@ScottSoCal @Pepper @TonyStark As is true with all of the right's dearest "freedoms"
They only ever extend to people they like doing things they like.
Twitter makes millions as anti-LGBTQ+ βgroomingβ narrative jumps 119% under Elon Musk
Tweets mentioning the hateful anti-LGBTQ+ βgroomingβ narrative have jumped 119% since Elon Musk took over the platform
Just five accounts driving the βgroomingβ narrative generate up to $6.4m per year for Twitter in advertising revenue
One of these accounts, James Lindsay, was reinstated by Musk after previously receiving a permanent suspension before the takeover
Tweets mentioning the hateful anti-LGBTQ+ βgroomingβ narrative have jumped 119% since Elon Musk took over the platform, new analysis by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) has found.
Phonebank for abortion rights which are at stake in Wisconsin Supreme Court Election
#WISupremeCourt #JudgeJanet Protasiewicz https://thedemlabs.org/2023/03/28/phonebank-for-protasiewicz-to-protect-abortion-rights-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-election/
i spent years thinking that i wasn't "really" trans
i "wanted to be" a girl
i hated "being" a boy
i fantasized about magic or science that could change my body
but somehow i still thought i wasn't "really" trans
bc i didn't say it
(scared)
and didn't transition
(super scared)
but i was ALWAYS trans
even before i said it
even before i transitioned
even before i knew the word
there's no legal amount of pride merch you have to own before you're 'really' trans
you are trans enough
Oof, didn't expect the potential closure of the @TexasObserver to be one of the first things I'm posting about! Many of you have probably seen by now that our board voted quite suddenly a couple days ago to close the publication and lay everyone off. The staff is holding an emergency fundraiser to convince the board otherwise! We have raised $150k in less than 24 hours, and are hopeful. More details here: https://texasobserver.social/@TexasObserver/110101912371078713
@TonyStark A child leaving home for school in the morning might not return home alive, owing to too many guns being too easily accessible to too many people who would use the guns to shoot at school children and school staff and first responders.
How about my parental rights to have my kid come home alive, Republicans, if you care so much about parental rights?
birdsite hate speech
New report shows Elon Musk making millions by enabling spread of "groomer" lie about #LGBTQ+ people. If he's been around in the Middle Ages, he'd have monetized the blood libel against Jews. https://counterhate.com/blog/twitter-makes-millions-as-anti-lgbtq-grooming-narrative-jumps-119-under-elon-musk/
Good morning, Fediverse! We'll be getting fresh content up on our website this afternoon! Thank you so much to everyoneβso many folks are sharing about our fundraiser and giving so generously, we are all incredibly moved. π€
Please keep sharing our fundraiser, which will either cover magazine expenses or go directly to severence for laid off TXO staff. https://www.gofundme.com/f/laid-off-texas-observer-journalists-and-staff
A lot of people are asking about long term plans for the publication. ... (π§΅ 1/?)
@TonyStark Turns out "The Council for National Policy" is another one of these Reagan-era "socialism for conservatives" organizations.
They take in unfathomable amounts of rich peoples' money and use it to create safe, reality-challenged spaces where Republicans can share their imagined grievances.
An Illinois Catholic school teacher & Boy Scout leader has pleaded guilty to grooming multiple children.
Former Rockford teacher, scout leader enters plea deal in sex case https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/crime/2023/03/27/former-rockford-teacher-scout-leader-enters-plea-deal-in-sex-case/70052959007/
@EvyM Yep. Reagan pandered to the religious right, started the GOP trend of agency/department heads that were openly hostile to the stated mission of said agency/department, vilified and victimized poverty and people of color and LGBTQ people (AIDS), entrenched trickle down economics while spending like a drunken sailor on the arms race, and turned the rubes against representative self-government. Short list. #RonaldReagan
28 March 1926 | A Czech Jewish girl, Edita SpitzovΓ‘, was born in KolΓn (in the middle).
She was imprisoned in Theresienstadt Ghetto on 8 February 1942 and deported to Auschwitz on 26 October 1942 together with her mother Anna (b. 1893) & father Eduard (b. 1886). None of them survived.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts
#Jewellery picks of the day:
β‘οΈ @Silverworker - Silversmith creating jewellery, publishes video tutorials on making each piece
β‘οΈ @agoss1 - Jewellery designer from Canada, works with silver, brass etc
β‘οΈ @mathcampbell - Artist & jeweller, works with gold, silver etc
β‘οΈ @smallwildshop - Creates tiny ceramic animals and other cute little things
β‘οΈ @laurelincraft - Makes suncatchers & decorations from copper, natural stones etc
β‘οΈ @skaly - Artist creating music, poetry & handmade jewellery
A little Springer Spaniel on the Tuesday called "She Leaves A Little Sparkle" hope you enjoy!!
Buy It Here..https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/she-leaves-a-little-sparkle-tina-lecour.html
#dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #animals #animal #pets #cute #spring #wallart #art #artist #arte #artwork #quotes #quote #children #artcollector #fediart #fedigiftshop #gifts #gift #mothersday #artmatters #spring #female #empowerment #buyintoart #ayearforart #theartdistrict #painting #paintings #fun #whimsical #prints #watercolor #springintoart
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.