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@symbolism.bsky.social
he/she/they
black & queer, poet & infoworker, rice & beans
black & queer, poet & infoworker, rice & beans
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Art by • Ted Nasmith
December 7, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Art by • Ted Nasmith
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Librarians are one of the groups that have an opportunity to serve as a kind of "third person" in young people's lives. We aren't parents or teachers, and if we treat them with respect for their personhood, they get practice dealing with adults not as much in power over them.
December 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Librarians are one of the groups that have an opportunity to serve as a kind of "third person" in young people's lives. We aren't parents or teachers, and if we treat them with respect for their personhood, they get practice dealing with adults not as much in power over them.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
Start Here (2025 Edition)
Are you questioning your gender and searching for fiction that’ll help you figure out what a transition might look like? Are you a trans woman or a femmeby who’s never seen herself on the tradition…
thetransfemininereview.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
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I don't think I've come across a poem that taps into my ethos when it comes to navigating queer community within the context of a hostile world as much as "We Have Enough Dead Friends" by Lena Oleanderson.
I strive to make my home a sanctuary where other faggots feel safe and cared for.
I strive to make my home a sanctuary where other faggots feel safe and cared for.
November 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I don't think I've come across a poem that taps into my ethos when it comes to navigating queer community within the context of a hostile world as much as "We Have Enough Dead Friends" by Lena Oleanderson.
I strive to make my home a sanctuary where other faggots feel safe and cared for.
I strive to make my home a sanctuary where other faggots feel safe and cared for.
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If you have recipes that are easy to mass prep (aka can be done in small steps so people can rest or sitting down) wraps/meals that freeze well, please share them here
I have 4 or 5 and I'll try to have them posted before Friday.
I have 4 or 5 and I'll try to have them posted before Friday.
If you're on SNAP and you need help, add your links below so I can boost them.
If you're not on SNAP, please share the replies and donate if you're able.
Link's not around so we do what we can, right?
If you're not on SNAP, please share the replies and donate if you're able.
Link's not around so we do what we can, right?
SNAP runs out in a couple of weeks
October 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
If you have recipes that are easy to mass prep (aka can be done in small steps so people can rest or sitting down) wraps/meals that freeze well, please share them here
I have 4 or 5 and I'll try to have them posted before Friday.
I have 4 or 5 and I'll try to have them posted before Friday.
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If you're on SNAP and you need help, add your links below so I can boost them.
If you're not on SNAP, please share the replies and donate if you're able.
Link's not around so we do what we can, right?
If you're not on SNAP, please share the replies and donate if you're able.
Link's not around so we do what we can, right?
SNAP runs out in a couple of weeks
Everyone’s talking about Milpay, but reminder that USDA is currently using excess 25 funds to pay for WIC and School Lunch. They say they have like maybe a month of that left.
Red States are going to lose their fucking minds if they can’t draw those soon.
Red States are going to lose their fucking minds if they can’t draw those soon.
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If you're on SNAP and you need help, add your links below so I can boost them.
If you're not on SNAP, please share the replies and donate if you're able.
Link's not around so we do what we can, right?
If you're not on SNAP, please share the replies and donate if you're able.
Link's not around so we do what we can, right?
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"You make the best of it all and hope you can help make it a little better for the gurl after you."
- Miss Major, 2023 💔
- Miss Major, 2023 💔
October 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"You make the best of it all and hope you can help make it a little better for the gurl after you."
- Miss Major, 2023 💔
- Miss Major, 2023 💔
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Rest in Power, Miss Major.💔
On solidarity: “We can’t go it alone… I mean, you can try, and get knocked down and get up and try again, and get knocked down and get up and try again. But that’s how it’ll be, until somebody helps you up and says, let me stand with you.”
truthout.org/articles/a-m...
On solidarity: “We can’t go it alone… I mean, you can try, and get knocked down and get up and try again, and get knocked down and get up and try again. But that’s how it’ll be, until somebody helps you up and says, let me stand with you.”
truthout.org/articles/a-m...
A Mother’s Day Chat With Revolutionary Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
Janet Mock has called Miss Major, who has nurtured generations of queer and trans youth, “the mother we all deserve.”…
truthout.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Rest in Power, Miss Major.💔
On solidarity: “We can’t go it alone… I mean, you can try, and get knocked down and get up and try again, and get knocked down and get up and try again. But that’s how it’ll be, until somebody helps you up and says, let me stand with you.”
truthout.org/articles/a-m...
On solidarity: “We can’t go it alone… I mean, you can try, and get knocked down and get up and try again, and get knocked down and get up and try again. But that’s how it’ll be, until somebody helps you up and says, let me stand with you.”
truthout.org/articles/a-m...
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using Signal is easy, even if you’re not tech savvy (like me). follow these tips on how to get the most out of it once you get the app
October 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
using Signal is easy, even if you’re not tech savvy (like me). follow these tips on how to get the most out of it once you get the app
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Miss Major, one of the mothers of the trans liberation movement, has been in the hospital for 10 days with sepsis and a blood clot. She has looked out for us for generations, now it’s time to look out for her. Donate if you can: fundly.com/missmajor
September 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Miss Major, one of the mothers of the trans liberation movement, has been in the hospital for 10 days with sepsis and a blood clot. She has looked out for us for generations, now it’s time to look out for her. Donate if you can: fundly.com/missmajor
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Seems relevant.
September 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Seems relevant.
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Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology.
@roxanegay.bsky.social maybe you’re right.
A new study from MIT’s Media Lab (not yet peer-reviewed & small sample size): ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills. [time.com]
June 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology.
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I know there was a lot going on in American politics today, but I wanted to take a moment to highlight how much I admire the work that Greta Thunberg and the Freedom Flotilla are doing.
They're sailing an aid ship across the Mediterranean to Gaza right now, despite lacking Israeli permission.
They're sailing an aid ship across the Mediterranean to Gaza right now, despite lacking Israeli permission.
June 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I know there was a lot going on in American politics today, but I wanted to take a moment to highlight how much I admire the work that Greta Thunberg and the Freedom Flotilla are doing.
They're sailing an aid ship across the Mediterranean to Gaza right now, despite lacking Israeli permission.
They're sailing an aid ship across the Mediterranean to Gaza right now, despite lacking Israeli permission.
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May 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Valais Blacknose lambs appreciation post 🖤
May 30, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Valais Blacknose lambs appreciation post 🖤
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I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote a food aversion acceptance guide and cookbook called COLOR TASTE TEXTURE.
While not all Autistics have food aversions (and vice versa), we have outsized representation.
For #AutismAcceptanceMonth, buy my book! Nothing about us, without us.
While not all Autistics have food aversions (and vice versa), we have outsized representation.
For #AutismAcceptanceMonth, buy my book! Nothing about us, without us.
Color Taste Texture by Matthew Broberg-Moffitt: 9780593538593 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An accessible family cookbook that offers solutions rather than tricks to empower the food-averse, autistic, and picky eater, with 46 recipes. This much-needed cookbook combines tips and techniques.....
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote a food aversion acceptance guide and cookbook called COLOR TASTE TEXTURE.
While not all Autistics have food aversions (and vice versa), we have outsized representation.
For #AutismAcceptanceMonth, buy my book! Nothing about us, without us.
While not all Autistics have food aversions (and vice versa), we have outsized representation.
For #AutismAcceptanceMonth, buy my book! Nothing about us, without us.
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these are the names of young Black men who were "found dead" after the Ferguson uprising following the murder of Michael Brown in 2014. Edward Crawford Jr. is in the famous image below. his death was ruled a suicide.
our gov't is not new to silencing activists. the least we can do is remember them.
our gov't is not new to silencing activists. the least we can do is remember them.
March 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
these are the names of young Black men who were "found dead" after the Ferguson uprising following the murder of Michael Brown in 2014. Edward Crawford Jr. is in the famous image below. his death was ruled a suicide.
our gov't is not new to silencing activists. the least we can do is remember them.
our gov't is not new to silencing activists. the least we can do is remember them.
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Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"
March 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"
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Art by • Julien Delval
March 2, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Art by • Julien Delval
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My latest for @truthout.org reports on librarians who are running for office and taking power. As Ilana Stonebraker says, we need to imagine ourselves as the deciders.
Librarians are growing sick of censoring and defunding — so they’re running for office.
What Would It Look Like If Librarians Ran the Government Instead of These Fools?
Librarians are growing sick of censoring and defunding — so they’re running for office.
buff.ly
March 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
My latest for @truthout.org reports on librarians who are running for office and taking power. As Ilana Stonebraker says, we need to imagine ourselves as the deciders.
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We are rooting for you, Illinois!
LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN ILLINOIS TO DECRIMINALIZE SEX WORK!!
“The bill would remove criminal penalties for adults engaged in consensual paid sex, and remove arrest and conviction records for prostitutes.
It would also create a sex workers’ bill of rights.”
#SexWork 🧡🖤
“The bill would remove criminal penalties for adults engaged in consensual paid sex, and remove arrest and conviction records for prostitutes.
It would also create a sex workers’ bill of rights.”
#SexWork 🧡🖤
Illinois lawmakers introduce bill to decriminalize prostitution
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois lawmakers have introduced a bill that would decriminalize prostitution and create a sex worker’s bill of rights. State Sen. Celina Villanueva (D-12th Dist.…
www.mystateline.com
March 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We are rooting for you, Illinois!