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Laura

@theactivestick.bsky.social

podcaster @lockedoncanadiens.bsky.social | elite worrier | travel dork | bad decision maker | fashion victim | short, loud, and usually found under at least one blanket

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Laura@theactivestick.bsky.social · last wk.

Imagine a Muslim started doing this… they’d get arrested immediately. This insane woman will eventually get asked to stop by the airlines and then play the victim and claim she’s being persecuted for her religion and become a MAGA icon.

Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · last wk.

Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 2w ago

It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern.

mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 2w ago

The reason Zohran scares the shit out of them so much is that they think this sort of technocrat FDR liberalism/market socialism will *work* and be popular, not that it will fail and be unpopular. They're afraid that he will be a good mayor not a bad mayor.

lowtax speedrun enjoyer@rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 2w ago

zohran is a completely normal (mixed-market socialist/new-deal liberal/whatever) and it’s completely frying the brains of people with too much money or whose livelihoods are built on catering to the opinions of people with too much money

Elizabeth N. Saunders@profsaunders.bsky.social · 2w ago

Can't get numb to this: The United States is stuck in a war it started, cannot end, and may further escalate to no avail, having dismantled its diplomatic apparatus, depleted its military stockpile, and destroyed its credibility. A historic strategic mistake harming millions in many different ways.

hockey bear dot space@hockeybear.space · 2w ago

People on this site are criticizing Shohei Ohtani for meeting with Donald Trump instead of placing the blame for the interaction squarely on who it belongs: whichever member of the Blue Jays' coaching staff told Isiah Kiner-Falefa to shorten his lead off third base

m@keptsimple.bsky.social · 2w ago

As the owner of several AMC theater franchises, you can imagine I'm extremely left wing. But I bet you didn't realize I'm so left wing that I'm willing to bleed thousands of dollars every time I show the Odyssey to an empty IMAX theater to create the impression that a black actress is pretty.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2w ago

This is why gender affirming care and abortion are part of the same fight for bodily autonomy. You ignore what's happening to trans people at your peril.

Garnet Henderson@garnethenderson.com · 2w ago

Trump's DOJ has accused gender-affirming care providers of colluding with drug manufacturers to violate federal law. In March, I warned this argument could easily be used against abortion providers. Today, Josh Hawley did exactly this in a letter urging DOJ to investigate abortion info site Plan C.

Catherine Cowie 🏳️‍⚧️@64ordle.au · 2w ago

This is NOT a story for trans people to read. I want cis people with a jot of empathy to read this, to imagine the kind of unimaginable cruelty that school children in the UK will likely have to deal with on a daily basis, just over a month from now.

A dedication: For all victims of sadistic transphobic cruelty, in every place, and in every time The opening six paragraphs of the story, ‘First Day’: Emma had to wear the ill-fitting shirt with the buttons on the wrong side, but there was no way she was not going to wear a bra underneath; the alternative was her displaying headlights under her blazer all day. Nevertheless, she didn’t tell Mum about concealing the skirt in her school bag when she left home for the short walk to the station. First day of her second year of high school. Also, the first day of her futile attempts at resistance. It would be especially futile, because she couldn’t rely on Mum as a backstop. Her reaction, after the meeting where the new school policies had been outlined, had been maybe they’re right and it’s time for you to accept who you really are. But Emma already knew who she was. When she reached the station, the platform was relatively empty, so she walked to the sparsely populated far end, pulled the skirt out and over her trousers; then with the skirt in place, she could undo her belt; take off her shoes and socks, pull down her trousers underneath the skirt revealing her stockings. She ignored the sneers of the student waiting nearby, also wearing a CHS blazer, as she bent down to tie her shoelaces again. The train pulled to as she finished tying the bows, and she quickly found a standing only perch in the early morning crush. Three stops to her school.
Laura@theactivestick.bsky.social · 2w ago

I don’t know about you but a good way to support them is maybe not sending them off to die in meaningless wars you orchestrated to line your and your cronies’ pockets.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

RAJU: Trump said the war would last just a handful of weeks. Now it's been several months and 3 more service members have died. The administration is asking for $67b. Do you think the public believes it's going well? THUNE: Most of us believe that we oughta support our men & women in uniform

draglikepull@draglikepull.bsky.social · 3w ago

I see people arguing that anti-car stuff mostly comes from people without kids, and I’d just say; 1. It is, obviously, easier to get around without a car if you don’t have kids. 2. The reasons for that are mostly policy choices, and if we can change policy to fix those things.