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Raise your hand if you now have your congressional rep(s) and senator(s) in favorites. I hope the aids are doing OK. I should send them cookies or something.

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Always say I’m a dog person but ever so often I meet a special cat. This is Black Cat, who is old and crabby and a delight to pet sit.

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

don't mind me, i'll just be sobbing at the muppet movie script

submitted 1 day ago • 159 comments

You can keep track of some of the key executive orders that affect LGBTQ+ people and women here — including the current status of lawsuits against them Crucial resource from @candicenorwood.bsky.social

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Important

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Will it take an executive order for droit du seigneur for ppl to understand? Alas, that probably wouldn’t be enough.

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After seeing the consequences of their years of biased coverage about trans people @nytimes.com is trying to erase their role in bringing us to this perilous moment. That’s why I wrote this Letter to the Editor to keep accountability squarely where it belongs and to call for an unvarnished apology .

submitted 9 days ago • 5 comments

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the problems with modern computers lately. The hardware is better than ever but the problem is the software. Our devices have become time vampires, designed to capture our attention, often at the expense of our mental health.

submitted 8 days ago • 14 comments

AND any journalist who asks you to DM them on insecure social media platforms about your ~ resistance activity ~ cannot and should not be trusted, idgaf where they work, if you can't do it on a phone call don't do it

submitted 8 days ago • 13 comments

Totally stupid question, but has anyone attempted citizen’s arrest? I mean, I feel like everything is up for grabs, so what do we have to lose [besides freedom, our lives, but those are on the line anyway, so]

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Glad I filed my tax docs last week. Hoping I get my refund before layoff chaos begins.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Rewatching B5 & trying to figure out knitting a collar.

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There is nothing more obviously inevitable to me than everyone eventually concluding that, no, you can't work with the Trump admin., you can't "find areas of compromise," you can't treat this as normal politics, the only option is total, unremitting opposition. Everyone will get there eventually.

submitted 22 days ago • 40 comments

Horrifying news out of upstate New York. Sam Nordquist, a transgender man from Minnesota was found dead after being tortured for over a month and then finally murdered by a group of 5 people, including a teenager. www.whec.com/top-news/nys...

submitted 11 days ago • 82 comments

Justice for Sam This happened far too close to home.

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So amazing to be working in the health and human services field rn.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Had my Bean chili and corn bread for lunch. It was so good there are no pix.

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I think I’m obsessed with this actually????

submitted 13 days ago • 270 comments

Rewatching Mad Max Fury Road (and knitting a sweater vest)

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"With little information from the White House, ProPublica is attempting to document who is involved and what they are doing." My colleagues have published the largest list yet of who is involved in DOGE. #Democracy

submitted 19 days ago • 15 comments

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Do what’s right. Sleep well at night.

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NEW: We’re building a voting bloc of 250,000 tenants to take on real estate, freeze the rent, and win safe, stable homes for all. The fight starts now. The NYS Tenant Bloc, a sister org to Housing Justice for All, is here.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

First hat crochet collection. Still no idea what I’m doing. Each hat is for an individual. I thought about their style as I went. Each is worn v differently; blue’s worn w/ folded brim, the black either/or; yellow 30’s style pulled low; pink is almost cloche-like? Patternless. tension exploration.

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

wow the entwives have really fallen on hard times to be out here hustling like this

submitted 34 days ago • 94 comments

Quick intro: I’m co-founder & president of Run for Something - runforsomething.net - we recruit & support young(ish) people for state and local office; we’ve elected over 1500 new leaders since 2017. I wrote a book on running for office in 2017 & have another out in 2025 on next-gen leadership.

submitted 106 days ago • 24 comments

I made another crochet thing. I’m leaning into it. At this point, I’ll have an etsy shop in a few months as I avoid apps & news. Maybe I’ll start making waistcoats. What other niche articles should I make?

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

WELCOME AQUARIUS SEASON! AHEAD OF YOUR TIME AS AN EXTREME SPORT! APATHY IS OUT! FREEDOM AS A LOVE LANGUAGE! ORGANIZE! REVOLUTIONIZE! FUTURIZE! REFUSE TO OBEY IN ADVANCE! CEASEFIRE IS THE FLOOR! COLLECTIVE LIBERATION IS THE GOAL! LIFE IS SHORT! THE OLIGARCHY IS HERE! NEVER LET THEM STEAL YOUR JOY!

submitted 37 days ago • 21 comments

Wish ppl would spend the 5 mins it takes to figure out how new media works. It’s going to be lonely here. I’m old and I figured it out. Venmo me and I’ll set up your feeds;)

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

New hat design or tea cozy? Probably both.

submitted 37 days ago • 2 comments

🧵 Some important new research shows misinformation isn’t just a tech platform problem – it’s a political strategy specifically tied to radical right populism. This has massive implications for how democracies respond. Let’s take a look at the key findings... (1/13)

submitted 42 days ago • 3 comments

Make this cute set for a friend. First crochet project. Not too terrible.

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments