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fuck him on the senate floor friday

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sorry for being absent so soon after my return. my old man kitty is struggling with kidney disease and we're in the process of working with the vets to find an affordable treatment plan.

in the meanwhile, i'm babying him and praying that all goes well. good news is, we caught it early and otherwise he's very healthy for his age! still, it's been stressful.

love y'all, will return when all is better<3

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I believe the Mormon church has more sway on US law and politics than any other religious organization

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JK Rowling and Neil Gaiman have found themselves in a similar place, having their once beloved writing reevaluated after their public image takes a drastic negative turn. and I do think, for the record, there is a difference between the two.

A lot of the tells in Rowling's writing are political. It's very neoliberal, bootstraps, individualist, out of touch and full of racial and cultural biases in the way you expect an upper class white British woman to be. None of this is like, a secret, she's extremely literal in her writing, and it is in fact how she uses her power and influence. It's not revisionist to point this out, or to think that it isn't as good as it was believed to be, people were just given a reason to examine her work more critically, and they also, yknow, aren't children anymore. The fantasy Hogwarts invoked was always one of the biggest draws and reasons for its staying power, not really her prose or technical skill.

I do not think it's fair to say, however, that Gaiman's work should have tipped people off to him being an abuser and a rapist, or that it sucks, actually. We can gain more context and perspective on his writing knowing what we now know, but others have experienced the traumas Gaiman has, others have written stories like he has, and they did not choose to act in the ways Gaiman did. People like Gaiman and Palmer are able to build the exploitable fanbases they do because their art connects with vulnerable people. I think it's quite cruel to say to those people, "well, you should have known." We know what we do because victims were brave enough to speak out, and they don't deserve to have that diminished.

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Fascism thrives on ignorance and anti-intellectualism. Here are some ways you can combat it:

There is an ongoing literacy crisis. Teach kids how to read phonetically (other methods produce poor literacy) and introduce them to fun books, both fiction and educational non-fiction.

Teach kids about critical thinking and the scientific method.

You can also introduce kids to edutainment like Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow, The Magic Schoolbus, Bill Nye The Science Guy, Beakman's World, etc.

Help kids develop media literacy skills by asking them literary analysis questions about the media they engage with. Even very young children can begin learning literary analysis if the questions are phrased in words they can understand.

Learn and help other people learn information literacy, ie, how to locate and evaluate information.

Learn the red flags of pseudoscience, and educate other people about them.

Educate people and share media on real science and real history, because fascist narratives are full of pseudoscience and pseudohistory. (Miniminuteman, Gutsick Gibbon and Bart D. Ehrman's YouTube channel are great, by the way!)

Make learning a joyful experience, and show people the beauty and wonder of what's real. Being a discouraging killjoy will spoil your efforts.

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to anyone in the areas impacted by the wildfire smoke, my #1 biggest piece of advice as someone whos been dealing with wildfire smoke in the NW united states for years, is build yourself a Corsi-Rosenthal Cube

they perform as well as expensive HEPA air cleaners, and are comparatively VERY inexpensive. all you need is a box fan, 4 air filters, a piece of cardboard, and some duct tape!!!!

i think it took us maybe a half hour to put ours together, if that, and we replace the filters every 3 months. it's really made a HUGE difference, both when the air quality is bad, but also with our allergies

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Made a little something on slur reclamation.

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i love you lesboys who aren’t butches btw

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as i return to the internet space, i'm setting limitations for myself;

i will only use the internet [aside from simple googling&maps] at my computer

i am limiting my use of tumblr specifically to weekdays, and only for two hours daily maximum

it's easy for me to get sucked in to things, and lose time entirely. i'm fine going without the internet wholly, but i really appreciate the community i've found here, even if it's small.

and, i don't want my faith to entirely be here. i need to set aside time to actually practice, rather than scrolling and writing about it. i need time to live. setting these limitations is important for me, and even if i decide to change them, this is where i'm at now.

love y'all, and i can't wait to be back <33

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Message to my followers.

There's a lot of horrendous stuff going on around the world currently. It's truly and totally more than ok, if all you can do is help yourself and/or those who are close to you/close to home right now.

Don't let the performative activists with serious cases of single issue voter syndrome who've apparently never known a moment of desperation their whole lives guilt trip you into thinking you're a bad person because of whom you're able to help with what you have.

You know how, in a case of cabin depressurization emergency on an airplane, you need to and are expected to put your own oxygen mask on first? Guess what, you can't do anything for anybody else if you don't keep yourself alive first, and we all know this. And then, it's perfectly reasonable for you to help your family/friends next before trying to help a stranger. It's also perfectly reasonable for you to help the person sitting next to you before trying to help someone sitting 3 rows away.

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i'll be returning officially after the holidays [likely mid january], but i really wanted to give an update about how i'm doing!

my relationship with my faith and routines is wavering, though not any more than normal. it's a struggle building new routines in a new home, let alone trying to rebuild and genuinely parse through my beliefs. that being said, i am building routine that works for me [a post on that will come, as promised... forever ago] and i have faith in my gods.

but the most important thing, i wanted to celebrate my progress with my weight! since moving in with my grandmother, i've gained nearly ten pounds!!!! i have a small tum! weight on my arms! i'm not so tired all the time, i cook and eat for myself! i eat three meals a day, almost every day! i have snacks! i actually get hungry!

this is still something i struggle with, and some days are harder than others, but any victory is a victory.

that's all<3 love y'all<33

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the first thing to understand is you absolutely CANNOT kill yourself about this. that is what these fascists want. it's convenient for them if the opposition self-exterminates. stay alive and fight. it's harder but if everyone gives up then we are truly done for. we need you and we need each other.

this is horrifying, but it is survivable. the human spirit is to adapt and to work together and that's exactly what we'll do to turn this around. it's going to be okay. if not now, then in the future after we make it so.

we can do this.

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Regardless of how tomorrow goes, I want to tell every trans person on here one thing.

You have to live. You have to live. Even if by some godforsaken reason he wins, you have to live. You have to keep pushing on and living loud and proud. It might be hard, but you absolutely must live.

We will do what trans people have done since the beginning of time. We will resist. We will find our communities and we will thrive, even if it has to be in the shadows. We will live and we will resist no matter what comes tomorrow.

Get out there and vote!!! Ensure a bright future for yourself and your brothers and sisters!! GET OUT THERE AND VOTE BLUE DOWN THE BALLOT!!

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if you're feeling powerless right now—and god knows I am—here's a reminder you can donate to the National Network of Abortion Funds, the Trans Law Center, Gaza Soup Kitchen, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, and hundreds of other charities that will work to mitigate the damage that has been and will continue to be inflicted

life continues. we still have the capacity to do good, important work. that matters

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Two things to prop up right now:

The ACLU - They’ll do their best to make sure this dumpster fire doesn’t turn into a wildfire.

The Trevor Project - They’ll be fielding a lot of calls, texts, and chats in the next few days and beyond.

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not back, due to some mental health struggles. but i just wanted to say, as an american; i'm terrified.

but i know that i cannot let this lead me to despair. today i will mourn, but i will continue my local work, continue educating myself, and continue screaming as much as i can in my real life.

everything is going to be much more dangerous, and i don't know how i'm going to make it, but i know that i will try my hardest to force the light again.

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sick recently. i don't know what it is, but it sucks so bad

i'm gonna be gone for a bit while resting<3