Collective Care
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An AuDHD nonbinary humanist, future trauma therapist, and black cat caretaker. Mostly post about politics, collective liberation, community building, and the dangers posed by radical individualism.
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"People who overestimate their abilities and worth
often have high self-esteem, but significant problems in their interpersonal and work or school relationships because they have unrealistic expectations of 'what is due to them.'"
Found that in my Family Systems textbook! Sound familiar?
often have high self-esteem, but significant problems in their interpersonal and work or school relationships because they have unrealistic expectations of 'what is due to them.'"
Found that in my Family Systems textbook! Sound familiar?
October 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
"People who overestimate their abilities and worth
often have high self-esteem, but significant problems in their interpersonal and work or school relationships because they have unrealistic expectations of 'what is due to them.'"
Found that in my Family Systems textbook! Sound familiar?
often have high self-esteem, but significant problems in their interpersonal and work or school relationships because they have unrealistic expectations of 'what is due to them.'"
Found that in my Family Systems textbook! Sound familiar?
We must stop imagining success as extreme material wealth and hyper-consumption, because by doing this we tie a person's worth directly to their economic participation. This idea says hard work should lead to luxury, and if it doesn't it's your fault, neatly sidestepping systemic obstacles.
September 23, 2026 at 10:17 PM
We must stop imagining success as extreme material wealth and hyper-consumption, because by doing this we tie a person's worth directly to their economic participation. This idea says hard work should lead to luxury, and if it doesn't it's your fault, neatly sidestepping systemic obstacles.
First Dolly Parton. Then Tim Curry. Now Gloria Steinem. I think I may need to stop opening Bluesky 😭
September 3, 2026 at 9:39 PM
First Dolly Parton. Then Tim Curry. Now Gloria Steinem. I think I may need to stop opening Bluesky 😭
While I love that MapQuest is getting attention for refusing to rename Lake Ontario, I don't love that you can't get bus info with them. I guess I am sticking with Magic Earth, an app from the Netherlands, which operates within EU privacy laws, and has bus information for those of us who take buses.
September 1, 2026 at 9:09 PM
While I love that MapQuest is getting attention for refusing to rename Lake Ontario, I don't love that you can't get bus info with them. I guess I am sticking with Magic Earth, an app from the Netherlands, which operates within EU privacy laws, and has bus information for those of us who take buses.
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
September 1, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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You’re not alarmed enough 🚨
September 1, 2026 at 1:55 PM
You’re not alarmed enough 🚨
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The last time it was this dangerous to eat food there were no refrigerators.
August 30, 2026 at 9:04 PM
The last time it was this dangerous to eat food there were no refrigerators.
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It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago.
August 30, 2026 at 3:36 PM
It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago.
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MUST-WATCH: “Nobody hated Dolly. Here’s why.” ❤️
Beautiful stuff From @loswhit
Beautiful stuff From @loswhit
August 27, 2026 at 2:39 PM
MUST-WATCH: “Nobody hated Dolly. Here’s why.” ❤️
Beautiful stuff From @loswhit
Beautiful stuff From @loswhit
I take a week or so off from social media, only to find out on the day I return that Dolly Parton has died 😭
August 25, 2026 at 8:04 PM
I take a week or so off from social media, only to find out on the day I return that Dolly Parton has died 😭
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If you care about protecting Big Bend, it may be time to rethink where you spend your money. YETI co-founder Ryan Seiders is part-owner of a West Texas ranch that has been facilitating construction tied to Trump’s border wall project in the Big Bend region.
August 16, 2026 at 10:16 PM
If you care about protecting Big Bend, it may be time to rethink where you spend your money. YETI co-founder Ryan Seiders is part-owner of a West Texas ranch that has been facilitating construction tied to Trump’s border wall project in the Big Bend region.
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After a 2011 sexual abuse scandal, the national sports organization AAU pledged to implement “historic child protection measures” for the hundreds of thousands of kids in its care.
But ProPublica and @washingtonpost.com found that most of these reforms were never implemented.
But ProPublica and @washingtonpost.com found that most of these reforms were never implemented.
A Youth Sports Giant Promised Reforms to Protect Kids From Sexual Abuse. Most Never Happened.
More than a decade after the Amateur Athletic Union promised to implement “historic child protection measures,” it still hasn’t done so, leaving hundreds of thousands of kids at risk. Some AAU athlete...
www.propublica.org
August 16, 2026 at 2:33 PM
After a 2011 sexual abuse scandal, the national sports organization AAU pledged to implement “historic child protection measures” for the hundreds of thousands of kids in its care.
But ProPublica and @washingtonpost.com found that most of these reforms were never implemented.
But ProPublica and @washingtonpost.com found that most of these reforms were never implemented.
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Headlines: Such-and-such technology may someday be as smart as human brains!
Reminder: *We already have human brains.* Billions of them. Most of them living in poverty and being exploited for the obscene benefit of a tiny number of the worst people in the world.
Reminder: *We already have human brains.* Billions of them. Most of them living in poverty and being exploited for the obscene benefit of a tiny number of the worst people in the world.
August 16, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Headlines: Such-and-such technology may someday be as smart as human brains!
Reminder: *We already have human brains.* Billions of them. Most of them living in poverty and being exploited for the obscene benefit of a tiny number of the worst people in the world.
Reminder: *We already have human brains.* Billions of them. Most of them living in poverty and being exploited for the obscene benefit of a tiny number of the worst people in the world.
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American Taxpayers are being Robbed Every Day….
August 16, 2026 at 1:45 PM
American Taxpayers are being Robbed Every Day….
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The worst person in the world competition is full of so many well-qualified contenders.
I’m on a small-ship Alaska cruise with my son; our boat rescued a stranded vessel last night and apparently we did that after the Coast Guard radioed Mark Zuckerberg’s yacht - which was closer - and they repeatedly refused to respond. (There was near unanimous booing when the captain announced this)
August 6, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The worst person in the world competition is full of so many well-qualified contenders.
Had to report to potential jury duty recently, and I haven't been able to get past one overwhelming thought: There has never truly been a rule of law in this country because the rich can always get away with almost anything while the poor rot in prison because they can't afford high priced lawyers.
August 4, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Had to report to potential jury duty recently, and I haven't been able to get past one overwhelming thought: There has never truly been a rule of law in this country because the rich can always get away with almost anything while the poor rot in prison because they can't afford high priced lawyers.
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hey so the price of food is literally not sustainable. i plan every grocery purchase and week after week i buy LESS and pay the same if not more. wtf are we supposed to do 😭
August 4, 2026 at 5:44 PM
hey so the price of food is literally not sustainable. i plan every grocery purchase and week after week i buy LESS and pay the same if not more. wtf are we supposed to do 😭
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The US is a monstrous entity, nothing less, nothing more. Truly monstrous.
NEW: CBP is shopping for a contractor to track down people the US has deported to Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala and collect unpaid immigration fines — debts that can top $1.8 million a person.
U.S. Border Patrol wants a contractor to track down deported people abroad and collect their immigration fines
The agency gave bidders three business days to compete for a first-of-its-kind contract to collect fines from people it has deported to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala.
www.projectsaltbox.com
August 4, 2026 at 6:31 PM
The US is a monstrous entity, nothing less, nothing more. Truly monstrous.
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This is the story of how a group of perfectly ordinary neighbors took on one of the worst landlords in New York. And won.
Introducing, the Union of Pinnacle Tenants: the short film.
Watch the full film: youtu.be/h5dvGKI26ZA
Introducing, the Union of Pinnacle Tenants: the short film.
Watch the full film: youtu.be/h5dvGKI26ZA
August 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
This is the story of how a group of perfectly ordinary neighbors took on one of the worst landlords in New York. And won.
Introducing, the Union of Pinnacle Tenants: the short film.
Watch the full film: youtu.be/h5dvGKI26ZA
Introducing, the Union of Pinnacle Tenants: the short film.
Watch the full film: youtu.be/h5dvGKI26ZA
This has gotten a lot worse than people trying to keep trans girls from playing sports (which was already bad enough and totally unacceptable). It seems to have evolved into a way to stop all girls from playing sports: Who wants to submit to a bodily autonomy denying examination akin to assault?!?
An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
August 3, 2026 at 8:48 PM
This has gotten a lot worse than people trying to keep trans girls from playing sports (which was already bad enough and totally unacceptable). It seems to have evolved into a way to stop all girls from playing sports: Who wants to submit to a bodily autonomy denying examination akin to assault?!?
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