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“I liked your content before you started bringing politics into it” First: don’t care. Second: The only people saying this are the same ones that voted for this mess in the first place and quite frankly I don’t give a shit about what they have to say. Third: your cyber truck is dumb af

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Please please ALT TEXT YOUR IMAGES. I'm seeing so many cool things lately that I can't share because they don't have alt text. If you want your art, your screenshots, your message to get to a wider audience on here, the simple action of writing alt text for it will help.

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'No Other Land', which chronicles settler violence and the Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank, won the Oscar for best documentary. We look at why the win is significant aje.io/ewi7jt

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RFK Jr. said in his Fox News OpEd that “Good nutrition remains a best defense against most chronic and infectious illnesses”. The best diet in the world will not prevent infection if you are unvaccinated and sharing air with someone who has measles.

submitted 2 days ago • 226 comments

Podcast I'm listening to and the host just said when Covid ended. For fucks sake, the lockdowns and the precautions to halt the spread ended. Covids still here, will probably be forever, because only a small group protect themselves or try not to spread it. So tired of this shit. 🤬

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Several Arab nations and rights organisations have condemned Israel’s decision to halt aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip, calling it a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement and international law by using starvation as a weapon.

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

Alt text, people. Use. Alt. Text. I have stopped reposting things if there is no alt text. Unless you are happy saying you don't think people who need alt text deserve to be as well informed as everybody else, use alt text. Thanks.

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

This is your occasional reminder that when Alexander Graham Bell (born #onthisday in 1847) invented the telephone, he suggested it be answered with the phrase 'ahoy-hoy.' Which is exactly what we say in #Orkney whenever we sail past the island of Hoy.

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

Throw away gaslighting doctors and keep the good ones #gaslightingdoctor #doctormemes #chronicillnessmemes

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

It’s Disability Day of Mourning. With all of the everything, it’s quieter this year, but filicide will be a more common problem than ever as resources are withdrawn. That’s intentional. disability-memorial.org

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

I’m just not sure I agree that we owe Wayne Gretzky a lifetime of deference because he scored a lot of goals a long time ago!

submitted 4 days ago • 129 comments

People are always so surprised when my chronic illnesses make me chronically ill

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.

submitted 5 days ago • 68 comments

Really feels hollow seeing people posting "Stand together in solidarity with people around the world in this economic blackout" image calls to action without ALT Text. Accessibility is basic solidarity. It's the LEAST you can do. Now do better, people.

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

TODAY. ONE DAY ONLY. Don't buy anything today if you can--wait until tomorrow (or if you must, buy from a small business and use cash). Send a message. 👇👇👇

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

New book by RFK Jr, a sequel to his first book, The Very Hungry Brain Caterpillar.

submitted 6 days ago • 360 comments

I would have hated being a woman before the mid-20th century, and yet I dream of sitting by an open window embroidering all day.

submitted 6 days ago • 9 comments

BREAKING: Ontario has lost the 2025 provincial election

submitted 6 days ago • 29 comments

USB-C: 🚀 we created one cable to replace all! 🤖 oh ya each cable charges at a different speed, and others do data, there's also thunderbolt! and don't forget video... ⁉️ tell them apart? no they all look exactly the same! even your computer can't tell you the difference! isn't that great!

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Hamas has called on the international community to put pressure on Israel “to immediately enter the second phase of [the Gaza ceasefire agreement] without any delay or hesitation”. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

Why is "How It's Made" the greatest show on TV? Making a shoe? I'm into it. Tuba? Show me more. Swiss army knife? Whoa!

submitted 6 days ago • 33 comments

36% of all banned books contain a character or a real person of color. But sure, this is about protecting the children. people.com/sex-claims-e...

submitted 6 days ago • 183 comments

“I had no idea it was THIS bad!” We’ve all heard this from a friend or family member who becomes chronically ill. Despite watching us suffer for years, they never understand until it happens to them. Please listen to disabled people. It IS that bad. Protect your health. There’s no do overs.

submitted 7 days ago • 15 comments

“You’re terminated because…?” Fired federal employees are telling their stories—no deep state, just career public servants tossed aside. DOGE’s mass firings aren’t about efficiency—they’re gutting expertise, wrecking lives, and calling it “reform.”

submitted 8 days ago • 684 comments

Watch this. Share this. Demand more reporting like this.

submitted 7 days ago • 24 comments

Israel just went to war with Syria. Didn't know about it? That's because it got barely any media coverage. Why? New post 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/israel-jus...

submitted 7 days ago • 29 comments

There are no proven benefits to raw feeding yet plenty of serious, well-documented risks. It has never been a good idea but ESPECIALLY NOW. washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/two-w...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

I love leaving voice mails for my senators where I say things like "the USPS is very important to our country" as if I'm helping a small child with a book report or describing our civilization to an alien

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

💥 BREAKING: At Apple's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders today, proposal entitled “Request to Cease DEI Efforts" is rejected by shareholders. Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.

submitted 8 days ago • 687 comments

Alberta announces two 150-bed centres where people will be held against their will for treatment.

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Israeli forces barred forcibly displaced Palestinians from returning to their homes in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank. 🔴 LIVE updates:

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I couldn’t have freelanced without the ready availability of Joann. This is kind of a death rattle for certain kinds of crafts. Most of the independent fabric stores near me either shut down or went specialty, usually quilting. From a costuming perspective, where were you gonna find velvet?

submitted 9 days ago • 20 comments

silver lining of our deteriorating relationship with the US is it's the perfect opportunity for Canadian provinces to finally break from Daylight Saving Time — no need for BC to wait for Washington, Oregon and California to get on board

submitted 8 days ago • 8 comments

Ford government increased funding to a for-profit hospital by 278%, paying them double the cost per surgery than our local public hospitals -- paid for by our public money. Look at the record and please consider health care when you vote. www.StopForProfitHealthCare.ca

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

A lot of big breaking news stories involve visuals, such as timelines of events, photos, memes, and screen shots. All of those images need alt text. All of them. Don't leave out people who use screen readers.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Israel will not allow the new Syrian government’s military forces to operate in territory south of Syria’s capital Damascus, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has warned ⤵️

submitted 10 days ago • 37 comments

(CNBC) - The Trump administration’s purge of federal workers may ultimately amount to the biggest job cut in U.S. history, which is likely to have ramifications for the economy, especially at the local level, according to economists. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/23/h...

submitted 10 days ago • 167 comments

You mean he’s not lowering egg prices and instead is putting us into an economic depression? The same guy who Nobel laureates in economics warned us would be terrible for the economy? No way

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Hamas has paused ceasefire talks until Israel releases 620 Palestinian prisoners, initially scheduled for release on Saturday. This comes as Israeli tanks enter the occupied West Bank for the first time in over 20 years. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: https://aje.io/hi4ilp

submitted 10 days ago • 8 comments

Elon, I hate to break it to you but you aren’t my boss. I answer to the people of Minnesota. But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies

submitted 10 days ago • 670 comments

Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

submitted 11 days ago • 108 comments

Updated version. H/t to @ladyscorcher.bsky.social

submitted 11 days ago • 7 comments

Hamas says Israel's “failure to comply with the release of the seventh batch of prisoners in the exchange deal at the agreed-upon time constitutes a blatant violation” of the Gaza ceasefire agreement. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dwcxlp

submitted 11 days ago • 16 comments

#chronicillness #chronicillnesscommunity #chronicillnessmemes #spoonie #spooniesky #fibromyalgia

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Fired federal workers share the crucial jobs no longer being done Six people describe what they were doing to benefit public health, safety and the environment www.sciencenews.org/article/fire...

submitted 11 days ago • 133 comments