There's good reason @transnews.network is worker-run, and prioritizes otg trans people/communities over establishment figures and pr. There is a need for solid info (not panicslop), in-depth investigations and platforms for trans voices that reflect our actual lives, not a handful of gentry.

TODAY at the West Warwick Farmer's Market, visit me & youth from the West Warwick Health Equity Zone at a rare resurgence of the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth! They want to design a listening station for peers & neighbors, so we're test-driving the model I use www.kateschapira.com/climate-anxi...

Fighting for and winning the right to free movement of all people is fundamental to any chance survival of our species and our world. Borders will increasingly mean extermination, genocide and treating people as expendable

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“Here’s a radical thought: what if migration is only a problem to those who want it to be? What if we started seeing the mass movement of people less as an existential threat and more as a simple inevitability of human existence?”

Been offline for a bit so I'm late to the party, but hey @kenjennings.bsky.social you owe my friend @gwenpepperoni.myatproto.social a pretty large apology. If any friend of mine behaved the way and did the things you did, I would stop being their friend permanently. It's truly bad person stuff, man.

Just reread this book, and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the intersections of food, protest movements, and mutual aid work.

From the Sameer Project on Instagram. Please support their incredibly necessary work if you can! "Without immediate support, we may be forced to stop our daily operations, including distributions of food, water, and other life-sustaining aid." www.instagram.com/thesameerpro...

The Sameer Project on Instagram: "We have been warning for weeks that donations are declining - not only to The Sameer Project, but across mutual aid and relief efforts throughout Gaza. We have cut m...

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I'm reading a book about food justice, and it's really good so far, but unfortunately the author has already mentioned "obesity" as a health problem to be solved multiple times. 🙄 I really wish there were more awareness of fat liberation within the food justice world, and the left as a whole.

"In accepting generous subsidies from the Moroccan regime, the film’s producers have provided legitimacy to the illegal occupation. It would be the equivalent of filming in Israeli- or Russian-occupied territories in collaboration with those governments." truthout.org/articles/the...

The Odyssey Is Facing a Boycott for Filming in Occupied Western Sahara

The film’s producers have provided legitimacy to the illegal occupation by accepting subsidies from the Moroccan state.

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Just ordered a copy and so should you

october "pre-order The Struggle Is Always Worth It now!" krausch@octoberk.bsky.social · 2w ago

I am so excited to announce the pre-sale for my forthcoming book, The Struggle Is Always Worth It! This is also the first reveal of the table contents, and let me tell you, there are some superstars who contributed to this book. givebutter.com/SIAWI-presale

the point of contrived moral dilemmas like the trolley problem is to trick people into entertaining the thought of committing atrocities everything about these scenarios is imaginary and improbable and designed to make you accept bureaucratic murder as a banal inevitability

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social · 24h ago

One reason I don’t like the trolley problem is because are we supposing people can’t get out of the way

this is a good friend of mine who is heavily struggling right now because SSA is screwing her over. if you could spare her a few bucks so she can get back on her feet while she appeals, i would really appreciate it!!!!! thank you kindly

sabrina's dilemma@unwisewoman.bsky.social · 2w ago

disabled trans woman who was denied her disability claim, need help w bills food sundries. filed appeals but i need help while i dispute this. ive been through so much these past few yrs, pls don't let me hit rock bottom. anything helps 🖤💜 ca: $dyadicsapphic pp/vn: @dyadicsapphic

This is a cool idea! In my area, we have the Arlington Swap Shed, although it's only open for a few hours per week: www.arlingtonma.gov/departments/...

emily@emicue.bsky.social · 20h ago

Grateful every single day for stjohnsswapnplay.org Every neighborhood should have a place to swap kids stuff.

Grateful every single day for stjohnsswapnplay.org Every neighborhood should have a place to swap kids stuff.

Home - St. Johns Swapnplay

Play. Share. Connect. At St. Johns Swapnplay, we build a vibrant community where families connect, share, and play in order to thrive. We are a neighborhood nonprofit community driven indoor play spac...

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ElieNYC@elienyc.bsky.social · 21h ago

I have so much good condition, child-based *stuff* my kids have outgrown (clothes, toys, entire bedrom set) and this fucking society makes it SO FUCKING HARD for me to give these items away and basically encourages me to place it in a landfill and I fucking hate everything.

It’s my birthday! Perhaps you’d like to buy my book THE SUN WON’T COME OUT TOMORROW, or check it out from your library, or add/rate/review it on Goodreads or Storygraph! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Sun Won't Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood

The orphan story has been mythologized: Step one: While a child is still too young to form distinct memories of them, their parents die in an untimely fashion. Step two: Orphan acquires caretakers who...

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I swear to God, part of the problem of literacy is that we make kids read SO MANY books like this. Of course they’re going to associate reading with misery! We put them in a Skinner box and shock them when they read, what did people THINK would happen?

Nick Harkaway@nickharkaway.com · 24h ago

Having ranted about school curriculum books, I’ve just seen my son’s summer reading list, and all I can say is “I was right”. A more depressing collection would be tricky to assemble. Are we actively trying to convey to kids the idea that reading is dismal and arduous?

"In accepting generous subsidies from the Moroccan regime, the film’s producers have provided legitimacy to the illegal occupation. It would be the equivalent of filming in Israeli- or Russian-occupied territories in collaboration with those governments." truthout.org/articles/the...

The Odyssey Is Facing a Boycott for Filming in Occupied Western Sahara

The film’s producers have provided legitimacy to the illegal occupation by accepting subsidies from the Moroccan state.

truthout.org

This site wouldn't exist without it's trans users and the fact that the mods distain this fact is very telling

would you trust them with yout trinkets? 🦝

Does anyone have mutual aid contacts in Spokane?

i have received a very important message

I also wish there were *any* books about the intersections of food justice and fat liberation (which would also have to include disability, racial, and environmental justice, as they're all so entangled). I genuinely can't think of a single book that covers this.

I'm reading a book about food justice, and it's really good so far, but unfortunately the author has already mentioned "obesity" as a health problem to be solved multiple times. 🙄 I really wish there were more awareness of fat liberation within the food justice world, and the left as a whole.

Just reread this book, and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the intersections of food, protest movements, and mutual aid work.

"Founded in September 2025 by a black queer poet, Stelton Distro is a DIY art space, zine distro, indie bookstore, and mutual aid hub in West Side, Jersey City." prisonculture.substack.com/p/prisons-pr...

Prisons, Prose & Protest - #41

Rants, Musings and More

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Everyone keeps trying to appease the nazis by being more like the nazis and all that happens is you get more nazis if only there were some sort of historical precedent for understanding this process

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got some sneak peek photos of my beer can label! 🏳️‍⚧️💙🌸

This is SUCH bullshit.

Karrid 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️@karrid.myatproto.social · yesterday

Well, it appears that, sometime in the last 17 hours, Gwen Pepperoni was suspended for the crime of pointing out Ken Jennings' transphobia.

One of my most popular zines shares the history of the porch goose & showcases the outfits of my mother-in-law's goose: violetbfox.info/goose/ (happy to share pdf with you for review).