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‘Clean Slate,’ the first sitcom to star a transgender actor, is canceled after one season The last sitcom from legendary producer Norman Lear made its debut on Prime Video in February and has been canceled after one season.

SFChron [Apr 22] -- Norman Lear's "Clean Slate," the first TV series to have a trans star -- actress Laverne Cox -- is canceled after just one season.
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FTM = FUJO TO MASC

There was a mass call a few days ago with Chicago Teacher's Union and other unions planning for May Day 2025 which will feature marches across more than 100 cities nationwide. The marches are driving towards a May Day Workers’ Strike on May 1, 2028

Guys we need communism

Hestia concepts. Ink, marker, watercolor.

Have been doing Elden Ring co-op recently and keep getting summoned by people doing NG+ runs ...it's a scary time when a tiny swipe can instakill you (well almost kill me, the crab does an awful lot of damage absorption)

Bugs and Daffy standing by a tree, sign reads DUCK SEASON, then RABBIT SEASON then ELMER SEASON, and they both glare ominously off camera

classic Loony Tunes have much to teach us about class solidarity

Dems can:

-oppose all Trump nominees until this EO is withdrawn
-deny unanimous consent to slow senate proceedings
-vote no on all cloture
-force quorum calls at every chance

It’s a constitutional crisis. There is absolutely no reason the Senate should be connecting business as usual.

This is so goddamn funny

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Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...

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I hope that when I die people regard me with as much love and compassion as David Lynch.

Screenshot from AAF 2025 Artist Award in Digital Art. Text reads: Allied Arts Foundation is excited to announce that our 2025 Artist Awards will be given to artists working in Digital Art. Submissions are due on April 1, 2025 and the winners will be announced in June. [Highlighted] Winners will receive an unrestricted cash award ranging from $1000 to $5000. A total of eight awards will be granted with two of these awards restricted for emerging artists.

Highlighted text reads: Digital artists can use a variety of hardware and software, including drawing tablets, stylus pens, and computer software like Adobe Photoshop, Krita, Corel Painter, Clip Studio Paint, and Procreate. AI assisted artwork is welcome. This is the tip of the iceberg for Digital Art creation.

Discovered PNW based Allied Arts Foundation is accepting AI generated content in their latest grant award for digital artists.

If you're a PNW based artist, let them know how you feel about it. I'm sending them an email, citing the copyright case with Midjourney and environmental impact of AI.

Washington state lawmakers have introduced a bill to cap rent increases at 7 percent statewide and require a six month notice for hikes of 3 percent or more.

Rents across the state have increased by more than 70 percent since 2014.

Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory

URGENT: Here’s a list of campaigns to support Black families displaced by the LA fires. Bit.ly/rebuildAD

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Kings of miscommunication and cultural differences #lotr

THE RITES OF SACRED MURDER BEGIN!
(highly recommend clicking past the cover for the actual comic page)
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It’s coordinated. Moms For Liberty is going after books telling immigrant children they belong

Exclusive | Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Donates $1 Million to Trump’s Inaugural Fund The president-elect had blasted the tech tycoon during the presidential campaign, but ties have been improving.

Is this the same Mark Zuckerberg who told Jim Jordan just a few months ago that he would not be making donations to support electoral infrastructure because of even the perception of not being neutral? 🤔 www.wsj.com/tech/mark-zu...

Lakeland woman threatens insurance company, says ‘Delay, Deny, Depose’: police A Lakeland woman was charged Tuesday after police said she ended a call to an insurance company with the words, “Delay, Deny, Depose.”

A Florida woman was charged Tuesday after police said she ended a call with BlueCross BlueShield with the words, “Delay, Deny, Depose. You people are next.”

She was charged with threats to conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism, and her bond was set at $100,000.
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Wow. The Baltimore Sun published a reader opinion about how the bottom line of health care should be health, not profits.

"The brutal murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has revealed tremendous pain and suffering of patients...."

www.baltimoresun.com/2024/12/12/b...

They used this image:

Junji Ito with a picture of Siren Head, a monster i created. He's saying "The Siren Head gets me right here." and is gesturing to his heart.

A gallery of my creature art with a quote repost by Guillermo Del Toro. He's saying "Smart designs....Real personal signature. Disturbing fella, this Trevor!"

I'm starting a collection

Personally I would be more willing to pay for a social media website that made protecting marginalized people a core part of its business than one that offers them up as bait for bigots. That's my preference

Google pulls bad McDonald’s reviews after Luigi Mangione’s arrest Internet users flood outlet with bad reviews after tip-off leads to arrest of suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing.

Google has pulled a flood of bad reviews about the McDonald’s restaurant where police arrested Luigi Mangione, the suspect charged in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Speaking of trans rights litigation in states, a breaking update out of Montana: apnews.com/article/mont...

wanted posters on a light post taken at night of Steve Nelson, president of Aetna, David Joyner, president & CEO of CVS Health. Both feature photos of the execs with three bullets labeled DENY, DEFEND, DEPOSE detailing the wrongs of the healthcare industry (but not legible enough in the picture to transcribe). “Healthcare CEOs should not feel safe. Deny - Defend - Depose” it says at the bottom.

Wanted posters of Marianne Lake, Denis Coleman, Brian Moynihan, Robin Vince in similar format as others, on a wall.

Wanted poster of Brian Thompson with an X through his photo featuring the same bulleted text as the others. “Healthcare CEOs should not feel safe. Deny - Defend - Depose” it says at the bottom.

Communique: On Wednesday morning over thirty CEOs will gather at the Conrad hotel for the second day of the Goldman Sachs Financial Services conference to discuss how they can become richer by extracting wealth, time, and energy from the working class from all over the world. To welcome them, anon actionists put up wanted posters of the leeches attending the conference, including Martin Smalls of Black Rock, Robin Vince of BNY Mellon, Denis Coleman of Goldman Sachs, and of course, Brian Thompson, the former CEO of United Healthcare. These CEOs run companies that control trillions of dollars by stealing money, time, and labor from the working class. Do they care about the problems of poverty, homelessness, and injustice at these conferences? No, and their actions are violent. Health insurance companies (like financial services companies) don’t provide us with anything useful - they only limit our access to healthcare. Those who would steal from us have names, faces, and addresses. Justice will only come from the working class.

Inbox: ‘Wanted’ posters of healthcare CEOs wheatpasted around lower Manhattan ahead of today’s Goldman Sachs Financial Services conference.

“Those who would steal from us have names, faces, and addresses. Justice will only come from the working class,” per anon communique.