usagibrian
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This place had great Tumblr energy.
No LGB without the T (and the QIA+).
With limited exceptions, I autoblock people with a "K" after their following count.
No LGB without the T (and the QIA+).
With limited exceptions, I autoblock people with a "K" after their following count.
A movie that takes place where you're from.
Cheating really since John Waters (and Divine) both graduated from my high school.
Fun fact, the running someone down in the car scene was filmed at my (now demolished) junior high school.
Cheating really since John Waters (and Divine) both graduated from my high school.
Fun fact, the running someone down in the car scene was filmed at my (now demolished) junior high school.
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
A movie that takes place where you're from.
Cheating really since John Waters (and Divine) both graduated from my high school.
Fun fact, the running someone down in the car scene was filmed at my (now demolished) junior high school.
Cheating really since John Waters (and Divine) both graduated from my high school.
Fun fact, the running someone down in the car scene was filmed at my (now demolished) junior high school.
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Like vaccines denialists, I feel being able to say "birth is totally safe" with a straight face can only be the result of a generation that both
1) Has no living relatives that remember when that was not the case, and
2) Does not own a library card/history book.
1) Has no living relatives that remember when that was not the case, and
2) Does not own a library card/history book.
did you read the free birth thing? it’s basically granola moms gone wild and honestly zombies would be a blessing at this point: www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Like vaccines denialists, I feel being able to say "birth is totally safe" with a straight face can only be the result of a generation that both
1) Has no living relatives that remember when that was not the case, and
2) Does not own a library card/history book.
1) Has no living relatives that remember when that was not the case, and
2) Does not own a library card/history book.
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Like, do you like it because it’s sparkly, or do you like it because someone on the other side of the planet probably suffered while prying it out of a rock? Is that the important part?
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Like, do you like it because it’s sparkly, or do you like it because someone on the other side of the planet probably suffered while prying it out of a rock? Is that the important part?
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The fact that anyone, anywhere, ever, that gives a fuck about diamonds/rubies/etc. actually CARES whether or not their stone is natural or lab grown is the ultimate testament to human irrationality.
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The fact that anyone, anywhere, ever, that gives a fuck about diamonds/rubies/etc. actually CARES whether or not their stone is natural or lab grown is the ultimate testament to human irrationality.
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Also another reminder that <10 people in Washington - all of whom are Republicans & all of whom keep getting total daily free passes from the media about their cowardice - could end most of the madness tomorrow by simply caucusing with the Democrats & giving them control of both the House & Senate.
Suddenly the special election in TN-07 becomes potentially hugely consequential. It shouldn’t be competitive, but if Democrats steal it, when Greene resigns the Republican majority will be down to 218-216 w a sure Dem seat with no special scheduled in Texas.
Just catching up; what’s the significance of Jan 5? Does waiting until then affect when the special will be scheduled?
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Also another reminder that <10 people in Washington - all of whom are Republicans & all of whom keep getting total daily free passes from the media about their cowardice - could end most of the madness tomorrow by simply caucusing with the Democrats & giving them control of both the House & Senate.
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the reason 101 dalmations looks like that is because disney incorporated xerography (ie early photocopying technology) into the animation process. rough pencils (by mostly male animators) were copied onto the cels so that disney could fire the (mostly female) inkers. remember that art can lie to you
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
the reason 101 dalmations looks like that is because disney incorporated xerography (ie early photocopying technology) into the animation process. rough pencils (by mostly male animators) were copied onto the cels so that disney could fire the (mostly female) inkers. remember that art can lie to you
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
This is the moderate position.
Lawyer up, you little shits.
“Current and former DOGE staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.“
“Current and former DOGE staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.“
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This is the moderate position.
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Don’t know the reason/the reason
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Don’t know the reason/the reason
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Fun fact: this is explicitly why Dick Wolf created Law & Order: he violently hates defense attorneys and felt tere weren't enough shows about how defendants and their lawyers are scum
(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)
(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Fun fact: this is explicitly why Dick Wolf created Law & Order: he violently hates defense attorneys and felt tere weren't enough shows about how defendants and their lawyers are scum
(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)
(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)
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While it feels like I'm repeatedly slamming my head against a brick wall repeating this massively simple concept. Saying "Reform would be worse" doesn't make what Labour is doing better. Labour is now the most anti-immigration, anti-any marginalised group, government we have seen in decades. 1/
Very long thread: As with many of Labour's anti-immigration policies, this isn't new. British police have been stationed in other countries for this purpose for a long time
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
Home Secretary orders police and border 'hit squads' to Albania to stamp out people smugglers | LBC
Shabana Mahmood will send hit squads of police and border force teams to Albania in a fresh drive to stamp out people-smuggling gangs upstream.
www.lbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
While it feels like I'm repeatedly slamming my head against a brick wall repeating this massively simple concept. Saying "Reform would be worse" doesn't make what Labour is doing better. Labour is now the most anti-immigration, anti-any marginalised group, government we have seen in decades. 1/
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People drawing this equivalence are just coping because they know that Starmer's made racism a core plank of his politics and they're trying to save face by making it seem like it was as obscure as the stuff the right wing press had to mine for.
I again point out: the big sales pitch to National Front voters is one of the central planks of the government’s policy platform, and e.g. the mural stuff was a Facebook comment that had to be hacked out of the arse end of digital history by dedicated wingnut cranks, and this distinction matters.
November 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
People drawing this equivalence are just coping because they know that Starmer's made racism a core plank of his politics and they're trying to save face by making it seem like it was as obscure as the stuff the right wing press had to mine for.
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Here’s the thing, I am definitely not paying for things I do not need or want to know
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Here’s the thing, I am definitely not paying for things I do not need or want to know
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
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AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
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all prior reporting had KO and Nuzzi begin dating when she was 21
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
all prior reporting had KO and Nuzzi begin dating when she was 21
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When political appointees lie to Congress, Congress must hold them accountable. #DrPanForCongress
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Cassidy Got Pledges From Kennedy on Vaccines. They Haven’t Stuck.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
When political appointees lie to Congress, Congress must hold them accountable. #DrPanForCongress
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
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With all my heart, fuck this guy.
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
With all my heart, fuck this guy.
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
Thread.
The myth is circulating again that it was more radical otg activists and assimilationist gays ("boots and suits") teaming up that was responsible for queer communities' gains late '60s on.
The history doesn't back this up. What actually happened is more revealing. 🧵
Let's start with Stonewall...
The history doesn't back this up. What actually happened is more revealing. 🧵
Let's start with Stonewall...
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Thread.
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The myth is circulating again that it was more radical otg activists and assimilationist gays ("boots and suits") teaming up that was responsible for queer communities' gains late '60s on.
The history doesn't back this up. What actually happened is more revealing. 🧵
Let's start with Stonewall...
The history doesn't back this up. What actually happened is more revealing. 🧵
Let's start with Stonewall...
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The myth is circulating again that it was more radical otg activists and assimilationist gays ("boots and suits") teaming up that was responsible for queer communities' gains late '60s on.
The history doesn't back this up. What actually happened is more revealing. 🧵
Let's start with Stonewall...
The history doesn't back this up. What actually happened is more revealing. 🧵
Let's start with Stonewall...
This has been my take since she started her presidential run (she is *so* running right now).
MTG is *good* at politics.
Also evil and bananapants, but she is a good politician.
In her relatively short tenure in the House she has maximized her impact through use of the processes available. 1/2
MTG is *good* at politics.
Also evil and bananapants, but she is a good politician.
In her relatively short tenure in the House she has maximized her impact through use of the processes available. 1/2
the reason this is amazing is because the most opportunistic self-serving shitheads in this country are acting like MAGA is a toxic brand, and this is GREAT FOR US.
they are still not our friends.
they are still not our friends.
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 AM
This has been my take since she started her presidential run (she is *so* running right now).
MTG is *good* at politics.
Also evil and bananapants, but she is a good politician.
In her relatively short tenure in the House she has maximized her impact through use of the processes available. 1/2
MTG is *good* at politics.
Also evil and bananapants, but she is a good politician.
In her relatively short tenure in the House she has maximized her impact through use of the processes available. 1/2