the friendly idiot

just screaming into the void. BLACK LIVES MATTER. COVID IS REAL. fight back. be loud. ask for tarot readings. she/her

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

NEW: A Nashville Walgreens employee pulled out a pistol and shot a pregnant woman he says he thought was shoplifting. Doctors performed an emergency c-section; both the woman and her baby are in critical condition. The employee is claiming self-defense.
https://t.co/foA6UENjyS

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Our kids are begging us for change. They are scared for their lives. We cannot continue to go on like this.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Keep. It. Up.

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

The United States House of Representatives has just passed the "Parents Bill Of Rights" 213-208.

It is the first national bill that targets transgender youth.

It contains provisions that forcibly out them to their parents, forces teachers to misgender them.

[People's City Council - Los Angeles @PplsCityCouncil]

What’s happening in Atlanta should alarm all of us. It’s so important that we stand up and resist right now.

Solidarity to all forest defenders and all those speaking out to #StopCopCity

[Stacy Cay @stacycay]

Jackson Mississippi is an occupied city. It’s an 83% black city that hasn’t had water for over a year, and now they’re not even allowed to elect their own judges or police force. Instead, the state of Mississippi will control them directly.

We’ve fought wars over this before.

[Rep. Zooey Zephyr @ZoAndBehold]

She was trans. Her name was Cashay Henderson. She was only 31. Her life had joy & beauty & worth! #SayHerName #blackTRANSlivesmatter 🏳️‍⚧️

And shame on the the news for changing the headline from "woman" to "person" once it was revealed she was trans.

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

Students walk out in Danville, Kentucky HS for trans rights!

Amazing job!

Students continue to fight for their fellow trans students all over the United States. This is what solidarity looks like.

https://t.co/hXoBWPTjMO

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

Amazing defiant speech from Bella Duball in Tennessee against the anti drag bill there.

“If they try to take drag away, this year we will remind them we will fight for our liberation. We will raise our bricks high.”

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

So a cop got to take a 20 month paid vacation for shooting a teenager while off duty.

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

Trayvon Martin should’ve turned 28 today.

Happy heavenly birthday, Trayvon. 🕊

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

In 2019, there were 18,142 flights and 2,836,474 passengers that flew between Atlanta and Orlando (400 miles). If a French TGV train connected both cities, it would take about 3 hours. If the train ran hourly, it would have the capacity to move 8.5 million ppl a year (300% more).

[Kamau Franklin @kamaufranklin]

This is the Manuel "Tortuguita" Teran, the young, queer, Afro-Venezuelan forest defender killed by police yesterday in their raid to clear the forest so they could build Cop-City. Don't let the media criminalize them.

[Defend the Atlanta Forest/Stop Cop City @defendATLforest]

"This is my home now,” Tortugita said. “We’ve built a nice community here. It’s about reclaiming the parks and public space."

Forest defender Tortugita was profiled in this story before they were killed by Georgia police:
https://t.co/Zv3SdF7qQF

[Kyle 🌱 @KylePlantEmoji]

I want to help you move and I want you to take me to urgent care when I cant drive and I want to watch your kid for a night to give you a break and I want you to cook me a meal just because and I want to pick you up when your car breaks down because we're friends and friends help

[AJ+ @ajplus]

LAPD officers tased and tackled a Black English teacher after a car crash, causing him to suffer fatal cardiac arrest, family say.

#KeenanAnderson, 31, died at the hospital while in police custody.

LAPD killed 170+ people since 2013, Black victims 4.4x more often than white.