Yer Mothra

@yermothra.bsky.social

forget half full; the glass is poisoned.

Us Weirdos always knew they'd come for us Weirdos because they've always been coming for us. Now they're just saying it loud & in public & in power. What fringe/marginalized group has been surprised by any fucking thing we've witnessed the last decade? Why do you think it's us Weirdos out there?

I cannot believe people are acting like Platner wasn't an obviously gigantic POS since he started talking in public. I'm serious. I should be in charge. Put me.the.fuck in charge. I have been banging this frigging drum from the get. Fucking fuck.

BREAKING: On the 39th anniversary of the founding of ACT UP, protestors have shut down traffic outside Grand Central demanding “Money for AIDS and healthcare, not for ICE and warfare.”

A young person just asked what kind of YouTube videos I watched. They seemed perplexed when I said I don't really watch YouTube. Then they seemed more confused when I followed up with, "Well, I do watch beekeeping videos...or I look up how to do different projects around the house."

"This decision will jeopardize maps for congressional seats, state legislatures, city councils, school boards – every level at which communities of color have fought for true representation," writes @slakin.bsky.social.

Activists paid for the Voting Rights Act in blood. The supreme court has undermined it | Sophia Lin Lakin

I was a lead attorney in the Callais case. The court’s decision will silence the voices of communities of color

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Every time I see someone talk about Claude I think about how they switched from female to male names as soon as they wanted the robots to seem like experts vs personal assistants.

For years, Monet feared eye surgery more than blindness. 🏥 At age 82, cataracts had clouded his vision so badly that he finally agreed to operations. The surgery restored much of his sight—but left him seeing the world with a bluish tint.

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No law enforcement officer operating in Connecticut—federal, state, or local—can wear a mask on duty. ICE and CBP agents have to show their faces and badges. And when an officer assaults someone recording them, commits false imprisonment, false arrest, or malicious prosecution, they lose immunity.

Connecticut Just Told Masked ICE Agents to Show Their Faces

SB00397 bars masks on every officer in the state, forces feds to show badges, and opens state courts to sue them. A first in the country.

substack.com

Love it when I have to draw for work, but my cervical stenosis has other plans, BUT my work is due-due* so I just need to suck it the fuck up and get shit done. Couldn't start until I bitched to The Void about it first, though. *laugh at poop joke.

My latest. I’ve been watching the media coverage of the murders of Dr. Cerina Fairfax and Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer. One way media can fight back against male violence: If you kill your wife, you don’t get to be called a “husband” any more. You’re her killer. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

If you kill your wife, you don't get to be a husband anymore

Some lessons from the media coverage of Dr. Cerina Fairfax and Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer's murders.

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Stevens to RFK Jr: "To top it off, Mr Secretary, I got a copy of HR-944. You know what it is? It's your impeachment articles, sir. You have abused your office, you have gutted America's public health! You should be ashamed."