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“Wait we are still going to have to work in socialism” girl there is 8 billion people on this planet and we need to stop climate change

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When someone tells you they have a hidden disability (like autism/adhd) and your 1st thought is that they don't look like they have that disability... the correct response is not to question if they have the disability but rather to question your understanding of it. That is all.

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JFK was 43 when he became president! We don't have to keep electing people in their 70s!

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Imagine the sickest you’ve ever been and how you couldn’t wait to get “back to normal”. Now imagine knowing that “normal” was never coming back. That your acute illness has become your permanent baseline. That’s life with chronic illness. There is no “better”.

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Eugenics & fascism go hand in hand. White supremacists don’t want disabled people around. We remind them of their fragility. We question their supremacy. Stand up for disabled people. Fight mask bans, Medicaid & Medicare cuts. Wear a mask. It’s one of the most powerful things you can do.

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The leopards are eating faces, and people who were only told by everyone alive on Earth that that would happen are steamed about it They were railroaded! Yes—everyone on Earth told them this would happen—but what about all the people on Mars, Venus and Proxima Centuri! Why did they hide the truth!

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And to Vance's demand that "populist" (read: Fascist, Nazi) viewpoint should be allowed in Germany, I only have to say this: You can not implement an element, fascism, into a process, democracy, that seeks to end this same process. Nobody knows that better than the Germans.

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If we stop paying attention we let them win. If we give up hope we let them win. If we become paralyzed by fear or anger we let them win. If we stop caring we let them win. We WILL NOT let them win!

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the rage I felt reading this as the parent of a disabled 14yo

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Both my parents died of cancer. My birth mother and my adoptive father. I could not IMAGINE them going through cancer in a world like this. Especially my father. I mean these piece of shit doctors wont even wear masks on the oncology ward anymore per alot of patients.

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When someone says any variety of “if you fight back they’ll authoritarian crack down you” I always wonder what they think is going to happen if we don’t fight back

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learn about the Black Panther Party free breakfast program learn about the Zapatista uprising learn about Jane learn about the Kensington Welfare Rights Union learn about STAR learn about Act Up learn about the Battle of Blair Mountain learn about the Spanish Civil War we are not the first

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If I was gonna have kids, they’d be homeschooled. I hope more Black people continue to homeschool their children. Because our children are being deprived of a good education and being taught hateful lies and nonsense

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They say that all that’s needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. So today, do something. Help a stranger. Buy someone coffee or a meal. Donate to mutual aid. Elevate marginalized voices. Give to a community library or fridge. Learn something. Wear a mask. Practice community care.

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Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990. One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS. #LGBTplusHistoryMonth

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You cannot determine whether you saved or cost money based solely on one side of the ledger. Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.

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The NYT has always been the vanguard of empire, and has always been on the wrong side of history. The world would be better if it simply didn’t exist.

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Vaccine refusal does not only harm the unvaccinated person. Infectious disease can spread to infants too young to be vaccinated, the elderly, and people with immunosuppression. Worse, as a pathogen spreads, more infections means more chances for mutations that allow the pathogen to evade vaccines.

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With all the uncertainty around public health in the U.S., now is a great time to wear a good mask like an N95. They’re not just for Covid! A respirator can help you avoid flu, colds, measles, TB and more. It’s a powerful act of solidarity and resistance. It’s a sign of community care.

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You'd never know it reading basically any political commentary being offered now, but a year ago, a Marist poll found that 66% of Americans — including nearly half of non-college white men — supported mandatory DEI training. It's reliably polled well. thehill.com/blogs/blog-b...

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I know I’ve said this a lot but I really mean it- the way in which institutions fought against anyone speaking about Palestine was foreshadowing.

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Dying isn’t what terrifies me. It’s living in the same fear and bondage my parents grew up in. Or worse. What their parents grew up in.

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No fights are the wrong fight to pick. Pick every fight. Fight these fascist fuckers every time about everything. Fight them even when they aren't fighting. If they run away, chase them and keep fighting them until they beg to stop and then fight even harder.

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It's shocking how proud people are to proclaim their cowardice right now. "We have no leverage what can we do?!" "We want to keep our press credentials or it will just be 'his' people in there!" "The center is holding, relax!" "We at the 'serious' news orgs feel no need to rock the boat."

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Because you only pay attention to what you're fed

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