Jordan
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You know what REALLY pisses me off? Every time my phone restarts for any reason - update or no - I have to go through and manually disable all the AI cruft that Samsung has decided my phone DESPERATELY NEEDS even though I don't and will never use it.
I know my phone has restarted when I go to unlock the screen and there's all this shit on the lock screen trying to get me to set up the shit I disabled earlier.
RFK saying what he did about Arab people is not meant for you to try and refute.
Whatever evidence people like him are presented with to the contrary will never be met with "Well I guess I was wrong. That's my bad."
The whole point for 'X culture produces nothing' is two-fold:
Something I spoke about before was how transphobia is often an expression of misogyny, it gives people who hate women an outlet and sets trans women up as a class of women it's socially okay to be misogynistic towards, while also providing an ideological justification for that misogyny.
A new survey of 1,000 American adults found that the strongest supporters of transgender sports bans are not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women.
www.helenwebberley.com/news/transge...
I don't need to tell you how racist this is. You're smart enough. There are 1000 replies telling you at a bare glance this is garbage. From science to superheroes to fine art.
But to the myopic views of a white supremacist, nonwhite achievements can never exist and that's universal.
RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."
The "cosmic imbalance" is that once you have purchased a dozen roses for two bills - I don't know if that's a rip-off or if inflation is just THAT bad in "Blade" Hunter's cyberpunk LA - they close up shop because they feel guilty killing plants just to satisfy human vanity.
Rise of the Dragon has some really cringe stereotypes in it, which is honestly par for the course for Dynamix, but the overall story is pretty solid for a point-and-click adventure game.
When trans creators are subtle, people dismiss the trans subtext as “headcanon.”
When trans creators are loud and proud, people call it “obnoxious” and “cringe.”
They just don’t want us to be represented in media at all. Because they don’t want us to exist at all.
"they're not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women. "
IT'S ALMOST LIKE TRANS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU THIS FOR THE PAST DECADE!
A new survey of 1,000 American adults found that the strongest supporters of transgender sports bans are not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women.
www.helenwebberley.com/news/transge...
The far right is international and they all organize together and raise money for each other. I'd argue it's critical to pay attention to elections in other countries.
Fun fact, teen furries.
The people running your events and cons you like to attend so much are NOT going to be 22 year olds with no credit score and only a 2005 Jetta to their name.
I’ve gotten that too! “Aren’t you a little too old to be a furry? You should act your age” along those lines.
I was like “who do you think manages the sites and organizes the cons? It’s the 30 year olds and beyond. There wouldn’t be a community without them” the shut up is real quick after that.
I just spent my morning trying to occupy myself by setting up a bunch of DOS abandonware to launch from my Playnite launcher. I am once again struck by the urge to make a graphically updated version of Manhunter: New York in AGS. It's a game that begs for at the very least mouse control.
Getting an ultrasound today to check for possible gallstones and I had to fast for it, which would've been nice to know before I scheduled it for 1 in the afternoon.
I am getting mileage out of this one!
Democrats and their voting base to trans people:
"Look, the lady in blue will make your lives miserable, but the guy in red will also make your lives miserable while also personally inconveniencing me, and is that what you really want? How selfish of you."
My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.
Turek is running for Senate in Iowa, a conservative leaning Republican state.
And it is a very close race.
You have every right to criticize his position on this issue and in a perfect world I’d join you.
But let’s put that aside and help him win this race. Turek is still better than his opponent
are *you* willing to give up your child's ability to participate in sports? which medications are you willing to forego for the blue wave? what part of your bodily autonomy and freedom of movement are you willing to put on the altar?
Be specific.
New Rule:
Before any of you cis liberals come into a trans person's replies about how we need to suck it up and vote for bigot candidates, you are now required to list which specific rights YOU, personally, are willing to give up in exchange for your candidate's election.
this thread brought to you by a certain governor of California who's lining people up under a 2028 bus that's not even here yet, and the DCCC sending me screeds from James Carville as if I need to hear tough guy shit from a geriatric Josh Lyman who's too chicken to protect queer kids.
I’m just crushed. Eric did the Looney Tunes voices as if he were perfectly channeling Mel Blanc.
He was such an amazing talent.
My brain can’t process any of this.
I just was made aware of the sudden and tragic passing of voice actor legend Eric Bauza. What an immensely talented and generous person. This is very sad and I wish him peace as well as his family.
❤️
These anti-trans Dems are saying "biological males" should be banned from girls sports because they know exactly how bad it sounds if they say "transgender girls" should be banned from girls sports.
They're using "biological males" framing as a sort of self-justification and self-soothing.
PSA for cis folks: if a democrat goes on camera and answers a question about trans rights without making an explicit statement supporting trans rights, they're anti-trans
Man ppl gotta be more stoked irl when your friend shows you art they made. It sucks to work hard on something and show it to people you care about and get a reaction like "cool :)" hype up ur homies!!! They did that!! Pick out something to compliment and encourage them!
if being an ally is really what you want, this is the price. you have to actually be one.
if you don't, you are only an enemy, a barrier, one more person doing harm. throw your little rainbow lapel pins in the garbage disposal and flip the switch, because you don't deserve it.
i want to make it clear to any loyal dems who can read this:
if you primarily value being a member of the Good Team trans rights is not optional. you know how you see your boomer parents? that's already you. you'll be sweating as you tell your kids and grandkids it was A Different Time Back Then