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engaging in a high risk behavior (lying back down after my alarm already went off)

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every part of living as a person in 2025 feels like fighting a losing battle. and you’re supposed to just get on with it or you’re weird

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marriage before thirties is so insane because you're barely a person yet

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so it turns out that time actually does go by faster as you get older. just like how adults told me it would when i was younger. pisses me off

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July 2, 2025 - “It's time for businesses to cut ties with Israel.” UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese called for member states to take action after publishing a report naming 45 companies she says are implicated in Israel's occupation and genocide. [video]

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Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae), family Estrildidae, order Passeriformes, Australia

Photograph by Laurie Ross

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there is no excuse for working with or for ICE. these people are evil to the core. masked cowards and abusers elevated to a secret police that can get away with stories like these every single week.

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I drew this such awhile ago for that Twitter awareness post of draw your fav character with a watermelon—just to not do that 🥲

I think based on Aang’s experience alone he’d stand with Palestine. 🇵🇸

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"Absolutely no one comes to save us but us."

Ismatu Gwendolyn, "you've been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress)", from Threadings, on Substack [ID'd]

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This disability pride month I'm BEGGING you to acknowledge and care about the people in this community who often fly under the radar when it comes to positivity and information. People who require equipment to live, like ventilators, pacemakers, and feeding tubes. People who are bedbound. People with visible differences. People who have disabilities caused by things like substance abuse, overdose, or self harm. People with conditions so rare that they've never met someone who has the same one. People who need full time care and have to have help to use social media.

If you want to support the community, that means supporting all of the community. Disability pride means being proud of every last one of us, and making sure everyone feels heard. Make sure to amplify the voices of those who need it this month, and ideally for the rest of the year too.

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