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Micah@rincewind.run · last wk.

it's not an exaggeration to say that jk rowling is the world's most powerful and prominent transphobe outside of elon musk it's easy to not buy a tesla and it's easy to not watch the harry potter tv show

The Verge@theverge.com · last wk.

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

ℳatt@matttomic.bsky.social · 2w ago

The last time the Americans tried to claim Lake Ontario in 1813, we intentionally lured them into Fort York and then blew up our entire gunpowder magazine to kill as many Americans as possible. A foundation part of Toronto history is "blowing our own fort to smithereens rather than being American"

Kendra, normal version@kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

Starbucks Workers United@sbworkersunited.org · 2w ago

🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:

BOYCOTT STARBUCKS is written inside a zig-zaggy speech bubble against crumbled paper. Beside it are the Starbucks Workers United logo and an image of a coffee cup being poured out.We, the 12,000 and growing members of Starbucks Workers United, call on everyone who stands with working people to boycott Starbucks until they finalize a contract with union baristas and stop union-busting. What we’re fighting for is simple: a minimum $17/hr wage, enough hours to live on, better staffing in our stores, and basic workplace protections. Every year, our living costs rise but our wages don’t keep up – a growing pressure many American workers are feeling as corporate greed accelerates unchecked in our country. Starbucks is banking on customers' blind loyalty to the integrity and values this company once stood for in order to keep squeezing them for profits. At a time when working-class people across the country are struggling in a challenging economy, it is no longer possible to be both a Starbucks customer and in support of workers; choosing to spend money at Starbucks is choosing a law breaking corporation over the baristas who make your coffee everyday exactly as you ask for it. Starbucks has violated U.S. labor law more than any other company in modern history–the NLRB and its judges have found that Starbucks committed hundreds of labor violations and there are currently more than 550 unresolved unfair labor practice charges still pending against the company. Instead of finalizing a fair and reasonable union contract, Starbucks has repeatedly demonstrated a lack of care for the workers who fuel the company’s profits by wasting millions of dollars on AI and technology that doesn’t work, launching countless gimmicky drinks designed to distract from real problems, and inventing pointless policies that do nothing but make our jobs harder. This ongoing, irrational behavior by Starbucks and its refusal to settle a fair union contract with workers leaves us with no other choice than to call for a boycott. We know when working people stand up together, we win. No Contract? No Coffee.
Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · 2w ago

Parton's legacy as a songwriter, a performer, a personality, and a beacon of warmth and acceptance all make her one of the greatest to have ever done it. But when you add the truly astounding level of her philanthropy...what is there to say? She inspired decency and shamed the wicked. All hail.

Vicky ACAB@vickyacab.bsky.social · 2w ago

She deserved to outlive this current moment but unlike so many of her stature she leaves the world better than she found it. She will live forever in the art she made and the change she effected. A queen, a bimbo, an icon, a champion of children and books and equality, Dolly forever

Ken Tremendous@kentremendous.bsky.social · 3w ago

Incredible. We built a machine that can move faster than a human. Truly a watershed moment in our development as a species. This is a post about the invention of the bicycle in 1817. Also here’s a stupid robot running fast and falling down.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 3w ago

A Chinese humanoid robot outran Usain Bolt’s 100-meter sprint world record on the opening day of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, posting a time of 9.39 seconds — 0.19 faster than Bolt’s pace in 2009.

Tammy Duckworth@duckworth.senate.gov · 3w ago

First war with Iran, now trade war with Canada. Trump’s priorities are clear: Make himself richer, make everything more expensive, hurt American businesses and force middle-class families to pay the price. American families can’t afford another Trump-made price hike. apnews.com/article/trum...

What to know about Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods and rising tensions between once-close allies

After trade negotiations crumbled at the eleventh hour, U.S. President Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs on scores of Canadian imports kicked in over the weekend.

apnews.com

Krista D Ball is Canada's Trade War Potato@kristadb1.bsky.social · 3w ago

To Americans apologizing to random Canadians today: 1. Write down three things you care about in your local community. 2. Find groups dedicated to that cause. 3. Check their website/FB, etc. 4. Determine how you can best help them with their current needs. 5. Go make a difference locally.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · 3w ago

Yesterday was the Provincetown Carnival parade; the theme was Deep Sea Disco. This morning, we found these, abandoned next to our porch. I am sorry to report that a twink has been raptured. RIP my undersea queen. You died as you lived--a hot mess who couldn't walk in heels.

A pair of high-heeled blue-green glitter boots, one with a broken heel, abandoned in the grass.
Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · 3w ago

Kevin passed about an hour ago. The time to find his cats a home IS now, and I'm not one step closer to finding it. Please, friends.

Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · 4w ago

FRIENDS IN THE NYC AREA: Okay, this is a tough one, but please bear with me. My wife's lifelong friend has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is desperately seeking a home for his two cats when that time comes. The elder, Wally, is something like 13 years old and DELIGHTFULLY dim. The younger, Doris,

Jesus Lizard Superstar 🖤 🐀🐀🐀@acekatana.bsky.social · 4w ago

You know how bad shit has to get for Raffi to be like “the peace of death is too good for him”

Raffi_RC@raffic.bsky.social · 4w ago

dying while in office not enough. prison is what his heinous crimes warrant. the nation will need a tribunal to hold him and his maga GOP accountable for contempt of democracy, for undermining the constitution they swore to uphold. and, at long last, the #epstein survivors will deserve justice.