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Bright blue dot in red state Alabama, LGBTQ+ equality, reproductive justice, animal lover, reader, musical theatre, knitter, nerd. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek, British detective shows. No DMs, porn, crypto, money asks, weird cults! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
So...gender affirming treatment? www.rawstory.com/hegseth-test...
'High-T Department of War': Hegseth plugs testosterone program for maximum 'lethality'
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered mandatory testosterone screening for all active-duty service members 30 and older, framing the program in a video posted Wednesday as essential to keeping tr...
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So much fun to be added to a moderation list for subjects about which I've never posted... @bsky.app, what the hell?
Happy PRIDE! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Who's gonna tell him the Supreme Court can't overturn a constitutional amendment?
Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social ยท 3mo agoAlabama House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter called on the courts to overturn the 14th Amendment. Unfortunately, no one followed up to ask him which part he objected to. (Read more here: joycevance.substack.com/p/rememberin... )
Good grief, it looks like a water ride at Six Flags.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social ยท 3mo agoThat looks ridiculous.
This sounds like the plot of a horror movie. IMO, a 12 year sentence isn't long enough. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Wisconsin man stole coworker's identity for 30 years, sent victim to mental hospital before DNA exonerated him: court ruling
Matthew Keirans used William Woods's identity for decades, then manipulated police into prosecuting Woods, who spent 428 days in jail and 147 days in a mental hospital before DNA evidence proved his i...
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I really wish @rawstory.com would stop using the word "racial" when this is clearly straight up RACISM. www.rawstory.com/jacob-lang-t...
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Happy First Contact Day to all who celebrate. If the Vulcans could see us now, they'd never help us perfect warp drive.
According to my cats, the whole world was made for them. โฅ๏ธ๐โโฌ
๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐@sundaedivine.lol ยท 4mo agoLasers were a huge scientific breakthrough and now we use them to play with cats. Computers were also a huge scientific breakthrough and now we use them to look at pictures of cats. In other words, science was made for cats.
Aren't cost overruns his excuse for prosecuting Jerome Powell?
Dean Obeidallah@deanobeidallah.bsky.social ยท 4mo agoUNREAL!! Trump plans to spend $550 million on White House residence renovations! Americans can't afford health insurance, groceries, gas and more. But "King" Trump is going to spend a half BILLION dollars in our money to make his palace look nicer! IMPEACH & REMOVE! www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
#Knitting and listening to #BadBunny - a nice way to spend a Sunday morning when the pollen count is too high to go outside. Spring in #Birmingham. *sigh* #KnitSky
Obscure pet peeve: actors portraying conductors who have no idea of the pattern or the beat. Takes me right out of whatever I'm watching. #MusicNerd
Amen to this! I quit Amazon a while back, and I love Bookshop.org.
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
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Jen McGowan@iamjenmcg.bsky.social ยท 4mo agoAlright yโall this is a small thing but an easy one Stop buying books from Amazon Instead buy them from Bookshop.com which supports your local bookstores Hereโs a 20% discount on your first order refer.bookshop.org/jen52349
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@timmiller.bsky.social re #Alabama gubernatorial candidate Ja'mel Brown and his list of issues, you should check out the history of the state's ban on the sale of sex toys, passed by accident but defended to the death by former AG Troy King. It's a hoot.
"We're having a hard time. We want to talk to them, and there's nobody to talk to. We have nobody to talk to. And you know what? We like it that way." - Donald J Trump, making no sense, as usual #IranWar
If you're a woman or you care about women, this should horrify you. We have to push back! #WomensRightsAreHumanRights youtu.be/orbSiS-9ZWU?...
The Heritage Foundationโs new blueprint for American women
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I've been expecting him to show up with gold braid and fake medals for months now. #StolenValor #FakeDictator www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
'Stolen valor?' Trump mocked as 'toy soldier' for sharing old photo from military school
President Donald Trump drew mockery with a breezy social media post showing himself in uniform with his parents during his stint at military school.The 79-year-old president was shipped off to the New...
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A little mushroom art. Drawing is a great outlet for anxiety about the world. #artsky #drawingsky #mushrooms
Please do tell me what *Charlie* Kirk's qualifications were? He never served in the military. www.rawstory.com/erika-kirk-j...
MAGA fans freak out over Trump's secret new appointment: 'DEI on steroids'
A Fox News report that Erika Kirk, the wife of the late Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, was secretly given a job by Donald Trump over the weekend, set off a bit of a social media firestorm on ...
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