Just to be clear, an English degree - learning to critically assess texts - is actually one of the most dangerous for people such as Badenoch. An educated population, able to bring hundreds of years of context to statements in a dawning age of AI slop and attention-seeking dishonesty is also vital.

If you think that trans rights or the rights of the homeless or of the disabled are an acceptable sacrifice to make in this fight, then you've already capitulated to their framework and you are fighting only to save yourself and not any of the rest of us.

AUTHORS: It’s time to submit your claims for the Anthropic copyright settlement. 1. Look yourself up here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup 2. File your claim here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com Form asks for ISBN and copyright reg # for each work. Can find in step 1.

One of the current candidates for governor of Virginia has a mud-slinging line in one of her web ad spots saying her opponent "wants to put boys in girls' locker rooms"... it had very much NOT the intended effect on me. It made me think "Wait, what? Oh ok transphobe, you just lost my vote."

Howdy! I'm looking for an unpublished (or barely published) queer artist to collaborate with me on an upcoming, non-profit queer horror anthology short. Full color. Under 10 pages. There is a page rate, but it is admittedly small. If interested, PLEASE REPLY HERE. If you DM me I will block you. ❤️💀

Commission request. Timeline: ASAP. Left is the mockup I made. Right is the artist's image. I need the shield redone + 7 more shields. Buying global rights to use in promo: print and digital. Please send portfolio link, rates, and estimated turn around to [email protected]. #artcomissions

Ok, we “saved” Jimmy Kimmel. Now can we bring that same energy to migrants, trans people, BIPOC and women? Or are we just reserving that for rich white guys?

Do it. Search your name. Take their money. It’s yours anyway.

If you're a veteran or active duty service member, add your name to tell the Defense Department to uphold the Constitution and stop using the military for patrolling American streets.

LGBTQ students deserve to be themselves at school.

Long shot but - does anyone in London know a photography studio with an underwater theme? Like, “mermaid sitting in a giant shell” vibes?

a reminder

www.reddit.com/r/transgende... Guess what? The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions. Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her? Read her own account here.

The EU (still) wants to scan your private messages and photos 🚨 You WILL Be Impacted 🚨 Every photo, every message, every file you send will be automatically scanned—without your consent or suspicion. If you live in the EU, contact your MEPs NOW and tell them to vote NO! fightchatcontrol.eu

Trans women belong in women's spaces because THEY ARE WOMEN.

I wonder what % of people still use their local news stations as a main source for weather info? I know my generation mostly uses apps and websites these days, but...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down operations after loss of federal funding:

this. Do NOT be cruel to these folks. The situation they're bring forced to handle Is *not their fsult.*

Anybody see this tube?? #SDCC

once more #WithAltText

Heads up graphic design & artist homies!: Adobe is automatically pushing your CC account into the 'Pro' tier to make you pay for generative AI credits. Next month the price goes up $10 to $69 a month. You can change your plan to not pay for AI trash.

Trans rights are human rights.

FWIW, adding alt text also benefits you on a purely selfish level - more people will share your posts if you add add alt text to your images. GET THOSE CLICKS, Y'ALL. ADD THAT ALT TEXT.

(sighing) Seems like a good day to mention that there are wizardly universes in which the series creator's only opinion about toilets is that when you use one, you should try not to miss. www.youngwizards.com

new vlog! youtu.be/_M-Ig8WAS4A?...

CLARIFICATION : The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline. They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY So spread this around They can be texted. They can be called.

🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands. Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵

I just looked up the current population of the USA, as of last year it was ~340 million... so if my math is correct at least 1.5% of everyone in the country was protesting today. Maybe 3.2% of the country, if the 11+ million estimate I see floating around in the replies is accurate.

NOT. SWIM GOGGLES. Friends. Do not wear swim goggles at a protest. If you take a projectile to the face the force can pop your eyeball out of its socket. If you're going to invest in protest eyewear, use impact resistant safety goggles and tape the vents.

The Nassau County mask ban makes masking (even N95s) a criminal offence punishable by 6 months in jail and/or a $1000 fine There’s technically a medical exemption, but it’s up to police to determine who’s sick enough to mask If you’re protesting in this county & masking for health, contact Julia!

If you are in the National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens, call the GI Rights Hotline, 877-447-4487 Please share 🙏🏼

co-streaming #SummerGameFest ! twitch.tv/kate come watch me get disappointed by no Jet Set Radio announcement!

NEW VLOG! youtu.be/SKHehoW6CG4?... #travel #japan

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

As a child, the U.S. government forced George Takei and his parents to live in an American internment camp during WWII. After the war, his family was left without a home or any resources to get by. He went on to become an award-winning actor and a lifelong advocate for immigrants' rights.

"This fandom is so dead" "I need a new fandom" "No one cares about this thing anymore" JUST LIKE THINGS YOU CAN JUST LIKE THINGS

New vlog!! youtu.be/3_OLSvoviW4?... A day on Miyajima Island in #Japan #travel #travelvlog

For some really exciting reasons, I had to remake my travel/irl tiktok account and am rebuilding it from scratch. www.tiktok.com/@irl_kate Please go give it a follow, as the previous one will be shutting down soon.

If you’re a scientist with even a little bit of experience talking about your science to the public, I’d encourage you to sign up to do one of these. I can help. 🧪🌎🦑

New vlog from my Japan trip! youtu.be/C4Qyn98o1EQ?...

How often do we see a weather advisory warning people to stay out of the sun? Not heat or temperatures, mind, but UV exposure.

The european citizens' initiative to ban conversion therapies in the EU only has 250k signatures and needs to amass 1 million in the next 7 days... If you live in the EU, please sign it (you can't otherwise); if you don't, please share it around.

Dr. Noor Abdalla will be spending her first Mother's Day as a mom without her husband Mahmoud Khalil, who is still locked up hundreds of miles away from her in ICE detention. He should be holding his son who he hasn't met yet, but he is instead detained without due process by the U.S. government.

Still my dream project. I got a great pitch.

If publishing actually wants more working class writers, more POC writers, more trans writers, more disabled writers, more *any* marginalised writers, the solution is really simple: PAY THEM. Give writers enough money to live and they'll give you all the words you want.

*taps mic* Just want to say that Ryan Coogler is not the “Black [Insert White Director Here]” He is Ryan Coogler. Respect him and his craft.

Actor folks, reaching out for a friend - last minute need for a F voice actor for a read-through of an upcoming project (original actor had to drop out). Doing a test recording this Sunday if you're curious. Remote/Zoom recording, no travel involved.

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Are the people telling you to post your activism and civil disobedience going to pay your bail? Pay your rent or mortgage and groceries whilst you're incarcerated awaiting trial? Going to get you your job back if you're fired? No? Then be smart about it. Don't post illegal shit online.

If you don’t respect the rights of people who aren’t like you, then you don’t really believe in rights - you believe in privileges, and privileges can always be taken away.