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BREAKING: From anti-fascist researcher @chadloder— "Newly-released analysis of footage appears to show Chaya Raichik, the woman behind the LibsOfTikTok account, trespassing on restricted grounds of the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021." https://t.co/6LMy9KDwMw
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Hayden (he/they) 01/09/2023 7:08 PM
A Catholic priest who previously served in the Charleston Diocese, Jaime Adolfo Gonzalez-Farias, pleaded not guilty to federal sexual abuse charges during a Jan. 9 court hearing. https://t.co/WEzIj9XKg7
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Leaving this here for no particular reason
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pinky they/she 01/13/2023 12:10 PM
Wowwww
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a little levity for these rough times
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There’s a joke here, I can feel it. Something about swine, it’s on the tip of my tongue . . .
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Hayden (he/they) 01/15/2023 10:42 AM
Don't fight with pigs in mud, they get you dirty and beat you with experience
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robin (they/it) 01/15/2023 10:43 AM
"A pig is an animal with dirt on his face His shoes are a terrible disgrace He has no manners when he eats his food He's fat and lazy and extremely rude But if you don't care a feather or a fig You may grow up to be a pig"
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- bing crosby 1944
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robin (they/it) 01/15/2023 10:44 AM
lol
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pickles- they/them (mel) 01/15/2023 1:50 PM
Hey folx! SC United is putting together fact sheets on the bills. They should be ready in the next week or so, and when they are, I’ll link them here
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…unless they should go in the bill specific channels
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seb it/they 01/15/2023 1:50 PM
Bill specific channels is probably a better idea! Thanks
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/17/2023 10:02 AM
Dollar General workers are striking this afternoon in Irmo, South Carolina. The store is so understaffed that the two workers who will walk out represent half of the store's workforce.
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Columbia SC shooting -  Multiple police officers are responding to an active shooter shooter situation alleged in Columbia South Carolina.
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This anti-trans bill goes a step further than anti-drag bills and outright bans minors from being "exposed" to transgender people.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina utility said an electricity substation was damaged by gunfire early Tuesday but that it caused no power outages. The damage comes after a gunfire attack on multiple substations in Moore County knocked out power to more than 45,000 customers for several days in early December.
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A Georgia State Patrol trooper was shot and a protestor was killed during a confrontation near the site of the controversial "Cop City" Atlanta Police Department training facility on Wednesday, the Georgia Department of Public Safety confirmed.
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Police in Atlanta killed a forest defender
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Lynnie (she/her) 01/18/2023 3:43 PM
This is a training from @MUSChealth on talking to adolescents about gender. The doctor makes the parent leave the room so he can have a private conversation with the patient. Then the patient gets to decide if the parent can see their medical records.
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LoTT has officially gone after MUSC.
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oh great
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Saw this coming months ago
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Lynnie (she/her) 01/18/2023 3:45 PM
Yeah. I know someone in the video, so it's a little jarring/concerning that my friends are being targeted. We stay vigilant. (edited)
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Hayden (he/they) 01/18/2023 3:46 PM
Doesn't musc no longer offer the care?
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Lynnie (she/her) 01/18/2023 3:46 PM
This is correct, so maybe it reduces the terrorism
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FAsh aren’t going to stop just because concessions are made
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Hayden (he/they) 01/18/2023 3:51 PM
Sure, but it seems like that would make them less of a target than other institutions
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/18/2023 5:05 PM
would it be ok if we content warning tweets like this please
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you can bracket any link or statement with two "||" on each side to hide a topic
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like this
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the tweet doesnt hurt much but i clicked it and some of the comments i saw by accident : (
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Lynnie (she/her) 01/18/2023 6:44 PM
Sorry!
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I'll do better
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This is a cool support group in Myrtle I found
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Free for adults and family groups
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This was Cami, the victim of the police shooting yesterday. This was our friend & comrade. When they call us extremists and justify our deaths, remember this smile. They were kind. They just wanted a better world. #defendtheforest #stopcopcity #acab #saytheirname
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RadixComet 2 01/19/2023 1:00 PM
While I feel bad, can we not with the "acab" there are good and bad cops. By labeling them all as bad you're just doing what the right does against us
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We won't get anywhere with simplified blanket statements
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Moss (he/him) 01/19/2023 1:01 PM
Are you fucking serious @RadixComet 2 ?! Someone was killed.
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'good cops' are complicit in upholding the system
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Moss (he/him) 01/19/2023 1:02 PM
Exactly
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RadixComet 2 01/19/2023 1:02 PM
Doesn't make all cops bad though?? (edited)
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RadixComet 2
While I feel bad, can we not with the "acab" there are good and bad cops. By labeling them all as bad you're just doing what the right does against us
AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:02 PM
ACAB
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Moss (he/him) 01/19/2023 1:02 PM
Yes!!! Acab!!!
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seb it/they 01/19/2023 1:02 PM
ACAB
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:02 PM
dont tell me you want a "some cops are bastards" (SCAB), its a meaninglss statement that doesnt help
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Matt Cox he/him 01/19/2023 1:03 PM
Participating in a system of violence on more than a “I accept this out of fear for my safety and those of others” is promoting that system of violence. ACAB
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Moss (he/him) 01/19/2023 1:03 PM
Rest in power to Cami and ACAB
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seb it/they 01/19/2023 1:03 PM
The bastardry is systemic and inherent to the way that being a cop is constructed
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BenjaminIsaac 01/19/2023 1:03 PM
even if there were good cops I don’t think we necessarily need or want them? The policing itself is a major problem
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RadixComet 2 01/19/2023 1:03 PM
This is why I hate this community. Say the system is bad, not all cops.
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:03 PM
OAT has points of unity drafted on the website (https://www.oatsc.org/). we are an inherently radical org. (edited)
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RadixComet 2
Doesn't make all cops bad though?? (edited)
Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 1:03 PM
It's like asking if some stormtroopers in star wars are good. Even if they are superficially nice people, they exist to uphold capital and best minorities
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Moss (he/him) 01/19/2023 1:03 PM
Cops ARE the system dumbass
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RadixComet 2
This is why I hate this community. Say the system is bad, not all cops.
This community? Didn't you just say in another channel you're not trans? What community you hate?
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RadixComet 2
This is why I hate this community. Say the system is bad, not all cops.
AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:04 PM
theres a thousand liberal orgs out there who agree with you and you're getting pissy because we're about the ONE radical trans org in SC????
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fuck off
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we are allowed to have our opinions and you have plenty of allies
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Moss (he/him) 01/19/2023 1:05 PM
What @RadixComet 2 looks like rn
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Cass (she/her) 01/19/2023 1:05 PM
Wtf
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RadixComet 2
This is why I hate this community. Say the system is bad, not all cops.
So we know who will be the CI if anything happens, fucking lib
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A cop recently let an old man try to attack me, a trans woman. ACAB
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RadixComet 2
This is why I hate this community. Say the system is bad, not all cops.
Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 1:05 PM
Why specifically should the system be labeled as bad and not the people upholding the system?
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Hayden (he/they)
Why specifically should the system be labeled as bad and not the people upholding the system?
Matt Cox he/him 01/19/2023 1:06 PM
Can’t drink the blood without being a blood drinker
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Cops are the armed enforcers that defend a system that kills tens of millions yearly just with structural violence, not even including the outright murder and genocide, ACAB
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A cop recently let an old man try to attack me, a trans woman. ACAB
AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:06 PM
i watched this happen. a cop let a man punch her and then "gave him a talking to"
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This is why I hate this community. Say the system is bad, not all cops.
It’s both, isn’t it? The system sucks and while people in that system can be “nice”, that doesn’t mean what they do isn’t fucked up. A lot of my family are LEOs or support workers in law enforcement and it’s been hard to reconcile when the people who raised you and were your world participate in something fundamentally wrong. But that doesn’t make them not a key participant in something that is criminal. (edited)
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RadixComet 2 01/19/2023 1:06 PM
You say me saying "some cops are bad and" doesn't help but then you just say all cops are bad you guys are radical and are just as bad as the radical right wing
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Guess this isn't the place for me I just assumed that we were normal adults here
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they)
i watched this happen. a cop let a man punch her and then "gave him a talking to"
Matt Cox he/him 01/19/2023 1:07 PM
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:07 PM
horseshoe theory engaged
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RadixComet 2
You say me saying "some cops are bad and" doesn't help but then you just say all cops are bad you guys are radical and are just as bad as the radical right wing
Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 1:07 PM
I'm really disappointed that you would say this
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:07 PM
if you want to leave just leave. reminder that no one is forced to be here.
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Moss (he/him) 01/19/2023 1:07 PM
Normal adults don’t side with cops after a post about a comrade who was killed. Have some sympthy
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RadixComet 2
Guess this isn't the place for me I just assumed that we were normal adults here
Cass (she/her) 01/19/2023 1:07 PM
Leave
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Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 1:08 PM
That "radical left" is doing shit to protect a community from genocide, not the other way around
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You say me saying "some cops are bad and" doesn't help but then you just say all cops are bad you guys are radical and are just as bad as the radical right wing
AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:08 PM
we welcome those with liberal leanings as long as they are willing to fight for trans rights. i do not care if you like cops personally, i do not care if you even hold or spread liberals views in this org. but you have NO RIGHT to then turn about and claim we cannot also hold radical views and express them. (edited)
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Guess this isn't the place for me I just assumed that we were normal adults here
Matt Cox he/him 01/19/2023 1:08 PM
Think about whether replacing “cops” with “slave owners,” both of which participate in systems of violence they have normalized for them, and see if that helps you understand where we are coming from
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@RadixComet 2 fuck you, I hope you have trouble sleeping and stub your toe. I hope you shit yourself in a parking lot
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RadixComet 2
Guess this isn't the place for me I just assumed that we were normal adults here
40% of cops aren't normal adults for more info Google "40% of police" (edited)
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Olivia
40% of cops aren't normal adults for more info Google "40% of police" (edited)
The wild thing about that stat is its self reported lmao
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Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 1:10 PM
I was willing to have a micron of sympathy until I was called just as bad as the SS. You're part of the reason these bills can gain traction
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:10 PM
wait
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i know an org you might like
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its called lgbtq against abortion
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they left already
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:10 PM
try them
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cool
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How the fuck did they think that would be accepted
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this is what 0 theory does
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Caboose
How the fuck did they think that would be accepted
And their sense of timing is impeccable 💀
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BenjaminIsaac 01/19/2023 1:11 PM
no one here even said ACAB they went off about the hashtag in the tweet about the murdered person I just can’t imagine
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why would you do that
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Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 1:11 PM
I hate to be that guy, especially from a white person post-2020
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And their sense of timing is impeccable 💀
It was literally in response to a cop killing someone
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Killing a comrade (edited)
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Literally
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seb it/they 01/19/2023 1:13 PM
Not the "normal adults"
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Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 1:14 PM
"normal adults" in SC is not something I would like to be
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I know a few of em
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 01/19/2023 1:14 PM
I kinda want him to come back, I didn't get a chance to come up with a good response
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George (He/They) 01/19/2023 1:14 PM
“Good cops” get fired (edited)
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Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 1:14 PM
Welp so much for my networking efforts
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ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 1:15 PM
That was like seeing a wasp in a bees nest
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Oh they were one of the people from the event today 💀
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ColorfulKnoll
That was like seeing a wasp in a bees nest
Was that your bf?
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Well, that tracks
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 01/19/2023 1:15 PM
I love how he said something earlier about being tired of the "peaceful methods gaining little" then decided ACAB was too much (edited)
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ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 1:15 PM
Sorry for his behavior, his dad works with cops so he takes things personally (edited)
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seb it/they 01/19/2023 1:15 PM
Lol cis people don't tone police trans people challenge
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Caboose
Was that your bf?
ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 1:15 PM
Yes
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seb it/they 01/19/2023 1:15 PM
I hope you know that we're not mad/upset at you
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ColorfulKnoll
Yes
Goddam, well now you know lol
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Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 1:16 PM
50% success rate on my part
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A-A-Ron (they/them)
I kinda want him to come back, I didn't get a chance to come up with a good response
Matt Cox he/him 01/19/2023 1:16 PM
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Hayden (he/they)
50% success rate on my part
Dw, also got a card from the woman involved with providing free name change and gender marker stuff We’ll call it 66%
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they)
we welcome those with liberal leanings as long as they are willing to fight for trans rights. i do not care if you like cops personally, i do not care if you even hold or spread liberals views in this org. but you have NO RIGHT to then turn about and claim we cannot also hold radical views and express them. (edited)
AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:18 PM
i put an edited version of this in #announcements
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just to try and clear all this up
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Matt Cox he/him
Click to see attachment 🖼️
I will never remember that lol
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:18 PM
i hope this doesnt happen again
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cause fuck that
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if we put up with liberals, they can put up with us
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seb it/they 01/19/2023 1:18 PM
Yeah tone policing is not welcome here
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Especially if it's cis people doing it to trans people
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ColorfulKnoll
Sorry for his behavior, his dad works with cops so he takes things personally (edited)
I can recommend some good reading material for him. Most of the time I find that people get off of the "not all cops" bandwagon pretty quickly once they actually hear the longer than 4 letter version of the critique. https://issuu.com/projectnia/docs/policeabolition101_zine_digital_singlepages This one is pretty comprehensive in covering all of the usual concerns people have.
Police Abolition 101 is a collaborative zine based on material by MPD 150 (https://www.mpd150.com) and on a report titled "What's Next?" edited by Interrupting Criminalization and Project NIA. It w...
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Matt Cox he/him 01/19/2023 1:19 PM
ACAB means tone police
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seb it/they 01/19/2023 1:19 PM
Especially extra if its trying to defend cops after one of our close comrades got killed
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I can recommend some good reading material for him. Most of the time I find that people get off of the "not all cops" bandwagon pretty quickly once they actually hear the longer than 4 letter version of the critique. https://issuu.com/projectnia/docs/policeabolition101_zine_digital_singlepages This one is pretty comprehensive in covering all of the usual concerns people have.
ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 1:20 PM
Politics isn't really his domain and they get him easily heated
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drhead
I can recommend some good reading material for him. Most of the time I find that people get off of the "not all cops" bandwagon pretty quickly once they actually hear the longer than 4 letter version of the critique. https://issuu.com/projectnia/docs/policeabolition101_zine_digital_singlepages This one is pretty comprehensive in covering all of the usual concerns people have.
Idk, I find it hard to trust anyone that exists in the US, especially in leftist spaces, that believes in good cops
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:20 PM
i can understand that, but this is a political/activist org
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 01/19/2023 1:20 PM
Literally had that happen a few weeks back in another group after the club shooting. Got real intense,literally thought they were trolling. But then we figured out this person wasnt from the US and maybe didn't have a good understanding of how things work here (still, it's a leftist group though so idk). Actually turned into a moment for education but holy shit idk why ppl think they can come in and tell ppl how to mourn.
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:21 PM
there is pretty much no way to engage with OAT and not see politics being discussed
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seb it/they 01/19/2023 1:21 PM
Being trans is politicized
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:21 PM
^^^
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and to be clear i hate that it is
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seb it/they 01/19/2023 1:21 PM
So there is no way for us to not be poltical
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ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 1:21 PM
He mostly came to the event to support me haha. And just accepted the invite
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:21 PM
i HATE that i just had to say being trans is political, but these are political attacks on us, and we retaliate in kind
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George (He/They) 01/19/2023 1:22 PM
Everything is political
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seb it/they 01/19/2023 1:22 PM
Once again just want to reiterate we have no issues with you @ColorfulKnoll, and we're glad to welcome you as part of the community
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seb it/they
Once again just want to reiterate we have no issues with you @ColorfulKnoll, and we're glad to welcome you as part of the community
ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 1:24 PM
Thank you, I appreciate it.
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Nothing but support for you, I hope it's easy to teach him past this.
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ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 1:30 PM
Haha, who knows. He was arguing from a different perspective on the subject.
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Caboose
Idk, I find it hard to trust anyone that exists in the US, especially in leftist spaces, that believes in good cops
I mean... I completely understand people having reservations about ACAB since it doesn't make immediate sense if you don't already have the background to know what it's talking about. Some people just need those missing bits and the rest will fall into place, and those cases are just where ACAB isn't getting its message across clearly enough. Others are a lot more conditioned against it, the statement itself sets off alarms and that requires a lot more work to move past. But it can be done, for anyone.
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Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 1:32 PM
Lmao he dm'd me mad that I didn't tell him we are a radical org
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Big baby energy
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 01/19/2023 1:32 PM
I just maintain that it is, in fact, a systemic critique. The "all" is proof of that. 🤷🏻
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Hayden (he/they)
Lmao he dm'd me mad that I didn't tell him we are a radical org
AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:32 PM
this just makes me so aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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what do they want us to do,put a "this org known to the state of california to cause radicalization" sticker on?
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 01/19/2023 1:33 PM
In Discord you can quite literally read the room.
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they)
what do they want us to do,put a "this org known to the state of california to cause radicalization" sticker on?
seb it/they 01/19/2023 1:33 PM
This would be a sick sticker
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:33 PM
ok yeah actually it would
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they)
what do they want us to do,put a "this org known to the state of california to cause radicalization" sticker on?
You would have thought from the things said here, the orgs associated, the usernames . . . something would stick out?
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:34 PM
eh
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i can see how someone new wouldnt realize
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thats not the problem i have with it
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Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 1:34 PM
Let's just say I responded in a way not very becoming of a gentleman
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:34 PM
the problem is then immediately freaking out
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like if i go and join HRC tomorrow (im not going to) im not going to be aghast that there are... liberals...
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they)
what do they want us to do,put a "this org known to the state of california to cause radicalization" sticker on?
Can someone make this?
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seb it/they 01/19/2023 1:35 PM
@Priest makes the best stickers
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Matt Cox he/him 01/19/2023 1:35 PM
Wendy Brown’s book Undoing the Demos is all about neoliberalism’s goal of turning Homo politicus into homo oeconomicus. However well meant that interaction was, he conflated cops with “marginalized identities.” Calling us as bad as the far right just proves that they’ve been successful in propagandizing “All Lives Matter” for longer than ALM was a thing. Nazi hates Black people——leftist hates cops——Black people=group of people——cops=group of people; ergo, samesies
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You would have thought from the things said here, the orgs associated, the usernames . . . something would stick out?
just gonna change my name to hetero destroyer or something to make it clear where i stand
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:37 PM
commieslut9000
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Matt Cox he/him 01/19/2023 1:38 PM
“CishetPissBoyHurtMeDaddy10010101101”
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:38 PM
here we go
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Matt Cox he/him 01/19/2023 1:38 PM
See if I can get that in a tattoo over my pelvis
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idk has anyone tried doing entryism on HRC?
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Matt Cox he/him
Wendy Brown’s book Undoing the Demos is all about neoliberalism’s goal of turning Homo politicus into homo oeconomicus. However well meant that interaction was, he conflated cops with “marginalized identities.” Calling us as bad as the far right just proves that they’ve been successful in propagandizing “All Lives Matter” for longer than ALM was a thing. Nazi hates Black people——leftist hates cops——Black people=group of people——cops=group of people; ergo, samesies
Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 1:39 PM
Homo?
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:39 PM
uwu?
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Like humans?
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Matt Cox he/him
Wendy Brown’s book Undoing the Demos is all about neoliberalism’s goal of turning Homo politicus into homo oeconomicus. However well meant that interaction was, he conflated cops with “marginalized identities.” Calling us as bad as the far right just proves that they’ve been successful in propagandizing “All Lives Matter” for longer than ALM was a thing. Nazi hates Black people——leftist hates cops——Black people=group of people——cops=group of people; ergo, samesies
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Or is it gay?
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Max (they/it) 01/19/2023 1:39 PM
Human Beans?
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Like humans?
Matt Cox he/him 01/19/2023 1:39 PM
Yes
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Phew, worried I missed a joke there
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Matt Cox he/him 01/19/2023 1:39 PM
Lol
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seb it/they
@Priest makes the best stickers
Oh I didn't make the stickers, merely the art for them!
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seb it/they 01/19/2023 1:40 PM
That's what I meant lol
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Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 1:40 PM
Idk economics is pretty cis het
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seb it/they 01/19/2023 1:40 PM
You design the best stickers
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Hayden (he/they)
Idk economics is pretty cis het
Matt Cox he/him 01/19/2023 1:41 PM
Man how a word for “the household” got to mean “BUY ALL THE THINGS” will always baffle me
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Hayden (he/they)
Idk economics is pretty cis het
Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 1:42 PM
Me trying to see this emote
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One day I’ll be a real internet goblin and get nitro Until then, I’ll piggyback on the custom emojis of others ✨
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Sparkle sparkle
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Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 1:49 PM
Arkansas committee on City, County, and Local Affairs just unanimously passed a drag ban that bans "singing, dancing, or performing" while "exhibiting a gender identity other than assigned at birth" for "prurient interest." This bill could ban all trans people from performing.
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This account is really good for keeping track of transphobic legislation
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yeah i love erin
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she also has a substack
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:50 PM
yeah i follow erin
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its where i saw 3730
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erin is how i found the first bills that made us create oat
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Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 1:51 PM
It's nice to have people like that
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 1:51 PM
👉 👈 i wonder if erin knows we exist uwu
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Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 1:51 PM
@ her from the oat account lol
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Matt Cox he/him 01/19/2023 1:51 PM
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I'll have another OAT/lefty/cpp/iww sticker run ready next time I'm in cola ReisenConcern
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they)
what do they want us to do,put a "this org known to the state of california to cause radicalization" sticker on?
because I'm bored, avoiding an assignment I don't want to do, and don't know how to use photoshop, this is the best I gots (edited)
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now all we have to do is be a california organisation and bam
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seb it/they 01/19/2023 2:29 PM
Yoooo
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sorry it's not quite the same quality lol
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ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 2:29 PM
Once went to target and they had a speaker that said it's known to cause cancer in California. I dont understand how a speaker could cause cancer
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because I'm bored, avoiding an assignment I don't want to do, and don't know how to use photoshop, this is the best I gots (edited)
WhichWitch17 01/19/2023 2:30 PM
Where can I buy 50?
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I need these stickers in my life
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Ew, buying stuff. If you like it do whatever with it, I’m not the copyright police And ty uwu 💕
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WhichWitch17 01/19/2023 2:32 PM
Lol don’t tempt me to actually make them stickers
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Cause I genuinely love the design
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ColorfulKnoll
Once went to target and they had a speaker that said it's known to cause cancer in California. I dont understand how a speaker could cause cancer
AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 2:43 PM
Everything is a carcinogen if you give enough of it to mice
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It was probably because of the plastics
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Fun fact, if you buy wood or steel they also say that
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because I'm bored, avoiding an assignment I don't want to do, and don't know how to use photoshop, this is the best I gots (edited)
Omfg fuck yes
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ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 3:36 PM
This study is great. But I'm sad that we still even need studies like this cause we already know this information
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For sure. It’s hopefully helpful for convincing people who need convincing. It’s sad to me that it seems like changing people’s minds is almost impossible because of the “fake news” narrative.
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WhichWitch17 01/19/2023 3:39 PM
ive been showing stuff like this to my mom for years
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it does help with her understanding/acceptance of the trans community which is good
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I’ve had friends that have come around because of me presenting them with this kind of stuff.
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WhichWitch17 01/19/2023 3:40 PM
thats great!
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Guys who were regular Joe Rogan/that meditation-IQ defending asshole listeners.
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ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 3:41 PM
The right got one poorly conducted study and ran with it putting thoughts into people's heads, so informing this misinformed is a must
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WhichWitch17 01/19/2023 3:42 PM
my favorite was when i heard someone took one de-trans story they saw and went "see! this is why trans people are bad" im related to this person-
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i simply hate that, the bias and misinformation-
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ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 3:43 PM
Ah yes, a 1% of a 1%, such a danger to society
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WhichWitch17 01/19/2023 3:43 PM
of course, also whenever any queer person does anything bad they equate it to "anyone whos LGBTQ+ is bad"
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my favorite was when i heard someone took one de-trans story they saw and went "see! this is why trans people are bad" im related to this person-
CanaryContrary 01/19/2023 3:44 PM
Oof
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of course, also whenever any queer person does anything bad they equate it to "anyone whos LGBTQ+ is bad"
ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 3:44 PM
Yeah, it's the idea of the loud minority.
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This study is great. But I'm sad that we still even need studies like this cause we already know this information
there's like, ~80 or so studies on children raised by same sex couples, all but four of them found no harm and the four outliers all shared the same flaws. people just repeat studies a lot as general practice and so that we can better understand why any outlier studies turned out the way they did. we're definitely going to see studies on this repeated for a long time.
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WhichWitch17 01/19/2023 3:44 PM
yeah a good portion of my family is like 2 steps away from full Q if you know what that is
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Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 3:44 PM
Oh god. A North Dakota bill would ban ANY accommodation, facilities, places, programs - for trans students. That would be bad, but it then adds "accommodations to students perceiving themselves as animal species." The litterbox thing was a hoax! This is a Libs Of TikTok bill.
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First they came for the furries
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yeah a good portion of my family is like 2 steps away from full Q if you know what that is
CanaryContrary 01/19/2023 3:45 PM
Yep.
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yeah a good portion of my family is like 2 steps away from full Q if you know what that is
I’m sorry 😦
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there's like, ~80 or so studies on children raised by same sex couples, all but four of them found no harm and the four outliers all shared the same flaws. people just repeat studies a lot as general practice and so that we can better understand why any outlier studies turned out the way they did. we're definitely going to see studies on this repeated for a long time.
ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 3:45 PM
And the study on trans kids being "pressured" into being trans was a study on opinions of parents not the kids themselves
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WhichWitch17 01/19/2023 3:45 PM
makes shit like thanksgiving real awkward-
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CanaryContrary 01/19/2023 3:45 PM
Ya know what's really awkward? 👉👈
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My in-laws are close to being full Q as well. FIL is border patrol. So holidays are… interesting.
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ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 3:46 PM
Oh gosh, this is just terrible. Hopefully it doesn't pass.
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WhichWitch17 01/19/2023 3:46 PM
oh dear- yeah thats fun (edited)
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And the study on trans kids being "pressured" into being trans was a study on opinions of parents not the kids themselves
yeah the flawed studies for children raised by same sex couples was just not controlling for people who come out as gay after being married and having children, then get divorced. are you talking about the one where they asked a bunch of parents on terf forums? because that one was just...
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like how does a study like that pass peer review
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WhichWitch17 01/19/2023 3:49 PM
bias, thats why
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CanaryContrary 01/19/2023 3:49 PM
And Prager U (edited)
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like how does a study like that pass peer review
It's the liberals
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WhichWitch17 01/19/2023 3:49 PM
if enough people want to push a clearly biased narrative they will
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And Prager U (edited)
WhichWitch17 01/19/2023 3:49 PM
oh do not get me started on that
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Oh gosh, this is just terrible. Hopefully it doesn't pass.
Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 3:49 PM
I can't fathom how a bill was formed from an obviously untrue conspiracy theory
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Nico (she/her) 01/19/2023 3:50 PM
one of my uncles has explicitly threatened violence against me if I ever turned out to be trans which is a major reason I've gotten into guns
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Nico (she/her)
one of my uncles has explicitly threatened violence against me if I ever turned out to be trans which is a major reason I've gotten into guns
Lemme dox your uncle
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Nico (she/her) 01/19/2023 3:51 PM
he's a real piece of work
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like how does a study like that pass peer review
ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 3:51 PM
I think alot of people went over it afterwards and discredited it but people are still toting it
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I think alot of people went over it afterwards and discredited it but people are still toting it
CanaryContrary 01/19/2023 3:51 PM
But #factsoverfeelings, right? 🙃
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Hayden (he/they)
I can't fathom how a bill was formed from an obviously untrue conspiracy theory
ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 3:52 PM
It's just a cover to get rid of queen safe spaces. There's a surpreme court hearing shecdule with a college to get rid of a queer space in NY.
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But #factsoverfeelings, right? 🙃
It's just wild that the least factual people on the right say that
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It's just wild that the least factual people on the right say that
CanaryContrary 01/19/2023 3:52 PM
Yup
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But #factsoverfeelings, right? 🙃
ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 3:52 PM
Clearly
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he's a real piece of work
WhichWitch17 01/19/2023 3:53 PM
oh my grandfather straight up said to my face he wouldnt come to my wedding if it was to another girl so-
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i feel you friend
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CanaryContrary 01/19/2023 3:54 PM
How do I make the censor bar thing?
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WhichWitch17 01/19/2023 3:54 PM
|| on each side
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ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 3:54 PM
Every time I hear stories like that I realize how lucky I was to have a mostly accepting family. And even those who aren't supportive of the lifestyle will still support me
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WhichWitch17 01/19/2023 3:54 PM
or you can highlight it and click "mark as spoiler"
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the most disturbing thing about this conspiracy theory imo is the grain of truth in it -- there WAS a plan related to litter boxes in school. for use during lockdowns from school shootings.
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Every time I hear stories like that I realize how lucky I was to have a mostly accepting family. And even those who aren't supportive of the lifestyle will still support me
Nico (she/her) 01/19/2023 3:55 PM
I'm just glad I have my siblings, my brother has stated he's willing to cut out anyone who cuts me out
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the most disturbing thing about this conspiracy theory imo is the grain of truth in it -- there WAS a plan related to litter boxes in school. for use during lockdowns from school shootings.
ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 3:55 PM
They make emergency toilets for a reason...
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Nico (she/her)
I'm just glad I have my siblings, my brother has stated he's willing to cut out anyone who cuts me out
ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 3:55 PM
Good brother
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Nico (she/her)
I'm just glad I have my siblings, my brother has stated he's willing to cut out anyone who cuts me out
WhichWitch17 01/19/2023 3:55 PM
me too, id feel so lost without my brothers support, my sisters too
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the most disturbing thing about this conspiracy theory imo is the grain of truth in it -- there WAS a plan related to litter boxes in school. for use during lockdowns from school shootings.
Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 3:55 PM
It's also just the machinations from lie to spread lie accepted as truth to legislation
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Like the turnover was less than a year
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Honestly fuck family, family is the people you surround yourself with, not your blood
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I say that as someone with no major issues with relatives
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Hayden (he/they)
Honestly fuck family, family is the people you surround yourself with, not your blood
WhichWitch17 01/19/2023 3:57 PM
ive always believed in two families, one you choose and one youre born into, they dont have to be seperate but they 100% can be
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so i have to hard agree with you Hayden
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CanaryContrary 01/19/2023 3:58 PM
TW violence Kinda unrelated, but I'm over today. Woke up to a new slew of violent 💀 and r*** threats and more bs on tiktok.
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WhichWitch17 01/19/2023 3:58 PM
im sorry, the internet can be a horrid place full of creeps and assholes
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so i have to hard agree with you Hayden
Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 4:00 PM
It's weird being into genealogy and realize "I would probably hate most of these people"
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The uncles who marched with Sherman get a pass though
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Hayden (he/they)
Honestly fuck family, family is the people you surround yourself with, not your blood
im lucky to have a wonderful found family here in cola- yall know who u are 💖
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First they came for the furries
AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/19/2023 4:19 PM
Noooooo
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Let me be a little fox in peace
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Hayden (he/they)
Honestly fuck family, family is the people you surround yourself with, not your blood
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Surround yourself with the blood of your enemies 😃
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Surround yourself with the blood of your enemies 😃
ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 5:35 PM
This is a good idea
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For Legal reasons I can't state who would be the first target
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oh I missed the acab convo
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hm
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Hayden (he/they) 01/19/2023 5:39 PM
Count yourself lucky
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I don't really
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I might've been able to help
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ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 5:39 PM
I dont think lucky is a number
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but I wasn't present so I couldn't
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Acab conversation?
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seb it/they 01/19/2023 5:40 PM
Cis guy tried to tell people off for saying acab
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I've done significant research into acab and have more sources than I can count, some of those include perspectives of ex cops and people like the member who left
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seb it/they 01/19/2023 5:40 PM
After the murder of tort (edited)
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I didn't see all of it I just skimmed back
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Okay I'm back from the voyage to figure out what happened
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L, and I cannot stress this enough, OL (edited)
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people be like
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"anab" "can we not say not say all Nazis? some have families 😢"
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yes all Nazi's are bad even if they loved their children or something
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same goes for cops smdnnd
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whoa whoa I thought we were all normal adults here
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I am very abnormal and under 21
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literally neurodivergent and a minor /j
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ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 8:44 PM
Hitting "Date X" without raising the debt ceiling could lead the U.S. to default on its debt for the first time in its history.
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relevant overview of government debt/deficit that I found really informative (edited)
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ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 8:47 PM
I'll give it a look at, im mostly concerned about the idea of a default rather than the deficit itself
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A country defaulting is more dangerous than the debt itself
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ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 9:07 PM
Very interesting, but sadly this make me even more concerned of not reaching a consensus on if they should raise the allowed debt amount. Cause as a fiat currency the value is based on faith in the goverment
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Also, going to take the information with a grain of salt since they didn't provide links
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they do provide a lot of sources but definitely view critically, it's usually a good idea with politics lol
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(sources)
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ColorfulKnoll 01/19/2023 10:37 PM
Must of missed them on view through
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Thank you
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mhm! happy to help
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ColorfulKnoll 01/20/2023 10:53 PM
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — The political stage is turning towards South Carolina ahead of 2024, with two familiar names for South Carolinians that could be in the running for president, and some proposed changes that might bring more attention to the Palmetto State. “I think the road to the White House comes through South […]
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Was reading the article and not sure if anyone else has heard about it, but Trump's supposed to be at the Statehouse on the 28th so expect to see alot of repubs out and about
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I also know alot of people here are part of other organizations so maybe this information can help rally some protest or smth idk
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From the AP:
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Okay so Politico is saying sources in the campaign are saying that this is more of a soft rollout of campaign infrastructure, a getting his ducks in a row thing to lay the groundwork with state leaders. Apparently it’s not going to be a big rally, a lot is probably going to happen behind closed doors.
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ColorfulKnoll 01/20/2023 11:03 PM
And im assuming also to try to deture any potential South Carolinan candidates
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Undoubtedly. Haley is a sure loss if she runs, but apparently people are worried about Tim Scott. Feels more like political bluster than anything
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ColorfulKnoll 01/20/2023 11:06 PM
Probably, but Trump has alot of opponents now since he lost to Biden. So he's probably going to try to get rid of any candidates who are even thinking about running, out of the race if he can
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SC is also a big deal in general with our place in the primaries and being the first “not tiny, rural, extremely white” state in it, and especially with Democrats moving us up on the schedule
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ColorfulKnoll 01/20/2023 11:10 PM
Yeah that makes sense with south carolina becoming just a bit more purple. I wouldn't doubt McMaster has something to do with that. Alot of people in my area I've talked too are very discontent with him.
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With North Carolina and Gerogia already being considered swing states it's probably just time that SC does too. (edited)
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If anyone needs to contact a freedom cacus member, this would probably be a good time to try to get it done as well if a meeting schedule hasn't worked
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Well, think I ran the well dry with online information about the Trump thing, but also got to find this gem that’s off topic. Because things are terrible everywhere apparently. TL;DR: Scotland tried to make it easier to exist as a trans person, the British government slapped it down and now there’s a constitutional kerfuffle https://www.courthousenews.com/veto-of-scottish-transgender-rights-bill-sparks-constitutional-crisis/
The U.K. government drew ire in Edinburgh by vetoing Scottish legislation for the first time, preventing the nation from changing gender recognition rules.
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ColorfulKnoll 01/20/2023 11:19 PM
Oh yeah I heard about that
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The new UK Prime Minister is very transphobic
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It already takes months to years to get into a Trans clinic in the UK
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Also like to add for anyone not wanting to read the article all it did was make it easier for trans people to change their gender idenity on documents and such
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ColorfulKnoll 01/21/2023 9:20 AM
Lawmakers appear poised to replace Justice Kaye Hearn with Judge Gary Hill after the two other candidates under consideration — both women — dropped out.
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This is pretty major news here in SC but for anyone not in the know
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Matt Cox he/him 01/21/2023 9:21 AM
They are setting up to rehear the right-to-privacy decision.
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The bar convention is going on right now and the legal world is all abuzz
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ColorfulKnoll 01/21/2023 9:22 AM
Doesn't surprise me in the least
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Matt Cox he/him 01/21/2023 9:24 AM
From Senator Shealy in the article: “Not that it should matter, but it does have a very bad appearance,” said Shealy, who noted she was the only woman in the Senate when she first got elected. “It’s almost like South Carolina is moving backward instead of forward.”
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We were talking about if she would be an ally or whatever. I think we should focus on her. She has shown some consistent leanings and may be a foothold in the Republicans.
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ColorfulKnoll 01/21/2023 9:26 AM
She's definitely one of the most moderate Republicans. I'm in her district so if we need a way to get a meeting in, I could try my best.
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Matt Cox he/him 01/21/2023 9:26 AM
I volunteer to talk to her, but it would be helpful to at least be accompanied by someone with experience in these issues we are opposing. If someone wanted to tag along I could take point
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Matt Cox he/him
I volunteer to talk to her, but it would be helpful to at least be accompanied by someone with experience in these issues we are opposing. If someone wanted to tag along I could take point
ColorfulKnoll 01/21/2023 9:28 AM
Lynnie was already able to talk to her a bit, it may be possible to ask her if she's willing
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George (He/They) 01/21/2023 11:43 AM
Oh wait I live within her district which means she’s my state senator
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http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB943 Wake up babe, new OK bill dropped. Seems like this one is about giving parents funding to goto charter schools if districts get too 'woke'. This also mentions teachers engaging in 'anthropomorphic behaviors'
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http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB943 Wake up babe, new OK bill dropped. Seems like this one is about giving parents funding to goto charter schools if districts get too 'woke'. This also mentions teachers engaging in 'anthropomorphic behaviors'
Matt Cox he/him 01/21/2023 1:12 PM
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Anthropomorphic???
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Anthropomorphic???
ColorfulKnoll 01/21/2023 1:13 PM
Furries
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/21/2023 1:13 PM
wtf is an anthropomohpic behavior?
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We love clowns
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Matt Cox he/him 01/21/2023 1:13 PM
Teachers who act human will be shot
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/21/2023 1:13 PM
what
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but anthro literally means human
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Anthropomorphic means human-like
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/21/2023 1:13 PM
anthropocene
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Matt Cox he/him 01/21/2023 1:14 PM
Anthro fucking pology
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Matt Cox he/him
Teachers who act human will be shot
I mean, at least they’re honest
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Bernie
I mean, at least they’re honest
Matt Cox he/him 01/21/2023 1:14 PM
Small victories
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no more acting human
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beome a furry
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/21/2023 1:14 PM
i am ok with this
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Well, if you say so
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/21/2023 1:15 PM
mandatory fursuits issued from the brandon government incoming
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I feel like this is needlessly excluding the scalies
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they)
mandatory fursuits issued from the brandon government incoming
Government issued kin Brandon let me be a puppy boygirl
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Government issued kin Brandon let me be a puppy boygirl
AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/21/2023 1:16 PM
uwu
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if conservatives panic over furries this much otherkin are going to blow their fucking minds
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Good.
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Legislator watched that Joe Rogan of a litter box and got brain damage tbh
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Matt Cox he/him 01/21/2023 1:18 PM
The word they are groping for and failing is “zoomorphic”
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I feel like this is needlessly excluding the scalies
ColorfulKnoll 01/21/2023 1:19 PM
You forget the goverment is ran by lizard people
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You’d think republican legislators would have more practice at groping
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they)
if conservatives panic over furries this much otherkin are going to blow their fucking minds
remind me what that is
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/21/2023 1:19 PM
bad explanation time
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its basically being a furry but you are your fursona full time (edited)
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It’s the wider group of people furry-adjacent, but not just animals n stuff? Like angels and demons and fairies and things?
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Idr I haven’t been on tumblr in a while (cleansing my soul)
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Matt Cox he/him 01/21/2023 1:21 PM
…if they meant to say “anthropomorphic” I think that means they believe furries are animals dressing as human
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/21/2023 1:21 PM
shit ive been found out
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I think animals in people clothes are cute
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/21/2023 1:21 PM
matt who told you
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Matt Cox he/him 01/21/2023 1:22 PM
Jesus
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What a snitch
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ColorfulKnoll 01/21/2023 1:24 PM
I also find it odd conservatives can't agree if we should or shouldn't teach about gender idenity. There's a lack cohesion there
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What a snitch
Matt Cox he/him 01/21/2023 1:25 PM
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And you know what they get
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Snitches get crucifixes
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Snitches get crucifixes
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I also find it odd conservatives can't agree if we should or shouldn't teach about gender idenity. There's a lack cohesion there
Matt Cox he/him 01/21/2023 1:31 PM
What I find alarming is the people who don’t hate pronoun culture or neo, pronouns, but “hate pronouns“
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ColorfulKnoll 01/21/2023 1:32 PM
No pronouns, you must talk in third person at all times
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Matt Cox he/him 01/21/2023 1:33 PM
Matt say Knoll is onto something
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The only acceptable pronouns are the Royal We. Powerful, confident, assert your dominance.
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It’s the wider group of people furry-adjacent, but not just animals n stuff? Like angels and demons and fairies and things?
Matt Cox he/him 01/21/2023 1:38 PM
Last I heard angels, demons, elves, sprites etc identify as otherkin
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But that was years ago
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ColorfulKnoll 01/21/2023 1:39 PM
I didn't even know they were still a thing
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I mean, as long as they’re happy, I don’t see much reason to look too deep into it.
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I mean, as long as they’re happy, I don’t see much reason to look too deep into it.
Matt Cox he/him 01/21/2023 1:47 PM
Other than how to make them feel comfortable and accepted
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Other than how to make them feel comfortable and accepted
AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 01/21/2023 1:48 PM
: ) ty (edited)
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seb it/they 01/21/2023 8:41 PM
As police showed up the crowd split in mostly two directions with the largest chunk of people able to move away from police presence. After the majority of arrests took place we noticed one of the cop cars smashed up was also lit ablaze.
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ColorfulKnoll 01/21/2023 8:51 PM
I honestly don't understand why they felt the need to increase police training even tho crime rate was shown to be decreasing for years ( with the exception of covid era ) in Atlanta even during a steady decline in officers. With the killing also taking place I'm surprised they aren't trying more PR efforts. It seems they're just looking for more backlash.
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Tho I suppose they could try to gain justification of increasing police presence by using the more violent protesters as a way to take the moral high ground with the more misinformed public
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ColorfulKnoll 01/21/2023 10:27 PM
A small group of South Carolina senators are moving to shield large parts of the state's lethal injection process from public scrutiny.
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pinky they/she 01/21/2023 11:34 PM
Wtf
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And they levy execution against unarmed black men who rob a gas station then defend themselves from the clerk trying to shoot them. Richard Moore
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ColorfulKnoll 01/22/2023 2:52 PM
Trigger Warning, Shooter just shot himself in California For more information: https://us.cnn.com/2023/01/22/us/monterey-park-california-shooting
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Just an odd bill
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For Wyoming
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Matt Cox he/him 01/22/2023 5:37 PM
they make it too easy
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Yes, bc fossil fuels will never run out
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Matt Cox he/him 01/22/2023 5:38 PM
It's not like there are problems with it, whereas people get electrocuted all the time
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checkmate
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WhichWitch17 01/22/2023 5:38 PM
Whole ass trying to soft ban electric cars
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And ofc not having enough electric vehicle infrastructure means give up, not . . . idk, invest in it like you did with oil and gas?
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Whole ass trying to soft ban electric cars
Matt Cox he/him 01/22/2023 5:38 PM
for freedom
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WhichWitch17 01/22/2023 5:38 PM
Ah yes of course
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puts on American flag sunglasses Muh Freedoms!
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But no, they’re right. We don’t need more electric cars. We need trains and blimps and bicycles.
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And ofc not having enough electric vehicle infrastructure means give up, not . . . idk, invest in it like you did with oil and gas?
Matt Cox he/him 01/22/2023 5:39 PM
no, god provided that infrastructure right after he stuck the oil in the ground making it look like dinosaurs existed so scientists would lead the faithless to HAY-ELLLLLLLLL-AH!
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WhichWitch17 01/22/2023 5:40 PM
Besides who would sign their paychecks if the oil tycoons go out of business
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Silly billy, ofc dinosaurs existed. The time scale is just wrong, they were around a few thousand years ago and walked among us. Dinosaur is just another word for dragon or, as many Republican lawmakers would say, “my ex-wife”
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Matt Cox he/him 01/22/2023 5:41 PM
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^History before CRT
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Caution looking into this for a horrific, almost comical amount of misgendering and dead naming a trans person, but a top ranking House Democrat’s iconic kid was arrested for graffitiing ACAB and allegedly assaulting a police officer. This was the best source I could find that was less terrible about the non binary factor. I’d avoid the comments or anything on Twitter though, it’s vile. https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2023/01/22/katherine-clark-daughter-arrested-assaulting-officer-anti-police-graffiti/
Katherine Clark's daughter allegedly assaulted a police officer and spray-painted “ACAB” on the Parkman Bandstand in Boston Common.
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She’s so based for this
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Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 11:42 AM
"Allegedly" assaulted an officer while protesting the killing of a protestor who "allegedly" shot a cop. Lot of vibes being passed off as facts. Allegedly.
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ColorfulKnoll 01/23/2023 11:44 AM
They have to do that for legal reasons I believe
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Innocent until proven guilty and such
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Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 11:45 AM
Vulnerable to a lawsuit until proven guilty, but yeah
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It's just that "allegedly" rarely translates into "investigated and shown to be accurate"
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Yeah, the media has to be careful
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It's just that "allegedly" rarely translates into "investigated and shown to be accurate"
not investigated and assumed to be accurate bc a cop said so
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Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 11:46 AM
I'm more venting than actually leveraging a criticism. Also a chance to mention ostrich sports.
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not investigated and assumed to be accurate bc a cop said so
Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 11:46 AM
After thoroughly investigating ourselves, not only did we find we did nothing wrong, we deserve a raise and a parade
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ColorfulKnoll 01/23/2023 11:46 AM
Ostrich sports?
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yeah what is an ostrich sport and how do I play
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ColorfulKnoll 01/23/2023 11:47 AM
Is it like camel racing?
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Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 11:47 AM
If you haven't watched Letterkenny, I'm not explaining it here
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ColorfulKnoll 01/23/2023 11:48 AM
Noted, watch letterkenny
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Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 11:49 AM
Not with high expectations, it has super problematic elements, but the banter is top-notch
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ColorfulKnoll 01/23/2023 12:58 PM
M&M's announced Monday it is taking an "indefinite pause" from using its candy-coated mascots, saying the "last thing M&M’s wanted" was to be "polarizing."
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They got angry over female M&Ms
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Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 4:18 PM
"the last thing M&Ms wants is to lose customer--aaaaah be polarizing"
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Just let M&Ms be sexy, it’s not that hard
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Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 4:25 PM
I would tell the candy fetishists the internet is full of fun ways to express that, but they can only achieve full satisfaction if they're aware of their candies genital configuration
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The not knowing is hot It’s why mystery flavour Dum Dums are the hottest candy
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Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 4:27 PM
Conservatives: They're sexualizing children! Mars: We're desexualizing children's candies. Conservatives: I can't fap to this candy! Muh Culture War!
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The not knowing is hot It’s why mystery flavour Dum Dums are the hottest candy
Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 4:27 PM
Truly the height of erotic confection
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A sentence I just wrote, my mother is so proud
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Dw, it can get worse. You haven’t been to AO3, I pray
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Conservatives: They're sexualizing children! Mars: We're desexualizing children's candies. Conservatives: I can't fap to this candy! Muh Culture War!
ColorfulKnoll 01/23/2023 4:28 PM
Staunch Conservatives are some of the most sexually frustrated people
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Dw, it can get worse. You haven’t been to AO3, I pray
Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 4:29 PM
I hesitate to ask. AO3?
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Keep it that way
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ronnie (he/him) 01/23/2023 4:29 PM
Oh no…
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Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 4:29 PM
well, curiosity did much worse to the cat. brb...
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You’ll wish you were the cat, trust me.
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WhichWitch17 01/23/2023 4:30 PM
Bernie what have you done?
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Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 4:31 PM
Well, wiki has left me unscarred, but I see why it's...questionable...
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WhichWitch17 01/23/2023 4:31 PM
you survived, thats good
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Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 4:32 PM
Survived wiki. My book is coming out next year
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WhichWitch17 01/23/2023 4:32 PM
smells like a bestseller to me
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ronnie (he/him) 01/23/2023 4:34 PM
This reminded me of a beautiful moment in school, sitting through 19th c. Russian literature class watching the girl in front of me read rpf hockey player fanfiction the entire time
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I feel like Gogol would have loved it
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Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 4:35 PM
Erotic friend fiction is my go to
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ronnie (he/him)
I feel like Gogol would have loved it
Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 4:35 PM
Required reading at his bordello
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Required reading at his bordello
ronnie (he/him) 01/23/2023 4:36 PM
Whipping out the fanfiction diary to read to everyone in the salon
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Whipping out the fanfiction diary to read to everyone in the salon
Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 4:36 PM
"Y'all put the olive oil away, I wrote something. It's about Stan's mom"
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This reminded me of a beautiful moment in school, sitting through 19th c. Russian literature class watching the girl in front of me read rpf hockey player fanfiction the entire time
Replace it with politicians and I would probably have been the author 😭 I can never look at Olympia Snowe the same way again
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Replace it with politicians and I would probably have been the author 😭 I can never look at Olympia Snowe the same way again
Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 4:37 PM
Oh man that's a name I haven't heard in a while
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I respect someone who sees everything sucks and knows when it’s time to dip
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Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 4:38 PM
I wrote a piece after the first CPAC I was aware of based on Burroughs's Roosevelt After Inauguration. It went...places
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I respect someone who sees everything sucks and knows when it’s time to dip
Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 4:38 PM
Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need
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She was definitely Lisa Murkowski’s hero 💀 high school was a dark time
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Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 4:40 PM
yeah. it was 20+ years ago too.
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shivers
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Lawmakers in Columbia are moving very quickly to enact legislation that tells educators what they can and can't say in their classrooms. Let's talk action. (a thread)
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Matt Cox he/him 01/23/2023 9:07 PM
I go back and forth with the ACLU, but they got big guns and it's all-hands-on-deck
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ColorfulKnoll 01/27/2023 5:52 PM
Fox News posted an article about the SC freedom Cacus. Our state made national news for once
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They released the tyre nichols video
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seb it/they 01/27/2023 7:10 PM
Please make sure to Tw and spoil any footage of police violence posted here thanks
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 01/27/2023 7:23 PM
Tbh I'm not sure it needs to even be posted.
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seb it/they 01/27/2023 7:27 PM
I know i do not intend to watch the footage
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ColorfulKnoll 01/27/2023 7:27 PM
For information sake I'm glad it was released at least
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WhichWitch17 01/27/2023 7:56 PM
Yeah I have no plans to watch it ever but it needs to be out there so these fuckers can pay for what they did
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yeah, i've seen a bunch of discussion of the footage in another discord, I don't really want to watch it after what I've heard and I am normally very desensitized to these things. I recommend that you do not watch it.
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if you can, discuss it with your friends and family, and make sure they understand exactly what happened and what systems were in play here.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance to change its policies on donating blood, moving away from time-based deferrals for men who have sex with men and instead proposing …
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Camryn Aisling 01/27/2023 11:13 PM
I'll likely read a transcript, so I can be fully informed, but I'm absolutely not watching it personally
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ColorfulKnoll 01/27/2023 11:44 PM
Good progression, but honestly if they want to reduce the risk of potential HIV containmention it'd probably be better to include most types of sex instead of just anal. I understand that it's more likely to be transferred that way, but for safety reasons it should probably include most types.
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WhichWitch17 01/27/2023 11:55 PM
Well they have to test all the blood they get. Including an HIV test.
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So it’s already gonna be tested for it because they have to do that.
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Good progression, but honestly if they want to reduce the risk of potential HIV containmention it'd probably be better to include most types of sex instead of just anal. I understand that it's more likely to be transferred that way, but for safety reasons it should probably include most types.
I think this was based on the results of the ADVANCE study, I'd want to read their results first before saying too much else. I checked on it last week actually and they hadn't released those, but the whole point of that was proving that you could do this type of questionnaire instead and be no worse off. It's quite possible that they just found that multiple partners with other types of sex don't have a significant effect. This does cover my specific frustrations with it because as things were it was treating me and my husband, who are each others' first and only partners, as higher risk than the average straight person, which is just... absurd. I don't doubt that they could improve it further, and I wouldn't even argue if you thought it was better to abolish it entirely.
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Well they have to test all the blood they get. Including an HIV test.
Also I think the specific issue prompting the three month deferral is that the tests aren't reliable in the first three months after exposure. But the same site that had told me that also says that the tests currently used can detect it within two weeks. Unless the tests are noticeably more reliable later on they probably could just do away with it completely. Or something like this with a two week deferral would hardly be an inconvenience at all.
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Camryn Aisling 01/28/2023 12:17 AM
My dad directed blood bank labs for about 40 years. I showed him the news and his first words were "Finally! It's about goddamn time!"
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WhichWitch17 01/28/2023 12:17 AM
Aw that’s nice
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Also... fuck. I promised myself I'd donate as soon as the restriction was lifted. And now I actually have to do that.
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Is this how it felt when (cw homophobia) a bunch of really salty straight people said they'd get divorced if gay marriage was legalized
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Is this how it felt when (cw homophobia) a bunch of really salty straight people said they'd get divorced if gay marriage was legalized
Matt Cox he/him 01/28/2023 11:02 AM
As a het(ish) person, that position coming from a het person is frankly offensive and should be to their spouses as well. The idea that someone else's ability to realize the same that I have being reason enough to ditch it flies in the face of any interpretation of marriage. Frankly anyone who holds that opinion in public should be vulnerable to at-fault divorce from their spouse. Like if you say that in public or even where your spouse can hear (cw homophobia/general bigotry, "if [X group] can marry, I'll get divorced," their spouse should be able to walk into court and be like "I want the kids and the house and this person to kick rocks" and the judge be like "granted." The only marriage that such a sequence of unfortunate events should threaten is your own, Salty Steve. Damn that burns me up.
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As a het(ish) person, that position coming from a het person is frankly offensive and should be to their spouses as well. The idea that someone else's ability to realize the same that I have being reason enough to ditch it flies in the face of any interpretation of marriage. Frankly anyone who holds that opinion in public should be vulnerable to at-fault divorce from their spouse. Like if you say that in public or even where your spouse can hear (cw homophobia/general bigotry, "if [X group] can marry, I'll get divorced," their spouse should be able to walk into court and be like "I want the kids and the house and this person to kick rocks" and the judge be like "granted." The only marriage that such a sequence of unfortunate events should threaten is your own, Salty Steve. Damn that burns me up.
Yeah, the point is more that it's an insincere position. We know that none of them were ever gonna do it. I remember it being funny at the time and funny when we got to call on them to follow through. And if you embrace queer theory...
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A Small Flock of Bees 01/29/2023 9:25 PM
To anyone in the Clemson area we are having a small educational get together about the Atlanta deforestation and its intersection with marginalized groups. Anyone and everyone is invited
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Call the Medical Affairs committee chair, Senator Danny Verdin + your senator and Judiciary Committee Chair, Representative Weston Newton + your representative and tell them to VOTE NO to all abortion bans! Link to take action here: https://t.co/gGUTmOazjk
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danny verdin isn't just a transphobe he's also a Bad Guy call his ass (edited)
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 02/02/2023 11:28 AM
“hey I know you guys have had some questions for us, we're happy to finally have some answers. We were donated some trauma kits that have gone to queers in our community. The money from our fundraiser has gone towards a project we're excited to share: this Sunday at yallmart we're gonna be tabling to distribute zines, harm reduction supplies, and other medical supplies to help our community stay safe. We hope to see some of you there! -lavender" We have some news from columbia Queers Bash Back, a local harm reduction and anti-transphobia org. Go and see them at this sunday’s yallmart for resources and supplies
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they)
“hey I know you guys have had some questions for us, we're happy to finally have some answers. We were donated some trauma kits that have gone to queers in our community. The money from our fundraiser has gone towards a project we're excited to share: this Sunday at yallmart we're gonna be tabling to distribute zines, harm reduction supplies, and other medical supplies to help our community stay safe. We hope to see some of you there! -lavender" We have some news from columbia Queers Bash Back, a local harm reduction and anti-transphobia org. Go and see them at this sunday’s yallmart for resources and supplies
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@everyone (edited)
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Hayden (he/they) 02/02/2023 11:29 AM
Is it going to be a long winter or an early spring? Georgia's famous groundhog General Beauregard "Beau" Lee has made his big weather forecast for 2023.
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ColorfulKnoll 02/02/2023 11:30 AM
He's adorable
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@everyone (edited)
could you post this in annoucements :)
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 02/02/2023 11:30 AM
Ok
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Joshua (He/Him) 02/02/2023 3:38 PM
Why is that poor rodent named after Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard, one of the biggest ass clowns in US History. Confederate, strike breaker, leading instigator of the lost cause movement.
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Hayden (he/they) 02/02/2023 3:38 PM
I'm glad the groundhog knows nothing at all
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Joshua (He/Him) 02/02/2023 3:38 PM
Probably one of the top 25 people who should have been executed after the war.
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Hayden (he/they) 02/02/2023 3:38 PM
No knowledge of the civil war or slavery
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ur letting him off the hook too easy, he knows
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Joshua (He/Him) 02/02/2023 3:39 PM
That rodent deserves better!
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/02/2023 3:40 PM
This groundhog can predict the weather, Hayden, I think it understands the civil war and slavery
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Hayden (he/they) 02/02/2023 3:40 PM
Idk maybe he's just specialized
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Probably doesn't even know ABC's, just weather
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smh the tyranny of low expectations /j (edited)
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Joshua (He/Him) 02/02/2023 3:41 PM
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Hayden (he/they) 02/02/2023 3:41 PM
Hate structures, not groundhogs
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/02/2023 3:41 PM
He can look through history and tell you when Mount Vesuvius erupted but can't tell you where he got his name? Unlikely.
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Joshua (He/Him) 02/02/2023 3:42 PM
Rodent better watch out!
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/02/2023 3:42 PM
Adding it to the platform
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Oh, wait, wrong group lol.
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Hayden (he/they) 02/02/2023 3:42 PM
Oh god not here too
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Hayden (he/they) 02/02/2023 3:43 PM
The city he lives in was destroyed by Sherman, maybe he's still mad about it
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Hayden (he/they) 02/02/2023 3:57 PM
Okay I know this is juvenile, but the city the groundhog lives in is in Butts county, Georgia
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Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Butts County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,045 in 2010, up from 3,934 at the 2000 census. The community was named after governor James Jackson.
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oh yeah georgia has a lot of weird county names
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ur letting him off the hook too easy, he knows
Matt Cox he/him 02/03/2023 11:11 AM
ACAB includes collaborator mascots
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Lynnie (she/her) 02/07/2023 10:47 AM
We apparently need to be fucking careful how any in-capitol actions get reported in the news. I can't find a single article from this OK demonstration discussing trans rights - they all are debating whether or not this is an insurrection 🙄 https://www.newsweek.com/transgender-rights-protesters-occupy-oklahoma-capitol-debate-january-6-1779461
Conservative commentators have likened Monday's protest to the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. But others have noted that it was largely peaceful.
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/07/2023 10:49 AM
Does anyone know any reporters?
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If so, we could give them a press release or otherwise work with them to make sure our stuff is reported accurately
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@Hayden (he/they) and @char probably do, i've been trying to pull together a media contact sheet for a bit
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we've got a spreedsheet to put that info into, no one has updated it afaik give me a second to dig for it
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Lynnie (she/her) 02/07/2023 10:50 AM
That's exactly what I was thinking. A release ahead of time (SC United always does this) can help control that narrative
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Editors/Reporters Name,Org/Outlet,Role,Type of Media,Phone,Email,Insta,Facebook,Twitter Avery Wilks ,Post and Courier,Projects Reporter,Print,(803) 374-3115,awilks@postandcourier.com ,https://twitter.com/AveryGWilks Andy Shain,Post and Courier,Managi...
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/07/2023 10:51 AM
Everyone I knew is gone now (it's a great industry to work in atm/s) but I'm always down to help. I've got limited expertise but this is technically what I do lol
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if anyone wants to add to it that would be great
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Lynnie (she/her) 02/07/2023 10:51 AM
Abc Columbia, wis, and wltx usually give us a pretty supportive ear
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i think clinging to the media perceiving us as peacful or nonthreatening is never going to work
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no matter how many press releases we make
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no matter how respectable we try to be
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because we are trans, and that inherently makes us violent and monstrous to them
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that's something to keep in mind i believe
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Hayden (he/they) 02/07/2023 11:10 AM
Most of these outlets are trained to look at "both sides" of an issue anyway
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Lynnie (she/her) 02/07/2023 11:16 AM
It can be mitigated to a degree though. For example, you could offer an exclusive to a friendly outlet to view a "sing in" or other action that is inherently harmless and hard to spin otherwise. Other outlets then pick up that story and would have to work a lot harder to unravel the narrative that has already been written ...but I largely agree. The "both sides" insistence is so damn frustrating (edited)
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/07/2023 11:29 AM
@seb it/they I definitely agree. But, it also gives us an opportunity to give a counter narrative. We'll see what ultimately comes of everything in ATL, but I think that initial story from Bitter Southerner about the forest defenders has been pretty vital in providing a counter narrative to police and AJC after Tort's murder.
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@Hayden (he/they) and @char probably do, i've been trying to pull together a media contact sheet for a bit
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i'm not saying we should abandom media stuff all together lol there's a reason we still have a media spreadsheet
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/07/2023 11:29 AM
No I know lol I'm just thinking out loud
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i think we should just be trying to project our own narrative instead of just "don't be scared of us we're nice transgenders"
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bc a. i think people should be scared of us
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and b. i don't intend to be nice if my health and saftey are going to be taken away
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/07/2023 11:32 AM
Totally. I just remember the reporting around police violence at a George Floyd protest being SO bad and it infuriated me. Blatant lies. So I'm just preparing and wondering how to counter that.
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Hayden (he/they) 02/07/2023 11:34 AM
Part of the reason we put together the press list is to send releases to people / @ them on Twitter
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Did that happen for any of the ones we posted?
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nope
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we basically haven't had any cohesive social media strategy because it's been pushed on people who do not understand social media
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myself included
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Hayden (he/they) 02/07/2023 11:36 AM
Would we like to designate people to do that task so y'all don't feel pushed on?
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 02/07/2023 11:37 AM
i badly believe we need 1-3 social media point people/coordinators yes
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we've tried using the social media tag, but that hasn't been succesfull
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Hayden (he/they) 02/07/2023 11:37 AM
Sorry I didn't realize that was the case
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/07/2023 11:37 AM
Hmmm, I can try that out. I have some experience with socials...it's been a few years and i hate technology but I've at least done it lol (edited)
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they)
i badly believe we need 1-3 social media point people/coordinators yes
AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 02/07/2023 11:38 AM
should i ping over the social media people and ask if we can get some point people?
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Hayden (he/they) 02/07/2023 11:38 AM
Yeah anyone who signs up should expect to be annoyed by both the technology and people side, kids a necessary evil for the task
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20 people signed up for that role, surely someone can do it
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Wait there's 20 people signed up but last time I tried to get something posted on insta nobody did it until I gave up and did it myself? Please y'all we desperately need a better system for socials
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 02/07/2023 11:40 AM
yeah
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i think a lot of people just have the server muted
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/07/2023 11:41 AM
It just depends on what I have going on at work. But I do have a job where I can do it for the most part. So if we have other point ppl for when I can't, then I can do it
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Hayden (he/they) 02/07/2023 11:42 AM
Would it be a good idea to put together a quick posting guide?
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 02/07/2023 11:43 AM
i made a @socials_PointPerson role
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Would it be a good idea to put together a quick posting guide?
AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 02/07/2023 11:43 AM
i was already on this
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putting together a posting guide is also on the todo list
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 02/07/2023 11:43 AM
Protocol for twitter/instagram posts (press releases and other notable events)
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or at least like a brand/style guide
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or i though i had added it maybe i didn't
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 02/07/2023 11:43 AM
i mostly just want to get people to remember to poke media
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which hasnt been happening
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Hayden (he/they) 02/07/2023 11:43 AM
The difficult thing too is that we would sacrifice security to spread passwords around, so it will have to fall on a few people
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ir was not
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It just depends on what I have going on at work. But I do have a job where I can do it for the most part. So if we have other point ppl for when I can't, then I can do it
AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 02/07/2023 11:44 AM
do you want the @socials_PointPerson role
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i added shit to the to list
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to do
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just to keep a record of it
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we previously tried to set up a social media coordination meeting, but no one showed up
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i'm wondering if something like that makes more sense now?
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/07/2023 11:47 AM
Yes! And yes to the meeting
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okay if you could figure out a time for that, i would appreciate that
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 02/07/2023 11:48 AM
im gonna send you the socials logins
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Hayden (he/they) 02/07/2023 11:49 AM
Also if people aren't going to help with a thing they should probably unassign from a role. Both to not get pinged unnecessarily and to avoid confusion
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Lynnie (she/her) 02/07/2023 11:51 AM
Feel free to remove me from any role you don't think I need. I applied several just because I tend to be a Jill of all trades but a mistress of none, so I never know where my input or awareness may help
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Lynnie (she/her) 02/07/2023 12:10 PM
And in some good news: there are cis white people in the wild fighting for us... https://twitter.com/AmberlynRayne/status/1622975860927246343?t=BERQb8MPUqkLTYMViaXAuA&s=19
🧵 Spartanburg resident Sevi Alvarez shows true LGBTQ+ allyship as he rips the SC House Freedom Caucus last night in the county delegation meeting... 1/2
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Hayden (he/they) 02/07/2023 12:11 PM
Does the freedom caucus hold random events across the state?
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Lynnie (she/her) 02/07/2023 12:12 PM
Certain reps do, but three HFC members sit on the Spartanburg County delegation.
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It's a very diverse bunch in SparCo 🙄
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/07/2023 12:12 PM
Yeah that's just Spartanburg 😂
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Lynnie (she/her) 02/07/2023 12:13 PM
The only person who is not a cis white man on the SparCo delegation is Rosalyn Henderson-Myers, who was absent last night due to her husband's passing
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We also have Josh Kimbrell and Josiah Magnuson 🙃
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/07/2023 12:15 PM
We still get Pride at least
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he really compared them to cancer
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holy shit i'm floored
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Lynnie (she/her) 02/07/2023 12:15 PM
He really did
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"The Cancer Party™️" were his words at one point
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i hope his chemo goes well
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Lynnie (she/her) 02/07/2023 12:17 PM
Me too. He and his wife are sweet.
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It's a very diverse bunch in SparCo 🙄
Jonah Glover 02/08/2023 10:41 PM
Apparently Roger is A. Nutt 🥜
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And in some good news: there are cis white people in the wild fighting for us... https://twitter.com/AmberlynRayne/status/1622975860927246343?t=BERQb8MPUqkLTYMViaXAuA&s=19
That was poweful! Love it, thanks for sharing.
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Some neat posters
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Camryn Aisling 02/10/2023 11:21 AM
Oh god, the discord mobile crop on that is extremely unfortunate
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 02/10/2023 11:23 AM
oh no
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Heads up, this bill is going to be in the house judiciary meeting on Valentine's
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Would repeal limits on the state directly aiding religious schools
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Would repeal limits on the state directly aiding religious schools
ColorfulKnoll 02/11/2023 5:25 PM
Is there no protections against that federally?
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Hayden (he/they) 02/11/2023 5:26 PM
There probably are, but they are betting the current supreme court will overrule them
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Im not totally sure as its not really an area I'm super familiar with, but it feels like thats whats going on
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Im not totally sure as its not really an area I'm super familiar with, but it feels like thats whats going on
ColorfulKnoll 02/11/2023 5:30 PM
The Supreme Court court ruled on June 26 that the government may not exclude religious groups from grant programs simply because they are religious.
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Reminder that instead of actually giving a shit and supporting railroad workers in order to prevent this, both railroad companies and the US government, working hand in hand, actively suppressed the railroad unions and covered up not only the very crisis unfolding, but how they got there in the first place: because if they actually did something, they wouldn’t gain a profit. (edited)
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Insane we aren't seeing more coverage of this catastrophic derailment, 2 months after greedy rail companies and Congress forced workers to accept a dangerous and unjust contract. Instead the media trumpets news of a Chinese balloon downed by a $400,000 missile.
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Wall Street is worried that food companies are on the verge of lowering prices. "There’s a concern among investors" that companies will start offering coupons and promotions at "irrational levels" to drive sales, an analyst told the CEO of Kellogg's on today's earnings call.
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comrade kalia (she/her) 02/13/2023 8:34 PM
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The irrationality of having basic needs met Terrible, I hope those poor companies are going to be okay These are trying times for them 🫂
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🚨#BREAKING: Emergency crews are responding to a train derailment 📌#Enoree | #SouthCarolina Currently multiple emergency crews are responding to a train derailment in Enoree South Carolina CSX Transportation are also on the scene this is still developing
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anyone near this?
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solvent (they/she) 02/14/2023 2:04 PM
the brain rot in the replies holy shit
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was hoping for some actual information
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roaming_rowan 02/14/2023 2:05 PM
same, there’s not much I can find online about it other than “sure did come off the rails”
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Oh, something new, Feinstein’s leaving after too many years https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/dianne-feinstein-retires-17772199.php
Feinstein’s career has been shaped by tragedy, perseverance and an adherence toward...
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Hayden (he/they) 02/14/2023 2:08 PM
Now who is going to tell those 8th graders to fuck off
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I will Somebody has to be the hero we need
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ColorfulKnoll 02/15/2023 11:38 AM
Warning, transphobia. The document provides arguments from both trans people and those supporting anti-trans bills. https://amp.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article272503989.html
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Hopefully this helps set judicial precedent for trans Healthcare since it's a federal case
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/16/2023 11:29 AM
If anyone’s interested in learning more about the Atlanta Forest defense, the Institute for Social Ecology is hosting a discussion next week with Kamau Franklin of Community Movement Builders to talk about it and the broader relationship between climate justice and struggle against the police. The event is free. https://givebutter.com/StopCopCity (edited)
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There’s also a week of action coming up march 4-11 if you’re down to camp
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A-A-Ron (they/them)
If anyone’s interested in learning more about the Atlanta Forest defense, the Institute for Social Ecology is hosting a discussion next week with Kamau Franklin of Community Movement Builders to talk about it and the broader relationship between climate justice and struggle against the police. The event is free. https://givebutter.com/StopCopCity (edited)
Do you want to make this into an event?
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/16/2023 11:31 AM
Sure!
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And you could also post an announcement about it
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/16/2023 11:36 AM
Okay cool, I didn't know if that would be okay, I'll do that now though!
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seb it/they 02/17/2023 3:24 PM
The bill passes 66-25-3. The North Dakota House passes a bill to ban gender affirming care for trans youth. Now we move to 1301, which is even more egregious as it creates a bounty hunter system for those providing gender affirming care.
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Arnold Karr 02/17/2023 3:33 PM
I wonder how much the NYTimes's coverage of trans issues helped House members rationalize this.
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seb it/they 02/17/2023 3:54 PM
it might be worth a social media post about, just like "yo this sucks"
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idk i think we need to post more
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idk i think we need to post more
Victor (they/them) 02/17/2023 4:01 PM
Agreed
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seb it/they 02/17/2023 4:01 PM
@social_media
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made a tweet
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idk i think we need to post more
A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/17/2023 4:35 PM
I agree, I've been holding back a bit until we've got posting guidelines sorted out. For instance I found a graphic from an SC housing group about a renters workshop today. I'd love to post that but idk if/how we would feel is appropriate. And I don't wanna bug y'all and ask permission every time I see something 😅
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I agree, I've been holding back a bit until we've got posting guidelines sorted out. For instance I found a graphic from an SC housing group about a renters workshop today. I'd love to post that but idk if/how we would feel is appropriate. And I don't wanna bug y'all and ask permission every time I see something 😅
Sell it in relation to trans people and that way nobody can get mad. "Trans people often face prejudice and discrimination from their landlords, learn about what rights you have to protect yourself from this" or something like that
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 02/17/2023 4:50 PM
that would genuinely be very cool for me
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my rent keeps going higher every year but finding a new place is just so intimidating
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/17/2023 5:04 PM
I'm still waiting to hear back about a registration link and all that, but yeah, I'll post when I get that. Makes sense, thanks @Olivia
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Hayden (he/they) 02/17/2023 5:50 PM
The capture of Columbia occurred February 17–18, 1865, during the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War. The state capital of Columbia, South Carolina, was captured by Union forces under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman. Much of the city was burned, although it is not clear which side caused the fires.
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Today's the day y'all
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cade (he/him) 02/17/2023 6:27 PM
The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that our coverage will influence not only how people think, but also how they act. This responsibility is at the core of an…
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ofc this isn’t real news, as it’s the onion; but it’s a pretty scathing read after the way the NYT has been handling their situation
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sucks tho that the only big news outlet that actually understands the issue and will do something about it is the one that’s satire on the media itself
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this sums up the whole article pretty well
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Matt Cox he/him 02/17/2023 6:35 PM
“It is against free speech to stop us from fixating on the genitals.” Next protest I’m putting that on a sign and pretending to be with the bigots
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that article has dethroned "Hell Now A Thriving Epicenter Of Gay Culture" as my favorite
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A Call to Action ! ☎️ — ALT TEXT IN THE APP FUNCTION
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Jordan Flowers was diagnosed at 12 and is on the kidney-transplant list. While working at Amazon, he cofounded its labor union.
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cool to see other disabled people in organizing
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Nation-wide phone blast today to demand that LS3P (architect for Cop City) drop the Cop City contract and any other contracts with Brasfield and Gorrie or the City of Atlanta! If they hang up on you try calling another location. https://twitter.com/SavTheForest/status/1628060806016270336 https://www.ls3p.com/contact/
TODAY! Nation-wide phone blast to demand that Cop City architect, LS3P, #DroptheContract! Take 5 minutes to call.
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Hello hello my lovely duckies ✨ Tomorrow the House Legislative Oversight Committee is having a public comment meeting about SLED (the state law enforcement division), and less importantly, the Department of Consumer Affairs. Signups for testifying at the meeting itself have closed, but there’s an ongoing opportunity to submit online testimony about what you think of these agencies. So if you’re not too fond of how SLED operates, now’s the chance to submit comments they might check. It’ll be in Blatt 110 “after the adjournment of the house”, which is code for anywhere from 12 - 2, because legislators are allergic to doing anything on time. If you’d like to show up and take up some space, definitely come. Warning, last time I was in a SLED meeting, there were uniformed officers there with the administrators. https://www.scstatehouse.gov/agendas/125h12790.pdf
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pinky they/she 02/25/2023 7:22 AM
This shit is so depressing
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Atlanta, GA – Community organizations involved in the ongoing campaign to defend the South River Forest outside Atlanta, Georgia and ‘Stop Cop City’ say state prosecutors are planning on releasing indictments in the coming weeks charging them as a “criminal organization” under RICO statutes. The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act...
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on racketeering??????????????????
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What in the fuck
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seb it/they 02/26/2023 7:48 AM
How???
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Does anyone recognize where this is?
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 02/26/2023 8:56 AM
Greenville
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Upstate comrades have been going out every weekend for months now. Doing the Lord's work
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In Columbia they don’t let people counterprotest the antichoicers
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Arnold Karr 02/26/2023 2:22 PM
Have they arrested anyone yet for counter protesting? The ACLU might want to make a test case.
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Hayden (he/they) 02/26/2023 2:23 PM
Is it that the police won't let people or that the clinic doesn't want a conflict
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In Columbia they don’t let people counterprotest the antichoicers
I mean the clinic doesn’t
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Hi everyone! We just launched a video telling the Stop Cop City story. We are also collecting digital art to send to the Atlanta forest defenders for an event on Saturday, so if any of you are artists of any sort and want to share something send it along to noncompetediscourse at gmail ☺
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Hayden (he/they) 03/03/2023 10:39 AM
Random but the south Carolina state museum is having a college night on 3/16, free admission for USC students
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not embedding but it's iowa trying to ban same sex marriage. a lot more overt and direct than the bill changing marriage licenses in our state
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WhichWitch17 03/03/2023 2:48 PM
That feels like nothing but bs “virtue signaling” to me. Cause they literally can’t enforce it.
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Matt Cox he/him 03/03/2023 2:48 PM
Vice signaling
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WhichWitch17 03/03/2023 2:48 PM
That’s much better yes (edited)
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But they literally can’t enforce it cause of a SCOTUS decision made back in 2015
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probably to challenge scotus
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also they cant bc its codified in US law now
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WhichWitch17 03/03/2023 2:54 PM
Oh that’s right it is. I forgot that happened
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WhichWitch17 03/03/2023 2:54 PM
Now I’m even more confused as to what the point of that was
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also they cant bc its codified in US law now
AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 03/03/2023 2:56 PM
*this is not the case
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they must respect existing marriages, but the law very specifically allows states to still ban new ones
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oh interesting
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law makes more sense now
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 03/03/2023 2:56 PM
so if the supreme court case is overturned, individual states can still ban them
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Screenshots or summary? It’s paywalled ;-;
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Wow legislators lying about not punishing pregnant people I’m shocked, this is so unlike them 💀
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Sam McKenzie 03/03/2023 10:32 PM
Yeah just to piggyback, it's a trigger law, just like states that passed laws that banned abortion before Roe was overturned by Dobbs. It'll be enjoined, but if Obergefell gets overturned, then in theory it could become valid law
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Re the Iowa bill
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Tomorrow is the big day. Meet us on the State House North Grounds tomorrow at 8:30 as we press the legislature to take up bills that will actually improve the state of education in SC.
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 03/07/2023 1:29 PM
We should boost this with oat socials
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 03/07/2023 1:35 PM
I can push it out later tonight if someone else can't now
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This is massive. Gov Tim Walz has just made Minnesota a trans refugee state with an EO! He will decline extradition requests. He will refuse subpoenas. No resource can be used to enforce bans. They will be the first state to upgrade to dark blue, safest states in my map. ↘️ Quoting Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) Today, I took executive ac...
Today, I took executive action to protect access to gender-affirming health care in Minnesota.   My message is clear: Here in Minnesota, our LGBTQ+ neighbors will not be denied or punished for seeking life-affirming and lifesaving medical care.
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https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4268 Also if any of yall know anyone in canada, get them to sign this petition. Canada has... a number of issues. But having them as an option will still help lots of people.
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Sam McKenzie 03/13/2023 11:42 AM
My brother found this on reddit lol - do y'all know who's organizing this?
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My brother found this on reddit lol - do y'all know who's organizing this?
Where'd you find it?
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Nvm, rather who posted itm
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Sam McKenzie 03/13/2023 1:22 PM
Idk, I asked my brother but haven't heard back
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If anyone wanted to join my study group, we are gonna be starting trans liberation Thursday. Sessions last about 1.5 hours https://discord.gg/F24rMPZV
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comrade kalia (she/her) 03/21/2023 1:19 PM
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/232/Valve_Complete_Pack/ hey if anyone likes video games here’s every game ever made by Valve except the newest half-life for $7
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howdy y’all! anyone in the Charleston area is invited to cofc’s prism meeting tonight as it is our queer sex ed lesson and it’s open the the general public and taught by 2 trans individuals. no need to rsvp and i hope to see some cool faces tonight unfortunately we have no zoom option
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Camryn Aisling 03/22/2023 10:53 PM
Another transphobic bill from Florida, this one's even worse https://fxtwitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1638339492946890752 (edited)
New amendment for HB 1421 filed by Rep. Randy Fine would forcefully detransition all trans youth in Florida. It would ban all insurance coverage for gender affirming care, including for adults. This is effectively a full ban on care. https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1421/Amendment/695881/PDF
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seb it/they 03/23/2023 1:30 PM
jesus. the next person is denied bond. being held against them is the fact that they had a jail support number on them. that's being painted as evidence they came to commit a crime, when in fact, it's evidence that we live in a horrifying police state
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Nico (she/her) 03/23/2023 1:53 PM
The City of Columbia Water and Sewer has issued a boil water advisory on Thursday morning.The Columbia Water laboratory staff advise customers located at 101, 1
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Hayden (he/they) 03/23/2023 1:54 PM
Looks like that's in the southern part of the county
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George (He/They) 03/23/2023 7:04 PM
Just brought some OAT Stickers to Gamecock Lutheran
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CW: discussion of gun violence, tucker carlson, transphobia. Very interesting and cool suggestions towards the end though. https://vxtwitter.com/ErinInTheMorn/status/1639117373255962686
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Dear #Atlanta, Show up. The organizers have confirmed that members of the #KKK and #ProudBoys have plans to be there. This is what #comminity looks like. Show them that we don't have room for their #hate in #ATL. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #LBGTQ #TransRights
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Do you know who's organizing/what IG to find more info?
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CW: discussion of gun violence, tucker carlson, transphobia. Very interesting and cool suggestions towards the end though. https://vxtwitter.com/ErinInTheMorn/status/1639117373255962686
robin (they/it) 03/24/2023 10:16 PM
i am slightly confused at the thought process here, but agree give trans people tanks
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Do you know who's organizing/what IG to find more info?
Probably reach out to the one in the QR code, @eternxl.pxnk
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Probably reach out to the one in the QR code, @eternxl.pxnk
Tried that and it didn't work! Annnnd just realized I spelled it wrong. 😂 Found it.
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robin (they/it) 03/24/2023 10:20 PM
wow
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boomer in the chat yall ^
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boomer in the chat yall ^
HURTFUL! 😤
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Would really love to host some craft events at my place in the near future since I've got a lot of different stuff and space and I would love to have some communal art stuff 🤔
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will you be at yallmart this Sunday?
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Stand will look like this 🥰
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Camryn Aisling 03/24/2023 10:58 PM
Yoooo, worm on a string
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 03/25/2023 10:47 AM
Angela Davis spoke at the 20th Walter Rodney Symposium in Atlanta today and it was brilliant. Afterwards, the City of Atlanta announced that they’re making today Angela Davis Day to honor her PIC abolition work and gave her a plaque🫠
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"Capitalism is what brings us together across political lines, where people can come together and prosper without having to apologise for making money and seeking profit" - Some tech bro investment idiot who's running for president and was INVITED to speak to a house commerce subcommittee
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cade (he/him) 03/28/2023 3:33 PM
cut to the recession
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Idk he might have a point Also he's here remotely and couldn't work a camera lol
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He had to switch to his laptop camera 💀
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Nerak1 Dave 03/28/2023 3:36 PM
It may bring us together, but barely. The issue comes when the rich want to rig the system against the little(-power) people.
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BR3NT5T0N3 ☭(Brian he/him) 03/28/2023 3:39 PM
Not at all, it literally divides us. Capitalism creates workers and capitalists as 2 distinct classes, the way it's designed is being rigged against the "little(-power) people." That's it working as intended, not an unnatural twist on it.
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I'd say getting ground down into a pulp with each other has a way of bringing people together
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CqVJUvYJWAh/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY= hey they’re trying to build a golf course near where I live (local address) so it’d be great to get more eyes on the situation
HEADS UPNation Famlee and Supporters! STAND UP with St. Helena Islanders! Come out on Thursday to the island for the rally! 6 pm Thursday, March 30, 2023 St. Helena Elementary School 1025 Sea Island Pkwy, Saint Helena Island, SC 29920 Cum jayn we fa stop destructionment cumin ta historic St. Helena!
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seb it/they 03/29/2023 8:02 AM
@regan-they you should post this in announcements and ping the low country role
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@social_media something to consider uh retweeting? Whatever the Instagram equivalent is
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robin (they/it) 03/29/2023 8:10 AM
regraming
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seb it/they 03/29/2023 8:11 AM
Lol is that really it
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robin (they/it) 03/29/2023 8:15 AM
idk probably not since i just made it up
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seb it/they 03/29/2023 8:17 AM
Oh lol you could have convinced me
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seb it/they
@social_media something to consider uh retweeting? Whatever the Instagram equivalent is
You can add the post to your story. It’s in a day anyway so it wouldn’t even have to be highlighted to last more than 24 hours unless you wanted to
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seb it/they
@regan-they you should post this in announcements and ping the low country role
I didn’t know I had that a ability until just now, but sure!
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 03/29/2023 9:35 AM
Just came in here to post about this! I'll share on socials
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 03/29/2023 2:54 PM
The FDA approved Narcan for over-the-counter sales. This is a great move that will help people save more lives.
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seb it/they 03/29/2023 9:57 PM
Elvio Tropeano in February bought the nearly 500-acre Pine Island Plantation on Beaufort County's St. Helena Island. The land comes with a ban on golf courses with more than eight
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Hayden (he/they) 03/29/2023 10:06 PM
That's awesome
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Hayden (he/they)
That's awesome
Camryn Aisling 03/29/2023 10:16 PM
Assuming you're talking about the narcan and not the golf course (edited)
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Hayden really likes golf
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Hayden (he/they) 03/29/2023 10:18 PM
Yeah I'm staunchly pro golf
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Golf is the true sport of the proletariat tbh, well aside from greyhound racing
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Hayden (he/they) 03/29/2023 10:22 PM
And tiddlywinks
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Camryn Aisling 03/29/2023 10:23 PM
And polo
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Water polo on dolphins
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Camryn Aisling 03/29/2023 10:28 PM
Aquaman only sports
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Cass (she/her) 03/30/2023 4:37 PM
South Carolina's $38 billion pension portfolio must be invested solely with the goal of making the most money under legislation supporters say will ensure employees' money isn't misspent on "woke"
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Ah, I was in that meeting!
Cass (she/her) 03/30/2023 4:37 PM
Oh you probably saw my boss
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That man was hilariously awful, he was the one who spoke before the presidential candidate who couldn’t use a camera
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Cass (she/her) 03/30/2023 4:43 PM
i was typing a rant about this but I got tired so just imagine a rant
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Mr. Trump will be the first former president to face criminal charges. The precise charges are not yet known, but the case is focused on a hush-money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign.
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Lfgooooo
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Friend of a Planet 03/30/2023 6:07 PM
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Lolita the orca is going to be returned to her home sea (though in a netted area for now 😐 ). (edited)
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Watch Orcas socialize and hunt in their natural habitat with our live Orca camera based in British Columbia. Learn Orca facts and share your snapshots.
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Also, if anyone wants to watch live/recorded streams of orcas
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OMG WHAT
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The Walter Rodney Foundation, whose annual symposium Angela Davis spoke at before receiving the award from the Atlanta City Council on March 24, has released a statement in support of her return of the award.
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Hailey (she/they) 04/04/2023 10:25 AM
I love my home state :/
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I love watching the culture war materialize into an actual conflict /s
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Hayden (he/they) 04/04/2023 10:30 AM
The Caning of Charles Sumner, or the Brooks–Sumner Affair, occurred on May 22, 1856, in the United States Senate chamber, when Representative Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina, used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner, an abolitionist Republican from Massachusetts. The attack was in retaliation for a speech g...
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robin (they/it) 04/04/2023 10:31 AM
my APUSH teacher loved that event
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robin (they/it)
my APUSH teacher loved that event
Hayden (he/they) 04/04/2023 10:31 AM
Same
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robin (they/it)
my APUSH teacher loved that event
Same, she had a poster of it on her door
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Hayden (he/they) 04/04/2023 10:32 AM
Fun fact, at the sc state museum they have an exhibit with pieces of the cane and new canes people sent brooks
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To clarify, I mean to say I love the event, not that my teacher did
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robin (they/it) 04/04/2023 10:33 AM
my apush teacher was a queen except she yelled at me for being on crutches
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/04/2023 10:37 AM
Andrew Jackson is obviously a POS, but him threatening to hang John C. Calhoun was always hilarious to me. We need Dark Brandon to maybe take some notes.
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The fact Calhoun was his vice president at the time only makes it funnier tbh lmao
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Trump threatened to hang mike pence so
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Hayden (he/they) 04/04/2023 10:39 AM
Apparently brooks is buried in edgefield
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Best we’ve got in modern times was Trump almost getting Pence killed
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Hayden (he/they) 04/04/2023 10:40 AM
In case anyone needs a bathroom break while going through Augusta
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Jonah Glover 04/04/2023 4:00 PM
Lawmakers sent a bill to Gov. Laura Kelly requiring transgender individuals use bathrooms and changing rooms that align with their biological sex.
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I am not sure if I am in the right channel, please feel free to direct me to the right one. In march there was going to be a gender affirming clothing swap and I collected an abnormal amount of new clothing from people I know who do wardrobe services. Will there be a new clothing swap date I wanna give the clothes away
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seb it/they 04/04/2023 6:29 PM
We were planning on doing one in the fall
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There is no criminal code for bias incidents against police in Michigan, where tracking is at the impetus of state police, not the state Legislature.
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Anti-police activity is now a hate crime in Michigan
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L Michigan
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LETS FUCKING GOOO99999OOOOOOOOOOO
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🥺what if there wasn’t a Supreme Court (state or federal)
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seb it/they 04/05/2023 8:42 AM
How are we perpetuating individualism and abled supremacy in the so-called left? What does it look like to align our values with actions?
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The demonstration came hours after the Republican-controlled state Senate approved a proposal to ban abortions after six weeks.
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The house minority leader and the chair of the Democratic Party in Florida got charged with trespassing for sitting on a sidewalk
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Moral of the story, don’t get a permit
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It was a permitted and scheduled abortion rights demo and the police revoked their permit 20 minutes in and arrested people for sitting down
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Not a big fan of dems but it’s pretty bad when a state is arresting the political leaders from the other party ngl
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Videos on social media show people chanting “shame” as officers led protestors away in handcuffs. The Tallahassee Police Department issued a statement that said protestors were told they would have to leave after sunset, but 11 people refused to go and were arrested for trespassing.
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god I love Tally
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De-arrest techniques that can be employed during actions/blockades/protest/demonstrations DO NOT ALLOW THE POLICE TO STEAL YOU FAMILY. The state is not allowed to steal people. Arrest is theft of family. Arrest is theft of humanity. Arrest is theft of community. Arrest is theft of knowledges. Arrest if theft of freedom. The cops aren’t allowed...
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god I love Tally
So true
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 9:57 AM
Wouldn't they just have arrested them anyway without a permit
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Having a permit means the state gets to dictate your behavior
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 9:58 AM
Yeah I get that
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The police probably would still have arrested them yeah, but a permit means an organizer can get charged with things protestors did and it gives law enforcement pretense for escalation / the ability to decide what “acceptable behavior” is
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:02 AM
I just think it depends on what the group wants to do. Like the tdov thing at the state house probably wouldn't have happened without a permit so people could set up tents a tables without getting hassled
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Yeah for sure
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But the TDOV thing wasn’t intended to be a protest, it was a block party
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The people doing protest stuff (standing with signs and flags) did so off statehouse grounds
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:04 AM
Here's the real strat: let some lib group get a permit, do whatever, leave them holding the bag
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So trueee
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Agreee
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:04 AM
I just don't think "don't get a permit" is good advice overall, but I agree on the part about protests
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/05/2023 10:05 AM
Whoever did something like that needs bail fund/jail support first though...libs are not helping there.
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I think they all got bailed out
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Not sure if there’s a legal fund link I can talk to tally people
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Let psl get the permits, they have the bail fund in cola anyway /hj
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Let psl get the permits, they have the bail fund in cola anyway /hj
This happened in like may
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:07 AM
I think the forest we are missing for the trees is that "yell at the statehouse" protests aren't really that productive period lol
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Permit or no permit
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This happened in like may
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Hayden (he/they)
I think the forest we are missing for the trees is that "yell at the statehouse" protests aren't really that productive period lol
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:10 AM
Alternatively get a permit for things like confederate memorial day so bubba and Bobby can't wave their dish rag lol
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Yeah permits can be weaponized
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Yea diversity of tactics is a point of unity tbh so it depends fr
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:11 AM
Btw it is confederate heritage month, so they might be coming out of their caves
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Hayden (he/they)
Alternatively get a permit for things like confederate memorial day so bubba and Bobby can't wave their dish rag lol
Anabelle (She/Her/Hers) 04/05/2023 10:12 AM
wdym?
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Stops them from doing confederate celebrations at the state house
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Steal their time
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Clock blocking, if you will
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:13 AM
Whenever the secessionists have a holiday they have to get a permit for the front of the state house. If people get permits for those days like a year in advance it's throws a wrench in their plans
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Anabelle (She/Her/Hers) 04/05/2023 10:13 AM
ooo
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365 days is actually the limit out they’ll accept applications
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Anabelle (She/Her/Hers) 04/05/2023 10:14 AM
would we have to show up the day of though?
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They could just renew it every year, but they’re not that smart
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:14 AM
I will say watching their numbers decline over the years is a treat
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Anabelle (She/Her/Hers)
would we have to show up the day of though?
Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:14 AM
Depends
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Anabelle (She/Her/Hers) 04/05/2023 10:14 AM
like i imagine that
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we sign up
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they go out front anyways
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:14 AM
Some groups host like a welcome event anyway
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Anabelle (She/Her/Hers) 04/05/2023 10:14 AM
they see the space is free and just go there
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:15 AM
That's not really how it works, if we have a permit for an event we can direct them to leave
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I've tried that the other way around and they were like "go on, git!"
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Anabelle (She/Her/Hers)
they go out front anyways
they would be restricted to the sidewalk, and as that's public property they can be way more easily countered since they have no numbers whatsoever (edited)
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The cops sometimes try to separate groups on the sidewalk and sometimes they just …don’t?
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Anabelle (She/Her/Hers) 04/05/2023 10:16 AM
ig what i'm trying to ask, is if enforcement is contingent on us showing up?
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Anabelle (She/Her/Hers)
ig what i'm trying to ask, is if enforcement is contingent on us showing up?
Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:16 AM
Probably, the state house police can also put out barriers which would physically impede them
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Anabelle (She/Her/Hers) 04/05/2023 10:17 AM
ah okay
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:17 AM
One of their big events is raising the flag where it was before 2015, which they are allowed to do once or twice a year
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Without that spot by the soldiers monument, the event is kinda pointless
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Hayden (he/they)
Without that spot by the soldiers monument, the event is kinda pointless
some would argue it already was lmao
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but more pointless for sure
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Anabelle (She/Her/Hers) 04/05/2023 10:18 AM
should we apply for the spot today?
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:18 AM
I'm looking at it now
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Anabelle (She/Her/Hers) 04/05/2023 10:18 AM
ah okay!
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please keep us posted that sounds like a cool strategy
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:20 AM
Confederate memorial day is may 10th which is a Wednesday. They could have an event the weekend before or after
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The SCV hosts an event at the monument I went to last year on the day of (mostly because it's all retirees)
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last year didn't they do their event on the saturday after?
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5/12 off the top of my head?
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:21 AM
They did, but in years past it bounced between before and after
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robin (they/it) 04/05/2023 10:22 AM
probably it is which ever the date is closest to ?? (edited)
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:22 AM
Okay someone call Disney lmao
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I think I have their member list from 2017 saved somewhere
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:24 AM
I mean come on
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robin (they/it) 04/05/2023 10:24 AM
seawells again?
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Not the Seawells lmao
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robin (they/it) 04/05/2023 10:25 AM
do they have the state house for that day?
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:26 AM
Im not seeing that they do
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Although it is hard to check
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robin (they/it) 04/05/2023 10:27 AM
maybe we could yoink it right out of their little mits
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seawells again?
Maybe they all got a gift card for their birthday
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:31 AM
Someone might just have to request a permit for that day and see if it is available
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:47 AM
Fun fact, to submit a form you don't have to put your full name or address. Just a description of your event and a point of contact person with a phone number
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I am now proposing a mother's day event on may 13th on the north grounds from 8am to 5pm
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I hope everyone likes that idea, because I already sent in the request
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If some other enterprising soul wants to put something together for the previous Saturday that would be great
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Important note, that information is actually required. You can submit the form online incomplete, but they won’t approve it. The other version for printing is more specific about required sections. You can submit as an individual and organisation information isn’t required, but you have to put your own information down. https://www.admin.sc.gov/sites/default/files/facilities_manage/State%20House%20Event%20Information%20form.pdf
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:52 AM
God damn it
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Yep, they’re not very good at designing forms.
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I mean we could just make them real events
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I'm down to have a nice little "fuck the confederacy" party
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Yeah, I’d be willing to use my name and info for a nice Mother’s Day event or whatever you Or a fuck the confederacy party lol, either works'
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:53 AM
I'm hoping at least they will come back with "there's already an event at this time" for the intel
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I was going for more clandestine but either works
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Either is fine with me too
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:54 AM
I feel like if I send the same form twice in an hour with different info they might suspect it's spam
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Is there anything OAT related we’d want to do on either side of that week? It’s over a month out, so there’s time to plan something
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 10:59 AM
May day 🧐
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We could do an event for mother's day
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Like a "queer family day" bc ik a lot of us do not have great mothers and it can be a sore/isolating day for people
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 11:00 AM
That's kinda what I was thinking
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Like a shout-out to mothers who aren't appreciated as queer parents or kids without good mothers
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This would be great lol
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Eurovision is also happening on the 13th
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Lol I feel like Eurovision is a queer event
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Yes
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Very, you have no idea how hard you just hit on a special interest of mine
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Like a "queer family day" bc ik a lot of us do not have great mothers and it can be a sore/isolating day for people
If we did, there are groups of mothers out there (like those mom hug people at the USC campus every Monday with the cookies) we could reach out to if possible
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i'm going to add planning for this to the mutual aid meeting
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My mom is a part of the free mom hugs at pride people in the upstate
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Could see if she can drag some down
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My mom is a part of the free mom hugs at pride people in the upstate
I wonder if shes the one who gave @A-A-Ron (they/them) and I a big hug at upstate pride while wearing their shirt :3
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It's possible! She was there
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/05/2023 11:17 AM
Hmmm
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That'd be awesome
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I'll call her later and let y'all know
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If we did, there are groups of mothers out there (like those mom hug people at the USC campus every Monday with the cookies) we could reach out to if possible
Dingo (they/them) 04/05/2023 11:33 AM
Oh my god I adore those ladies
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I remember when I took a girl to queer prom and they hugged us outside :))))))
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May day 🧐
Anabelle (She/Her/Hers) 04/05/2023 11:46 AM
yes please! mayday celebrataion good!
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also @Emma got this version of the internationale stuck in my head https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNPKRjNEZ5E
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Anabelle (She/Her/Hers)
yes please! mayday celebrataion good!
The iww doesn't have a set mayday thing in mind either maybe we can collab with oat
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If we did, there are groups of mothers out there (like those mom hug people at the USC campus every Monday with the cookies) we could reach out to if possible
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I actually have one of the moms phone numbers from that group. So I could ask
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The iww doesn't have a set mayday thing in mind either maybe we can collab with oat
Anabelle (She/Her/Hers) 04/05/2023 11:58 AM
yessssss
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i’ve never planned anything like that before! are we thinking a like, protest, march, or something else?
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Usually we just kinda do an education thing in a park and let people know about may day hist bc most don't know since it's not celebrated, but we can put a queer twist on it with oat there!
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i mean would yall do this on the statehouse grounds?
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That'd be v cool but I've never planned an 'official' event like that before. Last year I was with dsa charlotte in a park in rock hill lol
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Hayden (he/they) 04/05/2023 12:08 PM
Yeah I think the main idea is to block the confederates
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Fair lol Does it cost anything to do it there
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no
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okay added both may day and mothers day stuff to the mutual aid meeting
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so if you're interested in helping plan those events you should come to THIS mutual aid meeting https://discord.com/events/1050225973477515356/1093168942555615312
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Cw discussion of abuse, prison industrial complex, murder, SA https://archive.org/details/kylr-zine/kylr%20manifesto%20zine%20PRINT%20FORMAT/mode/1up (edited)
an anarcha-transfeminist queer liberationist prison abolitionist manifesto
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 04/06/2023 2:32 PM
FREE THE BEAR
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robin (they/it) 04/06/2023 2:33 PM
they just yoinked that bear mah lawd
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Hayden (he/they) 04/06/2023 2:36 PM
He's now in a sanctuary
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My mom and sister turned around on that parking lot last week lol
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/06/2023 2:37 PM
That's where I used to take my breaks during work lol. I still haven't ever seen one in the wild
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Hayden (he/they) 04/06/2023 2:37 PM
Me neither
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/06/2023 2:37 PM
Had one trying to break into the high school a few years back as well
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robin (they/it) 04/06/2023 2:38 PM
my dad got chased by a bear in alaska once . he made my uncle drop his fish so the bear would nom the fish and not chase them
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/06/2023 2:38 PM
Yeah part of me doesn't ever wanna see one unless I'm inside a house
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seb it/they 04/06/2023 2:39 PM
i saw one when felix and i went backpacking that one time
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terrifying
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/06/2023 2:39 PM
My little brother left my car unlocked once and one broke in though. Left a little (big) paw print in the back I just didn't clean for a long time
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 04/06/2023 2:40 PM
I saw one on the blue ridge parkway once
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Hayden (he/they) 04/06/2023 2:41 PM
I honestly do want to see one in the wild
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They usually run off
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 04/06/2023 2:42 PM
The one i saw was too busy breaking into a garbage can
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seb it/they 04/06/2023 2:44 PM
they one we saw was running towards us ;-;
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Hayden (he/they) 04/06/2023 2:44 PM
If it's black, fight back. If it's brown, lie down
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Maybe he was trail running
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Hayden (he/they)
If it's black, fight back. If it's brown, lie down
A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/06/2023 2:44 PM
I could probably beat up a bear.
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robin (they/it) 04/06/2023 2:44 PM
red on yellow kills a fellow, red on black pet its back
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 04/06/2023 2:45 PM
I will hug any animal once
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Hayden (he/they) 04/06/2023 2:45 PM
If it's white, good night
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robin (they/it) 04/06/2023 2:45 PM
i will run away from every snake . i have snake ptsd
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Hayden (he/they) 04/06/2023 2:46 PM
Those black bears could definitely destroy anyone, but they are like big dogs. Just spook them and they run
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 04/06/2023 2:46 PM
Snek
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seb it/they 04/06/2023 2:46 PM
i think we need to spoiler photos of snakes
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some people are phobic
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robin (they/it) 04/06/2023 2:47 PM
spoiler plz
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/06/2023 2:47 PM
Very fair
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seb it/they 04/06/2023 2:47 PM
can you delete the photo?
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thanks, you can repost spoilered
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i love to see snakes :)
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Hayden (he/they) 04/06/2023 2:47 PM
A black bear was spotted stuck in a tree outside First Presbyterian Church Thursday morning in downtown Spartanburg.
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The bear pics are great
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/06/2023 2:48 PM
Lol I'll figure out how to spoiler photos and put it in pet-appreciation.
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And damn he was just trying to snooze. Though I get it, I'd wanna go see it too.
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seb it/they 04/06/2023 2:49 PM
to spoiler photos you type ||
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on both sides of text like this ||text||
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Hayden (he/they)
If it's white, good night
because it will tuck you in and read you a bedtime story?
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Hayden (he/they) 04/06/2023 2:50 PM
Uh sure let's go with that
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they)
I saw one on the blue ridge parkway once
I used to live in the Boone/Blowing Rock area around there in this little cabin house thing in the middle of nowhere and we had this little bear family that would visit every so often to mess with our bins and harass the horses and cows that lived down the road
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I don't think I ever saw them very close, it was always just the evidence of their little bear crimes left behind
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jules (she/they) 04/06/2023 2:55 PM
god i love little bear crimes
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Hayden (he/they) 04/06/2023 2:55 PM
They are incredibly smart animals
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One of the classic NPS jokes is that one challenge in designing trash cans is to make it too hard for a bear to figure out, but easy enough for the most clueless tourist
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Hence, smarter than the average bear
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jules (she/they) 04/06/2023 3:04 PM
i used to work at a summer camp and keeping the bears away from kids and out of our trash was a big part of my job.
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/06/2023 3:06 PM
I wanna know how they open car doors...like, do their digits bend like ours or do they just bite it?
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Dingo (they/them) 04/06/2023 3:45 PM
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y'all think they'll do anything?
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comrade kalia (she/her) 04/06/2023 3:46 PM
he accepted a gop what exactly
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Dingo (they/them) 04/06/2023 3:46 PM
bribe
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it was some "donation"
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comrade kalia (she/her) 04/06/2023 3:47 PM
depends how blatant and provable it is that it’s a bribe
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and even then probably not
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Dingo (they/them) 04/06/2023 3:47 PM
it's been decades
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they JUST found out
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Camryn Aisling 04/06/2023 5:23 PM
The House is taking action against three Tennessee Democrats for leading a gun-control protest on the House floor after the Covenant school shooting.
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Camryn Aisling 04/06/2023 8:40 PM
Omg so they expelled the two Black reps in TN but not the white one
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Wait
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I need to source that
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One sec
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*resource
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The House took action against three Tennessee Democrats for leading a gun-control protest on the House floor after the Covenant school shooting.
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At 8:25pm today, DeKalb County sent out a press release regarding a stop work order that has been issued at the proposed site of cop city. The stop work order has been issued due to malfunctioning silt fencing and other erosion control measures.
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Camryn Aisling 04/06/2023 11:34 PM
WSB is now reporting that they have seen documentation of communication between DeKalb County and the city of Atlanta saying the County is removing the stop work order on the construction site. The County's chief building official claims the site is in compliance with BMPs.
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We've spoken w/ Bryan Thomas, director of comms for Mayor Dickens. Notice of the stop work order was provided to APF at 3:02PM; it was lifted at 4:43PM. Thomas wasn't able to provide documentation of how the silt fencing was repaired, as it was not provided to him by APF/DeKalb.
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Apparently they didn’t announce the LDP being put in place until after it was lifted
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WANTED: DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS 💜🥬 swipe for info! Come join the only FNB with collard greens in their logo! We are looking for SERIOUS volunteers to help CONSISTENTLY with making meals on Sundays. We're trying to give some comrades a break and we're also saying goodbye (they are moving) to some amazing comrades who have big shoes to fill! Some ...
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Can I make an announcement about this ^
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seb it/they 04/10/2023 1:58 PM
you don't need permission but yet
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yes
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South Carolina Workers Party PRESS RELEASE Columbia, SC – On Sunday, March 26th, the SC Labor Party met for a convention and voted to separate from the National Labor Party. We have changed our name to the South Carolina Workers Party. New officers were also elected. See below.
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Camryn Aisling 04/10/2023 6:32 PM
Republican majority had ousted Jones and fellow house member Justin Pearson over protests they led demanding gun control
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Anabelle (She/Her/Hers)
hm. what’s the context?
context?
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like whats the press release for?
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Nerak1 Dave 04/10/2023 9:23 PM
They were expelled due to republicans disliking their participation in a protest after the Nashville school shooting.
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no i think she was talking about the workers party press release
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atleast i think
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hm. what’s the context?
https://twitter.com/SCWorkersParty/status/1645570216414330882?t=b1sqDhLzEVlLZHddSw0miw&s=19 New link the old graphic had a misspelling 😅 The SC labor party was ineffective and run by people in washingron DC so we have worked to bring control of it to people in SC to make the changes here that we deserve 🙂
On Sunday, March 26, the SC Labor Party met for a convention. We voted to separate from the National Labor Party, changed our name to the SC Workers Party, & elected new officers. (See below) We, the SCWP, are dedicated to serving the working class of our state in all aspects.
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no i think she was talking about the workers party press release
Anabelle (She/Her/Hers) 04/10/2023 9:30 PM
yeah
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ah okay, yeah basically what kiral said. the former sc labor party didnt do anything for years, and one of the co-chairs sold out to the dems and got the labor candidates kicked of the ballot via court lawsuit, in order to give the dem governor nominee more of a chance to win
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people from Columbia DSA, CSOC, representatives from some unions and orgs like Stand as One called a convention with new delegates, reorganized the party with new leadership, new bylaws and platform soon to be voted on
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hope i got everything right
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Heres the invite if anyone is interested
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/11/2023 9:59 AM
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0dAyNjI2HQgHYLEvlbo2Ni?si=el5d_eufRy6SXEmPCGaUxg&dd=1 Know we got a lot of STEM folks in here, so wanted to share this with y'all! I haven't listened to the episode yet, but I love SotB
Listen to this episode from Season of the Bitch on Spotify. if u didn't think STEM could be radical, THINK AGAIN BAYBEEEEE!! today we are talking with radical sweetheart Anna - and she gives us the low down on what it's like being a Trans educator in STEM! We love u Anna!! Follow all of her goodness here: www.ThatAnnaMarie.com @ ThatAnnaMarie...
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Internal FBI documents regarding 'Cop City' indicate a larger federal inquiry into “Anarchist extremism” and domestic terrorism.
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Atlanta and New York were also finalists. Republicans will hold their convention in Milwaukee.
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from Winthrop
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Hailey (she/they) 04/12/2023 2:10 PM
I love this state /j
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from Winthrop
cade (he/him) 04/12/2023 2:14 PM
ew
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from Winthrop
Love my town 😄 /s
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/12/2023 2:36 PM
I think they are the one's doing the poll, I think this is all of SC.
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George (He/They) 04/12/2023 2:36 PM
I hate Dixiecrats
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George (He/They)
I hate Dixiecrats
A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/12/2023 2:38 PM
My question is, is it Dixiecrats? Or is it Yankees moving to the state? Orrr?
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George (He/They) 04/12/2023 2:38 PM
I don’t even know. Probably a mixture of both
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/12/2023 2:39 PM
Would love to see the gender breakdown for Dems too
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George (He/They) 04/12/2023 2:39 PM
As a confession, I’m from New York (Long Island) but I’m only here cause my family moved down about 10 years ago (edited)
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the main people moving into sc are from wealthier east coast states iirc (pennsylvania, NY, florida, etc)
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idk what the political breakdowns are for the people moving out of those places
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York county is mainly Ohio people moving to be close to char. Ohio is number one to move to NC
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York county is mainly Ohio people moving to be close to char. Ohio is number one to move to NC
Charlotte the city, not char the person lmao
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people in the charleston area will single out ohioans, but here at least ohioans are far from the only state people are moving in from
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"go back to ohio!"
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/12/2023 2:41 PM
Yeah, I'm not trying to call anyone a carpetbagger lol. Just that older retirees/business liberals who have a historic affinity towards the Dems moving to the state could swing it this way too. To your point, Graham, I do think a lot of those ppl are also republicans.
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I had a guy from Queens move into my neighborhood and when I met him he, completely unprompted, started going on a transphobic rant. Sooo
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George (He/They) 04/12/2023 2:42 PM
A lot of people moving from New York are either really conservative, or less wealthy, though it’s sometimes a combination of both
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Long Island specifically can get pretty right wing too
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/12/2023 2:43 PM
Oh yeahhh
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They got their big pickup trucks with Gadsden flags too
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Also one of my bosses from Queens was very openly racist. "Liberal cities" is definitely a misnomer
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George (He/They) 04/12/2023 2:47 PM
Politics definitely played a role of my family moving down cause my dad is moderately conservative, but a lot of it is taxes and cost of living for sure
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Hayden (he/they) 04/12/2023 2:47 PM
Alternatively I hate the liberal conception of red states as homogeneously red
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George (He/They) 04/12/2023 2:49 PM
Me too. I can’t stand whenever something horrible happens in a red state and some satisfied liberal rejoices because it’s like a “punishment” for conservatives or some shit. I hate my state being stereotyped as a monolithic safe haven for conservatives (edited)
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Hayden (he/they)
Alternatively I hate the liberal conception of red states as homogeneously red
completely correct there's at least two kinds of red in SC
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Hayden (he/they) 04/12/2023 3:02 PM
It doesn't help that the south has the largest proportion of Black people in the country
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George (He/They)
Me too. I can’t stand whenever something horrible happens in a red state and some satisfied liberal rejoices because it’s like a “punishment” for conservatives or some shit. I hate my state being stereotyped as a monolithic safe haven for conservatives (edited)
Nico (she/her) 04/12/2023 3:18 PM
It's also like, the reason conservative are bad is because their policies cause bad things to happen to people, and liberals rejoicing at this shows its just a team sport to them
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George (He/They) 04/12/2023 3:25 PM
Exactly. As someone who enjoys sports, far too many people treat politics like sports and sports like politics (edited)
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I don’t know how anyone can defend the existence of prisons at this point, Jesus Christ
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- guards knew he was experiencing psychosis - he didn’t receive any medical or mental health care - he never even appeared before a judge - the bathroom was locked. He wasn’t able to use it because they locked the door to it. - the only interaction he got with other people was when guards used extreme force to force him to go to the shower, in one instance using a full body restraint. (edited)
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Tear the whole thing down brick by brick
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Hayden (he/they) 04/13/2023 5:33 PM
President Michael D Higgins welcomed US president Joe Biden at Áras an Uachtaráin. During their walk adound the gardens of the Áras, Mr Higgins’ dog Misneach greeted their visitor. #rtenews #michaeldhiggins #joebiden #ireland #arasanuachtarain
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Joe Biden met the elven president of Ireland, his dog barked at Joe
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seb it/they 04/13/2023 5:34 PM
I'd bark at that ghoul too
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Hayden (he/they) 04/13/2023 5:39 PM
Maybe the dog thinks he has already passed into the spirit realm
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🚨Joe Biden gaffe alert: @POTUS just said his rugby player cousin @KearneyRob “beat the hell out of the Black and Tans”….instead of the @AllBlacks
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So true
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how do i spoiler an image? it has gun (edited)
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cade (he/him) 04/15/2023 11:52 AM
before sending it you have to hold down on it and when you let go it shows the option to mark as spoiler
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idk if you can do it after sending it
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Here you can see the menu for it on mobile
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You can also add alt directly to the image using the "image description" menu
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 04/15/2023 2:20 PM
not in charleston, but i cannot read this
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seb it/they 04/15/2023 2:22 PM
Yeah can you add alt text to this
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cool image from another server alt text: trans themed - unicorn tramping a police officer in riot gear, caption saying "bodily autonomy for all - by any means necessary" (edited)
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cool image from another server alt text: trans themed - unicorn tramping a police officer in riot gear, caption saying "bodily autonomy for all - by any means necessary" (edited)
Can you add alt text to this please
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could you tw and spoiler this please cyprus
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Oop sorry
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Tw timcast news
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Off topic, but was just in a committee meeting and looks like classic/antique car shows are going to be the official state “family-friendly pastime”
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Camryn Aisling 04/19/2023 12:33 PM
I'm not really sure that counts as a pastime
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They're too infrequent
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Change the oat logo to Oatbert checking out an old mustang or something
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i think oat would be a trans am enjoyer personally
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i looked up transgender trans am and did not get a trans flag colored trans am and am now sad
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time to get money to make the trans trans am
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Nico (she/her) 04/19/2023 1:38 PM
My friend has a trans am maybe we can convince him to paint it trans colors
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Camryn Aisling
I'm not really sure that counts as a pastime
Exactly But drag shows being the state’s official family-friendly pastime? Now we’re cooking with gas something more environmentally conscious than gas
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BenjaminIsaac 04/19/2023 3:42 PM
I always say “now we’re cooking with polyjuice” because of starkid homecoming but I hate how it sounds like I actually like hrry ptter
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discord hates me trying to jokingly censor
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Little self promotiony so apologies, its our rank-in-file writer led newsletter. Our first article is out today 😄 https://carolinaworker.substack.com/p/police-law-is-real-and-its-coming Not my article but I think its very well written!
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DeKalb County has released the autopsy related to protestor Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, an environmental protestor in Atlanta.
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As a side note, the memorial area shown in the thumbnail image was bulldozed by the police a few weeks ago
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We can’t even mourn our dead
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seb it/they 04/19/2023 6:32 PM
Fucking disgusting
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Hayden (he/they) 04/19/2023 6:34 PM
The town of Irmo approves plans to install cameras and license plate readers to thwart crime. Mayor Barry Walker calls on area SC Midlands jurisdictions to help, while accusing Columbia of "clearing out their hood and sending them all to Irmo." https://t.co/jTl9W8WUmD
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Man there isn't even anything in irmo anyone wants
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Woah racism
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seb it/they 04/19/2023 6:36 PM
I apologize
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The most shameful part of my life is being raised in irmo
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Nico (she/her) 04/19/2023 6:37 PM
some crimes can never be forgiven
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Hayden (he/they) 04/19/2023 6:38 PM
Irmese liberation front
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Nico (she/her) 04/19/2023 6:39 PM
don't tell me irmese is what someone from irmo is called
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seb it/they 04/19/2023 6:39 PM
unfortunately
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Nico (she/her) 04/19/2023 6:40 PM
come to think of it idk what the word for people from my hometown would be, fort miller? fort millian?
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Everyone says "Columbification" this and "de-Columbification" that, but there's nothing wrong with being a Columbo
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/19/2023 7:30 PM
"Spartanburger" obviously takes the cake
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Charlottean Fort Millite
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Wtf is it for florence
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Matt Cox he/him 04/19/2023 8:37 PM
Florentine
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Flores
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/19/2023 8:37 PM
That's actually the best one
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That's kinda cute
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Pronounced floors (edited)
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They can’t be cute, it has to be humiliating
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BenjaminIsaac 04/19/2023 8:38 PM
sucks to be from a town that just ends in ville :(
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The League of Ville-ans
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Matt Cox he/him 04/19/2023 8:38 PM
Or ton
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BenjaminIsaac 04/19/2023 8:38 PM
gonna start calling myself a states-villain
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robin (they/it) 04/19/2023 10:38 PM
seb / other people who know things, why do i get cold for a minute when i sneeze
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people with vagal nerve issues often have temperature regulation problem
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and sneezing causes a vagal nerve response
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so most likely it is triggering some sort of mild vagal nerve response and possibly impacting your BP/blood circluation a little bit
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i haven't read any literature that describes this, this is my personal guess
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There will be a stop cop city teach in in Charlotte on 4/23 from 3-6pm. Let’s gather to celebrate the life of Tortuguita on their bday through sharing and mutual aid. Slide 2 has info about how to get there and how to support this happening
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Looks like Finland joined NATO
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Irabella (Leilah)(she/fae) 04/21/2023 12:04 PM
We did it y'all. The collaborator snitching form is down.
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cade (he/him) 04/21/2023 12:07 PM
thank god
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Stuart (he/him) 04/21/2023 12:26 PM
new koozie and some pins for my laptop bag from @offcolordecals showed up today! (edited)
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new koozie and some pins for my laptop bag from @offcolordecals showed up today! (edited)
A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/21/2023 12:26 PM
Awesome! But can you spoiler photos of guns please
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Stuart (he/him) 04/21/2023 12:27 PM
good thinking
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A-A-Ron (they/them) 04/21/2023 12:27 PM
Thanks!
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offcolordecals 04/21/2023 12:32 PM
Nice! Thanks for the love.
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Stuart (he/him) 04/21/2023 12:34 PM
Thanks for the stickers!
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Stuart (he/him)
good thinking
im going to get the one on the left for my HRT travel bag lol
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oh hai ive bought from offcolordecals before
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didnt know he was in here :3 (edited)
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Stuart (he/him)
good thinking
George (He/They) 04/21/2023 1:28 PM
The progress pride version of this reminds me of the flag of Zimbabwe
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Stuart (he/him) 04/21/2023 2:29 PM
now that you mention it, kinda yeah
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George (He/They) 04/21/2023 11:09 PM
In retrospect, I think I was thinking of the flag of Mozambique, but hell it looks like both to me
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Camryn Aisling 04/23/2023 8:06 PM
http://www.survey.gendercensus.com/ It's that time of year again
Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.
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You can read the contents of this zine online here, complete with hyperlinks not available in the print version.
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why is this channel called off topic news when everything in here is very on-topic and there's also no other news channel
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tbh i was also thinking that
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seb it/they 04/23/2023 8:49 PM
fixed
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As states around the country have banned or limited access to abortion and gender-affirming care for transgender people, Minnesota Democrats said the state should become a “refuge” for people traveling here for care and providers who treat them. They also voted to ban what's called conversion therapy for youth and vulnerable adults.
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Police in Fort Worth went berserk and started attacking people defending a drag event in Texas today. Folks on the ground are asking for assistance in dealing with the aftermath.
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Hayden (he/they) 04/24/2023 12:12 AM
A Missouri government snitch site for ratting about gender-affirming care is down after “people flooded it with fanfiction, rambling anecdotes and the “Bee Movie” script.” You love to see it. https://t.co/X9ammYIYF5
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#BREAK: Fox News: “ FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways” 🚨
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Irabella (Leilah)(she/fae) 04/24/2023 11:41 AM
RIPBOZO HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA
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darknightsoul369 04/24/2023 11:41 AM
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 04/24/2023 11:42 AM
so carlson got fired?
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Presumably
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Especially with how sudden the departure was
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robin (they/it) 04/24/2023 11:42 AM
why ?
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No advance announcement, just here Friday night, gone Monday night
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Probably because of the dominion lawsuit
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Irabella (Leilah)(she/fae) 04/24/2023 11:50 AM
He's literally their biggest money maker so this was very likely a part of the settlement and not punishment for being a bad boy.
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it might have also been them shedding liability
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idk if they would have included firing decisions in a settlement but im also not a lawyer
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Evidence points to the network firing him
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dominion lawsuit?
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Election rigging
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But dominion didn’t like that because they make the machines and so they sued, if I’m remembering right
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interesting
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conservatives when the cost of rampant and constant defamation hits them
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It made their machines look bad and easily tampered with so it was slander or libel or what have you. Both, I think, given they say and publish news.
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the behind the bastards episodes on fox are good
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Yeah the recent stuff they’ve done about the lawsuit is pretty good
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Listen to this episode from Behind the Bastards on Spotify. Robert reunites with his soul mates, Cody Johnston and Katy Stoll, to learn what Tucker Carlson and friends said behind the scenes after the 2020 election. (Two Part Series)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Listen to this episode from Behind the Bastards on Spotify. We continue the story of Dominion's lawsuit against Fox.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Lynnie (she/her) 04/24/2023 12:01 PM
I just saw this and couldn't believe it.
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George (He/They) 04/24/2023 12:08 PM
Tucker Carlson has parted ways with Fox News, the network said on Monday. “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,” the network said in…
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Where do you think he's gonna go now? Try for vice prez or become a real information warrior?
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Irabella (Leilah)(she/fae) 04/24/2023 12:11 PM
He'll either hit up another network (One America) or join one of the bigger online networks (Daily Wire, BlazeTV). I don't know if he ever prepared for something like this to happen.
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@Chinchillazllla Let the bodies hit the FLOOOOOOOOR
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Irabella (Leilah)(she/fae) 04/24/2023 12:33 PM
Don Lemon just got fired too, this day keeps getting better
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man wtf is going on lmao
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Tucker and don ran away together to get gay married (joke)
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Fox decided to disembowel itself
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Lemon was a cnn guy
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A slew of material was uncovered during pre-trial discovery that implicated Carlson. More information could be out there that could be legally damaging for Fox as it stares down more defamation cases.
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he was let go due to numerous liability issues lol
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Following a day of rallies and events, students at Emory University and Georgia Tech are occupying a campus quad to demand that the school cut ties with the Atlanta Police Foundation and the Atlanta Committee for Progress.
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The mobilization at Sainte-Soline points toward a new horizon of ecological conflict. Are we ready?
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re: cop riot at drag protest in fort worth
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seb it/they 04/25/2023 2:57 PM
tw police violence
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seb it/they 04/25/2023 2:57 PM
atually could you just spoiler this please
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//police brutality https://vxtwitter.com/atlanta_press/status/1650945443600166929?s=46 GTPD doing psychological warfare on student protestors
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holy shit I just visited their campus in march
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GTPD has a history of doing fucked up shit
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seb it/they 04/25/2023 5:37 PM
i accidentally just played the video on full volume (edited)
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im sorry for your speaker and ears
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it's a bit of an open secret in rougher parts of ga that north ga police are prone to psychological warfare or related tactics for bigger events
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especially during the 2020 blm protests
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In 2017 they murdered a queer student activist
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the pd in my county has a reputation for bullying students of color & visibly queer students by fucking with their class time
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they got changed out after the school realized that that's basically the entire artistic department of the school and the marching band refused to play in some like tournament game otherwise
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but forsyth pd has an undocumented habit of trying to cancel our performances because the previous director was an aggressive ally
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Fox Corp. chair Rupert Murdoch is said to have balked at Carlson’s remarks in a Friday night speech, driving another theory about the prime-time star’s abrupt exit. “He doesn’t like all the spiritual talk,” said a source.
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tldr: rupert murdoch doesnt like religious talk because it reminds him of his ex
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Transgender Montana lawmaker Zooey Zephyr was again prevented from taking part in debate over a measure banning gender-affirming care for minors as her supporters brought the House session to a halt — chanting “Let her speak!” from the gallery. https://t.co/J6SGW8BJZy
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And they're trying to expel her, which is fun
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So many people in the comments believe trans people only exist in certain areas
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Transphobes live in their own fictional world where transgenderism is an insult rather than a lived experience
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Hayden (he/they) 04/26/2023 4:01 PM
When crossings are blocked for hours, kids risk their lives to get to school by crawling through trains that could start at any moment. Ambulances and fire trucks can’t get through. The problem has existed for decades. But it’s getting worse.
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Rep. Zooey Zephyr will not be allowed on the floor or gallery of the Montana House of Representatives for the remainder of the legislative session and will only be allowed to participate via Zoom after Republicans on Wednesday voted to punish the Missoula Democrat for what they said were her breaches of decorum and House rules.
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What rules did she allegedly breach 🙄
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"decorum" is a fancy word that means rules to restrict the opposition that doesnt apply to those in power (edited)
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😦 who cares about the protestors? the people they're representing? pshh, only their beliefs matter obviously /s (edited)
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Yes, we’re taking away your fundamental rights, but you’re being a bit rude and that’s simply unforgivable
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seb it/they 04/27/2023 1:32 PM
A Democratic state senator in Nebraska is being investigated over her filibuster of an anti-trans bill. A lawyer filed an ethics complaint that she stands to financially benefit from killing the bill because she has a trans son https://t.co/MzLAuDdJvt
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You fucking serious.
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Carrie (she/her) 04/27/2023 1:35 PM
What the actual fuck?!
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I think she would actually financially benefit from passing it soooo how's that make sense (edited)
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Begley’s complaint contends that Hunt has a stake in LB 574, arguing that “in order to fully transition, Senator Hunt’s child would need medical services.” Hunt and doctors who provide gender-affirming services have said, however, this is untrue. She has stated on the legislative floor she tried multiple times to obtain Medicaid coverage for her son’s care. Begley wrote that Hunt has “a slightly more than average chance” of obtaining that coverage via a lawsuit if LB 574 is defeated. Of course, Medicaid hasn’t covered gender-affirming healthcare since 1990 in Nebraska. The idea that Hunt supports trans Nebraskans—which include her son—because she’s a decent person who supports human rights apparently didn’t factor into this ethics complaint.
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https://tenor.com/view/restinpiss-rip-bozo-bozo-restinpissbozo-packwatchbozo-gif-21093911 alt: a gif of a tv host smoking a cigar with the text #packwatch💯 🚬 RIPBOZO 😂 😂 Rest in piss you wont be missed 💯 (edited)
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seb it/they 04/27/2023 1:53 PM
Lol can you add alt
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Hayden (he/they) 04/27/2023 1:54 PM
They should posthumously charge her
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Carrie (she/her) 04/27/2023 1:54 PM
That was my reaction 😂
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George (He/They) 04/27/2023 3:23 PM
I hope her funeral gets picketed by the Westboro Baptist Church
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Hold the funeral in county lockup
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damn shes still alive?
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George (He/They) 04/27/2023 3:25 PM
Not anymore
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HELL YEAH
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Hayden (he/they) 04/27/2023 3:26 PM
"How do you plead?" Flies buzzing
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could you all tw the news reports, also I’m not going to stop you all from joking about it but considering the severity of the situation with here it feels kind of off to joke about it like it’s funny drama or something
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seb it/they 04/27/2023 4:14 PM
@Hayden (he/they) could you get the second one as well
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Participants in Bash Back!, a queer insurrectionary network 2007-2010, have called for a new Bash Back! convergence in September 2023. An interview.
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I just signed three bills into law that:   ✔️Protect people seeking or providing abortions in Minnesota ✔️Ban the harmful practice of conversion “therapy” ✔️Protect access to gender-affirming health care   In Minnesota, we’re protecting rights – not taking them away.
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Dingo (they/them) 04/29/2023 9:18 AM
Based minne what the fuck
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Rare Minnesota dub
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Also
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I think yall will be happy to know we're not the only ones upset :))
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We can celebrate now. We have more work to do, as HRT is on the chopping block next. But I know we can do it. For now let's be merry ❤️ (edited)
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"For the sake of us, in the sake of unifying this party... I will concede this race to Ms. Christale Spain," Upson said.
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tw transphobia https://www.commondreams.org/news/montana-governor-son-nonbinary it sucks how often conservative assholes are hurting their own children
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not suprising, but disgusting nonetheless
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the news outlet using son to describe a non binary person is icky
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Hayden (he/they) 04/30/2023 12:03 PM
I always got the impression that the trans panic, satanic panic, etc. are all a result of white parents scared that their kids have agency and aren't just an extension of themselves
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the news outlet using son to describe a non binary person is icky
i think the child uses he/they and is okay with being described as a son
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that was my impression at least
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although they do avoid using "they" :/
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tw transphobia https://www.commondreams.org/news/montana-governor-son-nonbinary it sucks how often conservative assholes are hurting their own children
ColorfulKnoll 04/30/2023 12:18 PM
The man self admittedly sold out to the republican party
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Ridiculous
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yeah you could say missoula is pretty amped to have our representative, THE zooey zephyr, back home. silenced no more—shrouded in love from her hometown and her district
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love her
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It essentially gives a run down of the situation and a timeline (edited)
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second most beautiful thing besides a trans girls smile is solidarity
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If you put “vx” before twitter.com the video embeds in discord
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:) ty
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 05/01/2023 11:38 AM
yoooo its the me city
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Athena is a good name
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ColorfulKnoll 05/01/2023 12:48 PM
The judge preceeding over the Missouri issue regarding gender affirming care is expected to make a decision by 5pm
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Can you keep posting updates
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ColorfulKnoll 05/01/2023 12:50 PM
Gladly, I'll update if I see anything new on the news
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I've been checking articles frequently
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ColorfulKnoll 05/01/2023 1:01 PM
And another assiant circuit attorney has quit
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Okay so conflicting stories from the local Missouri news
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One says may 11th and another says may 15th
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It's not over yet but it's a temporary win
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Gives any trans people in Missouri more time to prepare depending on the results of the lawsuits
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Here's another article but this one saying May 15th, I don't know which is correct
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Most news articles say May 15th
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The Board of Directors of the @WGAwest and the Council of the @WGAeast, acting upon the authority granted to them by their memberships, have voted unanimously to call a strike, effective 12:01 AM, Tuesday, May 2.
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 05/02/2023 11:19 AM
me when THE GUILD is on strike
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we partying like its 1350AD
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ColorfulKnoll 05/02/2023 1:27 PM
KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda's parliament on Tuesday passed one of the world's strictest anti-LGBTQ bills mostly unchanged, including provision for long jail terms and the death penalty, after the president requested some parts of the original legislation be toned down. The new bill retains most of the harshest measures of the legislation adopted i...
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tw racist ableist violence, lynching, mental illness/suicidal ideation https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1653534787741646849 (edited)
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I cannot believe this man was not charged with murder
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robin (they/it) 05/03/2023 12:13 PM
also cw suicidal ideation for the article
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thank you
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Matt Cox he/him 05/03/2023 12:19 PM
There’s so much to say about this. Content warning, violence, racism, mental health crises and neoliberal descent into hell. I’m concerned at the rise in vigilantism as a social identity. The book about gun carrying, Citizen Protectors, highlights the rise of gun/vigilante fetishism as the traditional masculine role as provider is lost without any push for a different, nurturing role, leaving men leaning into the “protector” role, never mind there is little or nothing to protect from. Goddamn disgusting, and the fact that it’s a Black man having a crisis making it “oh oops” infuriates me. Now we’ve got these MMAssholes treating the world like an unrefereed ring.
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Matt Cox he/him
There’s so much to say about this. Content warning, violence, racism, mental health crises and neoliberal descent into hell. I’m concerned at the rise in vigilantism as a social identity. The book about gun carrying, Citizen Protectors, highlights the rise of gun/vigilante fetishism as the traditional masculine role as provider is lost without any push for a different, nurturing role, leaving men leaning into the “protector” role, never mind there is little or nothing to protect from. Goddamn disgusting, and the fact that it’s a Black man having a crisis making it “oh oops” infuriates me. Now we’ve got these MMAssholes treating the world like an unrefereed ring.
ColorfulKnoll 05/03/2023 12:32 PM
It's kind of similar too the wild west craze
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With the same ideas
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ColorfulKnoll 05/04/2023 12:54 PM
Some positive trans news. It talks about a 2018 court case but still censored for some talk about transphobic laws and regulations https://www.kbia.org/2023-05-01/the-missouri-court-case-that-expanded-trans-health-care-in-prisons
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Found it while looking for updates on the Missouri issue
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this isn't news news, but important to know since there's gonna be a middle period here where some people have the old usernames and some have new ones https://discord.com/blog/usernames
Discord usernames are changing to remove four-digit discriminators. Display Names are being added so how you appear to other users stays the same. Read on for more info.
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ColorfulKnoll 05/04/2023 1:07 PM
Oh
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So we get @ handles now
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Wonder how conflicting usernames are going to work
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they dont work
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it needs to be unique
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frustrating
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tl;dr, they're pivoting to the twitter model of usernames
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so yes, frustrating
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i think they're partially correct
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since yes nobody remembers the numbers, but is coolusername_1234 really that different
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No, it just means all the Bernie usernames are going to get stolen right away by people not named Bernie
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And then where will I be?
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This is discrimination against me and me alone
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i thought you were an establishment shill
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I’m the best of both worlds And the worst of every world 💅
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Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the far-right extremist group have been convicted of a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol to keep Donald Trump in power after he lost the 2020 presidential election. A jury in Washington, D.C., found Tarrio guilty of seditious conspiracy after hearing from dozens of witnesses over m...
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The praised fluidity of the border between officer and the citizen is entirely foundational to the maintenance of our biopolitical order. The idea that, at any point, one may pass into the role of "threat" is one demands also that one may need to become an officer of the law.
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Frankly I reject the premise that asking for food and water and being frustrated when you’re devalued/ignored is, in any way, “unhinged” behavior. And I know for a fact the folks saying so have had much more disruptive meltdowns when a cashier won’t accept their expired coupons.
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zLibrary got seized again (there's a new domain, dm me and ill give it, just make sure to use tor and a vpn) alt: a screenshot of the zlibrary domain where instead of the homepage there is an image showing that it has been seized by the FBI (edited)
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seb it/they 05/04/2023 7:16 PM
can you add alt texgt
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also sad
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annas archive is still up and so is libgen
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zLibrary got seized again (there's a new domain, dm me and ill give it, just make sure to use tor and a vpn) alt: a screenshot of the zlibrary domain where instead of the homepage there is an image showing that it has been seized by the FBI (edited)
Jonah Glover 05/04/2023 7:30 PM
Does the telegram not still work?
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Should be? I just use the clearnet domain for simplicity
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zLibrary got seized again (there's a new domain, dm me and ill give it, just make sure to use tor and a vpn) alt: a screenshot of the zlibrary domain where instead of the homepage there is an image showing that it has been seized by the FBI (edited)
controversial opinion but the FBI should not do that
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also they should hire a graphic designer to make them a new image
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fbi.jpg is getting old
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fbi.jpg is getting old
it's giving early 2000s
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ColorfulKnoll 05/05/2023 8:28 AM
Because the preliminary injunction hearing has been moved to July, the temporary restraining order will also be extended until July 24.
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The court date has been pushed back again
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This time until July 20th. And the restraining order will last till July 24th
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Charleston has been named the official southeastern U.S. celebration site for the coronation of King Charles III and the Queen Consort. MORE: https://t.co/eSlDO1aIac
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Hell
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Man what the hell
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Carrie (she/her) 05/05/2023 6:43 PM
Why?
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This fucking country doesn't even stand for itself. Hate this place, will he at least show up?
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Carrie (she/her)
Why?
Named after King Charles
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Carrie (she/her) 05/05/2023 6:48 PM
Nauseating
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ColorfulKnoll 05/05/2023 6:50 PM
Didn't we already kick them out?
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Okay yes
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But
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The photo they picked out is very good, I can’t even think of what that face means
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ColorfulKnoll 05/05/2023 6:55 PM
He looks like he's trying to be nice about a not very funny joke
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A constipated smirk, possibly
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ColorfulKnoll 05/05/2023 6:56 PM
Perhaps even in the process, his age is getting up there
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Hayden (he/they) 05/05/2023 8:27 PM
We fought a whole war over this
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Matt Cox he/him 05/05/2023 8:41 PM
I’m sure it was just a side note in US history
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 05/05/2023 8:46 PM
i am certain there were 0 followup wars as well
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no wars took place from 1810-1815
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Arnold Karr 05/05/2023 9:48 PM
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American retired politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, and as a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967. Carter was born and raised in Plains, Georgia, gra...
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cade (he/him) 05/05/2023 10:21 PM
sorry @char
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AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 05/05/2023 10:22 PM
char is a false prophet > : (
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like any good doomsday prophet, char should keep shifting the date back using new portent methods
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cade (he/him) 05/05/2023 10:23 PM
they’ll have to be right eventually
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my mom keeps insistning oregon is safe for trans people... and wants me to move all my gender affirming care there
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ColorfulKnoll 05/06/2023 10:53 AM
Gosh it really pisses me off they're touting children body autonomy as infringing parents rights. Children aren't owned by their parents, and forcing them to have a baby is terrible as hell especially since many children aren't ready for a child (edited)
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i keep telling her that she needs to be fighting this shit there too and it's just as bad in rural oregon as here and she will not listen
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i keep telling her that she needs to be fighting this shit there too and it's just as bad in rural oregon as here and she will not listen
ColorfulKnoll 05/06/2023 10:54 AM
Republicans everywhere are terrible, im glad the democrats are pushing for some type of legislation but the fact Republicans can just boycott shows that it's not enough
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right wingers that have been the loudest about trans ppl being "groomers" are the same ones that struggle to define grooming as evidenced by the comments on that, that think there was nothing wrong
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// violence against migrants/unhoused people https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1655279203762294786?s=46 (edited)
JUST IN: At least 7 people are dead after a driver plowed into a group outside a Texas shelter that had been housing migrants, authorities say https://t.co/vIkAFg59Hr
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Jesus christ
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Arnold Karr 05/07/2023 3:23 PM
@lai The one they beheaded?
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The King Chas. that is.
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Columbia SC pet owner offers big cash reward for missing black cat Cleo who escaped from Kings Grant neighborhood, could be in downtown area
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be on the lookout midlands
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proton is generally not as good
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Yeah same
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Felix and I use mullvad (edited)
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ColorfulKnoll 05/08/2023 10:05 AM
That's great and all but I can already imagine the vets offices being swamped with random black cats found on the street
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The police not getting any data from mullvad is such an incredible advertisement for them
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Is their browser any good?
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I like the browser concept but im content with Tor as i dont think it has any drawbacks security wise
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Is their browser any good?
yes but im unsure of the use case
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I like the browser concept but im content with Tor as i dont think it has any drawbacks security wise
tor is only getting better as they migrate their codebase to rust
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Tor + Tails undefeated duo
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tails is just extra hoopla for me
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i dont need all that on my main computer
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i keep a tails usb stick at my desk for sketchier than normal stuff
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but i use chrome as my daily browser so it basically cancels out the privacy measures
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i need to stop using chrome but the tab folders are the only thing maintaining my sanity rn
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Irabella (Leilah)(she/fae) 05/08/2023 10:37 AM
Try Vivaldi. It's got nested tabs and now workspaces too.
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no
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vivaldi and chrome are both proprietary and closed source booo
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i used to like vivaldi but it's so bloated
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if i move browsers i'm moving to something open source (firefox)
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i wish i could use lynx for everything but the web is so complicated now
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dont kill me but i think firefox is ugly hence why I use chrome
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robin (they/it) 05/08/2023 10:40 AM
vivaldi by faber is a good song for anyone looking for swiss/german alt-pop
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dont kill me but i think firefox is ugly hence why I use chrome
oh i agree ;-;
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you can have arbitrary firefox css
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giving up my personal info because i like chrome's UI
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i don't want to have to write a bunch of css
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i'm lazy
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seb it/they
i don't want to have to write a bunch of css
you don't, other people publish their work
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still too lazy lol
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seb it/they
i need to stop using chrome but the tab folders are the only thing maintaining my sanity rn
mood
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vivaldi by faber is a good song for anyone looking for swiss/german alt-pop
robin (they/it) 05/08/2023 10:44 AM
this is my favorite faber song. top is also pretty good.
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i have a medium amount of german alt-pop song recs if anyone wants some
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we should make a channel to post music in
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robin (they/it) 05/08/2023 10:46 AM
von wegen lisbeth is my favorite german pop band :) they have a lot of really good songs but they dont really mean anything important
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german is a silly language i like listening to songs i it
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i did it but also channel creep...
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we dont have to asihdiwand its not that important
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it may one day vanish as it has appeared
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the discord creatures are fickle beasts
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seb it/they
i need to stop using chrome but the tab folders are the only thing maintaining my sanity rn
AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 05/08/2023 10:50 AM
this is a mood
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i did it but also channel creep...
AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 05/08/2023 10:50 AM
are we sure we even need this
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you can delete it if you want lol
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vivaldi and chrome are both proprietary and closed source booo
Irabella (Leilah)(she/fae) 05/08/2023 11:24 AM
Vivaldi isn't proprietary ( https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/privacy/is-vivaldi-open-source/#:~:text=Vivaldi%20is%20not%20made%20available,JS%20based%20UI%20to%20run ) unless I'm missing something. The feature creep is real though
Find out the answer to this common question - is Vivaldi Browser open source?
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part of their source is public, not open source
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and the rest is fully closed source
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People involved in the open-source community often ask us why Vivaldi browser isn’t fully open-source. In this post, we’ll explore and explain our position.
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here's another blog post by them
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Irabella (Leilah)(she/fae) 05/08/2023 11:30 AM
Hmm this explains why I could never find anyone forking it like I could firefox or chromium. That's disappointing. Thanks for teaching me.
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howdy y’all! i’m in charge of info gathering for a workshop for cofc professors to be more knowledgeable about queer/trans things. if y’all have ideas about what i should include, please dm me
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what type of info are you looking for?
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like just how to be an ally stuff? or something else?
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a bit of ally stuff, a few things that are cofc specific, and some local low country queer education if they wanna do more “training” after this meeting the info will be presented at
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FOLKS, the Venus flytrap is now officially the official state carnivorous plant of South Carolina, with the governor signing it into law today. What a pleasure it has been to follow this through to the end. I’ll miss it 🥲
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Rare McMaster w
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ColorfulKnoll 05/09/2023 6:33 PM
I love this
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Theyre very rare here so the added status will hopefully help protect their ever shrinking range
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firefox accessibility performance just got a lot better https://www.jantrid.net/2022/12/22/Cache-the-World/
The Firefox accessibility engine is responsible for providing assistive technologies like screen readers with the information they need to access web page co...
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The Justice Department on Wednesday unsealed federal charges against Rep. George Santos and the New York Republican is in custody.
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Noooo how will he see the drag race final
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this is the gist of it
In public, Google framed AMP as something like a civic mission, an attempt to keep the web open and accessible to everyone instead of moving to closed gardens like Facebook Instant Articles or Apple News, which offered superior mobile reading experiences. “To some degree, on mobile, [the web] has not fully satisfied users’ expectations,” Gingras said at the launch event. “We are hoping to change that.” But the fight to fix the mobile web wasn’t just an altruistic move in the name of teamwork and openness and kumbaya. Internally, some viewed it as a battle for Google’s own survival. As smartphones became the default browsing experience for billions of users around the world, the mobile web was becoming the only web that really mattered. Google’s competitors were exerting far more control over how users lived their lives on their phones: readers were getting their news from native apps and from proprietary formats created by Facebook and Apple. Google worried that if enough users switched to these faster, simpler, more controlled experiences, it risked being left out altogether.
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Minors seeking gender-affirming care in Washington will be protected from the intervention of estranged parents under a measure Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law Tuesday.
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HHS has been working closely with partners—including Governors; state, local, Tribal, and territorial agencies to ensure an orderly transition out of the COVID-
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Wow, it’s over and nothing bad can ever happen again
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AsterTheDisaster 05/10/2023 10:48 PM
I wonder if the school will still let me wear my mask at my job this summer now...🥴 Chronic illness doesn't sleep even if the whole world gives up.
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I wonder if the school will still let me wear my mask at my job this summer now...🥴 Chronic illness doesn't sleep even if the whole world gives up.
I don’t care what my uni says, I will quit if they try to make me stop wearing my mask. They need me more than I need them at this point
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AsterTheDisaster 05/11/2023 12:29 AM
I think I'm just going to show up wearing it and let them confront me if they want to.
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seb it/they 05/11/2023 6:09 AM
They can't stop you from masking
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A South Carolina man was having a mental health crisis, he was suicidal in his truck with a shotgun aimed at himself. His mother was outside the truck trying her best to calm him down. The police were called to help, but when they showed up they went straight to escalation.
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Matt Cox he/him 05/11/2023 10:23 AM
Roses are red, Flips go with flops. Fascism is rising, So fuck the cops. Cw vulgar but accurate sentiment
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We are criminalized for who we are and what we aren't, I hope all goes as best as possible with the victim's recovery reply
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NEVER call the cops for a wellness check.
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ColorfulKnoll 05/11/2023 12:49 PM
Transgender minors in Missouri won't have access to puberty blockers, hormones or surgery under newly passed legislation
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This ban also prevents Medicade trans people from gaining coverage and bars trans prisoners from healthcare (edited)
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pretty sure banning trans prisoners from healthcare won't hold up at all in court, there's been numerous lawsuits over it before, including chelsea manning
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Carrie (she/her) 05/11/2023 1:01 PM
Genuine question but couldn't the mom just asked for ems to come out and not cops
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Not blaming her at all just curious
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It’s complicated
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If the dispatcher thinks the person is a danger to themselves and others they’ll send the cops
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the fact that a gun was involved will also almost always precipitate cops showing up
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Carrie (she/her) 05/11/2023 1:04 PM
UGH that shouldn't be the way
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Nope!
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I don’t think a system where a wellness check carries a chance of being brutally murdered works
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Irredeemable shit
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Fuck York county
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Also they handcuffed his mom to him after he had been shot
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And his mom was down range when they did the shooting, it’s a miracle they didn’t kill her as well
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Carrie (she/her) 05/11/2023 1:08 PM
I would think paramedics are better trained then cops to deal with this
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I think any option that doesn’t involve lethal force is better
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Carrie (she/her) 05/11/2023 1:09 PM
This is so fucked up
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Article link for more context
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I would think paramedics are better trained then cops to deal with this
I think it is not unreasonable to expect that someone with a gun should show up to a volatile situation involving a firearm tbh, it's everything after that that completely falls apart
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the alternative is asking paramedics to take a massive risk most people wouldn't be willing to, but cops should just be playing security not actively engaging (edited)
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the alternative is asking paramedics to take a massive risk most people wouldn't be willing to, but cops should just be playing security not actively engaging (edited)
Carrie (she/her) 05/11/2023 1:12 PM
That's the thing when do cops EVER do security instead of actively enganging
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Jonah Glover 05/11/2023 3:20 PM
Scheduled myself to donate platelets today. As I’m driving to the donation center this article popped up in my notifications: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/health/fda-blood-donations-gay-bisexual-men.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
By Christina Jewett
A new screening questionnaire would apply to all potential donors.
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Life is full of little coincidences
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Oh shit?????
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Jonah Glover 05/11/2023 3:24 PM
No more lying on those surveys
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George (He/They) 05/11/2023 4:34 PM
Mention of sex: The last time I donated blood, I still thought I was a cis straight guy. The sex questions still made me feel weird even though I wasn’t sexually active at all
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Jonah Glover 05/11/2023 4:39 PM
They felt outdated to me like they were remnants of the early fear mongering days of AIDS/HIV.
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iirc it doesnt even matter if youve tested negative for it recently lol
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i hated that
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robin (they/it) 05/11/2023 4:57 PM
they test all the blood for hiv no matter the sexuality of the donor anyways it is just a discriminatory practice to make straight people feel safe and secure in their perfect little gay free world :// (edited)
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George (He/They) 05/11/2023 4:58 PM
Yeah it still makes me hesitant to donate blood even though I’ve never had sex with another guy
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robin (they/it) 05/11/2023 5:00 PM
i cant give blood but it still makes me angy
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Nerak1 Dave 05/11/2023 6:03 PM
Now they reject based on time since you've had anal, regardless of the receiving gender.
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LMFAO thats
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thats something
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do they even realize you can get HIV from other things
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Nerak1 Dave 05/11/2023 6:15 PM
They ask you about payment for sex, recreational drug use, etc. It's just that instead of a blanket ban for msm's, there's a question about anal within 3 months (I believe) and another regarding number of partners.
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reminds me of sperm banks that wont let you donate if you dont have a high paying job or numerous other factors nsfw talk (edited)
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reminds me of sperm banks that wont let you donate if you dont have a high paying job or numerous other factors nsfw talk (edited)
eugenics in disguise
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mystic_darkwing 05/11/2023 6:51 PM
nt even in disguise just blatant eugenics
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blanket statement eugenics where they won't say it outright because that's a ~bad concept for PR~ but we all know
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Nebraska amends anti-trans healthcare bill to ban abortion after just 12 weeks: 'This is not normal' https://t.co/ETGOY1marg
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Hayden (he/they) 05/13/2023 9:26 PM
South Carolina's Republican Gov. Henry McMaster has called the state legislature back for a special session Tuesday to continue to work on a bill that would ban most abortions as early as six weeks and other legislation.
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This is great, we love to see it
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This is great, we love to see it
Camryn Aisling 05/13/2023 9:45 PM
We do??
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We do??
No, it’s quite bad Terrible, even
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McMaster is a clown and it brings me great joy that I’m taller than him and it has irritated him several times when we’ve met
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Camryn Aisling 05/13/2023 9:47 PM
Oh my, really?
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MintLmfao
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Oh my, really?
Yep, I’m a PoliSci student at usc, my various internships and programs have brought me to the state house/in proximity to him more often than average I’m very femme in my professional presentation and heels often send me to the mid 6ft range, I distinctly remember a day celebrating first generation college students and shaking his hand and virtually towering over him in my six inch platforms I wore for the occasion
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Camryn Aisling 05/13/2023 9:58 PM
OWNED
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It’s not much, but a moment of irritation for him is well worth it
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BREAKING: Palestine Action has taken over a Newcastle factory owned by Israeli state weapons company Rafael. Actions won't stop until the Nakba does #Nakba75
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In Newcastle, actionists remain on top Israel’s weapons factory and are currently dismantling the building
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Fuck you dismantles ur building
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Hell yeah
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If you tend to frequently relate with autistic people when we talk about our experiences but autism assessment questionnaires or symptoms lists have led you to write off the possibility for yourself, allow me to gently encourage you to reconsider with a different approach.
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Public comment on City Council's proposal to fund Cop City has ended. Speakers opposed to funding Cop City: 200+ Speakers in favor: 0
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Breaking! Missouri's emergency rule banning gender affirming care for most adults has been terminated. It appears they do not feel confident they can defend this ban in court. As a result, the rule will not go into effect. Now, attorneys can focus on overturning the youth ban.
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What does wrt stand for?
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robin (they/it) 05/16/2023 7:32 PM
wormone
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What does wrt stand for?
With regards to :3
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worm replacement therapy
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they make you into a worm
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they make you into a worm
I need that immediately
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Jonah Glover 05/16/2023 11:45 PM
By Kate Kelly
Republicans used their supermajority to uphold a 12-week ban, overruling the Democratic governor’s attempt to stop the bill and preserve wider abortion access.
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Tricia Cotham really let the rethugs use her
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She reps some of my county and the folks are pissed and ready to get her out and gone ASAP
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Inside a monthly New York City hangout, where fired university professors and controversial TikTokers get together to have discussions they feel they can’t have anywhere else.
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this article is unbelievable
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the people going to this "canceled dinner party" are so silly
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ColorfulKnoll 05/17/2023 7:42 PM
It's basically a dinner party for pseudo intellectuals
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Jonah Glover 05/17/2023 8:47 PM
By David Montgomery and J. David Goodman
Texas is poised to become the largest state to ban transition medical care for minors. Gov. Greg Abbott was likely to sign the bill.
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ColorfulKnoll 05/17/2023 8:48 PM
Dang, it's blocked by a subscription
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JR (they/he) 05/17/2023 8:59 PM
I archived versions of both articles to get around the paywall :^) New Yorker http://archive.today/LrBSl New York Times http://archive.today/Ir8nI
archived 17 May 2023 22:17:53 UTC
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Dang, it's blocked by a subscription
also you can just use archive.org like JR did https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. - GitHub - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome: Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.
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ColorfulKnoll 05/17/2023 9:04 PM
Thank yall both
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House made an amendment so it has to go back to the Senate
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This is after the Senate said they didn't want any amendments lol
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seb it/they 05/19/2023 7:20 AM
(they aren't actually getting rid of dhec they're splitting it into two agencies )
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Jonah Glover 05/19/2023 7:21 AM
“The new Department of Public Health would take over DHEC’s health responsibilities, while DHEC’s environmental control function would become the Department of Environmental Services, which would take over the Department of Natural Resources’ current Water Resources Division as well.”
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About damn time
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Hayden (he/they) 05/19/2023 10:01 AM
Myrtle Beach is going to have a riot of white boys with daddy's money
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Waiting for the squatted truck Gadsden flag (edited)
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Irabella (Leilah)(she/fae) 05/19/2023 11:55 AM
Great, now ban mods that intentionally make your truck sound like hell splitting opening... please?
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seb it/they 05/20/2023 6:55 AM
Also, and I kind of can't believe I need to say this, even if you do contract HIV, and even if you don't know that you did, you are not putting everyone in a given radius, especially indoors, at risk of also contracting it at any given moment.
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I really like this thread about covid studf
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!! we’re activists
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What’s this from?
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erin in the morn
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new map
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ColorfulKnoll 05/20/2023 10:55 AM
I dont like how red that map is
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Camryn Aisling 05/20/2023 11:14 AM
Christ, Florida managed to earn its own new category
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its not great
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hey at least we stopped sc from getting to dark red
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hang on lemme show the comparison
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hey at least we stopped sc from getting to dark red
AthenaTheCommie (she/they) 05/20/2023 11:49 AM
republicans fuck around and find out #transtifa
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mystic_darkwing 05/20/2023 12:28 PM
how is texas not dnt
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bathroom laws in florida have a sentence of up to a year in jail
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i think thats why
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its only slightly better- i think florida also has more adult care bans
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Florida has a pretty complete adult care ban
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Yeah Desantis has completely eradicated trans rights in the state
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