💀 bear bones 🐻

Schenectady, Coxsackie , Cohoes, Chautauqua, Canandaigua...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

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"Incredibly stupid times" is literally the only way to describe it.

This image depicts the opening sequence of the video game "Blaster Master" for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It consists of nine panels arranged in a grid, each with pixelated graphics typical of the NES era: 1. Top left: A boy with brown hair, profile view, looking at his pet frog in a terrarium. 2. Top center: The same boy, facing forward with a surprised expression, as the frog escapes. 3. Top right: The boy reaching out in alarm as the frog jumps out a window. 4. Middle left: The boy chasing the frog outside towards a forest. 5. Middle center: The frog, enlarged, sitting next to a radioactive sign. 6. Middle right: The frog touching the radioactive container and getting even larger. 7. Bottom left: The boy running after the giant frog into an opening in the ground. 8. Bottom center: The boy falling down a deep pit. 9. Bottom right: The boy lands safely at the bottom, next to a tank-like vehicle and a helmet, indicating the beginning of his adventure.

when a frog is our call to adventure

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

Trans News Site Remembers Charlie Kirk With a Vengeance — Assigned Our community remembers Charlie Kirk as the vicious, hateful, divisive, violence monger he was.

We did it, folks! We ran a Charlie Kirk Remembrance Day Art Contest: And here are the results.

(I'll thread some of our favorite entries, but to know who won the grand prize and the two jewelry prizes from @nora.zone you're gonna have to click through.)

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🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

a group of people were like "i found a way to live my life as a truer version of myself" and instead of being like "that's beautiful, how can i help" people were like "i don't think schools should have books in them anymore"

Your life is only over if you let the shitheads convince you it is. For what it's worth, your credibility is unshakable for me.

It's almost guaranteed anybody saying that to you is a white dude trolling you. Don't take it to heart. Anybody coming at you for a simple mistake is likely not a person who has read or followed your work.

MIT Rejects Trump’s Bid to Institute Trans Bathroom, Athletics Ban “A government that can reward colleges and universities for speech it favors today can punish them for speech it dislikes tomorrow.”

Good news for transgender people at MIT.

Unlike some prestigious universities, MIT has defied the Trump administration and refused its attempt to pressure the university into banning transgender people from bathrooms.

The latest from reporter S. Baum.

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The rip van Winkle naps are the worst

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

The use of "ultraviolence" is cracking me up... Andy probably jerks it to A Clockwork Orange.

the final boss of "imagine if obama did it"

Caitlin Flanagan @CaitlinPacific I’ve missed hearing Woody Allen’s voice - I’d been so rattled this week and there he was, his full self. ⁦ @bariweiss ⁩ is the perfect interviewer. She seemed almost like a daughter to him - in a way she is. We all are. Order Life with Baum!

like a daughter to him

Disgusted barbie

I am constantly stunned at how much more professional and better informed most indie trans journalists are than almost every highly paid staff writer at a prestigious news outlet these days

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🔥 🚨🔥 Meet Randy Erwin. Randy is the president of the National Federation of Federal Employees — a union representing ~ 150k employees across the country. We need more RANDY ERWIN ENERGY in this country! Sound ⬆️ & Share. 1/2

Needing multiple streams of income to stay afloat is a societal failure not a personal one. You should be able to afford a comfortable lifestyle with one job. You are not lazy.

Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America 404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

Some exciting news: 404 Media just won a grant via Muckrock to investigate book bans and educational censorship in the U.S. The plan is to file hundreds of public records requests around the country and to report on and archive all the documents for public use:

www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

isn't always instant and is rarely televised, especially when the propaganda machine controlling the media refuses to show it in any significant capacity.

The tide is shifting, though. Just takes longer in such a huge, young, and wildly diverse country.

(Sorry for the ramble!)

own favor and firmly believe that the rest of us are outnumbered.

It's always looked like this if you look close enough. It's just more blatant. There are a lot of people who are willfully ignorant to it who will need something to happen to them directly before they'll believe it.

Revolution

The systems in place in this country were made by and for white men. They are only people the "founders" meant to be protected by the Constitution. The whole country was built on the backs of slaves and seeded with the blood of our indigenous population. White nationalists rigged the system in their

Netflix Stock Up As Elon Musk's Anti-Trans Boycott Fails To Materialize Last week, conservatives tried to cancel Netflix to force the carrier to remove transgender characters.

1. Anti-trans outrage is losing its bite.

Last week, Elon Musk led a mass boycott campaign to get trans characters removed from shows on the platform.

Major conservatives joined in.

Now, we have the result: the boycott was a fizzle, and Netflix stock is up.

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