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Rosa @rosaluxlux.bsky.social · 11h

They werent all like Like This but plenty were. My dad was a big Rush fan.

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Rosa @rosaluxlux.bsky.social · 11h

I once had a client demand to see my notes and then complain that I maliciously wrote down everything he said.

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Rosa @rosaluxlux.bsky.social · 11h

I think you're right but I'm worried about what we rebuild. People don't have a unified view of a good America. If we lose the VRA and have all the gerrymandering we're back to the 1920s but with universal surveillance.

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Rosa @rosaluxlux.bsky.social · 12h

Day 4 of vacation: Ben got up and went to Rockefeller Plaza and St Patrick's Cathedral and picked up breakfast while I was still in bed (I am still in bed)

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qannani.bsky.social @qannani.bsky.social · 22h

“Minnesota has the highest percentage of trans adults in the country, and we are in danger. We do not have time for you to tone it down on our right to live.”

Opinion | Trans people are blamed and in danger. They deserve neither.

"Tell our truths: that we are less likely to commit violence, that we are more likely to be victims of it, and that we have a substantially higher mortality rate than our non-trans counterparts," writ...

www.startribune.com

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Nov 19

People tend to forget to add alt text. To help with this Bluesky has a setting. Go to Settings > Accessibility, and turn on "Require alt text before posting." And you will never forget to add alt text again. 5/7

Bluesky accessibility settings with "Require alt text before posting" toggle turned on.

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Rosa @rosaluxlux.bsky.social · 1d

One thing about Link was he was a big part of my reacculturation over here

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Rosa @rosaluxlux.bsky.social · 1d

Isn't their argument that mandatory DEI work training videos are what drove everyone to Nazism? Maybe they're trying to push everyone back to Woke

Rosa @rosaluxlux.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe we should change the ICE behavior so they are not unsafe to be near, instead.

Rosa @rosaluxlux.bsky.social · 2d

It's a choice, it's not inevitable or universal. But the systematic rewards for doing it and punishments for not are very strong.

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Rosa @rosaluxlux.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly!

Rosa @rosaluxlux.bsky.social · 2d

I already thought this but 4 days biking in New York have fully convinced me that a one way street that has one fully utilized parking lane, one through lane, and one bike or bus lane is the ideal street configuration.

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Rosa @rosaluxlux.bsky.social · 2d

The problem is the percentage who approve of police riots, which is thankfully going down

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Rosa @rosaluxlux.bsky.social · 2d

The problem is that a key part of being American/white is adopting anti Blackness. It's the ticket in and once you grab it, it's hard to let go of.

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