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We surveyed 90 trans Texans. Most said they’re living in fear and weighing a move Respondents said anti-trans policies have complicated their sense of home in Texas and pushed them to consider leaving the state.

My dope friend Adrian, who is trans, interviewed 90 transgender Texans. His project is finally out: www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

In the same way we gotta de-escalate all conflicts that aren’t with the fascists in government right now, we gotta de-escalate all conflicts that aren’t focused on does concrete person who lives next door to me have what she needs

I'm feeling really done with conversations about conversations about the conversation. It's like social media has ejected us into this hyperreality space of associative terms no common ground. Like everyone's trying to go viral being pithy and petty in a reply. I don't want to spend my life on this.

A tiny tortie kitten standing on a towel, leaning over and staring into an empty 2q pitcher surrounded by cans of cat food. She is hunched over like a little gnome checking the turnip cellar

Gutter Kitten Update: completely transfixed by an empty pitcher. It’s not looking good for college, friends.

The drain this hostile political propaganda is putting on our mental health must not be underestimated. We're constantly bombarded with division & hatred headlines. We're supposed to keep calm & carry on but we're only human & it's so hurtful. We've got to up the kindness & solidarity. No other way.

Redditor occupied government

genuinely wild to see the founders of the website that was founded because the previous website's owner wanted to be a poster jump into the driver's seat, floor that pedal, and point their car down that exact same road

FDA quietly approved a generic abortion pill ahead of shutdown The FDA quietly approved a generic form of mifepristone, one of the two medications used in most U.S. abortions, on Tuesday.

In this era of hyper-partisanship, shockingly the FDA did…. a normal bureaucratic thing. Which is what it should do.

FDA approved a generic version of mifepristone, an abortion med.

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.

The Ig Nobel is incredible , one year an Indian guy won it for calculating the average surface area of an elephant and during his acceptance they had an elephant hold up a sign with the surface area of the scientist on it, they do showbiz better than the Oscars

An illustration from the children's book The White Cat and the Monk, a retelling of a 9th-century Irish poem "Pangur Bán". The illustration, created by Sydney Smith, depicts a monk sitting in his simple room, holding his white cat, Pangur, on his lap. ‘With my white cat, Pangur’

Resharing an old post for #BookWormSat #WorldAnimalDay #Caturday

‘Day and night, soft purr, soft pad,
Pangur Bán has learned his trade.
Day and night, my own hard work
Solves the cruxes, makes a mark.’ Anon ~ C9th monk trans. Heaney.

🖼️ Sydney Smith

oooof! I'm glad for you, too.
(Scritches to Jeff)

dayum. Hope it goes away soon :/

ShouXin's Line Art Realm Official art shop of illustrator ShouXin. Minimalist yet full of emotion. Featuring limited prints, artbooks, and black-and-white line drawings of cats and dogs. Ships globally.

I really like this artist's work. It's amazing how much cat language he can portray in just a few lines. That's talent. shop.shouxin-art.com

Produce aisle of a supermarket. In the foreground, a hand is holding up a malformed aubergine (eggplant) that has two smaller aubergine emerging from it halfway up—they strongly resemble human breasts.

(Found on Mastodon)

Text: remember that plant you insisted on calling an egg? well this is her now

https://jorts.horse/@mel/115197584163277477

Debate is a hobby.

It’s not a thing you do to understand another person.

Listening is a thing you do to understand someone.

Opinions I have:

1. You should install Signal on your phone and computer. Connect with your friends and partners on it. Use it casually, regularly, for non-sensitive messages.

2. You should probably be taking vitamin D supplements.

The Complete Dragon Sisters by Joyce Chng - Scarlet Ferret The complete omnibus edition of the Dragon Sisters magical Chinese fantasy series. Includes all three exciting Qing-China inspired tales.

For people who want comfort and cosy reads now - if you love upper MG and YA.

scarletferret.com/books/comple...

#Booksky Cool announcement coming tomorrow, since today is not the day for those. In the meantime, we have a terrific comfort read that you can get wherever you buy books or at your local library and we cannot recommend it enough! queenofswordspress.com/product/the-...

What a solid thread. (Once again, I am wistful for the energy to do research. I still have university library access!)

Today I discovered that my int-to-float handling code is IEEE-753.99993896484375 compliant.

1. F Mitch.
2. Each of us owns our own bodies. That includes our likeness; also rights of access to medical care.
3. Illegal for me to do it means illegal for a corporation to do it.
4. No men as President [this clause will self destruct in 250 years]. Fair’s fair.

revised edition www.swisstransfer.com/d/ccb254af-9...

A detailed flowchart describing what to do in the event of finding a lost or abandoned kitten.

IMPORTANT PSA: If you find kittens all alone, keep tbis helpful flowchart in mind. And also:
—neonatal kitten need to be on a heat source & kept warm at all times, they cannot regulate their body temperature and you can kill them by feeding a cold kitten.
—NEVER feed a bottle baby kitten COW’S MILK!

Apple opts everyone into having their Photos analyzed by Al Settings -> Apps -> Photos -> Enhanced Visual Search (all the way at the bottom)

Apple is sneaking AI into everything. Turn off enhanced visual search on your photos:

Seriously, for the simple joy of watching trucks get their roofs torn off because people ignored the signs, you can’t beat these links.

Oh sweet! I can pick out shirts later then. Sent you a little. 👍👍

If that helps we will do it! Or honest to Betsy, just a Venmo link or something so you don’t have to cook your own dinner? Doesn’t have to be big or earth shattering. Just has to be some help, so your shoulders can drop down and you can take a deep breath.