davidpmaurer

lowqualityfacts , 18 days ago to random

Good for her.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

davidpmaurer , 18 days ago

@lowqualityfacts

she gave herself away by frequently putting her mask on backwards.

DemocracyMattersALot , 25 days ago to random

Tommy Tuberville is a life support system for an idiot.

'All-out loon': Tuberville says Putin 'doesn’t want Ukraine' because he already has 'enough land' https://www.alternet.org/all-out-loon-tuberville-says-putin-doesnt-want-ukraine-because-he-already-has-enough-land/

davidpmaurer , 25 days ago

@DemocracyMattersALot

how much does putin pay him?

no - seriously. because he does.

lowqualityfacts , 1 month ago to random

I'm surprised that so many people don't know this.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

davidpmaurer , 25 days ago

@lowqualityfacts

'shwhy i carry nails in me pockets.

rbreich , 27 days ago to random

50 billionaire families have already poured $600M+ into this year's elections — mostly in support of Trump.

That's only 0.6% of their total wealth. It essentially costs them nothing to drown our democracy in dark money.

davidpmaurer , 27 days ago

@rbreich

whereas the going rate to drown one of them is... well, maybe we should take bids. do i hear $2.50 for the #oligarch of your choice?

that's right, gang, drown one of the banes of your existence for less than the price of a big mac!

i have $2.50, do i hear $3?

flexghost , 27 days ago to random

Alex Jones owes Sandy Hook victim's families $1.5 Billion

He hasn't paid the families that he terrorized a dime

This, while he spends roughly $100,000 per month on "personal expenses"

So relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook shooting are asking a bankruptcy judge to liquidate Alex Jones' media company—including Infowars—in order to make him pay up

Thoughts and prayers.

davidpmaurer , 27 days ago

@flexghost

i will pay $70/lb. for him, and not a penny more. okay, maybe a LITTLE more if you put a pear in his mouth.

Strandjunker , 29 days ago to random

Trump’s radical MAGA Republicans have called me lesbo, cunt, hoe, libtard, and snowflake.

I use only one word to describe them: un-American.

Let’s celebrate, friends, because our visible joy of life is our strongest resistance. — Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈💫

video/mp4

davidpmaurer , 29 days ago

@Strandjunker

💟

alice , 1 month ago (edited 22 days ago) to random

Hey Internet Queerdos and Allies,

It's :_gaysparkle: Pride :_gaysparkle: month, which means it's time to bring on the corporate rainbow washing!

Before we get started, here's a content warning (#CW) for some swearing, dark topics, and a lot of :100_gay: If that's alright with you, then let's goooo!

Okay, so it's been an interesting past year. The Cass report came out and helped roll back trans rights in some pretty serious ways, the conservative Right kept right on proving to be downright 💩 humans, there's at least one genocide threatening people's right to exist, and billionaires continued to exercise their (money-given) right to make everything worse for everyone but them. Rights have been a big topic lately.

Oh, and I almost threw myself off a bridge several months back—but we'll get to that in a moment.

Fuck. I need some rainbow-safe brain-bleach before we continue, so here are some good things that happened:

I traded in my old gender for a shiny new one :v_trans: (technically I just binned the old one—it was pretty outdated). Speaking of dating, I started seeing a lovely enby (hi @catsalad!) from the infosec community. All the people I do safety checks with are still here, and Trump became an official felon 🎉

Alright, that's a bit better. Now on to the actual point of this article: acceptance, community, and safety.

Those three things are right up there with staying hydrated and memes when I think about what any queer person needs to thrive.

Acceptance is a prerequisite for community. Our diversity of experience is just as important as our shared experience. Without being accepting of what makes us each unique and wonderful, our communities are fragile and prone to fracturing. You only have to look at those who try to define what a "real man" or "real woman" is to see how they draw circles around their in-group that get smaller and smaller until no one fits.

Community breeds safety. You may snap a twig with your bare hands, but bind 'em together and you'll find a fagot much harder. Members of our community support each other—and that support becomes so much more important when our queer friends and family run up against the bigotry and horrors of this world. But we're not just one community; we're an alphabet soup of people who come together under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella. Regardless of the specifics, we're the ones who weren't born with the default settings...and that's beautiful—that's worth protecting.

So what about the bridge? Well, like so many people who identify as LGBTQ+, I had a lot of trauma growing up. Trauma that I continue to collect and box up like newly caught Pokémon. There are a lot of sources of that trauma for me: tech-industry layoffs, an abusive partner, neuro-divergence, as well as non-conforming gender and sexuality in a world whose motto might as well be "Of the Default, by the Default, and for the Default".

This all came together one day after a fight with my spouse that left me in a very dark place. I didn't feel safe, I didn't feel like I really belonged to any community, and I didn't feel accepted by those closest to me.

As I stood on the bridge, I got a notification on my phone...then another. It was enough to snap me out of it for a second, and I checked my messages through the tears. Thinking back I honestly don't remember who they were from or what they said, but I do remember that they were from Mastodon, from a couple people who just happened to reach out at the exact right moment. I'll skip the rest of the details, because some of you have already heard this story and they're not really important to this article.

The important part is that I made it home in one piece because someone reached out. Someone who didn't even know how much I needed them to.

That little tie to the queer community was all it took to ground me in the moment and save my life.

Since then I've been keeping an eye out for others that might need grounding and doing my best to make sure they feel accepted. I've been welcoming as many new people into the community as I can, and I've been trying my best to be a safe space for anyone who needs it.

So, wrapping this up, I want to ask you to do the same. Not just today, but every day—as often as you can. Sometimes all it takes is showing a little kindness and compassion to make a big difference in someone's life.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go check in on some people and tell them how glad I am that they're here.

—Alice Watson 💜

#Pride #Pride2024 #LGBTQ #Community #Acceptance #Safety #Trans #MentalHealth #Outreach #Activism #Love #Welcome

davidpmaurer , 29 days ago

@alice @catsalad

💟 please continue to stick around. the world is so much better with you in it.

kimlockhartga , 1 month ago to bookstodon group

Since we are coming up on June, it seems like a good time to check in with everyone here on @bookstodon regarding favorite reads of 2024 so far. Whatcha got?

My top five reads of 2024 so far:

The Criminal series of graphic novels by Ed Brubaker (ten primary works)

James, Percival Everett

The Book of Love, Kelly Link

Poor Deer, Claire Oshetsky

Prequel, Rachel Maddow

davidpmaurer , 1 month ago

@kimlockhartga @bookstodon

#books

adventures in the screen trade, william goldman
the wee free men, terry pratchett
danse macabre, stephen king
the vampire tapestry, suzy mckee charnas
traction: get a grip on your business, gino wickman

davidpmaurer , 29 days ago

@kimlockhartga @bookstodon

i appreciate you, too. you always have interesting posts.

GottaLaff , 1 month ago to random

#Trump supporters try to doxx jurors and post violent threats after his conviction

On social media and web forums, users called for jurors, judges and prosecutors to be killed after the former president was found guilty on 34 felony counts.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-supporters-try-doxx-jurors-violent-threats-conviction-rcna154882

davidpmaurer , 1 month ago

@GottaLaff

do you happen to have the doxxers' addresses? a photo or two?

GottaLaff , 1 month ago to random

🏆

Via Kyle Griffin:

The cover of next week's New Yorker. #Trump #GUILTY #TrumpTrial

davidpmaurer , 1 month ago

@GottaLaff

are the huge cuffs symbolic of the handslap he's going to get even if the conviction is upheld in the next 2 appeals?

artofrengin , 1 month ago to random

Heads up that I'll be on pregnancy leave starting next week.

I have scheduled some posts with new art to go up in the meantime! I just might not respond with the usual personal messages. I'm probably busy taking care of a little human 🙃

I'll be back in September! <3

davidpmaurer , 1 month ago

@artofrengin

congratulations!

rbreich , 1 month ago to random

Wall Street tycoon Stephen Schwarzman endorsed Trump yesterday.

He joins a growing list of billionaires who once condemned the former president but are now flocking to his campaign.

Never underestimate how quickly billionaires will sell out our democracy for tax cuts.

davidpmaurer , 1 month ago

@rbreich

naked apes. they have more oranges than they can carry, but still want more.

alice , 1 month ago to random

Valid adult breakfast choices.

davidpmaurer , 1 month ago

@alice

i'm not judging.

18+ alice , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

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davidpmaurer , 1 month ago

@alice

are you okay?