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Playing glass beach riffs at sound check to establish whatever the opposite of dominance is

hi, cis folks!

if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.

the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.

we need you to call senators: reps.fyi

more info & script downthread.🧵

I hope I don’t forget the setlist tonight 😭😭😭

Please enjoy this cat doodle I did on my lunch break

The FTC is seeking public comment about gender affirming care in order to go after providers and restrict access. Share your stories instead of how this care has helped you and how it is life saving.

We need to counteract their false narratives. Please share!

www.regulations.gov/docket/FTC-2...

膝枕 #FE3H #edeleth #commission

Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die - AFP, July 21, 2025 AFP has been working with one freelance writer, three photographers, and six freelance videographers in the Gaza Strip since the departure of its staff journalists in 2024. Along with a few others, they are now the only ones reporting what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years. We refuse to see them die. One of them, Bashar, has worked for AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then as a freelance photographer, and since 2024 as the main photographer. On Saturday, July 19, he managed to post a message on Facebook: "I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can no longer work."

Bashar, 30, works and lives in conditions equal to those of all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another as Israeli bombardments dictate. For over a year, he has lived in absolute destitution and works at enormous risk to his life. Hygiene is a major problem for him, with periods of severe intestinal illness. Bashar has been living in the ruins of his Gaza City home since February with his mother, his four siblings, and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any amenities or comforts, except for a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that his older brother had "fallen from hunger." Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, there is nothing to buy, or only at exorbitant prices. The banking system has disappeared, and those who exchange money between online bank accounts and cash charge a commission of nearly 40%.

AFP no longer has the means to have a vehicle, let alone the fuel to allow its journalists to travel for their reports. Traveling by car is tantamount to running the risk of being a target for the Israeli air force. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. Ahlam, for her part, survives in the south of the enclave. And she is determined to "bear witness" for as long as possible. "Every time I leave the tent to cover an event, conduct an interview, or document a story, I don't know if I'll come back alive." The biggest problem, she confirms, is the lack of food and water. We see their situation worsening. They are young, and their strength is failing them. Most no longer have the physical ability to travel the enclave to do their job. Their heartbreaking pleas for help are now daily.

Over the past few days, we have understood from their brief messages that their lives no longer depend on much and that their courage, devoted for many months to informing the whole world, will not help them survive. We risk learning of their deaths at any moment, and it's unbearable. This Sunday, Bashar wrote: "For the first time, I feel defeated." Later that day, he told one of us that he thanked him "for explaining what we live daily between death and hunger." "I wish Mr. Macron could help me get out of this hell." Ahlam is still standing. "I try to continue practicing my profession, to carry the voice of the people, to document the truth in the face of all attempts to silence it. Here, resistance is not a choice: it's a necessity." Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us remembers seeing a colleagues die of starvation.

“Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us remembers seeing our colleagues die of starvation.”

The AFP news release has been released in French. Below is an English translation via Google translate.

Opening Comms! dm if interested we can talk there :)

Oh you too? It’s very odd I don’t know how I wound up with this 😭

Today, senator Ron Wyden will raise a point of order to remove the Medicaid and CHIP ban on gender affirming care. The Republicans need 60 votes to keep it in but they only have 53. Call your Dem senator today and urge them to vote to strip the ban from the bill. Senate switchboard 202-224-3121.

hi, cis folks!

the GOP put the all-ages trans medicaid ban back in the budget, despite it being struck. they did it to force dems to challenge it on the floor.

if you've been paying attention, you know dems need to hear you want them to actually stand up to the GOP. contact info at reps.fyi 🧵

Zohran Mamdani is the only democrat in the mayoral race that released an LGBTQ platform and the only democrat in the country (that I know of) to commit to safeguarding gender affirming care for youth + adults with $$.

Dewey from Malcolm in the middle saying: The future is now, old man

Fanart of Rosalina in her "touring" Mario Kart World outfit, with Daisy and Peach in the background. It's a waist-up shot of Rosalina on a motorbike at a 3/4 angle facing left, looking ahead. Her and Daisy are both smiling, Rosalina gently while Daisy has a huge smile with her eyes closed. Peach is in the distance in the air on a bike, looking at Rosalina and Daisy with a competitive frown. The picture is brightly coloured and cel-shaded. There is also black ink-spotting. There is text in Japanese katakana in the top left and bottom right that translate to "Rosalina" and "World."

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I did a slide on flatwounds way back when that gave me a burn so bad that I’ve been scared off of them for life 😭 sorry about the blisters I bet the tone rules though

Sounds like it’s staying true to the spirit of the original

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I have a huge request for my readers: Trump's tax and spending bill will be moving through the Senate. Senators can invoke the Byrd Rule to try to remove the anti-trans Medicaid ban and EHB changes.

You can find and call your senator here and ask them to do that.

Please share as well.

There’s a little “swoosh” noise when you’re supposed to hit the button, listen for it and think of parries as a rhythmic pattern more than something to look for and you’ll get it!

URGENT: if anyone has seen or found a huge (A2) sized folder in the parking lot of MCM London, Excel Arena please let me know. We unfortunately left all our A3 prints behind as we were going back home and this is financially devastating.

Please also RT so this can reach further.

they are trying to outlaw being transgender in this country and this is just the first step. they were never going to stop at sports. they weren’t going to stop at bathrooms. they want a trans genocide. it is so important to spread awareness of this

Very important business meeting. Urgent even 🧐

#Expedition33

Absolutely!

"The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar," acrylic and colored pencil on paper, 2023.

Everyone who pledges for a copy of "Ambedo" art book will receive a free print of this -- kickstarter.com/projects/fleskpublications/spectres-and-ambedo-the-art-of-tran-nguyen-collections

All My Friends are Plush! Sticker sheet

I don’t wanna! sticker with cute tiger cub

Isabelle from animal crossing riso print

porco Rosso sticker

welp. The thing I’ve been worried about happening for about a year finally happened. Please consider checking out my web store or giving me a boost, it’s going to be basically our only household income for a while 🫠

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Congrats! Can’t wait to read it

It has some of best moment to moment feel of any RPG I’ve ever played, it’s gorgeous, the music is great, and somehow it’s STILL the most disappointing game I’ve ever played because the writing is just not there at all.

I'm sorry, but this is Nazi concentration camp shit.

Paid off my student loans and my credit score dropped over a hundred points, god I love this country 🦅