Stormrunner

People ask us all the time if their state is considering a social media age verification law, and we've finally had the time to pull one together (with only *moderate* snark, even!) dw-advocacy.dreamwidth.org/1493.html

The List of Shame People frequently ask us about whether their specific US state is trying to enact a social media age verification law so they can call their state representatives and yell at them about it! I have had...

hey wanna see what I've been working on on-and-off all week that's been making me more and more depressed? dw-advocacy.dreamwidth.org/1493.html

NO NO NO YOU DON’T

GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA

federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL

tell everyone you know

www.freetaxusa.com

A thread about ECCC.

I know ICC gets asked for at this show sometimes, and we did used to do it annually. But there’s a reason we stopped.

Screenshot of the Forbes article about ReedPop, the highlighted quote says: "We're competing with Coachella, we're competing with spring break and with all kinds of other big events.”

ReedPop wants to be Coachella but if it doesn’t improve its management, organization and greed it’ll end up being Altamont.

Bill Criminalizing Mail-Order Abortion Pills as 'Drug Trafficking' Heads to Governor Mailing abortion drugs to patients would be a crime under a bill passed by the Mississippi Legislature.

Mailing abortion drugs to patients would be a crime under a bill the Mississippi Legislature passed to define the practice as felony drug trafficking.

The bill now heads to Gov. Tate Reeves' desk.

We post people are who are struggling with overdue bills/rent/evictions/groceries in the Black Community. It’s cleared the goals of 240+ people so far. We’re trying to get faster to help more people per day, so please follow & repost.

Of course, BIPOC are already on higher disability etc

So, even with that I'm not the person with the highest risk.

I just... I'm not sure what to say today.

Yeah.

I was going to say that but I didn't want to make it about me.

But yeah. I worry I'm one more policy from dying because I can't get my meds or what I need to survive.

Industrial revolution and its view about working body...ugh

Palestine all over again.

Leave disabled folks to die.

Make more disabled people and leave them to die.

I'm just so upset.

A LOT of, a huge swath of Iran, will be without power.

You know what uses power?

Medical devices.

The Hays Code didnt prevent today's monsters from becoming. In fact, they loved censorship. If you dont know it exists, do you what to protect or defend against?

If you're horrified by a villain winning in the end, arent you thinking about what couldve stopped them? What you wouldve done?

The Shenanigans: yesterday they passed an amendment to include most of LB 1119 plus a few more provisions into LB 838: legiscan.com/NE/amendment...

Hawaii: you're up. Call your House representatives and tell them to oppose SB 2761, which is heading to the House from the Senate: it's a total ban on social media for under-16s, not made any better by the obvious typo in the effective date of 2077. legiscan.com/HI/bill/SB27...

Mostly because I'm anaphylaxis to eggs in air (it is a complicated allergy).

Most allergies will stay straight unless you keep exposing yourself. Why I suggested n95 as well it will also filter the few fumes the paint does have.

I wish you luck navigating this. I know how frustrating it can be!

Yeah I found gluten is in a lot of stuff art wise (less than expected!) and I have a hand to mouth issue.

So I just mask now. I will be making my own with filters for art (I use n95s when I go out), only because I avoid eggs at all cost.

If I use tempra paint for any reason...full respirator.

It doesn’t escape me that these are named after a woman and a teenage girl. It does not escape me that medical misogyny continues to kill.

A photo of a girl wearing a natural colored shirt, the printed design featuring a vintage-style logo for Bonny Bunny Carrot Patch with a bunny in a floral bonnet and dress, holding a bundle of flowers and wreathed by carrots.

A photo of a maroon shirt hanging on a wall with plants around it, the print featuring a vintage style faux logo for Country Gals Dairy Feed, with a portrait of 3 cows decorated with flowers.

A photo of a black shirt laid atop fall leaves, the print featuring a faux vintage-style logo in orange and yellow for Naughty Nibbler Assorted Candy. A black kitten in striped bloomers eats a lollipop while prancing among various candies between the text.

A photo of person wearing a shirt featuring an old-timey graphic design for Kneady Kitten Baker's Flour. The logo features a kitten in an apron kneading dough with bread, bowls and flowers around it. The text reads "For all your baking kneads - BREAD - CAKES - BISCUITS - Packed by Sugar Bunny Shop".

Time for a shirt sale! 🎉

We're clearing inventory and discontinuing a few things, so some select designs are now on sale #artshop #shirts #bsnm

✨ Shop the Shirts ✨

‘History Rocks!’ Tour Visits Choctaw Central Middle School for Its Only Mississippi Stop U.S. Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs William Kirkland and the “History Rocks! Trail to Independence Tour” visits Choctaw Central Middle School.

“Native American history is American history,” U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs William Kirkland told the Mississippi Free Press. “You cannot celebrate one without the other.”

Hawkeye (and the writers room) knew.

If it helps I know some people suggested gloves - those are useful definitely.

But get you some N95 mask too (in US office depot has best deal imho)

I'm allergic to egg and have Celiac. We all have a habit of touching our faces accidentally and I found the mask helps a lot as a reminder.

IF you contact Buzzfeed about this do not send threats or hate.

Only kindly worded criticism. This is the creator's stance and mine - the people answering calls an emails are NOT the problem!

Chikn Nuggit announcement with alt text!!

I cannot repost because no alt text atm, but will once it is available.

Chikn Nuggit will be no longer with Buzzfeed due to AI policies by the company.

I'm really begging people to put CWs if you're gonna repost people getting severely injured on sites that autoplay

Lawmakers Move to Make Roadway Safety Records Off Public Record Mississippi lawmakers are considering a bill that would exempt certain roadway safety records from the state’s Public Records Act.

House Bill 1660 would remove from public disclosure “reports, surveys, schedules, lists or data compiled or collected for the purpose of identifying, evaluating or planning the safety enhancement of potential accident sites, hazardous roadway conditions or railway-highway crossings.”

a drawing of a cartoon maine cat. he has a wide smile on his face, and is sitting next to a sign that says "Days without nonsense: 0"

u can trust me :3

the voting rights act is gonna be done after this term

there's no rule of law. It's just wherever serves the Christian nationalist agenda. What a ridiculous man Clarence is

A scanned image of the first page of a legal document on letterhead from Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, dated February 27, 2026. It is labeled "Opinion No. KP-0518" and addressed to Mr. Darrel D. Spinks, Executive Director of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. A portion of the first paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "mental health care providers" licensed by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council."

A scanned image of the second page of the Attorney General Opinion document. A section in the first full paragraph is highlighted in yellow, which reads: "[f]or the purpose of transitioning a child’s biological sex as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous profiles of the child or affirming the child’s perception of the child’s sex if that perception is inconsistent with the child’s biological sex."

A scanned image of the third page of the Attorney General Opinion document. The text discusses various statutory and dictionary definitions of the terms "health care provider" and "health care". There are no highlighted sections on this page.

A scanned image of the seventh and final page of the Attorney General Opinion document, showing the "SUMMARY" section and the signature block for Ken Paxton. The entire summary paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "The definition of a “health care provider” in subsection 161.701(2) of the Health and Safety Code unambiguously encompasses the professions regulated by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. Any licensee that facilitates the provision of unlawful procedures or treatments that aim to transition a child’s sex are thus forbidden from receiving public money in support of those efforts and, separately, risk revocation of their licenses to practice."

Texas AG Ken Paxton has declared that it is illegal for mental health providers and therapists to treat trans youth. It means that trans youth will be denied access to any mental healthcare that isn't conversion therapy. Paxton also threatens parents of trans youth with child abuse investigations.