They told us we were being alarmist. They said this would never happen. Let's be clear: this is pro-rape. This is pro-death. This is about control. This is about intimidation and humiliation. This is fascism.
Today is the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the reason Pride is in June.
In 1969, it was illegal to wear clothes that were considered inappropriate for one's sex and when the police raided the Stonewall Inn's gay bar, they started to do a genital check (as was procedure).
Clarence Thomas writes, in a concurring opinion, that the Supreme Court should reconsider Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell — the rulings that now protect contraception, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriage.
To be clearer: your app data is not private. if your menstruation pattern is disrupted, and an app knows about it, prosecutors can use that as evidence against you in court
do you ever just set yourself up for bad news in the middle of the day when you do not have time to properly deal with it instead of waiting for a time that might be more appropriate 🙃
Gas is over $5 a gallon right now.
The last time a barrel of crude oil cost this much was in July 2014. At that point a gallon of gas only cost about $3.54.
Let’s be clear: Oil companies don’t need to be charging this much for gas. They’re just doing it to make excess profits.
it's very hot. did you know the cooling impact of just one healthy tree (from both evaporation and absorbing sunlight) is "equivalent to 10 room-size air conditioners operating 24 hours a day," per the USDA? razing a forest to build cop city would make ATL so much more vulnerable
Y’all. Republicans are spending tons of money in Democratic primaries.
GOP and insurrectionist funders are trying to buy races, including Dem ones. Do your research and DON’T just vote for whoever has the most ads.
To “Dems” who welcomed this blood money: you should be ashamed.
“U.S. Federal Reserve says its goal is ‘to get wages down’” because god forbid the working class ever approach a reasonable standard of living. Wage increases aren’t outpacing inflation. Corporate profits and CEO pay are at record levels. But sure, wages are the fucking problem.
NEW: We interviewed teen girls who met the alleged Uvalde gunman online and said he had threatened to kidnap, rape or kill them. But either their reports were ignored or they said that’s just “how online is.” https://t.co/9RpBMYZFip
People should be more outraged that leaders have dropped all public health measures that would limit COVID spread inside the US, but continue to use public health as cover for Title 42, so that they can deny refugees basic human rights at the border. https://t.co/5W6Z4wj5nY
This is Ginger. She was stolen from her family in 2017. Her human, Barney, never stopped searching for her. He would visit any shelter dogs that resembled her in the slightest. Last week, he found her. “As soon as they saw each other, there was no doubt.” 14/10