dyedgrey @dyedgrey@qoto.org

Courtney Milan tweeted the thread below, with the screenshot, let me give you the call to action: contact your Senators and ask them to pass the bill with 15 or the largest number of sick days/year they can. We do *not* want sick people handling essential infrastructure, we need to avoid a tragedy or long term destruction of the railroad.

https://twitter.com/courtneymilan/status/1598035251544326144

#Unions #WorkersRights #RailroadStrike #CallYourSenators #CalleYourElecteds

Being forced to carry a pregnancy to term is wrong, even if you provide afterwards for the child to be adopted, or give the mother support to or anything after the birth, because being forced to carry a pregnancy to term is wrong in the first place.

Forced birth is involuntary servitude. I’ve been asked many times why I think Republicans want to control people’s bodies or why they won’t support basic needs like healthcare or livable wages. It’s because this is their desired outcome. More poverty is a bonus for them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/29/magazine/teen-pregnancy-abortion-judge.html?unlocked_article_code=kniSZahiq7tkZPw2M6elSrt6T6s8vGb-RFDI5JR-WWM3V8i7xfDezByRGKtsYSn8swrdzIduFM7PJNd7O9iHo1ai8CA7MPqPxCm1_JiRNCQQh9vLVnVelDsrA3no4JKKM8FkWEvJzr7r3_C6CDAsuAxC2M_e_yNPw2DBu3Ld9at2eYA9eq6i1nDEbL0J3A5hMqLyLIkqCpAVix78_OPGIDSL3Hci90LVe7l8arP4KK2OAIWpqWMw1iJ0xd9fX36PeDPYwplE43aRlzsm7lNxi6D1ZPKD6uAbLgtFtf6gkDkV6e23yX0_sP3dHF8gAiOfPmX2pMW-Q03sI3e-fsuzDpZogm8hZPSyIg&smid=share-url

Please, spay and neuter your bigots.

After 14 years of litigation, criminal charges, denials, harrassment of victims, fracking company in Pennsylvania ordered to accept full responsibility for destroying town's water supply, ordered to pay for a whole new water system, ordered to take responsibility for any additional problems for the next 75 years.
#justice #environment #pollution #fracking

https://www.rawstory.com/dimock-pennsylvania/

Acid test for any social network or fedi instance:

If you say "fuck you" to a Nazi, who gets banned?

Fiona Hill says naive Musk is being played by Putin.

“Putin plays the egos of big men, gives them a sense that they can play a role. But in reality, they’re just direct transmitters of messages.."

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/10/17/fiona-hill-putin-war-00061894

@FAIR is here as well! Recommended follow; they're an important media watchdog group. Here's an example of their recent work (content warning: cites several transphobic news stories/op-eds):

https://fair.org/home/its-time-to-hold-news-media-accountable-for-transphobia/

Please only respond if you identify as trans, thank you (boosts welcome)

"I am trans and..."

I love her reminder that rendering something *accessible* isn’t about rendering it simpler, about reducing or essentializing. Instead, making accessible can add complexity and *beauty*, and can take on a proliferation of forms: annotations, transcripts, tactical objects, etc

For me the start of knowing of #FleetwoodMac consciously -- separate from the solo work of #StevieNicks, which I had a better grasp on -- was #Mirage and the first time I heard a new Fleetwood Mac song on the radio in a 'got it, this is them, and this is their new single' was this. #ChristineMcVie cowrote it with Robbie Patton, sang it with Lindsey B, but to my mind it is her song first and foremost. This was the gateway. It was a good one. Still is. RIP indeed. #music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0sha1XfHxw

Apropos of nothing, here's a reminder of a saying in Germany:
"If there's a Nazi at the dinner table and ten other people are sitting there talking to him, eleven Nazis are having dinner together."

For everybody following #BlackMastodon & #BlackFriday,

We still building this young community, gonna take time and a lot of work, but I know there's still people slowly coming this way looking for connections so please Boost AND spread the word so they have an easier time find us. Just tell whoever you can, we out here!

And for people of all complexions that rock with us, we appreciate it, we encourage you to watch and listen and enjoy.

BlackFriday, we own that now!

#1

If you can avoid COVID, avoid it. Especially if you’re already chronically ill.

I know you’re the only one in a mask. I know what the harassment is like when you’re by yourself.

And I’m tell you everything you are doing to protect yourself is worth it and you’re doing the right thing.

Seasonal reminder to NOT donate to the Salvation Army, no matter how much you like the brass band. They have an organisational track record of being homophobic, transphobic and anti-sex worker, and this ideology pervades how they "help" people. Donate your money somewhere else, or better still, directly to homeless people.

Both parts passed the House of Reps today. It now goes to the Senate tomorrow for a vote, and at least 3 GOP senators said they are on board to vote in the 7 paid sick days. Hopefully there are more, it needs at least 60 votes to pass there.

It's

SO

FRUSTRATING

https://www.godlessmom.com/post/here-s-what-happens-in-a-society-that-doesn-t-value-critical-thinking #ConspiracyTheories #Cult #Cults

Give her what she really wants this holiday season. Death to the patriarchy, an ancient tome of curses from the forest witch, the hearts of her enemies, and deep pockets in every dress and pair of pants.

@godlessmom
First rule to #mansplaining:
Don’t