cypress (evelyn)
@outofambit.bsky.social
hangin out, making friends and art. trans something or whatever. my job is computer. (she/they)
I will die on this hill: it isn’t hard to say “at the height of the pandemic” or “at the start of COVID” during a podcast interview. Producers, hosts, don’t let your guests say “during COVID” like this thing is over. Correct them. Ask them to say the sentence again. This is your job.
One of the few things I'm absolutely sure of is that there's nothing wrong with being trans. We're just a type of person. We deserve equality because all people deserve equality.
A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.
[reading twitter] congratulations to muslim chairman mao on his conquest of new york city
An LA organizer I trust shared this General Resource Spreadsheet with me. It includes nonofficial shelters and other resources for people affected by the LA fires.
MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources
docs.google.com
Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.
Amazon workers on strike from Black Friday to Cyber Monday
(WFXR) – Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.
cbs42.com
we need mutual aid, antifascism, and community defense REGARDLESS OF WHO WINS and frankly i'd feel a lot safer if more people understood that
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Right now, people around the world are marching and protesting against racism and police brutality, outraged by the most recent police murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. At Signal, we support the people who have gone into the streets to make their voices heard. We believe that something ...
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I have often wondered why, when stores close, landlords leave the spaces empty for years at a time instead of lowering rents. The answer, apparently, is banks often won't let them:
The hidden culprit driving America’s apocalypse of boarded-up storefronts
The pandemic kicked off a "doom loop" that has gutted cities and towns across the country. Big banks are making it worse.
businessinsider.com
Reminder that if you see disturbing or traumatic images, playing Tetris as soon as possible afterwards can help the brain cleanse itself, and lessen the impacts of it longer term. No, I'm not kidding. And no one knows how or why it works. But it DOES work, and I encourage you to remember it.
finally! something i directly worked on has been called "too woke" on the internet
ready to ruin* my life for a romantic partner *make reasonable changes and compromises to
turns out people paying money for art i made feels very cool
what did you do today? oh nothing just researching if one of the earliest artists to use cyanotypes was gay
til you can actually cut yourself with a bread knife. not a lot but still
me: i do software engineering them: wow you must be smart me: smart that i can, dumb that i keep doing it
if i was a teen i would currently be putting posters of america ferrera on the wall of my bedroom
i was today years old when i learned about knowyourmeme.com/memes/progra... 😳
Programming Socks
Programming Socks is a term given to specific types of knee socks and thigh highs which became notable for often being worn by femine looking and crossdressing men who do computer programming for a ho...
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me getting iced tea in the morning: we really needed this
