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They/them. 31. DabiHawks brain rot 24/7. SPF is your BFF. Sex work is real work. Minors DNI. Disability is my political alignment. ♑️♿️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

A memorial for Gloria Steinem In 1963, Gloria Steinem put on a fake name, a fake age, a satin corset, and took a job as a Playboy Bunny. Then she took the ears off, went home, and spent the next sixty years telling the world what it means to work in the sex industry.

I also can't tell the full story yet, but when Gloria Steinem was a co-chair of the Women's March, language supporting sex workers vanished from the march platform—but it was put back. Between the lines: sex workers won that fight, over Gloria's objections. The story as I could report it:

The Women’s March Is Pro-Choice and Pro-Sex Workers’ Rights — and Should Be Proud of It

(Photo: djc/Flickr) This Saturday in Washington, thousands of women — tens of thousands, maybe — will march, defining what women’s rights look…

psmag.com

The Department of the Interior is considering a proposal to sell part of Yosemite National Park to developers. Please take action. The National Parks Conservation Association has a form to voice your opposition to selling or trading any National Park property (i.e. public property!) to developers.

Yosemite is Not for Sale

Yosemite National Park is priceless, beloved by millions – and not for sale or exchange. But now, the federal government appears ready to provide a developer with a piece of the park. Urge Secretary B...

act.npca.org

Seems like it would be pretty easy for governments to make companies stop lying to consumers to trick them into thinking they're buying things they aren't buying. When you hit "buy" or "purchase," it should mean that. If you're renting/licensing something, then it should say "rent" or "license."

The A.V. Club@avclub.com · 7d ago

The company made the argument in an August filing with California’s Northern District Court. www.avclub.com/sony-interac...

Welp, there it is. The CDC is now officially manipulating data and their count of measles deaths in 2026 now stands at ZERO. My understanding of reportable diseases is that the CDC would usually use a state health department’s determination as the final say. The new CDC Director is failing us.

The CDC left two measles-associated Pa. deaths out of its latest count after RFK Jr. sparred with Gov. Shapiro

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has accused Pennsylvania of not cooperating with the CDC in its handling of a measles outbreak.

inquirer.com

*sigh* An "AI" does not "escape containment", as breathless news articles claim. It is *told to do something by its programmers*, then it *goes and does what it's been told*, then the corporation it belongs to releases a statement to drive fear-based engagement and media laps up the lie.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick doesn't just think teens are too young to read about sex, he thinks his female colleagues need to be shielded too It's rare that men in power make explicit how much they view women like children, but here we are! reason.com/2026/08/26/t...

Texas moves to protect kids—and women—from 'demonic' sex education book

Dan Patrick's campaign against “filthy” school library books targets sex education, LGBTQ titles, and literary classics.

reason.com

Dolly Parton was one of my greatest and most beloved role models, right behind my older sister and my mother. The ache I feel in my heart right now is going to be there for a bit.