tfw a customer stares at your chest for a whole 10 min interaction & you're carefully waiting till they're gone to double check what shirt you wore today.

fellow whites (and, tbh fellow whites only): ty to you who want to stand in solidarity w/ palestine and also may i gently recommend "would you suggest some books by palestinian authors" instead of "you should really stock" [the one 17-yr-old book that your friend recc'd]

"Free speech advocates and groups that promote reading in prison say the increased crackdowns that limit who can mail books inside amount to harmful, de facto book bans while doing little to help prevent overdose deaths behind bars." themarshallproject.org/2023/10/18/pri…

More Palestinian children have been massacred over the last 12 days than the total number of Israelis killed over the last 10 years

NC Senate passes new US House maps. Republicans will win 10 of 14 seats even if Democrats win the statewide vote, analysis shows. wral.com/story/nc-senat… "Why even hold elections, when the maps are rigged from the beginning?" said Sen. Jay Chaudhuri, D-Wake. #ncpol #ncga

I like it when something bad happens and the cops trot out the reason the local schools don’t have air conditioners

the amount of tedious admin work Palestinians are expected to produce to convince you we are human, even under genocide, is so demeaning.

Beautiful action from The Dyke Project, which has hacked over 100 ads across TfL bus, rail and tube networks to share queer Palestinian stories, and show queer solidarity with Palestinians.

Even people who are addicted to drugs can pay their rent if it’s affordable. We were drug addicted 20-somethings making minimum wage. Yet we never ended up in tents. We could pay our $300 rent. Baltimore + Detroit have higher overdose rates, much lower homelessness. Low rents.

stranger-customer asked me if i've "finished iron flame yet" and, no offense, but, fuck off.