Reposted by Flame Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 8hI don't think you should discriminate against me because I have ADHD, but it is also my responsibility to know my range & not ask people to trust me with things I simply know I can not do. bsky.app/profile/most... 2973
Reposted by Flame Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 11h1200 sexual assault reports in 6 years. That’s 1 every 2 days. Only 7 resulted in an expulsion or dismissal. Only 14 resulted in a suspension. Cornell is a rapist factory. Drive it out of business. Also, only 5-13% of college women who are assaulted report it. That’s 5-6 assaults a day.m.economictimes.comCornell University gang rape case reveals 1200 sexual assaults reported between 2018-24, only 7 expulsion even as over 51 people were found responsible; trend follows in NYU, Coloumbia and major NewYo...Between 2018 and 2024, Cornell University documented 1,200 instances of sexual misconduct, yet only a handful of disciplinary measures were taken. Merely seven students faced expulsion, and 14 others ... 12417163
Reposted by Flame Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 15hNobody goes into the basement to shelter from a hurricane because you will fucking drown. You hide in an interior room and hope the roof stays on. 42542
Reposted by Flame Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 14hWHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT THE BATS DON'T TOUCH THE BATS DON'T PET THE BATS DON'T BREASTFEED THE BATS TELL YOUR FRIENDS ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE WHITE WOMEN 1221051
Reposted by Flame Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 14hThis week is the 30th anniversary of THAT THING YOU DO. I’m reposting my tribute to it, which includes a deep dive about how contrasting the bloat of the extended cut with the theatrical is a great lesson in editing and efficiency thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2026/10/an-a...thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.comAn appreciation of THAT THING YOU DO on its 30th anniversaryThis is a piece I originally wrote ten years ago for Film School Rejects on the occasion of THAT THING YOU DO's 20th Anniversary. Since Film... 75415
Reposted by Flame Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 13hAnyway you can donate to the museum to help it stay open right here: donorbox.org/website-gene...donorbox.orgAfrican American Civil War Memorial Museum | AFRICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL FREEDOM FOUNDATION (Powered by Donorbox)The mission of the African American Civil War Memorial Museum is to correct a great wrong in history which pretty much ignored the heroic role of 209,145 US Colored Troops in ending slavery and keepin... 26616
Reposted by Flame nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 19hi dont want to download an app i don't want a qr code menu i dont want to talk to an ai assistant i dont want ai summaries for my searches i dont want to optimize my workflow i dont want to jump on a call i dont want to rate anything i don't want to create an account LEAVEME ADLONEe 103039984
Reposted by Flame ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 13hToday is the first day of the Supreme Court's term. My yearly print preview of all the things the Republicans will take away from us this time, is now avaialble on Al Gore's Internet in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comThe People vs. the Supreme CourtThis term the Supreme Court has plans to trampleeven more of our rights. But we, the people, are not powerlessin the face of their power grab. 6438145
Reposted by Flame Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 05/10/2026Hey disabled friends, You're not actually a genie. You don't have to spend 🔋 deciding whether you'd still want social media to exist. Your private wishes don't carry moral weight, and it's okay to have benefited from it, including finding people/community you couldn't reach any other way. 011120
Reposted by Flame Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 04/10/2026I've been going through publicly available information relative to the possible Y. pestis (pneumonic plague) incident in Russia. Reports are conflicting—we do not have a clear picture of what's happening. And even under the best of circumstances the Russian government isn't exactly transparent 🧵 415636
Reposted by Flame rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026There are some signals that just the two childhood doses of mumps vaccine are not enough to hit a high enough VE to prevent outbreaks in congregate living. It's smart to get an adult booster before college, and especially if there's an outbreak locally! 27933
Reposted by Flame Sax! ⬇️↘️➡️➕🏳️⚧️ @saximus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I feel like in literally any other context, if you gave 6 figures to a teenager with no assets, income, credit, or work history, when said teenager struggled to pay back those 6 figures, you'd be told "you made a shitty deal, eat the loss, sucks to suck" but school is the exception for some reason 79919
Reposted by Flame Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What has always bothered me is you’re supposed to consider what your salary will be after you graduate - but it’s four years away and in a subject you *haven’t studied yet!* How the fuck are you supposed to realistically guess that? 2797
Reposted by Flame Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026republicans: we are nazis media: do democrats have a Hasan Piker Bin Laden problem? 263215642
Reposted by Flame Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026🚨🚨Attention - if you live in Alaska, Rhode Island or South Carolina today 10/4 is the last day to register to vote 06658
Reposted by Flame Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 04/10/2026People are reacting to Gellar getting caught and admitting to it as if that is accountability. No. Accountability is he gives up power, takes risks to be an ally, uses his power in service of survivors rather than himself. 1426
Reposted by Flame Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If you’re not in the US or somewhere else HBO is streaming it, you can’t watch watch the whole thing on his website. If you are in the US, we’ll, here’s the relevant bit: www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLRso9ep/tiktok.comnot all men...but all men if you are not actively doing something #sexualassaultprevention #believewomen #survivor TikTok video by aztigerlilly 1325
Reposted by Flame Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We had the party for the five year old and her best friend (who just had her last preschool day) brought her a framed picture. A picture she made from the pressed flowers she had collected on her walks home from their school days together 623731
Reposted by Flame Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 04/10/2026Proof x1 Also timeline cleanse for a very good dog! 828919
Reposted by Flame Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026brief reminder because a TikTok video of an asshole is going around, disabled people trying to avoid illnesses that could make them more disabled is not OCD, it is lived experience with a disability that you do not have, and thus should have your stupid mouth closed and stupid ears open about. 625450
Reposted by Flame Sparrow / Liz @untonuggan.myatproto.social · 03/10/2026are you seething with rage at *gestures at everything*? looking to move all that tension out of your frickin shoulders and jaw muscles? have the ability to do basic gardening tasks? you might enjoy some Autumn "Save a Tree" workdays! your local climate action group probably has a whole list 1217
Reposted by Flame Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 02/10/2026You should get all the vaccines. shouldntneedtobealawyer.com/posts/vaccin...shouldntneedtobealawyer.comVaccine Access in 2026: What You Need To Know | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew CortlandOriginally recorded on 09/28/2026: Mystic has had her shots. I hope you have gotten your COVID shot and your flu shot for the 2026, 2027 CO 67828
Reposted by Flame Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 03/10/2026If you ever talk to press you need to be aware of this reprehensible conduct: 16620
Reposted by Flame Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Why did the endangered turtle cross the road? It didn't! That would be very dangerous! Defend the Roadless Rule: Make your voice heard before the public comment deadline on Oct. 6. www.oregonzoo.org/news/protect... 229063
Reposted by Flame Ayce @flyincasual.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I told you repeatedly to wake me up when September ends. You had one job. 5963
Reposted by Flame Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 01/10/2026So it looks like Van Houten, the prosecutor in the Cornell gang rape case, just straight-up lied when he said that Jane Doe never claimed anything nonconsensual happened to her (bc then what was she reporting???) TALK TO WOMEN WHO WENT TO SCHOOL WITH *HIM* www.npr.org/2026/10/01/n...npr.orgCornell Jane Doe's attorney says she told police in 2024: 'I was raped'Counter to what a local prosecutor has claimed, the alleged victim of a 2024 gang rape at Cornell University clearly said in her police statement that she was sexually assaulted, her attorney told NPR... 16016
Reposted by Flame Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 01/10/2026AI is already being used to deny disabled people medically necessary care, and anywhere it costs money to include us is likely next. I've spent most of 2026 on public opinion research with TechTonic Justice about how to fight back, and we're unveiling it tomorrow, Friday, at 1PM ETshouldntneedtobealawyer.comWebinar Invite: Winning Against AI & Economic Injustice | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew CortlandFor almost all of 2026 I have been facing a medical crisis. As many of you know all too well, attempting to navigate the American health car 211142
Reposted by Flame Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 01/10/2026HAPPY SPOOKY SEASON, EVERYONE!!! 28419
Reposted by Flame Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 30/09/20263 more food recalls. Lior Ground cinnamon (lead) Mezzetta Brand Golden Greek Peperoncini (Dead mouse. No that's probably not a joke, even though is sounds like something somebody might do as a scam) Sierra Nevada Raw Milk Cheese (But you already knew better) www.seriouseats.com/september-20...seriouseats.com3 Food Recalls You Should Check Your Kitchen for Right NowCheese, peperoncini, and ground cinnamon were recently recalled. Here’s what you need to know. 084
Reposted by Flame Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/09/2026y'all if you get mad about women saying "choose the bear" please look up bear assault and murder statistics and then contrast with human men. It is objectively reasonable to choose the bear. 17816101
Reposted by Flame Chase Strangio @chasestrangio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The latest action rescinding the Title IX regs does not change the law. It is cruel, yes, but we should not panic and instead invest in state and local protections. time.com/article/2026...time.comTrump's Title IX Announcement Is Cruel. But It Does Not Change The Law“Schools can and should continue to include transgender students equally in all educational programs,” writes Chase Strangio. 0317
Reposted by Flame Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As fallout from the Cornell story continues, do you want to hear some history about the rape-on-campus/false-accusation panic from someone who was starting college as it took shape? Because this isn’t new, and it’s going to get ugly 5326113
Reposted by Flame Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is something very wrong, very unnatural, very non-survival oriented about how men treat women, and we need to figure it out as a fucking species because it’s going to kill us. 1538
Reposted by Flame It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula. 17679
Reposted by Flame Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I posit as a trans man that the reward is that you get to fall peacefully asleep at night instead of lying there mortifyingly aware you could have intervened and did not. 337454
Reposted by Flame Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Another big one is teaching your son to see girls as equals. Instead of enrolling him in sex-segregated sports, introduce him to a co-ed team. And help him foster his more “feminine” interests where we can be in mixed-sex spaces, making mixed-sex friend groups. 6939115
Reposted by Flame Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Teach your son to wait. Teach him that other people are as important as he is. Teach him to apologize and go back to the end of the line if he made an entitled decision. Teach him that girls and women deserve respect in *all* scenarios—not just during sex. 31382257
Reposted by Flame Kevin Sonney @sonney.com · 29/09/2026It's ASTARION day! Did you see that @tkingfisher.com wrote a 1-shot adventure to go with it? You can get it as part of the Book Club Kit at bg3books.com/book-club-kitsbg3books.comBaldur's Gate 3 Book Club Kits - Official Baldur's Gate 3 BooksResources for book clubs and adventuring parties everywhere 111240
Reposted by Flame Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Flu, COVID, and RSV vaccines help reduce your chance of getting seriously sick—and are essential for protecting people who are immunocompromised. @publichealthpod.bsky.social podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/a-guide-to-f... 12013
Reposted by Flame Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 29/09/2026It’s Launch Day, darling! This one is not cozy or for the faint of heart, please note the warnings, but it’s here at last! And while you should read in the way you like the best—dude, Neil Newbon’s narration knocks it out of the PARK. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813073...penguinrandomhouse.comBaldur's Gate 3: Astarion by T. Kingfisher: 9798217298594 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksThe roguish charlatan Astarion will free himself from a centuries-long fate of servitude or die (a second time) trying—in this decadently dark fantasy adventure by award-winning author T. Kingfisher..... 67958226
Reposted by Flame Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I just get overwhelmed with grief for all the brilliance and human potential being suppressed like, the cognitive capacity women have to devote to just… keeping ourselves safe and dealing with trauma that could have gone into art or science or 05417
Reposted by Flame Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 29/09/202695% of college-age men admitted to using coercive tactics to get women they already knew did not want any to have sex with them to have sex. When men say they don’t know who these creeps are, all it tells me is that either they’re lying or they’ve chosen not to learn about rape culture. 212528
Reposted by Flame Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Researchers find that one-time trainings about consent can actually increase perpetration. In my interviews with young men, they told me that they knew no one believed what they were saying because it hadn’t come up before—and no one actually held men accountable anyway. 258374
Reposted by Flame Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear: 81167550
Reposted by Flame Taryn @thayden.bsky.social · 27/09/2026think that every survivor of SA should write an essay about the impact it had on their lives and send it to Cornell. This is bullshit. These guys need to be punished. Shame on them and Cornell. 19921291083
Reposted by Flame Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If a man doesn’t deserve to have his life ruined over participating in a gang rape, what DOES qualify? I would hope whoever made this decision has been getting an earful on campus from women AND men 071
Reposted by Flame emily fraser 🌿🐌✨ @emilyesfraser.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Just listened to this full interview & it’s fantastic. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social doesn’t mince words, reminding us the #GreatestMEdicalScandal of the century is not just about neglect, it’s abuse by the medical system & complicity from all of society. Full interview (9 mins): youtu.be/H2rRf_f2hJs 02811
