Fun fact, US passports did not have a gender marker until 1977, when a rising trend in unisex fashion started freaking the government out.

Queer rights are labor rights! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

If you need a writer (especially comedy writing), an artist (illustration, comics, character design, etc), or like, little office rat who scurries around and gets coffee or whatever, PLEASE get in touch. I am nice and fun to work with and my brain plasticity is exceptional and I'm strong and brave

I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.

I've written up a brief script for anyone who wants to call or write your representatives regarding this bill (yes, even the ones you think won't care). PLEASE DO THIS IF YOU ARE ABLE. This bill *cannot* pass. You can find your representatives here: www.congress.gov/members/find...

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for * Google AI Summaries * YouTube Ask button & chat summaries * GitHub Copilot * Facebook AI chat * X's Grok buttons * Deviantart DreamUp * Booru AI images * And more github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

Thank you to @authorsabb.bsky.social heroes @beccacoffindaffer.bsky.social and Ed Underhill, we have some slides that can be shared by anyone about this, with particular reps to target. Let's kill this bill in committee.

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me wen i use my brain haha

Any action taken by the state, whether it be Kansas or California, to erase trans people from the body politic, including restricting access to healthcare, is eugenics and part of a fascist racial project. You cannot be anti-fascist and anti-trans at the same time.

Democrats should run on breaking this up. I don’t even care if they can’t do it right now. Make a stand against state-run media.

The most powerful thing you can do for yourself is to work hard to kill any shame you feel about sex and your sexuality.

please keep contacting your representatives and demanding they oppose online censorship bills like KOSA, The Screen Act and advocate for the protection of section 230 www.congress.gov/members/find...

Enterprise is renting thousands of vehicles to ICE. Tell them to side with us, not the feds terrorizing our communities. #ICEOUT https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-enterprise-ice-out-now/

the best thing about mamdani doing something is realizing "wait mayors can just do that?" the second best thing is seeing people twist themselves into pretzels to pretend any of this is somehow bad

this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

“I trust my immune system. I don’t need a vaccine.” Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it. Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.

Zero tolerance is the ONLY and FITTING response to genAI being used in production of media. Sure, you might think it's too harsh. Sure, they might've only used it for early stuff in development, etc Listen, it's not even a SLIPPERY slope, there is NO friction at all unless we speak out against it.

Just as a reminder: ⏳Trans people have always existed. 🎽Chest binders have existed for hundreds of years. The only reason we have accessible, puchasable binders today is because of trans resiliance and care so we do it safely. Fuck anyone who would take that from us.

I don't frequent Starbucks most of the year, but do stop in to get peppermint hot chocolate several times a week during the holiday season. It hasn't been hard to forego my beverages to support these folks. Even if your store isn't unionized, it is a nationwide strike. There are other coffee shops.

The only acceptable amount of genAI usage is zero, IMO.

"Starbucks, the company, is behaving irrationally. As more and more stores go union the companies shortsightedness will become glaring and indefensible. It will become clear that Starbucks management is creating structural fragility." @sagaftra.org President #SeanAstin in LA right now

Friendly reminder to remove the ?si= from the URLs you share from platforms. I joke about "I'm not clicking that video you shared and messing up my algorithm," but that little URL query string is designed to convey "who shared this" and it helps form a link between you. Which advertisers love.

I cannot stress enough that most ppl don't ever even think about calling their reps. I talk to ppl in my fam about it and they go "Huh? What?". But your reps work for YOU. They need to know what you actually care about. When we call in big numbers it ALERTS them, cuz they rarely hear from us.

Reminder that if anyone is setting you up online to do some crime, THAT PERSON IS A COP. ALWAYS. WITHOUT FAIL.

As it's been pointed out, age verification laws getting permablocked in Louisiana, Arkansas and Ohio directly contradicts the narrative that KOSA et al is popular, which its congressional supporters are desperately claiming If we push it could unravel completely, but we all *have* to keep pushing

It's not just horny pics you're gonna lose if these bills pass-it's our community, our safe spaces, our right to express ourselves, our right to privacy, list goes on and on... That's literally the ultimate goal of a porn crackdown-take the Queer community down with it. Call your reps-Seriously.

Dance with the Devil (our characters attended a fancy party during the recent session of our swords of the serpentine campaign)

We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.

like i have been saying, if you have ADHD you should be standing with trans people on their medical rights for basic moral and solidarity reasons but also the practical reason that you can fight at their barricade or you can fight at ours but it's the same fight

IDK who needs to hear this but there is no "underground" market post Patriot Act and PRISM, the feds know everything, so the onus of responsibility for adult content being accessible/accepted is on US. You have to get political.

Did you call Mastercard and Visa? Did you remind them you won’t stand for censorship?

• “I didn’t watch it, but TikTok told me it’s problematic.” • “I didn’t read it, but here’s my take based on screenshots.” • “I didn’t follow the narrative, but I saw a gifset and that’s enough.” • “I don’t understand the plot, therefore the writing is bad.”

KOSA will obliterate trans people's ability to have spaces and even communicate online. It MUST be stopped.

Mastercard is REALLY trying to pass the buck off onto banks (who, granted, ARE part of the problem but its still mostly MC and Visa) do as Ana says here and tell them your bank told you to contact THEM. easy way to tack on more time in the call stop-paypros.neocities.org

Please keep putting pressure on PayPal. Stories like this are becoming more and more common. Artists don’t deserve to lose their source of income over payment processors being puritanical/anti-small business.

I am the decendant of people unjustly incarcerated by the US Government based on race. Any statement for mass denaturalization, "reverse migration", or the invocation of the Alien Enemies Act is a direct threat against marginalized communities. Say "no" now. Do not let this happen in silence.

there are hardly any writing tips I think are worth anything at all -- any path is good, I don't trust any maxims about which one works better or is more valid or results in deeper/harder/better work -- but this is a sound principle.

The clouds have made the aurora look so haunted

Here's a note I sent to our members about what we did with their money, and why we expect the Onion to outgrow the Washington Post. We keep doing weird, hard shit — taunting ICE, yelling at Congress for not taunting ICE, buying bad websites — when nobody else does. Our members keep getting papers.

What a great headline

Our feature tutorial/artist for today is by the talented @miyuliart! Drawing FOLDED ARMS is an exercise in THINKING about how the forms STACK, this explains it well! #characterdesign #manga #illustration

Neither Montana nor California have legalized in-app gambling and the fact that those two very different states agree on this should be a signal to everywhere else.

Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes. If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.

TODAY IS BLACK FRIDAY PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL DO YOUR PART! TODAY MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY ❤️

If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.

happy none pizza left beef day!! it's been 18 years and is now old enough to vote

Please try to tell your faves you enjoy their work. A lot of people are bold enough to be openly negative or mean while positive people react quietly. Lurking is ofc okay but I think it’s good to try and be openly encouraging from time to time🥹❤️