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Obsessed with the big rats who sniff out unexploded mines, I fuckin love animals dude

[worst possible stuff happening everywhere] man why do I feel bad

The Rise of AI Is Making Life Even Harder for Real People in Gaza Gizmodo spoke with desperate Palestinians who were accused of being AI creations.

I spoke with people in Gaza who've been accused of being scammers or even AI.

From From Andrea Cohen's book, Furs Not Mine.

Get it here: bit.ly/fursnotmine

#poem #booksky #writing

A black woman in a pink floral dress wearing heart shaped glasses, gazing pensively at the camera.

An interior shot of the san diego botanical building, featuring many plants and a lot of light.

Despite what my face might do, I had a really good and revitalizing time visiting my partner. I am desperately glad to be home though, I missed my bed and my cat.

An edit of the "Yes... ha ha ha... YES!" sickos meme to replace the sicko with Cathy (from the syndicated newspaper comics) saying "Ack... ha ha ha... ACK!" with an expression of distress on her face. Her shirt also now reads "Ackos"

i think, unfortunately, that this may be my masterpiece

I keep seeing weird bigots say shit like “NYC will be the next London” and I do not understand why that’s a negative.

Is it just because London is also diverse?

What If Things Were Different? — Five Works of Queer and Trans Futurity - Reactor Celebrating queer SFF stories about making communities, surviving together, and maybe even flourishing

We're here, we're queer, and we're looking towards the future! Author @leemandelo.bsky.social recommends five works rooted not just in where queer and trans stories have been–but where they *could* be 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

reactormag.com/five-stories...

The law is not going to jump out the books and save us from people who are intent on destroying everything in their path and who are willing to kill us all in the process. Please understand this.

Feeling overwhelmed at the lawlessness? Get involved locally. Concrete, real-world resistance to fascism in your own community is better for you than doomscrolling.

There are no distractions. It's all bad. Systematically stripping trans people of their rights, guys in balaclavas shoving any brown person with a tattoo into a ummarked vans, ending healthcare for millions. It's all in service of fascism and technofeudalism. It's all one thing. That's the point.

The partner who I'm out west visiting just got his work trip extended by two months, which sucks on multiple levels. I'm super glad I came out, but I was expecting him to be back on our coast in a manner of weeks, so now I'm extra sad

The Senate reconciliation bill retains the trans healthcare Medicaid/CHIP ban.

Call your Senators, we still have a good shot at killing this provision.

Hundreds of thousands of people rely on this care.

you don’t necessarily imagine when you look into your infant’s eyes that you’re seeing someone who will eventually stand in the rain carrying a handwritten sign reading DYKES AGAINST ICE, but life is extraordinary in so many ways

what were they fighting about JD?

I am feeling super guilty for enjoying visiting my partner with the state of world. This was planned ages ago, but even so...

Being miserable isn't going to help, I know, so I guess I just commit to throwing myself harder at local stuff when I return.

Excited to see that black people performing country music are only eligible for 3/5ths of a Grammy

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

A blue water bottle that sports a sticker reading "Do You Ever Think About Dying?" In the Barbie logo font.

I finally got a new water bottle for an upcoming trip, which means I can use the sticker a friend got me. I feel a little too seen, but at least my fancy but depressed doll vibe is consistent.

Picture of a gallup poll from the 1960s from the article linked in the post Do you think mass demonstrations by Negroes are more likely to HELP or more likely to HURT the Negro's cause for racial equality? June 1963 May 1964 % % Help 27 16 Hurt 60 74 Make no difference 4 4 No opinion 9 6

Whenever I encounter opposition to or finger-wagging about justice protests happening now, I find that showing people this poll truly does give them food for thought 👇

news.gallup.com/vault/246167...

I just listened to a very popular radio show say that we need to bring back spanking and maybe kids would be better behaved and it would keep people out of prison and OK sure but crime was higher when spanking was a norm.

the issue is not just ICE.

we can live free and safe. or we can have police like we have right now.

we cannot do both

Solidarity with the Madleen.
Solidarity with Gaza.
Solidarity with LA.

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Hey so this is my husband.

I also had to replace my vehicle this year because it wouldn't pass inspection, so we're going from no car payments to two car payments while also having less money coming in than we used to.

Any help at all would be wonderful, even just boosting the signal.

they got cel shaded poultry, what will they think of next

Today my psychiatrist asked if she could use AI for notes during our visit.

I am proud of myself for actually saying no, since I'm Boundaries Barbie now, but it was pretty awkward when she followed up by asking why I wasn't comfortable with it. I think I answered in a reasonable way, but who knows

“If there is one thing I strongly believe, every human being is entitled to know from whence they came, be it good or bad.” —Helen Macior, born in 1913, in a letter she wrote in 1995 pleading for information about her origins.

i think about all those who died without the truth—a monstrous crime. 🥚