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Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Shit like this is why I don't worry AI will replace developers long term. I mean, I've worked with some unintelligent humans but few would actually come up with this one unironically.

Michigan's porn ban specifically bans being openly transgender as being pornographic. Don't let this one slide. It is a ban on being publicly transgender on the Internet.

I feel the same. It's terrifying and exhausting.

Sotomayor rebukes calls to ‘criminalize free speech’ in apparent swipe at Pam Bondi The justice, in public remarks, didn’t name the attorney general, who has come under fire for comments to target people over “hate speech.”

Justice Sonia Sotomayor appeared to rebuke calls to target “hate speech” in an apparent swipe at Attorney General Pam Bondi.

“Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way, I think to myself, that law school failed,” said Sotomayor.

a guy was about to walk in, saw me, and stopped with an expression like "oops! wrong one!" He keeps on going down the hall, then comes in through the other door and is faced - again - with me washing hands.

At his confused expression I laugh and say, "dude, it's all gender neutral. Come on in."

Visited the new food hall downtown last night. The bathroom is gender neutral. Two entrances from the hallway about 15 feet apart on either side of the row of sinks, and then 8 or so private stalls with full doors, no visibility etc.

I was washing my hands when...
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They arrived today - they all fit perfectly and look amazing. I’m glad I went with the 8s.

TIL that the country formerly known as Swaziland is now called Eswatini.

I already knew our administration and ICE were evil mofos persecuting Garcia out of spite.

Yes, hello, I am a cis white suburban mom, and I am a single-issue voter. That issue: EVERYONE IS PEOPLE, STOP FUCKING TRYING TO UNPEOPLE PEOPLE

More first world problems - my tailbone is not used to the lack of padding and hurts *all the time* now. Also, the fancy faux-aeron chair I use for my gaming computer cuts off the circulation in my legs now if I sit there more than an hour. Fortunately my work chair is still ok.

After talking to hubby, who rolled his eyes and said "order the 8s" and remembering I had a new customer coupon for 15% off the whole order, I bit the bullet and placed the order.

This retailer is online only so schlepping myself to the store is not an option. I *really* like the clothes though and so many of my clothes are baggy AF right now. Logically I know worst case scenario is I have to pay shipping to exchange but I can't seem to get past it.

I have not been able to submit my shopping cart because of this. I am afraid to order the 8s and then have to send them back (and pay shipping) for being too small, but also afraid of the 10s being baggy and then being angry at myself for not listening to all the "they size big" warnings.

When I enter ht & wt, look at the pictures, and pick shape choices that, to me, look like what I see in the mirror these days, it comes out an 8. But I cannot make myself actually believe that this is true and I feel like I'm lying to myself and should be picking the "wide" and "curvy" options.

First world problem: I have been looking at some clothes online that I really like. Almost all the reviews say things like "great quality, but I could have ordered the smaller size". I used their online size calculator which puts me either at an 8 or a 10 depending on how I describe my shape. 1/n

[P] In honor of #NationalDogDay, and in the interest of posting something that’s not completely doom-filled, here a video of me getting buried under fourteen golden retriever puppies back in 2021.

Genuinely one of the best memories of my life.

Word. I'm so fed up with people who do not understand the concept of triage. Deal with the biggest crisis first, then attack the smaller ones. In other words, support the one who isn't going to eliminate democracy as we know it, then worry about protesting the shitty things they still do later.

the Hutu rules of Rwanda called on their supporters to “exterminate the cockroaches” so they killed 800,000 Tutsis

Clarification: Fourth book in the Cemetaries of Amalo spin-off series. These spun off of Goblin Emperor.

Everyone else, go read Goblin Emperor and then the rest of the Chronicles of Osreth. You're welcome.

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Katherine Addison, if you ever see this, please give us a fourth book and let Thara get something more than the merest brush of hands. He deserves it.

#TeamThara

He has a horde of people who love and respect him and would pretty much do anything for him, including THE EMPEROR, but he's still dealing with the childhood trauma of being unwanted by his father's second wife.

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This guy fights ghouls, solves imperial murder mysteries, has an uncorruptable sense of duty and honor, but is primarily concerned with making sure he doesn't ever impose on anyone else in the slightest.

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If you took Sherlock Holmes, Van Helsing, Eeyore, and a Crazy Cat Lady and combined them into a single elf with no self esteem and a tragic romantic past, you'd have Thara.

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Thara Celehar has risen to the top of my list of favorite fictional characters from the last several years of media I've consumed.

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I agree. @czechgames.com should mitigate the harm done by giving her money by donating a proportion of every sale to a cause that helps trans folks who JKR’s money is used to harm. Otherwise one can only conclude they either support her cause or just don’t care about the harm she causes.

Cat was sick a couple weeks ago. Took her to vet, filed pet insurance claim over email. Simple form. Reimbursement has already arrived in the mail.

Healthcare doesn’t have to be complicated.

I want to talk about my friend.

I met him at a summer camp for nerds when I was 12, pre-transition. We hit it off immediately, became SUPER close, and our parents would drive us back and forth for sleepovers for the next five years.

He was the first trans person I met. He transitioned in the 90s.