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[hungry-hobbits]

go my brick 🫳︵🧱

[transsexual-feminism]

Today I wanted to talk about Kyle Bassinga. Kyle was a 21 year old man from Georgia, whose family described him as "a kind, thoughtful, and smart young man who loved nature, music, and the people around him". Kyle Bassinga was killed on February 18th 2026, just ten days after his birthday. He was found hanging from a tree in a park.

The police ruled it a suicide. The family and local community demanded an investigation. The police refused to change their ruling.

I know this website it too white for this to really go anywhere, but an understanding of the present reality of white supremacy in the United States is just so important to transfeminism here. Lynchings never stopped, white supremacy never went away, you just stopped looking.

[noneedtofearorhope]

its friday. if you don't normally floss, today is a great day to make an exception, since it's flossing friday! get rid of some of the built up mats of bacteria between your teeth that brushing and mouthwash have a hard time to deal with on their own, help prevent them from setting up camp beneath your gums, where they can erode your bones and lead to teeth falling out if left untreated. help save yourself a future doctors visit!

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

For anybody not caught up: Tennessee just passed a new map that pretty much makes it so black neighborhoods have no power in local votes. Two things about this. While protestors were chanting "No Jim Crow", white Tennessee lawmakers were caught laughing on video. On top of this, Representative Justin Pearson and his brother KeShaun Pearson were arrested for trying to give their takes on the matter (which is not only their legal right but literally his job). If you give a shit about black people, help fight this. We can't allow a return to Jim Crow.

[icemankazansky]

Heyyy guess where I live

A local paper had some great photographs, all taken by Nicole Hester:

The day before, Rep. Justin Pearson tries to attend a Senate Committee meeting and is barred access by the Sergeant at Arms.

Lawmakers and protesters link arms as the descend the capitol steps.

Once inside the chamber, Democratic representatives continued to stand together with arms linked.

They continued standing together with arms linked as votes were cast.

Democratic representatives take a group photo protesting the redistricting.

Rep. Justin Jones burns a photo of the Confederate flag with the words, We will not go back.

And stomps the ashes.

KeShaun Pearson being escorted from the building by the Staties.

KeShaun Pearson (left) being taken into custody. Rep. Justin Pearson (right) showing his support of his brother.

Additional information: State lawmakers have been gunning for Pearson and Jones nearly their entire terms. Most notably, in 2023, the House expelled them for participating in a protest at the Capitol. Their districts had to have special elections to have them reinstated.

Pearson is one of the plaintiffs of a lawsuit seeking an injunction against the redistricting.

The city most affected by the redistricting is Memphis, where locals are fighting against xAI's data center, which has been operating with very little oversight and is poisoning the people who live there. Here is a previous post on that with more information and more sources.

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

For anybody not caught up: Tennessee just passed a new map that pretty much makes it so black neighborhoods have no power in local votes. Two things about this. While protestors were chanting "No Jim Crow", white Tennessee lawmakers were caught laughing on video. On top of this, Representative Justin Pearson and his brother KeShaun Pearson were arrested for trying to give their takes on the matter (which is not only their legal right but literally his job). If you give a shit about black people, help fight this. We can't allow a return to Jim Crow.

[hustledbones]

middle of nowhere GA last night

[jinxproof]

Gisele Bündchen | Zoomp A/W 1997

[segamascott]

[bi-astolfo]

Yes, investigation claimed at least 1,200 detainees 'dropped off the grid' from 'Alligator Alcatraz'

The claim is not new — the Miami Herald published its findings in summer 2025.

[standwithdaanes]

source for the congresswoman thing as well, because i hadn't heard about that:

Rep. LaMonica McIver Faces 17 Years in Prison Over ICE Jail Inspection

The Trump administration has repeatedly attempted to restrict or thwart congressmembers’ access to ICE jails.

[hustledbones]

weekend recap

[solsticelosthermind]

I know this is a deeply American thing to say but I am begging everyone to stay the fuck away from military recruiters. Especially high school kids. You are going to be seeing an unholy amount of them in schools or around schools or literally anywhere kids are known to congregate. THIS INCLUDES ALL FORMS OF ROTC. Stay the fuck away from military recruiters. As someone who’s familiar with entirely too many branches through entirely too many friends and family, including my partner, recruiters are authorized to say literally any fucking thing they think will make you sign on that line. They cannot and will not deliver on those promises. They need bodies for the war they’re pretending is only now starting up again. That’s all you are. A body. Stay the FUCK away from the military.

[joshuaorrizonte]

No but this. Seriously.

My brother enlisted coming out of high school. I was in high school the next year. He bombed out of basic training PDQ and was back at home and SERIOUSLY fucked up from it and never actually recovered, I don’t think.

So I get to my junior year in high school and we *must* talk to the military recruiters. It’s required. We can tell them any old thing we want to, but we *must* at least hear them out. Being the kind of person I am, I did. I listened. I talked, and I listened to the guy’s responses. I told him I’d discuss it with my brother who had done basic training.

I got home, and told him that I’d had the conversation with the recruiter. He looked me dead in the eye and said, “Whatever he told you, it was a bold-faced lie. They’re allowed and ENCOURAGED to lie to get recruits. Do NOT even give him a “no thanks.” Just ignore any contact.”

This was in 2001, BEFORE 9/11.

Imagine how desperate they are for recruits now.

If they ask you what time it is, refuse to even look at your watch. Don’t even let them get into it. If you *have to* talk to them, tell them flatly that you’re not interested and that you aren’t going to budge. And then DON’T.

Because they don’t give one single solitary shit about you.

[tomboy014]

Can confirm, those fuckers LIE

They also go out of their way to target poorer areas and prep kids to barely pass the asvab, and if I hadn't been a stupid 17 year old, I should have noticed the giant red billboards they were waving

DON'T DO IT!!!

There are other options like trade schools and apprenticeships and things that I wish I'd known about

[wiisagi-maiingan]

Also if you show even the slightest bit of interest, they will literally stalk you. They will send you things in the mail for years, they will contact you on social media, they will email you, they will call your phone, they will call your parents' phones, they will have you pulled out of your classes to talk to them, they may even visit your home directly. If you change schools, they will follow you to that school. If you move to a new house (even a new town, a new state), they will find the address and follow you there too.

When I was like 14 or 15, I mentioned to my school counselor that I MIGHT CONSIDER looking into the military for college because I was a poor kid living in a rural meth town. I said that to her ONCE. That same week, I started receiving letters and emails from recruiters. I didn't have my own phone yet (again, poor kid) but my mom started getting calls from recruiters about me. I got FACEBOOK MESSAGES FROM GROWN ASS MEN TRYING TO RECRUIT ME. I was 15 AT THE OLDEST. By the time I was done with high school, I had moved to another school and changed addresses THREE TIMES and was living in a whole different state and I was still getting relentlessly bombarded with letters and calls. That is how creepy and obsessive and desperate these fuckers are to prey on vulnerable kids who just want a better life for themselves.

[brosser-les-dents]

P.S. This is a brush your teeth reminder blog. If this would be helpful for you, pls give it a follow. I implore everyone to take their oral health seriously. You will save yourself so much pain and money in the future. 🫶

[space-mouse]

i used to struggle immensely with this, and what helped me the most was thinking: i want clean teeth. i want clean teeth right now this instant.

just, stoking a momentary fervor in my soul for clean teeth.

before this, i knew i was on a path to my teeth falling out of my head in late middle age. that thought did not motivate me. i wallowed in shame for neglecting my future self and did nothing about it. HOWEVER. muttering to myself about clean teeth. i WANT them. i want them now now now!!!! has really worked for me.

[dribbonart]

This is so important: do things because you WANT it, not because you feel like other people expect you to, or it's what you're supposed to do, or because you'd feel shame if you didn't do it.

The only way to encourage yourself is with a desire to improve, not by escaping negatives. You can escape in any direction, your desire points you straight where you want to go.

[mariposakitten]

This is true, but it's also okay to borrow motivation if you're not yet at a place to make your own. I'm not gonna lie, more than once I've convinced myself to brush my teeth when i really really didn't want to by thinking "if i do, @brosser-les-dents will be proud of me!"

[brosser-les-dents]

And I am 100% pleased and proud. 😁

[i-am-a-fish]

reasons to brush your teeth

delicious minty treat just for you

feels weird and fun

yum yummy mint flavor

brains when they see a routine 🧠🎉

powerful mouth

[brosser-les-dents]

Many likely disagree with the mint statement. But the powerful mouth. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[depsidase]

[brightlotusmoon]

[impracticality]

ICE abducted 10-year-old Karla Tiul Baltazar from Spokane and sent her to the same detention center as 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos. If you are able, please consider donating to support Karla's family.

[palatinewolfsblog]

"I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits." - Martin Luther King Jr.

[saywhat-politics]

BREAKING: 21-year-old protester, Kaden Rummler, was shot point-blank in the face by ICE. he just spoke about how he’s blind for life and almost died:

“I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.”

What the hell is wrong with these people?

GoFundMe for Kaden Rummler, the young trans man blinded by ICE agents this week.

Fundraiser for K R by Sarah Gallimore : Help ICE Protestor After being shot by Feds