Rural Gay

Y'all, the Wayback Machine is amazing (and the Internet Archive in general of course). I don't remember that often enough.

RFK Jr.: It Would Be Better if ‘Everybody Got Measles’ “The measles gave you lifetime protection against measles infection,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Sean Hannity on Fox News.

I'm old enough to remember when polio ripped through the globe and put my friends into iron lungs.

We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives.

RFK Jr leading HHS is a disgrace.

“Can you even look me in the eye - and tell me why?”

❤️ Pink

For a piece I'm working on reporting, if you're studying library science or are working in a library (especially if you're earlyish in your career), I'd love to speak about what you're hearing & experiencing right now. You can be anonymous. rainesford.alexandra@gmail.com or Signal rstauff.20

The CFPB has:

-Returned $20B to victims of financial fraud
-Cracked down on junk fees
-Fought against politically-motivated debanking
-Protected veterans from predatory lenders
-Protected consumers' data from corporate abuse

Oligarchs want to reverse all of this.

A man carries a coffin with a skull on the front and spray painted on the side "we're here we're queer we hate the fucking president"

ACT UP, 1990

Same thought

*hug* Happy New Year!

I Miss Kathy Griffin. I’ll just say that. To be nice. -__- ugh

Better response than what I was thinking which was some form of spluttering incoherently

For some reason, “get the moonlight out of your hair” is still one of my favorite lines from a musical

Did All Things Considered just use Stardew Valley music in an interlude? 👀👀

Damn I'm feeling really depressed

*starts up stardew valley*

we're seeing public solidarity against malicious corporations *and* the cops at the exact same time and i think that's beautiful

I heard this is a good place to talk about taxing the rich, breaking up big tech, and ending Washington corruption.

The Bluesky block means BUSINESS and I love it! It basically blocks the mortal soul of your enemy at the molecular level and banishes them back to the putrid slime whence they came and for all eternity. 10/10.

"What do I have to be thankful for?" well it's kissingers death anniversary in an hour, js

a group of women standing next to each other with the words find our sisters on the bottom ALT: a group of women standing next to each other with the words find our sisters on the bottom

tracking down your mutuals from twitter on here

All. The. Time. And yay I hadn’t found their page here yet thanks

👋 different name same pic haha

own me - a short minicomic

BREAKING NEWS:

Attorney General nomination is now so old that Gaetz no longer has interest in it

I need an off season Pride now (can we make it semiannual) so I can have a way to be around hundreds of other people to grieve and fight with

I love this era of bluesky. twitter gays stumbling around looking for each other. comical and beautiful. like something David Attenborough would narrate with circus music playing in the background

If you’re “strongly discouraging” the release of an ethics report, you’re on the wrong side of history.

CC: Speaker Johnson

And of course I just had a dosage change of something that’s extended release and takes a while to build up so I lost a day whoops.

That feeling of crap I think I forgot to take my medicine this morning you get at 7 at night. 🤦🏻‍♂️

“Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead.”

What is this* see I can’t even type 🥵