And don’t get me started on being ace and/or agender in the middle of all of that
(Both also pathologized in the DSM-IV & V)
There’s a reason why so many back then found a haven in the counter-cultural spaces of Goth & Punk - exploding, resisting & redefining gender norms thru fashion, music & art
"Some of the legislation which is great that you've been talking about—there is 0 chance that that'll be signed into law by President Trump, period, full stop. And that's the reason, that's another reason why we have to put the horse before the cart, and the horse is getting rid of him."
Exactly 💯
Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.
my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. I have as much right As the other fellow has To stand On my two feet And own the land. I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread. Freedom Is a strong seed Planted In a great need. I live here, too. I want freedom Just as you. Langston Hughes
🧵Trump's war against Pope Leo is about something far larger than his foreign wars, it's actually a struggle for control of American Christianity.
This thread will summarize the main points of my latest essay about how Trumpism is a replacement Christianity. Continue or click through:
It's okay to say that you hate this timeline—because candidly, it's contemptible.
This isn't from The Onion.
This is what we all have to live through—this utter garbage and sheer lunacy, day after day after day.
All because 75 million Americans were afraid of a Black lady.
RIP Sid Krofft, the Sleestaks from “Land of the Lost” may have been my earliest nightmare fuel, and I mean that in the best way.
New study in American Antiquity: the oldest dice in the world were made by Folsom hunter-gatherers on the Great Plains 12,000 years ago — more than 6,000 years before any Old World examples. #Paleoindian #NativeAmerican #Archaeology www.anthropology.net/p/the-oldest...
Remember when Trump threatened to wipe out a whole civilization? And then backed out of that and talked about forming a deal with Iran? And then dropped that and went to a UFC fight as negotiations fell apart? And then unveiled a triumphal arch and a photo of himself as Jesus?
That was this week.
Screenshot of Amazon listing of Murder on Milverton Square by G. B. Ralph with orange bestseller tag showing the book at number one in LGBTQ+ Mystery
A nice lil orange best seller tag 🏳️🌈🕵️
To new readers: thanks so much for picking up your 99¢ copy this week!
To established Milvertonians: please alert your American friends it's their final evening to snatch a copy for such an outrageously low sum: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHRK58DP/
🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
Viktor Orban accomplished so much of what the Trump movement wants to accomplish here
he ruled for 16 years and rewrote the rules in his favor
and still, they threw him out
and you know what? they did it by voting
don’t let anyone tell you voting doesn’t matter
As the Integrity crew splashed down TO THE MINUTE of their estimated arrival and hit the BULLSEYE, this is a reminder that Katherine Johnson was an absolute genius. My God. #NASA #ArtemisII
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My recent photo shows detail of Nephthys, a protective goddess on one side of the gilded wooden canopic shrine containing king Tutankhamun’s internal organs. Each of the four faces of the shrine has a goddess with open arms watching over the shrine. Nephthys stands upright, her body facing the shrine wall. Her face is turned slightly to the right in profile, showing her smooth gold-painted face. Her almond-shaped eye and brow are sharply outlined in black. She wears a long wig which falls neatly down her back, and a headdress (only partially seen) of a hieroglyph which identifies her as Nephthys. She wears a close-fitting, short-sleeved sheath dress with fine vertical ridges that give her body a slender, graceful shape. Her arms are outstretched, fingers extended, as if embracing and shielding the shrine containing Tutankhamun’s internal organs. The gilded wall of the shrine is covered in ancient Egyptian carvings and hieroglyphs. Nephthys and the shrine wall glow with a warm golden light, highlighted from the shadows of a dark museum gallery, thanks to the display lighting.
Exquisite ancient artistry!
Beautiful gilded figurine of ancient Egyptian goddess Nephthys, c.1327 BC.
Her outstretched arms spread protection over Tutankhamun’s gilded wooden canopic shrine.
Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Really wonderful news!
The pine marten was photographed completely by chance on a camera set up to monitor reintroduced water voles.
It's been 100 years since pine martens were last seen in Cornwall.
bit.ly/4dmmIyO
This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.
By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
Only people insecure about their "faith" need to impose it on others.
The Presidential Records Act of 1978 (passed after Watergate to ensure White House transparency) requires presidential documents be sent to the National Archives and Records Administration.
NEW Analysis of ash residue from incense burners preserved at #Pompeii reveals the substances burnt as offerings to the gods in Roman households and the long-distance trade undertaken to acquire them.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
This is the only orange monarch I want. #nokings
Feels like a good time to remind everyone that Donald Trump still owes @ejeancarroll.bsky.social $83.3 million.
#EpsteinFiles #nokings
No Kings
Today, we’re reminding Trump and his cronies that there are #NoKings in America — and that we won’t stand for anti-trans hate.
THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE IS GREATER THAN THE PEOPLE IN POWER. 🏳️⚧️
🔎 hrc.im/nokings3
An image of a list of the 27 grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 20 of them in whole or in part, condensed into the list below: 1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. 2. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation … 3. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people. 4. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; … obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners … 5. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice … 6. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices … 7. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. 8. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. 9. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. 10. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution … giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: 11. For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: 12. For protecting them … from punishment for any Murders which they should commit … 13. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: 14. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: 15. For depriving us … of the benefits of Trial by Jury: 16. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: 17. For … abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: 18. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. 19. He has … destroyed the lives of our people. 20. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us …
The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.
Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow.
#NoKings
Screengrab: 18 U.S. Code § 592 - Troops at polls U.S. Code Whoever, being an officer of the Army or Navy, or other person in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States, orders, brings, keeps, or has under his authority or control any troops or armed men at any place where a general or special election is held, unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; and be disqualified from holding any office of honor, profit, or trust under the United States.
Just as a heads up: it is a felony under federal law to send any armed government employee to the polls.
The statute of limitations is five years and each instance carries a potential prison term of five years apiece, and is disqualifying for any future office.
Define “poorly”
“Grow up” is right - which means learning how to get along with and respect people who are different than you
it’s like he does the opposite of what he says
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