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Morticia, your Gen X Auntie 🩷💜💙🌹 @middleagedmorticia.bsky.social · 9h

My French is not perfect. But after all the health care navigating I've done, I think it's fair to call myself bilingual. That's something I have always wanted to be. 🥲 Je suis si fiere de moi.

Morticia, your Gen X Auntie 🩷💜💙🌹 @middleagedmorticia.bsky.social · 15h

Vive les lesbiennes!

Robin (she/he-ella/él) @merryrobin.bsky.social · 19h

Today, an International Lesbian Day thread 🧵
-two days later, but it's ok because I have time blindness and also because lesbians are eternal and should be celebrated every day! ✨

Robin (she/he-ella/él) @merryrobin.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Ladies of Llangollen, Eleanor Butler (1739–1829) and Sarah Ponsonby (1755–1831), were two upper-class Irish women who lived together as a couple.
The pair moved to a Gothic house in Llangollen, North Wales, in 1780 after leaving Ireland to escape the social pressures of conventional marriages.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 18h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Morticia, your Gen X Auntie 🩷💜💙🌹 @middleagedmorticia.bsky.social · 16h

I did not have "acute pancreatitis" and "end up in a French hospital" on my bingo card for last night. Merde.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 1d

See also: "Why isn't anyone DOING ANYTHING"

Translation: "I'm not doing anything"

People are doing things. They are doing a LOT. It's up to you to plug in and participate.

The Enigma of Amandagara Fault @amandalafrenais.com · 5d

"why is nobody talking abou--" EVERYONE is talkin about it BRO. You just never stick around to listen to ANYONE ELSE, you're just here to TALK

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 4d

Mark Bray wrote a great book about antifascism and its history. He’s now being targeted by right-wing provocateurs.

You can buy his book here:
a.co/d/7Gvdrtt

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Rosa DeLauro @delauro.house.gov · 3d

Today is Latina Equal Pay Day! On average, Latinas are paid 54 cents to every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men.

We celebrate the resilience of Latinas in America but we must also pass the Paycheck Fairness Act and end this disparity! #LatinaEqualpay #Trabajadoras

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 7d

History repeats.

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Cyndi @savannahpeace.bsky.social · 2d

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Mark Hunter @sdflazva.bsky.social · 2d

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IgorSnowden @igorsnowden.bsky.social · 6d

youtube.com/shorts/qcBrK...

Around the world, Trump is the butt of the joke

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 15d

Morning walk

Wheat paste poster that says the all the world is dying and the new world struggles to be born now is the time of monsters. There's a picture of Elmo

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 13d

Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar

South Bay Queer Solidarity @sbqsolidarity.bsky.social · 15d

A huge win for trans people in California: the state legislature passed five bills protecting our rights!

Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...

#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia

Action Needed: Urge Governor Newsom to Sign Five Critical Trans Rights Bills

TransFamily Support Services is proud to co-sponsor five critical trans rights bills that have officially passed the California Legislature. This is a major victory—one made possible through a powerfu...

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Morticia, your Gen X Auntie 🩷💜💙🌹 @middleagedmorticia.bsky.social · 22d

When they get what they want, you know they never want it again.

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Morticia, your Gen X Auntie 🩷💜💙🌹 @middleagedmorticia.bsky.social · 22d

I'm in a hotel gym in Italy, and there are pigeons on the outside structure in front of me. How nice of them to make this NYCer feel at home. 😂

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Nunsense & Shenunigans @annaleehq.bsky.social · 22d

I thought it would be a good outdoor heat lamp but it’s useless for generating warmth

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22d

It’s actually not a bad price for a scary lamp.

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Morticia, your Gen X Auntie 🩷💜💙🌹 @middleagedmorticia.bsky.social · 24d

I TOLD you this would happen. *hand slaps desk *

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Libra on Fire 🔥 ⚖️ @libraonfire.bsky.social · 25d

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On Wednesday Congress votes to let the government STRIP your passport over political speech.

No trial. No conviction. Just suspicion.

That is dictatorship energy.

Call your reps and tell them HELL NO.

#DontStripMyPassport

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Morticia, your Gen X Auntie 🩷💜💙🌹 @middleagedmorticia.bsky.social · 25d

I'd much rather listen to Brain. I will do this from now on.

Morticia, your Gen X Auntie 🩷💜💙🌹 @middleagedmorticia.bsky.social · 26d

as did another woman who sat later down next to cough lady) but then sat right in front of the cougher. We need public health education. #maskup #don'tspreadyourgerms

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Morticia, your Gen X Auntie 🩷💜💙🌹 @middleagedmorticia.bsky.social · 26d

It still pisses me off when someone with a constant cough rides the bus w/o a mask. Not a thought for any of us, and I actually worry for the pregnant woman who had been sitting next to the cougher. She moved seats (seemingly due to the coughing, 1/2

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26d

Remember, Trump keeps insisting that his presidency has made America more respected around the world.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26d

Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’

Broadcaster to dedicate Wednesday night schedule to unpicking US president’s false or misleading statements More than 100 of Donald Trump’s inaccurate statements are to be dissected by Channel 4 to coincide with his state visit, in what it described as “the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths, falsehoods and distortions ever broadcast on television”. The US president is expected to arrive in the UK on Tuesday night. He will enjoy a huge amount of special treatment as ministers attempt to preserve the special relationship, including a ceremonial welcome at Windsor Castle for Trump and his wife, Melania. Continue reading...

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Morticia, your Gen X Auntie 🩷💜💙🌹 @middleagedmorticia.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks for the reminder. I'm looking forward to it. 😄

Morticia, your Gen X Auntie 🩷💜💙🌹 @middleagedmorticia.bsky.social · 28d

Yay! I emailed my public library in July asking they purchase some specific books. Two of them are on order, one is available only in audiobook (I'm more of a visual reader but I'll take it.) And, alas, the new poetry book from Len Pennie is nowhere to be seen still. #libraries #books

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 29d

Basic income should exist regardless of technology.

Photograph of Bertrand Russel standing with his pipe in front of a wood paneled wall next to caption:
"...a certain small payment sufficient for necessaries should be secured for all whether they work or not..."

Bertrand Russell

"Proposed Roads to Freedom" 1917

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