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troublepunk-ldn:

actually i am gonna give you guys a genuine answer to that. not the anon because they obviously don’t actually care, but the rest of the new followers i seem to have picked up off that youth lib post.

why do i give a shit about social media restrictions? well, i went to the library three months ago with my two teenage brothers to sign them up for new library cards (they just moved) and i was told that under 18s can’t have a library card, even a restricted kids-books-only card, without a parent there in person to give consent.

that’s fucked for abused kids for sure but that’s also fucked for kids whose single mum works two jobs and can’t get to the library while its open. and there is NO good reason for it except to appease parents who want to control what their kids can read.

people coming onto my posts telling me ‘kids should just do X’ have not actually looked into the possibility of doing what they are suggesting. kids now cannot do what you did when you were a teenager even a decade ago. abused kids, disabled kids or kids from low income families ESPECIALLY cannot do those things. they are running out of places to go.

interviews and studies with teenagers repeatedly prove that they WANT to hang out with their friends in real life, and it is getting harder and harder to do it. the internet is one of the only places they can all spend time together, unsupervised, without spending money or getting hassled or moved on by adults.

social media bans won’t fix that. they won’t even keep kids off social media. they’re just going to make life harder for everyone, increase the amount of tracking and monitoring EVERYONE is subject to, and force kids to lie about what they’re doing to any adults that actually DO give a shit about them.

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theprofessional-amateur:

theprofessional-amateur:

Coworker: man, you already have a lot of hobbies, how can you be thinking about another one?

Me: The only things keeping my interests and hobbies in some sort of check is having to work a full time job, space restraints of an apartment, and money. You have no idea how many I would have if I didn’t have to be here 40 hours a week. This is nothing.

Honestly, the working full time is the biggest constraint.

hansilw:

NEW: Voting rights groups argue the U.S. Postal Service violated a court order blocking it from following President Trump’s mail voting order by issuing a finalized rule about mail ballots that would apply to the midterms. In an earlier court filing, Justice Department attorneys have said the rule will not be implemented unless court orders are lifted.

Full disclosure: USPS is a financial supporter of NPR. As a NPR journalist, I follow the NPR Ethics Handbook, which says: “When appropriate, disclose funding relationships in related reports.“

gandalfsbignaturals:

blastovkatamarinecromancy:

fierceawakening:

funny-tik-toks:

I love how hard Steve is laughing.

Assigned Daquan at the Stand up comedy club

oh my GOD what is her name i wanna watch more

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sappedsoliloquist:

geminiagent:

lucentkat:

tenttle:

catgirlvanguard:

you guys are missing the best fucking part

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carpe-aurore:

We stay silly

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landleopard24:

maidthings:

maidthings:

secretary birds look pretty normal but for some reason people have collectively decided to photograph them like they’re [takes a moment to find an acceptable way to say this] women

<-normal bird photography | typically reserved for pin-up posters ->

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dashcon-two:

worlds-smallest-epsilon:

fhauly:

repeat after me: i am a sexy bitch and no one ruins my 2014

I am a sexy bitch and no one ruins my 2014

I am a sexy bitch and no one ruins my 2014

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transjudas:

never take for granted the moments when you’re not nauseous

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mamoru:

on july 15th 2026 a 77 year old took his brand new APYEAR A1 folding e-bike out for a spin and suddenly the rear wheel locked going down a hill but he just kept sliding and shredding and sustained zero injuries due to being cool as hell

beadyeyes:

USLHS Keepers cap from WA c1920 by the Maritime Exchange Museum

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enbaluka-tokyo-drift:

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htt-words-mode:

monophobix:

reiterating this point here

ao3 is an incredibly simple website, if you struggle so much that you deem it unusable then you may need to educate yourself of the bare basics of how the internet works

returning to the classical text:

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workingclasshistory:

On this day, 21 August 1970, the Black Panther newspaper published a letter from co-founder Huey P Newton in which he criticised attitudes in the left groups towards women and LGBT+ people, and called for solidarity with the women’s and gay liberation movements.
Newton criticised homophobia and sexism in revolutionary movements, commenting that “homosexuals… might be the most oppressed people in… society”, and called on the left to desist using homophobic language:
“We should be careful about using those terms that might turn our friends off. The terms ‘f****t’ and 'punk’ should be deleted from our vocabulary, and especially we should not attach names normally designed for homosexuals to men who are enemies of the people, such as [president Richard] Nixon or [attorney general John] Mitchell. Homosexuals are not enemies of the people.”
The letter stated that as a basic principle, “a person should have the freedom to use his body in whatever way he wants”, and went on to say that: “there is nothing to say that a homosexual cannot also be a revolutionary… Quite the contrary, maybe a homosexual could be the most revolutionary.”
Newton argued that all radical events should include “full participation of the gay liberation movement and the women’s liberation movement”.
The move came a year after the Stonewall rebellion, and the subsequent foundation of the Gay Liberation Front, which supported the Black liberation movement, and militantly raised issues such as homophobia within radical organisations.
We discuss this in our podcast episodes 25-26: https://workingclasshistory.com/2019/05/13/e21-22-the-stonewall-riots-and-pride-at-50/

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