@maiforus.bsky.social it was great hearing from you on the @workingfamilies.org mass call tonight! not in your district but i'm watching the race and hope you win!

just listened to another @workingfamilies.org mass call always great to listen to @ashdashlee.bsky.social -- so inspiring. if you're not a member, i recommend looking into them and the work they're doing. two party system is broken and it will take work to make needed changes workingfamilies.org

conversation that just happened with the almost 10 year old: C: what's the meaning of life? me: 42 C: besides that? me: that's all i've got

please go comment on this

changing views from awful to good is a good thing but it doesn't mean you should be seen as a good person & conflated over someone who has been working hard with better views we need to hold all political figures to a high standard. period. not "good enough" not "slightly better than Person X"

this is horrific

looking at you, letitia james. (if you too are looking at letitia james & you live in NY state & would like to tell her to enforce the state constitution & force nyu langone and mount sinai to restore care for trans youth, try the link below)

we could have amazing lives filled with joy and wonder.

this is an incredibly important distinction

🩶 "The court declares that the rights of trans kids cannot be sacrificed in exchange for funding and tells CHC to sue Trump instead."

hoping the people i know/follow that are following him are in this camp.

please help if you can!

i'm very glad to only have a four-day workweek

Imagine using $1.7 billion to address hunger, housing, education, and medical care. Imagine using $1.7 billion to address the wage gap and the lack of resources for survivors of violence and abuse. We should never look at these ideas as too radical or impossible again.

SEIZE JOY FROM THE JAWS OF PAIN. HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH WATER TODAY?

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!!! so glad you did because i missed it the first time around. @usmantm.bsky.social is an incredible author and human. very excited to see this.

The worst thing you can do in response to a feint is overcommit to it, and stop paying attention to how the enemy is moving. The second worst thing you can do in response to a feint is to ignore it, because while you're busy protecting your core, they'll kill you with a hundred cuts to your limbs.

"There are no disposable people."

"So we should jump at every shadow?" We should protect vulnerable people. We can do that by putting up a fierce defense - or by maneuvering out from under the attack. Choosing where to spend our scarce energy or resources is valid - but deciding that vulnerable folks should just take the hit isn't.

this is shameful

fun!

If you appreciate the trip down 8-bit memory lane and want to help support my hosting and development costs, I'd appreciate a tip! Thanks!

i think every person who makes over $100,000 (where that is actually a reasonable wage vs cost of living) who gives an AI agent access to their bank account should automatically be required to give $20K or a regular sum of money to those below the poverty level. or some such setup.

it's peanut butter horchata (making) time!

This week on LLWD, @jamesstout.bsky.social talks with Eva, the director of cyber security for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. They discuss smart phones, and what you can do to be more safe on them. The EFF can be found at: EFF.org live-like-the-world-is-dying.pinecast.co/episode/bea0...

trans people deserve to live, freely and openly and safely and unconditionally

We can and must do better is a good motto to apply to politics and to life.

For my newsletter, I wrote about the killing of Juniper Blessing and ruminated on who the media thinks deserves attention in death. Friday newsletters are usually paywalled, but I have made the mini-essay portion of this post free to all: www.burnsnotice.com/her-name-was...

1 million percent this.

what are some of the best Switch 2 games? especially those of the couch co-op variety for 2 to 4 players

Here's a list of Democrats you should never trust or vote for again. The idea of criminalizing bail funds is so unbelievably anti-democratic that it should be enough to force these dirtbags to resign immediately.

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You can become disabled in an instant. People think those of us who are sick did “something” to deserve it. We didn’t. The just world fallacy is a lie. It just takes one illness, accident or stroke of bad luck to forever change your life. Disability is not a moral failing.

wait a minute. book ban with mandatory destruction?? ignorance and fear are no way to live, let alone legislate.

i am once again reminding people about the California flag

People will be like ‘Bluesky is all academics & historians’ & I’ll be like, ‘You mean the people who enthusiastically tell me the coolest shit I ever heard?????’

this is horrific.

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Black athletes should refuse to play in TN. Athletes on the Grizzlies, the Titans, as well as the college teams! The University of TN, Vanderbilt, and Memphis college players should also refuse to play! SHUT IT DOWN!! There are 7 HBCU’s in TN. Black athletes should pick one and go there!

How are Californians going to be protected from this? @schiffgovernor.ca @repmarkdesaulnier.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov @robbonta.bsky.social @caworkingfamilies.bsky.social

shameful

this is terrifying

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or human life

i needed this. sharing in case you do, too. 🌱

taking a moment to be stressed and upset for not having needed tools and resources sooner, and then, doing what i need to as a result since i do now have them.

⚠️ ICE/DHS is creating a humanitarian and public health crisis by concentrating people into camps in inhumane conditions Find out about ICE in your area: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/take-action/... Find an org near you that’s fighting back: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/membership/d... 🚫 🧊

i don't take kindly to a TN representative saying i deserve capital punishment for taking care of my child. will never stop being grateful for no longer living in that state.

well done, muna "We give kids in Palestine PTSD But we'll never fucking ever give them something to eat" big stick