I Really Think Everyone Needs To Truly Internalize This:

Israel has been screaming its genocidal intention and sees no reason to stop doing so. The way this has been shamelessly ignored and projected to Hamas in defiance of reality has been beyond bewildering and infuriating.

The Internet Archive is under attack by corporations seeking to wrest more and more of our fair use rights, our public spaces and our communities from the public good. The Archive was recently forced into a settlement for scanning and digitizing legally purchased books. They are now facing a $325 million lawsuit for accepting donations of old 78 RPM historical music records that were digitized by volunteers. The goal is not only to stop the distribution of these works, but to create new legal precedents that make it illegal to preserve or archive for any reason. This will have a significant impact on our culture, our communities, and our future

Here is how you can help them

1. Use The Internet Archive Site

2. Save websites via "Save Page Now" browser tool

3. Become a patron to get a free "library card"

4. Curate & Upload to the Archive

5. Tell People That the Internet Archive Exists

6. Browse The Many, Many Collections

7. Take care of yourself and the people you care about

(Link will take you to a blog article that goes into these suggestions in detail)

gender and sexuality is a fickle thing. sometimes two gay cisgender men will be dating for decades and one of them will turn out to be a transgender woman. a lot of times that won't work out but sometimes it will. her partner may still choose to identify as gay. She might even identify as gay, and they continue to be happily in love. Queer politics isn't going to get any better if you don't accept that situations like that happen every day.

Antis who use "digital footprint" as a comeback when they realize that no college or job is going to want someone who dehumanizes someone for what they enjoy in fiction, and would much rather take the comshipper who doesn't take everything they see on the internet to heart

Disability Scoop

Biden Administration Proposes Rule To Curb Disability Discrimination In Health Care

Federal officials are proposing new regulations prohibiting medical providers from discriminating against people with disabilities and setti

“This historic proposed rule will advance justice for people with disabilities and help ensure they are not subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving funding from HHS just because they have a disability.”

yemen is the poorest nation in the arab world. but in two weeks time, it did what no oil or gas- rich arab nation could do. by seizing three ships and costing i****l more than 2 billion by forcing its ships to go around africa, yemen showed up.

"Do people really ship..." yes.

"Is there anyone who actually likes..." yes.

"Do people actually do..." yes, yes and yes. The answer is always yes. There's always going to be at least one person into that "weird" stuff you cringe about. Get over it or cry about it.

*t4t’s your fictional couple*

god gives his most specific, hard to explain genders to his strongest dykes

Shout out to Linda. The he/him asexual woman from my psychology quiz from a few years ago