WendyApr 27
A man with a shotgun breached the Hilton. Instead of focusing on the threat, the President attacked the journalist who read the shooter's manifesto. https://twp.ai/9OUYii #Trump #WHCADinner #NorahODonnell #Politics #Democracy #trans #queer #writing #news
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While politicians ban books, drag queens in Bushwick raised $25k in one night for the ACLU Drag Defense Fund. They mocked the bans and funded the lawsuits. #DragDefenseFund #Bushwick #LGBTQRights #Resistance #QueerJoy #trans #queer #writing #news https://twp.ai/9OUYih
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The planet has warmed 1.3°C, but we don't have to wait for broken politics to act. New tech captures CO₂ and turns it into biodegradable plastic via microbes. Spain is already doing it. https://twp.ai/9OUYio #ClimateAction #GreenTech #Sustainability #EarthOrg #trans #queer
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6,588 books were pulled from libraries last year—the highest since 1990. The strategy is volume: drown librarians in paperwork. But the community is fighting back. https://twp.ai/9OUYin #BookBans #Libraries #FreeSpeech #LGBTQBooks #DefendReading
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As Vito Russo said, "Some of us are dying. Some of us are not. Live or die, all of us are at war." What are you willing to lose to keep someone else alive? #Stonewall #ACTUP #QueerHistory #Resistance #LGBTQ https://twp.ai/9OUYim
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"I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful and that which is love. Therefore, since I have known all of these things, I have found them to be reason enough — and I wish to live." — Lorraine Hansberry https://twp.ai/9OUYil #trans