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meret118:

biglawbear:

satanfemme:

this legislative session, 12 anti-trans bills were introduced in virginia. 3 were intended to ban trans healthcare, 4 were forced-outing bills, and 5 would have banned trans people from sports. these are the same kinds of bills we’ve been watching pop up country-wide. but as of this morning (2/16/23) all 12 were defeated. it’s obviously the bare minimum to ask for from a government, but it should still be celebrated. so many of us in virginia have been holding our breathes for weeks, and the relief we felt today was notable.

things feel grim right now, but there are still people out here fighting tooth and nail to keep our family safe, and we are loved, so there’s your good news for the day

As a Virginian, there’s a big reason for this: Democrats control the State Senate by a thin margin, 22-18. Even though there’s a Republican Governor and House pushing this, Democrats kill these bills in committee in the Senate.

The House is only 52-48 Republican. Elections are always very close in Virginia.

This is important because Virginia has odd year elections. The entire State Senate and House are up for election this year.

Vote on November 7, 2023 to make sure these bills stay dead.

Register to vote!!

Please remember that in the US, you really do only have the choice of two political parties, even if third ones surface every now and then.

One of them is wildly imperfect and politically to the right of many tumblr folks, including myself.

The other is a far-right death cult.

Please don’t let moral purity politics keep you from voting. Please understand, given our stupid, broken system, that a protest vote is effectively a vote for the far-right death cult.

rxselixn:

bootyisagirlsbestfriend:

patrick.

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Forgot this important piece of information

bunchashapes:

bunchashapes:

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[person whose only exposure to media is furry inflation fetish art] “getting some real furry inflation fetish art vibes from this…”

archdemoning:

afloweroutofstone:

Michigan Democrats have had a truly incredible afternoon: they’ve ended the state’s anti-union “right to work” law, repealed an abortion ban from 1931, enacted universal background checks on gun sales, and passed an LGBTQ anti-discrimination law. All in the last 24 hours

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thebitchofadeadpoet:

oarfjsh:

aurpiment:

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Shout out to the ten primate species, four bat species, elephant shrews, and the Cairo spiny mouse. Nobody else gets it

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here you are sweetie

urlocalbitchboy:

urlocalbitchboy:

Shoutout to the bitches that still follow me after I switch up my hyperfixation every 4 months, y'all are the real OGs, here’s a king sized candy bar

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Ohohohoho!! Allow me!

lemonsweetie:

Example of Star Trek Addressing Social Issues - Mental Illness 

This scene got me right in the gut when I first saw it. It was revealed earlier in the episode that Garak suffers from extreme claustrophobia, experiencing a severe attack just a few scenes before this one. I was already expecting Martok and Worf to dismiss Garak’s mental illness, especially because the Klingon Empire prides its people on physical strength. I was waiting for them to call him a coward, not “getting over it” like I’ve heard so many times in my own life about mental illness. But as seen above that’s not what happened, the exact opposite does. Its moments like this that make me love Star Trek, even for all its flaws. Sometimes I get to see past my conditioned reaction of the worst, and get to see the best in people instead.

TDLR; Star Trek may be about aliens in the future, but it connects to me on a human level - more than most modern shows do today. 

spookberry:

Magical girl series where the lead naturally has pink hair but every time she transforms it becomes like a normal shade of brown