I don't know how many times this needs to be posted, but clearly it is MANY TIMES. Sigh.

Following the raid/arrest of a photojournalist + ICE assaults on press today at 26 Federal Plaza (amid nationwide spike in assaults on press), a press conference/rally has been organized by photojournalists in protest against attacks on press in NYC & beyond.

I will literally die before I buy my meds through trumprx idc

FUCK ICE FOREVER

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I was willing to pay the BookCon ticket price, I was willing to book it seven months in advance without knowing who is going to be there, I was willing to deal with Showclix queueing for the second time in a week but I CANNOT deal with them claiming it's not sold out despite it saying it's sold out.

FWIW, what Greg has here is a great simple script for anyone phone shy: “Hi, I’m one of [rep]’s constituents, and I would like to tell them to vote NO on any bill that cuts trans health care. Trans health care saves lives, and is worth a government shutdown.” That’s it! That’s all you need to say.

I just called Chuck Schumer’s office and, for the first time EVER, a person answered, who then politely entered my complaints into their call log. This tells me two things: 1) They’re not getting enough calls over there, and 2) If you want to yell at Schumer, today’s the day. (212) 486-4430

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I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.

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Too often, we talk about homelessness as if it's natural or inevitable. The truth is that it's a political choice. When then-Gov. Cuomo cut the Advantage program rather than tax his wealthy donors, his decision sent thousands of New York families into shelters.

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From the archives: You or a loved one has just been arrested in New York City. What comes next?

GAAASP! Reading Rainbow is back, now hosted by Mychal the Librarian! I guess on PBS?

Today’s advice from your Goth Auntie -Stop slouching, drink some water, take your meds. -Your worth as a person isn’t tied to how useful you are.  -The Lurking Horror still hasn’t come up with lullaby lyrics other than “sleeeeeep”, but that’s surprising effective. ❤️ Auntie Jilli

Hello Darkness my old friend

A surge of public lewdness arrests inside a Penn Station bathroom by Amtrak Police has rattled the LGBTQ community and landed at least one person in ICE custody, THE CITY has learned.

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There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

the fact that a sitting US president is talking about antifascism being terrorism should tell you a lot about what he thinks his own government represents

Internet was more fun when we could leave it in our homes, instead of carrying it everywhere.

I love when I’m watching a movie and the hero and villain stop fighting and turn to the camera to say, “I consent to this.”

Lord alive, they want fictional characters in fictional sexual situations to model consent for literal adults like a patronizing early 2020’s sitcom where the point of the writing is to convey that the writer’s been to therapy at some point

Cardinal Timothy Dolan failed to report direct admissions of rape by multiple priests, lobbied against extending the statute of limitations for sex abuse, and moved money off the church books to hide it from victims of sex abuse. In case you were wondering.

Better that I break the window Than him or her or me

one of the common threads you will frequently find among devoted adult readers & writers is that as kids the librarian let them get away with reading whatever the fuck they wanted. so much of the scifi and fantasy I fell in love with as a kid was very much Not For Kids, but it made my brain light up

Holy Communion☀️ [no blood version] #iwtv #devilsminion #armandaniel

We once had a song called "the internet is for porn" and that's aging worse with every day.

We reached a point where some genuine progress was being made at size inclusivity and where fat shaming wasn't as universally acceptable anymore, and now we're watching that progress erode as fascism rises and ppl are comfortable being ableist and fatphobic on main again

Today I learned that for *cough* only $399 I could buy a Publishers Weekly review. For that amount, I could give away 10 paperbacks...So, let's do that instead. For the next 10 wks, I'll give away a book a week. Like this post and follow for a chance to win WHILE I WAS GONE. Entries close on 9/22 🖤

i need to spread some positivity. everyone take a moment to think about izzy’s boobies

The Bell Riots scenario from ST:DS9 was, to our shame, too optimistic.

I just wasted about 20 minutes on this silly image I just Photoshopped! Enjoy! #startrek #itsafake

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JB Pritzker uses the word "invasion" to describe what Trump has planned for my city, Chicago. And that's exactly what it would be – an autocratic government trying to crush our dissent because we oppose his corruption, cruelty and incompetence. It's what dictators do.

If you are in the US and wish to support civil society movement in Indonesia, here is the link to the Instagram page of Nongki NYC, an Indonesian diaspora community They are pooling funds to support Legal Aid Institution Jakarta (LBH Jakarta)

Reminder that tomorrow is the 29th! ⚠️ Many countries have suspended shipping to the US altogether. You can't buy goods from them. They are waiting to see what will happen within the next few days/weeks and this is the only way to stop this mess. They'll lose so much money from lack of free trading.

Guy who staged his own fake assassination attempt sets up conditions for actual assassination of his election opponent. www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/p...

Bluesky doesn't do balloons like Twitter does but it is in fact my Balloon Day

I'm rewatching snw from the beginning and I don't understand how we just glide past Pike cheating on Captain Batel with the Majalan lady like it never happened lol

i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.

Don't be too fast of a learner, or too slow. Don't have any disabilities! Don't daydream. Don't socialize. Don't get bored. Don't get upset. Don't have questions. Don't think.

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Going to the library fucking rules. You can walk in and pick your favorite things and then walk right out without paying anything. It's unbelievable and 100% the kind of thing that won't exist in the future unless you recognize the goodness now before it's too late

Zohran's rent stabilized apt is still $2300 a month for a one bedroom. Let's not lose sight of THAT fun fact while they try to flip the script on him about "fairness" as if HE'S selfish for not being rent burdened in an increasingly unaffordable city