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98% of jews by what measure? now or in 1948?
HappY BirthdaY Walt Simonson!
using the concept of intelligence to distance oneself from others is a eugenics framework. it also just makes more sense to be specific in stating the root of someone’s actions (i.e racism, homophobia, selfishness, under-education, etc.).
I have this open on a tab to help me because I know I will mess up and use one otherwise. I mostly remember to use it when I post. Verbally I’m still working on it. neurodizzy.blog/2020/05/02/w...
Equally important as the ableism is that those words usually reveal a dangerous misunderstanding about why people's actions are selfish/selfless or harmful/constructive. Smart people do good things and dumb people do bad things is as helpful as pretty=good, ugly=bad. And people are rarely clear,
I wouldn’t; I think it says enough that you have to nitpick etymology to justify it.
Yes, I have a transsexual body. Yes, there are things I must do care for it well. But those things are guaranteed by the SAME PRINCIPLE OF BODILY AUTONOMY that we should be fighting for on behalf of the WHOLE community. ALL of us need the freedom to make our own bodies, whatever that means.
I dont care if you're trans. If you start talking about the "essential differences" between people who have and havent started medical transition as an argument to cut those who havent out of the community, you are TALKING TERF SHIT.
Yes!!
Vance follows a coterie of online Nazis on X, has described Curtis Yarvin as a major intellectual influence, and openly attacks immigrants in blood and soil terms. The response of most of the political press? "Doesn't look like anything to me."
Similar feelings about "lame," which is still used to refer to having a locomotive disability (usually with non-humans), but is also perfectly fine to use as a general pejorative. Probably more aware of it since I have such a disability.
The discussions on the right are getting so openly genocidal.
A sitting US congressmen is openly saying this about trans people.
I have a great deal of trouble with this when people are still perfectly happy to throw around the word dumb like it’s fine. Idiot and moron are archaic terms; dumb is still in use by many as a word for non-verbal and yet apparently it’s fine to also use it to mean stupid.
good
Really good point; thank you
All insults directed at someone's lack of intelligence constitute some form of ableism, by way of demeaning a lack of (real or perceived) intelligence. There's no level of cute or clever euphemism that escapes this because the spirit and intent remains the same.
the goodest of girls
That would imply that he bothers to pay close attention to anything.
shitmarmot
This is the sort of thing that is pervasive enough to have to be unlearned, but it's good to do the work to unlearn it.
Yep! I did, and I’m now a) a less shitty person with b) much meaner insults!
also like, when you realize you can call people things like fuckalopes or twatgoblins its just a lot more fun and no antelopes or goblins will be hurt
Yes!!!
I'm doing my best to remove "stupid, moron, crazy, idiot" etc. from my language & one of the fun parts of it is that I carry on coming out with things like "this is LUDICROUS" or "INCREDULOUS" or "astounding!" which makes me feel like a dramatic 50s hollywood darling
so elegant!
From an ethical standpoint, doing otherwise is unacceptable. Since people seem more convinced with expedience these days: inclusion is the cornerstone of effective coalition building.
"Dipshit" is such an evocative term, and rhythmically sound, to boot.
Leftists need to check their ableism in general. If your movement DGAF about accessibility, your movement sucks.
As you’re insulting the short sighted, poorly conceived, and malicious actions of politicians and tech bros: Keep in mind that “moron” and “idiot” are ableist slurs. If you can’t say something mean without equating bad actors to the people they’re harming, shut the fuck up and buy a thesaurus.
🧵 in both directions
ohhh that’s so good. Ours is just coming out of a period in which they ask us to tuck them in by saying “I need to be cozy!”
Mostly they call the nests they make “caroons,” which we think is a bastardization of “cocoon”
“Could you fluffen my nest?” -the toddler, who is beginning to experiment with pillow forts @teaberryblue.net
@mommunism.bsky.social Today we need $55 to feed my children for the next 24 hours. If each person donated $10, it would make a huge difference to my family. We would be very grateful to all of you. gofund.me/8346c1ef
We are Sakher and Reem. Two young people from Gaza who lost almost everything. For nearly two years, our lives have been nothing but war, displacement, hunger, and fear. We lost our home, our safety, our dreams, and the simple right to live like others our age… GFM: gofund.me/459d365f
IMO almost every popular view of gender massively downplays the intensity and virulence of anti-effeminacy as a form of gender violence and prejudice.
Shapeshiftersvt@tumblr > I think Peter Beagle might have been the first person to imply to me that my transition is a gift to others. That living my life fully and honestly is a way of gifting others with something precious and good, something that they can appreciate and remember for decades later.
Ahmed lost his account but he needs to evacuate from the north
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what the notarized hell
Hi did you move your newsletter away from substack? drop it in the replies so people can find you and subscribe! I am big on rewarding good choices
Obligatory repost
Amen
Michelle Obama: kids should have healthier school lunches RFK Jr: maybe if we let the plague run wild we can build a master race Media: wow these are the same thing
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Disabled people are hot and sexy and we deserve to find ourselves in romance and erotica. We're not unfuckable or undesirable, and physical or mental disability does not inherently equate to asexuality, celibacy, or inability to engage with sex and sexual desire We're whole, complex people
"punks not dead" i mumble to myself as i log endless transactions into quickbooks for our annual reporting 😭
Quilt is quilted; now I just have to do the binding, which is the part I’m most anxious about.
signal boost!
They then offered us bone shortcake
If you’ve ever worried whether art matters. It does.
CUNY is chronically underfunded. Our funding comes from both state and city. We would be even more screwed if the faculty and staff were not unionized. Cuomo hated CUNY.
Adham recently saw a close friend shot to death in the killing fields where the US & Israel operate aid traps. He's been on Bluesky since the beginning of Israel's genocidal siege, & has been harassed, suspended, & kicked out by this liberal platform repeatedly. Please help his family survive:
If you see a raccoon out in the daytime, shake the spot. They're nocturnal.
The number of children expected to die from policies that have already been enacted is unimaginable in isolation, even before factoring in the other concurrent and compounding threats from this new epidemiological landscape.
Every evil act this man engages in was enabled by Democrats.
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All basted! Now I just need to, y’know, quilt it.
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Yessssss
yeah
And we all know how Atlantis dealt with Nazis, right, children?
"It’s not just the erasure of bodies; it’s a systematic dismantling of every small thing that makes life feel worth living... These were never just indulgences. They were symbols of safety, of a future, of normalcy. They were signs of life." prismreports.org/2025/08/25/a...
"How are we out here trying to affect and change Black maternal health when you're not supporting the Black providers who are providing ... assistance to these families that we say are most vulnerable?"
My Dinner with Andre: Tokyo Drift
oh, that's lovely! thank you!!
This shirt is not for my ace butt (torso?) but I’m sure it is for someone on Bluesky. www.pagewings.com/products/pag...
I do not!
also i hope this leads to a resurgence of Josie and the Pussycats
Not just fictional ones, though. They should be a Whole Thing.
We finally saw K-Pop Demon Hunters, and I have some THOUGHTS a) it is inordinately charming b) yes the tiger is great BUT THE BIRD c) evil boy band should be a whole music genre
For everyone who’s remarked on the color: the ones you’re seeing are from Schoppel Wunderkleckse, in the color way Shin Kyo Bridge.
oh, my gosh, what a lovely description!
"These past few weeks, more and more children have shared that they wish to be dead." "I wish I were in heaven, where my mother is. In heaven, there is love. There is food and water." "A few kilometres away stand ready a sea of supplies." #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Healthcare #Genocide
supporting independent lefty media and leftist journalists is the only way we counteract the flood of garbage spewing from the right, center, and pseudo-left. it sucks we don’t have access to those unlimited money fountains, but we still gotta keep going
The best villain an Iron Man story can have is usually just Tony Stark himself.
I don’t spider-make the spider-rules
this also goes for cops, nosy neighbors, abusive family, endocrinologists, etc
Ghost Spider or Spider-Woman
Now I just gotta figure out how to price it for events.brooklynpaper.com/event/craft-...
Got a closer-to-color-accurate photo of the shawl.
Even my two-year-old knows that Miles Morales and Peter Parker are both Spider-Man. Adults got no excuse.
I have been saying this for something like 15 years and I am so tired, folks: the tactics. Of the right. Don't work. For the left. Because their politics are divisive and anti-community. Ours aren't. They win when politics is toxic and vicious. We win by building solidarity.
lying to avert the damage of fascism is a moral good, you can use the "it's not even a lie" justification if you need it but it's a very low stakes way to practice lying to low level bureaucrats doing the dirty work of fascism for the state because there's no real penalty for failure
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They’re doing all this to prevent people from MEMORIALIZING A MASS SHOOTING
Maybe that's helping a friend get safely to work and back. Maybe that's introducing yourself at work with your pronouns, even to cis people. We ALL can do something, and the little things add up.
I'm asking each of my followers: Do one thing this weekend to help people affected by the genocides in Occupied Palestine and Sudan, and the ICE raids and genocide against trans people in the US. Maybe that's donating to mutual aid. Maybe that's adding a brand or product to your BDS list.
Hey, I have a new PDF collection out! It's 200 pages long and includes 100 cartoons, plus text pieces and lots of behind-the-scenes art and photos. Everyone who joins my Patreon at the $3 level gets a copy! www.patreon.com/posts/downlo...
Two people to take the Ring to Mordor? I mean
this is Extremely Correct.
Nora is a cool human who makes cool stuff!
I think we’re know why there are so many questions on this test about the reproductive anatomy of children.
Thank you! It’s one of those really soothingly repetitive patterns that nonetheless ends up visually interesting!
Do L.A. people know that you have a photobooth museum in your city? www.photomatica.com/photo-booth-...
this "passion tax" appears all over the place & should be talked about more. you see it in book stores and game stores all the time excitement for particular work is constantly weaponized to depress wages & pit workers against each other
We made our goal, with about two weeks left to go! Please continue to support us, because that means I can hire more fabricator labor which means I will personally have time to build very small and indulgent pieces of furniture. www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
in her flip flops!! i love women