therapy just got way more exciting

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

Any time I see a therapy session on some dumbass reality show I think Oh what a shitty therapist for agreeing to do this

Sunday

did we ever figure out who Josh Hartnett pissed off before making Halloween: H20 to make someone do that to his hair

it's not FOR us

A friend is trying to help a trans friend in MO stay housed. The economy is rough out there. If you have city income dollars to help this person out, please do. Venmo/PayPal: AmnesiaVagabond Ca$hApp: $TexasIsForever

LOCAL PANDERING ALERT: I'll be at GalaxyCon St. Louis this Friday, Saturday and Sunday! Come say hi. effinbirds.com/appearances

Every major U.S. medical association disavows conversion "therapy." 24 states have laws banning licensed professionals from engaging in these practices—8 of which were signed by GOP governors. This isn't about politics—it's about protecting kids.

People think that when you become disabled, support magically appears That once it’s “official” you will have your basic needs met The truth is people fight for years to get the bare minimum in benefits Caregivers are nearly impossible to find If you’re not rich or very lucky… you’re on your own

count me among the dozens, hehe

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

It's truly embarrassing the sheer number of Americans who sincerely believe the US is devolving into a fascist dictatorship "to distract from the Epstein Files". A 5 year old child has a better understanding of how the world works.

It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends

daaaaaaamn

The woods were dark and foreboding, and Alice sensed that sinister eyes were watching her every step. Worst of all, she knew that Nature abhorred a vacuum.

okay, that’s pretty awesome

it’s time 🧛

At a certain age, you give up and learn to go with your strengths. #beaarthur #fotd #faceoftheday #restingbeaface #rbf #goldengirls #thegoldengirls #dorothyzbornak #bettywhite #rosenylund #staygolden

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September 30 ... October 1

I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.

thank fuck this man is retiring. there’s a lot of Dems who need to follow suit.

resolved: sandwiches taste better when cut diagonally

Well don't I feel stupid

And if I'm taking it metaphorically so be it

I’ve started going to get breakfast from a local pancake house on Saturdays and it’s now my new favorite routine. because how can you not be happy on a Saturday with a belly full of pancakes.

BEHOLD! My first ever choose-your-own-adventure game! "i will strangle a horse" - over seven and a half thousand words of absolute nonsense, as you help Martin Jenkins on his first day at The Farm. brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran... Totally free to play! I mean, you can pay, but you can also not!

what if we kissed on the pretty freight machine

Dave Matthews has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it). But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

I have taken the Tylenol that was in the medicine cabinet and which they think probably is the reason you like trains forgive me but that’s bullshit you got autism from your dad

Who else is physically and emotionally exhausted, can I get a hell yeah *sobbing*

It's all fun and games until a cop handles a Tylenol gelcap with no gloves and within seconds their socks are bothering them.

goddammit, I’m still here

IT IS TIME.

I don't have Tiktok so I am relying on you all to post the best of Rapturetok here tomorrow

I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.

well as it turns out, this is how I figured out my sleep med ain’t doing shit, because I was fine today. I’ve been more tired on Benadryl.

what if the Rapture has already happened but there were only, like, 34 random people across the world who got raptured so we had no idea what happened to them

I just took my nighttime meds. today’s gonna be fun.

Earth Wind Fire Long ago, the 3 nations lived together in harmony But then everything changed when we went dancing in September

Dutch late night TV has its take

The Eagles’ Greatest Hits or Electric Light Orchestra’s Greatest Hits.

What we're seeing in the "don't sign up for protests" discourse is what Paulo Freire described as the convert's failure to trust the knowledge of the oppressed. As the convert tries to stand in solidarity with the oppressed, they refuse to let go of a world where they were the authority by default.

I keep vacillating between “I am so fucked, I don’t know how I’m going to survive” and “we’re all fucked, so why worry about it, let’s fucking go”

my tummy hurts and I’m mad at the government

seems like a great time to sign up for a protest!