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29 / they/them / cats, pop music, animation, go bills, ♈️, always getting over you by angela ammons
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
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Anybody know how I can stop worrying and learn to love the bomb?
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Anybody know how I can stop worrying and learn to love the bomb?
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So, this thread--particularly @lizthegrey.com's useful explanation of how the relevant databases actually work--is worth reading in response to the Erin in the Morning story that's terrifying our community today.
But I'll add a few broad points about Where We Are and scaremongering.
But I'll add a few broad points about Where We Are and scaremongering.
I'm sharing this bit for folks in my specific situation (F on my passport which is correct, got it changed during the Biden admin):
"For those who updated their passports before this administration, any attempt to revoke those documents would be far more complicated. [...]" (1/2)
"For those who updated their passports before this administration, any attempt to revoke those documents would be far more complicated. [...]" (1/2)
The intent, for anyone paying attention, is clearly to revoke trans peoples’ passports and then refuse to issue new ones, keeping us captive and on a state extermination list.
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
So, this thread--particularly @lizthegrey.com's useful explanation of how the relevant databases actually work--is worth reading in response to the Erin in the Morning story that's terrifying our community today.
But I'll add a few broad points about Where We Are and scaremongering.
But I'll add a few broad points about Where We Are and scaremongering.
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In the last chapter of Alice’s memoir, “Year of the Tiger,” she wrote her own future obituary.
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
In the last chapter of Alice’s memoir, “Year of the Tiger,” she wrote her own future obituary.
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him
October 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him
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The @nytimes.com has a new article on " #ProfoundAutism," featuring the same grievance parents they always feature—and minimal autistic input. Pls counter with our explanation of why autistic kids deserve better representation than parents who resent them.
thinkingautismguide.com/2022/11/grie...
thinkingautismguide.com/2022/11/grie...
Grievance-Based Parent Organizations Are Autism's MAGA Movement — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Horrified by the misinformation peddled by MAGA truthers? You should be just as concerned about grievance-based autism parent orgs.
thinkingautismguide.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The @nytimes.com has a new article on " #ProfoundAutism," featuring the same grievance parents they always feature—and minimal autistic input. Pls counter with our explanation of why autistic kids deserve better representation than parents who resent them.
thinkingautismguide.com/2022/11/grie...
thinkingautismguide.com/2022/11/grie...
I just realized like in the last month that you can call your representatives after hours and leave a voicemail instead of potentially reaching a staffer live. so. that's what it took for me to finally start calling my reps. why did no one ever tell me this
October 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I just realized like in the last month that you can call your representatives after hours and leave a voicemail instead of potentially reaching a staffer live. so. that's what it took for me to finally start calling my reps. why did no one ever tell me this
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WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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#TheMuppetShow will return in 2026 as a Disney+ special from Seth Rogen starring Sabrina Carpenter. The hope is for the special to serve as a backdoor pilot for a new season of the iconic series bit.ly/3VmUmKt
September 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
#TheMuppetShow will return in 2026 as a Disney+ special from Seth Rogen starring Sabrina Carpenter. The hope is for the special to serve as a backdoor pilot for a new season of the iconic series bit.ly/3VmUmKt
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OK folks. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is meeting on Friday to discuss Covid vaccines. If it is possible, I do recommend getting a Covid vaccine before then. I know due to out of pocket costs and prescription requirements in some states it is easier said then done.
September 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
OK folks. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is meeting on Friday to discuss Covid vaccines. If it is possible, I do recommend getting a Covid vaccine before then. I know due to out of pocket costs and prescription requirements in some states it is easier said then done.
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there was never going to be a world in which the right didn’t claim the left was celebrating the death of charlie kirk, no matter how respectable anyone tried to be.
September 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
there was never going to be a world in which the right didn’t claim the left was celebrating the death of charlie kirk, no matter how respectable anyone tried to be.
Watching Childish Gambino debut Me And Your Mama live at Bonnaroo in 2015. Not the biggest flex compared to other replies but the energy during that song was incredible.
What is your biggest concert flex?
August 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Watching Childish Gambino debut Me And Your Mama live at Bonnaroo in 2015. Not the biggest flex compared to other replies but the energy during that song was incredible.
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Hey kids, did you know if you pick this up from the cooler and change your mind about buying it, leaving it randomly in the store, it won't go back to the shelf for sale.
It's a part of food safety we should all observe. Don't pickup strange warm dairy products, especially if it that coffemate shit
It's a part of food safety we should all observe. Don't pickup strange warm dairy products, especially if it that coffemate shit
You have got to be fucking kidding me!
Kill the whole IP with fire and then salt the earth.
Kill the whole IP with fire and then salt the earth.
August 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Hey kids, did you know if you pick this up from the cooler and change your mind about buying it, leaving it randomly in the store, it won't go back to the shelf for sale.
It's a part of food safety we should all observe. Don't pickup strange warm dairy products, especially if it that coffemate shit
It's a part of food safety we should all observe. Don't pickup strange warm dairy products, especially if it that coffemate shit
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Late to it but this Hanif Abdurraqib @newyorker.com piece on wrestling with despair and finding a way forward stopped me in my tracks.
www.newyorker.com/culture/essa...
www.newyorker.com/culture/essa...
July 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Late to it but this Hanif Abdurraqib @newyorker.com piece on wrestling with despair and finding a way forward stopped me in my tracks.
www.newyorker.com/culture/essa...
www.newyorker.com/culture/essa...
Haim i quit AOTY??? Loving the sequencing this morning on XMU @jennylsq.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Haim i quit AOTY??? Loving the sequencing this morning on XMU @jennylsq.bsky.social
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It's that time of year again! Drowning doesn't look like drowning; familiarize yourself with the instinctive drowning response
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:03 AM
It's that time of year again! Drowning doesn't look like drowning; familiarize yourself with the instinctive drowning response
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A statement from our CEO: www.npr.org/2025/06/12/g...
June 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A statement from our CEO: www.npr.org/2025/06/12/g...
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my friend lily is getting bottom surgery today and while we've filled up her little GFM bar almost all the way, she's still about $700 short of her goal. any y'all wanna help put her over the top?
I AM OFFICIALLY ONE WEEK AWAY FROM SURGERY!!! I’m going to be out of work for 3 months so any help and donations I can get would be extremely extremely helpful. Thank you to everyone who has donated and shared already I love yall www.gofundme.com/f/support-li...
Donate to Support Lily's Surgical Recovery, organized by Lily Hass
Hi, many of you know me, but I'm Lily. I'm a trans woman trying to raise some funds to cove… Lily Hass needs your support for Support Lily's Surgical Recovery
www.gofundme.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
my friend lily is getting bottom surgery today and while we've filled up her little GFM bar almost all the way, she's still about $700 short of her goal. any y'all wanna help put her over the top?
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I need y’all to come to terms with the fact that this isn’t going to be pretty. It’s not going to be permitted protests and pussy hats. This is a war against a violent fascist regime.
And if everyone’s biggest concern is the property damage, we’re going to lose.
And if everyone’s biggest concern is the property damage, we’re going to lose.
June 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I need y’all to come to terms with the fact that this isn’t going to be pretty. It’s not going to be permitted protests and pussy hats. This is a war against a violent fascist regime.
And if everyone’s biggest concern is the property damage, we’re going to lose.
And if everyone’s biggest concern is the property damage, we’re going to lose.
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“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest — I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.”
Doechii at the #BETAwards
Doechii at the #BETAwards
June 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest — I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.”
Doechii at the #BETAwards
Doechii at the #BETAwards
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The path to the end of Roe V. Wade was paved with abortion providers being killed, and clinics being bombed and set on fire.
I'm a believer in nonviolent resistance for moral reasons, and I think it can be incredibly powerful when well-planned and sustained, but don't tell me violence doesn't work. The people successfully rolling back my rights were sending bomb threats to children's hospitals.
June 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The path to the end of Roe V. Wade was paved with abortion providers being killed, and clinics being bombed and set on fire.
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June 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahaha (breath) hahahahahahaha
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‘No Way to Please Everyone’ Says Only University Where Students Are Regularly Kidnapped
‘No Way’ to Please Everyone: Columbia’s President Confronts Trump’s Ultimatum
With Trump intent on making an example of Columbia, Armstrong is at the center of a fight over the future of higher education.
www.wsj.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
‘No Way to Please Everyone’ Says Only University Where Students Are Regularly Kidnapped