SpiffyDragon13
@spiffydragon.bsky.social
Nerdy queer disabled feminist witch, who plays a lot of Minecraft
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Get ready for FOUR exciting in-person streams! We've got Zed & Tango's Quotes Quiz, ZITS Game Night, The Quiet Game & Mystery Hermit! Those last two will be LIVE from the @gamersoutreach.bsky.social Hermitcraft Live Weekend Stream-a-thon 📅 April 12th & 13th. Which are you most excited for?
March 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Get ready for FOUR exciting in-person streams! We've got Zed & Tango's Quotes Quiz, ZITS Game Night, The Quiet Game & Mystery Hermit! Those last two will be LIVE from the @gamersoutreach.bsky.social Hermitcraft Live Weekend Stream-a-thon 📅 April 12th & 13th. Which are you most excited for?
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Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
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This is good—not only because it is true but because it will encourage people to call this what it is without feeling as if they have lost their minds.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex condemned ICE’s detainment of Mahmoud Khalil, calling it a “tyrannical” move.
“If the federal government can disappear a legal US permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear US citizens too."
“If the federal government can disappear a legal US permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear US citizens too."
AOC Rips “Tyrannical and Un-American” Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a serious warning about the ICE arrest of Palestinian activist (and U.S. green card holder) Mahmoud Khalil.
newrepublic.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This is good—not only because it is true but because it will encourage people to call this what it is without feeling as if they have lost their minds.
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This moment is medieval - Jackson Katz on misogyny and why men must oppose Trumpism
‘This moment is medieval’: Jackson Katz on misogyny, the manosphere – and why men must oppose Trumpism
The result of the US election unleashed a ferocious feminist backlash, he says, and makes his 40-year struggle to end violence against women more urgent than ever
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This moment is medieval - Jackson Katz on misogyny and why men must oppose Trumpism
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Among Democrats - "Democrats need to be more (X) in their opposition to Trump's policies"
Confrontational: 68%
Civil: 19%
YouGov / Feb 25, 2025 / n=1604
Confrontational: 68%
Civil: 19%
YouGov / Feb 25, 2025 / n=1604
February 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Among Democrats - "Democrats need to be more (X) in their opposition to Trump's policies"
Confrontational: 68%
Civil: 19%
YouGov / Feb 25, 2025 / n=1604
Confrontational: 68%
Civil: 19%
YouGov / Feb 25, 2025 / n=1604
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If transgender service members don't voluntarily agree to resign, they'll be forced by the Defense Department to repay the signing bonuses they received at enlistment. Not only will they be fired, they'll be punished with thousands of dollars in debt. All for attempting to serve their country.
February 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If transgender service members don't voluntarily agree to resign, they'll be forced by the Defense Department to repay the signing bonuses they received at enlistment. Not only will they be fired, they'll be punished with thousands of dollars in debt. All for attempting to serve their country.
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More wins! We just killed an"abortion trafficking" bill, which would have created a new crime targeting any woman traveling through Montana while seeking abortion care.
Dems are fighting like hell over here in Montana. We're seeing a ton of bad bills, so it's always good when we get a win.
Dems are fighting like hell over here in Montana. We're seeing a ton of bad bills, so it's always good when we get a win.
Today in House Judiciary, we killed 3 bad bills:
- a bill opening up our prison pre-release contracts to for-profit companies
- a bill banning mifepristone due to "effects on water supply"
- a bill lowering the standard of "expert witnesses" in court
I'm reveling in some solid victories today.
- a bill opening up our prison pre-release contracts to for-profit companies
- a bill banning mifepristone due to "effects on water supply"
- a bill lowering the standard of "expert witnesses" in court
I'm reveling in some solid victories today.
February 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
More wins! We just killed an"abortion trafficking" bill, which would have created a new crime targeting any woman traveling through Montana while seeking abortion care.
Dems are fighting like hell over here in Montana. We're seeing a ton of bad bills, so it's always good when we get a win.
Dems are fighting like hell over here in Montana. We're seeing a ton of bad bills, so it's always good when we get a win.
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The attack on DEI shows why liberals should stop arguing about "strategic" use of language forever. DEI stands for three uncontroversial virtues that most every American accepts, and the right still turned it into a vile slur. It doesn't matter what you say - they will poison it because YOU said it.
February 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The attack on DEI shows why liberals should stop arguing about "strategic" use of language forever. DEI stands for three uncontroversial virtues that most every American accepts, and the right still turned it into a vile slur. It doesn't matter what you say - they will poison it because YOU said it.
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Continuing story, how many lives/wrecked bodies went into what Elon called the "wood chipper" when he illegally shut down USAID. Crimes are one thing. But Elon's body count will cry out down through the ages.
U.S.-funded projects worldwide, including those providing lifesaving care for millions of people in countries such as Sudan and South Africa, received termination notices on Thursday sending shockwaves across the global aid community.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
February 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Continuing story, how many lives/wrecked bodies went into what Elon called the "wood chipper" when he illegally shut down USAID. Crimes are one thing. But Elon's body count will cry out down through the ages.
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“People will die, but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“People will die, but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
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Five former defense secretaries condemned Trump’s firing of senior military leaders as “reckless” and urged Congress to reject their replacements.
February 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Five former defense secretaries condemned Trump’s firing of senior military leaders as “reckless” and urged Congress to reject their replacements.
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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
February 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
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Boys should not change and shower with girls. But they also shouldn't change and shower with other boys. Or kids of another or no gender.
Kids shouldn't change and shower in front of anyone else. It's not trans visibility that made this wrong, it's always been wrong.
Kids deserve privacy.
Kids shouldn't change and shower in front of anyone else. It's not trans visibility that made this wrong, it's always been wrong.
Kids deserve privacy.
February 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Boys should not change and shower with girls. But they also shouldn't change and shower with other boys. Or kids of another or no gender.
Kids shouldn't change and shower in front of anyone else. It's not trans visibility that made this wrong, it's always been wrong.
Kids deserve privacy.
Kids shouldn't change and shower in front of anyone else. It's not trans visibility that made this wrong, it's always been wrong.
Kids deserve privacy.
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This was leaked by a former US military. Read it. Disseminate it.
Very dark times are coming.
Thank you for your service soldier.
1/4
Very dark times are coming.
Thank you for your service soldier.
1/4
February 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This was leaked by a former US military. Read it. Disseminate it.
Very dark times are coming.
Thank you for your service soldier.
1/4
Very dark times are coming.
Thank you for your service soldier.
1/4
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There really are no words of redemption. If another viable country offers an exit strategy, I'm taking it.
March 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
There really are no words of redemption. If another viable country offers an exit strategy, I'm taking it.
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Hi, former White House intern, DNC communications staffer, and re-election team partner here:
One does not ‘slip’ into the Oval Office. Does not. Period, ever. That’s not a thing.
One does not ‘slip’ into the Oval Office. Does not. Period, ever. That’s not a thing.
Someone from Russian state media just slips into the Oval Office?????
February 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Hi, former White House intern, DNC communications staffer, and re-election team partner here:
One does not ‘slip’ into the Oval Office. Does not. Period, ever. That’s not a thing.
One does not ‘slip’ into the Oval Office. Does not. Period, ever. That’s not a thing.
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I wish I could say it was a fun democracy while it lasted
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
This Executive Order Reveals the Trump-Musk Endgame
A recent order aimed at destroying independent regulatory agencies isn’t just about taking control of the state—it’s a giant cash-grab in disguise.
www.thenation.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I wish I could say it was a fun democracy while it lasted
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Like the saying goes:
"Disability is the Only minority anyone can join at any time, and the only one everyone *will* join if they're lucky enough to live that long"
"Disability is the Only minority anyone can join at any time, and the only one everyone *will* join if they're lucky enough to live that long"
If we are not disabled, we are temporarily able-bodied.
Disability protections protect all of us.
Disability protections protect all of us.
There are many veterans with disabilities. They are included in DEI.
Americans with disabilities warn protections are vanishing in Trump's DEI rollback www.axios.com/2025/02/23/t...
Americans with disabilities warn protections are vanishing in Trump's DEI rollback www.axios.com/2025/02/23/t...
February 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Like the saying goes:
"Disability is the Only minority anyone can join at any time, and the only one everyone *will* join if they're lucky enough to live that long"
"Disability is the Only minority anyone can join at any time, and the only one everyone *will* join if they're lucky enough to live that long"
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If I were a Democrat, and I saw Trump do a purge of high-level generals who were women and people of color and wouldn't be "yes men," I wouldn't vote to advance JD Vance's college friend for Secretary of the Army.
And yet....16 Democrats just did so
And yet....16 Democrats just did so
February 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
If I were a Democrat, and I saw Trump do a purge of high-level generals who were women and people of color and wouldn't be "yes men," I wouldn't vote to advance JD Vance's college friend for Secretary of the Army.
And yet....16 Democrats just did so
And yet....16 Democrats just did so
Staying ahead of one of my favorite creators in MCCI Fishing, I'm lvl 42 and keeping my head up ^_^
#mccifishing #Docm77
#mccifishing #Docm77
February 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Staying ahead of one of my favorite creators in MCCI Fishing, I'm lvl 42 and keeping my head up ^_^
#mccifishing #Docm77
#mccifishing #Docm77
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Note how the modern techbro AI evangelical movement also is actively attempting to crush reasoning, art, and empathy.
February 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Note how the modern techbro AI evangelical movement also is actively attempting to crush reasoning, art, and empathy.
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This is how it’s done.
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
February 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is how it’s done.