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[Victoria 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @Hanasaku_Yuri]

"All human beings on Earth are undocumented Americans"

[Fugs 🇵🇸🇾🇪🇱🇧🔻 @FugeusRedux]

I’m a white adult convert to Chinese Folk Religion…and I vote!

[Negligible Capital @negligible_cap]

Real slides from the Softbank annual general meeting presentation

Say what you will about Softbank, but Masayoshi Son should get an award for this slide deck

[brocky @brbrbrock]

@anaphylactica https://t.co/2ABnlqJ5Hm

[Travis Kelce @tkelce]

"said OO Girl!! shocked me like an electric eel!"

[brocky @brbrbrock]

@offbeatorbit AOC is the moderate Dem that we need! lol. She has the highest national profile among the 2028 hopefuls. The DNC will push 10 establishment candidates to muddy the waters like 2020, then 9 will drop out to support the next Biden figure. AOC can harness the current left momentum

[Godzilla Ganker @2Josher]

Jimmy Vivino, hit me

[kyle @kyle4prezident]

whole plane watching the knicks game except for one dude watching avatar

[tomb @TurmShrub]

Using hinge (for dating, not research) and man all these women are interesting and gorgeous. Hopefully this doesn't backfire on me in a viral manner

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

Literally as the Republican House cut these food benefits, Republican Senators were eating lobster for lunch.
https://t.co/gQ7WzuogoS

[FactPost @factpostnews]

House Republicans have passed a bill slashing 75% of fruit and vegetable benefits for pregnant and breastfeeding moms.

[brocky @brbrbrock]

The anti-choice crowd has to insert themselves into everyone else’s lives for control and immiseration. They don’t care about life while cutting social programs to help the poor families of disabled children. They don’t even want to pay for school lunches for able-bodied kids!

[brocky @brbrbrock]

The anti-abortion crowd never discuss the metaphysical aspect of this topic, it drives me insane. Presumably they believe in a just God, eternal souls, afterlife, etc. So why can’t they just be happy that the parents/doctor will go to Hell and the aborted fetus will go to Heaven?

[Jesse Ridgway @McJuggerNuggets]

This week, my wife and I made the very difficult decision to terminate the pregnancy due to Trisomy 21.

The choice was not made lightly. We really appreciate all of the personal stories that you guys shared with us, especially the unconditional support we received from fans with no matter what we decided.

I know some of you may be very disappointed to hear this news. We are devastated. This has been extremely traumatic for both of us, especially Ashley.

She underwent the procedure earlier this week and is on the mend. Thankfully, everything went smoothly, but emotionally we are drained.

Trisomy 21, also known as Down Syndrome, is caused by an extra chromosome. It is caused by an error in cell division, like a glitch. The odds of a baby having it is 1 in 1000.

When I first confronted this news, I was shocked but optimistic. If they’re a little slow intellectually, then we’ll make it work. I signed on to be a parent, come what may…but I just didn’t fully understand what Down Syndrome entailed.

Once we made it public, it became clear that MOST people don’t know what Down Syndrome entails (and no, it’s not the same as Autism):

50% of babies with DS have heart defects. 75% will have hearing challenges. Over 50% will have vision problems. Impaired immune function, developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, delayed physical development, poor muscle tone, structural issues with face, decreased lifespan, etc…Sadly, the list is long, feel free to look it up…Down Syndome isn’t a “blessing”, it is objectively shitty from a health perspective.

I didn’t realize just how rough it is for the child, let alone the family…more often than not, they would be fully dependent on others for the rest of their life.

The miscarriage risk is also close to 50%, which made matters worse…they may never see the light of day and it puts Ashley further at risk.

We spoke with doctors, friends, family and genetic counselors and learned that up to 90% of women terminate their pregnancy after learning the baby has Trisomy 21.

This was WAY higher than I expected, I thought it would be lower given that I hear so many say they kept or would keep the baby. I believe that’s because most terminations happen privately, it feels shameful. A lot of judgment being cast.

You never think you’d be in this type of situation until it happens to you and then things change.

To all of my fans who have weighed in on this topic who have Autism, Down Syndrome or any other conditions…we appreciate you. You matter a lot and we’re glad you’re here. I commend you and your families for having the strength and courage to push forward.

As for us, we made a difficult decision that we believe in the long-run will be beneficial for our family. Thankfully, we had a choice.

It will take a little time to move on, but we are excited to try again in the future and hopefully have a better outcome.

Love you guys & thank you for understanding. ❤️

[brocky @brbrbrock]

Looking at this cynically, it’s because they don’t actually believe in that nonsense and just want women (and families writ large) to suffer in the form of poverty, medical complications, and death. No freedom to choose one’s own finite life over an unconscious clump of cells

[Beautiful Normal Woman @SillyBWoman]

Everything I say is a joke Unless you agree And in that case Speak to me privately I have even crazier ideas

[Charco @charcoded]

after 30, perfect hairline = low test

[bara wojak @lsthief]

He was so full of life. It's good to remember him this way.

[Neb | 🏳️‍🌈 @NebsGoodTakes]

#TheBoys

[tendollar @tendollardanny]

either everything’s a joke or nothing is. or some things are

[josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99]

Paul McCartney's mother forbade him from listening to The Beatles when he was growing up. "It wouldn't make sense," she'd say. "It doesn't make any sense.."