Olivia Hill
@machineiv
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Author. Artist. Game Designer. Award-Winning Filmmaker. Radical. Trans. She/Her. I tell stories about monsters that are actually stories about humans. Trantifa
Central Yharnam
Joined November 2008
Hey new followers!. Check out my novel, #iHunt: Killing Monsters in the Gig Economy. It’s Buffy meets Uber. Irreverent dark humor and social commentary. Or the companion tabletop rpg of the same name!.
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Turns out that standing against genocide isn't the career killer they keep saying it is.
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Every time I hear “they were a product of their time,” to justify racism, I think to this piece by Barbarity vs Civilisation by René Georges Hermann-Paul. Clearly “the time” (1899) had anti-racist sentiment, too. “The era” is no excuse.
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"The guilt I would have felt if someone did get hurt" he literally does not think his victim was a human being.
JUST IN: Daniel Penny says he has zero regrets, says he couldn't live with the guilt if someone was hurt on the subway by Jordan Neely. Penny is an even better person than I thought. The Marine said he would do a million court appearances if it meant saving someone on the
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One time I went to a comedy club. Comedian made awful gay joke after gay joke. A man booed. Comic said “what are you gonna do about it faggot?”. The leather daddy got up on stage and laid him out with one punch. “That’s what this faggot will do.”. I’ve never laughed so hard.
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Having superheroes create their costumes with generative AI is a whole new level of anti-art propaganda.
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But remember, TikTok had to be banned because of foreign interference.
In order to be monetized on X beginning July 1st, users will have to give Israeli intelligence company AU10TIX access to their government-issued ID and biometric data. Follow: @AFpost
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*Deep breath* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Ben Shapiro: "One of the great failures of Wall Street and of big business in general - they are not capitalist by nature. They are profit-seeking"
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The Los Angeles teachers union has said they'll reopen schools under the following conditions:. 1) Defund the police.2) Moratorium on charter schools.3) Pass Medicare for All.4) Pass a wealth tax.5) A federal school bailout. More demands like this please. Use your power.
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Liberals right now are like, "the single most important thing you can do is get out there and vote in November," meanwhile Democrat governors all over the nation are like, "While we respect peaceful protest, if you're seen outside after 6pm, you can eat a bullet.".
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I had to go to Walmart. They’ve put locks on all of the cooking oil. This country is fucking doomed. If you support capitalism at this point you’re a death cultist. I’m tired of playing nice.
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Pharmaceutical companies are currently fighting to prevent a procedure that would end the need for insulin, and lobbying to prevent a proven lung cancer treatment from being approved.
The Fallout tv show was fun but also probably the dumbest satire of capitalism I've seen. No, investors in a fallout shelter company would not have an interest in engineering a nuclear apocalypse to increase the value of their shares on markets that would no longer exist.
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This interaction is the perfect encapsulation of what it means to be transgender right now.
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The only time my parents brought up sexuality was when my stepdad said, “if you turn out gay I promise you they’ll never find your body.”. So no, maybe I don’t think all education about gender and sexuality should come from parents.
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The charge? . "Conspiracy while wearing a mask.".
Xavier pro-Palestinian protesters appear in court on felony charges.
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If you think the UNRWA should be completely abolished because three people in it might have Hamas ties, wait until I tell you about the Neo Nazi population in the US police force.
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YOU SAID MY CAR LOOKS STUPID SO I PUT MIRRORS ON IT SO NOW WHEN YOU SAY IT LOOKS STUPID YOU'RE SAYING IT ABOUT YOURSELF
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I want you to read this while simultaneously remembering that Florida and about 20 other states are passing various forms of “being trans or in drag is a sexual offense against minors.”. Just saying.
BREAKING: Florida Senate committee has unanimously passed a bill that would give the death penalty to those who commit sexual crimes against children.
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Texas just banned men performing in makeup in public. This of course includes Donald Trump, Joel Osteen, rodeo clowns, and literally every theater performance. When pressed about this, Texas legislators responded, “Naw y’all know we just mean the faggets.”.
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Guess it's a good time to remind you that Tesla makes a significant amount of its money selling carbon offset credits to other polluting companies. Tesla directly profits from climate change. It's their business plan.
The climate change billionaire is a full blown climate change denialist
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Fun fact: This young woman was 16. She did not stab anyone. She was accosted by IOF forces. She was searched and had a knife on her person. She was then shot ten times, survived, then was imprisoned for eight years. The only controversy was whether he shot her 10 or 12 times.
Let me fix it for you:. She was not "snatched" from you. She was arrested after stabbing a Border police cop. And it is not a "hostage swap": The Israelis freed are children, women, and elderly who were brutally kidnapped from their homes only because they were Jews. The.
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I think it's worth noting Rashida Tlaib was censured for stating that Israel would attack a hospital. Since that statement, they've attacked numerous hospitals and have even admitted to some of them.
Breaking: Indonesia hospital in Gaza is under Israeli attack. Several killed and injured.
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Me: I need better healthcare. GOP: He can fuck off and die. Dems: 👏 SHE 👏 can fuck off and die.
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I mean, imagine spending years and years and years making a thing, and it's a smash hit, and you're rewarded with having to give a company that didn't contribute anything but brand identity markers $90m. Good for them.
Larian Studios founder Swen Vincke has revealed that the developer isn't planning to release any expansions or DLC for Baldur's Gate 3, nor a Baldur's Gate 4.
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Since liberals have decided “from the river to the sea” is a call for genocide, I’ve decided “vote blue no matter who” is also a call for genocide.
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If you’ve ever been in a traffic collision where a rich person was at fault, you’d know you’re 100% wrong. Rich people will blame the victim, the EMTs, the cops, they will lash out at everyone but themselves.
I think one of the dumbest things in the Fallout show was when the knight, who was bleeding out, started insulting and threatening the only person who can insure his survival . Just because someone is a jackass or "evil" doesn't mean they're also stupid
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For younger people, here’s a weird thing you probably didn’t know about unless you’re at least an elder millennial, because it sounds insane. Chickenpox Parties. Growing up, when one of our friends got chickenpox, parents would throw a party with tons of kids. To get us sick.
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If you didn't know, part of the reason the postal service exists is to protect citizens' privacy since prior to the postal service, private companies were found to read citizens' mail. This is a very transparent effort to enact a more comprehensive surveillance state.
BREAKING: Trump confirms our scoop over the weekend that he is looking at privatizing the United States Postal Service.
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When I, a disabled person, advocate for six hour work days, liberals say I’m asking for handouts and should be working 40-60 hours. When the most powerful man in the world can only be coherent six hours a day, my questioning that is “ableist.”.
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Why is it all these people calling us antisemitic all have selfies with actual Nazis?
It's amazing how "we're not anti-Semitic, we're just criticizing Israeli government policy" instantly becomes a campaign to take down the one Jewish candidate in the race.
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Fun fact: The last time I went job hunting in video games, I sent out about 400 resumes, 200 with my name as Olivia, and 200 with my deadname. Identical resume. Nearly half using my deadname got callbacks. I got about 20 interviews from that bout. I got ZERO as Olivia.
@EcoTechBro I really don’t think the average man/white person benefits from patriarchy/white supremacy and it’s extremely counterproductive to say so. They *perceive* themselves to benefit from it, but the social consequences of these systems of oppression hurt everyone.
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That woman shaming EBT users by posting that receipt that turns out was actually hers, and she owns a Cadillac dealership that got $3m in free PPP money is a perfect encapsulation of American conservatism.
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Don't let them try to convince you that a 4 day work week is a "radical" position. It's extremely popular.
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Remember this every time you're told about how Israel is an ally to the LGBTQ+ community. They're not. They're 100% not.
Israeli security forces have admitted to deliberately threatening and outing queer Palestinians as a tactic to intimidate them into working as informants.
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This. They don't flock to Andrew Tate because they have no positive masculine role models. There are plenty of those out there. They flock to Andrew Tate because he promises them power and control. He promises inequity, and they salivate over it.
The fundamental problem with "positive" masculinity as a solution to misogyny is it offers no reward, which is the only reason men care about masculinity to begin with.
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Both Mad Max and the Muppets are perfect examples of the amazing things actual human creativity can give us. And this video is a perfect example of the kind of dogshit AI comes up with.
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Make art Nazis don’t want to consume. Make games Nazis don’t want to play. Draw comics Nazis don’t want to buy. Write books Nazis don’t want to read. Film movies Nazis don’t want to watch. Hold conventions Nazis don’t want to attend. It’s not hard.
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Youtube algorithm:. "You watched a video by a feminist. How about a video by a Nazi?". "You watched a video by a trans person. How about a video by a Nazi?". "You watched a video by a Muslim woman. How about a video by a Nazi?". At a certain point it's no longer just ineptitude.
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Wanna know how the Japanese internment happened right under everyone's noses? . This is a former executive for NBC.
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Dropped my daughter off this morning and I just got cut off by someone doing 70~ in a 35 zone. They swerved past me and slammed into the car ahead of me. I slammed my brakes. The car sheared the side off the other. I just watched someone die. I hate this country.
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I think the problem was more trying to use our bodies after their marketing team wouldn’t stop slinging “I identify as an attack helicopter” and “did you just assume my gender” jokes.
Can’t believe people ever had problems with this poster from Cyberpunk 2077. It’s one of the most based things ever.
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In case you were wondering about watching Civil War, they thank actual Nazis in the credits. NGL seeing Andy Ngo and Helen Lewis there really hurts my opinion of @A24.
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I need everyone who:. A) Has a passing familiarity with Bloodborne and. B) Knows my love of From games. to see this interaction. Just. 👩🍳😘
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Both sides are bad. Objectively. Not equally. But objectively. Saying both sides are bad is not only factual, it’s a moral responsibility. Genocide is not okay. “Genocide is bad but…” let me stop you right there. Genocide is indefensible. Period.
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Right wingers have a fairy tale level understanding of Japan.
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January 1st, Metropolis goes public domain. This is insane to me. A film that looks like this, 100 years old, is the newest thing the culture can freely embrace. Corporations stunt our cultural growth. We need to divest from them if we want a better world.
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@BuckAngel Maybe because porn is categorized based on how men fetishize us? And we should perhaps base our society LESS on how men fetishize us? Not more?.
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A lot of people saying this is fake haven’t spent much time in shitty bars, apparently.
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Biden: "I'll give everyone better healthcare!". Us: No he won't he's had four years. Liberals: You IDIOT. You CHILD. The PRESIDENT is not a KING. He can't influence legislation!. Us: Then why does he propose to if he can't?. Liberals: YOU THINK TRUMP WOULD BE BETTER YOU FOOL!?.
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Your daily reminder: Wage theft is the most common form of theft in America. It literally makes up nearly 75% of all theft.
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The unchecked demand for “wholesomeness” is going to kill queer art. The irony is not lost on me that the absolute most toxic, aggressive queers on the planet are the ones who demand everything be saccharine YA clean.
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“Leftists” going after AOC because she shared her sexual assault experience: Understand that we see you, we will never, ever feel safe around you, and we will make sure you’re not part of any movement we are. Holy shit why do I have to say this?.
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I live a different life entirely from trans people who can “stack cash” and “stockpile HRT.”
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My humanity is not an "opinion.".
Report: Warner Bros. Games president says transphobe J.K. Rowling has "the right to hold her opinions".
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To be clearer:. Vaccines are objectively the single most important scientific advancement in our species’ recent history. They have saved countless millions of lives, and that will project out into billions.
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I love how Brennan Lee Mulligan is just quietly teaching people anarchist thinking without using the word so they like it and display bumper stickers of it. I wonder just how many people he’s quietly helping radicalize.
brennan lee mulligan spotted in a target parking lot
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nobody will remember: .- your salary .- how “busy you were” .- how many hours you worked. They'll remember how you were laid off with a hundred of your coworkers while Hasbro reported record profits.
nobody will remember: .- your salary .- how “busy you were” .- how many hours you worked. people will remember:.-how you fumbled your charisma check.
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I’m seeing more and more antivaxx sentiment every day, and from “the left.”. No. Just no. I will never compromise on this issue. The science is very clear and very abundant. There is no credible, replicable evidence that vaccines are a net negative. Period.
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Never, ever let this kind of misinformation go uncontested. America miseducates us to think all our rights were won peacefully, because the truth would put the oligarchs in danger.
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No. I want a hand out. You people have taken every single drop of my surplus labor for my entire life and spoon fed it to oligarchs. I’m done asking what I can do for my country. It’s time my country do something for me.
I know Americans aren’t looking for a handout. They just want a fair chance to get ahead — and I’ll work every day to make sure folks get that chance.
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Lol this shit is almost word for word what they say in the orientation videos at a non-union retail store.
Actors’ strike will likely have no impact on your favorite actual play series
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Psst. Bullying bigots is exactly how we got Nazi punks out of the SoCal punk scene in the 80s and 90s. It was objectively good.
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Nobody thinks that if you shut up about liking Harry Potter and stop buying merch, you’re going to single handedly bankrupt JK. We’re asking you to draw a very basic line in the sand over a leisure product, so people see that discrimination means rejection.
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"I get junk mail because DEI.". We cannot reason with these people.
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I want you to look at this thread. This is what transphobia looks like. These people act like they’re behaving in a perfectly sane, rational way. These people are terrifying, inhuman monsters. They will afford us not a single boundary; we can only exist according to their whims.
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Conservatives absolutely cannot talk about antifa without making them sound even more awesome.
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I’m sitting here in a parking lot having a panic attack because I just watched a human being ripped in half because someone was probably late for work or something and literally none of us fucking need cars Jesus Christ this fucking death cult country.
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I utterly do not want to dive into drama bullshit. But honestly, fuck Brianna Wu. She bragged about testifying to Congress about how bad Gamergate was. She sold her story to Hollywood. Now she's saying trans people are as bad as Gamergate?. Fuck that and fuck her.
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"Capitalist corporations wouldn't destroy the world for profit." I say, as the Earth's climate breaks +1.6° and this year is already on target for record extinction levels.
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If superhero media is "our modern myths," then why do films like The People's Joker get pulled?. Because that's not what they are. They're corporate content mills and intellectual property to sit on and landlord. Copyright is the antithesis of mythology.
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This looks like the most shitty, bland, and regressive game I’ve seen in years. Imagine thinking of a cyberpunk future and all you can come up with is “scruffy white guy with a gun.” This is a game for people who think looking like that is cool.
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Biden put a trans woman in an influential position regarding healthcare. That’s so cool. So when I bawl my eyes out because I can’t get healthcare as a trans person, at least I can look up and see the boot on my head is worn by someone like me. Inspiring.
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Imagine being so obsessed with proving to the world that you’re oppressed that you fund a hate crime against yourself for evidence.
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Zuckerberg lost so much today that if he just spent that money instead of hoarding it, he could have fixed Flint's water supply 63 times over. Just with what he lost in a day.
Had a rough day?.Mark Zuckerberg lost $3.6 billion today. Jeff Bezos lost $3.2 billion. Google's founders lost $2.3 billion, each. Bill Gates lost $2.2 billion. (Source: Bloomberg).
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I love how "if you change gay rights to just mean gay marriage and if you ignore all the decades leading up to gay marriage, then gay people just lobbied the government and got what they want by being nice" is a community note. Fucking joke site.
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This is cyberpunk.
He used Snapchat’s “gender switch” filter to pose as a 16-year-old girl online, and take down a police officer allegedly looking to hook up. He tipped off the PD, and the officer was arrested. Our exclusive interview with the man, and why he did it, at 11 on @nbcbayarea
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Now my cousin died in 91. He was basically my age. The varicella vaccine came about around 95. He would have lived if he just pulled through a few more years. My kids won’t die of chickenpox. They won’t even get it.
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Mind you, before the vaccine, hundreds of people died every year from it and countless thousands hospitalized. Many suffered permanent injuries from it. I have scars from it. Now? It kills about 30 people per year. And those ones are almost all unvaccinated.
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There's a thread going around about Kamala Harris, defending her transphobia. It of course glosses over and waters down the bad parts, and just ignores the inconvenient ones. So let me break it down a little more specifically.
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Further, the vaccines used in any given nation are used in others. If your conspiracy about vaccines doesn’t account for global access, it isn’t even worth considering. Vaccines do not cause autism. They do not cause mass shootings. They save lives.
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However, varicella is also very dangerous. I think that culturally we really downplayed that aspect. For example, my cousin died of it when he was 9. He got it at a party. My community still held parties, because they believed it was for the greater good.
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You see, chickenpox, now more commonly called varicella, is a very uncomfortable sickness, and basically the older you are when you get it, the worse it is. For adults, it’s absolute hell.
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Be gay do crimes. Not, like, shoplifting. Or theft. Or property damage. Or public disturbance. Or political violence. Or arson. Or possession with intent to sell. Or indecent exposure. Or noise ordinance violations. You know. GAY crimes. Like… ummm….
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Sucks SCOTUS ruled to end student loan forgiveness. But instead of blaming powerless Joe Biden, we should blame whomever made it so you can’t discharge student loan debt in bankruptcy. That asshole put us here.
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@thebrettrussell @ara_hagopian As a former Disneyland employee, I can say the interrogation rooms are actually by the entrance to Frontierland.
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Hey. A lot of normies and liberals are starting to get radicalized now. THIS IS GOOD. Now is not the time for “I told you so.” Now is the time for welcoming and love. The ONLY concern is zeal of the convert. Guide them to things that work.
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I'm terrified of Gamergate 2 because if it really happens we might get another Brianna Wu.
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Ergo, to many parents, the idea was you get as many kids together as possible, in hopes of getting them infected as early as possible. After all, most people can never get varicella twice.
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Wonderful piece about the Queer Eye Japan series, from a queer Japanese person. On how the show fails on basically every level, reinforces numerous harmful stereotypes, and completely disregards Japanese queer existence.
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BREAKING: In a stunning announcement, President Biden is reclassifying marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug under federal law. This is a big deal. Retweet so all Americans hear this great news.
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From what the comments here are teaching me, a lot of people think that if you’ve ever done a crime in the past at all, your life is forfeit and it a civilian kills you it’s justified because you did a crime in the past.
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“Why do leftists spend so much time critiquing liberalism instead of focusing on conservatism?”. Easy. Conservatism is evil ideology. We have no illusions what conservatives want. Liberals say they strive to be humane. We are hoping in vain they see our criticisms and do better.
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Yes, IQ is thoroughly debunked as a science and has been for decades. But it's still a useful tool for gauging intelligence. You see, if someone tries to convince you they're "High IQ" or other people are "Low IQ," you know that person is a fucking idiot. See? Useful tool.
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