In my fifth grade class, a few kids were worried they'd developed breast cancer. There were informative ads on TV at the time describing hard lumps in one breast which do not move freely. They'd scoured the library. The working theory was that the drainage field behind our school held toxic effluent.

This was, of course, normal early breast tissue development.

Selectively hiding information from children about their own bodies is cruel.

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 13, 2019, 17:50

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 13, 2019, 17:50

Dec 13, 2019, 17:50

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

That extra t is there just to remind you of Scarlett O'Hara. Her parents knew her character from birth.

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**orthogonal to alive** · Dec 13, 2019, 14:50

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**mxblocku** @skelltan@hellsite.site · Dec 13, 2019, 14:50

Dec 13, 2019, 14:50

mxblocku @skelltan@hellsite.site

Welcome to the Mambo Hotline.
If you want a little bit of Monica, press 1.
If you want a little bit of Erika, press 2.
If you want a little bit of Rita, press 3.
If you want a little bit of Tina, press 4.
If you want a little bit of Sandra, press 5.
aaaAAAAAAAAHHHHHH

**orthogonal to alive** · Dec 13, 2019, 17:39

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**WORLD SERIES CHAMPION** @dankwraith@monads.online · Dec 13, 2019, 17:39

Dec 13, 2019, 17:39

WORLD SERIES CHAMPION @dankwraith@monads.online

half the people memeing on mambo no 5 weren't even alive when that song was released

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 13, 2019, 17:40

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 13, 2019, 17:40

Dec 13, 2019, 17:40

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

Oh. I almost forgot. The fucking extra t's in her first name. Fuck that shit. That's the whitest thing I've ever seen.

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**orthogonal to alive** · Dec 13, 2019, 17:29

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**melissa is on monads** @melissasage@radical.town · Dec 13, 2019, 17:29

Dec 13, 2019, 17:29

melissa is on monads @melissasage@radical.town

the people ask me "Melissa, you haven't posted a selfie in weeks, are you still hot??" and I would like to assure you that yes, I am

selfie no ec #finefemmefriday

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 13, 2019, 17:37

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 13, 2019, 17:37

Dec 13, 2019, 17:37

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

I don't know how many n's and/or s's are in Scartlet Johasnaahg's name, and I don't care to.

Every time I have to write that name, I resist the temptation to look it up and be correct.

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 13, 2019, 17:33

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 13, 2019, 17:33

Dec 13, 2019, 17:33

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

I've been mocking Adam Driver these days, but make no mistake: I also strongly dislike Scarleightte Johasnsnasnon

**orthogonal to alive** · Dec 13, 2019, 17:01

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**melissa is on monads** @melissasage@radical.town · Dec 13, 2019, 17:01

Dec 13, 2019, 17:01

melissa is on monads @melissasage@radical.town

the red army choir singing Korobeiniki- better known in English as the Tetris theme- is basically exactly my brand

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 13, 2019, 16:36

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 13, 2019, 16:36

Dec 13, 2019, 16:36

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

Listening to my custom Perez Prado B52s playlist

**orthogonal to alive** · Dec 13, 2019, 15:29

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**Thotimus Prime** @Eweish@radical.town · Dec 13, 2019, 15:29

Dec 13, 2019, 15:29

Thotimus Prime @Eweish@radical.town

lewd

HORNY AND HUNGRY = HORNGRY

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 13, 2019, 16:02

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 13, 2019, 16:02

Dec 13, 2019, 16:02

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

A mambo song without someone saying "mambo" would be like a ska song without someone saying "pickituppickitup!"

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 13, 2019, 16:01

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 13, 2019, 16:01

Dec 13, 2019, 16:01

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

Mambo is a good genre, because mambo songs always tell you what genre you're listening to.

**orthogonal to alive** · Dec 13, 2019, 14:51

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**melissa is on monads** @melissasage@radical.town · Dec 13, 2019, 14:51

Dec 13, 2019, 14:51

melissa is on monads @melissasage@radical.town

absolutely floored to learn that Mambo No. 5 is a cover

**orthogonal to alive** · Dec 13, 2019, 14:13

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**xry** @mercurythedragon@radical.town · Dec 13, 2019, 14:13

Dec 13, 2019, 14:13

xry @mercurythedragon@radical.town

people just don't realize how transphobia is literally a death sentence

folks really don't understand how excusing marginalizations at any fucking level excuses a society that shuns/bullies/kills people for fucking existing

**orthogonal to alive** · Dec 13, 2019, 11:19

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**Apple Fiend** @Melisandre@queer.party · Dec 13, 2019, 11:19

Dec 13, 2019, 11:19

Apple Fiend @Melisandre@queer.party

@wintgenstein

In Empire of Democracy, Simon Reid-Henry argues that the actual purpose of privitisation is to take democratic accountability away of the institutions of the state. That way, their owners will quite reliably act along class interests, rather than the interests of the people.