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Sounds gay; I’m in

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Ongoing constitutional crisis, now with the feds arresting a judge: apnews.com/article/immi...

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Holding my trans siblings in rage, love and justice today

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Critical Thinking 101

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Hands Off rally/march in PDX had a huge turnout today, with a strong feeling of camaraderie and support for one another. We were walking the middle of the pack, and people were still spilling out of the plaza onto the street when we turned onto Morrison Bridge.

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Backed! They have an ebook bundle reward in case you missed vols 1 and 2…

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Happy Fred Rogers’ Birthday. He would be 97 years old today, and taught generations of kids to be kind to themselves and others.

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How your email finds me

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ACABM: All Cops Are Becoming Mimes

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lil something for tomorrow

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Was extremely offline yesterday and went to a beautiful community singing event where masks were required, and it was so relaxing. Highly recommend.

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Everything is terrible so I want to post about my favorite dude, my Dad, and how he became an organizer in his 80s. My dad is head of the old folks' caucus (their name, not mine!) at church. As their rep, he attends the church elders meetings and he thinks he doesn't say much in those spaces. 1/

submitted 73 days ago • 13 comments

This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument. (Scroll down.)

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If you’ve never heard this song before, do yourself a favor and listen to it right now: open.spotify.com/album/7IO5Hu...

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Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2025! 🎉 This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share! Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106 Here’s our Bluesky search guide: youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE?...

submitted 76 days ago • 15 comments

happy International Day of [banned] and [banned] in Science [under review] from the US

submitted 76 days ago • 19 comments

File under “things writers do not want to think about”: the Blurb Industrial Complex: slate.com/culture/2025...

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The Solace of History or A Meditation on Gloop riverkanning.com/2025/02/05/t...

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A very talented fiber artist, Lori Patterson, created this Middle Passage mitten pattern to celebrate #BlackHistory and now you can get it here: knitty.com/ISSUEw24/PAT...

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“This can still happen anywhere. Not everything is lost.” — Naomi Shihab Nye: poets.org/poem/gate-4

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If you missed our free webinar on "Lessons from Octavia E. Butler and Ray Bradbury on How to Survive the Next Four Years" - check out the replay on this link. (And try to settle in and watch until the end!) And thanks so much for this post @wordinblacknews.bsky.social youtu.be/qZpBSHYtvqw

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Well, food is about to get a lot more expensive, and I manage stress by info-dumping, so I'm gonna share some of the survival strategies I learned spending my first 30 years food-insecure: First: Cooking in large quantities and freezing some for later is more cost-effective than cooking every day

submitted 86 days ago • 114 comments

Here is an interesting adjective quirk that you probably aren’t even aware you are doing. In English, adjectives seem to follow a specific order: opinion - size - age - shape - color - origin - material - purpose - noun

submitted 95 days ago • 21 comments

#amrevising and this is the hard part of writing

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Taking Submissions: Women of the Weird West (April 2025 Window) via @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social horrortree.com/taking-submi... Open Window: April 1-30 2025 Pay: Stories: 10¢/word, Poems: $50, Drabbles: $50 Theme: Weird westerns that are pulpy, unexpected, character-driven stories written by women

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I saw a money-saving tip on tiktok: when you're about to buy something that's not necessary, ask yourself if it's really worth stimulating drumpf's economy, and usually the answer is no. Except books, of course. Books are always necessary (esp queer/bipoc/disabled books so they don't disappear!)

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Just thinking about Matthew 21:12-13. No particular reason.

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With alt-text. The Parable of the Talents is a novel by Octavia Butler. It was published in 1998, a sequel to The Parable of the Sower (1993.) Both were award winning books.

submitted 98 days ago • 6 comments

Spite is a perfectly acceptable motivation for creating art.

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Mary Oliver bringing truth this morning. @maryoliverdaily.bsky.social

submitted 100 days ago • 93 comments

Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

submitted 101 days ago • 766 comments

I didn't know chana dal is just split chickpeas so you can make hummus with it and get that ridiculous fluffy texture without peeling every single fucking bean smittenkitchen.com/2013/01/ethe...

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If only there was some piece of beautiful and relevant fiction that explored how to remain human and build meaningful relationships while resisting evil corporations and corrupt governments

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Gentle reminder that playing is part of the process. This reminder is also for me

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#SomethingBeautiful the three magi, with their crowns on, when there was Only One Bed

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