Thom (He/Him) - Professional Gamemaster

and it's a bummer and unfair that the police can just decide to refuse to follow the law, and that business associations etc will flood the zone with propaganda declaring any attempt at a better world a miserable failure

But you have to meet that shit head on and riposte. It can't be avoided.

Zohran's success will hinge equally on what he is ABLE to do and how effectively he messages to voters when the federal govt of wealthy interests / police, etc in NYC deliberately sabotage things.

we've seen this shit in oregon with elites lining up to torpedo progressive measures

Reminder: Tomorrow’s election closing times.
- 7 p.m. ET - Virginia
- 8 p.m. ET - New Jersey
- 9 p.m. ET - New York City
- 8 p.m. PT - California

A common theme of Trump II is an utterly cowardly class of elites while everyday regular people have risen to the occasion

if only our modern would-be Pharaohs would embrace tradition and start drinking arsenic and mercury

Fuck this shit.

Milk does not go in eyes. Water is what you use to wash out chemical irritants. Just water. Ignore all other advice to the contrary unless you have a fucking medical degree of some sort in which case go off king/queen

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aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

After the Portland ruling, Illinois is now taking action. The state filed a lawsuit today seeking to block the Trump administration from deploying federalized National Guard troops on the streets of Chicago.

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?

The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.

At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

The American Federation of Government Employees filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for inserting partisan political statements into furloughed employees’ automatic out-of-office replies during the government shutdown without their consent.

I was lucky enough to attend a Planned Parenthood event last night and folks, it is *critically* important we keep the organization afloat.

Federal money *never* went towards abortions, it helped fund cancer screenings, STI detection, reproductive health, and so much more.

PP is a vital resource.

We are a government ruled by viral video fiat now.

You aren't even allowed to research which viral video has whipped the regime into a mania and how they came to believe it, because the research of the systems themselves is viewed as "censorship."

This how you end up randomly invading Portland.

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

Sept 22. Happy Bday to Bilbo & Frodo.

Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today.

Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.

Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.

Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.

Boosting the signal. I'm privileged enough to have a job that enabled me to buy a badge. Yet all the panels I had been invited to be apart of were not accepted, and of the exact topics Candance is talking about here. Please help their efforts to get more bipoc queer creators PAXU!

Since many of us are cancelling streaming services, I want to post a little reminder that many library cards will allow you free access to Kanopy, an amazing streaming channel.

If your library card doesn't work, you can often sign up for other libraries in your region.

This man is one of the campaign’s super volunteers, the nicest dude you’ll ever meet, wildly dependable, and apparently capable of taking the coolest photo of 2025.

I wish left-leaning business owners would stop getting suckered by these megacorp buyouts with empty promises of independence.

Israel's pager attacks were one year ago today. This piece by Jake Romm still resonates, particularly after Trump's "designation" of "antifa" as a "domestic terror organization."

CBS headline: Trump announces he’s designating Antifa as a “major terrorist organization”

3 thoughts here:

Laugh: Antifa is not an actual org. Makes raiding their HQ a wee difficult. 🤷‍♂️

Lament: Antifa stands for anti-fascist. Apparently you are a terrorist if you oppose fascism. Who knew? 🤔

Learn: Read about McCarthyism, a time when Republicans likely thought America really was great.😡

A lot of people are laughing at the president declaring Antifa a terrorist organization without considering how that empowers anyone protesting fascism to be dealt with and tried as members of terrorist organized crime.

The police will call you about photos you post to private chats. They will do this almost immediately, it seems www.kenklippenstein.com/p/charlie-ki...

Hold on, these are the "we don't have to bake your gay wedding cake" people?

Jesus fucking christ

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed