“The protesters stood in the middle of the Cannon rotunda holding red tulips — meant to honor Iranians killed by U.S. strikes — and unveiling banners that said “End the War on Iran.” They also conducted a flag-folding ceremony meant to symbolize the 13 U.S. troops who have died so far in the war…”
Good 🧵 about using real issues to push a moral panic to create harmful legislation. Particularly odious to use real victims of assault to covertly attack LGBTQIA people and sex workers
The district and capitol phone numbers for the #Virginia House and Senate are available here for anyone wanting to give their thoughts on the proposed amendments to HB 1441.
vga.virginia.gov/engage/membe...
Thanks!
@taniel.bsky.social To clarify, it's the VA House of Delegates and State Senate the bill is going back to?
For the benefit of the people who'd like to call to give their thoughts.
One of the biggest Hollywood movies to be recently rediscovered is being let out of the vault after nearly 100 years.
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This is a great read, unsparing and funny
@attie.ai, for those who wanna press the funny buttons too
This is important if you don't want visa or MasterCard to tell you how to spend your money.
we are at 94% for post-production funding for A GIANT LIVING EYE, a live-action short film i play the lead character in, we're only $1148 away from our goal, if you'd like to help support the film, please go pledge if you're able seedandspark.com/fund/a-giant...
Objetion: Your Government's Documents Are Yours. Go Get Them by Eliza Orlins
"Most people have no idea they can request almost any document the government has. I want to give you everything you need to do it in one place."
Look kids I’m on MinnMax
(this was a lovely time! Lovely people! Lovely movie!)
Reposting the image with alt text. So EVERYONE can see which of the thirteen airports will have ICE agents on site
So to help TSA guard exists DHS has deployed immigration agents disguised as travelers with backpacks.
“What was really surprising to me during my initial dive into all of this was how, when you look at the question of superintelligence as a documentarian or journalist, it doesn’t take long before you smack your forehead into the low doorframe of race science, because it’s baked into this technology”
BREAKING: Scientists have engineered a virus that invades and destroys glioblastoma one of the deadliest brain cancers while turning the immune system into a relentless tumor-killing force. This could be a historic shift in cancer treatment. 🧬🚨
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Remember that with this administration you're probably going to get more traction if you couch it in terms like "I don't want big government deciding what I can spend my money on!" and "my First Amendment rights!" and "it's against the free market for banks to do this."
Texas - pay attention!
Actually WE ALL should pay attention
They are going to try everything to cheat in November
The angry part of Bluesky remembered KOSA (now under the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act, or H.R. 7757) exists but rather yell at you I'll say:
If you have REALLY bad anxiety (like me!), you can call your reps after hours! Voicemail counts! The site 5Calls give you a script to read off of:
The most talented team making stuff on YT. Rebranding because the algorithm isn't fond of queer stuff. I hope the new name is punished a little less. Please sub and check out the videos, they're a treasure trove of cinema love.
NEW: They're an extremist anti-trans group. They're supported by right-wing stalwarts like FIRE and the National Review. And they claim to be Democrats.
Who are they really? @billiejsweeney.bsky.social investgates Democrats for an Informed Approach to Gender.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
A huge problem is that this is the first skeet I've seen on my timeline this morning to reference HR7661 as something other than "this bill". People cannot contact their reps about "this bill" - they need the number. Anyway here's a handy script if you don't know what to say when you call.
Call your house rep and tell them to support HB 2540 which will increase the amount disabled people can save from $2k to $10k and remove the marriage penalty where you lose your only source of income if you get married regardless of how little they make. Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Risk of type 2 diabetes may be higher up to 3 years after COVID infection in unvaccinated, severely ill
A large study finds COVID-19 infection raises the risk of type 2 diabetes especially in unvaccinated and severely ill patients for up to three years after infection.
Clarkisha has been through housing and transportation HELL for so long, all due to direct and overt maliciousness. she needs us to come through in a major way. share this and pitch in if you can.
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Two Australian scientists at QIMR Berghofer, Professors Stacey Edwards and Juliet French, have discovered a cancer-fighting RNA molecule that could lead to new treatments for the most common form of breast cancer.
