I seriously have become the Jack of all Trades at my company, because now I'm basically our main IT person there, even though I have no training. I'm the one they seem to turn to if there's any troubleshooting that we need.

Don't get me wrong. I still love Veggie Tales even though I'm an atheist now. But you have to admit it's really creepy the way they chose to tell the story of David and Bathsheba is to equate Bathsheba to... a rubber ducky. Granted, women were treated like property in those stories...

Same for any type of service work, like food or hospitality. I've never worked in those industries, but I know people who have and hear their horror stories. I try my best to not be the reason someone has a bad day. It isn't hard to be kind. And hey, maybe you'll actually make someone's day!

I just found out my mom had no clue just how many Conservative men absolutely hate cats. She helps with cat rescue and has a bunch of cats of her own. She somehow didn't realize until co-hosts on FOX complained. Of course they hate cats! Cats have clear boundaries and care about consent!

Every time I see a call to celebrate America's 250th anniversary coming up, it makes me feel like I've been invited to a racist uncle's birthday and no, I will not be celebrating something so bigoted. Thanks. Y'all have fun. I don't want any part in that celebration.

I needed a portrait orientation photo turned into a landscape photo for work, and I refuse to use a generative AI to extend it. So I took out the old trusty Clone Stamp Tool! It actually turned out decent, if I do say so myself. It was a lot of bushes in the background which helped.

Hi. I'm an autistic person. I pay taxes. I have a job that I got soon after graduating college that I was on the President Honor Roll the whole time I attended. I've played soccer and tennis. I've created works of art that have won prizes at competitions. RFK Jr. is a piece of shit who fearmongers.

If politicians really want to “save childhood,” they can start by ensuring every child has three meals a day, a safe place to sleep, and safe access to education. Banning social media does nothing to help kids who don’t have basic resources.

As someone who grew up Evangelical, they think they can indoctrinate their children to be cis/het. I'm living proof that's not true. But they also think if their children even hear mention of LGBTQIA+ people, it will "turn them gay/trans." They want to prevent that, even though it's not how it works

Onions and raw tomatoes. For some reason, tomatoes cooked in things is usually okay. I just can't stand raw tomatoes on burgers, sandwiches, salads, etc. Drink wise, it would be any kind of alcohol. I've tried a few and none of them tasted good, so I just don't drink them.

At 16 in the UK, you can join the military and risk losing your life, but you can't watch a YouTube video. But sure, this is all to "protect children." Give me a break.

The reason the government are doing absurd and unworkable bans, rather than regulating the platforms, is that this way it enables the fascist white supremacist billionaires who own these platforms to put much more surveillance slop into everyone's phones.

Sheesh... I know we have our own fair share of authoritarianism and fascism in the States. But the UK isn't in much better shape, is it? Why is the world going mad? It's not just us. I'm worried for the people I care about in the UK, too. This is crazy. So much blatant overreach.

Seriously. I was just thinking today how Conservative comedy basically boils down to talking about how much they hate minority groups and just pointing out that they exist. The other thing is they don't actually care about the joke itself. People being hurt by their words is what they find funny.

In honour of the white house UFC fight tonight, we watched Idiocracy. Ya know what? Camacho is a way better president than Trump.

Trump has been alive for nearly a third of America's existence. Dude is OLD AF.

I went out of my room to get dinner started for myself, and I see my roommate watching the freaking UFC fight tonight. And right as I was walking back to my room, one of the fighters is just completely brown nosing to Trump the entire time. 🤮 How anyone finds this entertaining is beyond me. Gross.

I'm not a sports person at all. I don't watch sports. Don't care for sports. Don't even really understand sports. I'm just happy to see so many people happy after yesterday's Knicks game. I may not understand it, but joy is joy. We need that so desperately right now. I'm glad for your celebration!

Your reminder that fairy tales are full of stepmothers because women once routinely died in childbirth, from postpartum sepsis, or from other infectious diseases and left behind housefuls of motherless children. Stable nuclear families are made possible by vaccines, antibiotics, and safe abortions.

I just had a thought. I don't know about other pro-trans people, but I see myself as a brain with a body. My body is my brain/mind's vehicle. But I suspect anti-trans people see it more like they have a body with a brain. That the body is more important. But, to me, the brain is who I am.

Next week, I'm transitioning from going to the office a few days a week to working from home exclusively as I'm taking on more graphic design responsibilities. I just stopped by the bank I dropped my company's deposits off to say goodbye to the tellers there, and they were devastated to learn this.

This is so cool! If you like Connections, this is similar.

I wish every billionaire, and now trillionaire, the day they deserve. I'm of firm belief that if you have amassed enough money to become a billionaire, you have failed morally. I wish everything on Musk he wishes on marginalized people.

live your life in such a way that the entire world isn’t waiting to see your accursed name pried off every building

Good thread overall, and the reason why I will never, ever, ever embrace conservatism is because when conservatives learn that science (and by extension empirical reality) does not support their values and beliefs, their response is to attempt to destroy all human knowledge

It continues to amaze me that the people who openly voted for a lying sexual predator who wants to harm people and was friends with a pedo think they have some better understanding about morality and want to argue with Leftists about it. Sorry, I've seen your morals. I don't want them.

I'm glad he's speaking up. My dad died of breast cancer a few years ago and it took him within a few months of finding out because it was already far along when they finally discovered it. Cis men can get breast cancer. It may be rare, but it can happen. We need to stop gendering it.

I have been wondering if I align more with agender than just non-binary as an umbrella term. I'm still processing that, but I'm honestly kind of apathetic towards my own gender, if I even have one. But it would be funny if I am, because it's just one more "A" word to describe me. ...

"I'd rather be hated for who I am than liked for who I am not." ~ Forrest Valkai

The core thing people need to understand, and I mean really internalize, is that children are people. Whole people, not “in progress”. Not property of their parents, not property of the state, but belonging wholly and completely to themselves.

“yeah i can tell it was AI generated. how? just vibes, yeah. it has that certain gen-AI sais quoi”

"If Lesbians drive Subarus, what kind of car does a Non-Binary person drive? They don't care as long as it gets them/their"

men, lemme tell you one really good thing about breaking free of toxic masculinity: you can admit you like cute things, even squee over them. Your life can improve vastly via the Squee.

Again: They've had decades, unlimited funds and access to all the power in the world and this is genuinely all they've got They don't have a definition of sex, they can't tell you how it would work, they don't care who they'll hurt, they don't know ANYTHING

A major component of the EHRC expecting “trans people to simply follow The Rules” is that it explicitly positions trans people as illegal transgressors by continuing our lives as we were

If all they have on him is that he isn't super buff and manly, then it's honestly pathetic. And it's especially pathetic hearing Cruz of all people complain about the masculinity of someone else. Have you looked in a mirror, sir? You aren't the peak of masculinity yourself.

Facts.

I would once again like to stress to the world that "gender reassignment surgery for minors" is not a thing that happens, ever at all. Saying you oppose "gender reassignment surgery for minors" with this level of seriousness is the same as saying "I oppose unicorns riding bicycles." It's not real!

This reminds me when I was still on Twitter talking to TERFs. This one lady said there are no trans people in Afghanistan, and I tried to explain to her there most likely are, they just aren't safe to come out or transition. Then I realized... that's what they want everywhere. Cruelty is the point.

I have this radical view that women and children are autonomous human beings, not objects.

The people who call us easily offended snowflakes are themselves offended by *checks notes* the color purple. Hate to break it to JT, but purple is not a color in the trans flag. It is a color in the bi flag. But not all bi people are trans. It's so silly. Imagine being offended by colors!

My mom recently told me she saw someone on Facebook talk about their detransition, and so I obviously had some preconceived ideas what she may have stumbled across. Turns out, she meant to say "deconstruction" in regards to Christianity. 😆 Those are VERY different things!

Ah, yes... a woman's shirt with "he/him" on it. Wonderful. Now all trans men can be reminded you still see them as women. Walmart... I'm not even sure you tried. I know rainbow capitalism is stupid and shallow. But the fact so many companies aren't even bothering says a lot in our current climate.

My dad, a cis man, died of breast cancer. Trans women are way more likely to get breast cancer than cis men. They need screenings and treatment. This will blatantly get many trans women killed. I mean, seriously. Why gender deadly health issues unnecessarily? Just for the cruelty. That's why.

Hey if a dude in your life is trying to argue that what Platner did is not a big deal and that most men do it, actually, they are telling on themselves and you need to lose them from your life as soon as you can.

I ended up having to help one of my older co-workers because she had a fake phishing window come up trying to get her Microsoft account information. I'm just glad she called me to go over it because we got it resolved before it got worse. I just hate how people try to take advantage of others. 😠

In my experience, the people who didn't think it would get this bad still think everything is okay and refuse to acknowledge the harm they helped vote in. *sigh* But I saw how bad he was 10 years ago. How they continue to not see it is beyond me.