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Hey there demons, it's me, ya boye Eli. Trans masc, queer, single parent. Space nerd, anthropologist, obsessed with Fallout and analyzing games' underlying messages. Also I just really lik[...] View full profile at https://app.wafrn.net/blog/Elindur

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Eel-AIEEEE @elindur.at.app.wafrn.net · Jul 26

Hey y'all, someone I know was arrested during this protest. The protesters are predictably being treated inhumanely by the jail staff and held in solitary in many cases. Please share this around, and donate if you're able, they may be facing fed charges.

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Support DFW Anti ICE Protesters

Español abajo Support DFW Anti ICE ProtestersOn the night of July 4th, local police arrested 10 people outside the ICE Prairieland detention facility in Alva...

www.givesendgo.com

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 11h

If you can't come out right now, please don't hate yourself.
One day, the meaning of labels will disappear.

Please love yourself as you are.
The one who can cherish yourself the most is yourself.
Because that is your strength and beauty.
Chiitan loves you

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Eel-AIEEEE @elindur.at.app.wafrn.net · 3m

Being fired/laid off is right up there with death of a loved one and divorce in terms of stressors in life. The fact that some of these people have gone through this twice now isn't just fucking with their livelihoods at this point, it's playing with their actual lives. Stress can kill.

Eel-AIEEEE @elindur.at.app.wafrn.net · 26m

God I would do anything to either get one of my thc-a vapes or a preroll of the shit. Between stress, anxiety, and rage I am in PAIN bc fibro doesn't like it when your brain has emotions other than mild happiness. Not having any disposable income sucks.

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 13h

[best read with a French accent]

“I am so very sorry sir, without a reservation, there is simply nothing I can do for you.”

2 photos of a fluffy black-and-white cat with a pencil-thin mustache. They appear to he looking up and speaking in the first, scowling in the second.

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Eel-AIEEEE @elindur.at.app.wafrn.net · 30m

Every time I've ever needed help for my kid, they've tried to suggest ABA, and every time I've told them "I don't want you using what's basically conversion therapy on my kid. I do not consent. Do it and I'll report you to every board I can think of."

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 47m

While professionals continue to insist that ABA is the gold standard for supporting autistic kids, "most autistic participants who had experienced or observed ABA view it negatively, with only a small minority mentioning neutral or positive effects.” At TPGA:

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/03/when...

When You Have No Choice But ABA Therapy — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM

You may know that ABA is a questionable therapy. But since not every parent can avoid ABA, what can those parents do to protect their kids?

thinkingautismguide.com

Eel-AIEEEE @elindur.at.app.wafrn.net · 33m

From your lips to the universe's ears

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The Dax Symbiont 🏴🏳️‍🌈🌲🇸🇩 @thedaxsymbiont.bsky.social · 4h

Biden spent the last functional years of his life participating in trans genocide and arming and allowing Gazan genocide only to die on estrogen from what is ostensibly ass cancer nearly immediately afterwards. You don’t get poetic justice like this anymore

kendra tacohut jr. 🏳️‍⚧️ she/they 🏳️‍⚧️ @freshlycrackedegg.bsky.social · 5h

OK so the estradiol valerate I take is actually labeled for use in cis men for prostate cancer, so what are the odds that Joe Biden is taking the same stuff? apnews.com/article/bide... Biden Big Naturals could be a real thing if he lives long enough

Biden is receiving radiation and hormone therapy to treat his prostate cancer

Former President Joe Biden's treatment for an aggressive form of prostate cancer has entered a new phase.

apnews.com

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 3h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 3h

pictured: Pritzker "resisting" Donald Trump

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4h

A small number of demonstrators attempted to protest/march in the street.

Massive number of ISP troopers in riot gear responded by blocking 25th, threatening arrest, shouting into megaphone about an unlawful assembly.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 3h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Eel-AIEEEE @elindur.at.app.wafrn.net · 3h

Weirdly, I get shit from them as an apathetic agnostic. Admitting you can't know but don't care either way is apparently the same as believing in god/s. Who knew saying "I dunno, believe what you want, but please don't use your faith to be a jerk" was somehow a controversial statement to them.

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Eel-AIEEEE @elindur.at.app.wafrn.net · 4h

They care more about "reaching across the aisle" and compromising than actually getting shit done. Fuck OFF with that bullshit, the dems are fucking republicans lite, and I'm so fucking tired of being told voting for them will fix shit when it demonstrably WILL NOT. We have PROOF of that.

Eel-AIEEEE @elindur.at.app.wafrn.net · 4h

"You could vote for dems" I swear to fucking god, democrats are just as annoying as republicans in their "MY party will fix it". FUCKIN WHY SHOULD I, dems had a supermajority under Obama (who didn't shut down Guantanmo and droned a teenager), could've fixed shit, and didn't.

Eel-AIEEEE @elindur.at.app.wafrn.net · 4h

1. I'm trans, dems have thrown me and my trans siblings under the bus
2. The dems support the genocide in gaza
3. The dems could've stopped this shit ahead of time by dismantling Bush's patriot act bullshit, but never did
4. Voting for dems at this point is supporting fascism lite. Fuck off.

Eel-AIEEEE @elindur.at.app.wafrn.net · 7h

I'm gonna listen to Crispy's Tavern videos and go fight the Enclave in FO3 because I need to escape into a world where, while I might not be able to fix things, I can at least make things less shitty. I need distraction today.

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💜Ms. Luci/Plush🧸 (Freb Whomsterly) @anplushie.bsky.social · 7h

buy excellent quality jewelry and support a good person and their store!

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 7h

shares on this would be a help! slow sales day so far, though i will be fine

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 11h

Hello bluesky! I'm Nora and I have a jewelry store focused on fused glass; I also have game tokens and worry stones.

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Worry stones: nora.jewelry/search?q=wor...
Earrings: nora.jewelry/collections/...

#bsnm

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Eel-AIEEEE @elindur.at.app.wafrn.net · 7h

"I don't care that marginalized people are getting screwed as long as my party wins". Fucking blue MAGA strikes again. It's not purity politics, it's wanting basic fucking human rights for the most vulnerable. If you really care about party over policy, you're a fucking failure as a human being.

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Eel-AIEEEE @elindur.at.app.wafrn.net · 7h

Had to take an ativan bc I know the rage I'm feeling rn is partially bc of an angry anxiety attack. I hear my heartbeat in my eardrums. I know that's not good. But I'm not sure the little .5mg pill is gonna do shit for how angry I am rn.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 7h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 8h

but since i’m not a ghoul who only cares about elections, the thing here that made me cry is that it seems to have a genuine “actually not only are trans people not a threat, they’re pretty amazing” vibe that i don’t think i’ve seen in a big campaign before & it isn’t a condescending “wow so brave.”

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14h

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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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 14h

RIF notices also sent to the CDC’s 2023 and 2024 class of civilian EIS officers known as its main disease detectives, per sources. These are the people who are typically the first responders in an outbreak. 4/4

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 14h

Among other RIF notices at CDC:
—Center for Forecasting and Analytics;
—all of CDC Washington
—Office of Human Resources
—National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 3/4

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 14h

The CDC official who was leading the measles response and was RIFd has more than 28 yrs experience as the senior USG official leading outbreaks on Ebola, Marburg virus, and mpox. 2/4

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Eel-AIEEEE @elindur.at.app.wafrn.net · 8h

I've already had to fight for him, but that was with funding and the services in place. Now what the fuck am I going to do? And they're going to suffer because of assholes. I can't fucking take this shit.