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It’s been the kind of day that culminated in my telling someone moments ago that the date was the fifth of Wednesday.

I hope you all have a really good fifth of Wednesday. 

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I haven't thought about how sharks are smooth as hell in a while, and you know what, i needed to

maybe this time picking at Textures on my skin will lead to being silky smooth

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It’s been the kind of day that culminated in my telling someone moments ago that the date was the fifth of Wednesday.

I hope you all have a really good fifth of Wednesday. 

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not gonna lie, I thought this was about pumpkin spice lattes at first and was so confused. but also OP is right

I don't get why people hate the psl so much for the crime of using the election as a campaigning oppurtunity like yeah theyre not gonna win they know that too, but it gets people to pay attention, and join and organize, which is what matters

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So, like, on the one hand, I think people should be allowed to do whatever, in general, but on the other hand, I am so sick of people talking about gambling and people advertising sports betting and North Carolina lottery ads and discussions of betting odds on the election that every once in a while I come this close to turning into an old-timey Good Christian Woman who wants to amend the Constitution to do away with you vile speculators’ vices

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No, you're thinking of Nigeria. Necrophilia is a sect of early Christians who continued to observe Jewish laws and opposed Christianity's schism from Judaism into a separate faith in the first century CE

ONE OF MY FAVORITE VIDEOS EVER

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The thing about falling in love is that it feels so fucking good and it makes everything seem so hopeful and it's easy to forget that the world is still on fire when I can lay on his chest and listen to his heart beat

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If you don't vote for Biden, Trump will make totally shitty sacrifices when the gods send warnings via comet

BREAKING NEWS After NASA reported sighting an inauspicious comet in the southern sky, Joe Biden has announced plans to sacrifice three fatted bullocks on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in order to appease the gods and stave off floods and earthquakes

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I used to be married to a football fan and it's fine, but like, one quarter of every single year is kind of a long time for your partner to have every Saturday booked with Screaming In The House

I don't necessarily disagree with the football fan lifestyle, but I do think it's a bit ridiculous to have it rubbed in my face for three months. We get it, you went to OSU! My dad went to Notre Dame, but he doesn't brag about it.

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Today I was helping run the booth for the local queer non-profit at the farmer's market and a woman told me that she would like a flag, pointing to our little bucket of flags. So I picked up the bucket and I brought it over and asked her which one she'd like.

"Well, tell me about them!"

"Oh! Okay! This one is the inclusion flag- its for everyone, including allies."

"What's this one?"

"That's the bisexual flag: it represents people who are attracted to two or more genders."

"Hmm... what about this one?"

"That's the nonbinary flag: it represents people whose gender isn't strictly 'male or female.'"

"Hmm... what's this purple one?"

"That's the asexual flag: it represents people who may not feel sexual attraction the way that others do."

She put her hand to her chest and got this really curious look on her face. "Tell me more about that!"

"Oh, happy to! So like if you're out with your bestie and someone real fine walks by and she's like 'omg look at him' and you're like 'girl get a grip?' Or like you just don't get what the 'big deal' is about sex or why everyone is so weird about it? But there's also room for like- you don't fall in love with the way someone looks, you're attracted to the person- their sense of humor and their kindness, or there's something about their personality that just makes it click for you? That's asexuality, too!"

And she got real quiet and seemed to think about it for a minute. So I grabbed our little informational sheet about different queer identities and handed her a copy. "If you want to do some research, this is probably a great place to start."

She thanked me and took an ace flag, stuck it in her hair.

Sometimes when you're online all the time, its easy to think that 'everyone knows about (topic), there's no reason to keep talking about it so much.' But while the people on the internet are real people, the internet ISN'T real life. And there are lots of people who do need to know that they do have community!

One of the jokes is that I'm a lot of people's 'patient zero' for discovering that they're queer. This is why.

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I only looked it up because I thought you were right but knew they used to announce right around the convention. I got curious about when and why that moved to spring, and learned it hadn't!

Is it weird that Trump doesn't have a running mate yet? Election is 4 months away, I feel like you should have this sorted by late spring.

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Gaza's municipality is trying to raise money to fix and restore Gaza's water system. Please support them by boosting and/or donating

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They usually announce late summer- McCain was late August and Romney was early August. Trump announced Pence mid-July, so I guess it's trending earlier?

Is it weird that Trump doesn't have a running mate yet? Election is 4 months away, I feel like you should have this sorted by late spring.

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Cori Bush's challenger is a prosecutor with several allegations of sexual harassment and gender discrimination, firing several experienced women all at once, and consistently maintaining sexual relationships with his staff. If you care about sexual harassment in the workplace, please help us keep Cori Bush in her seat.

The Israel Lobby has been loud about their plans to spend up to $100 million dollars to unseat pro-Palestine politicians this year. Thankfully, many of the members of congress who have been most consistently critical of Israel's assault on Gaza have been doing pretty well in fundraising to defend themselves. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Summer Lee's numbers have been impressive.

Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman, on the other hand, need help. Both of them are among the 10 most progressive people in congress, and both are facing primaries where their strongly pro-Israel opponents have raised more money than them. Cori Bush literally wrote the ceasefire resolution in congress, and Bowman was one of the first to sign on. Losing their seats would be a tremendous blow to the pressure growing within congress to end the slaughter in Gaza, and a sign to the right wing of the Democratic Party that they should escalate their war on progressives.

Donate to Cori Bush

Donate to Jamaal Bowman

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A clam with pearls inside.

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