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No Kings Alliance — No Kings Authoritarianism thrives on silence. The No Kings Alliance exists to make capitulation impossible—and resistance unstoppable.

If you're wondering what part of the post #NoKings plan is to galvanize the 7 million people who took to the streets, the next phase is a weekly call to action with specific asks that you can do to help. You can find each week's here:

www.nokings.org/alliance

Hey everyone, here's a real simple way to disable "Super Resolution" on your channels:

• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"

I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.

It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.

Ooo I love this design!

We are opening the Wisteria D20 giveaway to other platforms! To be eligible:

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We will randomly pick and DM a follower on Saturday, November 1st, and they will have 24-hours to respond. This giveaway is for the US only this time. Good luck!

Meme I stole from Tumblr: A closeup image of a Sony point and shoot camera with lots of buttons and knobs and whatnot. Text says "The tactile interface fandom is dying. Repost if you're a true knobhead."

I am proud to be a knobhead

Please note that the massive tech companies that dominate our world are run by fascists who are enabling the fascists in this administration to do fascist things.

Also please note that this tech sucks and will randomly ruin the lives of thousands of citizens who have no idea what's coming.

Infographic on spotting self-sabotage in communities. Three signs: 1) Dilutes the Purpose – off-topic nitpicking; 2) Replaces Curiosity with Caution – fear or futility messaging; 3) Drains Morale – leaves people discouraged. Passing comments add clarity, use curiosity not fear, and leave participants stronger.

Infographic on countering sabotage. C Concrete facts- verify; O Orient to purpose; M Mind morale; P Protect the point; A Acknowledge don’t accuse; S Steer to solutions. Each step pairs with research showing how clarity, purpose, empathy, and small actions restore cooperation.

So we've been trained to sabotage our own movements from within and it worked on all of us I'm afraid! ESPECIALLY if you're marginalized. But here's how to stop it. Save these. These go in your phone now. REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE.

Text: "Are you new to the asexuality spectrum? We've got resources for you at and beyond Scarleteen! P.S. Happy Ace Week," alongside hands holding a heart with the ace flag colors.

Happy Ace Week from Scarleteen! To celebrate the last day of this special week, we have compiled a list of resources within and beyond Scarleteen for you and yours:

Backed by the Heritage Foundation and Big Tech, KOSA will force everyone to upload their ID to access the internet. In an age when Palantir has direct ties to ICE, where technofascists are in power and want to eliminate and censor everything, we CANNOT allow KOSA to pass.

It NEEDS mass pushback.

I've seen almost no other coverage of this. Trump is sending the FBI to the homes of protestors, ostensibly to find out who is funding and organizing the protests, but obviously also to intimidate people into not protesting anymore.

We really should be talking about this more.

With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.

Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.

🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on.

You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com

US ‘on a trajectory’ toward authoritarian rule, ex-officials warn A network of former intelligence and security officers says democratic decline is accelerating under Trump’s rule

Retired intelligence analysts confirm what the political scientists are telling us — and what the world outside is telling us — the goal of these people is the end of law, the end of democracy, and the end of a recognizable republic.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.

An infographic created by @BRIANNAVIEIRA & @THEQTHERAPIST for #ACEAWARENESSWEEK in asexual flag colors black, white, gray, and purple Understanding Asexuality: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ASEXUAL? (ALSO KNOWN AS "ACE" OR "ACES") There are many different types of attraction including romantic, aesthetic and sexual. Asexuality refers to someone who experiences very little or no sexual attraction to people of any gender. ACE INDIVIDUALS CAN STILL FEEL... ROMANTIC ATTRACTION Desire for a typically romantic relationship with another person EMOTIONAL ATTRACTION Wanting an emotional connection with another person AESTHETIC ATTRACTION Attraction to someone based on their general appearance SENSUAL ATTRACTION Wanting to touch, hold, or cuddle someone PHYSICAL ATTRACTION Where a person finds another person's physique pleasing PLATONIC ATTRACTION Wanting to be friends with another person

An infographic created by @BRIANNAVIEIRA & @THEQTHERAPIST for #ACEAWARENESSWEEK in asexual flag colors black, white, gray, and purple Understanding Asexuality: ASEXUALITY, LIKE ANY IDENTITY, IS COMPLEX. THERE ARE NUMEROUS ASEXUAL IDENTITIES WITHIN ASEXUALITY INCLUDING: ASEXUAL SPECTRUM ASEXUAL No sexual attraction is experienced at all. Used as an umbrella term and used as a separate identity DEMISEXUAL May experience sexual attraction, but only once a deep, emotional bond occurs GREY SEXUAL Feels weak sexual attraction and/or attraction so rarely there's no desire to act on it

An infographic created by @BRIANNAVIEIRA & @THEQTHERAPIST for #ACEAWARENESSWEEK in asexual flag colors black, white, gray, and purple Understanding Asexuality: WAYS TO BE AN ALLY TO ASEXUAL FOLKS EDUCATE YOURSELF ON ACE IDENTITIES IF SOMEONE COMES OUT TO YOU AS ACE, BELIEVE THEM PROVIDE SUPPORT + VALIDATION CELEBRATE +AFFIRM THEIR IDENTITY RESPECT THEIR RELATIONSHIPS CALL OUT ACE-ERASURE + ACEPHOBIA WHERE YOU SEE IT EDUCATE OTHERS DON'T ASK INTRUSIVE QUESTIONS ABOUT SOMEONE'S SEX LIFE DON'T ASSUME EVERYONE NEEDS SEX OR ROMANCE TO BE HAPPY TOGETHER WE CAN EVOLVE THE MEANING OF RELATIONSHIPS + HELP TO REDUCE THE STIGMA SURROUNDING ASEXUALITY.

An infographic created by @BRIANNAVIEIRA & @THEQTHERAPIST for #ACEAWARENESSWEEK in asexual flag colors black, white, gray, and purple Understanding Asexuality: ASEXUALITY SITS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MANY OTHER LGBTQIA IDENTITIES WHICH MEANS SOMEONE WHO IS ASEXUAL CAN ALSO BE... HETEROROMANTIC Romantic attraction to people of another gender. PANROMANTIC Romantic attraction towards people of all genders/regardless of gender. BIROMANTIC Romantic attraction towards men + women. HOMOROMANTIC Romantic attraction towards people of the same gender. AROMANTIC One who does not experience romantic attraction to people of any gender. PLUS MANY MORE! (SEARCH: "TYPES OF ROMANTIC ORIENTATION")

It’s Asexual Awareness Week

🖤 Oct 19 - 25, 2025
🩶 Celebrate identities
🤍 Build community
💜 Advocate for acceptance

I’m a proud 🖤A🩶C🤍E💜 with some info to share. Take a look ⤵️ and THANK YOU for your support!

AceWeek.org #Asexual #AsexualAwareness #AceAwarenessWeek

With cooler the weather, if you are attending ANY event with crowds (idc if it's indoors or not), please wear masks.

Covid is not the only thing going around, and not everyone recovers well or fully.

Please care about your and other's health, especially when things are unstable enough as is.

I didn't take pics but the feeling of being in a group of people with no visible beginning or end was so thrilling. The opposite of online anomie, and a living counterpoint to the wary, isolated, compartmentalized world the shitheads want to make. It's simple and obvious I guess but it means a lot.

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?

anyway that’s why these events are important

(around an image of the No Kings logo) IT’S OFFICIAL Nearly 7 million people have attended today's peaceful protests, which makes No Kings Day the biggest single-day protest against tyranny in American history! With more than 2,700 lawful and peaceful protests across all 50 states, No Kings Day was 14 times larger than both of Trump's presidential inaugurations (combined).

After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings

Something maybe worth noting is that all the frog costumes and signs and good-natured memeing came about because a wide spectrum of Americans saw someone in direct, brave confrontation with ICE—getting pepperballed and standing their ground—and thought “that’s awesome. That person is a hero”

COVID is still here.

I need to watch more Street Dance of China again, the vibes are just so good and so uplifting

Straight shot fancam of Wang Yibo during the "This is Old School" performance on《Street Dance of China》season 4 finale:

weibo.com/6250797552/Q...

If you can't march, you can still call to say No Kings.

We got you 👉 5calls.org/issue/trump-...

Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

She's so cute!!! 😍 Sounds like you're taking good care of her!

We like to pretend the endemic use of the present tense in modern fiction is a stylistic choice. But usually it's a cheap way to disguise mediocre prose, lack of structure, or both. It's like a row of showy petunias planted along a house to disguise cracks in the foundation.

my therapist: sometimes you simply have to experience an emotion instead of thinking about it
me, nodding sagely: and then it goes away
therapist: well not necessarily
me, shaking my head furiously: no, I don't like that