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every fire in the world started from one spark | nonbinary trans man - they except when it's he | 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ | autistic, sorry for any communication errors | 37, Scot living in England

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go loud @stillicides.bsky.social · Nov 28

I'm not doing a one like one answer meme but here is a sort of intro thread I guess

in no particular order

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 6h

This proclamation is batshit insane and i just want everyone to try to fathom, for one second, what is like being a Native person on their homeland with invaders and occupiers continuously spouting lies and threatening violence against those who defy it.

Also, this means we’re winning 💅🏽

The WHITE HOUSE
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Today our Nation honors the legendary Christopher Columbus — the original American hero, a giant of Western civilization, and one of the most gallant and visionary men to ever walk the face of the earth. This Columbus Day, we honor his life with reverence and gratitude, and we pledge to reclaim his extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue from the left-wing arsonists who have sought to destroy his name and dishonor his memory.

Just over 2 months later, on October 12, 1492, Columbus made landfall in the modern-day Bahamas. Upon his arrival, he planted a majestic cross in a mighty act of devotion, dedicating the land to God and setting in motion America's proud birthright of faith. Though he initially believed he had arrived in Asia, his discovery opened the vast frontier and untold splendors of the New World to Europe. He later ventured onward to Cuba and other islands in the Caribbean - exploring their coasts and engaging with their people.
Guided by steadfast prayer and unwavering fortitude and resolve, Columbus's journey carried thousands of years of wisdom, philosophy, reason, and culture across the Atlantic into the Americas — paving the way for the ultimate triumph of Western civilization less than three centuries later on July 4, 1776.

The WHITE HOUSE
Outrageously, in recent years, Christopher Columbus has been a prime target of a vicious and merciless campaign to erase our history, slander our heroes, and attack our heritage. Before our very eyes, left-wing radicals toppled his statues, vandalized his monuments, tarnished his character, and sought to exile him from our public spaces. Under my leadership, those days are finally over — and our Nation will now abide by a simple truth: Christopher Columbus was a true American hero, and every citizen is eternally indebted to his relentless determination.

The WHITE HOUSE
This Columbus Day, more than 500 years since Columbus arrived in the New World, we follow his example, we echo his resolve, and we offer our gratitude for his life of valor and grit. Above all, we commit to restoring a Nation that once again dares to tame the unknown, honors our rich cultural inheritance, and offers rightful praise to our Creator above.
In commemoration of Christopher Columbus's historic voyage, the Congress, by joint resolution of April 30, 1934, and modified in 1968 (36 U.S.C. 107), as amended, has requested the President proclaim the second Monday of October of each year as
"Columbus Day."

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go loud @stillicides.bsky.social · 6h

Aldi getting Richard E Grant to do voice overs for their adverts is having an alarming effect on me

go loud @stillicides.bsky.social · 7h

@nicodebenito.bsky.social um excuse me who gave you permission to make such a ridiculously cool music video

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go loud @stillicides.bsky.social · 7h

with all due respect, Merriam-Webster, get to absolute fuck

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 12h

Here’s a primer on ‘primer.’

It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”

It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”

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go loud @stillicides.bsky.social · 8h

wait what

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 5d

Martha Kelly (@MarthaKelly3) onn twitter: "Under capitalism, it's normal to let children go hungry, let banks force people out of their homes, let sick people die for lack of access to healthcare. But the idea that billionaires could just be less rich - not poor, not struggling, just less rich, is considered insane."

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go loud @stillicides.bsky.social · 10h

genuinely shocked! I apologise for impugning the Smashing Pumpkins' good name!

go loud @stillicides.bsky.social · 10h

almost certainly activated charcoal so do not drink if you are on any meds at all!

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go loud @stillicides.bsky.social · 11h

now if this isn't a mood

go loud @stillicides.bsky.social · 11h

I love learning this language to be clear, it is fun and interesting and makes me feel ~connected~ to my ancestors, not in a racist way just like, int Scotland brilliant!

but every so often a vocabulary thing like this comes up and my brain simply refuses to absorb it

go loud @stillicides.bsky.social · 11h

no offense to your younger self but WHO IS THAT

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 12h

It's no worse than any other disabilities. But for years, it was billed as one of the most tragic outcomes possible for kids. It was seen as a symptom of schizophrenia or this condition that drove children into a catatonic state. The fact mothers were blamed for it made the stigma worse.

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 13h

I don’t exactly how to phrase this, but like… is autism that bad???? Like, why is it such a source of fear??? Of course there are challenges but you can be autistic and have a rich, fulfilling life! Many people do! I don’t understand the preoccupation.

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go loud @stillicides.bsky.social · 11h

boiteag and daolag are clearly the wrong way round

if you were told one of these means beetle and the other means worm, what would you guess?

get it together Gàidhlig!

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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 12h

I like that there's no moral to this story except "don't get drawn into a flame war when you're an objectively worse rapper and known paedophile"

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 12h

NEW: Federal judge dismisses Drake's defamation case against Kendrick Lamar storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...