They may very well be real people among the bots, but they're still not people I want to associate with if they're still into nationalistic cosplay.

Heck, in the flower garden sim I play, they recently made bios visible when you pick flowers from other players.

There was a Jesus-y one I unfriended yesterday and replaced with a low level player who's clearly getting the better deal with me. That's fine: no more prosletyzing in my game time.

Me wearing a bright pink floral dress, black leggings, a light pink/orchid hoodie, and a pink hair flower standing in front of a Kwanzan cherry tree with beautiful pink blossoms. There are benches and grass surrounding the tree

A gorgeous weeping cherry tree in late afternoon golden sunlight

Closeup of Kwanzan cherry blossoms, which are bubblegum pink and frilly

A Kwanzan cherry tree, which is basically an explosion of pink

It's the pinkest time of the year! 🌸💖✨️

Same

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

ICE detained more than 70 Minnesota children, data reveals Immigration officials detained more than 70 Minnesota children between Dec. 1 and March 10, a Sahan analysis of court records and federal deportation data shows.

“This is a systemic violent act, to be detaining children, that has long-term consequences,” Kelley said. “It’s massively detrimental to the well-being of these families and our whole communities.”

Slightly diminish a band:

Ranestorm

Specifically referring to my experiences with them, not with anyone else.

I'm fairly certain that the guy who only dated me as the "other woman" DID rape OTHER women because he flat out TOLD ME near the end how he'd "apply pressure to the back of a girl's head to make them think it was their idea."

If the asshole I was dating in college didn't tell me he was dating someone else...

Or the other guy didn't let on that he was an (emotional, controlling) abuser when he asked me out...

...am I being naive in thinking they were just assholes and not rapists?

I shared a post about rape on Facebook.

I'm pretty versed in what does and does not constitute sexual assault...mostly.

I'm struggling with this one:

"If you, as a man, lied to a woman knowing that if you told the truth, she would not consent, YOU RAPED HER."

Continued in next post...

This is evil. Sorry but it is. Imagine thinking a nonverbal CHILD with intellectual disabilities can unearn their right to equal access to public education. These are the most vulnerable already stereotyped as “aggressive” “complex”. Inclusion is a human right.

#ableg @thebreakdownab.bsky.social

I love a good egg wash! That looks amazing.

I forgot where I saw this but someone on the Internet was like "if they just want to save money by replacing workers with AI, why not replace the most expensive ones: the CEOs".

I had a Zoom meeting the other day where my (white) community manager said, "Back in the pandemic," and I corrected him that we're STILL in a pandemic.

He was like, "But Biden declared..."

I said nope, he's not a medical professional.

He moved on. Sigh.

At least other attendees heard me.

Oooookay, I guess I won't touch it because that does look painful.

But it's soooooo pretty!

Troops getting ravaged by disease, not having food to eat, having a specific brand of toxic Christianity forced upon them...

...at least a lot of the military are less likely to stan this regime anymore. I'm surprised there hasn't been a mutiny yet.

please be conscientious of the way you talk about “masked people” these days; some face coverings are poor excuses for protection as they are used as vehicles for oppression, others—respirators—are themselves tools of liberation. act like it. mask up & support maskblocs.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjgaeMAa/

like disappearances, spreading disease is a tool of the fascist—we must not do their dirty work for them, instead radically caring for ourselves and others by protecting the health we have, especially as public health & social safety nets disintegrate, again, under the thumb of the same politicians.

And yet we have a whole population of ppl pretending to be "fine" cuz they're coerced by capitalism to produce or die.

I just hope she didn't die, because that would be sad. We were best friends when we were kids, and I realized only recently that she probably invited me for sleepovers so often to keep her father and brother from abusing her. They were awful.

I'm going to assume she got free from them though.

I have an old friend who was showing up in my dreams all the time last year, but I can't find a trace of her at ALL!

Of course, if she got married, I have no idea what her name would be, but it's just as likely she ended up changing her name because maybe she's actually a trans man...

New COVID subvariant 'Cicada' on the rise in California, just in time for summer The emergence of the BA.3.2 strain comes amid broader uneasiness about COVID vaccination rates among seniors, who are especially susceptible to the virus.

COVID is Not Over

In 2024-25 "there were an estimated 45K-64K COVID deaths and 390K-550K hospitalizations."
Getting vaccinated "lowers the risk of long COVID, 'and the more times you get a COVID infection, the higher your risk of ultimately developing long COVID'.”

www.latimes.com/california/s...

Why would voters ever make a promise to a party. Why would that ever be the balance of power in anything but a cult.

Palantir posts mini-manifesto denouncing inclusivity and ‘regressive’ cultures | TechCrunch Palantir's ideological bent has come under more scrutiny as it's worked with ICE and positioned itself as a defender of "the West."

Any candidate that takes money from Palantir should not receive your vote.

Co-founder Joe Lonsdale is pouring millions into a PAC to buy off Democrats, especially in California.

techcrunch.com/2026/04/19/p...

I don't want to be living my life inside these same fucking walls for what feels like the millionth year but everyone decided that endless mutating COVID variants and being sick all the time is "the new normal" so fuck me and my family I guess!

Jorge tried to warn us. The Epstein gang has US agents fighting in Mexico.

www.justice.gov/epstein/file... 9/EFTA00164984.pdf

If you bought a ticket to Coachella you are funding MAGA.

COACHELLA IS RUN BY ANSCHUTZ ENTERYAINMENT GROUP,a subsidiary of the Anschutz corporation which is owned by billionaire Philip Anschutz.
He funnels money directly to right wing organizations that direct support funding ICE and etc.

Pale gray World Health Network graphic with the whn.global logo at the top. Large pink and black text reads: “COVID-19 never ‘ended’.” In the center is a simple white mask icon with pink ear loops. Below, large black text reads: “You should still be wearing a mask.” At the bottom it says: “World Health Network” and “Science for a safer, healthier world.”

COVID-19 is still spreading. Respirator masks are still one of the simplest ways to reduce risk, for you and the people around you.

#COVID19 #COVIDIsNotOver #COVID #LongCOVID #InfectionPrevention #PublicHealth #LongCOVIDAwareness

Yes. Our papers and grants that mention Covid are rejected at a disproportionately high rate. The topic evokes shame and guilt among those reading the documents.

Research on COVID is being hampered by a lack of interest by publishers and funding, imo. Considering we are only about 7 years into a brand-new disease, we lost interest pretty quickly.