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Pushing back against the spread of hate and fascism in the UK. This fund is being used to put pressure on advertisers and companies to divest from and stop banking GBNews.

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Any locals with flexible working (or a dirty freelance artist like myself) come on down! Time to make transphobes mad about my sign again. 🙌

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Feeling very grumpy about the void here so l've channeled that into a list of weird or weird-ish or weird-adjacent or theoretically-weird collections by Black authors (some of which I’ve read and too many of which I have not)

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"Highly sensitive person" is the new "I'm not autistic it's Aspergers" for a certain demographic and frankly I hate it. (Would be mildly better if they included it under the neurodivergent banner)

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Pro: cycled out to the farm to work there so got some greenery and blue skies and "fresh" air. Con: set off my asthma so now I'm all wheezy and uncomfortable.

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Something often overlooked is that many anti-vaxxers aren't right wing conservatives. Many start out as lefties coming from the perspective of hippies, natural wellbeing etc plus marginalised groups. Often with legit criticisms of the interference of government and capitalism in health care 1

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In his Letter to Themistius, Julian argues that a ruler is not above the law nor a law unto himself, but should be the guardian of the laws handed down by experienced lawgivers. Thinking about this for no reason in particular, of course.

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DENY COMFORT TO THE OPPRESSOR DEFEND THE POOR, THE SICK, AND ALL MARGINALIZED GROUPS DEPOSE THE CAPITALIST OLIGARCHY

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The billionaires can only be stopped by a united working class, and the realisation that we will have to destroy capitalism entirely. We cannot survive the future without smashing the concept of capitalism so firmly that it can never arise again. The time for half measures is long past.

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Octavia Butler was a black female science fiction writer who won several awards for her works, including Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.

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Did you know there's a UK lending library dedicated to books by and about trans and queer people? It's free to join and use, and they will post books anywhere in the UK. Their collection started out focused on academic books on Transgender Studies, out of reach to so many. genderlibrary.co.uk

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I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.

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We protected and defended the Constitution for almost 250 years. And because a Black man was able to become president, white people lost their ever loving minds. They decided if the Constitution leads to power for minorities and women, they didn’t want it anymore. It took less than a month to

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Dear everyone in television. Please stop portraying people with autism as assholes. The thing with people like Sheldon Cooper is that it's not the autism that makes them an asshole, it's being a spoiled, entitled brat. The rest of us are just trying our best.

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This is the worst night of insomnia I've had in ages. Usually I can at least close my eyes and rest and have an unsettled night. But tonight I can't even manage that degree of rest.

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Hey everyone who is motivated to screw up Trump and the republicans in the house - Florida has TWO seats to flip after gaetz and waltz vacated. They have opportunities to phonebank if you’re able. Gay Valimont www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... Joshua Weil www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

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RFK's order to "assess the evidence" of mental health medications is exactly the same sort of credibility-washing bullshit that the UK did with the Cass Review. The findings will be cooked to agree with the freak anti-vaxxer, so they can do "In light of the Cass Review ..." against psych meds.

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My dad introduced me to this song during Trump era 1. He died in 2020 and I'm very sad that it's relevant again. It's such a bittersweet memory to have: that connection with my dad, his values and how important music was to him alongside the deep sadness and despair of what is going on in the world

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WCC Virtual Conference: Embodying Women’s Colonial Experiences February 28, 2025 Full conference info available here! www.wccclassics.org/wcc-virtual-...

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Ok to be more constructive than sarcastic. This is why tech industry has the rubber duck. But it's also why in school and academia we do essays and presentations and stupid research projects. This is how we learn things and figure them out and also how we learn HOW to figure things out.

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Unison is the largest women’s organization in the UK. It has a million women members. The Unison women’s conference just voted for a motion that said; “trans women are women and trans men are men” with no-one speaking against it. Transphobia is a top-down, elite practice.

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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

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Every year we educate. So, share. Save a floof by sharing with pet owners, florists, and folks sending flowers. It is not an over reaction. One small bit of pollen, and kitty is very very sick, fast. On their paws, on their fur, anywhere. Share and educate #cats #adoptdon'tshop

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What a wonderful way of illustrating the issue. I'd love to see a campaign of this. I wonder how authors could do something similar?

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A lot of folks tend to feel like they don't know what they can do for the movement but in reality, there are so many different roles and needs within movement work that there is absolutely a place for everyone. (Shout-out to @thehrtlocker.bsky.social for making this graphic)

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When you’re chronically ill, your baseline is everything. Managing it can be a full time job. Non disabled people can’t understand how hard we work to ration energy, avoid infections & minimize setbacks. Even when you do everything “right”, progress can be wiped out in an instant 🧵

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This song always gets me in the feels "Oh, sing a song of joy Sweet childhood, never desert me Time for celebration, Oh! Overcome with a sense of elation I'll never let you get to me Survival is my victory Time for celebration, Oh! Overcome with a sense of elation" youtu.be/FDQ8Iv2By_A?...

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Tesla's stock is ridiculously overvalued, and even a modest consumer boycott could tank the company, which accounts for the majority of Elon Musk's wealth. The divestment movement weakened apartheid South Africa. Let's do that again. slate.com/business/202...

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Love it when you do a second draft and the word count goes up. And up. Word limits? Who needs word limits?!

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