This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States. Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

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Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

Next week, the Green Party will defend Worcestershire Councillor Hannah Robson in the High Court. The Reform UK candidate is hoping to overturn our election win! Can you help us defend Hannah and democracy from this attack? Please donate if you can 🙏 donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/make-sure-we...

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it. Join us and let's make hope normal again. join.greenparty.org.uk

I'm giving away this signed 1st edition h/b of my new novel (it has a tiny jacket rip which means I wouldn't sell it) to one person who reposts this. You might like it if you like: Folkloric creatures Old records Intricate psychedelic stories The idea of circular time All shares much-appreciated.

Okay that’s amazing

Bonus Monster Month - Trypanohyncha Ocellus from Alien Earth

It’s restorative to finally have a little cry over GOOD politics for once. 💚 @zackpolanski.bsky.social absolutely nails it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxt4...

#MakeHopeNormalAgain GREEN PARTY; LET'S GOOOOO!!!

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet. After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

The Gender Critical have already inundated this survey with their disgusting views on banning trans people from using the ponds. Would be a shame if we inundated with trans positive views on not banning trans people. hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos...

I'm realizing a grim exercise/prompt may be in this ... If others want to share, I'm curious: Why aren't *you* leaving america (yet)? Asking for trans folks in particular, especially those of us on HRT and/or other very directly threatened in terms of our healthcare ... Reposts welcomed. Sigh.

"I'm here to talk about what others won’t. To tell the truth about what makes our country great and what makes it not so great. While others thrive on creating scapegoats, I am here to tell you a different story." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

No need to be 'the one and only." Let's turn our country around together. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Rules are rules

the funny thing about this is folks get RILED UP sayin things like 'if this is true then a painter would be a painter if they never picked up a brush' or 'an actor would be an actor if they never had a role'. YES that is the point. in art the empty space also has meaning. NOT doing also has a shape

If I was an allegedly centrist Prime Minister of the UK who is facing being wiped out by fascists in a few years, I probably wouldn’t be building them infrastructure with which they can track & surveil citizens. But that’s probably just me.

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YAYYYYY!!!!! (I followed this book drama like it was the only show in town and I’m DELIGHTED it’s got a new publisher.) congratulations @sachacoward.bsky.social 🎉

I’ve written to Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper demanding urgent action to ensure the safety of the Global Sumud Flotilla. 52 boats carrying aid and peace activists to Gaza. The UK must act to assure their safety. Israel is committing a genocide. All eyes are on this flotilla.

being anti-fascist is the only moral response to fascism

This is Australia but holy shit

This is absolutely horrific, as per everything else lately.

Suspect this would be incredibly popular with the public, given the absolute shenanigans we had to go through last week to get to work when the buses were on strike.

Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

Just thought we could all use this. Have a great weekend!

of all the things I am not going to buy, this is the thing I am not going to buy the most

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I was only able to be redpilled for like seven minutes at a time, because somebody then had to use the phone

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Neil Postman in Amusing Ourselves To Death and Technopoly makes the point that: It is actively damaging to your mental health to be constantly exposed to/engaged with terrible events that you can take no actions over. It erodes your sense of capacity and your ability to act.

I refer to growing up in the acid rain/ quicksand/impending nuclear conflict era as being "classically trained" in generalized anxiety

Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

read this thread. absolutely chilling. forcibly inserting ICE ads into a podcast, and deliberately manipulating the mechanism through which creators have any control at all over which ads are included. this is horrible

Whatever is going to happen is going to happen whether or not we are scared or brave, anxious or calm. So we might as well show up however we can, the best we can.

Feels mighty odd to get to be delighted about something in politics but here we are!! Huge congratulations to @zackpolanski.bsky.social 🎉

If you're one of the 10 people in my feed who haven't read Vimes' Boot Theory, today's your lucky day 👇

Hey there allies - here’s something you should listen to! 🏳️‍⚧️ 💕

US TRANS FRIENDS: Drop your gofundmes, venmos, whatever ways of supporting you you have, in the replies. Then go make sure you have plans with loved ones to deal with the worst. I love you all. We will get thru it CIS PEOPLE: Go through the replies and donate money to someone. Then reskeet.

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This article just reminded me of this old tweet

Still a week left if you want to support this vital Bristol indie 👇 Donate here: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bookhaus--... @bookhaus.bsky.social

I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote a food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide titled COLOR TASTE TEXTURE, that’s all about finding out what works for specific sensory needs and how to customize food for them. It’s useful for all ages, no cooking experience necessary.

'Vending machine' is really useful, because so many of the words available to describe genAI have inherent implications of 'alive', even if only minimally - 'spit', 'regurgitate', 'hallucinate' etc. I have found this very frustrating. (continues)

A friend told me he had been clearing out his gran’s house. The most amazing thing he’d found was this knitted effigy of the man who had run off and abandoned my friend’s pregnant aunt. Into the effigy had been stuck twenty knitting needles: one for every year since the man had vanished.

Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends: 1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration; 2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you; 3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.