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We are all unpaid beta-testers for Elon’s unsafe “self-driving” cars

👉🏿 https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/1k5pzcx/speeding_cybertruck_destroys_car_on_wisconsin/

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"two things can be true at once" is quite possibly the single most important idea you need to internalise to be a decent activist.

just over here in my local context, it's truly fucking mind-blogging the number of people who can't comprehend "Scotland benefitted from being an active part of the British colonial centre and needs to address that legacy as an oppressor of the Global South and also Scotland has faced centuries of cultural and economic colonisation by England." people want to believe just one or the other so badly. these are not mutually exclusive ideas!!

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everyday there's a new cost or price or fee i cant take it anymore!!!

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hi everyone! i know ive been super offline (for good reason lol) but i did want to share something on here.

the biggest reason why i haven't been posting is because i've been organizing really heavily with the filipino migrant population in chicago with the tanggol migrante (defend migrant) network that is based in many major cities in the us. we provide know your rights trainings, organize support systems for people with uncertain status, and have an emergency hotline for those detained.

recently, we were made aware of 2 filipino migrants in ICE detention in indiana, which falls under our jurisdiction as the closest philippine consulate is in chicago. one is a 71 year old working grandmother named tita r, who is currently in a clark county facility and has been since march, even though she is a legal green card holder and thus a us resident.

as you would expect, the conditions are horrible. she has been shackled, gone days without her kidney and blood pressure medication, and spends all of her time in a windowless, unsanitary hall filled with bunk beds and other people in detention. the only respite is video calls with her family, which cost $25 for 20 minutes, and is incredibly hard to navigate. at one point, she was being transferred so many different places, her family had no idea where she was.

this week i traveled with fellow organizers to kentucky, where her son and daughter are based. we were privileged to meet with them and offer support during this horrible time. tita r had her master hearing, where it was decided she would have to wait until next month to hear the decision of whether or not she will be deported back to the philippines. tita r has been in the country for over 40 years, and has built her life and raised her family here.

every time i am on a video call with her, i always want to cry, out of both sadness and laughter, because she may be one of the funniest people i have ever met. she calls everyone either boo-boo or bobo, which is always an endearment. she was showing the other people in her facility, look how tall my grandson has gotten! it breaks my heart to hear that she thinks she will die in detention due to the conditions. we learned that at one point, her blood pressure was at 204.

the stories of filipino migrants aren't exactly shared often within the us, where the narrative mostly centers around latinos, especially mexicans. but filipinos are the second largest undocumented population in the us. every day, 7,000 filipinos leave the philippines to seek work elsewhere, because us imperialism has destroyed the country's economy, and idea of sovreignty.

we are raising money for tita r, because the philippine consulate hasn't released funds that her family is ENTITLED TO through the assistance to nationals fund, and as a result her family has had to shoulder the burden of legal fees, on top of the unimaginable situation they are going through. tita r's final hearing is next month, august 7th. we're trying to raise as much money as we can, and collect signatures for a petition demanding her release. i will include links here, but you can also go to @tanggolmigrantenetwork or @migrantechicago on instagram to hear updates on her case, or to even get involved, as there are campaigns running across the country right now.

please share this post. i will make a follow up post about the second detainee, a father named tito e who was detained at o'hare when coming back from the philippines, even though he is a green card holder.

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comments under any httyd movie content be like "HEY disney take notes, this is how you do a live action!!!" how about no one does any live action ever again

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ok note to self i gotta leave the house regularly so that i dont feel like im slowly transforming into an evil fucking shadow clone of myself

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I made my version of the Demon Hunters 🇧🇷(first generation)

I really loved this trend

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near every fucking party in europe has moved to the right on immigration and are willing to sacrifice both undocumented people and documented/turned citizen immigrants to appease the far right hysteria. wake up, this is the issue of our lifetime, this is what we need to fight for, especially as climate change accelerates and makes much of the third world uninhabitable and as companies use undocumented labour as slavery. this is our hill to die on

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Watching Jurassic Park and I have Opinions on this place as a zoo. Feeding the predators live prey?? There's other ways to provide enrichment! Also that enclosure is way too small for multiple large animals like that! Electric fences? Ha! Electric fences won't stop a fucking goat! Where's the zoo experts? Who designed these enclosures?? Were all zoos this shitty in the 90s???

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the radical feminism on this site is so insidious and widespread that even trans people are falling into it left and right despite it directly and immediately hurting us all.

this is an example of why people say "you are not immune to propaganda". if you as a trans person fall into the radical feminism pipeline i am begging you to take a second to remember:

misogyny is not the be-all-end-all of oppression. men can be oppressed. women can be oppressors. men can be victims of gendered violence. women can be the perpetrators of gendered violence. the gender and sex binaries are not real, and nonbinary and intersex people deserve to have their voices heard, too. our community is a spectrum of all different identities and expriences that are stronger together than we are apart. all of our voices are important and all of our experiences deserve to be heard.

and most importantly: anyone telling you otherwise has a vested interest in dividing up the trans community for political gain. do not do their work for them.

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please help a gal out!

hiiii im shelby, im a trans girl that has recently lost her job because the company i worked for went bankrupt. ill be fine on rent for about a month or so and hopefully it wont take me long to find a new job but if you can spare any cash id really appreciate some money sent my way to help me stay afloat. im not the best at it but if youd like i can draw or write something for you in exchange! thank you all so much in advance U^x^U

p*ypal is shelbybunny

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[Ravnica Battlemap]Shadowy BackStreet 32x56

In the forgotten shadows of Precinct Four, nestled just off the bustle of Tin Street, lies the alley known as the Backstreet—a place where sunlight feels like an intruder. Crumbling stone tenements press in from both sides, their sagging facades draped with torn banners and broken scaffolds. The cobbled path is slick with damp and decay, and the only light comes from sputtering arcane sconces and the occasional flicker of a passing thopter—though none dare linger long here. This stretch of alley has fallen firmly under the control of the Shattergang Brothers, where even guild enforcers tread lightly.

Deeper into the alley, the space opens into a ruined courtyard: a clutter of fallen stalls, shattered crates, and crooked wooden walkways. At the center stands a half-collapsed wooden shack—seemingly abandoned, yet carefully rigged. Hidden within its warped beams and floorboards are volatile explosives, scavenged from Izzet scrapyards and old battlefields. The goblins work quietly inside, the flicker of lanterns casting twitching shadows through the broken walls, waiting for the right moment.

Unseen by most, near the southwest corner of the courtyard, lies a rusted manhole cover. This concealed entrance leads down into the old Ravnican sewer lines—long-forgotten tunnels that the Shattergang have claimed as their true stronghold. Below, their network sprawls beneath the district like a festering root system: reinforced chambers, trap-laden corridors, and hidden bunkers where their leaders plan raids, hoard stolen materials, and brew the chaos to come.

This is more than just a hideout—it’s a trap, a message. The Shattergang is far from broken. Here in the depths of Ravnica’s neglected quarters, they plot revenge against Krenko’s crew and any who would stand in their way. The Shadowy Backstreet is the baited snare in their growing war, and those who wander in uninvited may not live to see the streetlights again.

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Saw a stag beetle fight off a magpie today it looked like this

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me when my disabilities disable me: