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The cover spread from a one page zine printout. The left (back cover) features images of a scale and gavel, with notes on First Amendment and filming rights, and the advice to “shut the fuck up.” On the right is the cover, a megaphone with the title text “PROTEST SAFELY.” Behind it are faceless protestors. The subtitle notes, “A brief collection of tips from around the internet.”

A spread from one page zine printout. On the left is an illustration of a protestor with the title “What to Wear,” including a helmet, goggles, ear plugs, gloves, a mask, a backpack, and layers/long sleeves/pants. Each have additional notes explaining their use. On the right is “What to Bring,” featuring illustrations of a backpack, money, water bottles, a mask, a granola bar and bag of trail mix, a first aid kit, folded shirt and pants, and an ID, with “DIY Defense” listed underneath it showing one protestor using a luggage case, one holding a trash can lid, and one using an open umbrella as a shield.

A spread from one page zine printout. On the left is “Protect Your Identity,” advising to cover up identifying features, avoiding photography of protesters, deactivating biometric phone-unlocking tools, and writing emergency contact and counsel numbers on your arm. On the right is “Be Like Water,” the motto of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, and the text “BEWARE THE BAIT” with images of a palette of bricks and a masked man holding a crowbar toward a protestor with a sign, “Psst, free crowbar?” encouraging the reader not to engage with traps and undercover agents.

A spread from one page zine printout featuring the hazards of protest opposition, including tear gas, rubber bullets, and LRAD sound cannons and flash bangs. Caution tape images accompany the text explaining the dangers of each, how to flush out eyes that have been maced/etc, and how to extinguish a gas canister with a traffic cone.

I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️

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Panel 1 Gustopher is excitedly looking at his phone. He's filled with joy over a new discovery. Gustopher: I found a new song that I love Panel 2 August is sitting under a pile of two cats. The void grows stronger. August: Are you going to add it to a playlist and listen to it occasionally? Gustopher: No. Panel 3 August: Are you going to listen to it on repeat until you're sick of it. Gustopher: Yes Panel 4 August Thinking: He's just like me. Gustopher: How do I connect to the sound system?

New Song - Gator Days

On KASHMIR - What you need to know YouTube video by Rohan Davis

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Ocasio-Cortez raised $9.6 million in three months, smashing her own record It’s a massive haul for the progressive lawmaker who has been barnstorming the country with Bernie Sanders.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulled in a massive fundraising haul amid progressive calls for her to launch a 2028 primary challenge against Sen. Chuck Schumer

I cannot convey enough how grateful I am to the millions of you all supporting us with your time, resources, and energy.

Your support has allowed us to rally people together at record scale to organize their communities.

All with an average donation of $21.

THANK YOU & Pa’lante 🙏🏽♥️

Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

slapping a "i bought this before icarus fell" sticker on my pair of wax wings

VERY IMPORTANT to label this as what it is, The Police State Executive Order. it's not an exaggeration. This is the inner wiring of a police state.

Grieving husband says "reckless" Texas abortion law led to pregnant wife's death Between 2019 and 2022, the maternal mortality rate in Texas increased 56% after the state outlawed abortions.

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Rooted YouTube video by EJ Orchid

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Post from voice memos for the void - YouTube Cornbread Cable is back! expect a monthly playlist compiling recent video essays from across CornbreadTube https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwQ_jD0OvcOn2b-...

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LETS GO HUNTING! We wildin wit monsters tonight on #MonsterHunterWilds courtesy of @capcomusa.com. Join me as I take up the hammer once again. LAUNCH DAY BONKS! LETS GET IT! Twitch.tv/DippedGaming #BlackSkyGamers #BlackSky

The Backlash Against MAGA Has Begun YouTube video by Leeja Miller

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It’s those damn billionaires. YouTube video by Khadija Mbowe

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an archival black and white photograph of the KKK marching in Washington DC with the capitol behind them

In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

Strata the torbie cat and Joey the void kitten cuddled up together on a black and red plaid blanket between Riley’s legs

All us strays have to stick together.

I know and you know that they never cared about states rights, but remember when they pretended? For decades?

“We had to erase trans people or we couldn’t get our federal funding”

Fuck the federal funding. You fight, you sue, you do not become complicit in our mass erasure.

We are all in this together, and we all go down together.

I will not allow us to be jettisoned or erased.

Picture of a hand grabbing a bara tiddie, with text saying “maybe you need this” and then a horny face

Thankfully I have this on tap

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Hundreds of millions of dollars made and the reward for the people that were influential in its success is the pink slip. Greed will ultimately be the nail in the coffin for these companies someday.

Oh my god.

They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service.

"Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights"

WOW.

NIPS! #TheTraitorsUS

Tweet from Scott Jennings, saying "um, yes, that's really a problem," with a quoted image saying "The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality right-wing content. That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well. In essence, people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly aren't usually on our side."

This is why they're attacking science and education: if you can only win with disinformation, data become a threat.

UPDATE: Children’s Wisconsin hospital reinstates gender-affirming care for trans teen after canceling in wake of Trump’s executive order The order is being challenged in court as illegal and unconstitutional.

Incredible news. After immense pressure and threats of protest, Children's Wisconsin has reinstated treatment for at least one trans teen under its care.

Several hospitals across the country determined their fear of Trump's illegal EO was more important than their trans patients.

The Epidemic of Voter's Regret YouTube video by Simmy

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Post from Jessie Gender - YouTube Hey all! Sorry to post about this again—I’m honestly exhausted by it. You may have noticed my new video about Squid Game and MrBeast went up today. Well, abo...

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I still really love Gritty, I love that when he was unveiled, Philadelphia was like, "What the fuck", the world replied, "Yeah, what the fuck" and then Philadelphia said, "Hey, don't you talk that way about our Gritty"