Birth is SO dangerous and for generations, birth workers (midwives, medicine women etc) have developed reputations in their communities for expertise and practice in the field over the years. In what fucking world does it make sense to pivot to “actually pregnancy is a you problem to resolve solo”??

Anti-vaccine propaganda from 1892 versus 2025. Same fear-mongering tactics, different century.

This Day in Labor History: November 22, 1909. Approximately 20,000 garment workers in New York City went on strike against the horrendous conditions of their sweatshops. This strike, known as the Uprising of the 20,000, was the largest strike led by women in American history to that time!!!

Friends. Friends, friends, friends, friends, friends. Please use Alt Text on your images. Not only does it help the visually-impaired experience your images, it also has the side benefit of giving you 2000 more characters to make jokes & snarky comments. (But actually describe your images, please.)

remember kids -

Lord, I beg you to take every woman's imposter syndrome and give it to the mediocre men being horrible to her instead.

I have no idea why this is doing numbers but I posted because I just got this book. I am interested in colored pencils but all online tutorials are fixated on waxy, wrist-killing photorealism and I like pencils to look pencily. This book is perfect for me.

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ARE WE GATEKEEPING TREES NOW?

PSA: take your turkey out of the freezer, kittens.

alternate possibility: there is more than one writer in canada

Plagarising a post about being dunked on for being a writer is truly some wild shit

oh hell no

The end of this hit me so hard that I wept. If you want to join @parentsforfutureuk.bsky.social — and you don’t need to be a parent or carer to join — here’s the link parentsforfuture.org.uk/join-our-com...

hey guys i made a seasonal meme

Just so we're clear, this is child abuse Like, actual state mandated child abuse, done by people associated with the anti-trans hate group SEGM and with the government's approval NO ONE has any right to praise Labour, Keir Starmer or Wes Streeting to me, EVER

Pope, who has spent a large part of their career as a public interest lawyer at community organizations, is trying to get the cash up to take the required CLE courses to maintain their license. If you’re inclined to assist a person who assists.

Hey, this is a great piece, but I want to point out something completely irrelevant to the main point about Krauss, who venerates Richard Feynman’s and his supposed quote, “What do you care what other people think?” Because it’s SO on the nose it’s not even funny.

If you start by saying how many people you are going to arrest, the entire operation should be enjoined. That’s not how anything should work.

There is a book club organization out there emailing authors telling them the club will feature their work for a "modest fee" for "branded materials" etc. Do not fall for this nonsense. You should never, as a writer, have to pay for such things.

Oh it’s not a real book club. It’s an AI scam. Jason Sanford did a little investigation and if you go into the rabbit hole it’s an entire AI discord. jasonsanford.substack.com/p/genre-grap...

I hope the chances of this turning into a 2nd pandemic, on top of the one we’re still in, are low, bc our public health response will be even worse this time. If you read the article you can see how they’re already starting the “only the old & people with pre-existing conditions will die” messaging

“Although the regular influenza vaccine can’t protect against bird flu, it reduces the slight chance that someone could get sick with both viruses at once and [help] the bird flu virus to mutate into something that would spread easily among humans.”

“70 other human cases of bird flu have been reported in the US as part of the outbreak, according to the CDC. Another elderly person… died in January after a bird flu infection.” There’s a bird vax but US farmers are forbidden from vaccinating their flocks. A human vax for bird flu is not available

"cute," yeah. the arrogance on this POS is past measurement. "This is our city!" The fuck you say, you crowing bantam cock?

For example, the incident on October 23 where DHS claimed that Bovino was hit in the head with a rock before he deployed tear gas at protestors? That didn't happen. He fired tear gas and then AFTERWARDS, someone threw a rock. He went back and forth on this under oath, repeatedly changing his story.

4 packages of books were mailed today-here’s what’s left dm me here if you’re not on fb and I can tell you prices (US only)

I know everyone is skint right now, but I've got to share this for the first time in months. My health is starting to trend downwards again and I can't afford insurance, so I have to pay for all my meds out of pocket. On top of that, I have got to get my debt under control. Anything helps!

Seen in Washington DC, capital of the land of the free

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It doesn't matter how small your thing is -- in fact, sometimes the smaller the better, because all these laws are written assuming everyone who puts a site on the internet has the budget of Facebook and YouTube. The more the courts hear from small sites the law would ruin, the better.

So, the fun hypothetical: Given that you don't have an app, that someone can open a tab and walk off without being present in front of the screen, and that posts to your site can be the length of an average novel and take hours to read, how much horrifying surveillance would it take to comply?

With luck we'll never find out, because this week brings us Netchoice v Miyares, in which Netchoice once again picks a fight and invites us along for the ride. Docket: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71921... Netchoice: netchoice.org/netchoice-v-... I'll link my declaration when it's up!

And a reminder: if you own a thing on the internet that lets people register, post, and communicate with each other such that these laws apply to you -- or you aren't sure if they might -- such as a website, app, Mastodon server, Bluesky PDS, etc, etc --

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Thanks so much to the 49 donors who've monetarily supported Unicorn Riot for #GiveToTheMaxDay!! We've surpassed $4,000 raised, amazing! Help us reach $5,000 before the end of the night! Donate here: www.givemn.org/organization...

One time my parents had to move to another country for work, and their dog (a black poodle) somehow missed the connecting flight. They were in the new country waiting for news about the dog when he showed up a day later in the back of a Limo eating McDonalds burgers. Absolute legend

Talking to my sister about this right now…

I love hearing about so many perfect bi sons all over the country 💚

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The discourse today is great for blocking opportunities. Remember blocking early block often.

The party that promised "free speech on campus" has made sure there can be no free speech on campuses.

The first independent poll of this election has me tied for first place!

REMINDER: I have a newsletter, in which I do a regular queer book giveaway!this month is Sacha Lamb’s amazing WHEN THE ANGELS LEFT THE OLD COUNTRY (as well as a brief meditation on New York.) buttondown.com/SharonJGoche...

a copy of my book is up for auction at the annual holiday fundraiser organized by BC Studies, running until nov 26th. i suspect that this might be for a hardback, because that's all that's left. great cause, great deal, and great shipping rate (within canada): www.32auctions.com/organization...

Please consider donating to my synagogue's warm clothing drive! Amazon wishlist (easy, wide range of prices): bit.ly/bundled25 Silent auction (beautiful handmade crafts!): www.32auctions.com/bundled2025 We want to give mittens, socks, hats, etc. to families who come through our food pantry!

Decades of rigorous and scientifically sound research have proven that vaccines do not cause autism. CDC’s decision to change language on its website reversing that finding is reckless & harmful. Our statement w/ @hivma.bsky.social, APIC, @sheaepi.bsky.social & @sidpharm.bsky.social: bit.ly/3XEc0KH

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Bro, we just want the planes to take off and land, on the agreed-upon schedule, can you focus on that?