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Trans Queer Jewish Cripplepunk Butch Dyke. he/they. Founder, NerdyKeppie. Artist, author, activist. Obrimos. Over 40. Hire me for words or art.


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Amanda Smith's avatar Amanda Smith @amandasmith.bsky.social
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I don’t light candles on Shabbat to keep a deity happy I light candles on Shabbat so my great grandmother doesn’t haunt me

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Dr. Lucky Tran's avatar Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social
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Violet Affleck: "To confront the Long COVID crisis I demand mask availability, air filtration and far-UVC light in government facilities, including jails and detention centers and mask mandates in county medical facilities. And most importantly, the county must oppose mask bans for any reason." 🔥🔥🔥

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Amanda Smith's avatar Amanda Smith @amandasmith.bsky.social
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As I have learned from the past few weeks, Trump forgetting his previous speech about the Heritage Project and the many ties in his cabinet to it should spark just as many breathless op-eds about Trump’s memory loss right

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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You should be!

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mostly relevant's avatar mostly relevant @voidsbunny.bsky.social
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Gay Furry Hackers for president.

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Gay Furry Hackers are the backbone of the internet.

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Erin Biba's avatar Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social
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Y'all LMAO 🤦🏻‍♀️ NYPD admitting they don't give a fuck and can't stand behind these bullshit hollow words anymore (not thst the new one is accurate either...) "Courtesy, Professionalism, Respect" will be replaced with: "Fighting crime, protecting the public." The move will cost $1,390 per vehicle"

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Dillon of the Birch Forest 's avatar Dillon of the Birch Forest @iamtheaardvark.bsky.social
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That's the cost of a librarian salary for a couple of years plus new books

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Jen in Motion's avatar Jen in Motion @jeninmotion.bsky.social
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When all the best journalists are trying to create their own outlets or newsletters something has gone badly wrong. Fuck corporate media’s warping of journalism

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Faine Greenwood's avatar Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social
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I also think that defenders of outlets like the New York Times don’t seem to realize that a lot of people have been VERY forgiving of the paper’s approach for years now - but watching the wildly-obvious freak out about Biden Old has pushed a lot of those same people over the edge.

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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Yeah, pretty much, though I'm pretty good at guessing ages. :)

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Jim Zub's avatar Jim Zub @jimzub.bsky.social
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This photo is pure 2024.

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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an entire movement of wicked people who celebrate wickedness

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Sarah Walsh's avatar Sarah Walsh @bigdamnherossir.bsky.social
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Just watched an absolutely panicked local news segment about lead in baby snacks and it ended with "But will the FDA listen??" ... Yeah probably but the Supreme Court is dismantling the regulatory state, shame you couldn't mention that bit you Sinclair fucks

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Very Very Common Mike Dunford 's avatar Very Very Common Mike Dunford @questauthority.bsky.social
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That's the difference that I think is easily missed here. JKR doesn't care about her reputation. She wants to shut up people and hurt them. Her threats don't do anything to keep her from trashing her own legacy and reputation; anything but.

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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I had my daughter at 23. (She's 23 now.) Everyone even vaguely her age registers as "my child's age."

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KJ Charles's avatar KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com
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Reupping this on the day! Will be updating on this thread, mute as desired

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Katya's avatar Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social
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The worst part of neither Doocey nor Luxon bothering to read this report is that they are about to begin a new cycle of abuse in care with bootcamps.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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Jamie McKelvie's avatar Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social
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For those who don't know: this is James Timpson of Timpson key cutters/shoe repairs/dry cleaners. His company employs ex-convicts and even runs work training programmes in prisons. Genuinely inspired choice.

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CHOAM Nomsky 💭's avatar CHOAM Nomsky 💭 @thielman.bsky.social
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yes, we boiled the planet, but it was worth it to make a machine that, instead of adding two plus two, takes the statistical average of every answer to questions containing "what" "is" "two" and "plus" from a database of illegal cell phone transcripts and returns a fake nude pic of a high schooler

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

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Courtney Milan's avatar Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com
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Trump can say he'll distance himself from Project 2025 as much as he wants, but in his last term he appointed every faithful FedSoc judge he could get his hands on, and that's basically the entire game.

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🏳️‍⚧️ The Josie Zone's avatar 🏳️‍⚧️ The Josie Zone @josie.zone
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The attempt to get radical leftists to engage with politics as it is lived is actually mostly a struggle to get them to not prefer a glorious suicide over a frustrated life

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Erin Biba's avatar Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social
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The new COVID variant seems to be evading immunity from vaccines and past infections. COVID cases are up 250% in NYC. Remember the more you get covid your risk for long covid increases significantly.

gothamist.com/news/nyc-cov...

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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All Cops Are Bulbous

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acid corbyn & sons's avatar acid corbyn & sons @samfinnz.bsky.social
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Every so often the Discworld sub just knocks it out of the park

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rahaeli 's avatar rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social
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Excellent advice for UK folks on how to effectively pressure your MPs

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Courtney Milan's avatar Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com
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MOAR TRAINS!!!!!!!!

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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Shot you an email. :)

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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Ohhhh. Thank you for the explanation. :)

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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... a what? :o

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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Talking to a lawyer so I'm going to refrain from further comment atm.

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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Yeah, but that doesn't make their information match the attorney of record on the USPTO site, which is what i was asking. I'll see what the lawyer I'm grateful to talk to has to say.

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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Yep, that's my plan going forward. Probably should have done so earlier, but I'm used to this kind of penny-ante trademark stuff, and I understand needing to protect a trademark, so taking down the name didn't bother me much.

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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Email sent! Thank you so much.

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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Thank you! I appreciate it.

I'm really confused by this the more I look at it. Like ... this doesn't look like the same people as are listed at USPTO? Am I reading this wrong?

tsdr.uspto.gov#caseNumber=8...

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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Maybe it is, IDK, but... I just noticed that.

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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Actually, what I'm more confused about is this. This... doesn't look like the same firm?

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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Yeah, I'm gonna talk to a lawyer for sure, one way or the other. I'm just tired, tbh. Maybe I'm just grasping here but it does seem kinda weird that this is happening just after Pride, when we have the most money we'll have all year and might be more willing to just pay to make shit go away.

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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For part of the relevant time we lived in PA, if it matters, but we're in Oregon now.

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Oregon.

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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Like, Doc Marten has some sort of trademark thing only in Germany about selling this style of boot with brown soles, for example. So we just only sell boots with black soles bc it's easier than fiddling with restricting only brown soles from Germany.

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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Yeah, that's part of why I asked the clarifying question & said we'd contact counsel. There are all kinds of weird restrictions out there that we've dealt with & I'm used to just taking things down rather than arguing about them - I just don't care - but that's when it got weird to me.

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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Like, just based on when we ran our Kickstarters... (We only ever did a handful of 1977 Flag pins every KS, but it was important to us to include them for historical reasons.)

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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We had it on our items since at least 2017, 2018. Hunh.

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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I'm not sure why I didn't think of them - I get their newsletter and find them invaluable. I just realized that we were using the trademark for YEARS to refer to clothing before they registered it. According to USPTO, the trademark became effective April 2021.

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Spider's avatar Spider @vaspider.gay
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Probably.

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