NEGATIVE ØHIO

A noisy band by Gigakoops from Ohio and Nightmare Lyre from Norway. Check out our Bandcamp!

[negativeohio]

We made a very normal song

[negativeohio]

Music just hits different on tape you know

[autisticadvocacy]

Oppose Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senate Hearing on 1/29 ⭑ 5 Calls

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States’ principal federal health agency and the world’s largest public he

Take action to #StopRFK! His long record of spreading misinformation about autism in particular and public health in general makes him a disastrous choice for HHS Secretary.

[autisticadvocacy]

Take action to protect Medicaid! Learn how to set up meetings with your legislator’s offices and talk to them about why Medicaid is important. https://autisticadvocacy.org/2025/01/tell-your-legislators-protect-medicaid/

[gigakoops]

Tails!

My headmate tails wanted me to draw a picture to help her feel euphoric. Plus, there needs to be more cute transfem Tails art out there!

[nightmarelyra]

I made a new mashup finally

[gigakoops]

Doing more of these to relax, here's Connie chilling on the steps! I admit this one's a bit sloppier, I just wanted to practice different poses.

[gigakoops]

Drew a picture of Umbreon (they/he) from our system and Eevee (she/her) from Nightmare Lyra's system.

[gigakoops]

Reblogging after finding out it's Eevee Day today!

[adragonsoulart-blog]

Hey, the ACLU is getting people to send letters to your Reps to have Congress pass the No Kings Act.

This act would make constitutional amendments to ensure that even sitting presidents are held liable for their actions. That NOBODY is above the law.

Their goal is 150k messages sent and at the time of writing this they're about 2.1k off from that goal!

ACLU gives you a prefilled message that you can edit to send to make the process easier, and will send it out for you.

Tell Congress: America Elects Presidents, Not Kings

The Supreme Court declared that criminal law doesn’t apply when you’re Donald Trump or any other president using the powers of the office. D

This only takes a few minutes!

[facts-i-just-made-up]

Not unreality, not a joke: I have never posted such a thing before here but- Please do this one for whatever good it might result in.

[humunanunga]

168,428 signed out of 175,000. Just 6,572 to go!

[humunanunga]

Yesterday, over a thousand signatures were added. Today, a few hundred. Keep boosting this, maybe send this to someone with a lotta followers, share the link on other platforms, encourage others to do the same.

We're 96% of the way there. C'mon, just a little further.

[transformativeworks]

HR 9495 is going back up for voting. All non-profit orgs are in danger.

ACLU Urges House to Kill Bill that Could Give Trump Admin Power to Crush Dissent and Go After Political Enemies | American Civil Liberties U

Under H.R. 9495, any tax-exempt organization that criticizes the government could have its status stripped away arbitrarily by a designation

The Committee on Rules is meeting at 1600 EST on 18 Nov 2024. The agenda includes HR 9495.

If this bill passes, the Secretary of the Treasury would have the power to strip any non-profit group of it's tax-exempt status with no due process.

If you are part of the fandom community and you are in America, please contact your reps and ask them to vote NO on HR 9495.

[transformativeworks]

More links to find reps

Tell Congress Not To Weaponize The Treasury Department Against Nonprofits

A dangerous bill that gives broad and easily abused new powers to the executive branch would allow the Secretary of Treasury to strip a U.S.

[jayalaw]

Totally calling for days.

[raystarkitty]

Apparently some goober edited my gay pony art, so I thought I’d add my own fixes :3

[gigakoops]

Continuing the relaxation drawings, here's Autumn, getting ready for their dream gig playing the trumpet in a ska band!

[aspiring-weird-old-man]

Hey, USAmericans? Wanna save your country? Run For Something!

[grey-sides]

Hi. Things are bleak, I know that. I know that we paid for Trump's last term with blood and it is likely the price will be blood again.

But listen to me. LISTEN.

You do not have to force yourself to witness horrors as an act of activism. It is not a form of activism. You can put your phone down, you can block that horrific video. We cannot win if you cannot fight and you will not be able to fight if you are hopeless.

Do not let them guilt you into this. People who are exhausted are easier to walk over. Take care of yourself, find community where you find joy.

[brawlite]

You do not have to force yourself to witness horrors as an act of activism. It is not a form of activism.

^^^ remember this. do not exhaust yourself into hopelessness. take care of yourself and stay strong.

[winged-mammal]

Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics

Privacy advocates gained access to a powerful tool bought by U.S. law enforcement agencies that can track smartphone locations around the wo

anyway yeah DELETE YOUR FUCKING ADVERTISING IDS

Android:

Settings ➡️ Google ➡️ all services ➡️ Ads ➡️ Delete advertising ID

(may differ slightly depending on android version and manufacturer firmware. you can't just search settings for "advertising ID" of course 🔪)

iOS:

Settings ➡️ privacy ➡️ tracking ➡️ toggle "allow apps to request to track" to OFF

and ALSO settings ➡️ privacy ➡️ Apple advertising ➡️ toggle "personalized ads" to OFF

more details about the process here via the EFF

[what-even-is-thiss]

The republicans have the senate but not a supermajority so as usual nothing is going to happen

[what-even-is-thiss]

Filibuster. Why does it exist? To stop things from happening. Things will continue to not happen.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Also republicans hate government. They don’t want the government to be doing things. Mitch McConnell will not bring bills to the floor. That’s what he did last time. He physically hoarded them in his office.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I wouldn’t be surprised if we get a government shutdown or two in the next couple of years. The margins are close enough that the democrats will be able to raise a stink about the budget. That could cause some problems. It seems like the republicans hold everything but not by an insane amount. Predict a lot of gridlock coming up. Even less happening than usual and the things that do happen either being not very fun or purely utilitarian required to keep stuff going level stuff

[what-even-is-thiss]

Also I will say that if your local congressperson is a Republican, still write them letters about bills you care about and tell your family and friends to do so as well. Especially if they’re a moderate. Especially if it’s an issue relevant to people in your region.

Don’t tell them in your letters or calls that you’re not a Republican. Don’t tell them what your party affiliation is. Emphasize how much you love your region and your country and gosh darn it would be so important to me if this or that didn’t happen sir. Similar rules apply if you get the opportunity to meet them in person. No matter what you’re an everyday person totally relatable to a conservative and gosh darn sir you’re just so concerned about what it’ll do to this great city of ours so what are you planning to do about it

And again, get all your family and friends to do the same if you can.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I want to say in response to a certain kind of sentiment that no I’m not asking you to “appeal to the morality of your oppressors”. I’m saying pretend to be one of them for just long enough that they’ll listen to you. Bring up something they’ll like. If you’re a person of faith, maybe bring that up. They don’t need to know which faith. If you have a traditionally blue collar job, bring that up. If you have kids, bring that up. If you’re a law student, bring that up. If you were born and raised in your district, if you or your family own a business, if you hunt for your food, if it’s relevant and a conservative would trust you more if you brought it up, bring it up. They don’t need to know you’re queer, they don’t need to know your race, they don’t need to know your political party. You can however heavily imply that you might be the sort of person who would vote for them and wouldn’t it be a shame if they pissed that kind of person off

[cumaeansibyl]

it's supposed to be their job to listen to what their constituents say. make them do their jobs! take up their time and resources! even if you don't get the vote you want out of them you can still be a pain in the ass!

[gigakoops]

Been trying to draw more as a means to relax, and decided I'd try and do portraits of my OCs. It's been years since I've drawn Al, though to be honest I've gotten so much better since the last time, so it was much easier now.