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Any Pronouns | 20s | I draw sometimes :D | art tag #toadstool does a draw

[mothcub]

Star fantasy.

[achillesinhighheels]

[mephostophilis]

are non brits aware of count binface.

[mephostophilis]

to give some entirely bizarre context, nigel farage (extreme cunt) has stepped down from his position as MP for clacton (due to a scandal where he received £5 million from a crypto billionaire that could have been laundered) only to run again so that he can prove people like him. and the only person running against him is count binface. who has been a staple of british politics for many years. and now the british press is forced to interview him seriously while he sits there with his binface.

[spell-fox]

For context Farage can't be prosecuted for this while not in office. His tactic is to be re-elected to show he is a man of the people beating all other parties (and therefore laws don't apply??). Other parties have chosen not to run ostensibly because it lends legitimacy to his stunt but more likely because it is a Reform stronghold and they are unlikely to challenge him anyway.

Except in the hour of need, a binface stepped up.

So either he gets in and is prosecuted, or he loses to a bin.

[bovid-beauty]

"Fascism"—New Federal Rule Would Require Federal Funding Recipients To Deny Trans People Exist

The rule could have heavy impacts towards trans people across society.

Last week, the Trump administration quietly released a sweeping new federal rule that would use funding threats to force institutions across the country to reject transgender people. The 400-page proposed regulation would codify the administration's anti-trans executive orders into binding federal policy, imposing a blanket prohibition on federal funds going toward "gender ideology"

The proposed rule, formally titled "Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance," rewrites the government-wide framework governing all federal grants across every agency. Among its most consequential provisions, it requires that before a federal grant recipient can receive money, the award must pass a "pre-issuance review" conducted by a political appointee—not a career expert or peer reviewer—to ensure it is "consistent with applicable law, Federal agency priorities, and the national interest." The regulation explicitly instructs these appointees to screen for "denial by the recipient of the sex binary in humans or the notion that sex is a chosen or mutable characteristic." [...] An institution that acknowledges transgender people exist—through its policies, its training, its healthcare, its bathroom access, its HR procedures, its name-change processes—could be deemed to "deny the sex binary" or to “support the notion that sex is mutable” and have its federal funding blocked.

Importantly, the gender ideology prohibition has no age limitation—hospitals could be targeted not just for providing care to minors but for providing gender-affirming care to adults, because prescribing hormone therapy to a transgender patient of any age could be deemed promoting the belief that "sex is a chosen or mutable characteristic."

[junequeer]

THIS IS OPEN TO COMMENT UNTIL JULY 13, 2026

[featherandstorm]

This is all very bad and horrible, but I want to be clear that it’s worse and more sweeping than just eliminating trans research.

This torches everything. And I do mean everything.

A very abbreviated list of its ramifications include (but are not limited to):

ending funding for ALL DEI related initiatives

allowing the government to terminate grants at any point for any reason

preventing researchers from publishing, going to conferences, and being part of academic societies

requiring that topics must support the president’s agenda.

What this means, and if anything I’m under selling it, is the death of science and research in America. It allows the government to restrict any topic they please at a whims notice, putting officials who have no background in the topic in charge of deciding funding continuity. It controls what gets researched and if/how researchers are allowed to share their discoveries. There are no books to burn if the government never allows them to be written. This is fascism plain and simple.

Please, if you only ever write one public comment, this is the one to do.

[genderkoolaid]

Bringing back this guide to writing an effective public comment. This gives you the basics you need to know, what you need to include, a basic outline you can follow, etc.

Public comments are not a vote, it is a chance for you to say "here is an issue with this law I think you need to address" and provide justification for legal challenges if it goes forward:

"Comments raise the bar that agencies have to meet when making a rule; “if an agency fails to adequately respond to significant, relevant comments in a final rule, members of the public may seek to challenge the rule in court on that basis and claim it could be struck down.ˮ"

But also, if possible, don't stop at writing a comment. Don't stop at calling your representatives. You should ideally be talking to people in your community about this and organizing resistance on-the-ground; there is a good chance people are already doing that even if you aren't hearing about it.

[cherrispryte]

Some added 101-level context from someone (me) who’s worked in federal grantmaking for 20 years and is literally certified on this document - this is a document that governs all federal grantmaking. It’s been around for over a decade and is a mega-document that combine multiple previous smaller documents that have been around for ages. It is updated every few years and generally the updates are minor - a notable change in the previous update was raising the small procurement threshold from $10,000 to $15,000 for example. Deeply dry boring minutiae that no one outside of federal grantmakers need concern themselves with. It was also federal GUIDELINES, which means there was flexibility.

This year’s is different. They are now federal REQUIREMENTS, which means there’s no flexibility. As was said previously, the 400 pages are not singularly devoted to being absolute shitheads to trans people. Theres a lot of stuff in there, some of which is the standard dry boring grants stuff, some of which is the horrible ideological warfare outlined above.

This document is issued by the OMB, the Office of Management and Budget, which is currently lead by fucking Russell Vought, the principal architect of Project 2025. This is how they’re going to implement all the horrible shit in there that wasn’t covered by Executive Order. Russell Vought is actively coming for my job, my marriage, and my kid, and most of my friends lost their jobs last year because of him. He is the fucking arch villain behind the heinous shit the current regime is doing.

So yes, please comment. You don’t have to read all 400 pages before doing so, it’s dry and dense as fuck, but I thought this information might be helpful. Also, while there is a public comment period, this isn’t voted on by Congress. The OMB just fucking issues it. Pressuring your elected officials into publicly saying “hey what the fuck are you doing here” is good, though.

[mikkeneko]

Please note the comment period is open through JULY 13th, not JUNE 13th. I saw a lot of relogs yesterday saying "last day!" and I just want to say it is very much not too late.

[grison-in-space]

As of today, 7/8/26, we have five days for public commentary on this to go through. I am begging y'all: if you care about independent science in the country that produces the most global science funding in the world, please leave a comment.

[oooocleo]

hyah! Second artfight attack !

patreon

[thesewersofparis]

btw i live on nailpolish reddit nowadays

and everyone is posting their 4th of july manis

except this year its very few american flags and red white and blue and stars.

and a LOT of pond scum inspiration

[aniseandspearmint]

This is an absolutely FASCINATING cultural snapshot.

[lilyblisslys]

I bet it feels soooooo good to be a construction worker on a completely closed off chunk of road

[lilyblisslys]

This makes me literally so happy

[captain-price-returns]

Arrest everyone involved.

[captain-price-returns]

Money saved: maybe a couple million dollars.

People killed: around three quarters of a million.

[coelii]

Never forget that DOGE was formed so Elon et al could fumble around sensitive government databases in order to hamper multiple investigations into his companies and government contracts

He is now a trillionaire thanks in no small part to this fiasco

[piranesies]

they should invent putting on sunscreen that doesn't feel like putting on sunscreen

[longhorned]

never join a local trans group in proximity to a naval base

[bogdreamz]

go matt go!

[corantus]

ych of rayne & lupa [both she/they]. gift comm for a friend!🤘🐺

★ comm info ★

[cuttledreams-bugs]

I deliver a friend feel free to spread it as you please

[cuttledreams-bugs]

At special request, Nonbinary Horseshoe Friend

[muisketeer]

my salarymen for artfight come fight me..!!

[littlestpersimmon]

oc doodling-

Mayeem is a mortician, and Nasruddin is a graverobber. Had a theme around them- "I love you like how a mortician cares for a body" where bodies are treated with fear, how they're almost unspeakable, and many people are scared to treat them with any reverence or care for them, except the mortician, whose medical work is for those already beyond saving. Only the mortician treats an unspeakable thing with crude tenderness.

Both Nasruddin and Mayeem are societal outcasts, being around the either of them makes people go, "Huh. but they're bad people / taboo to be associated with" bc dealings with the dead are considered dirty in their culture.

[arrgh-whatever]

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[toytle]

is it hot in here or is it just bea? 🔥

tip jar

[ID in alt + readmore]

IMAGE 1: DC fanart page of Beatriz Da Costa from various panels against a black background. She is a lean, curvaceous and toned Brazilian woman with a warm brown skintone. The colors are in a fluorescent palette, highlighting the bright green of her fiery hair. Clockwise: Figure 1: Bea is in her Fire costume, throwing her head back to music, hair flowing with the movement. She gives a knowing, confident glimpse. Her teardrop jewel earring matches her dark fuchsia makeup. A lesbian flag is drawn beside her. Figure 2: Bea is in her Fire costume, grinning wide and walking by in a faux-casual manner. One arm is behind her head, the other is stretched down and pushing in her cleavage. Her makeup is green and her nails are painted chartreuse. Figure 3: Bea is wearing a black bustier top and green mini pencil skirt, fiery hair now deflated in disappointment as she sighs and slouches in her seat. Her fingernails and toenails are painted ruby pink. Figure 4: Bea is wearing a hot pink croptop that reads “BAD DOG SIT,” purple ripped jeans, sunglasses, hot pink nails, and yellow hoop earrings and bangles. Her hair is in a low ponytail with roots growing out. She cocks her hip, arms akimbo, annoyed as she speaks. Figure 5: Bea is in a strapless bronze dress with various bronze jewelry. Her head rests in her hands as she blows a strand of hair out of her face, exasperated. Her makeup is a deep burnt red and glittery green, and her nails are painted orange. Figure 6: Bea is in a black choker and purple plunging neckline dress with shoulder pads. Her makeup is a deep plum with glittery silver, matching her silver nails and earrings. She is speaking to someone offscreen, hand on one hip and gesturing with the other. Tora stands beside her in a strapless red dress, chancing a peek at Bea’s chest.

IMAGES 2-7: Closeups of each figure along with their respective reference panels.