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choosing between android and iOS is like choosing whether you want to be bludgeoned to death by a guy wearing a "fuck you" shirt or a guy wearing a "we appreciate you in principle" shirt

New York City is offering three free meals a day, no questions asked, to anyone who shows up to a meal distribution hub. You can pick up at the meals at once and parents/guardians can pick up food for their children. Details:

https://www.schools.nyc.gov/freemeals

Adults welcome as long as you show up during the time slot meant for adults.

https://packbat.tumblr.com/post/177765903070/posts-about-how-men-are-trash-rarely-if-ever

from the OP:
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posts about how men are trash rarely, if ever, reach their target audience (straight cis allo men). instead, they hurt already marginalized groups like:

* trans men, who have to defend against the view that men are predatory and so they are predatory and that their desire to be a man is hurting women. this applies double to straight and mspec trans men
* trans women, who know that any post talking about “males” is actually about them and have to deal with being misgendered and considered predatory in real life, and have been gaslit by terfs into thinking that all men and all males are bad, so they are bad. this applies double to gay trans women
* mspec men who experience attraction to women, and unlike gay men cannot escape being considered a part of the male gaze. who are distrusted and reviled in queer and lgbtq+ spaces all the time due to being considered a threat to women and woman aligned people
* arospec men (of any orientation), who are considered extra predatory due to their lack of romantic attraction
* masc aligned nb people, who struggle with feeling like their attraction is bad due to their masculinity
* mspec women who are attracted to men, who are told by people (often but not always or solely, lesbians) that any abuse that happens to them is their own fault for having a relationship with a guy, or a consequence of being attracted to men.
* male survivors of assault, CSA, and rape, who must contend with their own feelings about their sexuality and the abuse they experienced and are especially vulnerable to the narrative that men are predatory (goes again for each marginalized group you are a part of)
* mentally ill amab people with intrusive thoughts who already struggle with feeling like they are going to hurt somebody, and are hurt when people say that men are inherently predatory; and autistic amab people who struggle with social interaction.
* men of colour, who are considered a threat to whiteness and white womanhood. this goes again if they are mentality ill/ND, mspec, arospec, or a survivor.

every post about how men are trash is punching down, not up.

the ONLY way to speak english correctly is to not only mix up latin and greek roots, but apply linguisitic rules from other languages to other ones where they don't apply at fucking all. so yes, in correct english the singular of "mochi" is "mochus"

It's lovely weather in Europe, so a reminder that experiencing joy while you know shitty things are happening somewhere isn't just normal, it's good, it's resilient, it's what keeps you kicking.

Don't go on a downward spiral of trying to feel the injustice of the world. It doesn't do anybody any good and it will just drain you of the energy to do anything about it.

We are in this struggle for a life worth living for ALL, and that includes you. That joy you're feeling is what it's all about.

...wait, "re:" isn't an abbreviation? it's just a Latin word meaning, roughly, "concerning"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_email_subject_abbreviations#Standard_prefixes

- 🐍❗

"To pass," the Sphinx said, "you must answer my question."
"I understand. Please ask."
"How are you?"
"Pardon?"
"How are you doing?"
"Is that the riddle?"
"No. I care. What with... You can have a riddle if you prefer?"
"No, I'm... I'm okay. Thanks."
"Good to hear. You may pass."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

"Spain is to roll out a universal basic income (UBI) “as soon as possible” as it looks to mitigate the impact of coronavirus.

Minister for economic affairs Nadia Calvino told Spanish broadcaster La Sexta on Sunday night that the move was intended to help families during the pandemic.

But Ms Calvino, who is also deputy prime minister, said the government's ambition was that UBI could become something that “stays forever, that becomes a structural instrument, a permanent instrument”."

(Hopefully in conjunction with rent controls to prevent landlords from simply soaking up the extra. Quite why renting properties for profit is even /permitted/..)

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-spain-universal-basic-income-europe-a9449336.html

@ben docker is very weird