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Alejandra Z Andrade
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Writer, blogger, late 30s
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Alejandra Z Andrade @alejandrazandrade.bsky.social · Feb 9
I'm terrified of being alone after mom dies. (She's got cancer)
I want a family but not this one (queerphobic) that has so many requirements. A 🧵 on Christianity/ loneliness/disability/fascism/ cults.
I'm in a tailspin right now. I want to organize but I'm very vulnerable. 1/?
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aliciadreaming.bsky.social
Finally posted this video sorry there's no time stamps/chapters I'll get to it when I have spoons.
this is about the #ao3 decision to impose different tags on the #CaptainAmerica fandom works which doesn't make sense and is totally giving in to white supremacy in fandom.

youtu.be/akNz0FUe0LQ
Captain America is a Mantle, Not an Actor || another video about ao3 racism
YouTube video by Alicia Dreaming
youtu.be
February 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
Call to Action: "RALLY TO SAVE THE CIVIL SERVICE"

On Tuesday 11th at Noon, the largest US federal employee union, AFGE, is leading a lunchtime rally at Capitol Hill.
actionnetwork.org/events/march... #3E #USprotests #AFGE
Join AFGE President Everett Kelley, Members of Congress, labor leaders, and coalition partners to rally in defense of the non-partisan, professional civil service. WHEN: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Lunchtime Rally) WHERE: Upper Senate Park, Constitution Ave./Delaware Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20001 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
February 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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maladroithe.bsky.social
I was at a Superbowl party with a Philly native and we truly and deeply considered setting fire to the Cybertruck next door to honor her heritage
February 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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lolennui.bsky.social
At least one Philadelphian is gonna wake up dehydrated on the international space station
February 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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gwillow.me
Made ramen eggs to eat for breakfast tomorrow and I was handling those babies like they pay the mortgage. I was not going to let a single shell crack while boiling. Nobody has egg-wasting money now
February 10, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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jessiegender.bsky.social
I know cruelty is the point but… man this one is just especially ghoulish. They say they’re doing this to “protect the kids” but it’s always been so painfully obvious what the truth is. The want trans kids to die, to disappear, to be erased.
February 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
alejandrazandrade.bsky.social
I'm terrified of being alone after mom dies. (She's got cancer)
I want a family but not this one (queerphobic) that has so many requirements. A 🧵 on Christianity/ loneliness/disability/fascism/ cults.
I'm in a tailspin right now. I want to organize but I'm very vulnerable. 1/?
February 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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gettheorion.bsky.social
Black History Is Star Trek 🖖🏿

Phil Morris (born 4 April 1959; age 65) is an actor who played a Miri native in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "Miri", Cadet Foster in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

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Phil Morris
Phil Morris (born 4 April 1959; age 65) is an actor who played a Miri native in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "Miri", Cadet Foster in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Tho...
memory-alpha.fandom.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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amybrown.xyz
I think about this tweet constantly
i try to talk to strangers on the internet like we are chatting in line at the grocery store together. some of u talk to strangers on the internet like you are having active road rage at all times
February 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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roselover772.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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newbietobyy.bsky.social
‘Don’t hurt anyone. Never bully people weaker than yourself. Help out those in need. Some would say that these rules are obvious. But the truth is, the obvious is no longer obvious in today’s world. What’s worse is that some people even ask why.’

-The Cat Who Saved Books by S. Natsukawa

#booksky
February 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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czedwards.bsky.social
This, and ALSO: if you sew, join your local or state’s American Sewing Guild, because most chapters have an annual fabric swap or sale. It’s really one of the better benefits of being a member.
sturdymcsturdy.bsky.social Sturdy McSturdyPants @sturdymcsturdy.bsky.social · Feb 5
I second the goodness of hospice thrift stores, I also frequently find that SPCA/shelter stores are really good.

This is a map of many of the second hand fabric/sewing stores in the US and Canada, many have online shops, they have been a godsend for me.

www.sewingthroughfog.com/thriftyourfa...
Thrift Your Fabric | Sewing Through Fog
Your guide to secondhand fabric stores and creative reuse resources around the globe
www.sewingthroughfog.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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gwillow.me
I got gunk in my head and they won’t go
Sporks in my head and they won’t go

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon's Worth of Microplastics, New Research Suggests
The amount of microplastics in the human brain appears to be increasing over time: Concentrations rose by roughly 50 percent between 2016 and 2024, according to a new study
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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davelevitan.bsky.social
I have covered NOAA and it’s work for like 15 years and this is brutal. If you’re there and want to chat or share anything, signal is davelevitan.26
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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anildash.com
For friends who are in the federal government, this is a very good guide on why you should be using Signal. In short, it’s safe and it’s free! a.wholelottanothing.org/a-guide-to-u...
A guide to using Signal for government workers
🔒Editor's note: A friend of mine works in the federal government and wrote a guide for their fellow federal workers on how to use Signal. There are lots of good reasons for switching to Signal for mes...
a.wholelottanothing.org
February 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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gwillow.me
Compare this--from The Economist! A center-right publication!--to the mealy-mouthed NYT coverage of the constitutional crisis thus far:
Screencap of an Economist headline reading "Elon Musk is shredding America's government as he did Twitter: some of his operatives are barely out of their teens." Plus photo of Musk staring vacantly at the ceiling w a painting of the Founding Fathers behind him
February 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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redderbeanpaste.bsky.social
I blogged about how restuarants in my area participated in "a day without immigrants" and how white people decided to joke "Well at least it didnt happen on taco tuesday" ko-fi.com/post/The-ill...
Taco Tuesday, or the illusion of "blue state tolerance"
BeanPaste published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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xiranjayzhao.bsky.social
The Chinese internet is merciless 😭😭
Heterosexuality is really the most vulnerable sexual orientation in the world. In human history, electric shock, detention, family coercion, campus and workplace bullying cannot change homosexuality into heterosexuality, but heterosexuality can become homosexuality by looking at the relevant information and movies about homosexuality.
February 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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jessiegender.bsky.social
Small things: my oil change guy this morning used they/them pronouns for me the whole time. Made me feel good. There are always good people in your everyday community folks. Don’t forget that as the world seems to be burning - we can have each other if we choose to.
February 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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chelseagsummers.bsky.social
I'm digging how this WWII guide is basically "gum up fascism by being an energy vampire." Let Colin Robinson be your guide in the fight against fascism. The link: www.404media.co/declassified...
From a WWII handbook on being a bad at job to roadblock fascism. Here's the text: “Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.” “Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.” “‘Misunderstand’ orders. Ask endless questions or engage in long correspondence about such orders. Quibble over them when you can.” “In making work assignments, always sign out the unimportant jobs first. See that the important jobs are assigned to inefficient workers of poor machines.” “To lower morale and with it, production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions. Discriminate against efficient workers; complain unjustly about their work.” “Hold conferences when there is more critical work to be done.” “Multiply paperwork in plausible ways.” “Make mistakes in quantities of material when you are copying orders. Confuse similar names. Use wrong addresses.” “Work slowly. Think out ways to increase the number of movements necessary on your job” “Pretend that instructions are hard to understand, and ask to have them repeated more than once. Or pretend that you are particularly anxious to do your work, and pester the foreman with unnecessary questions.” “Snarl up administration in every possible way. Fill out forms illegibly so that they will have to be done over; make mistakes or omit requested information in forms.”
February 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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suzvoy.myatproto.social
holy shit, they're in the process of uploading all of farscape officially to YT for free. WATCH THIS SHOW, it's bonkers and fantastic!!
I cannot emphasise enough how damn good it is 😍
Farscape
Discover Farscape, the iconic sci-fi series starring Ben Browder as John Crichton and Claudia Black as Aeryn Sun, blending live-action, digital effects, and Jim Henson’s Creature Shop puppetry. Named ...
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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transpanicpunk.bsky.social
We are a trans punk band and would love folks to give our music a listen.

transpanicpunk.bandcamp.com
Trans Panic
If Against Me!, the Damned, and NOFX got hammered and produced a trans baby, you'd have Trans Panic. Trans Panic is composed of members Ruby, Terra, and Callie. Terra is a trans social refugee who ...
transpanicpunk.bandcamp.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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thekatemulgrew.bsky.social
What the Trump administration is doing to organizations like USAID is both unacceptable and utterly reprehensible. It must be stopped. Let’s get tough about this.

Call your reps - they work for you! Go to house dot gov for their office numbers and see which committees they sit on.

We must fight.
February 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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adrierising.bsky.social
as a follow up to our episode, 99% invisible also did an episode on clinch covers: 99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-...
February 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM