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We should all follow Mike's great example:

Step 1: do something, literally anything, to help

Step 2: find something that brings you joy and go do that next

Journalist Plestia Alaqad Is Publishing Her Diaries From Gaza: "A Dystopian World" "Every time I read it, I just feel disbelief — is this real? Did I really live that? Are there still thousands of people in Gaza living that?” By Lex McMenamin

Politics Assata Shakur Was a Black Revolutionary Who Fought for Freedom Even in Exile “Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” By Marian Jones

Politics Inside Gen Z Candidate Kat Abughazaleh's Viral ICE Rally Tear-Gassing: "Fascism 101" “If they are willing to do this to a congressional candidate in front of a bunch of press, imagine what they're doing behind boarded-up windows.” By Maia McDonald

Politics Hurricane Helene Devastated Asheville. A Local LGBTQ+ Organization Is Supporting Youth — With Cash “We know that [direct cash transfers] are the number one support for preventing youth homelessness.” By Colleen Hamilton

"where's the left media?" "where's fact-checked reporting?"

lately @teenvogue.com has run profiles: of Assata Shakur's revolutionary history; a 23-year-old Palestinian journalist; what's happening in Chicago's ICE protests; and organizing supporting LGBTQ+ youth

📍 www.teenvogue.com/news-politics

A beautiful lodge-style hotel on Lake Lanier

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Heater, an orange cat with BIG eyes, nestles herself in a sea of grey blankies.

Just want to remind everyone that little moments of joy are so important right now.

For instance, my cat does not understand the human concept of kisses beyond Incoming Nose = Love. So every time she’s happy, she’ll smush her face or shove her nose into ours.

Please share your joys with us.

Bookshop is having an Anti-Amazon sale, with cheap e-books and free shipping for print today and tomorrow:

bookshop.org/lists/ebook-...

If you need to determine the trajectory of a mundane person's life, roll a number of D8s equal to the number of decades they've been alive, and arrange them in order to see how their life occurred, with each dice result representing the tenor of that decade. Each result represents 10 years of their life. Ignore any results which contradict anything established about the character. Glyph Years 10-19 Years 20-39 Years 40-59 Years 60+ ⦵ Death of a parent, loss of a home, freak tragic accident. Death of a lover, exiled from home, haunted by guilt. Death of a child, hopes dashed, legacy spoiled. Haunted by death, wandering aimlessly, forgotten and alone. ♃ Regular peasant life, learned a trade, hard honest work. Marriage proposal, building a home, parent to children. Build a strong home, surrounded by family, many calm and unremarkable days. Cared for by family, keep the fire warm, rocking chair at heart. ♂ Fought to survive, learned violence too young, nasty scar. Skilled warrior, foes slain, battlefield dominated. War came to the door, home burned, grief spread. Stern and cold, guardian against the dark, prefers the night. ♀ Privileged youth, loving parents, everything provided for. A lover and a layabout, heartbreaker, homewrecker. Talented artist, creative training, earned acclaim from peers. Master of a craft, feared and ruthless teacher, auspicious legacy. ☿ Traveled from distant lands, found a new home, sailed aboard a ship. Explore new lands, venture far from home, go on adventures. Reinvent self somewhere new, earn a fortune in trade, captain a sturdy ship. Dream of distant lands, send others on quests, seek out forgotten treasure. ☾ Encountered magic, miraculous change, still carry the mark. Student of old knowledge, ambitious researcher, curious youth. Bitter intellectual, disillusioned by the world, desperate for enlightenment. Wise old soul, educator to children, a bit wickerwise.

hi can people roll on this and tell me about the ordinary people they create

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

Cartoon crow looking sad is flying in a wobbly pattern.

As he flies, a strange arch is seen below.

The arch leads is a lighted room, despite it not being attached to a building. The crow is curious about it.

The crow looks into the arch thru its broken window.

Bed [1/4]

These scripts are GREAT and these calls are EASY and ESSENTIAL. Call your senators and reps today and tell them to vote against ANY bill that contains cuts to trans health care.

#DidThisToday

Oh geez, next time I will be sure to add "C-O-V-E-R" and a definition and lots of arrows!!

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Elizabeth Taylor in an 80s press conference speaking on the stigma of AIDS “…And it so angered me that I finally thought to myself, Bitch, do something yourself.” from the documentary “Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes.”

there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything

They are literally canceling culture

YAAAAAY BELATED HAPPY ANNIVERSARY 💗💗💗

A Prince Among Pirates Kit Davenport is in trouble—not that this would surpris…

One year ago today, @keiralekseii.bsky.social sent my little pirate book out on submission. Just 7 hours later, @featherfully.bsky.social replied to that email to let us know she was offering on it.

And in just 9 months, A PRINCE AMONG PIRATES will be on shelves!

www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked

Here, fixed it.

From @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social: “If you’re under 65 and not high risk, the window to get a Covid-19 vaccine is right now—before the FDA label changes (possibly this Friday). Once it happens, access will be limited immediately.”

Adding:

Everyone deserves medical care, food, shelter, education.
(Abortions, vaccines, gender-affirming care, etc are all medical care.)

Video of Columbia Heights residents driving ICE agents out of their area. source: www.instagram.com/reel/DNjkvLQ...

an actual expert's advice on managing burnout:

a bunny holding a spiked morning star by lily seika jones text: we must remain whimsical to survive the horrors of this world

HEY SOMETIMES THERE IS UNCOMPLICATED GOOD NEWS

It's rare but it happens!!!

If you think this is a big and great deal (it is) please consider donating directly to the Florida Freedom to Read Project

www.fftrp.org/donate

For the last day of Disability Pride Month, here's my angry story about accessibility.

Come for the punny superhero lols, stay for the much-needed catharsis at the end.

www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

“Are you okay?”

No? Yes? In a manner of speaking?

Amid The Horrors, we’re all just doing the best we can.

American adults have such a pervasive culture of demanding obedience from children, and that will always be antithetical to art.

The best boy :')

When everything is on fire, daily Bagel soothes my soul 💗