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My office officially launched a new portal with Governor Healey to report violence and unlawful ICE activity here in MA.

This will help us keep track of incidents for potential legal action, help us gather data, and connect victims with resources and support.

Rep. Finke Was Right: Age-Gating Isn’t About Kids, It’s About Control When Rep. Leigh Finke spoke last month before the Minnesota House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee to testify against HF1434, a broad-sweeping proposal to age-gate the internet, she began with

When lawmakers and advocacy groups frame queer existence itself as a threat to young people, age-verification laws become ideological enforcement instead of regulatory policy. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Sorry to get political again on the silly Nintendo fangirl account but hey gang: when do we start really worrying about this shit. Are we there yet? Feels like we are there.

Dyke Knights! Now in colour!

Was going to make a joke but it's actually REALLY bad they feel confident enough to say this shit out loud.

RIP to Jesse Jackson. His funeral is today. I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.

How to signal you are an LGBTQ+ ally in a hostile environment:

✔️ Introduce yourself with pronouns
✔️Decorate 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
✔️Don't tolerate bullying or harassment in your space
✔️Talk positively about famous/historic LGBTQ+ people
✔️Integrate LGBTQ+ history & topics into conversation
✔️Be an advocate

US moving pregnant immigrant girls to Texas to avoid providing abortions, critics say Ex-official calls transfer of unaccompanied girls as young as 13, many pregnant due to rape, a human rights violation

“It’s a choice to ensure zero abortions."
Since July, more than a dozen pregnant children have been moved to a single facility in the small town of San Benito, along the south Texas border. The children kept in Texas are as young as 13, and about half are pregnant because of rape.

There is no marketing I'm more susceptible to these days than any company saying they don't use generative AI in their projects. I'm a sitting duck for that promise even if they're selling graham crackers or masking tape.

Bbbriar

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

A screenshot of an email from an ad agency to Evil Hat Marketing: Hey Evil Hat team, Promised this is the last time you’ll hear from me. We are wrapping up generating content on the house. The AI studio is starting to get fully booked with our paying clients, and I have strict orders to stop promoting this come the weekend. I figured Evil Hat might as well get some work out of us at no cost while you can. Want in before we close it up? Best, [redacted] And then our reply: Hi [redacted], We will never use AI for our games or for our marketing. It's toxic to our customer audience and it's an ethical violation of the hard work put in by the human artists we hire to illustrate our books and the human writers who design our games. In short, it's not "free work" it's theft. Feel free to take me off your mailing list. Hope you turn around your business model because frankly, your current approach sucks shit. -Tom

sometimes you have to be clear about your values

Last night I was down a rabbit hole of why fish can't exist deeper than around 8000 meters and I realized that the deepest a fish has ever gone in the ocean and survived was in a submersible. The fish were people. All vertebrates are fish.

I hope this helps with ~~the horrors~~

Gorillaz "The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God".

Long live 2D animation (& practical effects).

cover of NOT POUNDED BY THIS T-REX ON THE USA MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT HE’S A MAGA DORK featuring a t-rex in a red USA hockey uniform on the right he has a stick in his hand. on the left is a ladybuck giving a thumbs down with a frown. they are in a hockey rink

please enjoy brand new tingler NOT POUNDED BY THIS T-REX ON THE USA MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT HE’S A MAGA DORK out now. get it here www.amazon.com/dp/B0GQ7YSVDF or on tingleverse patreon www.patreon.com/posts/not-po...

it took an expensive, coordinated effort & a lot of people saying “this doesn’t matter” to get from a bathroom ban costing one state $400 million & a gubernatorial race to “trans people must turn in their documents which become invalid in a few hours or face fines & potential jail time” in 10 years.

This is what I need cis folks to understand.

It's been a decade.

Imagine living TEN FUCKING YEARS watching as a blatant, artificial campaign to erase your personhood, your identity and your safety chugs along, increasing in power every single day, and most people don't care or dismiss it

American Psychological Association Reaffirms Support For Trans Youth Care, Pushes Back Against NYT A recent article from Jesse Singal in the New York Times seemed to indicate the organization might be quietly retreating from supporting trans youth care.

1. Major news on trans youth care. The American Psychological Association has reaffirmed its full support for its 2024 guidelines supporting trans youth car.e

It provided documentation showing Jesse Singal mischaracterized their position in the NYT.

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Rutte: “This morning, we gathered at NATO to mark the 4th anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

NATO stood with Ukraine 🇺🇦 from the beginning.

We stand with you today.

And we will stand with you throughout the challenges ahead.”

Here is @aoc.bsky.social thankfully telling everyone exactly what to do to stop a concentration camp from being built where you live.

Please take it to heart and take action.

Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

COVID-19 vaccination status during pregnancy and preeclampsia risk: the pandemic-era cohort of the INTERCOVID consortium COVID-19 vaccination with a booster reduces the odds of PE by 30% approaching 60% reduction among women with pre-existing morbidities.

Remember when RFK Jr. unilaterally decided that COVID19 vaccines should no longer be recommended during pregnancy?

Well, COVID19 increases the risk of preeclampsia.

And it turns out that getting boosted, either before or during pregnancy, significantly reduces the risk of preeclampsia.

LLMs do not understand, will not understand, and cannot ever understand information. It's a glorified search engine combined with auto-compete, and you should treat it as such. No matter how much LLM companies try to tell you their machines can think or reason, they cannot and will not.

12/12

Black and white sketch drawing of a woman knight in armor, her sword on her right shoulder, cuts and blood on her face This was done as a study of a pic, for the pose and armor

bloody knight

Wow wow wow I love this one! The feeling of this moment between the two of them is so palpable.

Armies wear uniforms for a reason. And not just because it makes the laundry easier.

I am reminded of certain lilac blossoms on a certain Glorious 25th of May. How do you tell your comrades from your potential murderers? A carrot, a leek, a lilac sprig, a red knitted hat, a frog costume.

Duh.

A few years ago I wrote a piece about how Glen Powell actually likes women — and how you male movie stars can be clearly divided into two buckets (like women vs. 'secretly' don't)

Mamdani likes *people.* Most politicians don't.

Always read contracts you're sent to sign, even if you're told it's "boilerplate".

Understand what you're agreeing to and don't be afraid to ask questions or request adjustments.

When you're starting out you may not have much room to negotiate, but at least you can go into it with your eyes open.