Vertdragain
@merrowmara.bsky.social
Views my own, because I tend to have a lot of them
~Protect 🏳️⚧️ Folks~
~Protect 🏳️⚧️ Folks~
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“They demonize us because our mosaic challenges their ideology.”
January 1, 2026 at 9:32 PM
“They demonize us because our mosaic challenges their ideology.”
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Lucy Dacus singing “Bread and Roses” leading right into Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-changin” gives me so much hope for this city
January 1, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Lucy Dacus singing “Bread and Roses” leading right into Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-changin” gives me so much hope for this city
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The way the crowd cheered when she said you best know me from the voice saying "please stand away from the platform edge"
Nice touch - the trans announcer from the subway (“Stand clear of the platform edge”) is doing the announcing
January 1, 2026 at 9:49 PM
The way the crowd cheered when she said you best know me from the voice saying "please stand away from the platform edge"
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In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
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Be the Zohran Mamdani you wish to see in your town
and other New Year's resolutions you'll break by Monday.
and other New Year's resolutions you'll break by Monday.
January 1, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Be the Zohran Mamdani you wish to see in your town
and other New Year's resolutions you'll break by Monday.
and other New Year's resolutions you'll break by Monday.
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Fuck it I don’t care anymore
January 1, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Fuck it I don’t care anymore
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MTV is officially ending all of its music channels.
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
December 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
MTV is officially ending all of its music channels.
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
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All of the top 10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top checkout in many library systems around the country.
Genre fiction and female authors top U.S. libraries' most-borrowed lists in 2025
All of the top 10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top checkout in many library systems around the country.
n.pr
December 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
All of the top 10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top checkout in many library systems around the country.
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Which Tiny Desk made an audio engineer question everything? Which one made a producer want to cry? Touch grass? Look back on the year in Tiny Desk, with the people who make them. n.pr/44PkNO9
The Best Tiny Desk Concerts of 2025
Which Tiny Desk made an audio engineer question everything? Which one made a producer want to cry? Touch grass? Look back on the year in Tiny Desk, with the people who make them.
n.pr
December 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Which Tiny Desk made an audio engineer question everything? Which one made a producer want to cry? Touch grass? Look back on the year in Tiny Desk, with the people who make them. n.pr/44PkNO9
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Frog and Toad sat on the porch, feeling sad together.
December 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Frog and Toad sat on the porch, feeling sad together.
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If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
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The reason they're so focused on trans teens is that people who transition younger typically blend into society better. To the extent that they're willing to tolerate our existence in society at all, they'd rather we be easily identified by our appearance/voices/etc.
Cis people really have no idea how it feels to watch a regime hold a press conference to admit, on camera, the pogrom against trans people they've been waging for 11 months is not only real, but they're going to double down on genocide and try to wipe out all the children first.
December 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The reason they're so focused on trans teens is that people who transition younger typically blend into society better. To the extent that they're willing to tolerate our existence in society at all, they'd rather we be easily identified by our appearance/voices/etc.
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Notice how Trump and Republicans were having the worst couple weeks in the administration's history and they decided to pivot to hardcore attacking trans people?
December 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Notice how Trump and Republicans were having the worst couple weeks in the administration's history and they decided to pivot to hardcore attacking trans people?
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Don't get it twisted. Those close-up Vanity Fair photos aren't mean. They're art. Hate corrodes the container it's carried in. Exposing evil and invoking a response is art.
December 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Don't get it twisted. Those close-up Vanity Fair photos aren't mean. They're art. Hate corrodes the container it's carried in. Exposing evil and invoking a response is art.
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Please take a minute to contact your representatives against these bills! Dems can't be trusted to do the right thing without immense grassroots pressure.
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Please take a minute to contact your representatives against these bills! Dems can't be trusted to do the right thing without immense grassroots pressure.
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Tokyo Godfathers is now available to watch on the Criterion Channel ❤️
December 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Tokyo Godfathers is now available to watch on the Criterion Channel ❤️
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This week, 2 dangerous anti trans bills are receiving votes in the House.
HR 3492, by Marjorie Taylor Greene and HR 498, by Dan Crenshaw.
The 1st would criminalize the provision of GAC to minors. The 2nd prohibits federal Medicaid coverage of GAC.
action.transequality.org/a/vote-no-hr...
HR 3492, by Marjorie Taylor Greene and HR 498, by Dan Crenshaw.
The 1st would criminalize the provision of GAC to minors. The 2nd prohibits federal Medicaid coverage of GAC.
action.transequality.org/a/vote-no-hr...
Action Alert: VOTE NO to Dangerous and Discriminatory Anti-LGBTQI+ Bills: H.R. 3492 and H.R. 498
Tell your representatives to VOTE NO on Dan Crenshaw and Marjorie Taylor Greene’s dangerous and discriminatory bills H.R. 498 and H.R 3492 and protect trans and intersex kids. It takes two minutes to ...
action.transequality.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This week, 2 dangerous anti trans bills are receiving votes in the House.
HR 3492, by Marjorie Taylor Greene and HR 498, by Dan Crenshaw.
The 1st would criminalize the provision of GAC to minors. The 2nd prohibits federal Medicaid coverage of GAC.
action.transequality.org/a/vote-no-hr...
HR 3492, by Marjorie Taylor Greene and HR 498, by Dan Crenshaw.
The 1st would criminalize the provision of GAC to minors. The 2nd prohibits federal Medicaid coverage of GAC.
action.transequality.org/a/vote-no-hr...
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So there is already an ai-generated whitewashing campaign to bury the name of the Muslim man, Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters, and replace his identity with a white guy name and that’s why even a thimble of our potable water powering this tech is too fucking much.
December 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
So there is already an ai-generated whitewashing campaign to bury the name of the Muslim man, Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters, and replace his identity with a white guy name and that’s why even a thimble of our potable water powering this tech is too fucking much.
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In other news, the whole thing about Calibri v. TNR isn't about a font face, it's about the fact that Calibri is easier for people with some disabilities to read.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
December 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In other news, the whole thing about Calibri v. TNR isn't about a font face, it's about the fact that Calibri is easier for people with some disabilities to read.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
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At last, a chance to repost my favourite ever font-related controversy with alt-text, now that Calibri is back in the news.
December 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
At last, a chance to repost my favourite ever font-related controversy with alt-text, now that Calibri is back in the news.
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Frog and Toad Together
December 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Frog and Toad Together
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DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚
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The turtle laughed. The lizards laughed. The snake laughed. The field mouse laughed, and Frog laughed.
December 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The turtle laughed. The lizards laughed. The snake laughed. The field mouse laughed, and Frog laughed.
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Enjoy your family, be thankful for your personal blessings.
That doesn’t take away the need to acknowledge the misery our Native Populations endured and continue to experience as a result of generational trauma and disenfranchisement,
You can do both. You can do both.
That doesn’t take away the need to acknowledge the misery our Native Populations endured and continue to experience as a result of generational trauma and disenfranchisement,
You can do both. You can do both.
This Thanksgiving—observe the National Day of Mourning.
From 1819 to 1969, US Govt stole tens of thousands of Indigenous kids—forcing them to convert to Christianity & stripping them of their identities. Resistance was met with violence. Sexual abuse was rampant.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/thanksgivi...
From 1819 to 1969, US Govt stole tens of thousands of Indigenous kids—forcing them to convert to Christianity & stripping them of their identities. Resistance was met with violence. Sexual abuse was rampant.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/thanksgivi...
Thanksgiving and the National Day of Mourning
As injustices upon Indigenous Americans perpetuate, we must act to counter that systemic oppression
www.qasimrashid.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Enjoy your family, be thankful for your personal blessings.
That doesn’t take away the need to acknowledge the misery our Native Populations endured and continue to experience as a result of generational trauma and disenfranchisement,
You can do both. You can do both.
That doesn’t take away the need to acknowledge the misery our Native Populations endured and continue to experience as a result of generational trauma and disenfranchisement,
You can do both. You can do both.
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A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
Boycott Campaign Targets Companies Tied to ICE Ahead of Black Friday
The Not With My Dollars campaign takes aim at Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Home Depot, Spotify, and Target.
truthout.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.