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wow, which common vaccine was it?

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Finally got the spaceship at the top all stitched up and the text in the second block put in. 😅 Now I need to reassess what the pattern calls for in the other two blocks so I can make it work better with my fish tank addition. ☺️

Trauma survivors don't seek others' approval for the hell of it. Our nervous system is crystal clear that, in the past, our ability to entertain or be useful to others was literally the difference between being relatively safe (safer, anyway) or not. That conditioning dies hard.

Been back to my childhood village in Essex for a funeral. High Street is littered with tatty flags attached to every lamp post and telegraph pole, and by God, it looks awful. Everyone I spoke to hates them. So intimidating. Apparently- "Epping Forest council is scared of offending the nasties."

Multiple media outlets on at me to talk about the "CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING TO DISABLED PEOPLE" of the week, the kid who worked unpaid in Waitrose. But just 3 weeks ago you were all lauding Reeve's plans to force under 21s into similar placements. So no thanks

Not being a jerk is a shockingly underrated hiring strategy.

When a NT man said they're looking for a "slightly autistic girlfriend," what they're saying is code for they want a gf who will have sex with them, but they don't have to ask about their day or spend money on dates.

Until every man stops writing his Marty Stu fantasy for every movie and tv show in existence, I will not apologise for reading and liking stuff written primarily for the female gaze where men aren’t trash.

No, as a leftie swing voter, I will NOT be voting for Labour based on their current right-wing policies. If Green carries on like this, they’ll get my vote. It really is that simple, lads.

"America needs extremely mediocre food wrapped in sexual harassment," is exactly the words one would expect to hear from all these golf course looking mfs.

Have you watched anything Cumberbatch’s production company has made? It’s the perfect example of a privileged person’s take on “struggle”. No accountability, no men owning up to their mistakes, just a bunch of Peter Pan-like dudes feeling sorry for themselves for the consequences of their actions…

On Wednesdays We Wear Black 🖤 #StarTrekProdigy

Watching ‘The Shape of Water’ and just feeling really sad that a fish man who doesn’t speak is more romantic and caring than any man I’ve ever dated or met

hey. do not. DO NOT. describe your poc characters as "exotic"

“I was with you, until you said ‘pregnant people.’” I get this a lot. I’m an abortion provider, and the CEO and President of an org known for abortion advocacy. Let’s talk about why I use inclusive language — and why I’m not stopping. 🧵

I don't think enough people talk about how great BBC Bitesize is. Secondary school textbooks are now vanishingly rare and Bitesize content is (a) not in a terrible app, (b) engaging and interesting and easy to understand, and importantly (c) FREE. A properly great digital public good.

Modesty is a concept rooted in patriarchy, misogyny and purity culture. Every time the topic arises the burden always falls on women which is very telling. A woman will be blamed for causing a man to lust but a man won't be blamed for his actions or for being in that environment.

Any discrimination towards men is a survival skill for women, and men act so personally attacked by it. It’s a blow to their male entitlement. They feel entitled to women.

Before you tell a disabled person it’s their family’s responsibility to care for them… remember that not everyone has family. What’s more, disabled people are far more likely to be trapped in abusive relationships. Better social supports would help them break free.

I can only think of about 7 million reasons I decided to wear this shirt today. Empathy over apathy. Action over excuses. Community over cruelty. Be kind. Do more good. We got this. 🖖 youtube.com/shorts/kwcPS...

To hurt someone so deeply and then treat them as if they are the ones that hurt you is a form of mental illness.

When you get suspended from a FB group for pointing out which political party (MAGA) an actor supports. The admin is a raging misogynist Trump supporter, I take that as a badge of honour! 😂

Frogs in slowly heating water is a popular allegory for being unaware that you are being destroyed in an incrementally worsening situation. But I'm drawing hope from the past week that we frogs may be a bit more aware of our situation than those allegorical frogs. #Hop

Instead of badly teaching kids pointless maths they’ll never use, or giving them PE lessons that will make them hate exercise for the next 30 years, can we start teaching them about ethics and science and the arts and how to resist populism and red pill content?

“They can’t discriminate against you for being disabled!” In theory this is true. There are protections in place to prevent discrimination In practice they don’t work. Especially with rising fascism and eugenicist sentiment We are denied accommodations. Denied jobs. Denied housing. Denied support

It seems to be time to post this again:

I'd sooner trust a stoned monkey with a bag of hand grenades than this lot with the economy.

The weirdest stage of adulthood is when you start to understand your parents’ mental health issues on a grown-up level and you’re just like oooohhh oh wow okay

ngl it'd be nice to be living in a (lack of) historical moment where "jewel thieves pull off a successful heist on the frigging Louvre" was what most people were talking about

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

Politics is getting hairy so ... A thread of amazing Scottish foremothers who knew being divisive is the path to change. 1st, Rose Klasko Kerrigan, sacked at 14 for speaking against WWI. She scandalized Glasgow’s only birth control clinic by seeking contraception before she had kids. /1

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“All my friends murdered and raped, sometimes they hung out at my house. Get over yourself.”

My biggest frustration with my fellow white males is that: once all the brown people are deported, once all women are forced to give birth to babies they don’t want, once all of their supposed enemies are sufficiently put away… their life will still be the same and they will still be unhappy.

Lori Petty as a Voyager guest star was amazing to see. I love this quirky amazing actor who’s in some of my favs Tank Girl, A League of Their Own, and Station 11. #startrekvoyager just keeps on giving. #startrek #voyager

tom paris + b'elanna torres number 1 perk of having a Cool Gf™ is annoying her at work (its ok she loves it) #art #startrek #startrekvoyager

It’s also 100% accurate based on all the pilots I’ve ever met. There’s this idea that they’re all like Iceman when in fact they’re actually Marty McFly if he grew up to be a grease monkey.

Tom Paris being "an expert on the 20th century" and then, when presented with a chance to show off this expertise when the ship gets stuck in 1996, being even more conspicuous than the rest of the crew by trying out wildly out of date slang and historical references is 100% the best

Also thank you Trek for giving us an episode where everybody wants to punch actual Nazis so we have some Sesame Street-level receipts for the Trek fandom idiot MAGAs that Trek has always indeed been “woke” and “antifa”

Tom Paris says, “Yes, Ma’am!” with such adorable enthusiasm to all the ladies he loves and respects. I love it 💕💕💕 #startrekvoyager #startrek #voyager

Trek predicting the future in ways that I hate again. When I say Tom is the anti-incel propaganda, I meant it. He starts out problematic AF & makes several wrong turns but winds up a faithful, loving, supportive, emotionally intelligent wife guy & honestly I wish the incels would idolise him more

Women don't like the vehicle

America is being run by people whose social media presence would see them getting fired from a part time job stacking shelves. If you worked at Aldi and posted a video of you pouring shit all over Aldi customers, you wouldn't work at Aldi.