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Hawthorn Swift 🌳🏴🏳️‍⚧️
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eco anarchism and queer liberation
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Viva viva Tortuguita! 🐢
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NEW: Israel has committed at least 497 ceasefire violations, killing at least 342 Palestinians since the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel & Hamas went into effect on Oct. 10.

An Israeli ‘kamikaze’ drone targeted a car on a busy Gaza City street on Nov. 22, killing 5 Palestinians.
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Fuck the police!

Crew up and practice de-arrest skills with your people.

Be un-governable.
Major police action involving St Paul Police Department & feds around Eastside Rose Ave / Payne / Phalen / Maryland reported in last 2 hours with a lot of gas canisters unleashed on community. Reports latest that police withdrew.
Content advisory: Video shows gas canisters deployed & detainments
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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if youre trans and youre struggling to justify why you as a person should be allowed to take up space in the universe just consider that by your sheer existence you make a lot of the worst people on earth mad enough that they will die early deaths from stress. so thats a p good reason
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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I hope one day my partner and are surrounded by community again to hold and be held by on days like today. It's a heavy thing to carry alone.

A solemn trans day of remembrance to those who observe today.
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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I write
to metabolize grief
a meal I never seem able to finish
for food keeps being piled onto the table
seemingly endlessly
I look upon this tiresome feast
with bleary eyes and a sore mouth
breaking apart at the seams of my being
always thinking the last bite will see me done
as I take the next
TDOR fast approaches & I find myself thinking, dreaming solemnly

I dream solemnly
of a day of rememberance
for me and my kin
true to its name
The painful incidents long past
still tender
not wounds open anew
each time a sibling falls
Fresh blood
Grief gashing
Lost lines
I dream of revenge
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Fight like hell for the living!
This is the day we remember a hell of a lot more of us should be alive. Do not forgive. Do not forget.
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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> outing the survivor, posting (selective, taken out of context, and dishonestly twisted) screenshots of private communications, tagging all the survivor's friends, forcing the survivor to relive the abuse again and again just as they were beginning to move on with their life
November 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Devastated to learn of Alice Wong's passing today. Her voice was a powerful one that helped build so much visibility and solidarity for Disabled folks.

May her memory and words and wisdom spark a thousand blessed revolutions!
November 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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AIDS activists included many trans women and supporters of trans rights. Many are sadly passing away in recent years, after fighting AIDS for decades.

Even still, one activist in hospice care became animated when pleading for trans people to take to the streets and fight for our healthcare again.
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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my grandfather was drafted twice as a young man to be a scout in Vietnam.
His records were erased and the VA denied him any help while he died from cancer.
he was not the only Black man this happened to.
there's been entire court cases about it

www.blackveteransproject.org/post/histori...
Historic Black Veterans Reparations Case Moves Forward After Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss
Court rejects government's argument that it is immune from a lawsuit by Black veterans who allege — since World War II — that application for and awarding of benefits is racially discriminatory. Hundr...
www.blackveteransproject.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Protect your neighbors on the street!
We must fight back against efforts to dehumanize and disappear our unhoused neighbors. Something you can do is to join a local mutual aid or #StoptheSweeps group, to fight police encampment sweeps and the criminalization of poverty.

+ Check out these tools/resources from Housing Not Handcuffs:
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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NEW: Brazil Mourns After 121 People Killed

October 28, 2025, will be remembered as one of the saddest episodes in recent Brazilian history, especially for residents of the state of Rio de Janeiro. At least 121 people were killed in the deadliest police operation in the country’s history.
Rio de Janeiro Mourns After 121 People Killed in Unprecedented Police Operation - UNICORN RIOT
October 28, 2025, will be remembered as one of the saddest episodes in recent Brazilian history, especially for residents of the state of Rio de Janeiro. At least 121 people were killed in one of the ...
unicornriot.ninja
November 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Alt Headline: "Man wouldn't have worn costume to work if he'd known his department was getting cut in half."
Man Wouldn't Have Worn Costume To Work If He'd Known He Was Getting Laid Off
October 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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#poem #trans #queer

I hope every fash whose ever glared at my girlfriend today or otherwise sucks rocks till their dying days
October 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Donate to my friend's Gofundme to help her keep access to a vehicle in this already nightmarish world bsky.app/profile/mati...
On Monday I learned that my transmission died. This comes not even six months into pouring thousands of dollars into keeping my truck running (as no single repair exceeded its value). Considering its age it makes zero sense to pay for repairs. Here’s the link gofund.me/d18e5e1a8
Donate to Support Matilda in Securing Safe Transportation, organized by Matilda Bliss
I am a trans woman living in the most dangerous city for pedestrians in … Matilda Bliss needs your support for Support Matilda in Securing Safe Transportation
Gofund.me
October 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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A lot of people think it’s unreasonable to expect masking in public spaces

What’s unreasonable is accepting a mass disabling event when we have tools to stop it

What’s unreasonable is expecting disabled people to stay home forever

What’s unreasonable is risking your long term health unnecessarily
October 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Quote post your favorite Pokémon (wrong answers only)
October 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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AG James' announcement of mass drug arrests was accompanied by a dangerously misleading statistic, and more broadly counteracts New York's harm reduction efforts, writes researcher Kevin Revier.

"Simply put, when drug raids happen, communities become less safe."
New York Attorney General Uses Scare Tactics to Publicize Fentanyl Busts
Her mass drug arrests and misleading information put New Yorkers at added risk, and contradict the state's commitment to harm reduction.
filtermag.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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As Palestinian fighters prepare to exchange the rest of the Israeli captives for thousands of Palestinian prisoners, we look back to the previous ceasefire (which Israel broke) that led to the last swap in January 2025.

Full story of swap from February 2025: unicornriot.ninja/2025/america...
October 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Attorney says video shows 'CBP agent taunting her—“Do something, bitch” before "steering unmarked vehicle into hers and opening fire."

"“La Maggie” Martinez survived a federal shooting in #Chicago, [h]er attorney says body-cam footage shows agents provoked it." migrantinsider.com/p/chicago-la...
Chicago Latina Shot by Border Patrol Survives, Lawyers Up
“La Maggie” Martinez survived a federal shooting in Chicago. Now her attorney says body-cam footage shows the agents provoked it. The public deserves to see the tape.
migrantinsider.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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As the activists kidnapped are released don't lose sight of those still held. 138 floatilla activists are still being held, the anti-zionist israelis who entered Gaza by land, and over 40,000 Palestinian prisoners being tortured by the IOF who need all of us to take action in whatever way we can! 🇵🇸🕊
October 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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our melody is louder than a shout
October 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Down with the surveillance state!
October 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM