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this is a work of art

It is not a stretch at this point to say that, if you are using a Ring doorbell, you are an ICE collaborator.

Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.

Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.

How do people not see that the entire OU essay thing is just an attempt by this girl and the Turning Point chapter to turn her into another Riley Gaines grifting on trying to push trans people out of society?

6) Rosa Parks wasn't meek. A lifelong believer in self defense, her politics were expansive. She loved Martin & Malcolm & Stokely, Ella Baker & Queen Mother Moore, fought for reparations, Black history in every curriculum, prisoner defense, welfare rights—"any move to show we are dissatisfied."

5) The Parks weren't middle class. They were living in the Cleveland Court projects when she was arrested. Both she and her husband lost their jobs because of her bus stand. Forced to leave Montgomery 8 months after the boycott's end, they moved to Detroit—"the Northern promised land that wasn't."

4) Rosa Parks wasn't quiet at key moments. In fact when the police asked her why she didn't move, she spoke back "Why do you push us around?" In jail, she met a woman wrongfully imprisoned for defending herself against an abusive boyfriend; Parks smuggled out her brother's number to let him know

3) There wasn't anything to suggest this was a history-changing event. You know that mugshot photo. It's NOT from this arrest but from one 2 months later when she was arrested as a 'boycott leader.' It's often misattributed because we like the version where the right act is obvious when it happens.

2) There was nothing to suggest that making a stand that day would do anything. She'd made stands before. Other had too. It was lonely. No one joined her on the bus—worried she would be hurt, that it wouldn't do anything. That is Rosa Parks' courage—the ability to persist amid fear and uncertainty.

Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.

An adorable “cow cat” who is white with black spots and green eyes on a red checkered blanket.

I just found out there is a BEAUTIFUL senior cat named MRS. DOUBTFIRE up for adoption in Centre County, Pennsylvania! So, of course, I had to spread the word.

If you’re in Central Pennsylvania, please help this elegant lady find a home!

centrecountypaws.org/cats/adopt

It would potentially allow me to rent studio space so I could make bigger work. It would also allow me to worry less about friends and family who live closer to the edge than I do.

The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.

Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.

They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has

In a week where high profile cases and interventions get the attention, milestones matter, especially those from quieter voices. We have found 65k of them in recent months

As a collective of everyday women, who felt increasingly uncomfortable with the harmful narratives directed at the trans community, we have been hugely encouraged by the following this call for kindness has amassed in such a short time.

To all who signed the letter, shared our message or supported the work, we are truly grateful.

We will keep going, to promote compassion, inclusion and respect, and we hope you’ll continue to help us engage many more like us.

Thank you 🙏

NION Women 🩷
notinourname.org.uk

"Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea" -- @davelevitan.bsky.social

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month: Exploring the Ties Between Native Americans and Black Americans | Black Girl Nerds Native American Heritage Month, offers a powerful opportunity to honor the history, cultures, and contributions of Native Americans

Native American Heritage Month, celebrated each November, offers a powerful opportunity to honor the history, cultures, and contributions of Native American communities.

Oregon teenager’s ICE detention sparks high school walkout Hundreds of McMinnville High students walked out Monday, days after ICE detained Christian Jimenez, 17.

"McMinnville High School students staged a walkout Monday to protest federal immigration enforcement, days after agents detained a high school senior on his lunch break."

"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%

Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.

1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.

It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.

Transgender care saves lives.

Photo of an embroidery hoop with embroidery resembling a red and white spotted toadstool

Emillie Ferris, textile artist who creates embroideries inspired by flora and fauna #WomensArt

A screenshot of a Facebook post where a person named Andy ask the Well now “What the hell is transgender?” The Royal Canadian Air Force account response with “That’s a pretty big question asked in a pretty small way, Andy. ‘Transgender’ putting describes someone whose gender – who they know themselves to be – doesn’t match the sex they were assigned at birth. It’s not new, and it’s certainly not a fad. People have lived this experience for as long as people have existed; we’re just finally talking about it openly. You don’t have to fully understand it right away, most learning takes time, but we can always start from a place of respect. That’s how decent folks handle things they’re still getting used to.”

Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…

AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."

Hundreds of Joshua trees were scorched during the shutdown A firefighter with the National Park Service says a fire wiped out more than a thousand Joshua trees amid the government shutdown. Restoration could be limited by a depleted staff, they said.

A fire tore through Joshua Tree National Park during the government shutdown, seemingly torching more than 1,000 Joshua trees. And it's possible there will be little or no active restoration thanks to Trump administration cuts. www.latimes.com/environment/... via @lilaseidman.bsky.social

would really love it if our elected officials had to publicly define socialism and then explain why they voted against it

Why Is Indiana Resisting Trump’s Redistricting? The Senate President Explains. Rodric Bray is doing what he thinks is right, even when the president calls him a “RINO.”

I'm not kidding lol the Indiana GOP gerrymandered so hard that anything done to redraw lines can only lose Republicans votes lmao they really hit peak voter disenfranchisement and have no other way to steal votes now!

" “In fact, I mean, if you really got too cute, you could find yourself at 6-3"

I honestly think more red states are like this than folks realize and for real, given our most recent electoral results, GOP reps have to be stress-puking at the idea of making their margins ANY SMALLER AT ALL.

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism, No Matter What The CDC Website Now Says | Defector On Nov. 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—a name that feels increasingly misleading, given Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s track record of sowing outbreaks of infectious diseases—quietly…

Vaccines do not cause autism, no matter what the CDC website now says 🎁 defector.com/vaccines-do-...

POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success