1 in 3 girls and 1 in 5 boys are sexually abused before the age of 18.
Our obligation is to them, colleagues.
Them.
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1 in 3 girls and 1 in 5 boys are sexually abused before the age of 18.
Our obligation is to them, colleagues.
Them.
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with graphics and some numbers
good stuff to share with those who think US folks aren't at least protesting
also some good notes on the benefit of people being disciplined about not rising to the bait of violence by agitators
Thread.
13.02.2026 01:03 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Great but I hope someone will follow up in a few months to confirm they’re not lying to take the heat off and go back to the deal when things quiet down.
13.02.2026 00:39 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0"It's a preorder giveaway": A paperback of Tea & Treachery by Jo Miles, charmingly badly photoshopped onto a table with a ceramic teapot, two cups of tea, and a small tower of tiny sandwiches and scones.
Every book is better with tea -- this one particularly so.
So I'm doing a giveaway: a curated goodie box of themed tea and snacks for 1 reader who preorders *Tea & Treachery at the Infinite Pantry*!
Preorder here: books2read.com/tea-treachery
Then upload your receipt: forms.gle/q2t2n28NAheg...
The only real “moon economy” that can save us is a revamping of the spirit wolf moon shirt industry
12.02.2026 18:41 — 👍 45 🔁 3 💬 4 📌 1that art!
my brain went: oh, cool!
then: i wonder what her (their?) story is
then: maybe there's room on my ideas list to write the story
but the art really is so cool. thank you for sharing!
this is brilliant, unmute
12.02.2026 14:59 — 👍 27 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0shout out to my measuring tape, proving that i'm not sloppy or making things up in my head. mass manufacture of things can really lead to some consistency issues for me 😅
12.02.2026 18:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Black background with a rather faint design of blue-toned grid lines and random dots giving computer/sci-fi vibes. Bright aqua text duplicates the content of the post, then says: #grateful, Amber Bird, amberbird.com
Grateful!
For cormorants.
For sleep smarts.
For rejecting "inevitable" things.
Person in glasses holding a sign that says ASK ME ABOUT THE 36 times the torah says this is WRONG and then there's melting ICE and "love the immigrant as yourself" lev 19:18
LITERALLY CITATIONS OF ALL THE TIMES IN THE TORAH/PENTATEUCH WE'RE COMMANDED TO CARE FOR THE IMMIGRANT MOTHERFUCKER
Rabbi Tzvia Jasper, at the Jews against ICE demo in DC today, via @joellenovey.bsky.social
12.02.2026 04:23 — 👍 485 🔁 105 💬 5 📌 2This is the bottom line you must demand from all your electeds— especially if they would like your support and vote this November or ever.
12.02.2026 04:07 — 👍 365 🔁 81 💬 0 📌 0… and then what???
What happens to all the detainees of each background once they’ve been… sorted according to “perceived” immigration status?*
Mind you, the first 1/2 of the story @chrislhayes.bsky.social is quote skeeting is horrific enough, even before they sorted anyone.
*next skeet
This morning I bring you feral offerings of the GOBLIN MARKET, only a little bit cursed.
Pre-order it as a gift for the future chaos goblins we all must become. 🍄✨ @reactorsff.bsky.social reactormag.com/cover-reveal...
Congratulations to 1 million mention Epstein Don and his Black lung award!
11.02.2026 22:01 — 👍 271 🔁 35 💬 20 📌 0Approval numbers are TANKING tanking, I see.
11.02.2026 19:52 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Photo of mushrooms in a box with this text: NEW WASHINGTON STATE BILL SUPPORTS FARM WORKERS' RIGHT TO ORGANIZE EMAIL THE BILL SPONSOR AND/OR YOUR WA SENATOR TODAY
SB6045, a bill to allow farmworker collective bargaining in WA state, will soon be voted on in WAs Senate. This bill is critical for WA farm workers like those at Windmill mushroom who have been fighting to get a contract since 2022. Take action today: act.seiu.org/a/waorganizi...
11.02.2026 19:20 — 👍 378 🔁 156 💬 9 📌 22they're just going into the busiest areas of the twin cities and causing car crashes
11.02.2026 18:56 — 👍 16 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0actual reporting of facts
11.02.2026 19:04 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0unmute this now, this is the best thing you will hear all day, carry it in your heart
11.02.2026 15:21 — 👍 112 🔁 56 💬 0 📌 0Alums, time to organize LOUDLY on behalf of your educators.
And alums with any access to donor cash— all the more so.
The Department of Just Us
Or
The Department of Just Ice
Both work, unfortunately.
📌Our DOJ is going after patriots like Mark Kelly and protecting pedophiles and pedophile-adjacent sickos like Trump and seemingly half his cabinet.
THAT'S what law and order looks like under Republicans in America.
This is my book THE SCOTTISH BOY—coming out from its new publisher soon BUT you can get the audiobook now!
11.02.2026 13:09 — 👍 35 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1And now airspace over Bliss and El Paso has been shut down?!
11.02.2026 12:51 — 👍 45 🔁 20 💬 0 📌 0"Fight against being ass" is a message that more people need to receive, tbh
11.02.2026 12:36 — 👍 4926 🔁 1738 💬 34 📌 88i am eventually going to have to find my way into making films and/or graphic novels, because i have (once again) spent all morning with a new idea that will be best served with a visual medium...gotta just get working on the book, divert the hyperfocus for a few hours, or my brain won't shut up 😂
11.02.2026 18:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Black background with a rather faint design of blue-toned grid lines and random dots giving computer/sci-fi vibes. Bright aqua text duplicates the content of the post, then says: #grateful, Amber Bird, amberbird.com
Grateful!
For little motivators.
For book samples.
For checking in.
Wanna make sure people saw this one. The latest ICE child trafficker who got arrested—yes there have been more than one, just in this specific Minnesota suburb!—his job was to do background checks on all other ICE agents hoping to get hired
11.02.2026 01:12 — 👍 152 🔁 72 💬 2 📌 1googling "how many times in a row can i watch a vid clip before i wear a hole in the internet"
10.02.2026 22:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0