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A fan favorite Thanksgiving story from the Library: In 1926, Mississippi supporters of President Coolidge sent him a raccoon to kill & serve for Thanksgiving dinner. The Coolidges adopted her, instead.👇
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2021/01/when-rebecca-the-raccoon-ruled-the-white-house/?loclr=blsky
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2021/01/when-rebecca-the-raccoon-ruled-the-white-house/?loclr=blsky
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A fan favorite Thanksgiving story from the Library: In 1926, Mississippi supporters of President Coolidge sent him a raccoon to kill & serve for Thanksgiving dinner. The Coolidges adopted her, instead.👇
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2021/01/when-rebecca-the-raccoon-ruled-the-white-house/?loclr=blsky
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2021/01/when-rebecca-the-raccoon-ruled-the-white-house/?loclr=blsky
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What society thinks disabled people want to hear:
“You’re so brave!”
“We look past your disability!”
What disabled people actually want to hear:
“We acknowledge your disability and will happily accommodate your needs.”
“You can marry without losing your benefits.”
“We’d like to offer you the job.”
“You’re so brave!”
“We look past your disability!”
What disabled people actually want to hear:
“We acknowledge your disability and will happily accommodate your needs.”
“You can marry without losing your benefits.”
“We’d like to offer you the job.”
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
What society thinks disabled people want to hear:
“You’re so brave!”
“We look past your disability!”
What disabled people actually want to hear:
“We acknowledge your disability and will happily accommodate your needs.”
“You can marry without losing your benefits.”
“We’d like to offer you the job.”
“You’re so brave!”
“We look past your disability!”
What disabled people actually want to hear:
“We acknowledge your disability and will happily accommodate your needs.”
“You can marry without losing your benefits.”
“We’d like to offer you the job.”
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oh, the light-skins, dammit
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
oh, the light-skins, dammit
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great news! baby shark named Jelly with parents Peanut and Butter!!! 🥹🥹🥹
1/3: Help us welcome Jelly to the world — a newly hatched endangered zebra shark pup in Indonesia! 🦈💙
Thanks to parents Peanut and Butter at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and our partnership with the global coalition ReShark, this tiny pup represents real hope for her species.
Thanks to parents Peanut and Butter at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and our partnership with the global coalition ReShark, this tiny pup represents real hope for her species.
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
great news! baby shark named Jelly with parents Peanut and Butter!!! 🥹🥹🥹
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
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This.
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This.
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
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I couldn’t help myself. If you’re in the US, I wish you the best possible weekend in whatever circumstances you find yourselves. If it gets weird, remember your pirate friends are in your pocket, and love you just how you are.
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I couldn’t help myself. If you’re in the US, I wish you the best possible weekend in whatever circumstances you find yourselves. If it gets weird, remember your pirate friends are in your pocket, and love you just how you are.
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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I would rather 50 people got benefits they didn't need than 1 went without food or shelter.
Hot take maybe but I actually don’t give a shit about benefit fraud.
I give a shit about multimillionaires and billionaires existing and not paying tax on their actual wealth.
I give a shit about multimillionaires and billionaires existing and not paying tax on their actual wealth.
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I would rather 50 people got benefits they didn't need than 1 went without food or shelter.
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guys sometimes I think about jim asking “which one” and archie pointing and saying “oh definitely the fucked up one” and I still laugh out loud
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
guys sometimes I think about jim asking “which one” and archie pointing and saying “oh definitely the fucked up one” and I still laugh out loud
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
This morning when I meant to post #TakeTwoTuesday I saw a bunch of YWFTW chatter and just now scrolling there was some Calypso's Birthday morning after floating around so here's one for each 😄
Dressing Well: archiveofourown.org/works/64445359
Love Connection: archiveofourown.org/works/64482040
Dressing Well: archiveofourown.org/works/64445359
Love Connection: archiveofourown.org/works/64482040
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This morning when I meant to post #TakeTwoTuesday I saw a bunch of YWFTW chatter and just now scrolling there was some Calypso's Birthday morning after floating around so here's one for each 😄
Dressing Well: archiveofourown.org/works/64445359
Love Connection: archiveofourown.org/works/64482040
Dressing Well: archiveofourown.org/works/64445359
Love Connection: archiveofourown.org/works/64482040
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The gent on the left just arrived from the World Wildlife Fund for symbolically adopting an octopus🐙. Put him next to my other little guy and just laughed at the Gentlebeardness of it all.
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The gent on the left just arrived from the World Wildlife Fund for symbolically adopting an octopus🐙. Put him next to my other little guy and just laughed at the Gentlebeardness of it all.
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Today I’m thinking a lot about the concepts of UBI and 4 day workweeks, and how every time one of those programs is trialed it is a resounding success, how we could so easily create a happier & more productive society, how much more we could achieve if everyone wasn’t stressed as hell all the time
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Today I’m thinking a lot about the concepts of UBI and 4 day workweeks, and how every time one of those programs is trialed it is a resounding success, how we could so easily create a happier & more productive society, how much more we could achieve if everyone wasn’t stressed as hell all the time
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There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
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I get that part of the media cycle is for deep thinkers to come up with global Takes on what the Nuzzi outrage means for our culture, but...like, the main thing to me seems to be that she helped whitewash a genocidal eugenicist? who is killing people? right now?
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I get that part of the media cycle is for deep thinkers to come up with global Takes on what the Nuzzi outrage means for our culture, but...like, the main thing to me seems to be that she helped whitewash a genocidal eugenicist? who is killing people? right now?
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I may have found and painted) the prettiest autumn leaf ever!
#watercolor
#watercolor
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I may have found and painted) the prettiest autumn leaf ever!
#watercolor
#watercolor
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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Healthcare for trans kids saves their lives at significant rates.
To borrow a Vonnegutism, anyone who thinks kids shouldn’t have this life saving care can take a flying fuck at a rolling donut. They can take a flying fuck at the moon.
Protect trans kids and stop persecuting them.
To borrow a Vonnegutism, anyone who thinks kids shouldn’t have this life saving care can take a flying fuck at a rolling donut. They can take a flying fuck at the moon.
Protect trans kids and stop persecuting them.
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Healthcare for trans kids saves their lives at significant rates.
To borrow a Vonnegutism, anyone who thinks kids shouldn’t have this life saving care can take a flying fuck at a rolling donut. They can take a flying fuck at the moon.
Protect trans kids and stop persecuting them.
To borrow a Vonnegutism, anyone who thinks kids shouldn’t have this life saving care can take a flying fuck at a rolling donut. They can take a flying fuck at the moon.
Protect trans kids and stop persecuting them.
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Evergreen advice:
just use the fucking library.
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Evergreen advice:
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Stede often thinks back on that night in the top. Unfamiliar and soft leather on his skin, warm brandy on his tongue, the smell of spiced tobacco permeating every breath. It was as if the sea had risen with them when Ed's waves caught the moonlight just right. They still do.
#ofmd #OurFlagMeansDeath
#ofmd #OurFlagMeansDeath
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Stede often thinks back on that night in the top. Unfamiliar and soft leather on his skin, warm brandy on his tongue, the smell of spiced tobacco permeating every breath. It was as if the sea had risen with them when Ed's waves caught the moonlight just right. They still do.
#ofmd #OurFlagMeansDeath
#ofmd #OurFlagMeansDeath
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If you are depressed about the world, can't think of something to do, go get your local library card. Get Libby or overdrive. Check out books wildly, irresponsibly. Get those libraries and authors some dosh for free.
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
If you are depressed about the world, can't think of something to do, go get your local library card. Get Libby or overdrive. Check out books wildly, irresponsibly. Get those libraries and authors some dosh for free.
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Read this thread, especially if you've ever downloaded a book from a pirate site. Pirating indie books is NOT the same as 'acquiring' big budget Amazon shows. It's the difference between shoplifting from Walmart or stealing from a little craft stall.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Read this thread, especially if you've ever downloaded a book from a pirate site. Pirating indie books is NOT the same as 'acquiring' big budget Amazon shows. It's the difference between shoplifting from Walmart or stealing from a little craft stall.
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THIS
It saves a tremendous amount of overhead (money) and time (money) and complications (people who are eligible dropping out because they can't prove they are), but mostly it forecloses an extremely common form of fiscal parental abuse.
It saves a tremendous amount of overhead (money) and time (money) and complications (people who are eligible dropping out because they can't prove they are), but mostly it forecloses an extremely common form of fiscal parental abuse.
Periodically I see people justifying means-testing to ensure The Rich don't get stuff for free when they can afford it.
I see the logic, but we can just tax them more.
Plus, the BIGGEST thing not means-testing solves is
*deep breath*
IT STOPS RICH PEOPLE FINANCIALLY-ABUSING THEIR KIDS ANYMORE.
I see the logic, but we can just tax them more.
Plus, the BIGGEST thing not means-testing solves is
*deep breath*
IT STOPS RICH PEOPLE FINANCIALLY-ABUSING THEIR KIDS ANYMORE.
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
THIS
It saves a tremendous amount of overhead (money) and time (money) and complications (people who are eligible dropping out because they can't prove they are), but mostly it forecloses an extremely common form of fiscal parental abuse.
It saves a tremendous amount of overhead (money) and time (money) and complications (people who are eligible dropping out because they can't prove they are), but mostly it forecloses an extremely common form of fiscal parental abuse.