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Explorer Rowan

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Trying to get my head on straight, save some money, and get the hell out of Texas. Pronouns: ne/nem/nir/nirs/nemself

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Explorer Rowan @explorerrowan.bsky.social · Jun 18

I am also a trans girl who could still use some help. I've gotten some gig work from a friend since losing my government job, but as all people doing freelance work know, a few gigs is not the same thing as a steady income. Anything helps. ko-fi.com/explorerrowan

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Jordan Maison @jordanmaison.com · 1d

Rooting for Zohran despite not living in New York because I very much want other Dems/Libs to see that it’s not only possible to win without ceding ground to the “middle” or throwing marginalized under the bus, but to do so DECISIVELY.

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Explorer Rowan @explorerrowan.bsky.social · 1d

One of the best things about #StarTrek #LowerDecks was that they would go "hey, did you hear about that crazy shit the Enterprise crew got up to that one time?" and then go "but anyway, we've got our own crazy space shit to deal with." Give us more ships, with more crews to fall in love with.

CEO of Beckett Mariner @kariizumi.bsky.social · 1d

I will forever bang the drum in Star Trek that no, we in fact do NOT need to fill in ever last hole left after VOY or even ENT (bc Paramount is not interested in DS9 and I won't pretend it is) and it would be Cool, Actually ™ to tell new stories about new casts & new ships beside the Enterprise

mara @maraganger.bsky.social · 2d

i think hardcore "fans" types have a hard time with finality or maybe implications being left as just that instead of a clear cut answer. i see folks come out of stories demanding a finite answer when it's like, that kinda defeats the purpose, no ?

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urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 1d

Please Know my Disbelief is not only Suspended... but it is also FASCINATED. 😏🖖🏾

AND YET… by no means am I asking them to put more layers on him. Let him Jack Ransom the heck out of it, ok?! 🏋🏾💪🏾

I regret nothing.

#Twitch #StarTrek #SNW #LowerDecks #StrangeNewWorlds

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 1d

Hey look! A candidate for Maine Senate with a progressive platform that includes passing Medicare for all, codifying Roe, and supporting unions! He has zero (0) nazi tattoos and is younger than 77 years old

tuckerforcongress.bsky.social @tuckerforcongress.bsky.social · 3d

I am, once again, asking folks to put aside their differences over the senate race in Maine for this weekend as we stare down Question 1 on Tuesday. We must protect absentee voting so that Mainers continue to have an easily accessible and secure way to vote.

Vote No on Question 1.

#mepolitics

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Explorer Rowan @explorerrowan.bsky.social · 1d

So much for that. Teen Vogue HAD amazing political reporting, and then Chloe Malle killed the politics department. Great job "shaking things up," Chloe. I'm sure the billionaire class will be pleased. What's the death of democracy and the free press when there's billionaires to impress, right?

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Explorer Rowan @explorerrowan.bsky.social · 1d

The US has never once been the "good guys" in any conflict, merely "the bad guys who are occasionally the lesser evil," and I really need my fellow Americans to start internalizing that.

Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 1d

youtu.be/-Kvqe2iY0aU?...

Did The US Really "Save" Europe?

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Explorer Rowan @explorerrowan.bsky.social · 1d

Hey @teenvogue.com, which conservative billionaire jerk are you bending the knee to? This is a shame, and I am deeply disappointed.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 1d

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d

“Oh poor people can buy popsicles with food stamps” shut the fuck up the government gives perverts a trillion dollars in government money each year for pervert factories for billionaires the fucking popsicles are none of your fuckin business

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Explorer Rowan @explorerrowan.bsky.social · 3d

Lol, I went to sign up and got super mad that someone already got my username, then it turned out I signed up ages ago and forgot.

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lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · Nov 12

The healthiest thing we can do for the internet is get as many regular users as possible running their own websites. You could buy a domain and such, but a super easy starting point is to get a free subdomain of neocities.org, which is like geocities but existing now.

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Michael Freeman @afreeparticle.com · 3d

Wow this is wild 🤯

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Jamming avoidance response - Wikipedia

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Explorer Rowan @explorerrowan.bsky.social · 3d

That's why with things like environmental regulations, right-wingers ONLY see it as an unjust enforcement rather than a public benefit, because government's only function to them is enforcement. It doesn't matter if it would make their lives better because in their opinion it's ALWAYS an imposition.

Explorer Rowan @explorerrowan.bsky.social · 3d

It's a fundamental disagreement in what the function of government should be. The right views government as a means of enforcement, and the left views government as a service by and for the public. That's why centrist positions fail, creating ineffective compromises that neither enforce nor serve.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Remember: The fundamental issue isn’t the size of the government or how to make government more “efficient.”

It’s who our government is for.

Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires — or for the rest of us?

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porble @porble.bsky.social · 4d

trick or hoot. owl house costumes

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 4d

My first ever pin design was the LGBTree!

I wanted to make something to celebrate the queerness I see in nature as a tree scientist. I even designed my first #SciArt backing card with an LGBTQ+ themed botanical fact!

🌳🏳️‍🌈 canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/1813...

Me wearing a tree shaped lapel pin on a green coat over a brown hoodie. The tree is in progress pride colours. I had pink hair when this photo was taken!

The pin on its backing card, next to a mushroom, amongst fallen leaves. The backing card says LGBTreeQ plus by canopy robin. Did you know that only 5% of flowering plants are of a binary sex? Most plants have either multiple sexes of flowers on the same individual plant or multiple sexes within a single flower!

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Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 3d

same, Ciri, same

Ciri from The Witcher series saying “To be honest, I prefer women.” The sapphic pride flag has been added to her background

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Rick Desilets | The D-Pad @ricdesi.dpad.fm · 6d

Hey everyone, here's a real simple way to disable "Super Resolution" on your channels:

• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"

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Explorer Rowan @explorerrowan.bsky.social · 3d

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Nic Anstett @nicanstett.bsky.social · 3d

If you don’t fit into the capitalized, Christofascist, white supremacist ethnostate they want established you will never be respected. They just know that they have to bide their time to make you as explicit a target as they currently make trans and undocumented people.

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Nic Anstett @nicanstett.bsky.social · 3d

It didn’t make her change her politics but it made her realize that the Right isn’t her friend. Too many of our politicians and pundits won’t even get that far because their comparative privilege allows them to ignore the vitriol and irrational spite that fuels the faction they want to win over.

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Nic Anstett @nicanstett.bsky.social · 3d

The thing is Brianna Wu
holds a lot of the same stances that the “centrist” crowd does, but by nature of being trans she was forced to recognize that rational discourse with the Right isn’t possible. It took extended and continuous personal disrespect from her supposed allies to change her mind.

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🌘ellspe❄️ @cellspex.bsky.social · Nov 8

Normalize this reaction
#art #artists

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 4d

#SaveSpeech

starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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Girls Loving @girlsloving.bsky.social · Sep 17

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