#push back

[echovale052]

KOSA IS BACK PLEASE SIGN THE PETITIONS. Conservatives are trying really hard to push for KOSA (a bill that will censor all LGBT activity online) to be put onto the end of the end of year spending bill

@fullhalalalchemist (credits for the original post I couldn’t find it anywhere but Reddit, I’ll reblog it if I do)

Below is a direct link to one of the petitions it takes less than a minute (and there are resources to call your representatives with scripts)

[wherepond]

Anonymous warns MAGA

Anonymous issues dire warning to MAGA

Trump's & DOGE's actions cancelling oversight systems, checks & balances, security systems, etc resulted in chaos & loopholes.

Anonymous threatens to take advantage of the security breaches if Americans don't resist, rise up & push back against MAGA.

[gallifreyriver]

H.R. 22: SAVE Act

This is a call to action for you to call your reps and tell them to vote NO on House Resolution 22, aka the SAVE Act.

So what is the SAVE Act and why is it bad?

The SAVE act would require documentary proof of citizenship (such as a birth certificate, drivers license, or passport) in person, to register to vote.

Not only would this prevent people from being able to register to vote by mail and eliminate the ability to register to vote online (a service 42 states rely on btw). But this would also heavily affect anyone who changed their name, such as trans individuals or anyone who changed their name when they got married, because for people who lack passports (which is about half of US Americans) any mismatch between your birth certificates and IDs would present problems with registration. [ X ]

Right now the bill has only been introduced to the House. Bills must be passed by both the House and Senate and then be signed by the President to become law.

We want this to die before it ever gets to the Senate, so please contact your Reps and tell them to vote NO House Resolution 22, aka the SAVE Act. I recommend using 5calls.org if the thought of a phone call makes you nervous. You just plug in your info and the issue you're concerned about and 5calls brings up your reps and their numbers as well as script you can use if you don't know what to say.

Faxzero.com also makes contacting your reps easy, by allowing you to send up to 5 free faxes a day! Just find your rep and write what you want them to be faxed (even if that involves just copying 5calls script, or telling your reps that if they don't vote NO on this bill then you will vote NO on them in their next primary.)

And don't underestimate the power of an email! Usa.gov is good resource to find your reps contact information, and democracy.io is a basic web site that makes it easier for people to send email to their representatives. Again, if you don't know what to say just copy the script from 5calls- or even a simple "Vote NO on House Resolution 22, aka the SAVE Act." is honestly fine.

Hell, do all three if you really want to send a message. The more feedback our reps receive the better.

I'll update this post later if the status of this bill changes, but for now get out there and contact your reps!

[jessiarts]

please don't comply in advance.

we are where we are right now because over the years we all just kept complying with seemingly "minor inconveniences" and other increasingly shitty things-

your parents did it, your grandparents did it, fuck- we're all guilty of it. every single one of us. because more often than not we just didn't know any better- we didn't know we could say no and that our decisions had any impact.

shit like credit scores, and junk mail, and ads creeping into every facet of our lives, and everything becoming subscriptions, and corporations artificially inflating their prices. like frogs in a boiling pot we just let it happen because we either didn't know we could push back, or we were too young to have a voice.

and now there's shit like banned books, removal of DEI, the erasure of "T" from "LGBT," ice raids and companies literally handing over their workers to ice, and more and more shit that just keeps getting worse.

but we know better now. we're older now. we all know better now.

so please, stop fucking complying. for the love of any gods that may or may not exist, push back

[oddlittlestories]

Foreman

Okay y'all I don't know if this is anything but here's the first inkling of a read on Foreman, cause I've done it for almost everyone and he needs it next

All the characters have masks they wear, but for the most part, it's driven by things they believe and/or fear.

With Foreman, it's more like he has a veneer. He puts on this veneer of a "nice, good guy" or who he thinks a "nice, good guy" is, and then fails to live up to it because he's not what he perceives as good.

In some ways, it's like Wilson's pretending to his ex-wives of him being a "good guy" or "knight in shining armor," because he can't keep it up. But with Wilson, we see very little of it because he isn't that way with House, and isn't really that way with Cuddy either. In contrast, Foreman is that way a lot, until he screws it up because that isn't who he really is.

Poor Foreman. Who told you nice is good?

[xisuzux]

[heart-songs]

between the hours of blood rush and burnt coffee our little universe e x p a n d s

for a time we choose to ignore the allotment of quiet light where shadows sometimes bloom into half-truths. the stress fractures bedframes withstand while cradling our restless desire. the secret lives of tongues, teeth, and gums condensing twenty-six letters into just two. then one. the inert friction of tumbling heart-first into utter unknowns. the soured morning breath of regret

we prefer to overlook. we scatter pieces of ourselves across the thicket of apartment floors. we answer the ache in our bellies with hips that do not question. fumbling fingers string pearls of sweat onto spinal cords, waistlines, and necks. jelly wobbles the hollows of knees. we make shapes with our mouths that do not resemble the last impression we had of each other. we let the shushing of sheets lull our tangled bones into stillness. we make sense of everything. until there is nothing left to do but feel for the edges of the sun and push back.

- Cora Finch

[ladypilotuniform]

Final checks

[shinyobservationtree]

Nonbinary isn't like. Gender Lite. Bisexual isn't like, Sexuality Lite. It's not "disappointing" or a "cop out" of "better" queer representation. Just a reminder.

[spacevixenmusic]

Source: F-Zero: GP Legend [2003]

[runalongprincevaliant]

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[b0bthebuilder35]

[ranthaven]

Excellent post! Thank you for sharing!!

Ok so my kid had an ear infection, right? As kids often do.

The doctor scraped out a bit of earwax to have a better look inside.

I was sent a bill for $200 PER EAR for this 5 second procedure which I did not give permission for them to do.

That was key- they did not ASK me if they could do this "procedure". And, as I OWN a medical practice (it's me. The medical practice is me, sitting in my house on video calls) I knew to call them when this bill came in to be like "You did not obtain informed consent for this procedure, and it was not en emergency procedure. You had full ability to gain my consent and didn't. I'm not paying."

And the massive hospital who owned the bill said "yuh-huh you do have to pay."

And I said "I own a practice. I know these laws. I do not owe you money for this."

And they conducted an "internal review" and SURPRISE! Decided I totally owed them money and they had never done anything wrong ever.

And so I called my state's Attorney General office, and explained the situation because, as I mentioned, I know the law. The AG got in touch within a couple days to say they were taking the case and would send the massive hospital conglomerate a knock it off, guys letter.

Lo and Behold, today I have a letter where said hospital graciously has agreed to forfeit the payment.

"How not to get screwed over by companies" should be part of civics class.

Know your rights and know who to call when they're infringed on. This whole process cost me $0 and honestly less effort than I would have expected.

May this knowledge find its way to someone else who can use it.

[mona-tan]

[Random Sketch] one of the (very) few things that i actually love about my job at the airport is watching the vehicles that drive around on the ramp. one of my personal favs (aside from the airplanes of course) are the pushback tractors. there's just something amazing about a vehicle so small that it can push and pull something as massive (or even sometimes bigger) as a 300+ seater boeing or airbus.

[laromp3]

Push Back - Ne-Yo, Bebe Rexha, Stefflon Don