Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Heather Cox Richardson put it plainly: the collapse isn’t just physical, it’s cognitive. The man who once bullied his way through interviews with brute-force bluster now drifts off mid-sentence, slurring fragments of half-remembered grievances as if volume alone can stand in for coherence. Weakness masquerading as strength is still weakness, but Trump’s weakness is now paired with the unchecked machinery of state power. - Mary Geddry

https://marygeddry.com/p/the-rotting-strongman-and-his-armed

#Florida paints over Pulse memorial's pride colors again https://www.advocate.com/politics/florida-pulse-memorial-painted-over #LGBTQIA

WE'RE DONE WAITING! RELEASE THE GODDAMNED FUCKING EPSTEIN FILES!!!

#ChildRapistTrump #GhislaineMaxwell #JeffreyEpstein #TrumpEpsteinFiles #MAGA #DonaldTrump #PamBondi #USPol

Trump threatens new investigation of Christie over ‘Bridgegate’ scandal
https://wapo.st/4mr56mU

Here’s a no-context fact:

I personally reviewed every single death at my hospital in 2021. Using a very conservative means of attributing cause, 45% of the deaths were clearly a direct result of infection with SARS-CoV-2. The spreadsheet is still on the hospital’s cloud servers.

He is decreptating before our eyes, but Biden was old..

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cxrua73vvgqw4lel4nkccky7/post/3lxagunr4c326

This is actually terrifying. The dictator establishing his Palace Guard.

[from today’s Executive Order, h/t @heidilifeldman]

The fact that this administration is hell bent on punishing Kilmar Abrego Garcia while rewarding Ghislane Maxwell tells you all you need to know about their violent racism and misogyny.

With a straight face.

It was a blood capsule he had in his shoe

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:meuhews4ppssrjh72kkvoi5r/post/3lx4elpwfl22r

@trabern And they're firing bus and train operators in LA who refuse to let ICE raid the buses.

Just like the shit my grandparents and uncles went through in the Zoot Suit Incident in 1943. When goons raided buses, streetcars and businesses to beat up Black and Latino people, regardless of whether they had on a suit or not.

That's why I'm holding off on going back home to visit the graves of my family. https://lapublicpress.org/2025/08/la-metro-ice-fired-retaliation-protest/

His "face just didn't look right. 'Man, my hair looks strange', he says. 'And the closer I looked it almost seemed like I was wearing makeup.' … 'am just I imagining things?'" 

It turns out, he wasn't. In recent months, YouTube has secretly used artificial intelligence (AI) to tweak people's videos.

… some disturbed YouTubers say it gives their content a subtle and unwelcome AI-generated feeling."

😡 #StopTheAIslop #invasiveAI #eww
https://mstdn.science/@adamr/115084128924871837

The fascist insurrectionist criminals have taken over our government. They must be removed and held accountable. They are the ones who should be in jail.

#GiftArticle #USFascism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/nyregion/january-6-capitol-riot-prosecutors.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gk8.UPkj.FXxPEiC4Jiki&smid=url-share

LOLOLOLOLOL! Spoken like a true child rape enthusiast! Be sure to catch Gym's movie, Surviving Ohio State, on HBO Max!

Jim Jordan Says He Believes Ghislaine Maxwell. He Thinks You Should Too
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jim-jordan-believes-ghislaine-maxwell-1235414525/

#GymJordan #RapistsStickTogether #ChildRapistTrump #GhislaineMaxwell #JeffreyEpstein #TrumpEpsteinFiles #MAGA #DonaldTrump #PamBondi #USPol

So, I was listening to a French podcast on Arte Radio called "Un podcast à soi" (your own podcast). The podcast is centered on feminism.

The episode speaks about consenting and the tile is "Giving in is not consenting."

Near the end, the voice says:

“I’ve thought a lot about the pressure to be heterosexual that Adrienne Rich talked about.

The fact that I had heterosexual relationships, then was in a relationship with a man until I was 35, without realizing that I was a lesbian. I didn’t force myself. I experienced moments of happiness.

But I wasn't in the right place. And I didn't have the opportunity to choose, because nothing else was available to me. Everything was foggy, invisible.

I consented to heterosexuality without desiring it.”

This makes me think about masking.

Many autistics don't decide to mask. It's often unconscious. Autistics had/have fun, good time because it's the norm. It's how neuronormativity want us to have fun, good time. But, as said in the citation, they are not at the right place, experiencing the right emotion, feelings. They experienced normative ones.

This topic of consenting is important. Do we consent to neuronormativity without desiring it? Nobody ask autistics if they consent to not be themselves.

https://www.arteradio.com/son/ceder-n-est-pas-consentir

#actuallyautistic @actuallyautistic