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Most days I'm a sane leftist gay man (he/him) trying to make his way, newly single, in a world gone mad. Other days are anybody's guess.
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An excellent primer from Chris: www.tiktok.com/@sylvanaquaf...

Time to start looking for alternatives. I've heard good things about Guilded. I'll check it out as it's free and is very similar to Discord.

tired of people treating trump like he is anything other than an ego-driven simpleton (i wrote this, this is a piece about why he is nothing more than an ego driven simpleton.)

I want to share this training opportunity. Please let me know if it's pre-filled with my info: www.mobilize.us/surj/event/7...

(Reuters) -Jack Daniel's maker Brown Forman's CEO Lawson Whiting said on Wednesday Canadian provinces taking American liquor off store shelves was "worse than a tariff" and a "disproportionate response" to levies imposed by the Trump administration.

Had some... well... thoughts on Donald Trump claiming that he's brought free speech back to the US government just hours after promising to imprison and deport protestors. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/05/t...

Good morning

A whole LOT of the people I knew didn't make it out of the 90s. Reagan was a total monster. To add insult to injury, when he was president of the SAG, he turned evidence of Hollywood to the HUAC, getting people blacklisted as well.

COLBERT, on Rep. Al Green’s removal: “Some people questioned why so much muscle was needed to remove an old man with a cane. But it turns out it was for a serious reason. When security searched him, they found that he smuggled in a spine." @latenightercom.bsky.social

There is SO much truth in this simple response.

And to be so very clear, JKR has openly stated that the money she makes from Harry Potter (in all its forms, right now) goes directly to conservative and specifically anti-trans causes. Do not financially engage with Harry Potter. Don't even engage with it for free. It's a Faustian IP, do not.

Supreme Court rules the Trump admin must pay out nearly $2 billion in foreign assistance funds to nonprofit aid groups

finding out that the pretty bisexual guy with a big hog hates capitalism AND likes to fuck isn’t killing the appeal for me, Daily Mail

Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog). This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...

Entirely bonkers that I’ve seen posts that make me feel this is necessary, but if you feel the best was to speak out against someone/something is by way of using hate speech (slurs, epithets, etc), you’re no better than whoever you’re claiming the moral high ground over. What the fuck, folks.

"Air Brakes" It is amazing to watch the way in which owls can control their flight with such precision. #wildlife #birds #owls

It is so 2025 that a film with a trans storyline that the trans community fucking despises wins some of the most prestigious film awards in the world and the cisgender winners don’t even mention what’s happening to the trans community in the very country they’re accepting the awards in

I'm waiting for the orange shitgibbon to "invite Russia's army to the US to help with our immigrant problem." I'm quite sure that's in his instructions from his handler.

I'm eating last night's left over sushi and y'all mfers can't stop me! 'Cause I'm crazy like that. And also, I used too much wasabi...

If you don't believe Black lives matter, that women should have autonomy over their bodies, that MAGA is a disease on our nation, that billionaires should be taxed, that Palestine should be free, or that corporations should be held accountable, my feed is probably not for you.

Lasting Relationships Require More Than Attraction.❤️ #attractive #dating #gay #queer #blacklove #blackgaylove #blacksky #blackgaysky #gaysky

Told you. But then again it not like I used to do this for a living or anything.

Trump sounds like an abuser who tells his victim that they should be grateful for their protection and that without them, the victim wouldn't last a minute in the real world. I am glad Zelenskyy - who comported himself with grace and decorum - refused to sacrifice his dignity.

And THIS is why so many uneducated people throw their lot in withthe orange shitgibbon: he entertains them like reality television. Bread and circus, baby!

Goodbye Star Trek. Paramount rolled back their DEI so I canceled my subscription. I'm saving a ton on subscription fees by not supporting companies that cave to fascism.

Please submit a request to Discord to ask for the removal of generative AI features. It's fast and it works! Easy copy paste: Please remove generative AI features from Discord, it's unethical and unsustainable. Thank you.

Shocking the extent to which a lot of the GOP is committed to killing their own voters

Quite possibly one of the best love songs ever written. youtu.be/z5t6b-G172M?...

One of the things that ALWAYS brings me joy is the storyline (through Endwalker) of Final Fantasy XIV. It's my favorite of the final fantasies and I love it. So I recreated (but better) the original character that I went through the story the first time. I present Talon Windcaller.

So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

As the saying goes "if your at an event and you see a nazi flag/salute and no one does anything, that's a nazi event" Remeber yall that nazis made the choice to be absolute garbage and should be taken out just like it. Toss em to the curb and Gove them no peace

First thing you do is accept accountability

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It should've ended when he made fun of a disabled reporter. To this day I remember how I felt watching it on TV. To this day.

Handy thread whatever you play!