Can’t believe I have to repeat this but stop making fun of RFK Jr’s dysphonia. It’s a neurological condition (shared by other, less awful people in the Kennedy family), not caused by his shitty life choices. If you mock him for having a disability, people with that same disability can see that. 🧵
PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 45 L Street NE Washington, DC 20554 News Media Information 202-418-0500 Internet: www.fcc.gov DA 26-392 Released: April 22, 2026 FCC'S MEDIA BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON FURTHER EMPOWERING PARENTS TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN AND MAKE INFORMED CHOICES ABOUT THE TV PROGRAMS THEIR CHILDREN WATCH MB Docket No. 19-41 Comments Due: May 22, 2026 Reply Comments Due: June 22, 2026 Over the years, Congress and the FCC have acted to empower parents to determine the type of television programming that is appropriate for their children. Indeed, in 1996, Congress found that television programming has a "uniquely pervasive presence in the lives of American children" and "influences children's perceptions of the values and behavior that are common and acceptable in society."' Congress then determined that parents should be provided with timely information about the nature of upcoming video programming and have the ability to block violent, sexual, or other programming that parents believe is harmful to their children. In passing this legislation, Congress provided the relevant television and video programming industries with an option. They could establish their own voluntary system for rating video programming or the Commission could establish a ratings system itself. Industry representatives chose to set up their own voluntary system, and the Commission in 1998 found that industry's approach met the relevant statutory criteria.? As a result, industry established the TV Oversight Management Board (TVOMB),4
The FCC is looking to take control of the voluntary TV ratings system to banish transgender and non-binary subject matter, hijack the TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board, and go on a censorship spree in the name of “protecting children.” docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...
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Ooh. I like her.
7 HOURS LEFT, still at $289/600 or $311 needed to stay housed! every bit helps, if 30 ppl gave $10 or 15 gave $20 we could clear this 💕💸 #HelpSky
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The official religion of Genovia is Islam.
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I've been trying to find this film for like a week to no avail, hoping one of you degenerates has a link or a copy and can help a fellow cinephile out! I must see this horror show in its entirety!!!
11hrs left, STILL at $279/600 needed to stay housed 😵💫 anything helps 💞
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The DOJ was created to increase the capacity for federal prosecutions during Reconstruction esp. those to be brought under the newly enacted KuKlux Klan Act.
Now the DOJ is being used to prosecute a storied civil rights organization whose central mission has been to expose & dismantle the Klan.
Disregarding, for a moment, that this law is obviously just intended to attack Queer folks in Ohio, especially trans folks (as a trans person in Ohio, it's pretty obvious)
I also still think it's wild we're afraid of kids seeing a boob but perfectly fine with kids witnessing violence, real and fake
"Your job is so fun," yes, but did you know I have to single handedly fight no fewer than sixth algorithms every day for the privilege of telling people to not set their beds on fire.
please don't tell me to push myself to do things. i know my limits and you don't. mybodyistryingtokillme.com
Please help me to eat and continue remaining housed, I’m booked into a hotel for three days but that’s it and out of food.
“I used AI to combine the data from two excel lists and then send emails to people who were on one list but not another. Saved me so much time.”
My brother in academia, you just fucking discovered mail merge. Welcome to early nineties computing.
After Condé Nast's decision to close SELF, I spoke to chronically ill women about what the women's health site meant to them.
"We have to acknowledge chronic illness as a politically, culturally, and socially marginalized category"
Latest for @motherjones.com.
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I want cheese, but don’t want to get out of bed to get cheese: a memoir
This is the hard hitting furby journalism the world needs more of.
It's a lot to have to plan for those possible responses on top of fatphobia on top of ableism on top of general chronic illness life.
I'm so exhausted already, and this doesn't help my nervous system calm down, ya know?
(specifically about being trans and, hell, even queer)
I wish cis folks understood the anxiety of seeing a new provider and not knowing if they're going to be a jerk or not.
Nursing is a serious profession, you need data and specialty training to provide the right care, it's not a fucking cab ride. #MedSky 🩺
We are not going to turn our healthcare system into a branch of the gig economy. Because that would kill us.
do not forget that we the people have the power to chart a different path than this
Some timeline stuff:
— We expect to get InfoWars.com after the judge clears it in a couple of weeks.
— We'll build a world of characters on the site and across social media. Tim Heidecker is in charge, and we have grand designs.
— Visit theonion.info, buy a subscription, help us dominate the world.
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kia needs immediate support for a medical emergency, please see her pinned post if you can help
support indigenous artists!
my angry post about this case this morning is now an angry article
Roy Anthony Scott was in a mental health crisis and called 911 asking for help
Cops came and killed him, & now the Court is casting doubt on whether the cops can be held accountable for his death
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VERY COOL PERSON: It's four-twenty, you know what that means?
ME: Hell yeah! [starts shoving blackbirds into a pie]
thought this posted earlier but wifi was out 🥲
got hit w/ OTC subscriptions autorenewing, wont refund for days AND motel saying they need paid TMRW not Wednesday, n:
$400 to stay housed by 6pm tmrw
$600 total by Wed
everything helps ❤️🩹
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