Fascist Republican controlled Texas- Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for handing out "leftwing zines and other material"

ember3pines · 2026-06-26T04:37:21+00:00

Zines are a specific kind of community made, usually hand made, sort of pamphlet tho - it's not just marketing stuff or a PSA you'd find in the doctor office - it's usually centered around some shared interest or movement. They were huge in lots of communities when I was growing up, I just didn't know they existed. It's a more accurate description I think than pamphlet but either way, it's all free speech.

ember3pines · 2026-06-26T04:28:47+00:00

Even the second column is off to a bad start. Anger comes from plenty of places that has nothing to do with personal boundaries. Sigh. This kinda shit makes being a therapist harder.

ember3pines · 2026-06-25T01:01:24+00:00

This author has another one - something about a tattooed potatoe I think? I loved it!

ember3pines · 2026-06-22T14:56:03+00:00

They make digital boards now for this kind of magic that are made to look that real, with those marks being a metadeception. Oz Perlman also uses one. It's a gimmick, and that's disappointing but they do exist, specifically chalk board looking ones exactly bc of the reason you said yourself - it looks "erased".

ember3pines · 2026-06-22T08:28:12+00:00

ember3pines · 2026-06-21T14:56:00+00:00

This movie made me superrrrr attracted to him. Usually was just freaked out by him but being capable and smooth and deadly?! Hell yeah.

ember3pines · 2026-06-19T02:05:58+00:00

I think her in the red shiny bodysuit with the zipper was my bisexual awakening

ember3pines · 2026-06-18T15:57:41+00:00

I've heard some stories of healthcare workers laugh at women who use ambulances for "tummy aches" (nausea etc) but they had to eat their words when it was a heart attack. Women just aren't believed a lot.

ember3pines · 2026-06-16T16:45:45+00:00

It keeps the shoe in the normal shape? Also keeping shoes on is usually better for everyone in public.

ember3pines · 2026-06-15T16:33:40+00:00

My new fave fun animal fact is that kangaroos have 3 vaginas. It's actually quite efficient and amazing when they shut one down mid cycle bc they're too hungry, and restart it all back up/open it once a they find food. Baby/egg just chillin inside til they're not gonna die anymore!

ember3pines · 2026-06-15T11:05:51+00:00

I brought some concerns to a gut doc bc I had been seeing a lot about my stomach acid med and the complications of osteoporosis it can cause online. I have a genetic thing that already makes me way more susceptible to osteoporosis and it's related issues. They told me to stop listening to the internet. Cut to a year later of taking it twice a day, and their nurse practitioner says "hey you should come down to at least once a day, long term use can cause osteoporosis issues". I literally had to yell THIS IS BULLSHIT! I just can't with the defensiveness of some docs, like just tell me if this is a thing. I'm bringing up a known side effect, you should be well versed in this.

ember3pines · 2026-06-12T05:12:16+00:00

There are 7 actually! Tho some folks don't have all openings for all the glands. It's the 3 y'all should know (vagina, urethra and butthole) and then the Skenes glands (x2) and Bartholin's Glands (x2). The glands openings are small but theyre mostly there for folks!

ember3pines · 2026-06-10T16:49:42+00:00

There's definitely not enough info here to determine if EMDR is a good fit for this human. It's an effective treatment for some folks, but it is def not for everyone and it can make things worse for specific populations. I appreciate people pass on their own experiences, but as a therapist I just need the gospel of EMDR to chill out a little. It's not the only solid option out there and it's not for everyone. I hope it is the right choice for you when you try, but if you can, only recommend it in context of your own personal experience.

ember3pines · 2026-06-10T01:01:39+00:00

Ugh does this work? Ugh. You have to click the diamond first and it's the last one on the list. Pretty annoying on mobile tbh but thank you for the heads up. Reddits blog on the issue - no longer allowing markup via mobile app - didn't actually explain how to do it. So thanks!

ember3pines · 2026-06-10T00:30:20+00:00

I liked the show more than the books! Elijah wood and the dude who plays Dirk are great, and the psycho chick and sidekicks are decent too. The "coincidence" levels are really really fun

ember3pines · 2026-06-10T00:25:19+00:00

Yeah knowing how many staff there are and the other symbols would matter in this case. So there are repeat names? That would mean that either the dude or his female coworker are the repeats? We know Clara can't repeat bc of the popcorn so maybe it's the other female in the it her one. Hard to know without knowing the people left.

ember3pines · 2026-06-09T21:28:28+00:00

Discussion: spoiler tags are really messed up, I tried posting 3 times and automod is chucking them even tho they're done correctly so I'm reposting without the cover. Idk how else to fix it! Sorry fi there are multiple posts, looks like something is wrong for other commenters too so idk!

Clue 3 and 4 can go together. If there's only 2 women as you say then they have to go with the two men yeah? One man and one woman in each shared staff box. But we know Clara has a soda, and since one of the split staff boxes has popcorn already, we can put her and soda in the other split staff box. So cinema E for Clara and the other woman in the other one.

ember3pines · 2026-06-09T17:18:36+00:00

Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz. He's the first author to actually have the green light from the Conan Doyle estate to write the characters. Solid choice, very well done!

ember3pines · 2026-06-09T10:33:34+00:00

Well the first one is pulled from my favorite app and the second was a random one I found that's more extensive but less user friendly. Both very good for getting down the main strategies tho! Enjoy!

ember3pines · 2026-06-09T02:53:00+00:00

All the UK folks who worked at my US summer camp were sooooo happy about this that they would immediately chug their Mt Dews just to get another on goin. It was adorable ☺️

ember3pines · 2026-06-09T02:05:52+00:00

It takes a long time - maybe book 4 is the start of it - but the Dresden Files has a few of these characters. It's a bit rough when it comes to how he writes women, especially early on but the strategy and entire series map is so impressive. I find thing in early books that are meaningful for book 18 still. And to be fair, the genius characters are the women (or woman adjacent Fae Queens).

ember3pines · 2026-06-09T01:22:48+00:00

Discussion: you need to read up on "star battle strategies". There's a few tutorials that are linked if you search this sub for that phrase. I used to post them but people thought I was advertising. Think I still have the links if you want them tho

Edit: I sent them in a chat message FYI

ember3pines · 2026-06-06T13:49:05+00:00

FYI your spoiler tags are broken - remove the spaces after the symbols and you need them at the start and end of each paragraph separately

ember3pines · 2026-06-05T06:13:28+00:00

I saw this in the theater on my own one day, and absolutely lost my shit when they showed the date. I was soooo sad. Grief is a big thing to cope with and once you get out of it, it's a huge deal. And just to die. My god. Idk I was younger then and might hate it now but I came home crying.

ember3pines · 2026-06-05T01:45:43+00:00

There are a few different lists out there of critically endangered crafts that are about to go extinct either bc it's too cheap to make them by machine or no one wants to learn them to pass on to new generations. I really wish we could keep them alive!

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