Kobayashi maru?
March 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Hmm, you could be Indian and Jewish by heritage and Catholic by religion?
March 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This is why it’s still important to teach people what communism and socialism *actually are*—so it becomes obvious what they really, really are not.

(And obviously they’re simply using buzzwords people respond to, but a little education here could go a loooooong way.)
March 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Except that there are actual bills in the works to penalize teachers, libraries, and librarians if they have any of these books in a place kids or teens can access them, even if the content is age appropriate.
February 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Now I’m just imagining the Scots started eating a neat little cube of peat every day with their tea. Mmm… 🥴
February 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Just to have in certain places like classrooms and libraries. Can’t have impressionable young kids learning the world is full of diverse people and opinions!
February 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM