Notices by 𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 :verifiedtrans: (ladydragonfly@universeodon.com), page 8

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Genuinely did not think I would be receiving pushback from the left on the assertion "bigotry is not a disability" today.

Are you okay, Mastodonians? Do you guys need a hug?

The "free exchange of ideas" isn't really a marketplace. It's a potluck.

Everybody brings their own dish, and you're free to sample as many as you like. Some are familiar recipes. Some are classics with a twist. Some are interesting but not to your taste. Some are straight up bad. Some are life-changing. The point is, you can discuss recipes or cooking techniques or ingredients as you sample the food.

If someone brings, say, mashed potatoes, you can debate its appropriateness at the potluck. Will it get cold on the table? Do carbohydrates make up too much of our diet?

But if someone strides up and sets a big steaming pile of dog shit on the table, next to grandma's casserole and the mashed potatoes, that's a problem. And it's not because we're "afraid" of eating their dog shit, or we're worried dog shit will "revolutionize" lunch. It's dog shit. We tell them to get that dog shit off the damn table.

This is why we don't let Nazis come to the potluck. Some ideas are just dog shit.

The reason Mastodon is better than Twitter is everybody who is funny on Twitter is doing it to build a brand and socially climb and everybody who is funny on Mastodon is doing it because they are deeply mentally ill

¹And Moses said, "Thus sayeth the Lord: ²You shall not oppress the stranger, for you were strangers once yourself in Egypt." ³And the people grew angry, and said ⁴"O Lord! Why are You teaching us critical race theory?"

America 👏 does 👏 not 👏 have 👏 a 👏 far-left 👏 movement.

- Our far-right are explicit, open fascists.
- Our center-right are extremist nationalists.
- Our center-left are classical conservatives.
- Our far-left are moral centrist capitalist moderates.

Any objective political compass would place politicians like Bernie Sanders, AOC, or Elizabeth Warren barely left of center.

A true far-left movement would be advocating for forced property seizure by the working class. Instead, our "far-left" is like "let's don't do a genocide on trans people today please I haven't even had brunch".

@citizensodomite "ope" means "oops, pardon me, I need to just scootch on right by ya there, thanks"

Midwest Guide to Yes and No

Yeah = yes
No = no
Yeah, no = no
No yeah, yeah = yes
Yeah, no yeah! = very yes
No, yeah no = very no
Welp = yes

@georgetakei George it's 6:30am on a Saturday at least get me coffee before we go start a revolution

BANK: To qualify for a mortgage, you need to build credit, to show that you won't miss your house payments.

ME: I have never missed a rent payment in 23 years.

BANK: That doesn't count for completely different reasons.

INTERVIEWER: Explain this 4-year gap in your resume

APPLICANT: Oh that's when I went to yale

INTERVIEWER: Nice! Congrats! You're hired!

APPLICANT: Thanks I really needed this yob

The Great Depression (1929-1941) is widely considered to be the worst economic period in American history. And the very worst year during that time period was 1930. Now, what I'm about to show you, I'm not doing to hurt anyone. I just need people to understand that we are being gaslit.

In 1930, the average annual income for 1 person was: $4,887.

So let's plug that into an inflation calculator and just see what that Great Depression salary - the "worst" in American history - translates to in 2023 dollars.

I'll just let you sit with this for a moment.

On May 6, 1933, Nazi stormtroopers (Sturmbteilung) broke into this library, looted the building, killed at least one of the occupants, and hauled the majority of its books outside for a public book burning in the streets of the Opernplatz. Joseph Goebbels gave a speech to 40,000 people about "protecting our nation's children".

The photo has become an icon of Nazi German brutality and fascism. It is shown in school textbooks worldwide above the caption "Nazi book burnings, 1933". It is often published in news stories and social media whenever the subject of banning books arises.

What is not often mentioned in those stories is the SUBJECT of the burned books. The building was the Institute for the Science of Sexuality. The first of its kind, dedicated to studying trans people and trans identities, and performing gender confirming surgery for a number of patients. And the books that were burned were trans histories and trans patient records.

Remember, they came for trans people first.

@georgetakei "allyship" that immediately gives in to the attacker's demands isn't allyship. We have a word for that. It's called cowardice.

You can spell "banana" by drawing a banana.

Calling bigotry an "opinion" is like calling arsenic a "flavor".

- Jack Cameron

LGBTQ: It's pride month, are you an ally?
Brands: Of course! :prideflag: :prideheart: :progresspride: :transheart:

LGBTQ: They're literally killing us, are you an ally?
Brands: No :prideflag: :prideheart: :progresspride: :transheart:

The first thing I did when I woke up this morning was pour myself a cup of day-old coffee, sip, grimace, then make a fresh pot of coffee.

My parents raised me in the Midwest. I say "ope" and "welp".

I hate snakes.

I'm a music teacher.

I can sing every single word off the album "Jagged Little Pill". I can also quote every single line from "The Princess Bride".

Peaches are disgusting.

I am a Christian. I am often told by strangers that God hates me. I'm okay with that.

I'm pretty much convinced that if you met my husband, you would automatically become a better person. He spends 8 hours a day saving veterans in mental health crises. He'd go around the world and back again if he knew that act would make your day better.

I love fishing.

I have two little sisters.

I have never been to jail. I have never owned a gun. I hate that anyone might possibly be afraid of me.

I'm a proud woman.

I'm a proud trans woman.

I just wanted you to know me a bit better before you call the cops.

"Welcome to our gander reveal party!"

"Don't you mean..."

"No."

Geese emerge from everywhere. There are no fireworks. Only geese. There are no balloons. Only chaos. There are no genders. Only honk.