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It's that time of year again

It's the most wonderful time of the year.

Thanks yall n also sorry for the big wait! Hope it's worth it cause I had so much fun making it. Also, thanks to @pudge.bsky.social For making this possible and creating our favorite tomboy, Riley🩵✨️

Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.” People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.

Was in the mood to draw @gottyh.bsky.social from her latest photo set. I thank @pudge.bsky.social for creating the OC Riley and Gotty for becoming her in real life!

Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...

Next week the House E&C Committee is looking to run something of a shock and awe campaign, debating at least 19 bills that they say are related to "protecting kids online." Most of which are actually about censorship and control. Don't buy the framing. It's always the same damn thing.

It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend

NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...

And no, it isn't just bot farms, it's the entire right-wing media infrastructure for decades, it's Rupert Murdoch's entire rotten empire, it's the Koch brothers whole network of think tanks, it's Fox News, Breitbart, hundreds of weird loser tossers like Ben Shapiro propped up by billionaires...

"Tyranny requires constant effort to maintain. It breaks. It leaks. Repression is the mask of fear."

Id you havent been calling your representatives about KOSA and other bills, NOW is the time to start doing so

Today, we remember our transgender siblings taken too soon by acts of violence. In their memories, we must all commit to ending anti-trans violence and countering the hate that inspires it. #TDOR

The President is calling for Democratic members of Congress to be hanged. This is deplorable, un-American, & an open invitation to political violence. Servicemembers take their oath to the Constitution, not to any president. I stand with my colleagues who have honorably served this nation.

🚨 Yet again Ted Cruz and Steve Scalise are trying to sneak in a moratorium on state GenAi legislation. If passed states can no longer enact laws for transparency, child safety, privacy, environmental protection etc. We got 3 days to stop this. Call now! www.senate.gov/senators/sen...

I've been having a hard time choosing a game to play, and not being able to stick with one when I eventually do pick one

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"If you hate GenAI you're going to have to stop playing new games when they all start using it" My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever

Why is my facial hair on my right side growing in thin again? I finished radiation seven months ago.

Bruh.

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Trump getting booed at the Commanders game

If you see this QTP with a female anime character you love.

is legit insane to me how many americans are convinced the more life sucks the more “realistic” and beneficial it is. They call anything better a fantasy but the idea that you have to make everything as shit as possible on purpose cuz “that’s life” is more of a fantasy

Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%

Hey, I think you guys should go vote today if you haven't already.

The USDA is the fail safe for SNAP. They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown. They’re refusing. Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop. Starvation as a policy choice.

Know your subgenres, Cracking open a cold one with the fellas: buddy comedy Cracking open fellas with the Cold One: dark fantasy Cracking open one fella with a cold: medical drama A cold open with one cracking fella: sitcom One cold fella with the open crack: public solo porn in winter

The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670 Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy? You’re doing their dirty work.

You don't hate the Heritage Foundation enough.

“what radicalized you” idk paying attention

World Central Kitchen is mobilizing to Jamaica, please consider donating

My dad sent me this

SNAP is not just for the unemployed. It’s for anyone who’s living below the poverty line, which sadly includes a lot of people who are working full time jobs. But here’s the thing… even if it were “just” for the unemployed… they still deserve food! No one deserves to starve.

Please contact your representatives about KOSA! Phone calls, emails, letters, whatever option works best for you! But choose what works best and send a LOT of them until this legislation is put down!

A lot of folks may think that just yelling at ICE agents is ineffective, but consider the cumulative psychological toll of being yelled at EVERY DAY when trying to do shit. Even the biggest asshole in the world who doesn't give a shit about other people will feel the pressure.

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.

MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:

Ichiban sign spotted at No Kings protest in Chicago

Best sign so far. #NoKingsDay

I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once. And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.

Please contact your senators about KOSA. This bill has amassed a lot of cosponsors. We can beat this, but we need people to call, email and send letters en mass. Please try to contact your reps as often as you are able to and encourage people you know to join you!

IMPORTANT SAFETY TIP FOR NO KINGS! We’re seeing viral posts urging people to sit down/stay silent if violence emerges. PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT. In certain circumstances with activists highly trained in civil disobedience this *can* be effective. At a mass protest, it is a recipe for disaster.

Jeezus I just got my electric bill and it's twice what it was this time last year despite using the same amount of power. How is there not a massive class action lawsuit against all these companies building ai data centers for blowing up our bills?

Don't engage. Just block. They want to push their rage bait on here. Don't give them the satisfaction. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Amity reading