There are more people organizing and pushing back against the regime today than there were in the first term. There are more people in more places (rural towns and big cities across the country). I think it's really strange how resistant some people are to these facts. I wonder what's going on.

My mom said from Raleigh that people there were squaded up against ICE & ICE is leaving Raleigh & Durham tomorrow. She said there were trainings at churches for ICE watch & all kinds of things. She said "these are our people & ICE is not welcome." Alright mommy!

I am a citizen and so are majority of Somalis in America. Good luck celebrating a policy change that really doesn’t have much impact on the Somalis you love to hate. We are here to stay 💁🏽‍♀️

Every ICE victim was terrorized by one or more perpetrators. Listen to the victims, investigate the ICE agents that attacked them, and press charges. Listen to the victims.

re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"

Jubbly Jive barracuda trials seems really fun, but it lags wildly for me. Hope that gets fixed soon. Tried a million things on laptop as well as tablet 🤷‍♀️ guess it's afk salvaging for my osrs time until that's fixed / I have the level for the third barracuda trial

This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.

We live on for those who couldn't We carry their true names in our hearts, so that they might be remembered And we hope those still keeping names private, and those young yet to come, will know a better world than that known by the lost, and us

Feels good for first day of osrs sailing so far! I was pretty prepared with alpha/beta gameplay, but it was fun to do the temp trial with actual XP rates and not the level 30 cap. Salvaging is a lot chiller at level 42+, and been afking that some while falling asleep 🤣 hope everyone's had fun

Top 5 film genres: - There's so much blood, but like. In a fun way. - Heavy-Handed Critique of Capitalism - Bunch of strangers are trapped in a place together but they keep dying and they gotta figure out what's going on - Pre-Hays Queer Shenanigans - One Badass vs. The Establishment

It's being reported that New Zealand has banned puberty blockers for transgender youth. I removed New Zealand from my recommendations to families fleeing a while back after the far right saw a surge in power in the country. Sad day for NZ trans youth.

16 men have been arrested for trying to solicit minors. One of them works for ICE. He said “I’m ICE boys” when he was arrested, as though that would get him off the hook. ICE agents are not above the law. He’s about to learn that the hard way: www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

Excited for Sailing! Here are some of my stats before release 🥰

And so he bloody well should face criticism. This is not a president, it's an embarrassment. Trump faces criticism for referring to female Bloomberg reporter as ‘piggy’

KEEP SHARING YOUR STORIES about increased ACA premiums due to the disappearance of subsidies. The stories clearly are having an impact, they help people feel less helpless, and they create solidarity that leads to action. Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?

on monday the regime was going to revoke existing passports. yesterday they were going to allow all already-issued passports to remain valid til expiration. today it’s back to revocation. yet we’re called hysterical or wreckers for criticizing the politicians supporting these policies

This is brilliant! 🧪“The Monster Slash” By @ellecordova.bsky.social on IG She performs a song about the cuts to the government agencies that impact our daily lives.

I have relatives that will be like "I'm against LGBT, they shouldn't have rights" and then are confused when their trans kid wants to talk to them less and less. I think conservatives genuinely do not grasp the notion that actions have consequences

fuck. A trans high school freshman in Iowa died by suicide a day after a substitute teacher in his school insisted on misgendering him. He was relentlessly bullied about his gender.

Kindly ask folks to raise a stink about this everywhere and anywhere. Money and all that can come later. It’s just a five-alarm fire situation now bsky.app/profile/acva...

THIS IS BIG For non-academics who might not understand why: 1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house 2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.

My biggest fear is, legitimately, that this could end with me just losing my bank accounts. Plausible reality. Wish journalists and leftist content creators actually locked in on this issue

The drink is called Stop Yelling At Us

To the best of my knowledge this is basically Mastercard Threat Intelligence and Recorded Future in a nutshell, and it’s easy to see how this could be used to discriminate based on numerous other qualities

MeToo did not go far enough. People were saying "MeToo has gone too far" when it had barely just picked up momentum. It was an attempt at reckoning with how institutionally misogynistic and sexually exploitative most institutions are and what women are constantly put through. So it was crushed.

Friend tried to donate to my Throne, flagged by fraud detection at Bank of America — bank identified the transaction as specially for “giantess voretuber Ana Valens” I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!

I’m sorry folks, but opportunities to support me financially are literally being pulled from the internet. Even if you don’t listen to ASMR, at this point the best thing you can do to help me is actually subbing to my SubStar subscribestar.adult/acvalens

A party that couldn't endorse Mamdani. . . has room for Marjorie Taylor Greene The party can burn in hell

I remember going to bed every night and praying to God that I would wake up as a girl. Since at least 7 years old. That was back in 1992. The idea that someone planted this in my head as an ideology... It's grotesque. I knew I was a girl since I was old enough to be cognizant. That never changed.

they obviously want to be able to revoke passports so this is them running into a limitation on their current power, the regime is not omnipotent

Additionally: Intra-party conduct things like this only have real force and impact if we can trust the process. A process this opaque, comprised of people with extensive conflicts of interest, and clearly used to silence critics is not trustworthy.

I wrote a tribute to Alice Wong and how she helped me embrace my disabilities. I spoke about my fear of identifying as disabled given my conditions are “invisible”. One of the first comments I received was someone telling me I’m pathetic for thinking my fake issues are as bad as her real ones.

A few weeks ago I was talking politics with a local, highly straight, bartender. All the sudden he said: “Well, I think a big part of the problem is that so many of the people who would’ve been our progressive leaders died of AIDS & can’t help us now.” And I’ve thought about that every day since.

Too often mutual aid requests stall while a person is alive, and then when they pass the goal is met quickly. It’s hard to ask for help and as a community we need to commit to helping in life & in death. We need to fund treatments, housing, food & caregivers… not just funerals.

Alice Wong fought tirelessly against institutionalizing disabled people. She understood that we deserve autonomy over our care. That healthcare is a basic human right and people should receive the support they need to remain in their homes & communities. Fight for universal healthcare now!

Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.

Good article. We have reported about "Gender Exploratory Therapy" at EITM for years now - it's a subversive practice akin to "crisis pregnancy centers" that seeks to delay transition until the person gives up on being trans - they will NEVER let the trans teen transition.

The reason why most women my age couldn't care less if Bill Clinton goes down with the ship is that we were teens & young women when the Anita Hill and Monica Lewinsky scandals happened. It's rotten to the core. All the way down. Your "lost" era is not ours.

If people are really bringing back "gay" as a generic term for bad I am going to be so obnoxious about this just like I was in the 90s and 00s. Yes I am gay, the gayest being who ever lived, and the more it annoys you the gayer I get so just deal with it

A 20 year old woman in Minnesota was murdered at work by a coworker this week. Why? He didn't like the way she looked at him. And people are judging her gender presentation in an effort to justify her murder. America hates women. And children. It hates Black, Indigenous, Latine and Asian people too

For the Disability community, losing Alice Wong is like losing Ursula Le Guin or Octavia Butler. She was a powerhouse, a pioneer, and a mentor to many. She taught me so much. And always reminded me what we were fighting towards, as well as against. I miss her clarity, bravery, and joy.

“We need to bring shame back to welfare” There’s always been shame. There shouldn’t be, but there is. It’s a dehumanizing process to apply for benefits. The world judges you, treats you like a failure and many make it clear they would rather you die.

Christ who permitted thid

People really think the primary connection between disability & SW is disabled clients. But a disproportionate number of SW are disabled ourselves. You only don't know that bc it doesn't fit the stereotypes that claim disabled people aren't sexy & SW all look the same

So I randomly got recommended this vid for a tiny 'tuber who's maxxing today! And I was thinking, wouldn't it be fun if we surprised them by all showing up? So I'll be there, and if anyone else has time maybe you'd like to come along too.

Hey maybe we all agree we don't make vulnerable girls punchlines, even it's to make political points, huh?

can anyone tell me why washington is somehow so institutionally catholic because my sister was telling me when she was looking for graduate programs there most of the things were catholic. What Is Going On There

A huge complaint I have seen about long covid by assholes is “it’s only (rainbow haired, queer, progressive etc) women bitching about it, so o know it’s not real.” As usual, it’s misogyny.

I have bad news for you about Democrats and policing *reform*