the internet is a great place to meet people who are deeply weird (derogatory) and also people who are deeply weird (complimentary)

Uber: we can't make money if we have to follow the law Google: we can't make money if we're not allowed to be a monopoly Nestle: we can't make money without using slave labor OpenAI: we can't make money if we can't steal media: should shoplifters be executed?

You are not required to punch EVERY Nazi, but neither are you free to desist from punching Nazis.

Anti-trans activists, helped by their allies in the right-wing press, are attacking a World Health Organization committee tasked with setting guidelines for gender-affirming care. The groups hope to install their own ideologues on the WHO's committee. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

WHO Transgender Health Committee Politicized by Anti-Trans Activists Seeking to Derail New Guideline...

On social media and in the right-wing press, a committee to set guidelines for gender-affirming care is being targeted by anti-transgender activist groups.

If your interest in the esoteric goes beyond DnD wizards this might be of interest, the newly launched Occult Library is a kind of discogs for the arcane, cataloguing occult books, zines, art & ephemera. Could be a really useful archive & resource www.occultlibrary.org

Here's a question: What do you get if you remove the rapid onset from your Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria? Proponents of this fringe theory are trying to quietly remove any mention of a rapid onset after multiple sources of data have failed to find it.

Proponents of ROGD Are Quietly Removing the Rapid-Onset Aspect — Assigned

In 2018, Lisa Littman estimated that youth with ROGD declared their trans identity between one week and three months after displaying signs of gender dysphoria. When the data failed to back this up,...

“It’s been the union movement, especially the United Faculty of Florida and our parent union, the Florida Education Association, that has become the last statewide organized group standing against DeSantis’ fascist movement.” inthesetimes.com/article/unit...

The Fascist Movement’s Biggest Threat: Labor Unions?

An interview with Paul Ortiz on how unions have fought Gov. Ron Desantis’ reactionary rule—and unions as an anti-fascist force.

I've always seen this referred to as Minnesota Sushi. Intriguing that it sounds like other Midwestern states have it too.

Bonus #ArtAdventCalendar post as we approach Yule: it’s the Yule Goat, Joulupukki a Finnish folklore Christmas figure whose name translates as Yule or Christmas Goat. Pukki comes from the Teutonic root "bock", which is a cognate of the English "buck", & means "billy-goat". There is an old tradition

Guys, Amazon deforestation is down 50% this year! It's worth saying twice: Amazon deforestation is down 50% this year!!!!!!! 2023 was also the best year ever for reforestation and carbon reduction! We're doing it! We're really doing it! #ShareGoodNewsToo