Still Here

2nd July...Thursday. I'm not American but here's a reminder to stock up on anxiety meds for your cats and dogs.

a question for you

Once I "made" a custom emoji for my mum by crudely drawing a hijab on it and now whenever she wants me to buy a coffee for her I get a text like this

90s east coast hip hop aesthetics:

cis women when a feminist social space spends weeks coordinating a harassment campaign to drive out a trans woman over a minor faux pas to the point that there's no one left in the trans woman's life who can safely say they love her in public: just because They're a transwoman doesn't mean we can never criticize Them

[Benjamin Hanil] Song, the most harshly sentenced Prairieland defendant, having received a 100-year prison term, gave a moving statement in response to their sentence, explaining for the first time the motivations for their actions the night of the noise demonstration at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center. “What we all saw happen to Renee Good and Alex Pretti is my worst nightmare,” said Song. “So, when I was standing in the street on July 4th, 2025, in plain view with reflective safety strips and high visibility clothing, what I saw right in front of my eyes was my worst nightmare,” continued Song. “When I saw Lieutenant Thomas Gross stop pursuing and point his gun at the back of a running, unarmed protester, like he testified, I was terrified.”

"my life isn't a crime, I'm not one of those people -"

And if you truly cannot imagine this, if you're convinced that it will never happen to you, consider this one thing.