Lawful_Irritated

@punishedmother These ideas are at the root of racism, classism, sexism- all the unjust hierarchies that fascism employs. So if someone doesn't understand trans existence, is maybe a bit off-put, then they go looking for justification for their feelings- and that plugs them into the rest.

@punishedmother The existence of trans people directly challenges/disproves concepts that are foundational to fascism. Stuff like biological determinism, gender being a hierarchy, different is bad, and there being a simpler, easier "before" to go back to. 1/

does anyone know why when someone liberal becomes transphobic it often snowballs and they become completely reactionary and eventually full on conservative

@punishedmother I agree with you, but I AM rather impressed with the translation result. It very clearly conveys the harassment.

A number of people seem to think I am scandalized by this. I would like to remind you guys that I have been a sex worker online for 12 years. It’s that I think this shit is cringe and it’s sexual harassment.

Do NOT hit translate

@ask_aubry Look, ANYONE that can walk in heels impresses me. Even if I wanted to, I can't make it 2 steps without eating floor.

Fellas, is gay to help your girlfriend?

@JaredRyanSears I may be misunderstanding, but the government borrowing from the soc sec trust fund, then cutting taxes elsewhere so the trust fund can't be paid back is a HUGE factor here. Sounds just like when corps looted pension funds in the 80s, then closed them for running out of money.

The second misunderstanding involves how the government has handled national deficits in the past. When the US government can’t cover its expenses with the revenue it brings in, mainly taxes, it issues Treasury bonds (and other types of securities) to raise money. You and anyone else can purchase these bonds. They are one of the most stable investments available. While many of these bonds are bought by people and organizations, the government also borrows from itself. Social Security is required by law to invest surpluses into Treasury bonds that it holds in a trust fund. The government began borrowing from this trust fund in the 1980s to the tune of almost $3 trillion. Just like people and organizations collect on their bonds, Social Security does, too. This isn’t creating debt; it is collecting on existing outstanding debt. Politicians have discussed cutting Social Security to create government debt forgiveness by erasing the money it owes at the expense of the American people. That would be terrible.

I didn't realize that a two-sentence tweet would get so much attention, so here is a longer explanation of why Social Security doesn't add to the national debt: 🧵

@LunaTheMoth ... at this point it's starting to feel intentional. (Kidding of course)

@Maarva_Andor Man, I couldn't've anticipated how much I needed to see that she lived and found happiness. Amazing work by the researchers.

@TychoBrahe Nvm, missed the top of the pic. Chocolate croissant it seems.

@TychoBrahe Pray sir, please enlighten us as to what the fuck is "choco cro"?

I was feeling incredibly homesick until I saw The Great American Choco Cro, the food of our people

@LunaTheMoth Holy shit that's a helluva promising breakthrough! Fingers crossed that's the ticket and you can get treatment quickly.

@finngalkn @mushycrouton Related: when I was 3 our puppy was afraid to go down the basement stairs, so I got down on all fours to show her how. I promptly tumbled ass-over-teakettle down the stairs & my mom (who was doing laundry down there) ran over and caught me before I hit the concrete floor.

boyfriend: [looks in his cupboard to find all his snacks gone] boyfriend: sam where are all my snacks me: i dunno boyfriend: well is there anything you want to confess? me: sometimes when you’re not at home i go up the stairs on all fours boyfriend: no not that me: and down

@Anarchitect918 Good to know, ty.

@LIrritated And by explicitly I mean they say "no cis men or trans women" so yeah they're not even hiding it.

I am 100000% convinced that the 4B movement was started by fascists and I will treat anyone who claims to be part of it as a fascist.

@LunaTheMoth !!

@punishedmother Fuck sakes, I'm sorry. What'd he do?

@LunaTheMoth Hey, that's a valuable life skill! Lord knows college would've been better if any of us knew how to make a decent cocktail at the time.

@erikaishii How dare you be so creative and attractive! Don't ever stop.

Sexy Videogame Character™️

@ChaosPixieMagic Look, I'm only one man!

Iowa I am fucking BEGGING YOU

Polling place was PACKED this morning, but the poll workers were doing an excellent job keeping it moving quickly. So glad to see the turnout and feeling hopeful for Harris/Walz in IA!

@blackforager I see myself in this tweet and feel some kinda way about it.

Surely if I just internet a little harder, the election results will show up