Heather

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SFF bookworm, climate activist, longsword enthusiast. she/her

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Consider that rejecting toxic masculinity means building an identity in opposition to it, a pro-social and nurturing masculinity that builds community and connection, and that pro-social behaviors are just as masculine as anti-social ones. 4/?

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Goddammit, people should not be fucking DYING from HEAT in a place that they cannot leave or where they cannot control their environment. Air conditioning in California's Central Valley should be BASIC, like food, water, and shelter. I'm not sure how this doesn't constitute at least manslaughter.

The California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP), an advocacy group, said it appeared a female prisoner at the California Central Women's Facility in Chowchilla suffered a preventable heat-related death. Residents there are begging for air conditioning. www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

‘Like an oven’: death at US women’s prison amid heatwave sparks cries for helpwww.theguardian.com Woman dies at California facility as temperatures reach 110F and residents without air conditioning beg for relief

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This is extremely cool

Over the course of 15 months and with 62 Lakota speakers involved, The Avengers has been dubbed fully into Lakota by the original cast: reactormag.com/the-avengers...

The Avengers Cast Reassembles to Dub Film in Lakota Language - Reactorreactormag.com Working with The Lakota Language Reclamation Project, the actors came together once more for a very important cause.

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“Almost the entire population”

Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population – after the Israeli military last week ordered a further 80,000 people to evacuate parts of Gaza City amid a renewed ground operation, the latest UN figures show.

Almost entire population in Gaza now displaced amid fresh Israeli offensive | CNNwww.cnn.com Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population – after the Israeli military this week ordered a further 80,000 people to evacuate parts of Gaza City amid a renewed ...

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Reboosting this for people in England. Trans women particularly, and LGBTQIA people generally, need help to fight against erosion of our rights. This consultation started under the Tories and the results will be used by the next government.

People of England, your attention please. Reminder about the consultation closing 11 July about changes to the relationships, sex & health education statutory guidance. If you're LGBTQIA, or an ally, please check it out & complete with a view to protecting LGBTQIA people. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Review of the RSHE statutory guidancewww.gov.uk We’re seeking your views on changes to the relationships, sex and health education statutory guidance.

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i'm stuck on the "bloodless if the left allows it to be" phrasing like "we won't kill you if you just let us do what we want" is what terrorists say

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"www.mediamatters.org

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The EU got more than 50% of its electricity from renewables in first half of 2024 theprogressplaybook.com/2024/07/03/t...

The EU got more than 50% of its electricity from renewables in first half of 2024theprogressplaybook.com Three-quarters of the EU's power came from low-carbon sources in the first half — up from 68% in 2023.

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universal basic electricity minimum for every human on the planet before AI gets another milliwatt.

Millions in Nigeria have little to no electricity. It's straining businesses and public services

Millions in Nigeria have little to no electricity. It's straining businesses and public servicesapnews.com The lack of reliable electricity severely affects education and businesses in Nigeria. Schools like Excellent Moral in Ibadan, near Lagos, operate in darkness due to zero grid access, depriving students of essential tools like computers.

My husband and kid playing 5 Second Rule: name 3 fiction authors. My husband: "Uh... @seananmcguire.bsky.social ... @tkingfisher.bsky.social ...James Joyce?"

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Data from 2020 showed that maternal death rates were 62% higher in states w/abortion bans (pre-Dobbs, pre-SB8) than those w/o. (Worse when race factors in ofc.) Perinatal deaths were 15% higher in ban states, & Black infant mortality 2x that of other groups. Abortion bans kill. Access saves lives.

"Since Texas’ ban on abortion went into effect, infant deaths in the state increased by nearly 13%, according to a new analysis published on Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. In the rest of the country, infant mortality increased less than 2% over the same period."

Infant deaths increased after Texas banned abortion in early pregnancywww.statnews.com Since Texas’ ban on abortion went into effect, infant deaths in the state increased by nearly 13%, according to a new analysis published on Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.

The U.S. Maternal Health Divide: The Limited Maternal Health Services and Worse Outcomes of States Proposing New Abortion Restrictionswww.commonwealthfund.org States banning/restricting abortion have fewer maternity care providers, more maternity care “deserts,” and higher rates of maternal mortality and infant death.

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Honestly if money were made unnecessary to live we would almost certainly be getting more art out of people, not less, let's make money superfluous to existence and find out

“if money was abolished would you still make content?” is the most insane AI bullshit i have ever heard in my life i was making art and drawing way before i was making money for it how fucking corrupt are these pieces of shit? money is barely part of the equation. its only there cause i NEED IT

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hell yeah north side

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It’s so cool that cities are like “pweeease only turn your AC on if you’re actively dying and don’t go below 79 🥺🤘🏻💗” while the AI nobody asked for is slurping up the power grid to make 1 image of a girl with 5 tits

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Illinois is set to pass House Bill 5507, allowing transgender residents to correct birth certificates and IDs issued out of state or internationally. #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA www.transvitae.com/i...#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA www.transvitae.com/i...

Illinois Leads the Way: Pioneering Support for Trans Residentswww.transvitae.com Illinois' HB 5507 allows trans residents to correct out-of-state IDs. Governor Pritzker backs this move, reinforcing Illinois' commitment to trans rights.

I've always been confused by how quiet I am online, considering I never shut up in real life... (I have made an effort to post more on my primary SM, as a way of participating and enriching the community I love, but it feels like work.)

The vast, vast, vast amount of sheer stuff you see on social media, whether good or bad or weird or what, comes from a tiny handful of people who are all *incredibly fucking online* Who very literally post more per hour than the average person does in a goddamn year.

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Hot damn! Look at that population go up!

Have some good nature news: The Iberian Lynx has now been reclassified from "Endangered" to "Vulnerable" as the species has jumped from 62 mature individuals to 648 in the space of 21 years, with an estimated total population now >2,000 @tkingfisher.bsky.social

One of world’s rarest cats no longer endangered - conservation agencywww.bbc.com The Iberian lynx is now classed as "vulnerable" as numbers surge due to conservation efforts.

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Today, on Juneteenth, if you are a descendant of a formerly enslaved person I invite you to take a moment to acknowledge, mourn, and cherish all it means. If you are a descendant of a people who benefited from slavery I invite you to explore what steps remain to address the legacy of that injustice.

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Bans on transition care for minors kill children. Full stop. Fully HALF of trans minors have considered suicide. HALF OF THEM. They are twice as likely to actually attempt suicide as cis children. These. Bans. Will. Kill. Children.

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Heat wave season reminder: one incident of severe heatstroke can cause an acute brain injury, as well as predispose you (generally temporarily) to getting heatstroke again. Do not push past early symptoms of heat exhaustion. Catch it as heat exhaustion, and avoid an ER visit for heatstroke.

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YES. They think they are uncluttered by emotion and thus can "think more clearly." But not having empathy (or being willing to chuck it aside at the first chance) doesn't make you think more clearly, it just means your model of the world is broken and you don't want to put in the effort to fix it.

People with no empathy always think they’re smarter than everyone else

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Eid al Adha Mubarak to my Muslim friends and indeed to Muslims everywhere. May Gd grant you a peaceful and prosperous life, and Gd's blessings never leave your side.

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OH MY GOD. “In fact, hair relaxers marketed to children in the United States have been found to contain the highest levels of five of the chemicals prohibited in the European Union.”

“A study that followed a cohort of nearly 34,000 women, found that those who frequently used chemical hair-straightening products, a majority of whom were Black women, were two and a half times as likely to develop uterine cancer as those who did not use the products.”

The Disturbing Truth About Hair Relaxerswww.nytimes.com They’ve been linked to reproductive disorders and cancers. Why are they still being marketed so aggressively to Black women?

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I haven't talked about Linda except in occasional flashes of rage. She sat on the other end of the phone with me during so many long nights. I did the same for her later, because combat ptsd and her ptsd were basically the same animal. I am having a hard time with her dying. Please help my friend.

Here is the update on Linda Tirado’s need for hospice from her blog

Story Thirty-Ninelindatirado.substack.com This time, it’s for Linda.

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I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

Brilliantly put

This, but also, not everyone can tolerate being bad at something for long enough to develop skill. Tolerance for failure is an underappreciated requirement for getting good at something.

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A new study says that due to an increase of around 55% in wind and solar generation between 2019 and 2022, air quality in the United States shot up and asthma risk fell. #ShareGoodNewsToo buff.ly/3Rh9C9Z

Increasing use of renewable energy in US yields billions of dollars of benefitsbuff.ly New study published in Cell Reports Sustainability finds emission reductions provided $249bn of climate and health benefits

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Are you in California? Are you mad about the Supreme Court's corruption? Guess what. Senator Alex Padilla is ON the Senate Judiciary Committee. He can push for proper investigation and hearings. He needs to hear from you www.padilla.senate.gov/contact/

Contact - Senator Alex Padillawww.padilla.senate.gov We want to hear from you. Please choose one of these options to get started. Newsletter Signup → Write to Alex → Office Locations

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In 2023, only 0.5% of all VC funding for U.S. startups went to Black founders. The first time it was less than $1B since 2016. It has declined every year since 2021. They'll try to kill programs like this, Black Ambition Prize, Google's Black Founders Fund and then act like Black ppl don't innovate.

An appeals court suspended the Fearless Fund’s grant program for Black women business owners, ruling that a conservative group is likely to prevail in its lawsuit claiming that the program is discriminatory

A grant program for Black women business owners is discriminatory, appeals court rulesapnews.com A U.S. federal court of appeals panel suspended a venture capital firm’s grant program for Black women business owners on Monday, ruling that a conservative group is likely to prevail in its lawsuit c...

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til anyone ages 12-26 can get a library card online from the san diego library to get access to banned books and audiobooks

Books Unbannedwww.sandiego.gov Can you believe that some of America's youth are denied the right to read? Yeah, we couldn’t either! So, guess what we are going to do about it? We believe in your right to read what you want, discove...