MOSAIC, A Gay Anthology now available at jamesweems.store in ebook and paperback, all proceeds to The Trevor Project and the Matthew Shepard Foundation

MOSAIC: A Gay Anthology is now available in ebook and paperback from jamesweems.store and lulu.com. All proceeds to The Trevor Project and the Matthew Shepard Foundation.

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I vote WIDE....

(next to an image of Trump wearing a crown that has been crossed out) NO KINGS MASS PROTEST JUNE 14, 2025

So what's next after today's May Day mobilizations?

On June 14, Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday.

But real power isn't staged in DC. It rises up everywhere else. That's why we're planning a nationwide day of action to say No Kings. 🧵

Photo of me lying on my back in a white shirt with thin black stripes, cradling a fluffy white cat beside me. She is sleeping on her back.

Baby creature.

Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars' Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.

the feminine urge to

Looks like Trumpty-Dumpty had a great fall
Splat! From the wall [street]

See what I did there?

People protest outside US Rep. Ryan Mackenzie's office, allege unresponsiveness A spokesman for Mackenzie said the freshman congressman's office has responded to around 7,000 contacts from constituents during his first three months in office.

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Being an asshole has consequences.

💥MEGA BOOM 💥 to Krasnov and the #Muskrat! 💥

Who agrees with AOC....

Wow! The number of @bsky.app
users just passed 33 MILLION!!! 👏

LETS DO THIS!!

One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?

They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.

That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.

The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff

PETITION: Support the Right to Read in DOD K-12 schools The parents of these students are fighting for our freedoms abroad, yet those same freedoms are being eroded in their children's schools at home.

The parents of these students are fighting for our freedoms abroad, yet those same freedoms are being eroded in their children's schools at home.

action.everylibrary.org/dodschools via @everylibrary.bsky.social

CREDO Donations Every month, CREDO donates to the progressive causes you care about most.

I just voted to help @credomobile.bsky.social decide how to distribute its monthly funding to progressive nonprofits. You can vote, too! It's free and takes less than a minute. Vote here: bit.ly/3hA7arP

Arrest a librarian? Georgia Senators to consider bill to remove 'harmful materials' Georgia Senate Bill 74 would remove librarians' protections against a state law about giving 'harmful materials' to minors. Here's what we know.

We've reached "arrest the librarians" level of authoritarianism.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Hi, just a reminder that when you use Libro.fm for your audiobooks, you support independent bookshops vs. large corporations that drive them out of business.

We also pay taxes. And so do indie bookshops.

#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited
Which side of history will you be on? There are only two choices, freedom or fascism. I chose freedom.
#StrongerTogether

When Elon shuts off your Neuralink.

So increasing the minimum wage to a livable wage is “socialism”?

But Amazon union busting, keeping wages low, and forcing workers onto public assistance while its founder increases his net worth by $7.9M an hour is the "free market"?

Perhaps this could be a WaPo opinion piece.

Always wondered how the Star Wars Emperor could start with a battle-hardened army and end up with an "entire legion of his best troops" being beaten to death by teddybears with sticks.

Then Hegseth ended up as US Defence Sec. And now yeah that makes sense.

The idiocalypse if you will 🧟

Republicans are planning to raise the deficit by $4.6 trillion dollars over the decade courtesy of more tax cuts for the rich. Meanwhile, 40% of the contracts DOGE has cut won't result in any savings. And it deleted its 5 biggest spending cuts from its "wall of receipts." Hello?

I think Trump might’ve lost Dave.

Pancake brought up a few things with the Iowa Legislature today. Luckily, she got a response. #raygun #iowa #transrights

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