Sarah Hollowell @sarahhollowell I love when you ask someone about a thing they know a lot about and they start with "okay, so" because you KNOW you're about to get a novel's worth of nerd sh t and it's going to be so delightful

Yesss

While holding 85+% of the wealth? Yes please. Tax the rich

Yep

hear hear

Have you heard of:
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I wrote section 230 to protect the little guys and the upstarts like Bluesky. Repealing section 230 only helps Meta, Musk, and Donald Trump.

Political cartoon. Rep Al Green, D-Texas standing up and pointing his cane yelling "HE DOES NOT HAVE A MANDATE TO CUT MEDICAID!" In the lower corner are two people hiding behind round signs. One reads "Civility!" and the other says "Did he not get the sign memo?"

“Speak up, speak out, get in the way. Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.” – John Lewis

Can’t speak about alcoholism personally, but reading memoirs from other people with narcissistic and abusive parents was affirming on some levels for me for sure. That said, pay attention to how you feel though. Sometimes that stuff can be triggering too 💜

DEI is not ‘overreach.’ Our efforts haven’t gone far enough | Op-Ed, Dr. Ben Danielson I appeal to everyone to be guided by your conscience, ancestral wisdom, evidence, common sense and compassion, a Seattle doctor writes.

#BlackHistoryMonth:
Read pediatrician Dr. Ben Danielson's opinion piece: DEI is not ‘overreach.’ Our efforts haven’t gone far enough | The Seattle Times www.seattletimes.com/opinion/dei-...

We can help shift the tide! Wisconsin must have fair electoral maps going forward.

Answer Musk’s money with a blizzard of small donations. Give Musk the finger and support Judge Susan Crawford for the open WI Supreme Court seat. Our democracy depends on it.

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hello cis friends
this is what people mean by trans genocide

if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported

this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order

it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist

REYES: [The order] calls an entire category of people dishonest, dishonorable, undisciplined, immodest, who lack integrity, people who have taken an oath to defend this country, people who have been under fire, people who have received medals for taking fire for this country. I want to know from the government whether that language expresses 'animus.' Does that express animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: Not in any constitutional- REYES: In a commonsense way. This is a policy from the President of the United States affecting thousands of people ... to call an entire group of people, lying dishonest people who are undisciplined, immodest and have no integrity. How is that anything other than showing animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: I don't have an answer for you. REYES: You do have an answer, you just don't want to give it... People can make solid arguments as to why some or even most transgender people shouldn't be in the military We're dealing with unadulterated animus. We are dealing with the president of the United States dealing with a group of people serving their country... calling them liars. (Reyes then said she changed her courtroom orders to bar people who graduated from UVA law school from appearing before her because "they're all liars and lack integrity and are undisciplined and can't possibly meet the high rigors of benign a lawyer for the government" She made the DOJ lawyer sit down on that basis, then after he did, she called him back up and asked whether that was a display of animus.)

This is fucking incredible.

Woo for co-workers who pay attention and give a crap \o/

I wanna underline what they said for you @zeoxys.bsky.social : Our people noticing when we are not well means we are being seen.

It’s okay to not be okay. People noticing you aren’t okay means you have a support system; use it. Love ya, buddy 💛

ABA It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accordance with the rule of law and in an orderly manner that respects the lives of affected individuals and the work they have been asked to perform. Instead, we see wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself, such as attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize those who support lawful programs to eliminate bias and enhance diversity. We have seen attempts at wholesale dismantling of departments and entities created by Congress without seeking the required congressional approval to change the law. There are efforts to dismiss employees with little regard for the law and protections they merit, and social media announcements that disparage and appear to be motivated by a desire to inflame without any stated factual basis. This is chaotic. It may appeal to a few. But it is wrong. And most Americans recognize it is wrong. It is also contrary to the rule of law. The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law. We stand for a legal process that is orderly and fair. We have consistently urged the administrations of both parties to adhere to the rule of law. We stand in that familiar place again today. And we do not stand alone. Our courts stand for the rule of law as well.

Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

I get that. A thing you don’t control and a place you get graded on top of everything else, blergh. I hope you find the right way through for you, even if it doesn’t look like anyone else’s. 💛

Clearly not solutions to *gestures vaguely* obv, but ya work with whatcha got, eh?

Anything you think you might be able to give yourself to help you de-stress? (Examples that help me when I Cannot™️ include but are not limited to Floor Time™️, Epsom salt foot soaks, a weighted blanket, white noise/rain sounds on NC headphones, getting a friend to literally sit on my back)

Buh. Sounds overwhelming, friend 🙁

4/3 (Sue me lol) also I quit scrolling on TikTok and started watching PBS News Hour for news instead. Watching other people be freak out and joke about everything like ‘lul guess I’ll die’ was making me anxious.

Seeing ppl organize locally helps even if I can’t join cuz SOMEONE is doing SOMETHING

3/3 but doing that these last 2 weeks and using 5calls.org to make calls to reps makes me feel a little less..stuck..for lack of a better word.
Also fantasy novels and cats.

2/ it’s not really less scary but feeling like I’m *doing* something positive and taking (even small) stands for stuff..idk it’s practice for when it gets harder and feels good to help.

[I recognize that I’m a white queer person with a ton of privilege. This is not a “do more” soapbox]

1/ I’m terrified, but I’m doing my best to use that as a driver for getting involved. Made some connections with a local group doing mutual aid work and protesting etc. (it’s a discord group where folks post things they’re planning/want to do for the community and ppl help

bsky.app/profile/dian...

Sent you more (less overwhelmingly popular) recs via Disc ord 🙂

Trump’s Attacks on DEI Get Approval From Some in the Left Wing Many Democrats and activists are rallying to defend diversity programs, but others say they distract from deeper efforts to address inequality.

i'll be blunt, if you are someone who is vocal about the ways that diversity efforts "divide the working class" but silent about the ways that *actual racism and discrimination* divide the working class, then i think you're just an opportunist

Hehe yep try Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. (If you’re looking for 🌶️ it’s not that, but absolutely recommend)

If I said fantasy political intrigue with lesbian necromancers, would you be into that?