NEW: New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul is reviving her push to ban masks and is urging New York State lawmakers to include a mask ban in the upcoming state budget. This move endangers public health and threatens civil liberties.

I wrote about my kind, funny childhood friend Michelle Trachtenberg, and the group of friends that saved my life when I was a kid. www.vulture.com/article/mara...

NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest “Stop resisting” “He’s not resisting” Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions

the leap from disappearing the undocumented to disappearing visa holders to disappearing green card holders to disappearing naturalized citizens to disappearing natural born citizens is no leap at all, but a series of tiny steps block the path

how the HELL has it already been 2 months since i watched x files??? i unconsciously stopped because my mood dropped and now i’m sad that it’s been so long 😭

33 years ago today, the anime "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon" premiered.

The under 19 HRT ban has been blocked by a federal judge nationwide. That's really good news. I know it's hard to do, but you can't lose hope. There are people out there who still fight for trans rights. So please. Keep hope alive.

these fuckers aren't getting a dime from me ever again. honestly. all my money is going to mutual aid, abortion funds, etc. This is cowardice. This is white folks expecting Black folks to be their shields. This is white women wearing pink jackets performing activism while a Black man gets hauled off

#JAMESBEAUFORT: You got a sports car...

oh my GODDD, i gave up on the captions!!! bluesky needs to fix that timing issue and ability to upload captions via mobile because i spent too much time on all that for the captions not to turn out

i don't know if i've ever felt more hopeless than watching an elderly black man get dragged out of the room for calling out fascism while dozens of white people sat silently with their lollipop signs and watched and did nothing

sitting here giggling over the james beaufort thirst trap i’m editing i’m just a very unserious person sometimes

Why do people act like bad shit started with Trump. Trump saying no masks at universities, protests, etc were the same fucking policies democrats endorsed to undermine pro-Palestinian protests for the LAST 15 MONTHS. And disabled people had to BEG for protesters to wear masks. Two of the most

Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean, has died at the age of 82.

So many "waaah, but what they can dooo" replies.

"No Other Land," the Palestinian-Israeli made film showing the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, just won the Oscar for Best Documentary. It can't get a distributor in the US. Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.

I am so fucking tired of these fucking people.

I remember when "snap, crackle and pop" was my favourite cereal and not the sounds I make getting up in the morning.

listening to 2010s tumblr music to feel something

“‘No Other Land’ reflects the harsh reality that we have been enduring for decades and still persist as we call on the world to take serious actions to stop the injustice and to stop the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people.” — Basel Adra while accepting the #Oscar  for Documentary Feature Film.

BOOO tomatoes, tomatoes. get the Zionist off stage and let my girl be free of her presence

I didn’t think all the Emilia Perez stuff could get worse and then these bozo songwriters started singing

“We’re halfway through the show, so now’s the time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile!” - Conan O’Brien during the #Oscars  See the full winners list: bit.ly/OscarWins25

oh wow

those who know me know my disdain for organized religion so i will ALWAYS laugh when i remember at the start of Conclave i tried to start shit w/ my dad by asking ‘but why does God have to be a man? who does that serve? why not a woman or no gender at all?’

‘Wicked’ wins the Oscar for Best Production Design. #Oscars

Nathan Crowley has won his first-ever #Oscar for production design. He previously served as production designer on ‘The Dark Knight’ trilogy, ‘Wonka’, ‘Interstellar’, ‘The Greatest Showman’ and ‘Tenet’ See the full winners list: bit.ly/OscarWins25

i already wrote the EP movie off when i heard trans ppl say it was trash (and when i saw that god awful clip of selena crying in a car) so i haven’t paid attention to press surrounding it since then BUT THE THINGS I JUST FOUND OUT????

‘Conclave’ wins the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. #Oscars

Those sneaky producers figured out how to get “defying gravity” on the broadcast even tho it’s not nominated because it’s not an “original song” and then said fuck it this is the best song that will be performed tonight so let’s open the show with it.

‘WICKED is now an #Oscar -winning film. See the full winners list: t.co/cDPncK6OIM

Israel says it is stopping the entry of all goods and supplies into Gaza

There is a reason why, historically, scholars and educators are the first to be aggressively targeted in any oppressive movement. If you are a well read, learned person, you are able to see through the bullshit without much effort.

Paul Tazewell is the first Black man to win Best Costume Design at the #Oscars  See the full winners list: bit.ly/OscarWins25

This is one of those Oscar dresses that makes us immediately feel bad that the wearer isn't going to win tonight because this frock deserves to go down in history

Andrew Garfield arrives at the #Oscars.

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo perform ‘Defying Gravity’ at the #Oscars.

You all really, badly, quickly, need to familiarize yourselves with the Republicans’ media infrastructure. No joke. This, none of this surprises me. They have built a media ecosystem that is impenetrable and actively uses Dem messaging to push people down the alt-right pipeline.

Kate Hudson’s new Netflix basketball show is actually so charming and funny, I’m surprised I like it 💀

i’m going to TRY to post a song a day because i think this app is neat so whoever wants to follow my song fixations and monthly discoveries, i am ✨ here ✨

For the record, do I think a one-day boycott is going to make much of an economic impact? No. Do I think that a sort of "Baby's First Boycott," performative though it is, might be useful to make some folks aware of the impact of their economic power, and how it might be wielded politically? Maybe.

oh to rediscover a song you used to play obsessively open.spotify.com/track/4payoi...

ppl getting angry at this but he's talking alliances and he's 100% right- you cannot trust a country where every 4 yrs the foreign policy does a complete 180 & tears up treaties and reneges on deals and withholds payments because some sheep farmers in Wisconsin think too many black women have jobs

‘Vance accuses Zelensky of being "disrespectful". Trump then says the Ukrainian leader is "gambling with World War Three". The meeting ends with Trump telling Zelensky that he is not being "very thankful" and that "this is going to make great television".’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...

You walk down the street and see a woman pacing in front of a tree. As you pass by, you hear her muttering ‘another reboot, might as well shoot me’ over and over again. Her eyes are wild. Pained. That woman is me.

Sarah Michelle Gellar pays tribute to Michelle Trachtenberg: “Michelle, listen to me. Listen. I love you. I will always love you. The hardest thing in this world, is to live in it. I will be brave. I will live… for you.”

Who does AI learn from… QUICKLY!!!

my cousin’s watching tvd for the first time so i’m walking down memory lane (watching d/e scenes) and the 3x19 motel scene is honestly still so iconic?? CHEMISTRY BETWEEN COUPLES USED TO BE ELECTRIC AND MUSIC WAS NECESSARY!!

We are having the worst flu season in 15+ yrs & staring down an avian flu threat that has already spread unchecked in other mammals and taken American life Our government response is to cancel planning for the next flu shot, cancel funding for bird flu vaccines & treatments, & cut Medicaid coverage

their ability to hurt me is ✨timeless✨