So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10

Queer and trans anti-Zionist Jews have no pride in Israeli genocide and apartheid.

I'm barely on here, and I'm well aware this may be a privileged and tone-deaf ask, but I need to do something. Mutuals, if you know any anti-Zionist resources I can use to educate myself on Judaism, all recs welcome. I refuse to let Zionism taint my respect for Judaism. I REFUSE.

Israel carried out its plan to erase Gaza over the course of 18 months. Now that the plan has clearly fallen into place, the Netanyahu government is openly discussing ethnic cleansing. And still, Israel enjoys complete international impunity. mondoweiss.net/2025/05/exte...

I CAN’T BELIEVE I HAVE TO GO INTO A MEETING IN TEN MINUTES

Ah yes, it was the people committed to ending genocide that “gave Trump a boost,” not the political party that insisted on genocide as part of their policy platform. Makes sense. www.thebulwark.com/p/pro-palest...

'The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist: Why We Should Think Beyond Commercial Game Production', a very interesting sounding book by Brendan Keogh, is available for free from The MIT Press. Get the ebook here: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

You'd be surprised by how quickly people run out of sympathy when someone won't get better. You won't believe how fast they'll start saying that the person deserves it, or that they brought it on themselves for not being the perfect, cheerful, obedient patient. 🧵

Anyone who thinks mutual aid can fully replace the state and infrastructure has clearly never dealt with chronic illness or disability. Mutual aid is great for prolonged low-intensity or short high-intensity crises. But chronic conditions often require constant, high-intensity support.

Ah this new tactic of the Israeli PR team explains my mentions lately

I know people always laugh at Taiwan for legislators fighting in the House… but looking at the US now, I can’t help thinking that, if there was ever a time for an elected rep to punch a Trumpist Republican in the face for the sake of democracy… Just saying, at least it would be *something*

Yep. Except by not including lgtbq children in the numbers, they'll claim they caused a drop in child trafficking/exploitation

I am upset

‘disturbing when the holocaust is politically instrumentalised’ the holocaust is political. it didn’t occur in a vacuum.

there's an industry saying "money flows to the writer" and what it means is don't pay to sub, don't pay to have an agent read your stuff, don't pay anyone for any stage of the trad pub process unless youre hiring readers or editors to separately work on stuff with you BEFORE you submit

When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons’ borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests. We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason. ALSO.

This. Is. Amazing. Finally, an ebook alternative for Amazon, but for independent bookstores. This is amazing for readers who want to be more intentional about where you're spending your money. 📖 #BookSky

Thinking recently of the old italian man in Heller's Catch 22.

Esraa has not been eating because she’s worried about her family eating first. 💔 I know two women who had stillbirths in Gaza at full term and I’d really like to make sure Esraa is able to safely deliver a healthy baby 💔

people in my community want republicans in washington to answer for why donald trump pardoned more pedophiles than any president in american history

another example from Twitter user gompers_stomper. during the vietnam war protestors against dow (the manufacturer of napalm) would go to supermarkets and fill their carts to the brim with expensive meats like hams and roasts. at checkout they'd ask if they sold saran wrap made by dow.

down thread there's a further example. whenever a nazi entered a restaurant everyone else would walk out. when the nazis banned this practice, everyone would sit and stare at their watches for 15 minutes and then walk out.

It is damn near impossible to grow 100% of a balanced diet on your own and unthinkable if you don’t have a lick of experience. You wanna cut down your produce bills w a couple raised beds, maybe learn to can? Sure. You want to opt entirely out of the preexisting food system? Lol. Lmao. Enjoy scurvy.

Wow. it must feel terrible when someone takes something you made and uses it without permission or payment

Once again I am seeing people pick a random day for a general strike and posting that date on Bluesky like a prayer to an absent god. Once again I am begging you, that is not how this works. A general strike is a fantastic idea. You can’t start with bluesky. You have to start with unions.

The moon shines bright, kisses the dragon goodnight. The snake takes flight, into the starlight. Happy Lunar new year guys 🐍💖 #animatic #lunarnewyear #lny #art #illustration #snake #cny #dragon #drawing #storyboard #chinesenewyear #lnyeve #cnyeve #chinesezodiac

Last week, Marriage Equality Act came into effect in Thailand and this week the Public Helth Ministry announced that it will be allocation 145.63 million baht (approximately US$4 million) for trans citizens!!! 🥳 THAILAND KEEPS WINNING!!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ www.them.us/story/thaila...

Kurodahan press is closing soon. They are one of the best Japanese publishers of speculative fiction, from Edogawa Rampo through Japanese vampires to Japanese Cthulhu stories. Their translation contest were legendary. Grab the books while they are still in print www.kurodahan.com/wp/e/news/ku...

one underrated skill I learned from actual organizing experience is choosing the best person to be mad at

For folks who say, "Why should I even bother calling my Democratic Senator? They'll vote the right way..." I need you to understand that when Dem electeds try to justify why they're cowering in terror from Trump right now, the VERY FIRST THING THEY CITE is: "no one's calling my office"

China releasing an llm has led to a the biggest surge in tech industry Americans demanding fact checking of AI in the last 2 years, funny coincidence that

CIRCE + MIDSOMMAR In an isolated agricultural commune formed by one immortal woman and her hundreds of magically-inclined daughters, a firstborn son must find a way to lock himself into a perpetual state of boyhood or else risk exile into the terrifying world of the Man-Beasts. #2025Pit #F #A

In THEY COULD BE SAVIORS, billionaires are held captive and subjected to psychedelic therapy to confront their egos—and save the planet. Think Nine Perfect Strangers meets the Paris Climate Agreement, but with wealth-hoarders. #2025pit #A #SPF #writingcommunity #amquerying

#2025pit In a world where building magic relationship homes are a love language, Sze Mun must build her dead grandma's Resting Place. She can't do it alone but as Ah Ma's last living relative, she believes has no choice...until she meets Ah Ma's nephew and her lesbian ex.  #A #MR #LGBT #ND #POC

I am no longer accepting "You're Valid! 😊" as an answer to the problems myself and my fellow trans siblings are facing. You want to help? Hire us for work, directly include us in your projects, or donate to us so we can continue to live. Myself & other trans folks continue to struggle to survive.

Daily reminder that the underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.

Hi! I’m actually the original artist 🙋It kinda escaped containment and the internet ain’t great at crediting, so I understand not everyone knows, but I’m at least glad it gives folks a laugh.