hot take: friendship requires the same intentionality we give to (early) dating
> go to their party even when you're tired
> stop cancelling last minute
> host at your place
> drive your friends to the airport
> support the wins & losses
it's worth every ounce of effort!!
Today is Trans Day of Visibility.
Trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming people have always been here — from the hijra of India to the Diné nádleehi to the leaders who built the modern LGBTQIA+ movement here in New York.
Your existence is not up for debate. Your lives are not a political issue.
We’re fighting for a city where every trans New Yorker can live openly, safely, and with joy.
I love having so much anxiety I can’t sleep at all and now work in an hour and half and it will be my first day back to work so I have so much to do. I want to die.
It is also jarring for me, despite it being the law of the ages, to see the entire country mobilized & activated over the death of this woman. As precious as her life was, to know the life of a white woman is worth more than the THOUSANDS of people of color being raped & killed by ICE is sad to me
Let's be even more clear about this:
-ICE's jurisdiction is ONLY on matters related to immigration.
-They do NOT have normal police powers or authorities.
-To stop a vehicle they MUST have reasonable cause to believe it contains an undocumented immigrant.
-To draw their weapon on someone they MUST have reasonable cause that their lives are in *DIRECT* danger.
-They CANNOT detain you with out reasonable cause to believe you are undocumented.
-They CANNOT detain a US citizen for passing-by the area.
Ice had NO jurisdiction to stop or interact with this woman at all, never mind pull out a gun.
🚨 If you’re confused why the Trump administration is suddenly claiming there’s “massive fraud” in daycares… without evidence… here’s the reality:
It’s not about fraud.
It’s about defunding childcare.
And it’s laid out plainly in Project 2025.
Project 2025 argues that the federal government should stop supporting large-scale childcare systems and instead “support parents directly” so one parent can stay home.
Sounds benign… until you look closer.
👉 There is no plan to replace a real income.
👉 No wage replacement.
👉 No guarantee families can survive on one paycheck.
“Paying parents to stay home” in Project 2025 does not come anywhere close to replacing what a parent earns in the workforce. It’s not a living wage. It’s not sustainable. It doesn’t cover rent, healthcare, groceries, student loans, or childcare for other kids.
So what’s actually happening?
👉 They want to defund daycare
👉 While not offering a real financial alternative
👉 While cutting programs like Head Start
👉 While rolling back access to birth control and abortion
That’s not support. That’s coercion.
When childcare disappears and reproductive autonomy disappears, women don’t “choose” to leave the workforce… they’re forced out.
This is the pipeline:
• Undermine abortion access
• Restrict contraception
• Defund childcare
• Offer symbolic “parent support” that doesn’t cover lost income
• Push women back into financial dependence
Project 2025 isn’t subtle about its worldview. It prioritizes a single-income, male-breadwinner household… without building an economy where that’s actually possible.
So when you hear panic about “daycare fraud,” understand what’s really being set up:
No childcare.
No reproductive choice.
No real economic alternative.
That’s not family values.
That’s economic and government control.
The more financial desperate families get, the more the rich can exploit the working class.
what are we going to do about 30% being the new standard black friday deal bc what the fuck is that. I get a coupon code in my email weekly for 30% off from like every store so why would we give a fuck??
Being a Black person is maddening because people will empathise with racists who want you to die, be enslaved, and or think you mentally aren’t as smart as them because of our race - and then question YOUR morals for being happy such a person is gone. You white people are CRAZY
I firmly believe people that smoke weed need to stick with people that smoke weed. I’m not tryna wait an extra 20 min anytime we do anything cause you gotta roll up and smoke beforehand
"I'm shocked they're this cruel"
Beloved. They gathered around in their Sunday best with children and babies to laugh and giggle at Black people being tortured and hung from a tree. Only to them take our limbs and private parts home in mason jars as souvenirs.
“There’s people that repair the runways at the airport that can’t afford a plane ticket”
“I dont want to be rich, we just want a comfort inside this city that we serve daily”
PAY THESE PEOPLE!!!!