Meg Florian

Frame: these African women soccer players aren't really women

Negation: actually they were all assigned female at birth

Kirby: TRANSPHOBES ARE ALWAYS RACISTS. They are trying to define whose bodies are acceptable. The league must reject that project, not claim to meet its standards

Frame: food stamps are used by undeserving / Black people

Negation: actually many people on food stamps are deserving / white

Kirby: THEY ARE STARVING PEOPLE ON PURPOSE. They are using racist tropes to justify it bc many people will find that persuasive. Everyone deserves to eat

As part of the Takes Forever to Get Over It club, I am so sorry, sending hugs. Five months is not that long for something so hard.

A bro-y young man in a white backwards baseball cap and a blue sports jersey seated next to a nerdy young woman with long brown hair, parted in the middle, wearing glasses and an argyle sweater

Middle aged white man in a backwards baseball cap and a blue sports jersey with his arm around a middle aged white nonbinary femme presenting person with brown hair parted in the middle, wearing glasses and an argyle cardigan

Happy Halloween from Grant and Alyssa, The Couple You Can't Believe are Together

I heard this once as "In a just world, only a few people are guilty, but everyone is *responsible*" and that has really stuck with me.

... but they were, all of them, deceived, for a seventh factor was made...

I have some copies of my book collecting dust so I've been signing them and dropping them in random little free libraries around town and it makes me very happy.

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

The link between ABA and conversion therapy is that they’re the same thing, designed by the same guy.

📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).

It’s also concerning. 1/

There was a baby dressed as a snail at the Eno River Farmers Market this morning. I just thought you all should know.

Thread thread the whole thing

OR TWO!

Why are men fetishising autistic women on dating apps? Swathes of men on dating apps say they’re looking for a ‘slightly autistic girlfriend’ – and far from being flattering, the trend shows an alarming lack of empathy for neurodivergent women

I am going to say something that is going to stir the pot a little bit: men fetishizing #ActuallyAutistic women on dating apps borders on preying on them. It’s not funny or cute. It’s gross.
www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...

Extreme “little grey cells” vibes

David Bowie in Japan. He's waling up some steps while wearing a long black coat and smoking a cigarette.

David Bowie in Japan. He's standing in front of a train while wearing a long light-colored coat.

David Bowie in Japan. He's riding a subway car while wearing a long dark-colored coat.

David Bowie in Japan. He's walking away from a train while wearing a long black coat, gray checked scarf, charcoal trousers, and black shoes.

most people don't want politics that hurt other people. we just want a long overcoat like david bowie and affordable housing

I found this a really illuminating thread on what demonstrations do and why they matter.

A great thread here:

My hometown showed up!

“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving

I'm gonna need some folks to get back on board with earnestness. We're def not gonna win if you're still afraid to look like a dork.

I forgot to include in my alt text that this dog is also wearing a green frog costume! Very important detail.

A Very Good Boy dog wearing a cardboard sandwich board with the words Canines Not Kings written on it

A Very Good Boy at the Hillsborough No Kings protest

YouTube video by NPR Music Mandolin Orange: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Another favorite, the artists formerly known as Mandolin Orange, now Watchhouse youtu.be/k2QjEgOtCAA?...

I have a lot of favorites, but for purposes of this exercise it's gotta be Hanson youtu.be/rb4tXqPI7NU?...

Truly could not love this more

2025 Candidate Questionnaires: Orange Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Hillsborough races.

Candidate questionnaires for the Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, and Hillsborough races.

I just saw the phrase "Substack Live" for the first time and no, absolutely not.

Huckleberry has a mini schnauzer puppy bff at our new place and it is exactly as adorable as you're imagining.

Truly. Meanwhile some of us haven't recovered from the trauma of *living* it 🫠