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queer romance, progressive politics, history, birding, sciencey stuff oxford comma stan terfs & fashies keep out. make fun of poor & working-class people for having bad teeth and i will block your ass she/her hashtagnotallboomers
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Met an active duty member of the military yesterday who filed conscientious objector paperwork in response to deployment of military on U.S. soil. Was told multiple Army have filed, unknown quantities in other branches.

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Not too late to sign, Jews. Not too late to amplify, everyone:

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

I don't always agree with debuk but this analysis is spot on. Why do progressives use gendered and queer-coded insults -- sissy, pansy, little bitch -- against RWNJs?

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 SOUTH PHILLY: ICE was spotted on 7th & Snyder at 9am this morning; their two unmarked Dodge SUVs (one gray, one black) are heading South on Broad as of 10am. Community members have eyes on them—alert your neighbors! KKF 7661 gray Dodge SUV LTM 932 black Dodge SUV

submitted 2 days ago • 204 comments

Twitter: this is how men with huge balls fight. This is what masculinity looks like Bluesky: this is the first messy breakup of pride month

submitted 7 days ago • 228 comments

Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now

submitted 7 days ago • 233 comments

the enemy of my enemy is not my friend but watching them smack each other in the nuts is still very funny

submitted 7 days ago • 56 comments

It’s the happiest day of Elon Musk’s life because he finally posted something people actually want to read

submitted 7 days ago • 57 comments

TFW one of your favorite writers is reading one of your favorite books and you're in a cold sweat because WHAT IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT You know who you are

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

this made me bark-laugh so loudly i startled the cat

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

"Harriet Tubman, along with Black soldiers, took part in a daring Union raid of Combahee Ferry near Beaufort, South Carolina. She became the first American woman to lead a major military operation when she and at least 150 Black soldiers helped to rescue more than 700 Black Americans..."

submitted 10 days ago • 31 comments

i keep having to block bien-pensant liberals & ostensible progressives who get sarcastic w/me for *politely* objecting to insults like "toothless" and "redneck." lemme just point out that the people actually ruining all our lives can afford dentistry & have never toiled outdoors in the sun jfc

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

i've got another one to add to my list of classist insults beloved by liberals: redneck meaning: a white person who does manual labor outdoors & gets sunburned & thus is to be looked down on by white people who stay indoors & thus remain properly pale

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

cool, we live in a world where even your toothbrush can be a corporate surveillance device

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Redtail being dive-bombed by a Baltimore Oriole. (Not the crispest photo, owing to overcast and backlight.) The audio would be about a million American Robins yelling their heads off, + occasional distress calls by the hawk. #birds #ProspectPark #Brooklyn

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

what is the horrible cologne that most straight men seem to wear? my computer guru is a lovely, lovely person, & whenever he comes by i have to air the house afterward to get rid of the stink i know axe is notoriously awful: is that what i smell?

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments