Took a good selfie for once so here's a look at the guy behind the Roxas profile picture. Felt cute, might delete later etc etc
Key of Destiny 🏳️🌈 ☭
@keyofdestiny.bsky.social
☭ 🏳️🌈 Impaired by a stroke, disabled by capitalism. Kingdom Hearts forever. Always wear your mask. I drink more tea than you. Fuck fascists and TERFs. he/him For our demands moderate are, we only want the Earth ☭ https://twitch.tv/keyofdestiny
Watching first playthroughs of Kingdom Hearts and Mass Effect gives me such joy. I so desperately wish I could experience those games again for the first time. What an experience.
If it's a day ending in y, I'm drinking tea. Here's my 4th cup, this time it's K&K chai's Irish Breakfast. Before that, it was a light and smooth Vietnamese white tea from Anna Ye Tea Cheers y'all!
Had so much fun at the Northeast Tea Festival today. I bought enough tea to last me months. Until next year!
there is a repeated media cycle across cities where concerned citizens hand-wring about the costs of alternatives-to-police programs (be careful not to compare those sums to the historical police budget tally!) www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
Minneapolis diverted thousands of mental health calls from police. Its costs and oversight are under scrutiny.
A former supervisor and recent city study say the city is failing to properly track the private contractor staffing the city’s behavioral crisis response team.
startribune.com
I've been on tinder / hinge for a little bit now & so much of it is designed to make you pay their VERY expensive subscriptions: Want to see who liked you? Pay us Undo a swipe? Pay us Want more than a few likes a day? Pay us If Grindr wasn't such a cesspool, I'd go over there
Seth Moulton is a snake, a transphobe, and should never be anywhere near any sort of power. He'll sell you out to get ahead.
Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2w agoThe thing people need to understand about the Massachusetts Senate race is that it's less about people loving Ed Markey (although he's a good progressive) and more about people absolutely hating Seth Moulton and not wanting him anywhere near a U.S. Senate seat.
Forcing disabled people into institutions and stripping us of health care is part of the admin's larger eugenic project: We have a right to live joyfully and supported in our communities, and this deprives us of our rights, freedoms, and, ultimately, lives.
They grew up with disability rights. Now, they're fighting to keep them
Siblings Cody and Kaleigh Brendle have grown up with the right to community integration. Now, they worry those protections for people with disabilities like them are being eroded.
npr.org
As one of those nearly 130,000 people, in my 10 years in higher ed as a staff member, there's never been a worse time to be in higher ed. Budgets are strained and they're "balanced" using cuts and layoffs to staff. Things feel so much more precarious than they used to. Things are bleak.
The 🇺🇸 Headline Bot@us-headlines.bsky.social · 2w ago📰 Boston Globe Almost 130,000 people work at Mass. universities. Many are now on the ‘chopping blocks.’ ⟶ Boston Globe | headline in context
Get an extended look at some brand-new Coco gameplay for Kingdom Hearts 4, first shown at the Deep Dive into Kingdom Hearts panel at #D23 2026! https://bit.ly/461Dr5p
'Kingdom Hearts' animated series is officially in the works at Disney+
Disabled people are forced to live in legislated poverty. Qualifying for benefits is a dehumanizing and lengthy process designed to make you quit. You can’t have assets. You can’t marry without losing benefits. Next they plan to cut SSI payments to disabled adults whose families receive SNAP
The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...
propublica.org
Rodney Taylor is a disabled double amputee who spent over a year in ICE custody. They grabbed him days before he was due to receive new prosthetic legs The ACLU has filed a lawsuit on his behalf. He was denied medical care, accommodations and his prosthetics. He will never be the same:
ACLU of Georgia Files Legal Claim Against ICE on Behalf of Georgia Father Detained in Inhumane Conditions - ACLU of Georgia
Claims filed by the ACLU across 17 states and Washington D.C. under the Federal Tort Claims Act seek justice for citizens and noncitizens alike harmed by federal immigration agents.
live-awp-georgia.pantheonsite.io
"Boston Fed data show more than a third of families in Massachusetts don’t have enough money on hand to cover a $400 emergency expense. Among Black and Latino families, two-thirds can’t afford that unexpected cost." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/12/m...
Black Bostonians’ median net worth in 2015 was $8. A follow-up survey a decade later shows a deep wealth gap persists. - The Boston Globe
Even in Massachusetts, where the overall median net worth is $374,000, deep structural inequities persist.
bostonglobe.com
Twitch now uses your channel to train generative AI by default. You can opt out of some training here: www.twitch.tv/settings/sec...
freed 9 women from jail today! donate to your local bail fund :)
This was signed into law by Maura Healey today. Massachusetts becomes the 10th state in the US to abolish gestational limits on abortion. The law now allows abortion at any time in pregnancy. 19thnews.org/2026/08/mass...
Massachusetts expands abortion access to any point during pregnancy
On Monday, it joined nine states and Washington, D.C. in eliminating gestational restrictions on abortions.
19thnews.org
The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com · last mo.Massachusetts Democratic leaders said they will pass a bill that would dramatically broaden the state’s already-liberal abortion laws by making it easier for women to terminate late-term pregnancies.
"Drivers struck and killed 7,080 people walking in the United States in 2024, 72% more than in 2009, when pedestrian deaths were at their lowest."
If there’s a war on cars in the USA then the cars have won
American vehicles have grown heavier, faster, and wider every decade since 1982 — and federal fuel economy rules reward the growth. Evidence from 50 years of EPA data.
maxmautner.com
I had a job interview that went well, but it's a fully in person role & I'm not looking for that. I feel bad because I feel like I wasted time (both theirs & mine). If I had known, I wouldn't have applied for the job. These things really should be on the job posting.
Maine is one of the only places in the country where citizens w/ felony convictions never lose their right to vote. Even so, prisoners still had to fight for decades to actually get ballot access. @burness.bsky.social reports on how they’re still largely excluded from the electoral process.
Maine Prisoners Organize to Protect Their Rare Right to Vote - Bolts
Maine is one of the only places in the country where prisoners keep their right to vote. But logistical barriers to voting still contribute to their larger exclusion from the political process.
boltsmag.org
I fucking Ed Flynn with the passion of 1000 burning suns. Resign @edflynnforboston.bsky.social, you racist fuck
Universal Hub@universalhub.com · 4w agoCouncilor Flynn just blocked a non-binding resolution calling on the city to set up a coordinated emergency response plan to help Haitian immigrants facing loss of their homes now that they lost their TPS status today. Flynn wants more info on how much helping Haitians in Boston would cost. 1/2
EA officially goes private tonight, meaning: - EA will no longer trade on the NASDAQ for the first time in 36 years - All stockholders of EA (including many employees) will receive $210/share - EA will take on $18 billion (!) in debt, putting it on the hook to pay ~$1.8 billion/year in interest