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oh look now he's actively choosing to veto bills, not just passively signing what the legislature sends him but actively CHOOSING to OPPOSE otherwise-passed trans friendly legislation nobody better ever tell me again newsom has anything but disdain for trans people

Yes, this strategy of partial support on LGBTQ issues ("let the states decide") is why Romney was so successful in 2012. Obama going for full support of gay marriage in betrayal of his first term was comparably suicidal. As we know 2012 was a disaster for the dems and why they had to pivot right 😔

People should be REALLY scared by this, it's normalising refusing healthcare to a section of the community for entirely ideological reasons with absolutely no medical reason

do yourself a favor folks, if you're 26 or younger, make a plan to dodge the draft. it's not making the problem about you -- the child you don't go overseas to kill will thank you for it in fact. and if it doesn't come to pass, better to have a plan and not need it than need it and not have it

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce passed the Kids Act, a mix of KOSA, Screen Act, and several other ID/facescan verification bills. There is still time before a final vote in the House, as well as a Senate version. Please use this link to call your Senators and Representatives to vote no.

Something I've found ironic about people pushing AI on artists specifically is the fact that every artist I know not employed by the industry has tried to ween themselves off adobe products since creative cloud-an ACTUAL industry standard-because the fact adobe could fuck shit up on their end.

i for one am shocked that the "i go in the pool to cool down, why can't my phone?" guy is bad at programming and offloading his job to the anthropic api

Only thing I disagree with the fact check is the “criticizing Microsoft as “Microslop” while spreading fake AI slop cannot go hand in hand”. In actuality this is all more the reason to criticize MS even harder for pushing LLM’s because this is a clear example of how damaging they are, even to MS.

Bro, ICE is still here kidnapping people, now they’ve even got transit vans advertising fake companies.

and you're just saying that out loud, huh

I have never seen a more repulsive concept for an OS in the history of modern computing.

What's scary about this story is the surveillance it hints at. This trans woman had changed her name, legally, but chose not to change her gender marker. She was apparently flagged in the DMV system as trans and her license was invalidated under a law that supposedly only concerned gender markers.

Wow...

“If you want to know how it feels to have slaves, in the modern world – and not be blamed openly for this desire – visit Dubai.” newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

TN is considering a new bill that allows parents to sue large platforms that allow "material harmful to minors"— including sculpture, drawings, photos, music or video games— that describe or depict nudity, sex or "excessive violence" The censorship that started with "porn" is coming for everything.

When Putin needed pretext for creating "The Red Web", Russia's authoritarian system of online censorship that effectively bans LGBTQ speech, he did it through the EXACT same moral panic about social media and kids that liberals and many leftists are spreading today.

The OP is so wicked. Intentionally posting that and trying to flip auntie's stance. Then hiding certain replies...Shame on this account. (Shame on everybody that took the bait too low-key) Put the pitchforks down yall

this one fucked me up so much. guy turns his life around after a drug conviction, becomes a happy, beloved, pet rescuing houseboat dad who undersells his mechanic services so poor folks can afford them. ICE grabs him one day out of the hospital for heart problems which then kill him. horrifying

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I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds. I support neither imperialism or dictatorship. Sahar Delijani said it best:

There were def people in Washington who advised Trump not to do this, basically saying, "hes 90, hes had cancer twice, hes going to die soon anyway. Dont make him a martyr for the cause". He didnt listen.

Thread from last night. I live in KS. It is a state with a small population (just under 3 million). There is a vibrant LGBTQIA+ life here, but resources can be scarce, and a lot of awfulness happened quickly. I will be adding to the thread when I have more information.

I wonder how all the ai bros who switched to claude the last few days over the contract feel about this lmao

Have people not considered that the reason the posts are about the dems is because anger posting about the gop is difficult to not say something that will get you arrested The gop complaint posts get reworded 10x and deleted in frustration for... reasons.

Remember when there were forms of humor other than "gallows?"

This is disgusting. Rationalizing the bombing of a school that reportedly killed 108 girls. But since she asked, "Currently, 161 public schools operate on military installations across the United States." www.militaryonesource.mil/education-em...

it would mean a lot to me if anyone living in canada can sign this petition

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it

H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban all my books, & any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps & say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

only the greens can stop reform, a vote for labour is utterly wasted right now, they are collapsing everywhere

fleeing isn't an option for a majority of people in unsafe locations for a variety of reasons (including but not limited to jobs, money, etc.). here's an organization for my state. please consider supporting the trans folks in your state who can't leave, too. transtexas.org

I think the bigger story here is how white privilege makes it easier to move, whereas those of us being targeted by ICE can’t afford to move. And even if we have the means to move, we still have to justify our moving at customs.

I followed a bunch of people during Trump's first term who were fighting back. Most of them did some sort it outreach in 2020. Shit like organizing to drive people to polls. None of them were doing that in 2024 because they were busy with stuff like Gaza charity work already.

If the DMV said “you have one year to get a new license; here’s how to do it for free” it would still be shitty and discriminatory. But to have your license invalidated OVERNIGHT is absolutely malicious.

I've said it before & I'll say it again: Sex markers on legal documents should've been abolished in any given country when women were supposedly given rights. The only reason to denote someone's gender on legal documents is if one or more genders are meant to classify as second-class citizens.

A huge problem is that this is the first skeet I've seen on my timeline this morning to reference HR7661 as something other than "this bill". People cannot contact their reps about "this bill" - they need the number. Anyway here's a handy script if you don't know what to say when you call.

I wrote this comic 2 years ago. I was terrified when I wrote it but had hope it wouldn't come to pass and would be a reminder of how bad things got before we pulled back. It not only has, it has gotten even worse. This is absolutely terrifying and will destroy lives if passed.

We literally know now that anti-trans legislation was pushed by a pedophile ring to allow a pedophile ring to serve a pedophile ring’s interests, and legislators have decided the best course of action is to keep doing what the pedophile ring wants.

Hey, so we got a trojan horse ag.ny.gov/press-releas...

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Oh man This actually technically might effect you even if your car doesn't have the feature because it's on the tire end and technically if you take the wheels off a car that does have tps and put on one that doesn't the sensor would go with it...

This is what I need cis folks to understand. It's been a decade. Imagine living TEN FUCKING YEARS watching as a blatant, artificial campaign to erase your personhood, your identity and your safety chugs along, increasing in power every single day, and most people don't care or dismiss it

I haven't bought from Amazon for a long, long while, but I still had public wishlists on there. I just logged on and deleted them. Super not safe.

One would think that this would merit an emergency convening of all Blue state governors, Attorneys generals and Congressional representatives. It's a declaration of war on one state which means they'll do it to others too.

Hmm.. I don’t think so

As a Black man with Tourette Syndrome, the Public Advocate has some thoughts on BAFTA, Pt. 1: Hear about his experience with Coprolalia, his thoughts on how BAFTA mishandled the moment, and the need for care for all who are harmed: Full video: youtu.be/FgaqKIxS4Hs

Reminder for fellow ADHD people who have a hard time not doing things at the last minute. 😩 This affects voting by mail but also beware of anything else time sensitive that you have to mail.