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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 15h

Trans rights and opposition to genocide are not purity tests. The end.

lauren @f4rfields.bsky.social · 1d

and having this kind of thing WITH anxiety... oh it is a positive feedback loop of feeling bad i'm sure :(( i am hoping it gets better...

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lauren @f4rfields.bsky.social · 1d

🫂hang in there impy

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lauren @f4rfields.bsky.social · 1d

i'm not going to lie to you, the way things are right now is kinda making me feel like i'm not even living in reality anymore

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mimi (caffeine biased) @coffeerow.bsky.social · May 25

four guys in the family guy death pose in a row like a dead barbershop quartet

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lauren @f4rfields.bsky.social · 2d

people are finding things in p3 that i cannot find anywhere unless it was from like. the trailers but i don't watch trailers on purpose as a rule.

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hunter 🪚🥩 @fleshatronach.bsky.social · 2d

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lauren @f4rfields.bsky.social · 2d

you know that thing that wallace from wallace and gromit does where he raises his hands in fists with his palms facing forward and wiggles them side to side when he's talking about cheese? my mother does that for real.

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 3d

As this country crumbles, Indigenous rights and sovereignty are going to come to the forefront, as well as States Rights.

Be prepared to advocate for Native tribes and people. We are the front line and we hold the answers to lead a new way.

Indigenous nations plan a tariff-free trade corridor across the US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

www.motherjones.com

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chelsea bridge 🏳️‍⚧️ @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · 3d

1. do not interact. they want you to engage. that is how they spread their shit. deny them oxygen.
2. block & move on:

eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 3d

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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lauren @f4rfields.bsky.social · 4d

i'm sorry... dissociation can be a nightmare. was it triggered by something?

lauren @f4rfields.bsky.social · 4d

🫂 if you need to someone to listen, i'm here for you.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 4d

You know the Politco article about the Young Republicans praising Hitler and spewing hate speech?

They redacted every slur except the R word.

That tells you everything you need to know about how pervasive ableism is.

No social justice without disability justice.

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StargazerKG 🦸🌠 Stellar Hero Vtuber @stargazerkg.bsky.social · 13d

Paypal is now playing harder ball on artists, going after anyone even mentioning commissions.

Artists, send invoices. That way, no one has to say what the money is for on Paypal's paper trail.

Customers, SAY NOTHING about commissions. Just say "thanks" on donos.

Everyone: INCREASE THE CALLS.

qdbuckwheat.bsky.social @qdbuckwheat.bsky.social · 14d

Sharing a helpful link, has other numbers and call scripts to use.
stop-paypros.neocities.org

Stop payment processors from censoring games!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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lauren @f4rfields.bsky.social · 4d

a lot of these posts implicitly suggest that argentinians are somehow ultimately benefiting from this. i see mentions of "well argentinans have universal healthcare," meanwhile, their public healthcare system is in crisis because melei wants to privatize everything he can. so.

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lauren @f4rfields.bsky.social · 4d

i'm pretty annoyed by the rhetoric regarding how the US is sending a ton of money to argentina rn because there's very little discussion of how this is ultimately the US exploiting argentina via debt, who already owes upwards of $56 billion to the IMF, which the US has the most control over.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 4d

as always it's very telling who gets to be a kid just making mistakes (25-35 year old Republican operatives praising Hitler) and who is a full fledged adult who must face the lifelong consequences of their decisions (Black teenagers, college students protesting genocide)

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

“Kids”

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brendon bigley @bb.wavelengths.online · 5d

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Tim Ellis 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 4d

Here is a Reddit threat that explains how to disable Copilot in Windows, which I've just followed:

www.reddit.com/r/WindowsHel...

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samus aran enjoyer @riotlinguist.bsky.social · 4d

CW: SA
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i hate to be on my usual fucking bullshit but it really needs to be said that these are rape threats.

they also stripped her and filmed her.

elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 5d

Greta Thunberg was beaten and tortured by the Israelis. They learned how to call her a whore in Swedish, and forced her to wear the Israeli flag.

The Swedish foreign ministry abandoned its citizens in Israel, and downplayed what they went through.

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Beating, kicking, and threats of being
gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla are now sharing details about their five days in Israeli captivity - and how Swedish Foreign Ministry staff left
them without help. Aftonbladet's investigation shows how the Foreign Ministry downplayed the
abuse in its communications. Her red suitcase lies in the hall. "Whore Greta"
someone has written in large black letters. Around the text: an Israeli flag and an erect
penis. The bag was confiscated by the Israeli military from the boat - and returned to her like this. She
laughs.
- They're like five-year-olds!

- They dragged me to the opposite side from where the others were sitting, and I had the flag around me the whole time. They hit and kicked me.
Greta laughs.
- Then they ripped off my frog hat, threw it on the ground, stomped and kicked it, and kind of threw a tantrum.
- They moved me very brutally to a corner that I was turned towards. 'A special place for a special lady', they said. And then they had learned 'Lilla hora' (Little whore) and 'Hora Greta' (Whore Greta) in Swedish, which they repeated all the time.

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lauren @f4rfields.bsky.social · 6d

but also very stupid!

lauren @f4rfields.bsky.social · 6d

i apparently injured myself in multiple ways yesterday and now i hurt all over

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lauren @f4rfields.bsky.social · 6d

i had one where my dad threw me into a ceiling fan on purpose so i understand this

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❄️🌼 @wasimaymay.bsky.social · 9d

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 8d

Attacks on the federal workforce are also attacks on Black workers, who are overrepresented in the public sector.

Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.

Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.

www.nytimes.com

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