Auburn Scallon

Auburn Scallon

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Moon Guides Czech Republic author. I’m into pop culture, performing arts, politics, critical travel writing, & conscious language. she/they.
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This letter is such a powerful, thoughtful response, and I really hope it lands on eyes (or ears) willing to listen.

Trans healthcare saves lives. America's trans & nonbinary legislators are calling on the Biden Administration to oppose any attempt to ban puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy, & surgery for young trans people, and to follow medical best practices as set out in WPATH.

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I want more folks to know about libro.fm as an alternative to Audible or Spotify or other shady corps. It’s 100% employee-owned and works like Audible, except your credits support an indie bookstore of your choosing instead of Amazon. Go listen to a disabled author for Disability Pride Month! 💙📚

Same audiobooks. Different story.libro.fm Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.

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If this resonates with you as an expert in your field, please feel free to hit me up on how to pitch an op-ed to MSNBC dot com

Where are the columnists who are experts in specific fields, breaking down what the Heritage Foundation + Trump want to do to each individual federal agency? E.g. I read the section dedicated to our intelligence agencies, and had to stop, since I was starting to feel a little nauseous.

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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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IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN! If you're a U.S.-based comics creative - aspiring, working, or otherwise - and you do ONE thing to help out your fellow creators this year, let it be filling this survey out!

It's time for the 2024 Comics Worker Survey for US workers! Pay transparency is crucial to uncovering patterns in pay inequity & learning what publishers and clients can ACTUALLY pay us. Submit your info and encourage your peers to do the same! cartoonist.coop/2024USsurvey (art by Phil McAndrew)

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If you’ve never seen Dorothea Lange’s photographs of the World War II internment camps and the Japanese-Americans who were imprisoned there, today is a good day to see them and to commit to making sure this never happens again. anchoreditions.com/blog/dorothe...

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This is exciting

“…Proton is launching the ability to create, edit, and collaborate on end-to-end encrypted documents within its online file storage systems.”

Proton Is Launching Encrypted Documents to Take On Google Docswww.wired.com Proton is adding an end-to-end encrypted documents editor to its privacy tools, boosting its competition with Google’s suite of productivity apps.

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Remember that Native nations don't conform to US colonial borders. The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) are split between NY and Canada. The Tohono O'odham and Yaqui are split between Arizona and Mexico. To be Indigenous predates and is beyond the 4th of July

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“A document signed by the head of Israel’s internal security service, Shin Bet, in late June—and viewed by The Wall Street Journal—warned that the conditions in which Palestinians were being held could violate international humanitarian law.”

Palestinian Doctor Says He Was Beaten During Seven Months in Israeli Custodyapple.news The director of Al-Shifa Hospital was released without charge, sparking criticism from both Palestinians and Israelis

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Academic paper: “Recent studies have shown that well over 50 % of people, in some reports 70 % or more, who have contracted SARS-COV-2 suffer damage to their organs” Seems like we should be doing our best to prevent infections in the first place

Review of organ damage from COVID and Long COVID: a disease with a spectrum of pathologywww.degruyter.com Long COVID, as currently defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other authorities, is a symptomatic condition that has been shown to affect an estimated 10 %–30 % of non-hospitalized patie...

On top of blowing through unnecessary energy while we’re in a climate crisis, AI is bad for society at large (say researchers at a company currently pushing AI products… 🙃) 👇

So. Google just released an internal paper about the epistemic, ethical, and sociopolitical threats of generative "AI," and golly gee whiz if that doesn't sure as shit sound familiar. 🤔🧐😒🙄 www.404media.co/google-ai-po...

Google: AI Potentially Breaking Reality Is a Feature Not a Bugwww.404media.co “While these uses of GenAI are often neither overtly malicious nor explicitly violate these tools’ content policies or terms of services, their potential for harm is significant.”

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Covid infections are on the rise nationally “Cases are most likely increasing in 39 states and aren’t declining anywhere in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — evidence that an anticipated summer wave is underway”

The Covid summer wave is herewww.nbcnews.com Infections are most likely rising in at least 39 states, driven in part by a trio of new variants.

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Related: This is one reason I encourage folks to include a link when screenshotting an article ... doing so means you respect the demands many journalists are working under in order to get those quotes you find so interesting and worth sharing! www.allyourscreens.com/latest-news/...

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Alright, everyone. Time to watch the inspiring speech from "Andor" to feel a little less depressed for a moment or two youtu.be/TKB67KzjO4A?...

Things are bad but all the more reason for optimism of the will and rejection of doomerism and nihilism. Only way out is through.

Andor | Kino Loy’s Monologue | Disney+youtu.be Rewatch some of the best moments of Season 1 of #Andor, starting with Andy Serkis as Kino Loy and his rousing speech in episode 10. All episodes are now streaming only on Disney+. The “Andor” series will explore a new perspective from the Star Wars galaxy, focusing on Cassian Andor’s journey to discover the difference he can make. The series brings forward the tale of the burgeoning rebellion against the Empire and how people and planets became involved. It’s an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue where Cassian will embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero. Diego Luna returns as Cassian Andor and is joined by cast members Genevieve O’Reilly, Stellan Skarsgård, Adria Arjona, Denise Gough and Kyle Soller. The executive producers are Kathleen Kennedy, Sanne Wohlenberg, Diego Luna and Michelle Rejwan. Tony Gilroy is the creator and showrunner.

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Breaking: All Americans ages 6 months and older should receive one of the new Covid-19 vaccines when they become available this fall, scientific advisers to the CDC said on Thursday. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/h...

New Covid Shots Recommended for Americans 6 Months and Older This Fallwww.nytimes.com As the virus continues to mutate, scientific advisers to the C.D.C. are urging Americans to roll up their sleeves again for annual vaccinations.

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fuck this shit

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court allows cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside, even if shelter space is lacking.

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When you, your friends, and your neighbors organize, advocate, and lobby, you can, in fact, make things better.

After months of public outcry and pressure from the City Council, New York City’s libraries are poised to have their budgets fully restored so that branches may resume seven-day-a-week service, including Sundays. gothamist.com/news/nyc-lib...

NYC libraries to get budget funding back — and reopen on Sundaysgothamist.com In November, the mayor's budget cuts forced libraries to close on Sundays. The issue has been a thorn in his side ever since.

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If you were stymied by the form, read this part: "Guess what? You don’t need to choose a file, photo, or screenshot. That choice is just there to confuse you…Feel free to cut and paste: 'I wish to exercise my right under data protection law to object to my personal data being processed.'"

'You only have until June 26, 2024 to say no to Meta taking your personal photos and words and using them to train their generative AI. Here are step-by-step directions for opting out.' Link: deborahcopaken.substack.com/p/11-steps-t... #Privacy #Meta #Facebook

11 steps to keep Meta from stealing your data to train AIdeborahcopaken.substack.com You only have until June 26, 2024 to say no to Meta taking your personal photos and words and using them to train their generative AI. Here are step-by-step directions for opting out.

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The Let This Radicalize You audiobook is currently 75% off! Get it!

75% OFF Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Carewww.audiobooks.com What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building powe...

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Producers mostly did a good job this year picking numbers for the Tony Awards that make you want to see their show. The number from Illinoise, however, is above and beyond. Absolutely gorgeous. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXvw...

The 77th Annual Tony Awards® | Illinoise Performance | CBSwww.youtube.com The company of Illinoise perform "The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us" at The 77th Annual Tony Awards® Watch The 77th Annual Tony Awards® now on CBS and Paramount+ with Showtime Follow CBS: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CBS Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cbstv TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@cbs

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Something to read this Juneteenth. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/o...

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The Federal Trade Commission, of all entities, is out here writing absolute bangers about AI snake oil. www.ftc.gov/business-gui...

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"Aid workers say the equivalent of only seven truckloads of assistance is arriving in Gaza via the pier each day, far short of the goal of eventually ramping up to 150 trucks per day."

U.S. Pier for Gaza Aid Is Failing, and Could Be Dismantled Earlywww.nytimes.com Officials hope a looming deadline will pressure Israel to open more land routes into the territory, which is facing extreme levels of hunger.

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In the US you can call your local poison center at 800-222-1222 for all sorts of questions -- medication administration, side effects, extra doses. We're not just here for snake bites, mushrooms and mercury, we're trained nurses and pharmacists with broad expertise in toxicology and pharmacology!

ok i have another quote tweet prompt. what's something, big or small, related to your job or hobby, that most people don't know that you would like to have them know? it can be a concept, a piece of history, some vocabulary, or something else.

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"On our show, we have a lot of playwrights in our room ... [and] We hire a lot of theater actors that have theater training" Long live people with theater backgrounds cuz, baby, they're bringing something to the screen every time Via Collider

'Interview with the Vampire' Creator on Telling a Haunting Season 2 That Will "Stay in Your Bones"collider.com Showrunner Rolin Jones and executive producer Mark Johnson also talk about the future of Anne Rice's Immortal Universe.

I could listen to Josh Boone sing all night. Also thrilled their Tonys performance shows off some of the super interesting staging/production choices! #TonyAwards #TheOutsiders

So many of the actors in The Outsiders musical—opening on Broadway tonight—blew me away. Particularly Joshua Boone (Dallas) & Brent Comer (Darrel), two nuanced performances and visceral voices, among many, that will stick with me for awhile. But the show itself left me with mixed feelings 🧵

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What The Fuck

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic www.reuters.com/investigates...

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to incite fear of China vaccineswww.reuters.com The covert effort began under Trump and continued into Biden’s presidency, Reuters found. Health experts say it endangered lives for possible geopolitical gain.

I would watch 10 more seasons of We Are Lady Parts if we got them. I’m also excited to see what else everyone in this talented cast does next! 👇

I'm begging everyone who has Peacock to watch We Are Lady Parts season 2. It's so good and I need more of this show. Or if you don't have Peacock, pony up for just one month so you can watch this incredible show. Please.