AJ [they/them]

Peace 🕊️ #Minotaur #Labyrinth

i think we as queer people need to get freakier with it

I've said it before and will say it again -- the Trump administration is not acting like one that fears democratic accountability next year or in 2028. Draw your own conclusions.

If the IRS were forced to disclose taxpayer information in violation of Section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code, it would set a dangerous precedent that could, in theory, be used to justify the release of anyone’s tax records—including those of high-profile individuals like Musk and Trump.

Seems very likely the Musk/Trump regime could also try to use IRS data to get home addresses for dissidents, queer people, and other minorities.

If I had to give one bit of advice to those new to mutual aid, get the idea of “charity” out of ur head. Helping our community is something we owe each other. We are all on equal ground. If u have the means to help, that doesn’t make u an “angel” and if you need help that doesn’t make u lesser.1/2

And once they’ve circled the wagons around it being an old Transylvanian cavalry salute or whatever horseshit they come up with, we’re going to start seeing MAGA folks doing it “ironically” to troll the libs, with Trump’s winking approval.

He may be gone but with the heart he had, he’ll never really die ❤️

oh holy crap im.

bookmarking that one, dear lord

whats the fic? asking for a friend

the thing that is self-reinforcing about this:

a bitter back-and-forth which ends in a block is seen by no one, because it’s vaporized

Yet another plea to people who are using or following people off follow-farming hashtags like #NoDemUnder1K, #NoDemUnder5K, #BlueCrew, #FBR, etc etc: please do not do that, it's how disinformation operations work. I'm already seeing accounts in those hashtags that are likely disinformation ops. 1/

Since we know the bsky team engages with feedback, I also wrote to them abt why "explicit" content should default to a visible warning label like the "suggestive" category instead of scrubbing it completely from the feed-- as long as the user has input their adult bday.

If you care about this, 1/3

This is not going to be a repeat of 2016-2020. It will be better, it will be worse, but most of all it will be *different.* Here are things I want every single person to keep in mind as we head into round 2 of a Trump admin. 🧵

The world’s largest internet archive is under siege — and fighting back Hackers struck the Internet Archive, leaking millions of users’s data and causing founder Brewster Kahle to take a sprawling library of online history offline.

"Why kick the cat?" - @brewster.kahle.org, speaking to Daniel Wu of the Washington Post about the attacks against the Internet Archive ➡️ wapo.st/4f998w2

The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case Hachette v. Internet Archive was brought by book publishers objecting to the archive’s digital lending library.

The Internet Archive's lending library was so helpful for my research on the history of psyops. There are tons of primary sources like government documents, plus obscure, out-of-print books that can reveal a lot. This ruling against them is a blow to the public sphere. www.wired.com/story/intern...

haha thanks! im glad its good, i wasn't sure if i was doing enough/too much

a bee on a pin, imaged from the top. the bee is a bright metallic blue-green with all his legs underneath his body, and his wings tucked in. the pinhead is out of focus at the right side of his back

a bee on a pin, imaged from the side. the bee is a bright metallic blue-green. his wings fan out above his abdomen. his tongue curls down blow his legs which are slightly stretched down. the last pair of legs, the closer of which is the only one visible, has an enlarged segment characteristic of males of the species

woo bee time! this time its an orchid bee, or from the Euglossa taxon

these guys are another favorite because of their color and the males have absolutely wild looking rear legs #dailybee #entomology #idigbees

a bee on a pin, imaged from the top. the bee is a red orange shade, with the wings tucked back over the abdomen and his legs slightly tucked under. at the bottom left there is CSU_ENT1245004 and a scale bar set at 3 millimeters

A bee on a pin, imaged from the left side. the bee is a red orange shade with brown/black legs and the wings laying flat over the abdomen. in the bottom left is CSU_ENT1245004_L and in the bottom right is a scale bar measuring 3 millimeters

a bee on a pin, imaged from the front. the bee is a red orange with some slight yellow on his face. the antennae are sticking out in front of his eyes which are light brown. at the bottom there is CSU_ENT1245004_F and a scale bar set at 3mm

todays bee:
Bombus dahlbomii! my favorite <33

love these little (big) guys, theyre so so pretty, this guy especially. the others are more of a yellow shade (i have another posted) while he looks like a cheeto

#idigbees #dailybee #entomology #bees

A bee on a pin, imaged from the left side. the bee is soft yellow and brown and its wings fan out above the abdomen. her hind legs are covered in a lot of thick, soft yellow colored hair. in the bottom left is CSU_ENT1190555_L and in the bottom right is a scale bar measuring 3 millimeters

a bee on a pin, imaged from the top. the bee is soft yellow and brown with all her legs and all four wings extended to the left and right respectively. at the bottom there is CSU_ENT1190555 and a scale bar set at 3 millimeters

a bee on a pin, imaged from the front. the bee is soft yellow and brown. the antennae are sticking out to the sides of the face which is covered in a thin yellow fuzz. at the bottom there is CSU_ENT1190555_F and a scale bar set at 3mm

todays bee of the day! (been a while, apologies - its been so busy)

her species is Svastra, i dont know any ID beyond that unfortunately but she's very pretty <3

#dailybee #entomology #nativebees

a tiny weevil is mounted on a piece of paper, this image is of his right side with the head pointing to the top of the image. he is black and covered in little white "hairs". in the bottom right is a scale bar measuring 1 millimeter and in the bottom left is "lilguy"

i also feel it necessary to share this absolutely adorable little guy, idk what he is other than weevil but i love him
#weevil #lilguy

a bee on a pin, imaged from the top. the bee is black, yellow and orange. one pair of wings rests over its back, the other pair stick out towards the side. at the bottom there is CSU_ENT1194434 and a scale bar set at 3 millimeters

A bee on a pin, imaged from the left side. the bee is black, yellow and orange. two wings point towards the top left corner, one points at the camera. her proboscis is extended. in the bottom left is CSU_ENT1194434_L and in the bottom right is a scale bar measuring 3 millimeters

a zoomed in picture of a bee's face and proboscis, the bee's head is yellow and black with two antennae dipping into the picture from the top left corner with the tongues pointing to the bottom right. they're yellow and textured like sandpaper

today's bee: Bombus huntii Greene, 1860

this girl is such a cool one, hunt's bumblebee is already really cool and then there's the image of her proboscis which is SO cool, the textures and little pieces are so stunning
#idigbees #dailybee #entomology

A bee on a pin, imaged from the left side. the bee is vibrant blue and its wings extend towards the camera. there is some pollen on the bottom of its abdomen. in the bottom left is CSU_ENT1216448_L and in the bottom right is a scale bar measuring 3 millimeters

A bee on a pin, imaged from the front. the bee is vibrant blue-green and its wings extend out towards there corners of the image. in the bottom left is CSU_ENT1216448 and in the bottom right is a scale bar measuring 3 millimeters

todays bee: Osmia calla Cockerell, 1897

first, obsessed with osmia's colorings they're so vibrant and different across each species but especially hers
second, i am. back now, had some health issues come up but am now able to work again so woo! more bee pics!
#dailybee #bees #idigbees #entomology

oh i hope he does

If we’d speak more ill of the dead, maybe it would remind the living not to be assholes.

The "Was I a Good Dog?" Death and the Dog meme, but it is overlaid with the skeleton from the "Is Henry Kissinger Even In This Thing" meme, and the text reads: "It's time to go." "Was I a good meme?" "No. I'm told you were the best"

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thank you for your service o7

fyi in case you are wondering "may his memory be a blessing" is the standard jewish response to death but there's another, special one just for evil bastards, "may his name be erased"