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rainyfestivalsweets · 2 years

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8/4/22

Long fucking day! Worked 10+ . Many fires.

Talked to my work BFF on the phone and she was talking some serious anti gay shit. Talking about grooming kids, and "it's an agenda," pro FL governor, and anti CRT.

What the actual fuck??

This person, who knows all about my gay and is bisexuality herself is spouting this shit like it is the gods honest truth. 🙌 It was almost like she was quoting from some mail my mom got.

Are you fucking kidding me?

So.... I am about to check into my diversity class and talk about it.

But people. When you hear this shit, see where it is sourced. These super right wing groups are saying all sorts of stuff. It is all propaganda. They have an infinite ♾️ budget for mailing stuff for their "grassroots" campaigns.

Also- don't know who needs to hear this, but being LGBT does not make people pedophiles. Pedophiles are predators, obviously. Is that bad? Yes! But stereotyping a whole group of people that have legitimately been victimized their whole lives for being gay as yet another dangerous thing is irrational and hateful.

Most pedophiles are male predators. Statistically, most of their crime is hetero. So MF stop it! ✋️

We are gay, we live in the midwest. We know that our chances of finding a long term mate are slim to none. Stop persecuting us for this stuff that is made up by a propaganda machine.

What is the gay agenda?

To live our lives in peace! Find someone we like and have some dates. Maybe laugh a out how lonely we have been. Talk about how our parents threw us out if the house when they first found out.

We live in the midwest. We know we are going to die alone.

We know that many of us with be caring for our aging republican parents, who will still introduce us to the opposite sex in the hopes the gay has phased away. Our siblings, awash in hoards of kids, will love their lives as we try to turn away from the hateful shit our parents still do, even as we care for them in their later years.

We are already MF sad. It never goes away.

#politics #lgbt #right wing idiots #sadness #midwest #stupid i have to deal with #aging parents #healthy lifestyle #emotions #the gay agenda #yes we already know we are going to die alone #elder care #midwest politics #crt #processing emotions #propaganda #right wing women #right wing propaganda #right wing watch

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stuffaboutminneapolis · 1 year

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#LOL #crime watch is a racist right wing website #minneapolis #minnesota #twin cities #elections #midwest #politics #democrats #republicans

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dionysus-complex · 6 days

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anyways I think I'm warming to the idea of the Midwest in general

#colorado or new mexico is still very much plan a after this phd is done #but the front range metro areas are all very expensive and albuquerque is affordable but has limited job opportunities for me #and idk maybe the midwest wouldn't be so bad?#i don't vibe with the east coast and the political climate in the south is too generally fucked up #and granted ohio is also fucked up politically but it at least voted to protect abortion rights in the state constitution #but there's also michigan and illinois and minnesota

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todayisafridaynight · 15 days

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i just think that in IW NPCs shouldve apologized if you bumped into them i think that wouldve helped with the immersion actually

#snap chats #imagine an npc walk by you they hit you with onea them ‘im just gonna sneak right past ya’ fjWODDJ #maybe its just an east coast/midwest thing but its so common here its really funny #like i just /walked by/ a guy and he was just ‘sorry’ like dawg you didnt even graze me 💀#i remember when my sis was abroad she’d be told she was too polite and she kept saying sorry too much #anyway i just think itd be funny. goofy even.

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highspeedinterconnect · 2 months

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hmmm..I literally don’t know how to inject myself in conversations or say anything until I’m prompted

#too mf midwest. smh #being polite and humble apparently means letting yourself get stepped on. apparently. to me

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astriiformes · 1 year

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Minnesota is surprisingly left for a red state are they akso pro choice too

I definitely wouldn't describe Minnesota as a red state! I know people make the assumption sometimes given what much of the rest of the Midwest is like (including many of our immediate neighbors -- although I'd be remiss not to point out the many people striving to make it otherwise in all of them, particularly some of the hard-fought battles being slowly won in Wisconsin -- you go guys, and I know you can do it). But MN has other cultural influences like a long solid labor history and a large immigrant population that mean it's actually been a Democratic stronghold for a long time. We have the longest streak of voting blue in presidential elections of any state in the US!

Things do get much redder as you leave the Twin Cities metro area, though that's really the trend in any state. But for perspective, over half the state's population lives in the metro, so when you take into account that there are at least a few other blue clusters in the state (Duluth, a Great Lakes shipping town on Lake Superior with a long labor union history and that currently has a nonbinary representative in the MN House comes to mind!), we really are more of a blue state, or at least a very blueish-purple one. Right now our state Democrats (the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party) control the House, Senate, and Governor's office, which is the reason they've been getting so much good legislation passed. And while our national House reps are split half and half (though some of our Democratic reps are particularly progressive) both our Senators are Democrats.

I wouldn't oversell how blue we are, there are certain parts of state politics that are narrower and go back and forth a bit more than in some of the really "safe" blue states. But at the same time, after living here for a while, I really do think the flip side of that is that our Democratic politicians are somewhat more genuine about what they do, which ends up balancing certain things out. Hence the current legislative session where they're pushing through everything they can in remarkably quick succession!

To answer your question though -- yes, Minnesota is also a pretty pro-choice state. Our state House recently passed a bill that would limit the release of reproductive healthcare information, essentially protecting people from other states who come here for reproductive care. The bill is expected to pass in the Senate and be signed by the governor as well. Our governor and lieutenant governor have both been fairly outspoken about protecting reproductive and abortion rights in the state. Earlier this year the governer also signed into law the Protecting Reproductive Options (PRO) Act to explicitly protect and codify abortion rights here.

I hope some of that's useful information! Minnesota politics are definitely not what I expected when I moved here -- in my time living in the state I've had the opportunity to vote for one of the most progressive reps in the US Congress (Ilhan Omar) and been consistently impressed by how seriously our state takes things like voting rights and state welfare programs. There's a lot of really incredible political activism happening here and it's moving to be a part of -- especially since I know we're becoming even more of an important sanctuary state for people from other places in the Midwest. The northern Great Lakes states (thinking about MN, WI, and MI in particular) are all sort of interesting beasts politically and I'm grateful to have learned more about some of the strong Democratic and labor history in the region in my time here.

Ending with a terrible joke, but -- we have over 10,000 lakes, of course we're blue!

#the 'minnesota has 10000 lakes is actually an understatement. minnesota has over 10000 lakes' thing really gets me #living here has made me far more pro-minnesota than i ever expected to be though #i definitely also had an incorrect perception of the political complexity of the midwest before i moved here #i'm glad to have had it remedied -- it gives me a lot of hope!#land of eldritch lakes

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env0writes · 3 months

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Janus Estuaries Vol. 3, 1.14.24 “Soaking In"

Sweet watermelon Squished on the sidewalk With my thai milk tea All over the stonework All over my clothes Stains In my stitches They will not come out They cannot get out Watermelon, thai tea stains On my lips and name Scattered across the sidewalk What a mess has been made How little some care What we wear How we live, how we care Sweet watermelon The rivers call to thee Back to the sea, back, you shall see Soon to be free Watermelon free Sweet thai milk tee Spilled for what cause Silence? Give pause No Keep marching on

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caterpillarinacave · 3 months

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A week in a midwestern AmericInn would kill them both

#Actually the Midwest could probably kill them. Hell pool at an AmericInn would probably kill them both #A single chlorinated pool could end the royal bloodline of Atlantis #Cut to Arthur in middle school thinking he’s going to DOMINATE the swimming unit #Cut to his attempt to breathe in chlorine. Cut to an hour straight of screeching and hacking #Aquaman #arthur curry #orm marius #Men’s Road-trip to Mt. Rushmore but Arthur and Orm just get progressively more ill as they go #Arthur has like a vague political reason to head towards the Great Lakes or something and he was instantly like “omg road trip 😝🤩🥳💅”#“My dad never took me on road-trips as a kid so this will be great!!!”#Arthur on FaceTime ghost white collapsed on a hotel room floor while Orm chugs water straight from the bathroom tap in the background :#”no babe it was a great idea one of my best I swear- wait don’t put mom on DONT-“#He didn’t get to bring Junior just FYI.

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bbjobo · 8 months

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listen. this is the most minor thing but i've gotta get it off my chest:

the electoral map at the end of RWRB does! not! work! i will suspend my disbelief that a democrat could lose THE WHOLE midwest but win Georgia and Texas, but the actual honest-to-god electoral votes don't match the map

#rwrb movie #red white and royal blue #i figured it out tho: she needs to lose maine outright instead of split it #and then even then she ends up with 234 electoral votes not 233 #but also my more politically involved friends (like the ones that work for orgs) said and i quote:#are you kidding me?? a democrat woman from texas with a bisexual son dating a PRINCE? THE MIDWEST WINE MOMS WOULD LOVE ELLEN #she wouldn't lose the whole midwest because we wouldn't let her end quote #anyway put us in coach #we'll make your political storylines more believable

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aestheticallynotdeerlightful · 1 year

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So that new jimmy solidarity episode huh.

#theories in the reblogs #deer rambles #empires smp spoilers #The old sheriff didn’t want to share his name with Jimmy so in the mean time I’m gonna call him Oz while I ramble #so for starters #I don’t trust this guy at all- he’s been alone in a cave underground for thirty years. maybe even longer.#he taught Jimmy the ways of RESPECT. but looking at the acronym and meanings- I can only see this going poorly #i think he’s legit fucking with jimmy #and and that whole bit at the end with the group- jimmy telling them about Oz and how he taught him respect #only for the group to kill him in cold blood. y’all I think jimmys villain arc just started.#started by this random ass old man under the ground.#other notes include Jimmys hat being named “Wednesday #and tumbletowns former name 30yrs ago being “The ol’ MW #which stands for Midweek Oz mentioned #also as a someone from the Midwest I don’t know how to feel about this.#We’re very polite- so Oz telling jimmy to steal #and THREATEN PEOPLE #Yeah I don’t trust him my radar is going BREEE #solidaritygaming

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femslashspuffy · 29 days

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Colorado is so greedy my hometown now has a Raising Canes, In-N-Out, AND a Buckees. Plus if you drive a little more than an hour you can go to a Pizza Ranch. There's a reason no one can agree on what part of the country Colorado is because it wants to be every part.

#rehks rants #for context #canes is southern‚ in n out is southwest‚ buckees is south it might just be south west idk about like Deep South for that one #and pizza ranch is northern I used to go all the time in north dakota #Colorado #it has the reputation of a place like california the climate of the west and the north #rural Colorado is very American Midwest but it has so many big cities #watch them get a whataburger in the next few years #Colorado wants all the good things about the south with the politics of the west #oh and also Coloradans actually are into ranch culture a lot

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whimsycore · 1 month

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Being called confrontational when you can just clearly communicate without being rude is crazy to me. People are so afraid of conflict or being called out for shit they actually did when they meet someone who is actually honest with themselves they short circuit. Stay the actual fuck away from me.

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protectoroffaeries · 3 months

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i have a lot of leftist friends who are very strongly pro-voting and i have a lot of leftist friends who are very strongly anti-voting and i'm always telling them the same fucking thing: being a condescending asshole about your voting perspective is not going bridge that difference. it is just going to drive a further wedge in our movement.

#its only january and i am already so very very very tired of this conversation #every goddamn post i see. every conversation i have. im #i wish yall would put this much energy into a radical political reform movement #because let me tell you i have voted and i have not voted and i have wanted to vote and been too young #and ive seen it make a difference in some areas. but certain elections in certain places that aint good enough. its not gonna do jack shit #some of us live in the fucking midwest idk what to tell you #west coasties dni lmfaooooo #ig this is my way of saying i dont like the #YOUR VOTE MATTERS #YOUR VOTE NEVER MATTERS #it's complicated. it's nuanced. & frankly the outcome of putting workable politicians into office is very much effected by what happens #AFTER they are elected #my vote mattered A LOT in securing us abortion in ohio. but frankly there was nothing i could do at the ballot box about my republican mayor #can we. can we talk about that aspect.#can we please stop talking about ole jb #i am begging on my fucking knees for us to decentralize the fucking presidency from this convo #absolutely fucking begging

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tangled-pixel-harpsichord · 3 months

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Went on twitter for the first time in...6 months?? Since Elon did the shitty rebranding anyway. I was trying to see if my state health insurance marketplace had posted anything about the expected maintenance that was keeping me from looking up something (and they hadn't, good job literal government agency 👍). Anyway I got sucked in and it's just hell. Examples from the 5 minutes I was on under the cut

Lasik is trending bc one person was talking about how he went blind due to complications of the procedure and a number of others are sharing similar stories

someone's on there ""noticing"" that all the tiktoks they've seen about this issue are from women

(the OP of the first lasik post is a guy but ok)

a BUNCH of lasik providers apparently did not actually look to see why it's trending so they're just advertising their practices 👍👍👍

tswift fan talking about the role lasik has played in her music and lamenting the loss of "glasseslor" 👁👁

oh god so much about iowa just so much, why do we even CARE, the republican caucus hasn't matched the national primary selection in DECADES it means NOTHING

ALMOST got pulled in to replying to someone who moved a seizing person around while everyone one else was giving them space, including RESTRICTING THEIR HEAD while they were ACTIVELY SEIZING, and was using this as an example of how society has "failed" bc everyone was "too afraid" to "offend" that they "couldn't be bothered" to "comfort" this person and the emt in me was SCREAMING but i RESISTED

side-note but DO NOT HOLD SOMEONE DOWN IF THEY ARE SEIZING ESPECIALLY BY THE HEAD HOLY SHIT

SEVERAL people pointed this out to OP and OP was Not Convinced they were wrong

I had to close the page at this point bc they were SO SMUG about trying to paralyze "helping" this innocent person I was gonna start dming them and that had negative chance of being either productive or fulfilling

and thus ends my impromptu X-ploration

the insurance site is still offline

i'm gonna go lie down

#seizure tw #us politics #eye surgery mention #discussion of complications of eye surgery #discussion of improper seizure first aid #this got soooooo long so welcome to my first ever read more post (probably)#I must not reply. replying is the mind-killer. replying is the little-death that brings total obliteration #also as someone who's been to iowa and has family in iowa and enjoys iowa and the midwest in general FUCK the caucuses #unrelated but insurance site still has a link to their google+ account and i looked it up and it's been FIVE ENTIRE YEARS since THAT existe #so now i not only feel tired and angry but old as well #fuck twitter #mine

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saxigenouscorviform · 5 months

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literally impossible to tell if im learning how to set boundaries and manage being pissed at fuckery with said boundaries or if i am just being an unreasonable bitch specifically because ive been anxious and cute and biddable for literal years and no longer actually know how to tell people to fuck off in a normal way.

#unfortunately this makes me a mean but polite person who delays all meltdowns till im out of the situation #COOL #thanks midwest!!#thanks college!!!#thanks americorps!!#thanks literal years of no one believing that i could know anything for actual!!!

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girlscience · 6 months

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I am going to start reblogging things about Palestine, I haven't up till now but Israel just bombed a hospital and I don't have many followers but if it will encourage someone else to do something too then I think it's worth it.

#I will not be sharing my personal opinions beyond sharing information #I do not want to get on some white savior bullshit #and I am not a journalist or educator or even that politically intelligent #I am also aware this is not the only genocide happening in the world today #I can't change the whole world. I wish I could but. I am only one person in the middle of the midwest #I am trying to get more involved in politics and educate myself and engage with the things happening locally as well #this has just been horribly easy to be involved in because it is so prominent #I started donating to various causes when I could a few years ago and sending emails when I found email campaigns #this has been the first time I have called my government representatives (I got sent to voicemail but all the same. it was anxiety inducing)#now that I have done it once I know how it works and found a website to tell me who my reps are (cause I honestly didn't know)#I will continue to do it more in the future #This is all starting to sound like I am giving excuses for why I care about people who are dying #which is not my intention so I'm going to shut up. you guys get the point if you read this far

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