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Amanda in NYC

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Prison abolition|Immigration|Literature|Other

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I'm really sorry to hear that

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I've had a tough day for no reason I can articulate, just feeling lousy

But this is cheering me right up - Palmetto State Abortion Fund is up to almost 4k in monthly contributions!

We can do it! đŸ’Ș

donorbox.org/support-the-...

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I'm still wondering if the virus I had earlier this year was COVID, and if the GI issues I've had since, as yet undiagnosed, are related

www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/w...

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The Telegraph reports that Keir Starmer, on his first day as Prime Minister, is scrapping the "Rwanda scheme,' the Tory plan to deport all asylum seekers & undocumented immigrants to Rwanda wherever they are from.

(This was a Starmer platform promise.)
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

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On an X Files rewatch kick and Mulder and Scully were really out here queering friendship Fans who wanted to see them smash were confined by the limits of heteronormative thinking (longform essay forthcoming)

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An update on where we are:
$1845 gross donations
65 total donors & about 25 new monthly donors
It looks like over $650 will be recurring monthly donors!!

This is such a good start! Thank you to everyone who has joined in support! donorbox.org/support-the-...

Let's keep it going!

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Took a peek at Twitter just to be horny and gay and got sideblinded by some stressful activist conflict - never again

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A friend who lives in The Netherlands is looking for an apartment and apparently landlords refuse to rent out to unmarried roommates?? Like to move into an apt with 2+ bedrooms you’d have to move in with your spouse, two single people wouldn’t be allowed. Wtf is this

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As someone who grew up in SC, I really hope people donate or share this fund, which has been struggling for a while to get enough donations. They really are integral to reproductive health.

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Welcome to your 30s, we have fun over here

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She won a Pulitzer for exposing how the country's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail. "The rabbit's got the gun now," said a lawyer for former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who is trying to force reporter Anna Wolfe to reveal her sources.

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I signed up for $25/month! Who wants to match me?

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Fun fact: those grants come directly from Warren Buffett's foundation. There is no lack of either money or ability to get more; it is all smoke & mirrors to scare ordinary ppl into donating to the big abortion orgs by making an example of pregnant ppl. Always give only to independent abortion funds.

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COVER REVEAL:
Yesterday was the 3-year anniversary of a horrifying pandemic milestone--half a million people in prison had contracted Covid.
My newest book chronicles this heartbreaking (& enraging) reality. Now available for pre-sale: t.co/mpqTUVWUxy

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Personally, I have capacity to do some fundraising work and would love to assist abortion funds raise $$ I don't really have the skills to launch and lead something, but I am able to handle work under someone else's direction

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Where the fuck are rich liberals when you need them

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“Voters on the island of 3.2 million people will choose between statehood, independence, or independence with free association, the terms of which would be negotiated regarding foreign affairs, U.S. citizenship, and the use of the U.S. dollar.”

👀👀👀

apnews.com/article/puer...

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I've found a better coping mechanism - watching a favorite childhood show The Adventures of Pete and Pete, streaming nowhere but some grainy episodes can be found on YouTube

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Tried to shift focus from our national crisis to my personal crises (checked all my balances) and man did that not help

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Likely unrelated but I’ve never heard so few fireworks this time of year

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It’s the day corporations resume not giving a fuck about queers Real allies know the fight for queer and trans liberation is lifelong Ashley Diamond needs community support. Her incarceration left her with life threatening medical issues and she’s in dire need of care. Any $$ helps!

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If you’re looking for something to watch on this intensely rainy day, now on Apple TV

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"Gaza’s remaining hospitals, health centers and oxygen stations will stop working within 48 hours...Israel’s closure of the vital Rafah border crossing last month severed key supply lines, limiting access to food, fuel and medical supplies, aid groups say."

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/0...

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Happy birthday and congrats!! You're gonna love being in your 30s!

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Over the past two decades, nearly 13,000 people have perished behind bars during America's summer months. As heat waves have become more common, these deaths have worsened. capitalbnews.org/michael-broa...

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A friend is taking a social media break for mental health reasons and here I go texting her about yesterday’s Supreme Court decisions (I’m a terrible friend)

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What the fucking shit are these Supreme Court decisions can any lawyer please explain

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The U.S. Supreme Court has limited which defendants accused of taking part in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot can be charged by federal prosecutors for obstructing Congress.

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I appreciate a look at some reliable data Great that hospitalizations and deaths are down, but much of my COVID fears are not about death - I could develop chronic fatigue, undermining my ability to work and take care of myself, without ever being hospitalized

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Since Bluesky doesn’t have video I can’t share a video I just took of a raccoon swimming in a pond but I can describe the commentary of a woman sitting nearby “They’re mad adaptive, I didn’t even know these motherfuckers could swim!”

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Re-watching Veep instead of subjecting myself to the debate tonight

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