King Of Yarn

#hopecore I was handed this on my way into #DC for work today.

Some kind folks with posters saying "your work matters" with hearts on it & saying uplifting things like "don't give up, ur work matters, we love & appreciate you!"

It touched me. I'm hoping the love can be shared. The power of hope.

Idk, maybe address the reason a bunch of straight people keep having kids but don't take care of them, and focus on the adoptees screaming their needs that are being ignored, before you get upset that gay ppl are adopting them and giving them care, love, food, shelter, and a better shot at life.

The only reason straight people are mad that gay people adopt kids saying they're "indoctrinating their kids to be gay" and "confusing their child" is just a clear admission that that's exactly what they do, they just don't like that it's a different lifestyle.

Has anyone checked on Morgan freeman? How's he doing? ❤️❤️❤️

One of the hardest things about having a 9-5 with bipolar depression, is having a breakdown at 11pm and then being upset that you're up late because you need to be up early to head to work, so the cycle continues and then it's 2am and you're still stuck and you need to be up in 4hrs now...

Keep this in mind: The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was carried out by executive order—from the President of the United States.
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I don’t buy books on Amazon. Leftover from my previous life as an indie bookseller.

If you are freshly anti-Bezos, some of my favorite options:

📕 Buy Locally! Hopefully you still have a local bookshop.

📕 Bookshop.org

📕 Audio: Libby, Hoopla, Chirp, Spotify.

13. We can hold two things to be true. They need funding. They need support. They need us to support them, clearly. Trans folks who are ALSO EXPERIENCING THIS ADMIN are at the org, doing their best, trying to get by, working to keep trans folks alive every day. Show them some grace and support.

12. Their process was not outlandish. Building infrastructure for an overwhelming response costs THOUSANDS and thousands of dollars in funding. So instead of dogpiling, maybe boost them as a resource that needs funds so they can scale capacity and prevent this in the future?

11. Trans lifeline has done nothing but continue to build trust and serve the Trans community as a community resource. Yall are berating an underfunded grassroots resource for not having HRC funding, and it's not just sad, it's extremely detached.

10. Additionally, TL tried reaching out to folks who applied early to reapply, wasting time and resources because they failed to follow directions.

9. And additionally, I think the folks who submitted applications BEFORE the opening have 0 right to be upset about the process, because they failed to follow clearly written instructions. That's not their fault, that's yours. You should be reading carefully and intentionally.

8. I think my takeaway is, yeah, sure. They could've avoided asking for the video, but the response and volume of applications would've been the same if not more, and they still would've faced this.

7. This is controversial, but I think folks are using "trauma" too losely. I think the word is disappointment. It's not their fault folks didn't read the clear stipulations: 48hrs or until 100 applications are received. They got nearly multiple thousands in MINUTES, hundreds in SECONDS.

6. They are not your enemy, and it isn't their fault the job market has been horrible. Folks projected their continued job market trauma on an organization doing their best and LEAPED at the opportunity to dogpile.

5. Additionally, they clearly stated "48hrs or until 100 applicants are reached" showing you all that they have limited capacity. They're underfunded and can't afford expensive consultants who can manage the volume of applicants like a firm can. 2 ppl work in HR. 2. They're trying.

4. It is NOT, I repeat NOT, Trans Lifeline's fault that the site they use for applications crashed. Sites crash. We know this. They couldn't have prevented that with the response they got for applications.

3. I say all of this as someone who has been in the weeds of the job market until literally a week ago. I've been there. And this response is absolutely ridiculous to me, and shows how much hall love using a community org as a punching bag.

2. It's so sad to see folks not say "hmm, an error message. Maybe the site is crashing. I wonder what's happening" instead of "THIS POS COMPANY CANT HIRE FOR SHIT IT WAS HUNGER GAMES AND CAUSED ME TRAUMA".

1. First and foremost: the issue wasn't the videos. If they didn't require videos they probably would've gotten even more applications and still reacted the same. This was always going to be the result of an overwhelming response.

I'm going to be so honest...the backlash that trans lifeline is getting right now is absolutely ridiculous. Its time to touch grass. Thoughts (thread)

I don't frequently do this. But this is basically the way that they will effectively control who can and can't fly. This is bad. This is very, very bad.

If you think you're in danger to be affected, please seek asylum elsewhere. Get out. Get out now. Get out while you can.

Yall Europe is boycotting American products. We need to keep this energy.

The world needs to show the US Millionaires and billionaires that they cannot fuck with the world and expect everyone to roll over.

The US and the world deserves better than this administration.

Hurt their pockets.

You know who formally punishes members of congress for standing up to them instead of letting them have their power to stand up for what their constituents believe in?

Dictators.
Dictators do that.

Yeah honestly the answer is no, I've had kind of a hard mental health day and I'm not feeling funky or fresh. Isolating just makes sense...

Saying that people "refuse to enlighten themselves on facts" is not saying people are inferior, or even saying an entire group of people are "stupid".

It's saying they refuse to enlighten themselves on facts. That makes them ignorant to information, but not stupid.

Precisely!

When you combine this, the executive order for the committee is dangerous and speaks of eugenics. I didn't say we shouldn't help reduce childhood obesity and diabetes, I'm saying this executive order is a dangerous precedent for mental health eugenics. It needs to be amended and stopped.

4. This language seeks to push that mental health is the same as physical health and should be treated as such: which is a dangerous narrative. Its a red herring to regulate and control the mental health field by folks who do NOT have that insight or training.

3. Autism diagnoses and research has significantly developed, allowing for more accurate diagnoses among children. This doesn't show the autistic population in their parents, who didn't have access to this research, and have suppressed their symptoms.