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@whine-cellars

24, she/her, grad student, central texas

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The largest mass shooting in American history was a hate crime against gay people. Don’t ever forget that.

June 12, 2016. Putting a date on this for when it gets reblogged months from now by people who think the post is about something from 30, 40 years ago.

butch-reidentified

I am a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting, having grown up in Orlando and just turned 20 a month prior. If you didn’t know, there were several families who refused to claim the bodies of their relatives due to their sexuality. One family even had their relative’s name removed from the memorial. Murdered by the same hate with which their families reject them in both life and death.

Many, many people celebrated Pulse. We were told we deserved it. That it was God’s punishment for our sin of loving the same sex. We are sent messages like these I received in 2018:

We in the community often call the victim count 49+ to include the survivors who couldn’t live with the pain.

The event was never officially declared a hate crime or targeted homophobic attack and is rarely listed as one in databases.

At our vigils for those slaughtered, Extremist Christian groups showed up to protest, holding signs like this:

ID: Me kissing a woman I was casually seeing in front of an angry looking man with a “Sodomy is Sin” sign.

Please understand how much more than just a mass shooting this was. We are still to this day harassed and told we deserved it by some.

This year was the sixth anniversary. The first couple years I received dozens of messages checking in on me on 6/12. Year 5 got enough news coverage for people to think to reach out to me. This year it was my therapist, the woman I kissed in that photo, and a couple of other gun violence survivor friends. People are forgetting already.

butch-reidentified

With the 7 year anniversary <2 weeks away, I figured I’d reblog this

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apologies for reblogging @butch-reidentified is a terf

The largest mass shooting in American history was a hate crime against gay people. Don’t ever forget that.

June 12, 2016. Putting a date on this for when it gets reblogged months from now by people who think the post is about something from 30, 40 years ago.

butch-reidentified

I am a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting, having grown up in Orlando and just turned 20 a month prior. If you didn’t know, there were several families who refused to claim the bodies of their relatives due to their sexuality. One family even had their relative’s name removed from the memorial. Murdered by the same hate with which their families reject them in both life and death.

Many, many people celebrated Pulse. We were told we deserved it. That it was God’s punishment for our sin of loving the same sex. We are sent messages like these I received in 2018:

We in the community often call the victim count 49+ to include the survivors who couldn’t live with the pain.

The event was never officially declared a hate crime or targeted homophobic attack and is rarely listed as one in databases.

At our vigils for those slaughtered, Extremist Christian groups showed up to protest, holding signs like this:

ID: Me kissing a woman I was casually seeing in front of an angry looking man with a “Sodomy is Sin” sign.

Please understand how much more than just a mass shooting this was. We are still to this day harassed and told we deserved it by some.

This year was the sixth anniversary. The first couple years I received dozens of messages checking in on me on 6/12. Year 5 got enough news coverage for people to think to reach out to me. This year it was my therapist, the woman I kissed in that photo, and a couple of other gun violence survivor friends. People are forgetting already.

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With the 7 year anniversary <2 weeks away, I figured I’d reblog this

Lmao

Wes sold out his own principles and became the smiling gay face of institutionalized transphobia just so that he could lose a leadership challenge to possibly the least popular UK Prime Minister in history.

Beautiful. Well played.

I hope everyone who wants Buttigieg in 2028 look real close at the fall of Wes Streeting, who is essentially a carbon copy of Mayor Pete But British.

Hopefully just as much as people who want Newsom in 2028 look real close at the fall of Keir Starmer, who is essentially a carbon copy of Newsom But British.

But also this:

There’s something about May that just dampens the soul’s vibrancy and brilliance (perhaps it’s the hot weather coming back, perhaps it’s the fact that my master’s thesis is due in five days, perhaps it’s how May has been a bad month interpersonally for me for the past 3/4 years and this year seems to be no exception despite it almost being the end of the month, perhaps it’s the fact that I need to find a job but haven’t had the time or energy to look)

Or maybe May is actually cursed and there’s nothing wrong with me at all

makingqueerhistory

Dick Bayford, Botswana's attorney general, removed anti-gay language that courts struck down years ago. (Photo courtesy of the Sunday Standa

Local LGBTIQ+ organisation LEGABIBO welcomed the government’s move, describing it as “a necessary and long-overdue step toward restoring dignity and aligning our legal framework with constitutional values of equality and human rights.” The group said the change sends “a clear message that LGBTIQ+ persons are not criminals, and that their lives and relationships deserve protection, not punishment.” LEGABIBO noted that the colonial-era provisions had long cast a shadow over the lives of LGBTIQ+ people in the country.

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clarencechampagne

it is a reality that the vast majority of sex trafficking in the U.S. (and around the world, actually) occurs within the auspices and structures of the U.S. military. people do not want to talk about this or think about this or even acknowledge that evidence for this is hardly some kooky vague manifestos. the rape and sexual violence committed by U.S. military members in bases domestically and all around the world are absolutely notorious. did you all know that during World War II the U.S. military ran official brothels "staffed" by a majority of women who did not in any way consent? they forced women into sex slavery, that is correct. in our "most moral" war, so i hear. your "greatest generation." your patriotic grandpa who is just so amazing, so kind to you, he never could have participated in something like this. and yet. it is a fact (and there is evidence from so so many different sources) that imperial soldiers are, as a group, rapists. no matter what country they come from, no matter the conflict or how it is framed (nor even, actually, their gender or race. does anyone remember ilse koch or lyndie england?) if you are a feminist say, older than gen z, you might remember how catherine mackinnon--harvard professor and prosecutor of the international criminal court--claimed in 2014 that the IDF doesn't rape Palestinian women? do you think that was true? do you think it is true now?

THIS RIGHT HERE

You guys are dangerously close to realizing specifically what kinds of people they keep from voting and why.

I want to drill this into everybody’s head:

The United States of America has the highest prison population in the world

Black Americans and Latin people make up the majority of this population (many of whom are non-violent offenders)

Federal Prisons in America require that their state keeps their prisons at a maximum occupancy at all times.

The 13th amendment did not entirely abolish slavery…just one form of it. It remains legal through industrial prison system

scretladyspider

Oh and we have privatized prisons which allow companies to actually make money off of keeping people incarcerated

Here’s what’s really perverse: prisoners, who cannot vote, still get counted in the U.S. Census. The more prisoners a county has, the more representation it gets, even though the prisoners cannot vote. See how that works? The more black and brown people they lock up, the more government resources and political representation they get. Even though those prisoners have no say and cannot vote.

If county-A has a population of 50 voters but no prisons, and county-B has a population of 50 voters and 50 prisoners, the county with the prisoners gets more government funding and more political represention. This is sometimes called “prison gerrymandering” and it is used in redistrictring.

Not so fun Fact: Southern states that reliably vote for Republicans also have the highest prison population in the United States. (source). So mass incarceration is a double whammy. It’s both a form of voter suppression and a tool to strengthen white people’s political power.

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The CORCA Act takes important steps to strengthen legal tools for law enforcement and crack down on interstate and transnational crime.

This May, the U.S. House is expected to vote on the Combatting Organized Retail Crime Act (CORCA), bipartisan legislation will ensure federa

In a barely publicized House vote on Tuesday evening, 144 Democrats joined 203 Republicans to pass the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act—

I'm so tired. So very very tired.

these photos are so insane. how the fuck do you live with the shame of this and still have the audacity to get on stage and say "what these tiktok zoomers don't understand is, well, in a way we are all complicit and we should all reflect on that" bro i was not the one who signed a 38 billion dollar military aid package in 2016. hope you are haunted by this every single waking moment for the rest of your life

exxos-von-steamboldt

I just googled this and… yes, it’s absolutely real.

And there are so many articles and videos and discussions. Like, the scientific community is buzzing about this.

So much research will have to be redone because the data was absolutely compromised, off by orders of magnitude, by using standard lab gloves.

The world is probably not horrifically contaminated by microplastics. Sterile laboratories, however, are contaminated by latex and nitrile gloves.

Thank God someone bothered to check.

Since I hate having to do my own searches to verify stuff, here’s a Science Daily link and the journal article it cites for any similarly lazy-but-conscientious people after me. (And the University of Michigan press release, for what it’s worth.)

probablyasocialecologist

An important point from the Science Daily link:

The researchers emphasize that this does not mean microplastics are not a real problem. “We may be overestimating microplastics, but there should be none,” said McNeil, senior author of the study and U-M professor of chemistry, macromolecular science and engineering, and the Program in the Environment. “There’s still a lot out there, and that’s the problem.”

dirtyheathencommie

DEAR EDUCATIONALLY NEGLECTED HOMESCHOOLERS

I’ve gathered some resources and tips and tricks on self-educating after educational neglect. This is only what I did and what I know helped me. I’m about to graduate college with honors after having no education past the age of 9. I wouldn’t be here without the following. Everything is free, and at/well above the standard for education in the US.

The holy grail: Khan Academy. Nearly every course you could take is available here, in order and by grade level. Their open-source free courses rival some of the college classes I’ve taken. This is your most solid resource.

For inattentive types: Crash Course offers a variety of courses that are snappy, entertaining, and extremely rewarding. They work for my ADHD brain. They also have college prep advice, which is essential if you’re looking to go to higher education with no classroom experience.

To catch up on your reading: There are certain books that you may have read had you gone to school that you’ve missed out on. This list is the most well-rounded and can fill you in on both children’s books and classic novels that are essential or at least extremely helpful to be familiar with. You can find a majority of these easily at a local library (and some for free in PDF form online low key). There are a few higher level classics in here that I’d highly recommend. If it doesn’t work for you, I’d always recommend asking your local librarian.

*BE AWARE* The book list I recommend suggests you read Harry Potter books, and given their transphobic author you may or may not want to read them. If you choose to, I’d highly recommend buying the books secondhand or borrowing from a library to avoid financially supporting a living author with dangerous and damaging views.

TEST, TEST, TEST: Again, Khan Academy is your go-to for this. I don’t personally like standardized testing, but going through SAT and ACT courses was the best way I found to really reveal my gaps so that I could supplement.

Finally: As much as you can, enjoy the process. Education can be thrilling and teach you so much about yourself, and help shape your view of the world. It can get frustrating, but I’d like to encourage you that everyone can learn. No pace is the perfect pace, and your learning style is the right learning style for you. In teaching yourself, be patient, be kind, and indulge in the subjects you really enjoy without neglecting others. You are your teacher. Give yourself what others chose not to.

If you’re ever put in charge of a national economy, there are a few things you should try to avoid. Before you laugh, just remember, you COU

Learn for free about math, art, computer programming, economics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, finance, history, and more. Khan Aca

It's morbid, but have you ever wondered what books to read before you die? Start with this list of 100 must-read books.

anarchistmemedistro

The works of the roots of the vines, of the trees, must be destroyed to keep up the price, and this is the saddest, bitterest thing of all. Carloads of oranges dumped on the ground. The people came for miles to take the fruit, but this could not be. How would they buy oranges at twenty cents a dozen if they could drive out and pick them up? And men with hoses squirt kerosene on the oranges, and they are angry at the crime, angry at the people who have come to take the fruit. A million people hungry, needing the fruit- and kerosene sprayed over the golden mountains. And the smell of rot fills the country.

Burn coffee for fuel in the ships. Burn corn to keep warm, it makes a hot fire. Dump potatoes in the rivers and place guards along the banks to keep the hungry people from fishing them out. Slaughter the pigs and bury them, and let the putrescence drip down into the earth.

There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificate- died of malnutrition- because the food must rot, must be forced to rot. The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quick-lime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.

- John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

link to story

"Decolonize Everything"

“When the last tree is cut, the last river poisoned, and the last fish caught… then you will realize money cannot be eaten.”

Anti-colonial graffiti seen in Pensacola, Florida

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You've probably seen this NYT article by Nicholas Kristof getting a lot of praise today (moved to an archive link to avoid the paywall)

He reports on widespread rape and sexual violence of Palestinian male and female prisoners by Israeli authorities. The Palestinians who he interviewed risked their lives to speak out. Many of them were threatened with death and some were told they would be raped if they spoke up on the sexual violence they endured.

My issue is that neither Kristof or NYT deserve any credit for this article. Both NYT and Kristof are responsible manufacturing Israel's "case for genocide".

Even in this article where he is sharing actual testimonies from Palestinians who were subjected to such intense levels of sexual violence, he is spreading the Oct 7th rape hoax that has been debunked numerous times

I think everyone should read this article because courageous Palestinians risked their lives to tell their stories but don't forget that people like Nick Kristof and orgs like NYT have played an active role in this genocide.

Also huge trigger warning. This article has testimonies that are really hard to read so please keep that in mind

stoptheantisemitism

Oh my God the testimonies are so horrible I can't bring myself to read most of this.

Some of the testimonies are from children. Let that sink in. Children are risking their lives again to speak out against the sexual violence they already had to go through.

The IDF used dogs according to the testimonies. They filmed, took pictures, and laughed while doing all of this.

Never has an ideology needed to be ended more than Zionism. This is so horrific

Adding a source that specifically debunked the Oct 7th mass rape hoax that the NYT reported on

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