Blossoming Nova

moomintroll celebrates christmas by tove jansson in yellow and dark blue on an ivory snowy white background inside an igloo. characters from the moomins are sat around a large lit candle, they’re holding drinks and toys are at their feet. there is a lit christmas tree in the foreground. a window has a bright star shining through it. above the window is a garland of world flags.

lighting the candles for you

MAGA: America is a Christian nation!

Me: Cool the Bible says in Leviticus "When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born."

MAGA: Not like that.

Jesus in Islam What Muslims Believe About the Son of Mary

To help counter the anti-Muslim and Islamophobic disinformation from Trump and his acolytes, I started a newsletter titled "Islam Today."

And today I wrote about Jesus in Islam, and how much Muslims and Christians actually have in common. Enjoy!
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ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU (to vote for our short #iHunt film.)

How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history

How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very | Protest | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry: Review by Colleen Mondor locusmag.com/review/...

Unexpected knife creature crashes the holidays.

Color sketch of Tifa, Cloud, and Aerith from Final Fantasy 7. Cloud lies flat on his stomach with a grumpy expression. Tifa sits on him triumphantly, wearing a Santa hat. Aerith crouches next to them. She wears decorative reindeer antlers and happily places an elf hat on Cloud.

Merry Christmas fam!

A selfie of me in jeans and a tank top

Tonight's vibe

You know Sephiroth doesn't celebrate Christmas

because he's a JENOVA's Witness

How Volunteer Patrols Are Working to Protect San Diego Immigrant Communities From ICE In response to mass deportation threats and mixed messages from county leaders on federal cooperation, San Diego organizers are taking action to inform residents of ICE activity.

A group in San Diego has been patrolling neighborhoods to identify potential ICE presence. They keep watch for vehicles that may belong to federal agencies, and use livestreams, radios, and social media to keep communities informed.

Algeria votes to declare French colonization a crime and demands restitution Algerian legislators have declared France's colonization a crime, demanding restitution for property taken during its 130-year rule

merry Christmas one and all

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Ahh hello new followers, there seems to be quite a few of you. Im hades. Im very very sick right now so im not currently working or drawing but my main project is my comic Tyree. The pages I do release [i made a big buffer before I got too sick] go on kofi/patreon atm! I also have an art book too

Monster Kingdoms Project Update: December 2025 Update Hello Monsters, I'm taking a quick break in the middle of my holiday vacation to get out our last update of 2025. As a reminder, I'll be posting these updates once a month, ...

#MonsterKingdoms Project Update: December 2025 Update

I wish this were true. I really do. But it's not.

In March of this year, 52% of white Americans approved of Trump's approach to "handling immigration."

In December of this year, 53% of white Americans approved of Trump's approach to "handling immigration."

Trump's base still loves the cruelty.

'💔The world is celebrating Christmas, while my heart is breaking in Gaza. My only daughter urgently needs medical treatment, and I cannot afford it under these cruel conditions. Please, if you can help or donate, your support could save her💔🫂🙏😭 please please help me 🙏 🙏 😭'

Noir.e,
Enfant, on t'adultifie pour ne pas te protéger
Adulte, on t'infantilise pour te maltraiter
✊🏾

A cute BTG illustration. The character's all wrapped around a wreath of plants.

happy holidays! read our webcomic!

beneaththegrove.thecomicseries.com

But nonbinary people can be baddies right?

Apparently the first Mighty Nein animated episode is going up at midnight until Sunday at midnight so making a #MightyNeinSpoilers thread

I love Batman in different cultures and settings 😭😭

Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War - Uncanny Magazine Kestrel House  There have been portals to the Fae realm for at least as long as humans have had fairy tales, but the first one deliberately engineered by humans was opened in an abandoned amusement pa...

2. Unfinished Architecture Of The Human-Fae War by Caroline M Yoachim in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social; conflict, curses, uncanny buildings and time www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unfi...

This is the wave that swept up my book The Breakaways, and it was pissing me off because it felt like such a blatantly fake misdirection for organizing resources. But it's a canary in the coal mine, right? So keep banging the drum to protect books, but bang the bigger drum to protect communities.

Brown U kids who survived USA 389th mass shooting of 2025 will now pay out of pocket for their healthcare, because USA guarantees guns but not health.

Australians who survived the 1st mass shooting in 29 years will pay nothing for healthcare because Australia guarantees health & regulates guns.

Au 3018, le numéro contre le harcèlement scolaire, des salariées se disent épuisées et sous pression Une vingtaine d’écoutantes de la ligne téléphonique officielle de lutte contre le harcèlement et le cyberharcèlement dénoncent leurs conditions de travail. Les plaintes portent principalement sur le rythme des appels à prendre. La direction de l’association dément toute pression.

Une vingtaine d’écoutantes de la ligne téléphonique officielle de lutte contre le harcèlement et le cyberharcèlement dénoncent leurs conditions de travail. Les plaintes portent principalement sur le rythme des appels à prendre.

Par @garancefragne.bsky.social

The cover of Terra Flux by dani finn surrounded by words against a space background. The cover shows a robot woman with long hair. The words include: MECHANICAL LESBIANS gynoid smut TERRA FLUX selfcest a fuckable planet aren species banter & pining Trans MCS anetayahanr dani Fian SCI-FI ROMANCE

🪐TERRA FLUX🪐

A mechanical lesbian sci-fi novella

A gynoid scientist & her butch bodyguard explore a new planet.

Things get weird fast.

danifinn.itch.io/terra-flux

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NEW JERSEY — bonkers… the husband of an ICE agent uses her marked car to pretend to be Homeland Security and respond to a call HE MADE HIMSELF… with a gun and sirens and everything.

Sakher has been one of the biggest helpers, he's such a kind and considerate young man, I hate to see him suffering needlessly, please do all you can to support my dear brother.

Hundreds Of Staff At The Guardian Have Signed A Letter To The Editor Criticising Its "Transphobic Content" "The pattern of publishing transphobic content has interfered with our work and cemented our reputation as a publication hostile to trans rights and trans employees."

The Guardian is not an impartial source, and not a charity. You should not be giving your money to them. Give money to literally any random trans person instead.
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