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parent to a transgender young'un. active at reddit r/cisparenttranskid. throwback memes. pretty woke. Pritzker/Walz/etc. Never Gavin. Miss me with that "oh those Never Gavin people, those Pronoun People, they probably didnt even vote blue" nonsense

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transparent, parent of a trans kid @cleanwindows.bsky.social · 13d

I think we should dissolve ICE, and I think it should be with one of the so called mineral acids

transparent, parent of a trans kid @cleanwindows.bsky.social · 3m

are we doing "blue sky is dying" again?

transparent, parent of a trans kid @cleanwindows.bsky.social · 14m

II think it's simpler than that, "this guy will do whatever I want for a price"

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 18h

I am very tired of this, but a quick review.

In America, it is legal for you to own your bullshit laser, no matter how it got into the county.

How you use your bullshit laser matters. Most jurisdictions escalate to felony for lighting up any law enforcement. Doing to them in the sky is ++Felony.

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 19h

This is such an astoundingly bad idea that I kinda think it’s a false flag or an op of some sort

Merits aside, it is insanely easy to be caught if you do this and the punishment for doing this is much more severe than you’d guess.

(@faineg.bsky.social often writes on stuff like this)

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endeavorance 🕊️ @endeavorance.camp · 3h

Hello, it is me, Technology Broseph. I will now dictate what the future of humanity looks like. My qualifications are that I once tripped balls with a billionaire who then funded my abstract eternal life research venture

Anyway, first thing we gotta do is install cameras in everyone's assholes

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 2h

It’s a disgrace, really; these expenses have been sitting on my credit card for weeks. But, like, good luck getting a supervisor on the phone. They’re all oh help resist authoritarianism but then it’s all we can’t process your file without a fully-completed form, but when you click the link it 404s

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 2h

It’s great to be paid for protesting and everything but let me tell you the whole antifa reimbursement process is just terrible

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transparent, parent of a trans kid @cleanwindows.bsky.social · 2h

*waits for opportunity to make a "thin reed" joke*

transparent, parent of a trans kid @cleanwindows.bsky.social · 2h

go directly to mulch

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 4h

Good Place:

Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Allison Hantschel @allisonhantschel.com · 3h

The last No Kings in Chicago was like 90 percent older female protest veterans who've been derided as normie lib wine moms for the past decade so maybe we could start nagging, like, "woodworking dads" or find a way to condescend to 30-year-old men for a goddamn change.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3h

i do think it's important to note that liberal boomer pilates grandmas have *already* been showing up in pretty huge numbers to protests for a long time (and do a lot of other non-glamorous organizing)-they're way down there on the list of demographics who need extra encouragement to get out there

WhatSaraSaid @whatsarasaid.bsky.social · 13h

protests against this government should include white Boomer grandmothers who meet for pilates class, get a pitcher of mimosas & walk together to the public space

we need people in the street who think everyone can talk their way out of a speeding ticket, they're key to winning

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transparent, parent of a trans kid @cleanwindows.bsky.social · 2h

find better ska

transparent, parent of a trans kid @cleanwindows.bsky.social · 2h

hopefully nobody because they suck and Gwen Stefani is an extremely disagreeable person

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 20h

Here is some material Bari Weiss published regarding Covid.

So when anyone defends her in any way, what they are saying is that real world victims of medical disinformation don’t matter.

It’s all just a game to these pundits.

• Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: The Government Censored Me and Other Scientists. We Fought Back-and Won
• Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: Free Speech on Trial
• Dr. Marty Makary: Dr. Fauci's Legacy
• Drs. Tracy Hoeg and Marty Makary: U.S.
Public Health Agencies Aren't 'Following the Science,'
• Dr. Marty Makary: Officials Say, Universities' Covid Policies Defy Science and Reason,
• Drs. Vinay Prasad, Stefan Baral, Lucy McBride: Bringing Sanity to the Omicron Chaos, Talking To Three Doctors Who Have Been Islands Of Reason In A Sea Of Confusion.
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: Let Djokovic Play
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: We Have a Tripledemic.
Not of Disease, But of Fear,
• Drs. Vinay Prasad and John Mandrola: The Epidemic of #DiedSuddenly
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: How to Save Science From
Covid Politics
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: What RFK Jr. Gets Right— and What He Gets Wrong,
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: Vinay Prasad: Why Was My Talk at a Medical Conference Canceled?
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: Covid Vaccines Shouldn't Be 'Routine' for Kids.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 19h

Garlic Bread and Roses 🏴 @aceanarchist.bsky.social · 22h

Here is an excellent guide by @crimethinc.com about wearing goggles and masks to demonstrations. crimethinc.com/2020/09/02/a...

A Demonstrator’s Guide to Gas Masks and Goggles

Everything you need to know to choose the right gas mask or goggles to protect your eyes and lungs from chemical agents and projectiles.

crimethinc.com

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 10h

If any child in your life has an IEP or 504 plan:

Trump fired (we think) all of the employees in the office at the US Department of Education that disburses special education funds from the federal government that school districts use to pay for those plans.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 23h

No. No. No.

(Nothing against Steven, I used to do this too until I learned that it was a bad idea.)

Swim goggles hit by a projectile (like a tear gas canister or pepper ball) can direct force to the area around your eyeball and pop it out of your skull.

NOT desirable.

Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 23h

Pro tip to reporters and protesters: always have swim goggles in your pockets or bags. They’re small, $10 and if tear gas is used, slip them on & no matter how much you cough, you’ll still be able to SEE without burning eyes.

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transparent, parent of a trans kid @cleanwindows.bsky.social · 7h

fits your priors, got it

transparent, parent of a trans kid @cleanwindows.bsky.social · 7h

I'm not sure how you know this, are you looking at video footage of the event or something

transparent, parent of a trans kid @cleanwindows.bsky.social · 7h

been to a number of town halls and the people who show up and accuse the speaker of lying are generally not doing so in a measured way. and they also have an incentive to soft pedal their hostility when retelling. come on.

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Cyril Pickering @cyrilpickering.bsky.social · 15h

I've heard AI podcasts. They are mostly vapid conversations between two soulless voices, spouting uninsightful buzzwords, trying to fool an audience into thinking that the people talking are actually friends.

Real podcasts are...
Oh.
Oh no.

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aly gibbs [spooky] @alyssaur.bsky.social · 8h

I've never been more excited to hear John Oliver talk shit about somebody

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

www.youtube.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10h

A reminder.

Humanity has never removed an atmospheric pollutant at a global, continental or, even, regional scale — we have only ever shut down the source and let nature do the clearing up. This is the case for chlorofluorocarbons and stratospheric ozone destruction, for sulfur dioxide and acid rain, and for sulfur and nitrogen oxides and photochemical smog. We must be prepared for CDR to be a failure, leaving us to rely on the environment to stabilize atmospheric CO₂ over thousands of years. This is another argument for rapid decarbonization.

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Nathan Williams @nathanmwilliams.bsky.social · 13h

When the (naked) cavalry arrived.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 19h

I interviewed one of these factory workers in Los Angeles. She gets paid three cents to sew a zipper, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt.

This is how fast fashion brands like Fashion Nova can put "Made in USA" tags on dress shirts that retail for only $25

"Every day at 6 am, Bilma boards a bus that shuttles her to downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District. When she reaches the garment factory an hour later, she starts working immediately, without punching in. Like thousands of other garment workers in the United States, Bilma’s wages aren’t tethered to the clock but rather to the quantity of operations she executes. Three cents for a zipper or sleeve, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt before she passes it onto the next sewing operator in line. Assembling an entire dress earns her a mere 15 cents. Bilma toils away on garments primarily for fast-fashion labels such as Fashion Nova, Lulus, and Lucy in the Sky, who prioritize quickly stocking on-trend items over the quality of materials. These companies peddle things like $80 maxi dresses, $25 poplin dress shirts, and $5 crop tops, all modeled by beautiful people and bedecked with the tantalizing promise of low-cost glamor."

"This worker payment system, known as “piecework” in the garment industry, is how US-based manufacturers can sidestep labor laws that require companies to pay at least the minimum wage. Rather than compensating Bilma for the exhausting 12-hour shifts—a regimen that, according to LA County’s minimum wage requirement, should yield $202.80—her pay is determined by the individual tasks she performs, which can fluctuate daily. Despite her adept handling of hundreds of garments a day, Bilma’s earnings typically linger around $50 per day. That’s $300 weekly for the standard six-day grind and $350 if she opts for Sunday labor. Doing what she can with this modest income, Bilma spends $400 a month to live in a two-bedroom apartment with six other people, some of whom are day laborers. In this crowded arrangement, two occupants squeeze into each bedroom, while two more lay claim to the living room. Bilma sleeps in the corner of the bustling kitchen."

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transparent, parent of a trans kid @cleanwindows.bsky.social · 13h

one can hope, anyway