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AmyLaura

@amylaura76.bsky.social

Graphic Designer, Sports Fan (Columbus Crew, Aston Villa, Cleveland Baseball), Cozy Video Games, She/Her

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The reason I fight so hard for trans kids is because I was a trans kid myself. I knew who I was in the year 2000, 12 years old, behind my computer, using the name Erin. I wanted puberty blockers so badly. My body shifted and changed in horrifying ways that I suffered for 15 years over.

08.03.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2807    πŸ” 396    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 27
A handicap blue and white painted sign on the asphalt of a parking space. The symbols are meant to be a pregnant women and a baby stroller, but it doesn't look like that. It looks like pac man being killed with scissors next to a dancer

A handicap blue and white painted sign on the asphalt of a parking space. The symbols are meant to be a pregnant women and a baby stroller, but it doesn't look like that. It looks like pac man being killed with scissors next to a dancer

Twerkers at the barbeque get priority parking 🫑

08.03.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4186    πŸ” 763    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 39

Will Lindsey Graham fight?

Will AIPAC donors suit up?

How about Pete Kegseth and his cosplay Crusaders?

Oh, no, it'll be civilians and soldiers who die.

08.03.2026 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 504    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 10

Fondly remember the Very Serious Conservatives who swore up and down that Lindsey Graham was going to be the guy who reigned in Trump

08.03.2026 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brilliant πŸ†

Isata Kanneh-Mason absolutely tears through Rachmaninoff’s fiendish Piano Concerto No. 3 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

08.03.2026 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3696    πŸ” 785    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 67

Happy Women's Day to trans women...and women who believe trans women are women!

08.03.2026 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They say MLS can’t compete with Europe’s elite but Miami has Inter’s name, Barcelona’s players, Real Madrid’s politics, PSG’s history and Man United’s dude in all those ads

06.03.2026 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 290    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

Ah yes, the senator who challenged a witness to a fistfight during a hearing will definitely bring a steadier hand.

Much as the senator who keeps confusing Iran and Iraq and apologized because he "was mispoke" there will surely help restore public confidence.

07.03.2026 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 940    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 6
Random Crew Video Thing
YouTube video by Morgan Hughes Random Crew Video Thing

Fuck it, let’s watch the random Crew video thing.

youtu.be/NBpuNYaWFH8

07.03.2026 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Minneapolis cartoonist Steve Sack has been on a roll lately.

He's been on the front lines of the ICE invasion and his cartoons are boiling with rage at ICE and Mad Emperor Piggy. Well worth checking out his Substack.

07.03.2026 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 686    πŸ” 151    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4
"War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. Though you follow the trade of the warrior, you do so in the spirit of Washington -- not of Genghis Khan. For Americans, only threat to our way of life justifies resort to conflict."
Graduation Exercises at the United States
Military Academy, 6/3/47
"Possibly my hatred of war blinds me so that I cannot comprehend the arguments they adduce. But, in my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war.
Although this suggestion is repeatedly made, none has yet explained how war prevents war. Worse than this, no one has been able to explain away the fact that war creates the conditions that beget war."
Remarks at Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 10/19/50 [DDE's Pre-Presidential Papers, Principal File, Box

"War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. Though you follow the trade of the warrior, you do so in the spirit of Washington -- not of Genghis Khan. For Americans, only threat to our way of life justifies resort to conflict." Graduation Exercises at the United States Military Academy, 6/3/47 "Possibly my hatred of war blinds me so that I cannot comprehend the arguments they adduce. But, in my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war. Although this suggestion is repeatedly made, none has yet explained how war prevents war. Worse than this, no one has been able to explain away the fact that war creates the conditions that beget war." Remarks at Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 10/19/50 [DDE's Pre-Presidential Papers, Principal File, Box

Was browsing the Eisenhower Library site this morning trying to find a quote I remembered.

President Eisenhower, WW2 military hero:

β€œIn my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war… none has yet explained how war prevents war.”

07.03.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 752    πŸ” 270    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 19

The president, breathing heavily and caked with makeup, is incoherently blaming Iran for the October 7 attacks by Hamas

07.03.2026 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2272    πŸ” 494    πŸ’¬ 115    πŸ“Œ 18
The actor David Tennant, a man wearing glasses, smiles and holds aloft a sign that reads β€œWill you sign the letter?” As Georgia Tennant chats to people stood behind at an event

The actor David Tennant, a man wearing glasses, smiles and holds aloft a sign that reads β€œWill you sign the letter?” As Georgia Tennant chats to people stood behind at an event

We’ve seen some amazing feedback and support for the campaign this week, perhaps most importantly from the trans+ community themselves, although a couple of higher profile allies have really helped boost our message.

Thank you David and Georgia Tennant πŸ™

07.03.2026 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 530    πŸ” 147    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6

Imagine all the cool, fast trains we could have with the billions we spend on bombs.

07.03.2026 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4198    πŸ” 771    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 67

Chlorine dioxide is an industrial bleach for lumber and freaks like RFK give autistic kids enemas with it. Kids die from the practice. These people just want autistic kids dead.

07.03.2026 05:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2866    πŸ” 1222    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 31

Not a shock to anyone I know on here, I suspect, but yet more evidence of transphobia and neuronormativity being very happy bedfellows...

Scratch a TERF, scratch a public figure "concerned" about diagnosis rates... and a hundred other ugly, baseless bigotries come crawling to the surface

06.03.2026 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

British female track and field athletes are being asked to cover the cost of their own Β£185 sex tests if they want to compete internationally. Because curbing trans people's rights to participate in anything subjects everyone to intrusive scrutiny and here, hefty expense. This is not a 'them' issue.

06.03.2026 07:13 β€” πŸ‘ 377    πŸ” 125    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 5

An original Nashville sit-in member, along with Diane Nash, James Bevel, and John Lewis. Trained in non-violence by James Lawson. At age 21, he signed a will before the Freedom Rides, knowing he could die.

May his soul be at peace, and may we all have such courage in the face of oppression.

05.03.2026 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1940    πŸ” 546    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 5
Intentionally crude illustration of a kaiju (with a cityscape backdrop) tossing a handful of tiny delicious humans into its open mouth. Text around outer circle border reads β€œtake time to enjoy the little things”

Intentionally crude illustration of a kaiju (with a cityscape backdrop) tossing a handful of tiny delicious humans into its open mouth. Text around outer circle border reads β€œtake time to enjoy the little things”

Take time to enjoy the little things.

Another in the β€˜Motivational Kaiju’ series
#art #kaiju

06.03.2026 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1494    πŸ” 505    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 7

MLS & Inter Miami's unwillingness to stand for something (and that's the best-case scenario here) means they're props for literal death threats.

Not surprised, as the league has generally preferred to avoid any kind of stance about any moral issue, but this is what you get for not standing up.

05.03.2026 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4

Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone.

But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

05.03.2026 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 40339    πŸ” 9112    πŸ’¬ 1493    πŸ“Œ 307
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Federal funding for people in poverty heading to anti-abortion centers instead β€’ Ohio Capital Journal The bulk of the money some states are giving to crisis pregnancy centers comes from federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds meant to assist families experiencing poverty with basic…

The bulk of the money some states are giving to crisis pregnancy centers comes from federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds meant to assist families experiencing poverty with basic necessities and child care. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/05/r...

05.03.2026 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

[Exit Murderer.]

05.03.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5462    πŸ” 1275    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 46

Odysseus had his crew lash him to the mast to keep him from doing an interview with Chotiner.

23.09.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3699    πŸ” 559    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 28

Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

05.03.2026 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 17391    πŸ” 5760    πŸ’¬ 128    πŸ“Œ 102
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Ranked choice voting favors moderate candidates over divisive ones. Ohio lawmakers want to ban it β€’ Ohio Capital Journal Ranked choice voting favors moderate candidates responsive to the people over polarizing ones that just sling mud. So of course Ohio's entrenched, gerrymandered, machine politician lawmakers are…

Commentary: Ranked choice voting favors moderate candidates responsive to the people over polarizing ones that just sling mud. So of course Ohio's entrenched, gerrymandered, machine politician lawmakers are looking to ban ranked choice voting ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/04/r...

04.03.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kristi Noem testified under oath yesterday that detainees receive medical attention within 12 hours. Yet another shameless lie.

05.03.2026 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3585    πŸ” 1461    πŸ’¬ 189    πŸ“Œ 59

Nobody hates living veterans more than Republicans. Dead veterans they can exploit in videos. But living veterans with opinions and medical needs are literally offensive to conservatives.

04.03.2026 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6041    πŸ” 1814    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 39

I do really appreciate Walz’s refusal to bail on trans people.

04.03.2026 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 230    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

With Crenshaw losing and MTG resigning, both Republicans that proposed and passed anti trans GAC ban bills in congress will no longer be in congress this time next year.

Transphobia won't save your political career.

04.03.2026 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 827    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1