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This is my birth name; if you know me IRL, i go by something else. I'm a parent, educator, artist, and always on the lookout for my next hyperfocus. Neurodynamic or whatever we're calling ourselves. ♂️⚧️♀️ Trans rights are human rights.
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Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love

If the Rangers land Vlad Guerrero, Jr I'm getting pride colors added to my Rangers tattoo. Might do that anyway tbh

W.E.B. Du Bois on the white takeover of southern public schools after Reconstruction. Not a coincidence that the chapter, "Back Towards Slavery," follows his analysis of the eventual dedegration of the public school system. Attacks on education are vital to (re)instituting authoritarian rule.

When I was boating (in my boat of car) once, I saw this painted on a wharf

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I was set to launch my book at the Carter Library next month. This week, we were told all events now need approval from the National Archives. The next day, my event was forced to relocate. A book about the working homeless. A book about civil rights. Apparently these topics are now off limits.

We have to hope.

To be clear, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General CQ Brown was fired for being black because the orange felon is a lifelong racist and Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Fagan was fired for being a woman because the orange felon hates/abuses women.

The most surprising part of Mexican actor Eduardo Verástegui giving a Nazi salute at CPAC is that the Trump Administration allowed a Mexican into the country.

UPDATE: Meta is continuing to censor anti-Musk ads. It has removed a Facebook ad calling for a boycott of Tesla, saying that it violates the company's policy on "unacceptable business practices" muskwatch.com/subscribe

"The source told NPR that the BOP was expecting a lawsuit, and for a possible court order blocking the moves, but intended to go ahead with the plan anyway." They plan to break the law. Say what it is.

Haha wtf

Movies you've watched more than six times, gifs only. Six times in the theater; several since then.

I was briefly active on Twitter in the spring of 2011 and I interacted directly with mc chris, John Darnielle, John Hodgman, and Bear McReary.

•trying to act cool with the kids• That’s so skibbety do dah! •nudging one kid with my elbow• Skibbety aaaayyy!

If you know They Might Be Giants primarily from their kids music, you really need to look up the unreleased song "Clowntown," originally intended for a children's album.

Nice tiny clown car bitch, looks like shit. (45 clowns get out and step to me) Oh fuck