River Song
@riverofsongs.bsky.social
I stare at screens and ask questions.
Affirming care isn’t a checkbox, it’s a lifeline. Want to start seeing yourself and others with more compassion and less judgment? My latest Substack breaks down how to begin, even when it feels messy.
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/polyther...
#MentalHealthAwareness #AffirmingCare
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/polyther...
#MentalHealthAwareness #AffirmingCare
Affirming Care Is Not Optional And It Starts with How We See
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
open.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Affirming care isn’t a checkbox, it’s a lifeline. Want to start seeing yourself and others with more compassion and less judgment? My latest Substack breaks down how to begin, even when it feels messy.
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/polyther...
#MentalHealthAwareness #AffirmingCare
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/polyther...
#MentalHealthAwareness #AffirmingCare
Affirming care isn’t radical, it’s the bare minimum.
If your therapist made you feel erased, judged, or small… that wasn’t care. That was harm.
You deserve support that sees you whole.
If your therapist made you feel erased, judged, or small… that wasn’t care. That was harm.
You deserve support that sees you whole.
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Affirming care isn’t radical, it’s the bare minimum.
If your therapist made you feel erased, judged, or small… that wasn’t care. That was harm.
You deserve support that sees you whole.
If your therapist made you feel erased, judged, or small… that wasn’t care. That was harm.
You deserve support that sees you whole.
Where can I apply to become a duck? No work, no politics. Just quack.
April 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Where can I apply to become a duck? No work, no politics. Just quack.
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Great article clarifying false statements by RFK on autism with evidence and studies
www.factcheck.org/2025/04/rfk-...
www.factcheck.org/2025/04/rfk-...
RFK Jr. Misleads on Autism Prevalence, Causes - FactCheck.org
In announcing new autism prevalence data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. distorted scientific research to argue that ther...
www.factcheck.org
April 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Great article clarifying false statements by RFK on autism with evidence and studies
www.factcheck.org/2025/04/rfk-...
www.factcheck.org/2025/04/rfk-...
Mr Steal Your Girl stole my heart
April 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Mr Steal Your Girl stole my heart
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DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
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ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship.
Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.
Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.
April 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship.
Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.
Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.
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trump is such a madman that the markets and "smart economists" are looking at trump forcibly severing ties with our largest trading partner as a good thing because at least he didn't nuke the entirety of global trade!!!! esp funny because HE DOES THIS EVERYTIME!!!!!!
April 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
trump is such a madman that the markets and "smart economists" are looking at trump forcibly severing ties with our largest trading partner as a good thing because at least he didn't nuke the entirety of global trade!!!! esp funny because HE DOES THIS EVERYTIME!!!!!!
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If you abduct someone and send them involuntarily and without recourse to a country where they've never lived to be imprisoned, that isn't deportation, it's human trafficking
April 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If you abduct someone and send them involuntarily and without recourse to a country where they've never lived to be imprisoned, that isn't deportation, it's human trafficking
The question that has me distracted is wondering if cats fight over the cell in the same way that the Graiai fight over the eye?
February 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The question that has me distracted is wondering if cats fight over the cell in the same way that the Graiai fight over the eye?
Brussel sprouts do not have to go this hard and make me so happy. But they do.
January 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Brussel sprouts do not have to go this hard and make me so happy. But they do.
I just devoured The Year of the Witching, and, I loved it. It's certainly a refreshing thing to find a witchy fantasy in which the FMC is a WOC.
January 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I just devoured The Year of the Witching, and, I loved it. It's certainly a refreshing thing to find a witchy fantasy in which the FMC is a WOC.
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Try this one bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov
January 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Try this one bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov
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A federal court has declared that warrantless searches of US person’s communications collected for national security purposes is unconstitutional. Now it’s our job to make sure Congress knows that when they renew this law in a little over a year.
VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional
In a landmark ruling, a federal district court held that backdoor searches of databases full of Americans’ private communications collected under Section 702 ordinarily require a warrant. Congress sho...
www.eff.org
January 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A federal court has declared that warrantless searches of US person’s communications collected for national security purposes is unconstitutional. Now it’s our job to make sure Congress knows that when they renew this law in a little over a year.
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NLG Know Your Rights reminder: Shut the f*** up!
YouTube video by National Lawyers Guild, Detroit & MI
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January 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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America’s always been this racist—since the first white dude stepped ashore. For a while, they used their “inside racist voices,” and maybe you forgot. But racism has been here since day one, baked into the foundation. It’s not new, just louder again.
January 24, 2025 at 5:56 AM
America’s always been this racist—since the first white dude stepped ashore. For a while, they used their “inside racist voices,” and maybe you forgot. But racism has been here since day one, baked into the foundation. It’s not new, just louder again.
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If you want to read a new book coming out but don't want to buy it, a great thing you can do is ask your local library to order it. The more requests they get, the more likely they are to acquire it and then lots of people will get to read it who othewise wouldn't.
January 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you want to read a new book coming out but don't want to buy it, a great thing you can do is ask your local library to order it. The more requests they get, the more likely they are to acquire it and then lots of people will get to read it who othewise wouldn't.
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Sharing this again because I *literally* woke up to someone assuring us we'll get through this.
Please consider other framing.
Thank you,
Please consider other framing.
Thank you,
"We'll get throught this" <<< "I'll help you get through this."
January 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Sharing this again because I *literally* woke up to someone assuring us we'll get through this.
Please consider other framing.
Thank you,
Please consider other framing.
Thank you,
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Remember when Teen Vogue had the freedom to focus solely on celebs, hair, music, and fashion?
January 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Remember when Teen Vogue had the freedom to focus solely on celebs, hair, music, and fashion?
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Reminder: We don’t know nothing about nothing. We don’t see color, gender, orientation, or status. COVID gave us brain fog—let’s use that to our advantage. Forget hate, forget division. Focus on what matters: humanity, empathy, and understanding. That’s the way forward.
January 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Reminder: We don’t know nothing about nothing. We don’t see color, gender, orientation, or status. COVID gave us brain fog—let’s use that to our advantage. Forget hate, forget division. Focus on what matters: humanity, empathy, and understanding. That’s the way forward.
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The Trump admin has ordered all federal DEI workers to be placed on leave, with plans to end programs by Jan. 31. DEI websites & social media to shut down. WH says it’s a move toward “merit-based” governance. Is merit-based the new word for white?
All Federal DEI Employees Will Have Email Access Suspended And Be Placed On Leave Wednesday
By close of business Wednesday, every single diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) office within the federal government will shut down; email accounts will be suspended.
www.forbes.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The Trump admin has ordered all federal DEI workers to be placed on leave, with plans to end programs by Jan. 31. DEI websites & social media to shut down. WH says it’s a move toward “merit-based” governance. Is merit-based the new word for white?
In case of emergency, pop bubbles
January 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
In case of emergency, pop bubbles