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Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️

@lainkaplan.bsky.social

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Level 40+ linguist and trans woman. She/her. Interests: Judaism, human rights, LGBTQ joy, MTG, comics, language, fashion, feminism. New, obnoxious fitness affictionado. Fash begone.🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✡️ Black Trans Lives Matter.

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Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · Mar 30

Reposting a thread I had on Twitter.
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Dear trans people who found out about Judaism’s positing of eight genders,
If you think Judaism sounds like a thing that might work for you, that’s cool, you are welcome to inquire, but Jews have a VERY DIFFERENT perspective on applicants than Christianity.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 6h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 2h

I KNOW I DO! Goddamn jackass.

Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 2h

AH. I suddenly understand what’s up now.

Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 2h

Back in my hometown there was a goth bar that had expensive drinks with the dry ice. Zero dancing, but I like goth covers of 80s and 90s songs a metric ton.

Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 2h

(It’s actually what I wear to raves too, in that I hate getting hot, more skin releases heat better, and it is comfy even if it isn’t flamboyant. And dancing in skirts is just soooo much better, didn’t expect the fringe benefit after transitioning. Also, JNCOs are not cheap.)

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Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 2h

I tried one last month for the first time. I love the fashion, but as a long time raver, I had trouble dancing to the industrial and goth beats. It felt like I was trying to dance in mud.
Still had a decent time, trying new stuff was good.

I wore an olive green camisole and black spinny skirt.

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 3h

Assuming the hostages are actually released and Israel does pull out of Gaza, perhaps another positive outcome will be that people will get it through their heads that MOST OF US JEWS ACTUALLY CAN’T STAND NETANYAHU.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

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Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 2h

Poseurs buying drinks and tickets helps the scene.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 3h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 2h

Use it in good health.

Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 9h

Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 11h

You’re almost there! It’s so good to hear you’re back.

Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 11h

Yup. Completely insufferable, rude as hell when you indicate you aren’t interested, and the ego. So much inflation.

Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 12h

I like playing Captain Cthulhu. No, I’m probably not going to mill you out.

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Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 13h

It’s just a matter of perspective. I don’t get tilted when I have to mill. Maybe the cards I won’t draw are bad ones.

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Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 13h

I do not understand why people get so upset about mill. So you aren’t going to draw a card you love. Isn’t that also the case with your entire library when you win?

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Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 13h

That is a pretty big mood.
I’ve never seen this card before and wow, that is definitely a cool card.

Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 13h

The criminalization of opposition parties is what Nazis do. Trump firing anyone who isn’t a loyalist is flouting the rule of law.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 14h

Roommate is browbeating me, my job is kicking my ass, i was humiliated, I am just exhausted, I am having a very emotional morning.

Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 14h

Not doing great today.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 1d

American evangelicals and right wing Christians already hate Jews. You haven’t been paying attention.

Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, mine is a goddamn mess. Half Ashkenazi, the rest is … I’m a mutt.

Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 1d

He’s right, but he’s also contributed so much to the problem that I genuinely have no time for him. Is he giving up his career and repenting and trying to make amends?
Because if not, I don’t really have time to care.

Lain Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 1d

I can send you more excellent music picks if so desires.