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Farewell sweet Prince

Saying “we have to keep the status quo because the alternative is bad” ends up making people feel like you’re either gaslighting or out of touch, because the status quo actually sucks for a lot of people.

Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.

this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028

Zohran Mamdani overcoming a nationwide smear campaign from both sides of the establishment once again proves that there is no substitute for simply being the person you say you are.

you can win without billionaires supporting you

you can win without party leadership endorsing you

you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch

we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to

everybody gets twenty-four hours to lib out with impunity, tonight is the cringe purge

a photo from dashcon with a small ball pit in a large convention ballroom

live view from cuomo hq

Now they're all wearing berets

lol for real

my mom recently took a cab for the first time in her life and was like “HOW did it not have SEAT BELTS?!?” uh.

If Mamdani wins I will leave New York. I will go live in one of the other 5 houses I have, perhaps the one in South Florida, or the one in Paris, or Napa, or Cabo, but I will definitely leave New York. I will keep my apartment, though, because it's awesome and New York is great. But I will leave.

If you eliminate billionaires, the stock market will go, too, according to Mark Cuban

deal

who among us

Dick Cheney Departs The World He Made | Defector At its heart, American conservatism is a fantasy. It’s a vision of a world too evil to be saved or cared about, and fearsome enough to justify any and every impulse toward cruelty and violence that a…

Dick Cheney departs the world he made: defector.com/dick-cheney-...

Remember when Aaron Swartz downloaded JSTOR archives that he had full legal rights to download and the FBI hounded him literally to death for it? Anyway,

My life has already been trashed & might never be fully repaired. I am hellishly cautious about covid bc I know the last few shreds of the safety net (which was always crappy) won’t catch me if I fall any further.

A digital illustration somewhat in the manner of a colored engraving. A whaling ship under full sail in rough seas trying to outrun a storm on the horizon behind them. Meanwhile a sperm whale many times the size of the ship and with feathered wings instead of fins flies above the ship with unknown intent. Wide block letters above the whale read ‘Maybe it will happen today’.

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"Don't Buy Where You Can't Work" | National Museum of African American History & Culture. <p>“Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work” campaigns of the 1930s used effective direct-action tactics, such as boycotts and picketing. </p>

I’m doing research for a project and found out about the “don’t buy where you can’t work” movement during the depression, where Black people boycotted and picketed places that wouldn’t hire us. Shout out to everyone who’s not going back to Target!

same

Hamilton Spectator article titled "minimizing COVID-19 is maximizing social harm" with photo of crowded indoor space and people in medical and respirator masks

Minimizing COVID-19 is maximizing social harm

One of the best articles I've read all year because it centers social justice and equity. Published today

Gift link 🎁 www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

I don't know why people aren't having more kids. We've tried everything from soaring inflation, suppressing wages, stripping rights, destroying public services, making literally everything more expensive, making literally everything more expensive in a different way, and sending in the marines

rude

Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack

"Because of intense research on Covid over the past five years, scientists now know that it directly damages the endothelium, or lining, of blood vessels in the heart and lungs."

Free gift article

oh ffs everyone knows “aunt” “uncle” “cousin” etc are variably applied!!!!!

The original Far Side Cow Tools Cartoon by Gary Larson. A cow stands on its hind legs behind a table, staring blankly at the viewer from behind its heavy brow ridge. On the table are four crudely made tools: a lump, a lump with an offset crooked handle, a long stick with hooked prongs at the end, and a crude handsaw with irregular teeth. In the background a barn sits on a hill. Caption reads, "Cow tools."

43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.

it’s really hard

People with disabilities represent EVERY SINGLE MINORITY GROUP. There’s no community that doesn’t have disabled members.

When you help the disabled you help every single group in need that exists.

But they were, all of them, deceived, for another Natural Flavor was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret a master Flavor, to control all others.