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man, fuck the gop. fuck transphobia, fuck fascism, i'm so tired

Kansas is set to invalidate about 1,700 driver's licenses held by transgender residents and roughly as many of their birth certificates.

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Kansas has sent a letter to each of their trans residents saying they are suspending their drivers licenses, effective today (February 26th), with no grace period for updating credentials. It directs trans people to go to a DMV to surrender their old license and be issued a new one that shows their sex as the one assigned at birth. (Though they can’t drive themselves to the DMV because, y’know, their drivers licenses are suspended.)

Text of the full letter available here.

They are doing this the extra cruel way on purpose. If they knew which people to send this letter to, then they could have just as easily just automatically mailed them replacement licenses. But forcing them to make arrangements to travel to a DMV, present themselves in person (to be potentially humiliated/deadnamed by the DMV employees to their faces), and to be unable to drive themselves to their work/school in the interim, are all just ways of making this process even harder. And because there’s a National Driver Register database that lists individual drivers’ status and history information, it’s not necessarily even as simple as just moving to a different state and get a new license issued there, because it will presumably show their previous license as being suspended.

Someone has been comparing this to the day in 1938 when the German government invalidated all German passports held by Jewish people, forcing them to surrender their old passports and instead have passports stamped with a “J” for Jewish on them.

For trans people, carrying an ID that misgenders them opens them to intrusive questions, harassment, and even violence.

There’s a nonprofit in Colorado, the Trans Continental Pipeline, that helps queer people relocate from unaccepting/unsafe states to Colorado. Colorado shares a border with Kansas, and is the closest blue state. Apparently they are getting overwhelmed with requests. If you have spare money to donate, now seems like a good time. If you’re in Colorado and have time to volunteer, their volunteer form is here.

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There is also an organization in Seattle called Project Open Arms that does similar work in helping people relocate!

daytimemin

KOSA HEARING & THE END OF YEAR

We're quickly approaching the end of the year. I believe after they return from the November break, Congress will be in session for about 3 weeks before they leave again for their Christmas/New Year's Break.

But this means they are now trying to push their own ambitious pieces of legislation to make themselves look good and like they've done something and to please lobbyist.

On December 2nd, the Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce plan to have a hearing to introduce a package of harmful internet bills, which include KOSA and other age-verification bills.

Though this is only a hearing and is just the first step of trying to pass any of these possible 19 bills (in the package), we MUST get ahead of this and start calling, emailing, and faxing our representative ASAP.

There are also RUMORS (not concrete and we don't know if this would happen, don't panic) of an age-verification bill being added to an end-of-year defense spending package. Again, this is a rumor and we don't know if this would actually happen, but it is something else to mention as we reach out, tell them about how harmful these bills are and how they should not be added to an end-of-year bill. This move seems controversial and may work in our favor of creating infighting and disagreements, but regardless please call your representatives, House Leadership, and members of the Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade subcommittee and House Energy and Commerce committee as we approach December 2nd and their Christmas break.

KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a fr

All of the bad internet bills. One website.

The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with th

Send a fax to anywhere in the U.S. or Canada for free.

Call Script on Page 2! Resources For Learning about KOSA Petitions: STOP KOSA Tell Congress: KOSA Will Censor the Internet But Won't Help

House lawmakers are preparing to unveil a package of legislation aimed at improving safety and privacy for children online as early as next

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Call Today! Week of Action: KOSA vote tomorrow Dec2! Bad Internet bills

This is going to be a very all hands on deck week

⭐Right off the bat, tomorrow Dec 2 ,2205 the House subcommittee on Commerce, Manufactoring, and Trade is holding a hearing to most likely pass the 19-bill package on KOSA & other age verification bills. It will most likely either go to the full house vote after and/OR an attempt to add it to the NDAA. It is VERY IMPERATIVE that we make as much noise as possible ASAP about this and make as many calls to the members of this committee as possible.

We would really appreciate if someone could compile a list of important people here. But in all honesty just call as many people as possible today. Bonus if you can call them all. It won't even take an hour. Use our updated call script here, Feel free to a shorten the message

Call Script on Page 2! Resources For Learning about KOSA Petitions: STOP KOSA Tell Congress: KOSA Will Censor the Internet But Won't Help

You can see subcommittee members here ()(or below cut) Contact info can be found by clicking on the portraits in the link below

The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with th

My own personal call scripts below the cut!

⭐ It is a week of action against digital IDs and age verification. (From Fight for the Future). Spend a lot of time today reaching out to influencers and big accts and talking about age verification. Go to this website for more info

https://www.stoponlineidchecks.org

Kat Cammack phone ontact is not on link but own website has her multiple office numbers

Daren Soto’s office only takes calls from constituents

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"Hope in the Dark: A Plea for Survival"

I am the original owner of the fundraising campaign for my son's treatment. Unfortunately, the campa… ana lyan needs your support for Save

I am the original case owner for my son's treatment, and unfortunately, the campaign created specifically for this purpose was hijacked A person I thought was trustworthy created the campaign in his name, under the pretext of helping me, but he seized everything without handing over any of the donations. I currently have no official proof, but I can confirm that I did not benefit from these donations in any way, and my son still desperately needs treatment I am a mother, and I appeal to you with great pain and need. My family is facing great danger due to the devastating war that has destroyed everything around us in Gaza. The entire infrastructure has collapsed, and there is no safe place to live. We are in desperate need of your help during these difficult moments My son Adam is suffering from serious health conditions, and we urgently need medical treatment for him. The health situation in Gaza is dire, food is contaminated, and proper medical care is not available. We ask for your help in securing treatment for my son Adam, who is facing severe health issues due to pollution We are reaching out to all humanitarian organizations, international bodies, and individuals capable of offering support to help us leave Gaza and provide us with a safe shelter away from the danger of war. All we ask for is a safe place for our children. This is our only chance to survive in these harsh conditions We kindly request your assistance in evacuating our family to a safe place, providing healthy food, and offering treatment for our children. Our lives are in your hands now. We beg you to give us a chance to survive in this catastrophic situation. https

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This is my friend rimas, I hope you can help her. (Documentation by me)

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If you’d like to support kids who need presents and basic necessities for Christmas, please keep reading! Reblogs are appreciated!

Hi, as you may know my name is Bunni! I usually write fictional romance between humans and monsters, but I also run a small Etsy business!

For the month of November and December, I will take $1 from every keychain and 30¢ from every sticker sale I make and put it towards my local angel tree. I am already putting $200 of my own money in.

I’ve had a terrible year, and if you’re following me you all know that. I want to turn my bad year into a good one by helping out the less fortunate and letting children in my area know they are cared for.

Many parents are focused on simply feeding their children this year and can’t afford gifts or basic hygiene products. That’s why a local thrift store is hosting an angel tree. We’re not only giving presents, but also basic needs like clothing, toiletries, and sanitary products.

I am just one person, so I need your help to do this. $200 is an entire month’s salary from Etsy. It’s all I can currently give, but I want to do so much more.

I sell Black Butler, One Piece, Tokyo Mew Mew, Hunter x Hunter, JJK, Chainsaw Man, Attack on Titan, and Deltarune merch currently.

If you can’t buy anything, I understand, but reblogging, going to my Etsy and following my store, simply favoriting a listing you like or adding it to your cart can help!

https://bunnismonsters.etsy.com

rehamyasirr

Emergency, read my story and help me ‼️

Please Replog Or Donate For My Family and my cat 🐈💔🙏

I am reham, his condition, and all the families of Gaza are very difficult, they do not have the necessities of life, no medicine, no food, no health, no education, nothing but death and destruction I appeal to everyone who sees my campaign to stand by my family, Whether by donating or sharing the story with your friends to raise an amount that will help my family get out of Gaza safely 💔🍉

I am a nurse at Nasser and Al-Khair Hospital in Khan Yunis I also used to work for Dentist K But at the present time, I have lost my job, which was a source of income for me and my family in the past, and now all I will have left is the donation link that I made in order to help my family, about thousands.But it takes time I hope to achieve the goal of my campaign.

I also want to do charitable work and spread the first aid course to children and women because we really need that urgently at the present time because of this war and genocide that we are exposed to.I lost my brother because of this war, and I really miss him. The loss is painful.

My mother is sick and needs treatment, and my little brother, whose name is Ali, suffered from jaundice due to the food contamination to which we were exposed. Your donation, I use it for my family and provide them with healthy food.

I have been afflicted with a great emptiness and depression because of his distance from me. I hope you pray for him too, may God have mercy on him. 💔🥺🙏

Donate 5$ enough the change my life

instagram account @rehamoyasir .

Verified link 👇

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rehamyasirr

We're so close to the goal ! Drop what you can now or share! I'm proud of you, my friends ! 💪🏻🔥🔥🔥

Only need 1200€ separates us from the end

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If you have the means to donate gifts to toy drives or shelters, please keep the above tips in mind so you can help meet people’s wants and needs! 💓

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thecheatinghomunculus

from today's entry:

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I am homeless now and it is very cold

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The war has ended, but our home was completely destroyed, and my family has nowhere to stay we have truly become homeless. I’m trying to find an apartment to rent, but the monthly rent exceeds $500, which I simply cannot afford

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If you are living in a warm home that shelters you and your family, please remember that there are people who have become homeless and have no shelter from the harsh winter cold. They are asking for your help even a small donation can make a big difference in providing a monthly rent for a place to stay Please don’t hesitate to donate. Any amount, no matter how small, will help me a lot.

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help out Zeina if you can! even a little goes a long way. just because the ceasefire has been declared doesn't mean there aren't still people who need help!

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do men have resting bitch faces as well or do they not have negative characteristics ascribed to them for putting on a neutral rather than a deliriously happy facial expression

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Yes, Black men in majority white spaces do. If I don’t smile every single second of the day my coworkers become in intimidated and start asking me what’s wrong, telling me to smile, make jokes about how I’m trying to be a thug/act hard, why am I angry, etc. And it’s not just white men at my job God FORBID I my large Black ass makes a white girl feel threaten because I’m sitting down with a neutral expression.

I’m not trying to take this post away from women and make it about Black men but I want to point out that wether it’s patriarchy or white supremacy; those who feel as if they have power over you HATE to see you not smile. They are so used to people like you smiling to gain their approval that when you don’t there’s a cognitive dissonance that makes them extremely uncomfortable.

That’s why “angry Black women” is a thing. They have to put on a smile for everyone (yes even feminist white women) or we all get uncomfortable.

naamahdarling

This is such an amazing response.

stuckinapril

somebody get that girl a large sized beverage before she loses it completely

flowersfromunderground

Be yourself so ppl looking for u can find u

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sisyphusshrugged

rogue-ai-cat

The thing is, even if you were lucky and your parents taught you how to clean, they probably didn't teach you how to clean the stuff you clean stuff with, like brushes, mops, sponges, rags, and so on. Or how to clean your cleaning appliances, like a dish washer, clothes washing machine, and clothes dryer and its ducts (if you have a ducted dryer), or a carpet cleaner, vacuum, Or how to clean up clean messes, like spilled bleach or detergent.

My parents threw away all of these things (even the vacuum cleaners and the dryer) when they got too dirty to function, because no one even told them THAT they could be cleaned. Cost them thousands of dollars over the years.

All I'm saying is that cleaning is not intuitive, and not knowing how to clean is not a moral failing, but it is something you can learn.

I'm going to reblog this post with resources for learning how to clean things and how to clean cleaning things (I'm not at my desk at the moment). If you have any favorites, please feel free to add them in too!

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I like this video because it does a great job of introducing the basic foundations of house cleaning (and because he doesn't use bleach, which is a common allergy in addition to being awful to inhale). He also talks a little about how to clean a vacuum. And why you shouldn't put grease from your pots and pans down the sink drain. I also love that he mentions that different houses and different people have different needs and different versions of what clean and cleaning looks like.

He doesn't mention though that the toilet seat comes off. I take my toilet seat off to clean under the hinges and clean the seat more thoroughly once a quarter.

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This is another video from the same guy about cleaning and depression. This advice, especially at the beginning, can feel really really difficult and oppressive to hear. However, I find that it's generally pretty solid. But I'm autistic and so is he, so that gets a massive Your Mileage May Vary stamp on it.

I have a favorite part of this video. It's from 10:52 to 12:36. I think we could all use to hear that. There's a HEFTY pause after that one. I promise the narration does come back.

I'm also going to recommend KC Davis' book "How To Keep House While Drowning"

rogue-ai-cat

This is a pair of videos about how to correctly load and use a dish washer.

The first one is a quick 1 minute 30 second overview on loading. I can't find the exact video I'm looking for, so consider this a substitute for that. If I can find the one I'm looking for, I'll swap it in.

The second is a half hour deep dive on dishwashers and detergents. The short form of that is you shouldn't need to pre-rinse anything, detergent pods are overpriced and can cause problems, some dishwashers have a filter in the bottom that needs to be cleaned (but most don't), run your sink until the water is HOT before starting your dish washer, and put a little detergent in the pre-rinse dispenser when you're washing extra dirty dishes (or on the inside of the door if your dishwasher doesn't have a pre-rinse dispenser).

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Favorite Scrub Brushes + How to Clean Them. The right tools for cleaning tasks make all the difference! Scrub brushes are great tools and it

Here's a blog post about scrubbing brushes and how to clean them.

And a video for all cleaning tools, including scrub brushes. This video does use bleach. I'll try to find some alternatives to that.

rogue-ai-cat

How to clean a front load washer (with bleach). This should be done monthly or every time you wash really soiled clothes.

With expert tips and tricks for all types of washers.

How to clean a top loader (without the removable agitator thing). This should be done every 1-3 months depending on you unit, or every time you wash really soiled clothes.

Regular cleaning of a top-load washing machine will prolong the life of the appliance and leave your laundry cleaner and brighter.

How to clean a top loader (with the removable agitator thing). This should be done every month, or every time you wash really soiled clothes.

rogue-ai-cat

This video is for pet owners.

These carpet brushes are a LIFE SAVER if you have dogs. This thing allows me to go from vacuuming about 4 square feet before my vacuum is full to vacuuming half the living room (I don't vacuum often enough. You should vacuum weekly, and I just can't.). I have to unclog the vacuum less often. It fluffs up some of the flat spots in the carpet. And I also use the brush to shampoo my rugs in the spring.

A spot cleaner (or a carpet cleaner with a spot cleaner attachment) is another life saver, ESPECIALLY if you can afford to splurge on a heated one. I see them at Goodwill or at yard sales occasionally, and they're worth picking up. The shark one in the video is great too.

This channel is gold. There's tutorials for cleaning EVERYTHING on there. Just go subscribe!

rosedavid

i hate it when you're heating something up in the microwave and it starts to go snap crackle pop so you take it out but it's still completely cold. shut up then??

homunculus-argument

Nothing slapped my shit back into place like someone pointing out that the "genius gifted child with so much potential who got burnout and mental illness" is just the nerd equivalent to the jock "could have been a pro at sportsball if it wasn't for the injury".

imperfectlibrarian

"kill them with kindness" WRONG. chair attack 🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑

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This post is now about a far-right politician and one of the best moments of Brazilian live TV:

askfordoodles

appreciating the added context

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