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The elections are on next Tuesday, and so much is at stake, including the soul of the Democratic Party when it comes to transgender people. I am asking you to leave a very small number of races blank in which a Democrat has embraced extreme anti-trans hate. I make my case here.

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You know, for all they yell at us about how calling out a Democrat for transphobia might cost them votes, they are extremely unwilling to do the calculus on how many votes *doing the transphobia* costs. Not just to that one Democrat, but to the whole party through damaged reputation.

Going to bed with a tiny bit of cautious hope. A rare thing.

Y'all should know the play by now. They start off with whatever seems the most socially acceptable kink to cry bloody murder over, then it's just a hop and a skip and a jump to everything suddenly being criminalized. Kink content is important. Even the kinks you don't like. Remember that.

these people are so high on their own farts that they dont know what reality is anymore. you cant even order a hamburger at mcdonalds with ai. girl, you think you are Ayn Rand (embarrassingly) and you have internet psychosis. now go generate your respond to me in chatgpt.

reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the news

This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW

"JK Rowling is already a billionaire and everyone already knows about Harry Potter, what's the point of boycotting?" Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit.

Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch

If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️

Something men, anyone, can do when they encounter offensive humor is ask the joke-teller "why is that funny, can you explain that to me?" I grew up with men who told rape jokes & from my own experience, they're rarely challenged. You dont need to yell, but challenge; make them explain themselves.

A year on from me starting it, I complete my list of 101 TTRPGs I played before my 50th birthday. How did you spend your birthday? I bet it wasn't doing your work and then hammering out 3.5k words about the chatgames with funny dice (or no funny dice, or no dice.) #ttrpg

don't be shy gen con go ahead. don't be shy pax unplugged go ahead. don't be shy origins go ahead. don't be shy gamehole go ahead. don't be shy gary con go ahead. don't be shy page go ahead. don't be shy breakout go ahead. don't be shy dragon con go ahead.

God I'm so tired of seeing rapists everywhere. I hate these fucking braindead pigs, I hate watching them gorge on power and money for no reason except that they want it, I hate knowing they're torturing women with impunity, I hate seeing their smug stupid fucking faces on the news.

There’s something to be said for how most of the political spectrum can unite around hounding some lesbians over niche drama in their spaces but huge segments of society are silent about pervasive campus rape impacting a huge population of primarily youngwomen

To be explicitly clear to anyone who cares: Not only will I refuse to vote for Gavin Newsom should he be the Democratic candidate in 2028, I will donate to and campaign for the best third party candidate I can find, and will encourage everyone I know to do the same. He cannot be president.

If you write Sword and Sorcery and you don't dress this sick, what's even the point?

In response to the ever-growing, insatiable bloodlust of a paramilitary group answering only to the president, Dem candidates should focus on banning trans athletes imo. That’s how we’ll win and uh, restore democracy.

the republicans are wide open on several fronts, historically unpopular president, unpopular war, record high gas. any dem throwing trans people under the bus at this moment is doing it because they want to. not like they need to, do they. even if it worked as a vote winner, which it doesn't

It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.

Republicans can’t even rhetorically maneuver their way out of dogfucking allegations and there are dems still volunteering to gas trans people

Holy shit. Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined. "I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports." This is getting out of control.

Most DND 5e diehards delude themselves into thinking that they aren’t here for the fun violence and it’s like babe your whole story is constructed around the use of violence. Your rules are only built for enabling violence. Get with the program just say you like swing the sword kill the man!

actually we need to fix the harms done by this country and that includes acknowledging and amending the historical terror this country has reigned for its entire existence

This is so fucking true. I NEVER thought I'd see people in my lifetime of all stripes wearing keffiyehs in public and risking their careers for Palestinian liberation. I couldn't imagine this. Ever. It's moving, it's beautiful, it's unbelievable. And yet it's real.

hello i am a roughly DSA-aligned trans person who votes in the US by a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, i am considered at the same time too strong– my opinions about my own rights able to sway billion-dollar elections– and too weak for candidates to consider listening to this is fine

Honestly the discourse really is just a lot of cis people going "won't you trannies just accept you are less than human scum that don't matter and throw yourselves on the pyre for me". You can dress it in fancy words but a ban on trans healthcare will kill trans people & you demand we support it

just a reminder that all the "free speech!" centrists in 2024 were huge fucking liars and love cancelling people for controversial opinions more than anyone else

Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "

The problem with the average 5E player is that they're playing a game that asks you to manage resources and get upset when you point out the game involves managing resources.

Swordtember 8: Crane Needs a big mech in the background #swordtember #crane #big #industrial #mecha

sorry, but torturing the omelas kid is just a smart move, polling-wise. i personally wish there wasn't a kid in the omelas hole--of course i do!--but let's not get distracted by purity tests, here.

tapping the sign

THE ONLY way this statement could be okay is if the next sentence was, "And it's been proven time and time again that this is not the case, so it's a moot point." But instead, we're told we all have to rally behind bigots using pseudoscience to hurt us and alienate us.

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.