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also a reminder that Pink Pony Club, which Chappell performed at the Grammys to rapturous applause and a full-audience singalong, is the song that her label heard in 2020, said they didn’t think it could be a hit, and then dropped her (without ever giving her health insurance)

👇🏽ex budget guy for Rubio, Romney
Says tariffs are about “swampy favoritism” where giving 💰 to Trump wins you a carveout most small businesses can’t afford but corporations will “stampede”
To get

A shakedown. The swamp runneth over.

Anti-ICE protesters are blocking both sides of the 101 Freeway near the Alameda Street exit in DTLA. The CHP has since closed that portion of the freeway.

What is the best way to describe the current crisis? It needs a memorable, evocative name. Thread here, soliciting nominations.

Billboard reads: viva tortuguita and all land defenders. We will destroy this empire. With earth as our witness.

New Yorkers took over this billboard today in honor of Tortuguita, murdered by the cops for defending the Atlanta forest two years ago.

Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...

Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

a relevant starter pack:

go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e

A scrapbooky, zine-like image. In the top left corner there’s a picture of a young kid in rainbow face paint waving a rainbow flag atop a woman's shoulders, as they both watch a pride parade. A photo of a group of people, young and old, carrying a pink LESBIAN & GAY PRIDE banner is seen in the bottom center. Top right, a picture of two gorgeous drag queens: one in a light pink wig and white dress decked in butterflies, and the other literally dressed as Lady Liberty in a rainbow toga. Text throughout, in mismatched fonts and on torn paper, reads "Q: So, what is QLL? a: Queer Liberation Library is an ONLINE DIGITAL LIBRARY …that is by and for the LGBTQIA+ community and our allies, focusing on queer materials and queer perspectives.”

Wow, hi new followers, hey! We’re Queer Liberation Library.

QLL is a digital library of queer ebooks & audiobooks available FOR FREE to anyone in the US. Our collection’s in Libby so you can read to your heart's content on your e-reader, phone, etc.

membership details downthread~

Gisele Pelicot is an incredible woman and a hero for her nerve in bringing all those rapists to justice and for knowing the shame does not lie worth her — bravely declining anonymity was incredible.

New bill would penalize mailing abortion drugs to Tennessee A new bill filed in the Tennessee General Assembly would make providing abortion-inducing pharmaceuticals to Tennesseans punishable by $5 million.

In case you were wondering how they planned to combat shield laws… (also, this picture is of emergency contraception which is not an abortion but sigh)

www.wkrn.com/news/tenness....

My cat has two and only two settings and they are:

1) awww look at the sleepy little baby

- or -

2) I swear to god if this motherf...

shooting a CEO of a health insurance agency then taking your homemade gun to mcdonalds and getting arrested while eating a burger has got to be the most american series of events that has ever happened

one of my Nikki Giovanni poems 💓

Oh we're totally fine. Currently rethinking our parasocial love affair with the hot murder boy, but otherwise tip top.

holy shit what a babe

go down in flames for a girl, my dude. only way to be

if you don't want your death to be celebrated then you probably shouldn't make millions of dollars on human suffering

nothing else here matters, no matter what the liberal handwringers say

I Should've Pardoned My Son Too What was I thinking??

FUCK!

Text of the Email That Pete Hegseth’s Mother Sent Him Penelope Hegseth sent the email to her son in 2018 as he was in the middle of divorcing his wife, Samantha.

"You are an abuser of women": The searing email that Pete Hegseth's own mother sent him in 2018 accusing him of sleeping around, cheating on his wife and debasing and belittling women. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...

So to summarize, according to #maga, any Black, gay or trans person who achieves any position, no matter how degreed or credentialed they are is an unqualified #dei hire. And any white person, however unqualified or even sketchy is inherently qualified when they get a job. Do I have that right?

can't argue with blueskyroast.com

Today, on Native American Day, we honor the wisdom and resilience of Indigenous peoples. In Druidry, we value the sacred bond with the land—a truth deeply rooted in Indigenous teachings. Let us walk with respect, gratitude, and a commitment to protecting the earth and its stories.

Today is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

I encourage us all to do something today to show solidarity with Palestinians.

If you can, set up a recurring donation and join an organization that fights for Palestinian Liberation

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happy Indigenous Peoples' Day 2

these are the heroes i wanna see at the Thanksgiving parade:

When we say defund the police, this is something that funding could be put towards. We don't need to pay police to trash homeless camps when we use that money to make it so less people are homeless. Police take up HUGE amounts of city budgets that could be put towards social good.

I was already excited to click on a news story about Rudy Giuliani having a meltdown in court today and YELLING at the judge. But nothing prepared me for the courtroom sketch

Porsha Ngumezi didn’t have to die. @propublica.org has reported another heartbreaking loss. She bled to death after a miscarriage because doctors wouldn’t perform a lifesaving D&C. Why? Fear of TX abortion bans. This is what abortion bans do: they kill people. https://t.co/JGwLaKZQw1

Transgender lawyer makes history, takes case on puberty blockers and hormone therapy to Supreme Court The Supreme Court will weigh whether Tennessee's ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors is a form of sex discrimination.

In 9 days my colleague @chasestrangio.bsky.social will become the first transgender litigator to argue before the Supreme Court. He'll be representing three trans teenagers and their families in a challenge to TN's ban on hormone therapies for trans people under 18 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

The deeper story behind Tennessee State University’s budget crisis Living with no money can make us do things that look wrong.  When I say living with no money, I mean having less in your bank account than the looming cost…

"For decades, the university on the north side of Nashville has suffered from racist underpayments by the Tennessee state government – TSU did not receive funding equal to that of predominantly white state campuses."
andscape.com/features/the...