If you can provide $3k checks for the entire middle class of America by taxing 900 people a little more, not only should you do it, but you should take it as a signal that your monetary system is broken
My latest @kqedarts.bsky.social story about sold-out masks-required shows sums up many of my thoughts on the ongoing pandemic's fifth anniversary. Many of us are living in the actual new normal. It's never too late to start protecting your loved ones & self again! www.kqed.org/arts/1397262...
We need better Democrats.
Not a single dollar more for Trump’s illegal war.
I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to
You only have a short time to comment. They are trying to destroy our forests to enrich a few logging company executives and the politicians they’ve paid off.
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no war no borders no cops no prisons no to all of this shit
83 years of continual undeclared war in direct violation of its own constitution.
The only people who remember when the US Congress had to declare war in order to go to war, are all over 83 years old.
Fun fact: the US has been at continual war since 1945 and *not a single one of these wars*, from the Korean War to Vietnam to Iraq to Iraq again, was ever declared war by Congress.
The last time the US Congress declared war was 1942. 83 years ago.
In case you’re just waking up, the U.S. has teamed up with Israel overnight to start an illegal war of regime change, apparently on a presidential whim with no involvement of Congress, and they are already committing horrific atrocities.
The richest man owns X.
The second and third richest men control Google.
The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.
And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
Massachusetts Democrats are waging Trump's war on energy efficiency. Make sure your state rep hears that's not okay.
#mapoli
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If I told you the legislature rolled back important climate change legislation written by pro-gas energy companies and their lobbyist rewarded the leaders with donations, you would be like what Republican state did this. But that's our #mapoli legislature.
State Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven had an amendment that would have simply required Eversource, which has made record profits as a state-created monopoly (PROFITS), to at least give a rationale for raising our rates. She couldn't get enough Dems to rise for a roll call. #mapoli
I've written up a brief script for anyone who wants to call or write your representatives regarding this bill (yes, even the ones you think won't care). PLEASE DO THIS IF YOU ARE ABLE. This bill *cannot* pass.
You can find your representatives here: www.congress.gov/members/find...
Thank you to @authorsabb.bsky.social heroes @beccacoffindaffer.bsky.social and Ed Underhill, we have some slides that can be shared by anyone about this, with particular reps to target. Let's kill this bill in committee.
NOW is the time to make calls to your reps about KOSA, SCREEN act, section 230 and more
Call your legislators. Speak to office aides. Leave messages. Do so every day. Be loud and annoying. Get family and friends to join in.
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MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now.
They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.
GO DONATE.
tcpipeline.org
It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow
It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker
This was never about woman's sports
If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.
tcpipeline.org
Some thoughts on my a(ego)romantic experience for the #Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week. Probably pretty messy because it's still very fresh for me but here we go! Sorry for any typos!
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#aspec
"In 1979, welfare benefits reached eighty-two out of every one hundred families with children in poverty. When TANF was first introduced, that number dropped to sixty-eight. By 2020, a mere twenty-one out of every hundred impoverished families managed to access this resource...That was on a national level. In Georgia, only five out of every one hundred families living below the poverty line received support through TANF in 2020, even though they were eligible for the assistance" (p. 137).
A striking stat from Brian Goldstone’s “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America”
When the government can convince you to abandon your community in favor of their needs & demands—even abandon your own health & that of your family—it’s a really powerful step in a dangerous direction. You’ve probably heard that pandemics are often followed by authoritarianism. It’s no coincidence.
RIGHT???
Prometheus gets his liver pecked out daily for all eternity for goving fire to humans and you want to do WHAT???
*wreak havoc. if you're rich enough or selling a product you can just wreak havoc.
boggled by this so much im skipping words lol
the process seems involved- like they really dont want anyone to make the time to do it lmao- but the linked article from the Dark Sky org has step by step instructions.
WILD that if you're rich enough or selling a product you can just on the ecosystem for everyone 🙃
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lrp, you should comment on space X's plan to launch, not a joke, one million satellites, as well as the OTHER company's plan to launch reflectors into space to reflect sunlight at night and create "sunlight on demand" because holy fuck what are we doing here???
This is important y’all. This is our chance to save the stars.
The cool thing is…
It’s not too late to start wearing a K/N95 again.
Or to normalize “please don’t come over if you’re sick”
Or to demand indoor air quality investments (ventilation, filtration, ASHRAE 241 etc) in schools.
Or to gift air cleaners to friends.
Or lobby for health facility masking
