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Shiri Bailem
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she/her, proud autistic jewish socialist lesbian

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Like TTRPGS? Like supporting people who are trying to get back on their feet? How about prestigious names who are also leftist?

Friend of mine just released the **FREE** quickstart for their new RPG.

Want more reason to dive in and give it a try? This is […]

[Original post on foggyminds.com]
Promotional flyer for *Nuked*, a post-apocalyptic tabletop RPG. The flyer is split into two halves. **Left half (gray concrete background):** * At the top: A yellow circle with black stripes across it. Inside, large red text reads **NUKED**. Above it, in small black text: *MUTANTS, MAGIC, MAYHEM* *FAST FURIOUS FUN* * Below the logo: White text reads: *FREE INTRO* *Nuked is a post-apocalyptic tabletop role playing game of mutants, magic and mayhem in a world gone mad. The rules are easy to learn and encourage fast moving, immersive play in a setting that is equal parts intense and irreverent.* * Large bold white text: **NUKED-RPG.COM** * Smaller white text: *TEST DRIVE ON DRIVETHRURPG* * Bottom left: A large yellow-bordered QR code with the caption *NUKED PDF*. Next to it is a smaller black-and-white QR code. **Right half (white border with black frame):** * Left side vertical bar: Black background with white text: *TEST DRIVE*. Red vertical text next to it: **NUKED**. * Top image: Cartoon-style illustration of four post-apocalyptic adventurers (a monkey in a hat, a warrior with a spear, a survivor with a rifle, and a woman holding a wrench). Background is an orange-red explosion. * Below that, separated by a yellow-and-black caution stripe: White text on a photo of a decayed industrial setting: *Everything* you need to give Nuked a try *Except for some dice* *For 3–4 players and a GM* * Lower right corner: Illustration of a trench-coated figure with a wide-brim hat and a large, single, glaring eyeball for a head. * Large diagonal red banner across the bottom-right corner with yellow-outlined text: **FREE**. * Bottom edge text (partially visible): *A GAME OF MUTANTS, MAGIC… WORLD GONE MAD*.
September 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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To be honest, this is something I see constantly around the fediverse of people shooting themselves in the foot over high minded ideals, choosing the sacrifice the now for an ideal future that won't happen because they're sacrificing it.

Favorite example here […]

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Post by user TheRealMoonGod reading: At the height of COINTELPRO, the FBI taught agents that a great way to destabilize and destroy left wing movements was to infiltrate then sow division by introducing debate on largely irrelevant and often granular ideological differences. Many (MOST) of you seem very eager to continue their work for them. You just call it "discourse" and "hot takes" now.
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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[us pol, trans genocide, call for mutual aid]

They're trying to spin a version of things that suddenly claims that most or all mass shooters are trans, despite zero evidence of that fact. And why are they doing that? Because it gives them an excuse for […]

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Right Wing Commentator Joey Mannarino posted on Twitter: Health and Human Services must immediately get involved and violate the HIPAA laws to forward every transgender and transgender-questioning person to local law enforcement for IMMEDIATE detainment until we can figure out why they keep killing children in schools. This is a matter of national security. They must be locked away and studied. Anyone enabling their transitions should be immediately expelled from the medical profession. This needs to be handled by the federal government with no mercy. They need to be treated as we treat terror organizations.
August 31, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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A screenshot of a post on some platform from Megan Finger @meganfinger reading "THANK YOU Central for my awesome email address and username... like really side-eye emojii. Followed by a picture of a registration confirmation showing the username FingerMe and email address of FingerMe@cwu.edu
August 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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#communism #karlmarx #PuppyGirl
A screenshot of three social media posts. The first post is from user "fangymutt" and reads "Karl Marx didn’t predict the puppygirl so what does he know really." The second post, also attributed to "f-goth," is a quote that reads, “Constant labor of one uniform kind destroys the intensity and flow of a man's animal spirits, which find recreation and delight in mere change of activity.” The third post is from user "fangymutt" and reads, "well god damn ill go fuck myself sorry Mr Marx."
August 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Being the person who listens, who provides support is hard...
It's hard to speak when you're always listening, and even harder to feel heard.

#mentalhealth
GIF from Lord Of The Rings in which Bilbo says "I feel thin, like butter scraped over too much bread"
June 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Why do we have so many confusing identities and why should I remember them?

To be honest, you don't need to remember them unless they're relevant to you or those in your life. The only real reason to remember large quantities of them is to help people in […]

[Original post on foggyminds.com]
LGBT+ flags in four rows of five flags, with labels, consisting of: Rainbow, Lesbian, Gay Men, Bisexual, Transgender, Non-binary, Bigender, Agender, Asexual, Pansexual, Genderqueer, Genderfluid, Aromantic, Polysexual, Bear, Leather, Polyamory, Intersex, Demisexual, Progressive Pride
April 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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screenshot of a twitter convo. first tweet says “been loving clit lately.” someone replies “ik ur gay ass is lying.” the original poster claps back with “name one classic literature book mark.” the other person replies again, “why on EARTH are you shortening classic literature to clit.”
April 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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As someone taking the opposite path from the below image:

I navigated it most of my life by constantly and obsessively managing my threat presence. It felt like a constant battle with the toxicity of other men. I had my guard up not because there was some […]

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A Tumblr post by user "demilypyro" featuring a series of text posts from "skaldish" discussing the culture shock of transitioning and male socialization. Text: skaldish: Still bothered by the US cultural idea that men can only be non-romantically intimate with one another in war-like or competitive circumstances. skaldish: I'm pretty quiet about the fact I'm a transman usually, but holy shit I need to tell you about the culture shock I'm going through because it's blindsiding me. There's a huge sense of social isolation that comes with being perceived as male, because now people are subconsciously treating me as a potential predator. All strangers, no matter their gender, keep their guard up around me. It made me realize that there is no inherent camaraderie in male socialization as there is in female socialization—unless, of course, it’s in very specific environments. And the fact I don’t ambiently experience this mutual kinship in basic exchanges anymore is an insanely lonely feeling. You know how badly this would have fucked my mind up if I had grown up with this? It is 4:30am and I'm mourning the loss of a privilege I didn't even know I had. Anyway, I'm going to figure out how to navigate this. Don't know how yet, but I'm gonna. azaloset: If you figure it out, can you share your insights? This is a fundamental as to why I'm in the closet skaldish: Absolutely, because it’s an extremely sticky issue. Frankly, this is something I would’ve never understood without living the experience. It's now blatantly clear to me that most cis men probably experience chronic emotional malnutrition. They’re deprived of social connection just enough for it to seriously fuck with their psyches, but not enough for them to realize that it’s happening and what’s causing it. It’s like they’re starving, but don’t know this because they’ve always been served 3 meals…except those meals have never been big enough. This deprivation comes from all sides of the aisle, by the way. In the case of women: When I’m out in public and interact with women, all of them come off as incredibly aloof, cold, and mirthless. I have never experienced this before even though I know exactly what this composure is—the armor that keeps away creepy-ass men. As someone who used to wear it myself, I know this armor is 100% impersonal. Nobody likes wearing it, and I can say with absolute certainty that women would dump the armor in favor of unconditional companionship with men if this didn’t run the risk of actual assault. (Trust me when I say women aren’t just being needlessly guarded.) But I only have a complete understanding of this context because I’ve experienced female socialization. If I hadn’t, I would’ve thought this coldness was a conspiracy against me devised by roughly half of the human population. Even now, with all that I know about what the world is as a woman, I am failing to convince my monkey-brain that this armor isn’t social rejection. And as for male socialization? Again, it seems taboo for a man to be emotionally intimate with men for reasons that I’ve heard but never felt: a) historical culture that teaches boys that it’s not okay to be soft with each other, and b) garden-variety homophobia. Our media only shows men being intimate with one another when they’re teamed up against a dire situation, and I’d bet real money it’s a huge reason why men gravitate toward activities that simulate being teamed up against an opposing force. But men are not machines of war. Yes, testosterone absolutely gives you Dumb Bastard Brain, but that just makes you want to skateboard a wagon down a hill or duct-tape your friend to the wall, not kill someone. The human species looks so much colder standing from this side. I can see how men might convince themselves that their feelings of emotional desperation is personal weakness as opposed to a symptom they’re all experiencing from White Imperialism. Because this human connection, this frith, is as essential for our wellbeing as water is. So sick. How sick. I want to destroy this garbage. #this is a certain perspective you gain from having crossed the gender barrier #now that people se...
April 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Stepped out of the shower today and had a moment appreciating myself, most of all appreciating that I actually _like_ my hair now.

I'm not conventionally attractive, but I don't think of myself as ugly any more.
A selfie of a woman with light skin and shoulder-length, slightly damp blonde hair, taken in a bathroom mirror. She has a gentle smile and is wearing a patterned tank top and an olive skirt. Her nails are painted red, and she holds a smartphone with a floral case in her left hand. The bathroom has a white wall, a silver towel rack with a red towel, and a blue towel hanging on another rack. A washing machine is partially visible in the bottom left corner. The lighting is soft and even.
March 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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[italic]relatively[/italic]
The image features a stylized map of the United States with certain states highlighted in shades of blue. At the top, the text reads, "Oh, the Places I’m Allowed to Go!" in a playful, curved font. Below the map, a caption states, "THE ONLY RELATIVELY SAFE STATES FOR TRANS PEOPLE." The highlighted states represent areas that are considered safer for transgender individuals compared to others. The states shown as "relatively safe" in the image are: California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Maine, Vermont, New York, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Washington D.C.
March 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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#lgbt #trans #transallies #lgbtqia
Tumblr post by tricky-pockets: okay, idk where the clip was, but there was another bit where she was talking to this frat-boy looking dude: bennett: so do you think we should put tampons and pads in the men’s restroom? dude: sure, I mean, I don’t really care. if a dude needs a tampon, he can have one. bennett: but would he need one? like, what would he use it for? dude, thoroughly unimpressed: I don’t know, that’s his problem. and I just love that guy’s energy. So much of the trans bathroom talk is invasive and way too personal, and then there’s this guy like “yeah, why the fuck would I need to know? why do you need to know, you weirdo?”
March 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Picture of Luigi Mangione with the text "Notice how luigi completely disappeared from the headlines? That's because when the media found out the public loved him they had to stop talking about him.
January 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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A Twitter thread by Sheryl Weikal (@leftistlawyer.com): "I think one of the things that increasingly bothers me about the Online Left in the United States—especially the Online white Left—is the number of people here not for praxis, not for coalition building, not to educate and inform, but to Be Correct." "Being Correct, by itself, has never saved a single life. If we truly are going to reject the great man theory of history—as we should—that means recognizing we aren’t the heroes of our own stories. That’s rugged individualism too." "Because as we’re all On Here arguing about whether x or y philosophy is True Marxism and everyone else is revisionist and who is Actually A Liberal... people are dying. Good people are dying. At the end of the day, it is possible to do praxis and activism online." "But that comes from the same way you do praxis in real life: by standing with and defending marginalized people. Protecting marginalized people from harm. You don’t do it by being the purest Marxist to ever Marx."
January 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Screenshot of a Bluesky post screenshotted on a Tumblr post: The top post is by Andrew Middleton @ecoandrewtrc.bsky.social and reads: "A mom just came in SO EXCITED to find a map store because her son would LOVE it. She tries to be coy. 'My son is... Really into maps. Real special kid.' I'm like, ma'am, this is a map store. Half my customers are on the spectrum. I have a trains and transit section. You're among friends." Below that, another user, redshiftsinger, comments: "'Sir, this is a Wendy's' = 'I have no idea why you're here for that, but this is possibly the LEAST relevant place for you to be right now.' 'Ma'am, this is a map store' = 'This is an even more relevant place for you to be than you know yet.'"
January 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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White text on black: Violence is Not the answer. The answer is *opens history book*. uh oh. *frantically starts flipping through pages*. uh oh. oh no. no no no. uh oh.
December 20, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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A screenshot of a humorous text exchange. The first post, from "livslibrarylabyrinth," says, "I told my husband he looked handsome and he got offended and looked to the swamp monster book I had on display saying 'I know what type of men you find handsome.'" Below it, another user comments, "new variant on 'your boos mean nothing; I’ve seen what makes you cheer.'" A third post from "naamahdarling" responds, "Your thirst means nothing; I’ve seen what makes you h*rny."
December 16, 2024 at 1:29 AM
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Pulled from Facebook
A custom Magic: The Gathering card titled "Masterful" Acquisition is displayed. The card is an Enchantment with a high mana cost of 9 generic mana and 3 black mana. Its text reads: - **Cumulative upkeep** – sacrifice two treasures. - Gain ownership of target card for as long as you control "Masterful" Acquisition or until the game ends (this doesn’t grant control). - Whenever "Masterful" Acquisition leaves play, you lose the game. The flavor text says: *"I really like your birds of paradise, I’ll name them X – The Elongated Muskdragon."* The artwork features a silhouette of a head with a birdcage hanging from it. Inside the cage is the Twitter bird logo, symbolizing entrapment. The card is credited to MTG Cardsmith and @AmataTai.
December 13, 2024 at 2:04 AM