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I paid $18,000 for a new high-efficiency heating system last year. I had one at my old house and expected to see a similar savings.

My bill went UP. Why? Not because of my usage; bc of the distribution and other charges tacked on by my utility company in PA. I’m subsidizing AI data centers. 😡

Testify on March 12 to Support NY Public Libraries Preliminary Budget Hearing for NYC Committee on Libraries The NYC City Council’s Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Relations is holding a hearing on March 12, 2026 to discus...

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Testify over zoom, in person, or simply submit written testimony for next week's preliminary budget city council meeting. Here's how you can do that!

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mamdani made that ad back during his campaign that he'll stand up for trans rights so he better fucking go through with his words

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On International Sex Worker Rights Day, we honor sex worker leadership everywhere. The Sex Worker Giving Circle at Third Wave Fund has opened our 2026 grant cycle!

Apply by April 2 for 2-year grants of $35K/year. Learn more & apply: bit.ly/swgc2026 #InternationalSexWorkerRightsDay #SWGivingCircle

She’d Never Changed Her Gender Marker. Kansas Invalidated Her License Anyway. — Assigned A trans Kansas resident recently changed her name but not her gender marker on her license, fearing what Kansas may do if she did. The Kansas DMV still flagged her ID.

This story, from @natezuke.bsky.social, is absolutely wild. A trans woman who never changed her gender marker was issued a letter invalidating her license. At the DMV they cut up her license, which had an "M" marker.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Something I didn't realise until I tried using FB and Instagram adverts: Content is very much a term that has migrated over from the Marketing space.

When you refer to your work as "content", what you're doing is referring to your work - your art, your story, your creativity - as little more than

This spells out what we've always known about institutional and community contempt for trans people in death, and elaborates on how that is intensified by anti-Blackness and transmisogyny.

Transmisogynoir means Black trans women's deaths are dismissed, lied about, and not investigated.

On #InternationalSexWorkerRightsDay, we spotlight The Black Sex Worker Collective’s study, showing how intersecting forms of discrimination push Black LGBTI sex workers into homelessness & long-term instability 🔗 ilga-europe.org/report/the-power-of-data-addressing-lgbti-homelessness-in-europe/

Rynee inherited her pink hair from her ancestor, Faeryn mother of all firefae 💕
She is a direct descendant of her bloodline
#ocs #ocart

WE COULD DO THIS. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS FOR DECADES.

We could basically end the spread of airborne disease in indoor spaces and don't do it because the rich fuckheads in power can't see past their own noses

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i'm not on blksky (yet), but i hope it's just a glitch :(

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After 9 yeareals, it's finally my turn to post the "a thousand cereals" clip, seeing as how I'm the idiot who made it.

@mayor.nyc.gov and @newyorkstateag.bsky.social, you must fulfill your promises and immediately penalize NY hospitals that have discontinued care for trans people. You must also immediately devote city and state resources to ensuring people can receive care.

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🚨KOSA, app store restrictions and ID checks are expected to be reviewed by House Energy and Commerce Committee this week, bringing us that much closer to a censored Internet under the guise of “kids safety"!

We have to keep up the pressure against these bills! www.badinternetbills.com

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Congratulations to our Founder @lockettdown.bsky.social for being Nominated for a Zelda Award- Founder's Award- Ink the Future!! The Zelda Awards celebrates Women Comic Book Industry Professionals and is the first of its kind to do so! Voting is open to the public! thezeldaawards.org

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Heads up! If you have Parent PLUS loans the GOP is trying to trap you in a higher payments. If you have Parent PLUS loans you should consider consolidating them now to get lower payments & the possibility of cancelation. studentaid.gov/loan-consoli...

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My book has a cover! IN LATIN AMERICA YOU COULD BE FREE: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY tells the story of the place and promise of Latin America in the political imagination of African Americans and of their movements to the region in the antebellum period.

Out on Basic Books, November 11, 2026! 🥳

The beauty that is Wunmi Mosaku on the #ActorAwards red carpet

I don't care if Congress authorizes War on Iran. NO WAR ON IRAN. I want people to fucking reclaim their morality.

But Alex, stainless steel and cast iron will change your life!!!

Thank you all for the support so far. Still a ways to go but I appreciate those who’ve helped out. Especially with everything that’s been happening, your support really means a lot to me

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The UK government is looking to make legal for AI companies that which any ordinary citizen could be taken to court for. It is on the cusp of approving theft *only* in this case, a truly unequivocal “rules for thee, not for me” scenario.

That AI needs such special treatment indicts it utterly.

Due to the blatant disrespect, Black History Month will be extended till the end of the year.

Melanin March
Afro April
Melanin May
Jiggy June & July
Afro August
Soulaan September
Orisha October
Nigga November
Dancehall December

Michael B. Jordan wins Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Sinners at the Actor Awards

#ActorAwards

If you can, please set up donations to The Trevor Project and find local trans support groups. Trans people need to know we love and support them no matter what this fucking monstrous admin does.