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Marxist. If you've found me from somewhere else, turn around. ✔️Co-ops, grassroots democracy, progressives, and solidarity economy 🚫Capitalists, con artists, cultists, grifters, accelerationists, and nihilists I also code in C.
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Also I had a short convo with a younger comrade last week who took the leap to apply to join a local community board and he wasn't selected to join. However, he took initiative and this is not the last word. I just want to encourage people especially young people not to be dissuaded. Keep going.

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Honestly, me too.

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Major good news for my transmasculine readers. The Washington State Democrats have informed me that the bill will cover 6-month supply stockpiles of testosterone as well. They were unable to get 12-month supply stockpiles due to its controlled status, but it WAS upgraded from 3 to 6 months.

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“I really wanted to comment on this odd Euro colonialist narrative that exists on the web and black peoples position within that narrative. I mean, there are browsers called Explorer and Navigator that take you to explore the Amazon or trade in the eBay. It's all just too blatant to ignore." Real.

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NEW: In a landmark ruling, Michigan's supreme court has struck down mandatory life without parole sentences for youth up to age 21. What this means: Nearly 600 Michiganders who expected to die in prison will now get a shot at a different outcome. I took a few days to write about what's next:

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"The agreement includes meaningful raises, smaller class sizes, and more classroom resources, but it also codifies some of the most comprehensive LGBTQ+ protections ever included in a public school labor deal." Check out "bargaining for the common good" www.advocate.com/news/chicago...

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Ain’t no fun when the rabbit got the gun

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This Day in Labor History: April 17, 1937. Tobacco workers in Richmond, Virginia went on strike in what became pioneering civil rights labor organizing in the South, laying the groundwork for the rise of the Black labor struggle after World War II. Let's talk about this little known action!!!

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As the Trump admin fights to deport students who support Palestinians, dozens more face extreme charges in local courts. In just five jurisdictions, prosecutors have filed 187 charges against 66 protesters—including alleged hate crimes on cops, mob action, and attempted ethnic intimidation.

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As an attorney who has often travelled long distances to meet with prisoners held in some pretty terrible American prisons, I can say with some authority: it means an awful lot to prisoners when they can look you in the eye and see you fighting for them.

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plenty of cultures value children, but the US is unique in valuing the *idea* of children while enabling violence against actual kids and keeping them in privation at every turn

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violence against women and children is just fundamentally unserious in the eyes of this country's authorities

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1. Great news. Yesterday, Planned Parenthood of Arizona restarted gender affirming care for transgender adults. This decision comes after widespread public outcry at a "pause," which was seen as overcompliance with Trump threats. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Intersex whale alert!!! nautil.us/discovering-...

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quick update is now up with a feature request that took way too long for me to do: - you can now filter out text-only posts in any column which means: you're now able to make media-only, link-only, quote-only, video-only columns without any text-only posts

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Extremely devastating news for transgender people in the United Kingdom. So much of what we face in the United States has shared roots in that country, and this Supreme Court decision there will make people far less free. Crackdowns on trans people are international, not limited to borders.

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Jessica makes a great point. Now is a good time to know whether your state or locality has a 287(g) agreement with ICE. My county finally got rid of the 287(g) agreement after 2 decades of organizing. Is your candidate for state legislator, governor, or sheriff running to abolish 287(g) agreements?

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between this and the Tesla autopilot driving straight into a fake picture of a tunnel this is a HUGE month for Looney Tunes fans

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4chan getting hacked and exposed was something that would have been very useful nine years ago.

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"As the South goes, so goes the Nation." —W. E. B. Du Bois

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If you’re in my notifications pushing the lie that MeToo drove false allegations or took “due process” away from men I will block you. That is Andrew Tate manosphere garbage and you know it. “Due process” has never existed for victims.

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Really feeling for all lawyer comrades right now especially those in immigration law. Thanks for your zealous advocacy.

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it is interesting how this was totally an elite fabrication. trans rights were on the path to general acceptance on the gay marriage coattails but nearly our entire elite culture including elite liberals decided to run a multi-year op against a tiny minority

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for anyone with a viral post flooding your notifications, deck.blue can help 👇

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One positive observation about here is the lack of crypto accounts disseminating right-wing propaganda and rage bait en masse.

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this is an unsurprisingly good piece because miles does reliably excellent work and a thing that does not escape my notice is that when @rollingstone.com has conversations about trans people & trans issues, they have them *with* trans people or have trans writers lead them.

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For your mental health I present: Plum’s paws

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Happy to help. Nothing happened. Everyone pretended like it didn't happen. It's almost entirely gone. Horizon World somehow exists. $45bn basically disappeared into a black hole owed to "lack of a clear vision and mismanagement." Who knows what happened! finance.yahoo.com/news/metas-r...

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Stay dangerous.

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1. A Florida teacher has been fired because she used a transgender student's name. But now, her community is rallying around her and fighting for her to keep her job. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our reporting.

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I see Ed Case's name on here. 2000s decade progressives continuously warned about him. 🙃

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Bluesky’s app and site can be tricky to navigate during chats—try Deck.blue! It’s free and works like TweetDeck. @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social and I use it to keep up, and we even pay a little to schedule posts. Give it a shot for an easier #TLSkyChat experience!

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📢 App Version 1.100 is rolling out now (1/2) Chat reactions are here! You can now respond to chat messages (aka “direct messages”) with an emoji ❤️

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I've just been told that John Young of Cryptome.org passed away last week. #Cryptome was foundational, and a predecessor to organizations like @ddosecrets.com and #Wikileaks. RIP, John.

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BREAKING: Egg prices are once again at a record high. apnews.com/article/egg-...

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He is one of the co-founders of Deepmind. He was hired at Google as VP of "ethics" or something also when @mmitchell.bsky.social and I were there. We had a few words to say about that & course we got fired too. He's wrote a book on "AI" that's apparently a best seller. Probably on "ethics" & such.

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Worth noting that this passed by one vote and two Democratic congresspeople have died in office in the last six weeks.

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Zooey is doing WORK in Montana and teaching everyone several lessons: 1) You can stand on your values as a Democrat and not harm trans people. 2) Doing so can actually move hearts and minds in a traditionally conservative state. 3) There is value in having representation in our halls of power.

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ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship. Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.

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BREAKING: Becoming the first county in the nation to move forward, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors UNANIMOUSLY PASSES referral for a study of independent Know-Your-Rights training for fast food workers.

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