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Moving to a big city as a rural farmer's daughter was so interesting. One thing that still gets me these days is just how genuinely magical public transit is. With enough lead-time I can get anywhere for just a couple bucks. That's actually fucking MAGIC.

we should all be pissed off at this btw. if not because sex work is legitimate work and should be treated with respect, then because you should be concerned at attempts to gentrify online spaces as pretext to court investors and force out minorities so those spaces can become part of a portfolio.

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

rumination

just learned this today

What is consciousness? What is sentience? These are philosophical question that have been asked since the dawn of time. How lucky we are to live in a time where 7 people in Northern California realised the answer is “being able to predict the most statistically significant next word in a sentence”

Protip: you do not have to watch the new Harry Potter trailer. I did not watch the new Harry Potter trailer, and I am doing great. If I had watched the new Harry Potter trailer, I am sure to have felt regretful and like I had betrayed many wonderful trans folks just living their lives.

sometimes it occurs to me that while "get bottom surgery and then use a strapon" is an obvious course of action for trans lesbians, a lot of cis people would be extremely confused by the suggestion that someone would do this.

they need to legalized polyamorus marriages so I can marry my girlfriends and be able to commit adultery on my wives with my other wives

i hate apps i hate that short form video is i hate that so many of my friends literally can't fuck all of this i loathe the idea that oops only numbers matter oops only output matter FUCK YOU i love the girlies on the grind but like be for real be for real be for real

Metal Gear is absolutely the most pure form of historical fiction. It really does casually go "yeah, a CIA splinter faction was using psychics to pilot a Gundam during the cold war, do you want to know more about Nicaraguan geopolitics?"

It really is substantially more likely that some guy wanted to shoot some people (or one man in particular) than that the government staged a false flag attack. Running towards conspiracy thinking is naive and you should be embarrassed. Is it possible? Sure. Is it likely? No.

The christofascists over in the US will say some shit like "real god-fearing christians hate functioning infrastructure" and then the pope will go "actually with infrastructure you can go get catholic guilt in church more easily" and a bunch of people will go "wow. the pope is so good" like no.

Turn from the ruin. Turn and go *forward*.

Bluesky is dying and a new bluesky struggles to be born; now is the time of girl dick on main

DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN 🏳️‍⚧️ #art #tdov #transart

And this is coming from someone whose entire personality in middle school was based on those books.

Every day brings another org that has thrown you under the bus. You go out (quickly, because you can't pee safely any more) and see ads for the wizardslop that is responsible. You log on to bsky to vent and are scolded for being judgy about it. They can't live without it. You can't live with it.

god is just playing Mad Libs now

Please god do this I'm so sorry I can't feed and house every trans girl on my own we need cis people to do this there just aren't enough of us Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

If I were a trans woman I’d be so psyched, then bitches are so cool Oh shit I AM :D I love yall and you should love yourself and be a bit kinder to that person in the mirror. You’re much more beautiful than you realize.

USian trans people aren't telling you they won't vote for Gavin Newsom to cause you distress and despair. USian trans people are telling you they won't vote for Gavin Newsom so you don't vote for his transphobic ass in the primaries. They are giving you actionable information.

BTW wanting your elected officials to protect the rights of women and Trans people is not a "purity test" Not wanting them to fund ICE and genocide is not a "purity test" Wanting them to actually fight for your class interests and punish fascists is not a "purity test" Have some goddamn standards

YOU - “What's it like to miss someone?” TOMMY LE HOMME - “What's it *like*? Good. And bad. An ache that brings you joy.” He smiles warmly. “I think of them a lot. I dream up these silly scenarios, in great detail. Of living with them... it comforts me.”

In half life 2, while evading and fighting off combine authorities, you get to hop on a moving train to reach the next area, then dodge another train later It's not a prompt, you're not told by any NPC, it's just a part of the level and it CAN run you over. No rails, no hand holding, just trust

Ngl few things make me more mad than Zionists exceptionalizing the Holocaust. “Never Again” means never again for anyone, not “don’t let it happen to Jews because it can only be about Jews.” Yes, specific historical context around oppression of Jews, but there’s also context around other minorities.

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

Show this to every non-American who claims “we’re not doing anything”

Let's get ready for May 1, 2028. GENERAL STRIKE! GENERAL STRIKE! GENERAL STRIKE! GENERAL STRIKE! GENERAL STRIKE! GENERAL STRIKE! GENERAL STRIKE! GENERAL STRIKE! GENERAL STRIKE! GENERAL STRIKE! GENERAL STRIKE! GENERAL STRIKE! GENERAL STRIKE! GENERAL STRIKE! GENERAL STRIKE! GENERAL STRIKE! GENERAL STR

I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow

cannot stress enough that they are abducting legal observers left and right and people are hearing about this happening to other people and still immediately going “alright where can i go to help now”

Who has the rights to Devil Dice. Sony? I want a new Devil Dice >:0

the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches