Not Going To Tag Anyone Because I Don't Know Anyone On Here Yet But... Here Goes :)

being called “baby” is dangerous it’s like my heart explodes 100 times

I am already seeing y'all fucking make excuses not to vote if Kamala Harris is nominated so let's clear shit up real quick:

Number one: Harris has a harsher tone on Israel, and has demonstrated more willingness than Biden to push for the halt of all offensive weaponry aid to Israel if they continue their no-holds-barred assault on Palestine, and has been far more critical of their blocking of humanitarian aid. She also states support for a two party solution, but you will be hard fucking pressed to find any major candidate willing to say they want to help abolish Israel outright to the general public. While Biden has closer ties with Israel, Harris has more personal leanings on American progressives than anything else, and is far more likely to listen to criticism on the subject of Palestine. She demonstrates better diplomacy toward even countries we are not currently allied with and is in general, more likely to push for humanitarian change, she's objectively the best bet for both winning the election and getting reform on the Israeli bombardment of Palestine.

Number two: Harris is not fucking transphobic. The actions of the state attorney general office and state of California corrections, to deny transgender inmates gender reassignment surgery, was not her personal choice, she was a lawyer requires to do her job as a lawyer, she was not involved in writing the original briefing that used transphobic language or minimized the necessity of gender affirming care to inmates, in fact her involvement at later stages is part of what removed a lot of the repugnancy of the arguments and she was personally delighted when the settlement led to the state considering providing gender affirming surgery to inmates who are recommended for it. Similar is true of other stories like this as well. In general she's been a strong ally to the LGBTQ+ community, especially the T, she's responsible for making "trans panic" a non viable defense for the murder and assault of trans people in the state of California, helped toss a bathroom bill, created an act to hold law enforcement responsible for harassment and negligence toward trans individuals, and was a key player in altering title IX to include protections against discrimination for Gender Identity. Any attempts to paint her as having mixed or bad policy toward trans people is actively an attempt to dissuade you from voting for her, and should be analyzed incredibly critically.

Shut the fuck up already. Vote.

this reminds me of that one post i saw forever ago about how hope is not ethereal and fragile, hope has had her face on the steering wheel of her car for the last ten minutes - but she gets up anyway, even though it's hard.

right now, everything feels big and scary and impossible. we can't change that. we can't go back in time and do something drastic, can't stop our country from electing a malignant man-child to office - again. but we can change small things, and make our new, terrifying reality a little bit better.

so yeah, do something small for yourself today. do something small for someone else. remind yourself that there are still good people out there, and you know that because you are one.

nothing is okay right now. but one day, this too will pass.

you know what. piss off someone who voted red and have a fantastic day. do the productive thing that you have been putting off. put away that thing in your room you’ve been walking past for the last three weeks. throw out the expired food in your fridge. make yourself a cute little drink. brush your hair. send an email. call that person back. eat a snack. go on a walk. open your mail. fold your laundry. hope is only dead if you let it die.

WAIT REALLY

oh i hope this is true!!!!

*cries in happiness*

LETS FUCKING GO MY LESBIAN (COMFORT) WITCHES ARE SO BACK

hey so is there a country that is as far as physically possible from america, and has a fairly easy naturalization process? (or visas lasting for at least 4 years)

asking for a friend ;)

Listening closely is one of the most valuable gifts we can give to another human being.

Dave Isay

oh yeah i'm a little late to this but! my school had a freaking bomb threat on election day - we were in lockdown for like 3 hours - and it didn't even fully register?

we were all just like "yeah this tracks" because it felt just like normal election day things

fun fact! there is a problem with that!!

Nothing says "Healthy and Functional Democracy" like an entire nation being gripped by dread because it's an election day.

Computer science is such a joke. In what other field could you say "make sure the slurm daemon is active" in a professional context

I replied to your message in my head several days ago did you not get it

not aubrey and patti having matching necklaces 😭 my heart