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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 4h

This is simply true.

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 14h

Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 14h

Portland does not own the patent on inflatable animal costume protests, come on people

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 14h

Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 14h

Portland does not own the patent on inflatable animal costume protests, come on people

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ProtestArt Afficianado @ahouseunited.bsky.social · 6h

The HUMANITY!!!

#protestart
#nokings oct 18 nationwide
#handsoff
#freepalestine
#womensmarch

🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆ @eviebauer727.bsky.social · 17h

Absolute chaos continues to unfold in Portland.
#Terrorists
#NationalGuard

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 6h

Just so this is clear:

When an unaccompanied minor crosses the border CBP puts them in a facility. Then they threaten the kid with lifelong (indefinite) detention (not even deportation) in an adult facility starting the day they turn 18 if the kid won't self-deport for $2,500.

America is evil

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"'People don’t like the idea of doing these things to kids. Over and over again this administration thinks there is support for the idea that we as a country can do this to children and they’re 80/20 issues.'"

Exclusive: Dems Fire Back at Trump’s ‘Freaky’ Kid Self-Deportation Plan

It is both not as gross AND worse than you think.

www.thebulwark.com

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 10h

I am starting with the first few essays which all revolve around my coming out experience, exploring or recounting it from different angles.

After that I will start dropping (I think twice a week) more recent essays including my most recent this coming Wednesday!

open.spotify.com/episode/44YW...

I'm Reading and Recording My Essays

open.spotify.com

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 10h

OK official announcement time!

I have decided to start recording the essays from my blog and posting them as a series of podcast episodes.

You can (and absolutely should) subscribe on all the major podcast sites if you would rather hear my essays than read them!

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 11h

I am excited about it. And I hope it helps for folks who find audio easier or more convenient!

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13h

Actually circulating videos of Candace Owens that make her seem reasonable because she’s correct on *one* issue is not good work

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 11h

Remind who it was that was claimed to be "ending anti-Christian persecution"?

Because visiting those in prison, at least for the purpose of letting them take communion, actually is Christian praxis.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 14h

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah, this is full on anti-Christian state action.

Do not know where to start with how evil this is.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 14h

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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Kathryn Salamander @transsalamander.bsky.social · 14h

"Fascists are easily defeated by clowns" in action.

True believers will believe this. Anyone else is going to see this is obviously desperate and unhinged.

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1d

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Jane @fightingpride93.bsky.social · 4d

I need 152 sign-ups to make rent and cover bills this month.

You get literally 1000s of posts, over 900 recipes for £5 and more added every day.

16% off if you sign up annually!

Please just give it a try. You improve my life and can cancel anytime.

Jane @fightingpride93.bsky.social · Jul 24

I'm a black trans woman fighting poverty and homelessness.

To support myself, I set up a patreon where you can get access to all my recipes, poetry, artwork and photography for just £5.

Something new EVERY SINGLE DAY. You won't regret it.

http://patreon.com/fightingpride93

Hot dog with caramelised onions and cheese

Pasta with sliced hot dogs in a tomato sauce

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 16h

This has me in tears and I am a Baltimorean not a New Yorker. To every other politician: Zohran Mamdani set the bar.

To stand against fascism necessarily includes—though it is certainly not limited to—full fledged, unashamed, and unflinching support for trans people.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 19h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Johnny @johnnyzcz.bsky.social · 16h

This is the way. Like, this is the only way forward. This is what we need from leaders. It's not purity testing to demand this level of active, affirmative support.

This should be basic among Dems seeking to hold office.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 19h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 3d

Read this.
Queerness is a blessing; queerphobia is a curse; respectability is a trap.
open.substack.com/pub/billieis...

Queerness is a Blessing

Queerphobia is the curse and respectability politics are a trap.

open.substack.com

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 18h

It's #nationalcomingoutday so I recorded my original coming it essay and now you can listen to it as a podcast. I will be releasing more and more of my essays in this format so it would be neat if you would subscribe to it!
open.substack.com/pub/billieis...

Episode 1: My Coming Out Post

Since I am properly launching this project on National Coming Out Day.

open.substack.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms

“If you had enough money, you could hardly commit crimes at all. You just perpetrated amusing little peccadilloes.”

Micah @rincewind.run · 3d

Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men

Tiffany was on the whole quite a truthful person, but it seemed to her that there were times when things didn’t divide easily into ‘true’ and ‘false’, but instead could be ‘things that people needed to know at the moment’ and ‘things that they didn’t need to know at the moment’.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

Discworld QOTD, from Small Gods

That's why it's always worth having a few philosophers around the place. One minute it's all is truth beauty and is beauty truth, and does a falling tree in the forest make a sound if there's no one there to hear it, and then just when you think they're going to start dribbling one of 'em says, incidentally, putting a thirty-foot parabolic reflector on a high place to shoot the rays of the sun at an enemy's ships would be a very interesting demonstration of optical principles.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

This is the essential context for understanding how Qatar is getting an air force base in Idaho. bsky.app/profile/razz...

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

A five-point-five billion Trump golf course in Qatar, and Qatar gets an air base in Idaho.

New Trump Golf Course, $5.5 Billion Beachside Project Announced for Qatar

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 1d

💜🙏✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 1d

💜🙏

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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 2d

YESSSS PREACH

Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 3d

Read this.
Queerness is a blessing; queerphobia is a curse; respectability is a trap.
open.substack.com/pub/billieis...

Queerness is a Blessing

Queerphobia is the curse and respectability politics are a trap.

open.substack.com

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Ell Huang 🖤🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 1d

“They call our ace siblings, sisters, and brothers frigid and failures; they call our gay sisters and brothers “abomination” and “degenerate”; and they call our trans siblings, sisters, and brothers “contagion” and “perverts”…We are to them, all that they cannot bear to let themselves be.” 🔥

Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 3d

Read this.
Queerness is a blessing; queerphobia is a curse; respectability is a trap.
open.substack.com/pub/billieis...

Queerness is a Blessing

Queerphobia is the curse and respectability politics are a trap.

open.substack.com

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Elizabeth Hopkinson @hidden-grove.bsky.social · 1d

This is a brilliant essay. Read it, my siblings, and take heart!

Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 3d

Read this.
Queerness is a blessing; queerphobia is a curse; respectability is a trap.
open.substack.com/pub/billieis...

Queerness is a Blessing

Queerphobia is the curse and respectability politics are a trap.

open.substack.com

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