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Y'all, I promise you that it's possible to defend trans people without conceding "legitimate concerns about sports" or similar bs. 1) No, there aren't. It's all just bigotry and propaganda. 2) Cede no ground to fascists. None, ever. Reject the question and just fight them.

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I'm renaming every named landmark in SF to "Emperor Norton." The Willie Brown Bay Bridge? That's the Emperor Norton Bay Bridge. Crissy Field? Emperor Norton Field. Sutro Tower? Well, you see where I'm going with this

"...I was half-expecting to find landlords testing the limits of the law. What I found was worse: a frenzied, almost immediate escalation of rents that defied both ethics and emergency protections."

Good morning!

Pet peeve: customer service agents who use your name in every. Single. Sentence. I know they're trained to do it but wow is it ever off-putting.

RELISH IN THE SCREAMS OF YOUR ENEMIES! DO YOU NEED TO CLEAN YOUR GLASSES?

the muppets in famous works of art: thread

Wake up Take a deep breath Step outside Scream Call your reps

Kurt Vonnegut man

Why'd we come all this way? Why'd we come all this way? Why'd we come all this way? Why'd we come all this way? Song: Why'd We Come Album: Nothing To Fear

Instead of believing the myth that three expensive, genetically modified wolves are “de-extinct” dire wolves, let’s look at animals humanity has actually brought back from the brink of extinction using proven science and dedicated hard work: 🧵/6

Result from yesterdays Emu Bay Shale #paleostream! This was our first Cambrian formation piece AND No. 50 in this series! This place had some interesting challenges attached to it and it's fauna has some fascinating members.

I realize this isn’t the most important thing in the scheme of things, but if you have been putting off getting any board games or paper books, get them now, because a whole lot of businesses are about to go under

I like this more than the original.

vote in the wisconsin state supreme court election today so that elon musk has the worst night imaginable

PEOPLE WITH FELONY CONVICTIONS ALSO HAVE RIGHTS

first, imagine what you think would happen if you wrung out a wet towel in microgravity. vividly, in detail. then watch this video

Look at his little Wilford Brimley mustache mouthparts!

Instead of hiding in a shell Why make your life a living hell? So drink a toast and down the cup And drink to bones that turn to dust cause) Song: No One Lives Forever Album: Dead Man's Party

Amid the rolling chaos surrounding the SignalGate scandal, one thing is being overlooked: the United States wiped out an entire residential structure in order to kill one target in Yemen. www.discourseblog.com/p/the-horror...

I am again just reminding Dept of Ed employees that you could probably accomplish debt jubilee just by labeling the student loan record folder "DEI" on your way out the door

At this point, I consider anyone who posts what Faine describes below, or who says that resistance does nothing, to be either an incurious nitwit or a Russian disinfo troll.

Party tip: When throwing a deep sea tea party, it's generally recommended that you invite the colossal squid.

I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵

i brought you this from tumblr bc i think everyone deserves to see noonoo and her spring

ALL RIGHT, SALES THREAD FOR SMALL WOODLAND CREATURES $60 each includes U.S. shipping (no international, sorry). DM or email me (my username, minus the bsky dot social, at gmail) your paypal address and which one you want, and if it's still available I will INVOICE you. individual photos to follow

lol. Lmao, even.

The thing about this that absolutely kills me is that this will only embolden Republicans to stuff *even worse* stuff in future spending bills, knowing that there are enough Dems who will vote yes on cloture no matter what.

The replies to this are incredible

if you live in one of these states, it could make the difference if you call and yell at your senators. they are afraid of catching heat in the future. well, the only way out of that is for them to catch heat *now*

The war is coming, there's nothing much that we can do Stuck in a payphone, the operator won't let me through I close my eyes, the memories burn in my brain I think I'm going insane, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Song: Cinderella Undercover Album: Boingo Alive

SHIPTOASTING IS NOT A CRIME