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Cottage in the Woods

@cottageinwood.bsky.social

mood.

You deserve a break.
Stop healing.
Choose violence.
go batshit insane.
do it for the plot.

July 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM

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Alejandra Caraballo

@esqueer.net

Every single time.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/02/cons...

Conservative writer who accused drag queens of "grooming" kids arrested for child molestation - LGBTQ Nation

The self-professed Christian philosopher was arrested for molesting a child under the age of 12.

www.lgbtqnation.com

February 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM

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Evan Urquhart

@evanurquhart.bsky.social

I'm not imposing barriers on anyone who needs support, advice, or help, but I won't offer absolution.

If you voted for Trump but now consider yourself with me, don't tell me how you voted. I won't dig up the knowledge (and will ignore it if I know it passively) but I don't want to hear abt it.

Denise Norris @denisenorris.bsky.social · Feb 1

From the 📬:

How do you recommend dealing with members of our community who supported Trump?

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🤬 It is a complex question of tolerance (for TGD folx) & intolerance (for MAGA folx), which it is especially difficult when someone has both attributes.

Here is where I stand...

February 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM

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Joyce White Vance

@joycewhitevance.bsky.social

If you’re a government employee, thank you for your service & here’s a resource you may find helpful. Stay strong. www.civilservicestrong.org

Civil Service Strong: Resources for Civil Servants

Effective. Impartial. Resilient. The civil service comprises dedicated, nonpartisan federal employees who work tirelessly across the country and around the world to ensure the effective delivery of go...

www.civilservicestrong.org

February 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM

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Gillian Branstetter

@gbbranstetter.bsky.social

Lessons to be learned:

1. Centrists align with far-right to look tough on immigration
2. Centrists gain nothing
3. Far-right wins more power

German Opposition Gambles With Far-Right on Immigration, and Loses
Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to toughen rules on immigration. It did not pay off.

In an effort to portray himself and his party as tough on immigration, Friedrich Merz, the leader of the poll-leading Christian Democrats, pushed a series of measures tightening borders and accelerating deportations through Parliament this week. He did so with help from the hard-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD — parts of which have been classified as extremist by German intelligence agencies.

On Friday, the gambit ended in a crushing legislative defeat for Mr. Merz, dissent in his own party and jubilant claims of new legitimacy from the AfD, a chain reaction that could rattle Mr. Merz’s comfortable seat at the top of the polls.

Mr. Merz’s willingness to rely on support from the AfD, broke a taboo in German politics that had endured since the end of World War II.

January 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM

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Jessie Gender

@jessiegender.bsky.social

And then even when it is cartoonish Nazi levels - they just get all fucking ableist and say “oh well they’re just autistic, it wasn’t a fucking Nazi moment”.

January 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM