Notices by Flexghost. (flexghost@mastodon.social)

@Gargron It’s so good. Einar sounds amazing.

New Wintersun and Fleshgod Apocalypse too! So much good music might have to feature it on #MastodonMusic tonight!

@Gargron Gorgeous shot

@Gargron @potus not only should the White House have its own Instance but they should have handcrafted emojis of all of the presidents… Made in MURICA

Ronald Reagan wearing sunglasses with the quote “well”

Andy Card whispering to Dubya

Clinton sitting at a desk with a huge smile

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@Gargron

Listen to Carl Sagan’s thoughtful response to “are you a socialist?”

But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs MONEY! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money!
-George Carlin

Tesla getting owned by Swedish workers isn’t the story.

The story is that 90% of the Swedish workers belong to a union

And only around 11% of American workers belong to a union

The story is the message

What the Swedes have done by blocking delivery of Teslas will reverberate worldwide with workers showing the power of collective action.

Your reminder that Politico is owned by a right wing company

Mathias Döpfner, it’s CEO, told execs to come to a prayer meeting during the 2020 elections to ask their imaginary friend to make trump win

* Note, the GOP frontrunner is a twice impeached businessman who sexually assaulted multiple women, defrauded a children’s charity and is currently under multiple Federal and state indictments.

Happy Sunday!

A reminder:

The Catholic Church spent $11 mill in the NE US to fight legislation that would help victims of clergy sexual abuse get justice
In NY the Catholic Church spent $3 mill lobbying against the Child Victims Act
The Catholic Church donated over $3 mill to limit abortion access in Kansas
The Catholic Church refused to pay $20 mill to residential school survivors
- then they paid $30 mill for a new cathedral in Saskatoon

* This post was written at a drag brunch

Florida freedom is:

The ability of the state to kidnap trans children
The ability to search children’s genitals
The ability to ban books
The ability to run over protesters
The ability to lose billions in business
The ability to have a private militia publicly funded
The ability to imprison doctors who give medical care
And declaring war on the LGBTQ community

The NAACP is right. More organizations need to warn about the dangers of traveling to or doing business with Florida.

Montana rep Zooey Zephyr was swatted a few hours after her girlfriend, Erin Reed, was swatted in Maryland

Zooey predicted this would happen months ago. We all could.

To all of you upset about using terms like genocide regarding Republican actions against trans people?

You showed everyone your true colors

This is genocide.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

https://www.advocate.com/crime/zooey-zephyr

Montana Republicans voted to ban Rep. Zooey Zephyr

Why? She made the GOP feel bad when she called them out for “blood on their hands” for their war on transgender rights

The GOP learned from their mistake with the Justins in TN…

Instead of being expelled, Zooey is still seated remotely and disallowed from debates

Her constituents will not have representation until her term is up

Christian fascism.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

Florida has extended the “don’t say gay” law all the way through high school graduation

This means all public school children cannot mention or learn about the existence the LGBTQ+ community

All the bad faith people saying “this will only apply up to 3rd grade” are part of the problem. Literal useful idiots to fascist Christian zealots.

I need your help…

NPR is leaving Twitter but they are planning to focus on Instagram

We need to tell them to join the Fediverse

Many of their journalists’ accounts, as well as their main account, haven’t been active on mastodon. Tell them how much we need them here. (In fact, they should have their own instance)

Use the link, tell NPR we are waiting for them here and spread the word far and wide:

https://help.npr.org/contact/s/

Fascist Watch: Kansas is now labeling our transgender citizens

Kansas will legally define intersex people as disabled

Further, the Kansas House approved a bill which would bar transgender from entering domestic violence shelters, bathrooms and prison wards

They’re calling it the “Women’s Bill of Rights” and it passed the House 83 to 41

A 2020 study revealed 82% of transgender people have considered suicide and an additional 40% have attempted it at least once

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

Kentucky Republicans voted to override Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto -

This means republicans have effectively forced children to detransition while increasing their rates of suicide by 70%

No gender affirming care. No puberty blockers. No choice in which restroom to use

When a republican talks about protecting children…

They’re the party of child labor. The party of keeping child marriage. The party of demonizing certain children to force their agenda.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

There it is, folks.

Republicans already passed a NATIONAL bill to target transgender youth

Lauren Boebert added an amendment to forcibly out students to their parents

Your reminder the books the Nazis were burning in May 6, 1933? They were transgender studies materials from the Institute of Sexology

If we don’t stand for trans citizens now then who will stand for us when it’s our turn?

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5/text

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

Hey, look who it is everybody!

Congressman Andy Ogles!

He represents the Nashville district where the school shooting happened today. Three children, three adults murdered

He’s also the same person who took this family photo where everyone’s holding a dangerous, barely-regulated firearm

It’s OK. He gave the victims and their families his “thoughts and prayers”

How many thoughts and prayers did he get from the NRA?

Florida Republicans are about to strip the few remaining rights from trans citizens

HB 1421
• allows children to be kidnapped by the state
• suspends medical licenses and allows the arrest of medical professionals if they provide gender affirming care
• prevents insurance providers from covering gender clinical intervention
• passes liabilities to any physician helping minors or adults get care

The GOP stands for nothing but cruelty

#TransRightsAreHumanRights
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1421

Nothing says pro-life better than death penalty