I received this notification while I was working on a New Orleans-inspired DnD campaign and building an encounter with a swamp witch. What are the odds???

I just received my California driver's license. I was able to get the X marker with no hassle. This was not an option in Missouri, and in Missouri, if I wanted to change it to 'M', I would've needed a court order. But here, it was as simple as filling out the DL application.
The contrast is real.

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Breaking: Trump's full trans military ban has just dropped. Quickly reading it, it appears to be a full separation from the military for all transgender military members, and states being trans is inconsistent with "honesty, humility, uniformity, and integrity."

A sad day for this nation.

Get in good trouble, necessary trouble.

I have the pinecone of a giant sequoia tree. It's about the size of a half dollar coin but grows to the width of a bedroom. It'll look great in a front yard.

Despite Republican Attacks, Americans Are Queerer Than Ever In Latest Poll According to a Gallup Poll released on Thursday, more Americans identify as LGBTQ+ than ever before, despite heavy attacks from right-wing politicians.

1. Despite Republican attacks in recent years, America is queerer than ever before.

LGBTQ+ identification has risen to 9.3% in the last Gallup Poll, a huge jump from 7.6% last year.

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Three updates:
1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.

I am rewatching season 1 of Legend of Korra and watching it while living in the Trump era is absolutely fucking chilling with the parallels

if you haven’t done so already before Trump destroys all the free covid tests, order them through USPS. You will receive 4 free tests.

Education Department employees on probation were abruptly dismissed without cause across the department this morning. Staff have been warned that more layoffs are coming.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

I saw someone's bio say "autistic and too tired to hide it". I relate so hard.

But since I've stopped even thinking about hiding it, my life has had so much less stress and I've been so much more effective.

Schindler's List was the number one recommended movie on netflix.

USAID, currently being shut down by Elon Musk, purchases about $2 billion annually in rice, wheat, lentils, and peas from American farmers.

The Words of the Week - Feb. 7 Dictionary lookups from the trade wars, the Grammy Awards, and the high seas

These are your words of the week
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ethnic cleansing
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coup
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#BlueCrew - Quote of the Day

There's nothing like working on a book as it rains and your girls are next to you. Not touching, but next to you.

In terms of how empires fall stories turning the whole thing over to a ketamine addled tech baron and a band of incel teens is probably one of the most pathetic options

Does this mean we are gender outlaws now? Because that sounds kind of badass.

Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.

Protests underway across SoCal as part of nationwide 'Day Without Immigrants' movement Protests have kicked off across Southern California for a "Day Without Immigrants," a nationwide movement aimed at showing the importance of immigrants in the U.S.

#BREAKING Protests underway across SoCal as nationwide ‘Day Without Immigrants’ movement kicks off https://abc7.la/4aLntOu

Summer lovin, had me a blast… 🎶

I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this.

Some days, nothing hits harder than Juniper Vale's "Bird Song."

Happy Imbolc

Don't threaten us with a good time, abc7

Every disaster movie starts with scientists being ignored. Good thing we’re not doing that.

RFK Jr is saying that "autism is destroying our kids." Autism didn't destroy me, but ableism almost did, and eugenics/the mainstreaming of disinformation certainly threaten to.

This is not hyperbole: applicants for White House positions are being asked when their "MAGA revelation" was.
These screenshots were taken from the LA Times.