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The thing they don't tell you about getting really into one specific historical period is that very quickly every conversation turns into an attempt to avoid sounding like the "horribly wet in wexford today but not as bad as in the 690s" tweet

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today you, tomorrow me.

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fellow Americans what the hell do we do now???

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in 2004 george w bush won the presidential election and promised in his acceptance speech to codify a federal ban on gay marriage. 30 states passed bans on gay marriage in the wake of his re-election. and then they fell. one by one by one. it has to get worse before it gets better.

queers. trans people especially. our attitude for the next decade has to be “we’re not fucking scared of you”. do you understand? this has always been at the core of who we are and what we do. we fucking move. we take up space or carve out our own with our bare hands. we take care of us.

do you know the other queers in your neighborhood? do you know who you can call at a bad time? do you know whose house you can crash at? do you know where you can go for a free meal? do you know where you can bring meals to the hungry? do you know the LGBT resources available in your area? do you know the informed consent clinics in your area?

do you know how DIY HRT works? do you know and have friends who don’t? do you know our history? have you read the works of james baldwin and leslie feinberg? are you equipped with knowledge about the forces that work against us? do you understand dialectical materialism? do you know what to say if stopped by the police? do you know what good opsec is? are your legal documents in order? do you know how to get them in order?

scream, cry, rot in your bed, do whatever you need to do to process this, then find something to do. do not fall into despair. in the face of extermination say “fuck you.”

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To all the trans people who see this tonight, no matter what happens, we will survive. Trans people will still be here 4 years from now and 10 years from now and 100 years from now and tomorrow. We have always existed and we always will. The world cannot unlearn about us; we are too public, too loud, too beloved, too present. Ill be here tomorrow. Please stay here with me.

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Reblog for a miracle to happen tonight

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If you are an American citizen, this is the day you vote for the whole world

Democracy is standing on a precipice, and what happens tonight in the US may strengthen or destroy everything the LGBTQ movement has achieved world wide so far.

For those who are not American and continue to believe in compassion and the respect for diversity, what is happening in the US is a nightmare.

If America falls to the Fascists, the chances of protecting LGBTQ and other marginalized groups in the rest of the world becomes smaller. That is why any sane, open minded and compassionate American with the right to vote must go out and vote today (unless they have already done so).

The last time we saw something similar, in the 1930s and the 1940s, democracy prevailed in the US, which meant that the country could play an important role in the defeat of Fascism in Europe and Asia.

If Trump and his racist, homophobic, transphobic, misogynistic and xenophobic tribe win tonight, Vladimir Putin will be encouraged to attack more in Europe. He is now actively persecuting queer and trans people in Russia.

Extremists in countries like France and Germany will intensify their attempts at turning back the clock, and more moderate politicians will find it "sensible" to make compromises with the extremists, selling out trans and queer people in the process.

You do not have to agree with the Democrats to vote for them. You do not have to love Kamala Harris to vote blue. But if you want to take part in an open and fair election ever again (and in that way open the door to constructive change in the future) you have to vote.

You will be voting for all of us.

J Molay

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she is going home to make soup. (via)

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Literal definition of spyware:

Also From Microsoft’s own FAQ: "Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers. 🤡

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Literal definition of spyware:

Also From Microsoft’s own FAQ: "Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers. 🤡

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Hahahaha

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Hahahaha

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On top of the Yankees field cat there was a praying mantis on top of the nationals players hat tonight. Huge night in baseball

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:/

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A few Harris memes to enjoy while you cook your pets, guillotine your newborns and schedule your prison sex change.