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Nobody wants to admit ageism is a real thing but if you like look around at how (capitalist) society treats the elderly it's kind of insane actually. Especially if you take into account intersections of misogyny and racism & how nearly all of them are disabled in some way. Some ostensibly progressive white kid will be talking about "ugh I hate old people" cause they think they're all bigots or whatever but you gotta stop projecting your issues with, like, uncle dale being weird at thanksgiving dinner. Yknow. Old people are just people who got older

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if you're waking up like me thinking "where do we even go from here?"

you:

build community & involve yourself locally

learn self sustainability skills

choose kindness

protect others & yourself

join or build a mutual aid group and/or network

find time for small joys (the arts, cooking a meal you love, spending time with loved ones, etc.)

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i comprehend all the problems this will cause and everything but to be clear if the last 4 years taught me anything its that the vast vast majority of the problems would still be there either way. so it sucks but also like yuuupppp we still got obligation to dismantle the empire tomorrow just like we did yesterday

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Yoshi (Low Poly) from Super Smash Bros. Melee

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The only way out is through.

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Information on DIY HRT, in case anyone needs it.

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Debra Broz

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Hey, I'm Walking Here!

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NEW !!! SNAKE DISCOVERED

ITS CALLED THE LIMESTONE EYELASH PIT VIPER. THAT iS SO CUTE. ITS SO PRETTY

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crazy how only one bathroom bill happened during the Trump administration plus it was repealed whilst he was still president, but during Biden’s tenure as president, there have been ten entirely new bathroom bills & absolutely zero effort to stopping them. the Biden/Harris administration doesn’t care about trans people. under Biden’s tenure, it became illegal to be publicly transgender in ten fucking states. because that’s what a bathroom bill is, let’s be real.

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literally stop saying shit like "this post is like an iceberg passing by" "what spaces are you people IN" "sounds like you need to curate your dash better" "people SAY that??" etc. etc. when people talk about bigotry i know i've said this before but i'm going to keep bitching about it until you dumb fuckers learn to exhibit literally any amount of tact or sympathy instead of doing this bizarre unfunny victim-blamey "i'm so innocent special i've never even Noticed bigotry" schtick on every marginalized person's post that makes you even a little bit uncomfortable

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Brown House Snake (Boaedon capensis), family Lamprophiidae, Springbok, Northern Cape, South Africa

photograph by Chad Keates

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none of those words are in the voynich manuscript

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btw something im working on learning is that disabled is something that im allowed to be in public.

im allowed to lay down on the living room floor if im in middle of a conversation & enjoying it but feeling too lightheaded to sit up. im allowed to sit at the table to do meal prep and to sit on a stool at the stove to cook. im allowed to use my cane while i run errands.

if people are uncomfortable with my disabled existence, it’s their responsibility to work on that, it’s not my responsibility to try to hide my disability from the view of abled people.

i shouldn’t be relegated to my bedroom or to my house or to places where no one else will be just to have accommodations. im allowed to just exist & not have to pretend to be able bodied for the comfort & convenience of others.

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here's what we know so far