Vocabulary alert! amplexus: "The copulatory embrace of frogs and toads, during which the male fertilizes the eggs that are released by the female."

I mean, tea.

Today years old when I learned about Elsie and Elmer. 🐄❤️🐂

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

RIP #BudCort. A true original.🖤

RIP Bud Cort. How else would you even pay tribute to him.

RIP to the legend Bud Cort

Oh no, oh no, oh no! I just re-watched "Harold and Maude" not long ago, and it affected me just as much as it did when I was a teen. R.I.P., Bud.

The most solid evidence to date that white people love the Wu-Tang Clan:

"Crowww... I don't get you."

I can barely think of anything Ohio needs less than a road named after a bigoted rapist felon. cc: @repshontelbrown.bsky.social

Every once in a while the internet becomes that truly silly delightful thing it once was. Like this.

Yet another study shows that there is no inherent biological advantage that trans folks have over cis athletes, refuting the logic behind blanket bans on transgender athletes. 🔗 www.advocate.com/news/transgender-women-athletes-no-advantage

Hell, I have auditory processing issues. There are songs I've listened to for years and not fully understood that are IN MY NATIVE LANGUAGE. (Additionally, we live in an age where translation tools are at your fingertips, and learning new things is fun.)

Post a banger that isn’t in English.

Discovered this is more effective communication than email. Honestly do both lol: support.discord.com/hc/en-us/req...

Post a banger that isn’t in English.

also just sent an email. if you are a monthly nitro subscriber do the right thing and cancel your sub, and let them know why you cancelled.

A beautiful opinion piece from Bad Bunny’s cultural historian.

And your leaders have stepped down how many times since 2016?

From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵

Elmo has some love to share, too.

Something that Latin music seems to do so much more effectively than most other music (bhangra is also a contender) is communicate and spread JOY. Put on say, some salsa and try not to be affected. What a powerful weapon in so many ways.

You don’t have to share trumps racist posts. Not about the superbowl. Not about anything. We could join truth social if we wanted. We’re here though.

I didn't even see the show, and now I'm practically crying.

An attempt at Mari ‘ing up the Caldwell Higgins picture

In 2025 the Puerto Rican music artist Bad Bunny released an album named DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS! Videos for this album featured a character named Sapo Concho, named after the real life Sapo Concho, the endangered Puerto Rican Crested Toad! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

His GoFundMe is here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-le... - I donated a few days ago.

Assault/hate crime on Uptown parade route last night near Washington Ave. Attackers had Mississippi plates on their trucks. Let's help these folks who were assaulted www.reddit.com/r/NewOrleans...

A Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh inspired mari (I haven’t tried her style for a long time so very rusty!)

TWIN CITIES Armed Citizens Against Tyranny is a HONEYPOT action. No one in the Twin Cities, including the MN Gun Owners association, knows anyone supposedly in this group. Local orgs are STRONGLY urging folks to STAY AWAY from their planned "protest." acatusa.com

Richard Dawkins. Steven Pinker. Lawrence Krauss. Jonathan Haidt. Robert Trivers. Prominent atheists and scientists who have pushed anti-trans propaganda for years. They all had ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Some received huge research grants and island trips, and all of them benefited from their ties.

this post is gettin a lot of love! just wanna remind folks that Black trans history never ended! u can support black trans lives TODAY! THEM has this rad list of trans orgs by state, many of which specifically serve Black queer folks. i urge u to donate + follow! www.them.us/story/orgs-f...

Happy International Clash Day

Ironic, as I quit using Netflix because they kept platforming transphobes.

Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.

Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes." After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc

Hey everyone! Huge news! Our trans girl scout list has sold a total of 146,000 boxes as of today! But MANY trans girl scouts only have 20, 30, 40 boxes sold. I just resorted our list to put those on the top. Go get your girl scout cookies and make a trans kid's day!

Springfield (eating the dogs / cats) Ohio desperately needs your help with ICE. Ohio Gov Mike DeWine said it will be “the next Minneapolis” as 15,000 Haitians (1/4th of the entire city) will have their TPS status prematurely revoked Weds Feb 4th. Here are links to donate and volunteer directly: 1/

In solidarity with all of us standing up for our neighbors right now, @haymarketbooks.org is giving away 3 ebooks for free. Spread the word, if you can! www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/525-fr...

This is who runs this account.

2008: Epstein is convicted of procuring a minor for prostitution 2018: Despite that conviction, [files indicate] he was invited by Rowling’s team - along with a guest of his choosing - to the Broadway opening of Harry Potter and the private after-party Protecting women and children, is it?

Rhiannon Giddens is so fucking cool.

I have one of these pins and they're even nicer than they look and they look pretty damned spiffy. 🖖

And when you "buy" the book, you're treated to the knowledge that this exists:

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.

Project launches next Tuesday!! ✨🦇

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.