Gala-Boston
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Alt Culture Stylist, Vintage Clothing Collector and Proud Nerd from Massachusetts
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I myself made a Christmas Carol joke, b/c the events of A Christmas Carol take PLACE on Christmas Eve, which this is. But the implications that he should be spending tonight in particular expressing goodwill or celebrating with his family are assuming Christian behavior is the default, & let's not.
December 25, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I myself made a Christmas Carol joke, b/c the events of A Christmas Carol take PLACE on Christmas Eve, which this is. But the implications that he should be spending tonight in particular expressing goodwill or celebrating with his family are assuming Christian behavior is the default, & let's not.
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And to be clear: the action one does if one is feeling guilty tonight or tomorrow is give cash to organizations feeding the hungry and sheltering the houseless. It is not to show up at a shelter and ask to serve food.
You gotta get vetted to volunteer, so you start with cash, put a reminder —
You gotta get vetted to volunteer, so you start with cash, put a reminder —
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
And to be clear: the action one does if one is feeling guilty tonight or tomorrow is give cash to organizations feeding the hungry and sheltering the houseless. It is not to show up at a shelter and ask to serve food.
You gotta get vetted to volunteer, so you start with cash, put a reminder —
You gotta get vetted to volunteer, so you start with cash, put a reminder —
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In NYC there are plenty of people who don't celebrate, and people who do, who dont have anywhere to go.
So as is our tradition, Anyone Comics in BK and Everyone Comics at Queensboro Plaza will be there to entertain from 12-5pm and handing out free books for those who feel left out!
So as is our tradition, Anyone Comics in BK and Everyone Comics at Queensboro Plaza will be there to entertain from 12-5pm and handing out free books for those who feel left out!
December 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
In NYC there are plenty of people who don't celebrate, and people who do, who dont have anywhere to go.
So as is our tradition, Anyone Comics in BK and Everyone Comics at Queensboro Plaza will be there to entertain from 12-5pm and handing out free books for those who feel left out!
So as is our tradition, Anyone Comics in BK and Everyone Comics at Queensboro Plaza will be there to entertain from 12-5pm and handing out free books for those who feel left out!
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Farm workers are silently in the background of all of our lives working tirelessly to deliver the food we eat.
Celebrate farm workers this holiday season by making a donation to help fund change all year long.
act.seiu.org/a/holidays20... or paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate #WeFeedYou
Celebrate farm workers this holiday season by making a donation to help fund change all year long.
act.seiu.org/a/holidays20... or paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate #WeFeedYou
December 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Farm workers are silently in the background of all of our lives working tirelessly to deliver the food we eat.
Celebrate farm workers this holiday season by making a donation to help fund change all year long.
act.seiu.org/a/holidays20... or paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate #WeFeedYou
Celebrate farm workers this holiday season by making a donation to help fund change all year long.
act.seiu.org/a/holidays20... or paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate #WeFeedYou
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Love that my tweet gets posted every year! Also, our proof of concept for this (Double Happiness) is screening at Lincoln Center on Jan. 27!
December 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Love that my tweet gets posted every year! Also, our proof of concept for this (Double Happiness) is screening at Lincoln Center on Jan. 27!
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It remains wild to me that during the first trump administration there was a long debate over terminology after AOC (correctly) called border internment "concentration camps" and now having concentration camps is a core domestic policy.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
Camps where tens of thousands of politically disfavored people will be concentrated.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It remains wild to me that during the first trump administration there was a long debate over terminology after AOC (correctly) called border internment "concentration camps" and now having concentration camps is a core domestic policy.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
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Because it’s a bad take . We can absolutely provide blue books and non internet connected devices . We don’t fight plagiarism with ableism
I'm dysgraphic, and "it's okay to put people through unnecessary physical pain because that's the most convenient way for instructors to prevent cheating" is um.
Not a take I'm aligned with.
Hand cramps can be debilitating and BLOCK STUDENTS FROM THE SCORES THEY DESERVE and YES that is a problem
Not a take I'm aligned with.
Hand cramps can be debilitating and BLOCK STUDENTS FROM THE SCORES THEY DESERVE and YES that is a problem
Does anyone else bristle at this framing? WSJ says blue books are “torturing” students with hand cramps, and “nobody likes them.”
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
December 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Because it’s a bad take . We can absolutely provide blue books and non internet connected devices . We don’t fight plagiarism with ableism
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Because the framing invites an unnecessary binary that invites ableism
Hand cramps are real and with VARIOUS disabilities a real concern
And a Blue book exam can work… but also a solution of a non internet connected typing device can be used
Hand cramps are real and with VARIOUS disabilities a real concern
And a Blue book exam can work… but also a solution of a non internet connected typing device can be used
Does anyone else bristle at this framing? WSJ says blue books are “torturing” students with hand cramps, and “nobody likes them.”
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back.
Cheating with ChatGPT has become a huge problem for colleges. The solution is painfully old-school.
www.wsj.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Because the framing invites an unnecessary binary that invites ableism
Hand cramps are real and with VARIOUS disabilities a real concern
And a Blue book exam can work… but also a solution of a non internet connected typing device can be used
Hand cramps are real and with VARIOUS disabilities a real concern
And a Blue book exam can work… but also a solution of a non internet connected typing device can be used
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The judge also ordered that teachers have a right to misgender trans youth even when the parents know of and are supportive of their trans child. Just in case you thought this was actually about parental rights.
24 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Judge overturns CA school policy on outing trans kids, rules parents have right to know & teachers a right to tell them but no mention of child's rights. Case likely bound for Supremes. Weirdly CA law allows abortion w/o parental notification.
Federal judge rules California teachers are allowed to ‘out’ transgender students to parents
The ruling applies to all public schools in California and is a victory for two teachers who claimed that district policies violated their constitutional free speech and religious rights.
edsource.org
December 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The judge also ordered that teachers have a right to misgender trans youth even when the parents know of and are supportive of their trans child. Just in case you thought this was actually about parental rights.
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December 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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I started at 59k/year when I was at NYLAG as a staff attorney representing trans asylum seekers. This kind of money to target a community like this is unimaginable to me. It's infinitely more profitable to sow hate than it is to help people.
Anti-trans demagogue and fifth place swimmer Riley Gaines earned $470,000+ last year from a conservative non-profit.
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
December 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I started at 59k/year when I was at NYLAG as a staff attorney representing trans asylum seekers. This kind of money to target a community like this is unimaginable to me. It's infinitely more profitable to sow hate than it is to help people.
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The “60 Minutes” we have known is dead. The fearless program that many of us grew up with was strangled by corporate titans seeking favor with the Trump White House. I don’t know what is next for the storied franchise, but it will never be the same. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/60-m...
“60 Minutes” Obeyed in Advance
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The “60 Minutes” we have known is dead. The fearless program that many of us grew up with was strangled by corporate titans seeking favor with the Trump White House. I don’t know what is next for the storied franchise, but it will never be the same. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/60-m...
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Merry Christmas Eve, Massachusetts. I know right now it can be hard to feel joy. But in joy there is resistance. So hold your loved ones and your community tight this holiday season. The fight goes on. youtu.be/ew12_ByKXQM?...
Merry Christmas Massachusetts
Merry Christmas Eve, Massachusetts. I know right now it can be hard to feel joy. But in joy, there is resistance. So hold your loved ones and your community tight this holiday season. The fight goes…
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December 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Merry Christmas Eve, Massachusetts. I know right now it can be hard to feel joy. But in joy there is resistance. So hold your loved ones and your community tight this holiday season. The fight goes on. youtu.be/ew12_ByKXQM?...
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heyyyyyy if you’re going to see family this holiday season
trans people really need you to not brush off your transphobic relatives just to “keep the peace”
our lives are more important than making bigoted people uncomfortable
nothing’s gonna change until cis people as a group decide to change it
trans people really need you to not brush off your transphobic relatives just to “keep the peace”
our lives are more important than making bigoted people uncomfortable
nothing’s gonna change until cis people as a group decide to change it
TRANS POLITICS 1: STOP TOLERATING TRANSPHOBIA - Tilly's Trans Tuesdays
Welcome to #TransTuesday! This is part 1 of a 2-part series that are some of the most important Trans Tuesdays ever. Cis friends, I need you to read this, share it, talk about it. Here comes TRANS POL...
www.tillystranstuesdays.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
heyyyyyy if you’re going to see family this holiday season
trans people really need you to not brush off your transphobic relatives just to “keep the peace”
our lives are more important than making bigoted people uncomfortable
nothing’s gonna change until cis people as a group decide to change it
trans people really need you to not brush off your transphobic relatives just to “keep the peace”
our lives are more important than making bigoted people uncomfortable
nothing’s gonna change until cis people as a group decide to change it
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December 24 is the KKK's 160 year anniversary. If you are white & born before 1965, there's a 10% chance your parents were KKK members. That includes Trump (b. 1946) whose father was arrested at a KKK riot in 1927.
As fascism rises—we must stand united to stop it
www.qasimrashid.com/p/december-2...
As fascism rises—we must stand united to stop it
www.qasimrashid.com/p/december-2...
December 24 is the 160th Anniversary of the KKK's Founding
The ideals of America's oldest terrorist organization, founded in "Christian" values, are seeing a resurgence—we must stand united and fight back
www.qasimrashid.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
December 24 is the KKK's 160 year anniversary. If you are white & born before 1965, there's a 10% chance your parents were KKK members. That includes Trump (b. 1946) whose father was arrested at a KKK riot in 1927.
As fascism rises—we must stand united to stop it
www.qasimrashid.com/p/december-2...
As fascism rises—we must stand united to stop it
www.qasimrashid.com/p/december-2...
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Facebook blocked my post warning people that the US government is targeting NGOs who are identifying those who falsify the horrific history of residential school abuse.
Marco Rubio is using state sanctions against people calling out disinformation. Facebook trying to shut down discussion on this.
Marco Rubio is using state sanctions against people calling out disinformation. Facebook trying to shut down discussion on this.
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Facebook blocked my post warning people that the US government is targeting NGOs who are identifying those who falsify the horrific history of residential school abuse.
Marco Rubio is using state sanctions against people calling out disinformation. Facebook trying to shut down discussion on this.
Marco Rubio is using state sanctions against people calling out disinformation. Facebook trying to shut down discussion on this.
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In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
December 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
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In case you can’t quite place the name, this is the writer of classic Trek’s Trouble with Tribbles. Let’s help him out.
David needs folks to lend a hand. https://www.gofundme.com/f/david-gerrolds-health-and-leukemia-fundraiser?lang=en_GB&ts=1765731124&fbclid=IwdGRjcAOs_FtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR6KKiZ2rx4-CeehknGhy0m7jAsLfQXTijNNB--x4dSYOZovtFMCTh0YuSl10w_aem_bDanHCEMaHX8JsZvYYD7Jg
Donate to David Gerrold's Health and Leukemia Fundraiser, organized by David Gerrold
Here is a thank you just for coming this far, a link to a short collec… David Gerrold needs your support for David Gerrold's Health and Leukemia Fundraiser
www.gofundme.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
In case you can’t quite place the name, this is the writer of classic Trek’s Trouble with Tribbles. Let’s help him out.
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🐈 One of the most loved stories we’ve ever published
When Kittens Came to My Prison
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day.
mailchi.mp
December 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🐈 One of the most loved stories we’ve ever published
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There's an audio recording of him, not an aide, asking for votes to swing a state in a Presidential election and that wasn't enough to get him locked up or even keep him from the White House
As people comb the Epstein files for some crime they can get Trump on I’m thinking about how he was found with boxes of stolen top secret files in his possession and somehow that ended up being impossible to prosecute.
December 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
There's an audio recording of him, not an aide, asking for votes to swing a state in a Presidential election and that wasn't enough to get him locked up or even keep him from the White House
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Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
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But also my dudes, do not flip this around and be like 'women need to be friends with douchebags'
it's on the same level as 'these incels just need a sex worker'
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it's on the same level as 'these incels just need a sex worker'
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“biggest cure for toxic masculinity is platonic women friends” is correct
This is a model for what actual masculinity should be. Men don’t need to spend more time in caves beating their chests with other men; they need to take their daughters to a meaningful thing and talk to them about it. Relatedly I think the biggest cure for toxic masculinity is platonic women friends
December 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
But also my dudes, do not flip this around and be like 'women need to be friends with douchebags'
it's on the same level as 'these incels just need a sex worker'
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it's on the same level as 'these incels just need a sex worker'
👍
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He has not been enthusiastic about this in the past. Guessing he looked at what it's going to cost to repair all the flood damage and realized we're gonna need more sources of income.
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday threw his support behind a proposed income tax on residents earning more than $1 million annually, and said he’s prepared to sign the policy into law next year. washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/12/23/f...
Ferguson backs income tax on WA residents earning over $1M • Washington State Standard
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday threw his support behind a proposed income tax on residents earning more than $1 million annually.
washingtonstatestandard.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
He has not been enthusiastic about this in the past. Guessing he looked at what it's going to cost to repair all the flood damage and realized we're gonna need more sources of income.
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PLEASE note that folks in power decided “we’re not allowed” to see a news segment
Not allowed to see a news story about current events.
They may disagree w/it.
But to entirely censor it?
ANTI-democratic.
BIG time.
We have a right to see & judge for ourselves.
W/O the strong-arm of “big brother”
Not allowed to see a news story about current events.
They may disagree w/it.
But to entirely censor it?
ANTI-democratic.
BIG time.
We have a right to see & judge for ourselves.
W/O the strong-arm of “big brother”
People passing around the 60 Minutes CECOT piece like teenage boys from the 1980s passing around their dad's Playboy issues, and YouTube cannot take down ripped copies fast enough.
Here's one that's interesting: a video of the video.
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Here's one that's interesting: a video of the video.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
60 Minutes CECOT Segment Axed by Weiss (Aired in Canada)
YouTube video by JayyRodd
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
PLEASE note that folks in power decided “we’re not allowed” to see a news segment
Not allowed to see a news story about current events.
They may disagree w/it.
But to entirely censor it?
ANTI-democratic.
BIG time.
We have a right to see & judge for ourselves.
W/O the strong-arm of “big brother”
Not allowed to see a news story about current events.
They may disagree w/it.
But to entirely censor it?
ANTI-democratic.
BIG time.
We have a right to see & judge for ourselves.
W/O the strong-arm of “big brother”