There are currently more kids in Texas with measles than there are transgender collegiate athletes in all of America.

Guess which one they want you to focus on.

For my April donation, I want to support orgs working to return those kidnapped and sent to El Salvador. Is Amnesty the best or is there something more direct?

I just relayed this to my husband and I think he could give you a run for your money (either that or provide some question-breaks that are actually supporting monologues).

Row 6 is also an excellent choice.

One of my Radical Leftist opinions is the government shouldn't be able to deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property without due process of law

listen, if a bad president can come in and take away our rights and we're dependent on a good president replacing them in four years to give us back our rights, then we do not have any rights. if politicians can take or distribute them, then they're not 'inalienable' and they're not 'rights.' we don't have inalienable rights we have conditional privileges, divvied out accordingly to the whims of whoever currently holds the reins. and if we want to have actual rights, then we must build a system in which no one has the power to take them away to begin with

Ayup.
THIS is what the fuck is up currently

IOWA YOU MIGHT HAVE AN ELECTION TUES!!!!

Iowa city - city Council district C

Winneshiek county - Decorah public measure e, Postville community school district Director, the candidate is running unopposed so if you don’t like her, write someone else in
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Roses are redde
Noble are the manatees
To counter the nonsense yn the worlde
We must teach artes & humanityes

Absolutely

Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

Just seen someone say if the tiny proportion of women who lie about SA is a reason to cast doubt on all accusations, then why is the amount of men who will lie about having committed SA not a reason to cast massively more doubt on them? And then I had to lie down.

If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not

So manye comparisons bitwene A.I. and the historye of alchemy. And believe me, Ich have disliked alchemists from daye one. See the *Canon's Yeoman's Tale.*

ReproductiveRights.Gov Vanished, So We Brought It Back theSkimm makes it easier to live smarter. You're welcome. Get all the info you need from AM to PM, wherever you are.

The administration took down the reproductive rights website that women need access to. So The Skimm bought a url and brought the content back. Pass this on!

Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin

I'm using #HabiticaResolutions to help me build healthy habits and keep track of my todos. So far, it's exactly what I need to keep up with recurring tasks as well as one-offs! Current goal is to build an exercising habit.

Each month I intend to donate to an org negatively affected by the president. Currently taking suggestions for refugee support and DEI advocates in the US (I have targets in mind already for trans/non-binary support).

We're hosting our next conference this coming October -- "Always Here: Non-Binary Gender, Trans Identities, and Queerness in the Global Middle Ages (c. 250-1650)."

Please send us your abstracts!

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Popping the phone number into the post so folks can copy/paste it more easily:

US: 877-565-8860
Canada: 877-330-6366

Hours: Monday to Friday, 10am - 6pm Pacific.

Can we PLEASE remember to include alt, especially on things as important as this?

Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚

Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

Just so you’re aware, every library in LA is offering free masks right now due to the fires. Another reason to love libraries! Let’s hope they continue after the fires are over. Masks save lives in many ways.

120+ Indigenous tribal leaders have sent a letter asking for Executive Clemency for Leonard Peltier

“A survivor of the federally funded boarding school system where he endured years of physical, emotional, and spiritual abuse”

ndncollective.org/120-tribal-l...

@ndncollective.bsky.social

Los Angeles teachers, if you lost your classroom library in the fire, I am a HS English teacher and YA author and I will get you books whenever you're ready for them. The bookish community is here for you. There is no expiration date.

tinyurl.com/LAFireBookDo...

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.

He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.

Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

I'm looking for a year-long readalong of a classic or other epic-length novel/poem. Any suggestions, #Booksky? I've already read War and Peace and bounced off Don Quixote.

Seen a few folks astonished by my lack of support for ChatGPT and similar. Because AI, right?

Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.

just blurted out in class "yes, you have to cite where you got your info. in a world in which lying loudly is the only thing that seems to get rewarded, citing your sources is an act of resistance" and folks, I really believe that.

Gisele Pelicot is an incredible woman and a hero for her nerve in bringing all those rapists to justice and for knowing the shame does not lie worth her — bravely declining anonymity was incredible.