griffin (she/her)

sanrio x naruto 💫

America’s toxic future looks like East Palestine, Ohio, today Three years since one of the worst industrial disasters in US history, politicians, the media, and the public have forgotten about East Palestine. But we haven’t.

Just got back from East Palestine. So much going on in the world, but yesterday was the 3yr anniversary of the train derailment & chemical disaster that upended residents' lives forever—I had to be there. They are getting sicker. People are dying. Please remember them
therealnews.com/americas-tox...

Are there any queer memoirs that are not about how depressing it is to grow up queer but also are not attempts at making the trauma funny?
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Ebook cover for ‘A Light for the Dead to Follow’ by Rebecca Crunden. Cover image is of a skull surrounded b y red-pink flowers. There are vines at the top beside the title. The title font is black and maroon, the name font is white.

🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship

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image of a portable fuel tank at a construction site emboldened with the text and logo of TRANS CUBE

i'm skipping woke² and going straight to trans³

again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are

his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months

a tas early but it still counts as Black history

YouTube video by PSV Restoration RESTORATION of an old rusty Volkswagen toy car

this is the kind of shenanigans I would be doing with unlimited funds. video link: restoration of old rusty Volkswagen toy van.

oh no, turns out not giving a shit about anything but trying to get rich while ignoring everyone telling you crypto currency is a scam and bad for everyone, was... bad.

my p touch label maker is dead.

NNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!

This or just dumping people *in the woods* AND sending folks out w/o their phone or I.D.

Volunteers w/ Safe Haven wait at the gate & do sweeps of the woods, with warm clothes, a burner, and a ride home, "so no one is left alone at the gate."

I donated; pls join me if you can: gofund.me/7d506a3d0

IMAGE: a stylized cell phone with flames coming out of it. TEXT: Delete the Starbucks app off your phone. Seriously. Starbucks is the biggest violator of labor law in modern history. We have the power to tell them union-busting is bad for business. Don't shop at Starbucks until they do better by their baristas!

If Starbucks won’t respect workers at the bargaining table, they don’t deserve our clicks or orders.

Our call to action is simple:

📱 Delete the Starbucks app. #DeleteTheApp

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YouTube video by Tom Morello Tom Morello - Hold The Line (feat. grandson) [Official Video]

Hold the line
Hold the line, uh
Don't pay 'em no mind
Oh, hold the line

A Day for Gaza Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.

We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...

How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.

This is an excellent, accessible, if long, piece by @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social & @adambonica.bsky.social. Drawing on scientific evidence and ground-truth logic, they dismantle calls for Democratic moderation and prescribe a path that is pragmatic and courageous.

www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...

To distribute whistles, look for an event, like a protest or even whistle kit assembly event in your area. Go to Mobilize.us and type in a city near you. One of the organizers should be able to point you in the right direction. Hope that helps!
Thank you for the contribution!

URGENT ASK Direct Giving Saves Lives

URGENT ASK - I have an urgent ask from a Black Women organizer in Texas who needs support to get their insulin and insulin supplies this month.

They are $80 short:
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amazing

You know we in a time when your question is

- was he in the files
- is it just corporate bullshit
- some secret third thing

been thinking hard about getting a art tablet. nothing super expensive. I honestly miss doodling and messing about but I have no space for being creative. a tablet is something I can just pick up and start drawing on.

Goofy ad for Vacation on Planet Glor: A Mix Your Own Darklingverse Jam by L.A. Guettler. The book cover is centered, with text all around in various whimsical fonts in various colors. Interactive Adventure Sex! Drugs! Booze! Gambling! Baked goods! QUICKSAND?! Heat Beat Twerking cosplayers Cameos from your favorite Darklingverse characters Gruesome death or happy ever after? Find all this and more at my website

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There are many horrible things to note here but I'm going to pull out just one:

How will people in rural areas access these farkakte A.i.-based avatars WHEN THEY STILL CAN'T GET BROADBAND.

this was my first thoughts as well. The assumption that everyone has the ability to access services online is another indicator of how disconnected from reality they are.

in a shocking development, person becomes cranky when they are hungry.
totally unexpected

Meme with drawing of a figure dressed in hippie-style clothes Text: Fact: there can never be too many badass open-hearted hippie warriors of love.

WITNESS: ARCTIC INDIGENOUS VOICES III Makes Market Debut at Clermont-Ferrand 2026 WITNESS: ARCTIC INDIGENOUS VOICES III, the latest edition of the groundbreaking Indigenous-led film training and mentorship initiative Witness, will have its Market Premiere at the Clermont-Ferrand Sh...

WITNESS: ARCTIC INDIGENOUS VOICES III, the latest edition of the groundbreaking Indigenous-led film training & mentorship initiative Witness, will have its Market Premiere at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market in Feb. 2026, followed by a World Premiere in March.

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Each time we sidestep a difficulty, we hand it the keys to our kingdom. Fear thrives on our retreat — the shadows we refuse to face stretch and distort until they dwarf the landscape of our lives.

heres my challenge to everyone for next month, for black history month. any time you want to draw inspiration from art, like poetry, music etc, pick a black artist. web weave with langston hughes and james baldwin and jamaica kinkaid and hanif abdurraqib and derek walcott and set your edits to meghan thee stallion and beyoncé and eartha kitt and coltrane and invoke basquiat in your art and it can be fanworks or original stuff and importantly, it doesnt have to be about race. obviously be cognizant of the context of the art youre using because a lot of the artists i mention specifically create art about racism but like. take your white doomed yaoi ship and make a webweave to poem by langston hughes. set an edit to body by meghan thee stallion. engage with black art in all contexts.

The new month starts now.

Every time you want to draw inspiration from something this month, pick a black artist. Reply to this post with your work as you make it.

The drawing is done and I have contacted the person who gets a copy of OBSTETRIX; Alma, Sarah, and JR either have or will soon contact their winners.

But what you really want to know is how much was raised, right?

YOU BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE RAISED OVER $28,000.

TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS.