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This is a shout-out to anyone registered to vote in Indiana. We're hoping to get signatures on a petition to revamp IN's contraceptive laws in order to make effective birth control more accessible and affordable. Please go to ipetitions, search Indiana, read the one about revamping the laws, sign, and add the zip code of where you are registered to vote. If not from IN, spread the word! This includes emergency contraception in ERs, IUDs covered by laws, and more OBGYNs across the state.

I'm not from Indiana, but I'll boost the signal!

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We have 30 days until the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) laws are rescinded. This is the 50-year bedrock of American conservation. Normally, these actions take years but the administration has provided 30 days for public comment gutting clean water and clean air. Drop what you’re doing, before you make any more calls or read any more social media posts, please populate the Federal Register with dissent.

A. Go to https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/25/2025-03014/removal-of-national-environmental-policy-act-implementing-regulations

B. Click on the green rectangle in the upper right corner ("SUBMIT A PUBLIC COMMENT") .

C. Fill in your comment, and info at the bottom, and SUBMIT COMMENT.

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You ain’t gotta pray for me, me and my wild boy and all of this wild joy

a late post for day 9: “you’re married?” also kinda a follow-up to the bdilh comic

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I am tired of punching in the wind

I am tired of letting it all in

And I should eat you up and spit you right out

I should not care but I don't know how

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| Organs by Of Monsters and Men

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Some of you are falling hard for the Trump/Musk anti-federal worker propaganda. I think part of the problem is that a lot of people genuinely don't know how the federal government works, so here's an overview on the intended and current state of the so-called fourth branch of government, the federal bureaucracy:

Executive agencies are considered to be within the executive branch, officially, but can only be created, disbanded, funded, and have new leadership appointed through congressional approval. Well, in theory that is.

The majority of staff in federal agencies are called "career staff" who are nonpolitical civil servants who do every kind of work you can imagine, from IT to accounting to scientific field work to livestock inspections to nursing at VA hospitals. They do not, typically, change from one administration to the next, which is essential to ensure the government is able to continue functioning without interruption. These individuals of course can and do hold their own political opinions, but there are stringent rules on how, when, and where they can express them. It is arguably the most racially diverse workforce in the country. Many are veterans, and many are disabled.

Each agency is headed by a political office appointed by the president and confirmed by Congress. This includes a Secretary or Administrator and all of their hand-picked office staff, who are called "politicals." However, even before Congress confirms the president's nominee, the president can appoint an interim leader with no approval, who has essentially all the same powers but can't hold the position for very long. In short, even in those offices where a leader has not been confirmed by Congress, they are being led by Trump appointees.

When Trump makes an Executive Order, those orders are immediately dispensed through the executive agencies, who must abide by the letter of the order. I saw someone say NPS was "complying in advance" by taking the T off LGBT, but these changes were made across all agencies in direct response to Trump's "Defending Women" order. Any career who did not follow this order would have immediately been fired with cause, no unemployment eligibility, and in the current environment we also know their position would be permanently dissolved.

This is what we're dealing with right now. Trump (and his puppet master Musk) do not have the authority to dissolve government agencies, but they are trying to gut them, harassing careers and making the public turn against them, conducting illegal firings, threatening them into resigning. When people leave, their positions will disappear. Their intent is to diminish the staff until the agencies are non-functional. That's why careers are picking their battles. We're holding on by our fingernails to keep federal agencies alive and functioning. We're in the midst of a hostile takeover, a literal coup of the US government.

Yes, it's awful the T was removed on the website. We don't want this. But I promise that is small potatoes compared to the other battles being fought. I have trans coworkers being forced back to the office and they don't know what bathroom they can use. Our personal information is being leaked to hate groups. Careers are getting threats and spam to their work and personal emails. Most of us expect to be illegally fired. Soon. Last week was the largest layoff in American history, and it's just the beginning.

Please support federal workers. We are under attack.

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and the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now

zutara as The Story Of Us (Part 1)

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Feeling rough lately.

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Forgive me if you don't do NSFW asks but this is really just some thoughts your fanfics have been giving me lately!

I think more writers should write Zuko OBSESSED with Katara's tits, like, that's his favorite place in the world. Sometimes he will bury his face on Katara's chest and never want to leave.

I think it would be cool to play with some kinks here — like breeding and lactation. Like "I really want to see how big your titties will get when I put my baby inside you" or "The only way I could enjoy sucking these more is if they had milk, babe."

This is a/b/o but Zuko should be obsessed with Katara's tits in every single universe.

Thanks for the ask, Anon! Sorry it took a minute to answer - lol, I have trouble Doing Things and Time Means Nothing.

Favorite place in the world? Love that. I can definitely see Zuko having that desire for comfort and sanctuary and all the other things The Boob symbolizes.

I did this a little bit in But Then Again, but I'll be on the lookout for more opportunities! I can't kitchen-sink every fic (tho I arguably do try) but I'll bet it'll fit just right in one of the upcoming stories I'm tinkering with.

Lord, writing smut is fun! Thanks again!

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Tramonti nostalgici (tutta colpa della serie Netflix)

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Thank you so much for sharing this idea! It's in the queue - maybe this is But How About Now?

OMG YOU'RE LYING???????? YESSSS LET'S GO

:D!!!

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btw just thought of a way to that zutara post-war fanfic angsty.

during the war, katara used to take completely unsafe suppressants so most healers say she's probably barren and that's a source of great insecurity and distress to her. She REALLY wants to be a mom.

she gets pregnant while attending to zuko in his rut :)

*screaming*

Yes yes yes! And so she kind of thinks, ha, well, that's one less risk 🥲 and it just makes it easier for me to help my friend without creating complications 🥲🥲🥲 and I'm so fine with that 😭😭😭

and then she DISCOVERS she got pregnant later and is like OH NOYES! But this is exactly what Zuko was trying to avoid! Should I tell him at all before just vanishing from the Fire Nation??

...but Zuko already knows. He has those alpha senses...

This is going in the pot. Thank you, Anon!!!

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'cause i hear he’s got his arm

‘round a brand-new girl

zutara as Mr. Perfectly Fine (Part 1)

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I'm completely dependent on your fanfics I love it!! I love the way you write smut too hmmm I hope your life works out

Thank you so much!!

and lolll me too. Honestly writing these stories the last few months has been either saving me or destroying me, idk which. 🙃 it's fun tho!!

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thought I knew you for a minute

now I'm not so sure

zutara as Forever & Always

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the best thing about omegaverse is that i feel like zuko has a bit of breeding kink and he blames his alpha for his kink LMAOO man we know

OMG YES. Honestly, I could write it without the deep excitement about getting Katara pregnant but like... why

I like Zuko extra in the early seasons because there's so much he just doesn't realize or accept about himself. He tells himself who he's supposed to be and tries really hard to be that guy, and that internal fight not to be himself is so compelling. So yeah. Heh. It's the alpha who wants to make all those perfect beautiful babies, for sure....

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alpha zuko and omega katara >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> idk I feel like sometimes people have internalized misogyny about women being submissive and they always want to make her a dom or something like that like we love bottom women!!!

Thanks for this ask! I've been thinking about it a lot!

I love Katara so much and I want her to be my hero and be strong in all the ways I often can't be. And I really like it when my hero can both be strong and determined and indomitable - and also fall apart and do all the passive and submissive things that omegaverse tropes call for. Because it's heartening in a lot of ways to me on a deep level to see her do this stuff and still be herself. (And maybe be shocked or disgusted or upset about it, because she sees herself as a strong person and can have the same hang-ups we do...)

I think internalized misogyny is a really interesting way to think about that. Because we tell stories about what it looks like to be a strong person, and especially a strong woman. And like... strong doesn't necessarily mean sexually dominant. Katara is especially special as a character because she is strong in the warrior way, but she's also strong in her compassion and her emotional versatility. She's strong when she cries - she connects the people around her and builds relationships with her vulnerability. My god. That's so powerful. What better character to explore how to be strong even when falling apart?

Anyways, it's neat. Thanks for writing to me!!!

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Unravel a Way Back to You (ao3)

T-rated Zutara AU inspired by the myths of the Minotaur's Labyrinth and the Red String of Fate

Zuko arrives at the South Pole in search of honor, glory, and the mythical Avatar, but finds himself taken prisoner by a people he thought extinct. As he discovers the terrible mystery that shapes their lives, Zuko feels the threads of a larger pattern pulling him closer to the charismatic princess who holds him captive.

For the first month Zuko hopes against hope their talk of scheduled executions is some kind of empty threat. His captors seem far too kind to put a man to death for the sake of intimidation. That would be his family's style, but as far as he can tell the young Water Tribe rulers are nothing like the Fire Nation's royal family. 

The second month they ask if he wants to see the man before he dies. He demands to be present for the execution and is summarily denied. They tell him then there will be no body and no funeral again this time, or ever in the future. He rages. They leave him alone to his anger that night and all the next day. This is how they learn he is a firebender. 

The third time his only friends execute one of his crewmembers, Zuko bottles up his rage and tries to take it stoically. He misses both of them more than he cares to admit, so he bites his tongue until it bleeds and does not curse or demand any more information than prince Sokka gives him. He holds his vigil for two nights this time, trying to focus his frustration on the fact he can't know exactly when the man died. 

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