All they had to do was apologize and half heartedly bring back woke, but it looks like they're gonna try and coast into an early grave instead by focusing on being "trendy," something Brands and CEOs totally grasp and can keep up with

I always break this out whenever someone mentions CVS or Walgreens. I haven't worked for Walgreens in over a decade and I'm not shocked that it's fallen as much as it did.

🎊Today is my birthday!! I'm turning 30!!!🎊 Could I ask for a RT as a special gift?🍰 THANK YOU everyone who supports my art, and thanks for staying around! It warms my heart and soul, I apreciate it very, very much 💙🌊 #dnd #ocs

If they want me back they have to go fully Woke 2, sorry. Whole hog. I gotta be able to get an abortion there

i feel strongly that anyone that thinks that there is a nefarious cabal of surgeons and doctors Transing people should be forced to try and schedule one (1) transsexual procedure

This is terrifying www.advocate.com/news/crime/b...

The Outstanding Writing Emmy ended up going to some young up-and-comers named Pixar, but as you can see: I absolutely nailed my “happy to be nominated” face! Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld still bagged two Emmys though, because it’s FUCKING GREAT. So proud to have worked with this incredible team.

Whenever you see this happen, remember, it's possible the movie could've been a WORSE movie by having nothing to explain in it, but because some people look stuff up online, they were allowed to make the good version you just saw.

What's scary about this story is the surveillance it hints at. This trans woman had changed her name, legally, but chose not to change her gender marker. She was apparently flagged in the DMV system as trans and her license was invalidated under a law that supposedly only concerned gender markers.

Kansas invalidated a trans woman's license even though she never changed her gender marker. It's not about the gender marker. It's about targeting trans people and making their lives unlivable.

yes and thank you for the excuse to share one of my all-time favorite tweets (from @longwall26.bsky.social)

people love to say "you should read conservative opinion pieces too" and every conservative opinion piece is like "corporations should have the right to vote but minorities shouldn't. source: I made it up"

One of the greatest, Bruce Campbell, announcing he has cancer. Our hearts are with you Bruce, Hail to the King.

I know trans men are men because one trans guy called in as an expert witness said something to the tune of, “Now what these bills do do — ha ha, doodoo” in front of a packed committee hearing 💩

Pete Hegseth: peace through strength. Lethality. Warfighter. Badass men who have big dicks and have lots of sex and exercise a lot. No beards. No women telling us what to do. Aide: sir we ran out of missiles in 3 days

Insane. The anti-trans movement wants an absolute right of parents to control their children, from the kids' religion to their gender. The state must obey the parents. Except when the parents want to affirm their children as transgender. Then the state can do whatever the fuck it wants.

Fuck you, past me, you lazy twonk.

"AI is a part of everyday life" because companies keeps trying to force it to happen, not because its a good, organic or practical product. I know thats not a catchy headline but its more truthful.

Nice opinion on trans people, did a billionaire pedophile give it to you?

He has no idea what he's done or what to do now. Heavens help us all.

This is such good news for artists. Now companies would never in their right minds pressure you to use AI because you get to say: "We can do that as long as you don't want to own the stuff you make and ANYONE can use it for ANY reason without paying you for it." and they will NOT like that.

Beta reader: I wonder where the story goes after this! Me: Who knowwwwwssss? Beta reader: You? Me: Nope

The anti trans side latched onto the idea that somehow social transition locks trans youth into their gender identity rather than their social transition being a manifestation of their gender identity. They think it's not immutable and they can convert us to being cis. That's what this is about.

1. This morning, Texas AG Ken Paxton just released a chilling new declaration: Mental health therapists, counselors, and psychologists must cease affirming trans youth - using their name and pronouns - or potentially face child abuse charges and loss of licensure. Its a horrifying escalation.

a reminder that because shit is so fucked, your nervous system (and mine ofc) is really amped up, and that means everything you take in is turned up to 11, in terms of how you process and understand it. worth giving yourself some breaks regularly.

The UK government is looking to make legal for AI companies that which any ordinary citizen could be taken to court for. It is on the cusp of approving theft *only* in this case, a truly unequivocal “rules for thee, not for me” scenario. That AI needs such special treatment indicts it utterly.

Texas AG Ken Paxton has declared that it is illegal for mental health providers and therapists to treat trans youth. It means that trans youth will be denied access to any mental healthcare that isn't conversion therapy. Paxton also threatens parents of trans youth with child abuse investigations.

The key to getting mainstream media on board with an illegal war is making them feel like an important part of it.

Alright, in general I should ... do many things that matter more than involving myself in The Discourse ... It's hard to not, sometimes, given how annoying I find it all and how much I do feel in the eye of the storm here, as a trans journalist who just wants to ... pay my bills. Exist.

One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

I know that I sound like a broken record but I think once this society was ok with accepting mass covid deaths just to be able to eat at Applebees then all bets were off.

anytime

it’s wild how everyone hates Fetterman (correctly) and there’s a guy running who’s basically holding a huge I’m The Next Fetterman sign and it hasn’t slowed him down at all

Ossoff’s statement is 1000x stronger than Schumer-Jeffries. This is a moderate Jewish Senator from a Trump state. The split isn’t moderate vs progressive, but leading vs poll-reacting

Just a few weeks ago, all these European powers spoke of the threat that the US now presents to Europe. They talked about the possibility of Trump attacking Greenland, like it was an imminent and existential danger. Now Trump unilaterally bombs Iran and they all fall in lockstep

Fantastic breakdown of the last hundred years of international meddling in Iran

For those in the US, the correct position is to be anti-war and anti-imperialist. The US does not have the right to conduct regime change to either destroy the country or install a puppet. If US sanctions / war are constantly on the neck of the Iranian people, how can they ever achieve freedom.

I do not like when the nerds who post graphs on here are all going "oof" and "jesus christ" at the same time

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else. We mustn’t let this war do so.

For years we said they’re going for a genocide of trans people and for years we were told to “stop being so dramatic.” Now we’re at the point of human experimentation with the explicit goal of eradicating us. Can we call the genocide a fucking genocide now?

I get why/that people say this, but dont' underestimate this: all other social networks are invested in making sure that posts that link to journalism remain buried, or at least never go viral. BlueSky doesn't do that. That makes it very valuable to a ton of newsrooms righ tnow.

It’s funny if you call PayPal or visa lines and bring this up asking why they claim “adult illustrations” is against their regulations but betting on the death of kids is totally fine. They don’t have an answer. In fact yall should call them at least once a day with this :)

that they have kept their relationship intensely private to the point that this is how we find out is probably the best sign they might actually make it anyway, rules are rules, here is the exact moment she fell in love

Chun-Li day so here’s some old favorites #streetfighter #art

I have never seen a politician more directly copy this speech in my life

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take," is correct and good advice, but I wish people would do something about the face slaps you get when you miss a taken shot because I've been bleeding for years now.