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It is mind-boggling to me that people say "but I had to comply with the fascists because otherwise there would be some cost—"

NO FUCKING KIDDING. Did you think you'd never have to make a hard choice in Fascist America? That you wouldn't be asked to sacrifice someone and be rewarded for it?? JFC
“We had to erase trans people or we couldn’t get our federal funding”

Fuck the federal funding. You fight, you sue, you do not become complicit in our mass erasure.

We are all in this together, and we all go down together.

I will not allow us to be jettisoned or erased.
FWIW, the choice was scrubbing their website or potentially closing down because their funding was turned off. Sure they could have sued, but what then?
February 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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major props to the associated press for not capitulating to trump. they're setting the standard for what news should be - independent, committed to the truth, and ready to stand against authoritarian governments.
BREAKING: Associated Press is suing the Trump administration for violating the First Amendment.

This is what needs done at every turn. Resist. Fight back.

Well done AP👏
February 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?

Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.

Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Oh I love this
We won’t disappear just because you change a website.
February 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Happy:
Black history
Black present
Black future
Black love
Black joy
Black health
Black healing
Black people
Black community
Black family
Black kids
Black culture
Black creativity
Black ingenuity
Black legacy
Black innovation
Black liberation
Black resistance
Black existence
...month🖤
February 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Long time ago I wrote an article on taxonomy in Magic (ok - it was April Fools material), lambasting the designers for their disregard to taxonomy and awful choices of creature types.

Those days are long gone.

Look at this: Possum type to show gliders are marsupials.

1/3
January 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.
January 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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I saw a post saying that ICE is pausing its tip line, so I decided to call myself to verify.

The recorded voicemail said they are not currently accepting immigration status tips.

Good job, friends.
January 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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So we have the answer for one question people were asking... people's gender markers are being changed back even for renewals, if they had an existing passport in a different gender even as a kid:

www.instagram.com/reel/DFZNz6r...
Login • Instagram
Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
www.instagram.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Don't hand the cops your unlocked phone. Ever.
January 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Sometimes when sells-men or missionaries come to my door I start infodumping about insect and see how long I can keep them there.
January 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Okay, I’m hoping this will gain some traction on Bluesky *inhales* SALEM PUBLIC LIBRARY IN OREGON IS IN DANGER OF CLOSING. This sets a dangerous precedent for state capital libraries!!

This is a continuation of the saga from last year, when we were saved at the last second by the then-mayor. (1/2)
January 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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the ai sloppification of the world will only end if organizations stand up for artists like this. this is another great reason to unionize your workplace as you can include NO AI ART in your work contract
Hi! Quick note: The Onion accidentally posted a stock photo from a vendor with an AI generated image in it. We pulled the post down once we found that out. Our commitment to not using AI is very real. It's in the union contract to disclose it if we ever do. World is a slop minefield and we're sorry.
January 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Every superhero has an origin story. Designing a better mask due to California wildfires was ours. Today, we're supporting our community in SoCal by offering @flomask.bsky.social
at cost with discount code CaliStrong30. Please help us spread the word.
January 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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If you say we abandon red states, you kill a lot of dear friends of mine so fuck right off with that. We don't leave gerrymandered, vulnerable, decent people behind because of a zip code, you sanctimonious dicks.
January 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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He’s also trying to overwhelm with the sheer number of actions in a short amount of time, making it difficult to respond in a coherent and substantive way.
Important to recognize that many of Trump's actions will be blocked. Many are illegal, unconstitutional, or not following existing procedures for policy change. He's banking on the image of massive change setting the narrative before the reality that he's not good at actual implementation sets in.
January 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
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if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost

your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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BDS Boycott & Pressure Targets as of Jan 2025
do what you can, where you can 🖤🍉
January 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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I totally get how confusing social cues can be 🥺 hope this helps!☺️
January 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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January 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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it’s becoming increasingly clear the goal of the far right is to defund and buy up every source of reliable information until there is no more objective reality to counter them
January 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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My favorite fused glass piece to date. A large Praying Mantis framed as a scientific specimen.

It’s roughly 10 inches from wing tip to wing tip and the frame was built out of salvaged wood from an Ohio barn.

#fusedglass #glassart #art #artist
January 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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i’ve gotten a lot of messages from baby queers being like “will we get through this” and the answer is yes. i don’t know how it’ll all go down and it will suck for a while but your human spirit is 10000x stronger than their hatred. it’s the only reason you’ve gotten this far
January 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM