herhandsmyhands

herhandsmyhands, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to romancelandia

Help save Webcomic Name "oh no!" blob?

Alex Norris has been giving us all joy and giggles with their lovely pink blob for a long time; for many years now, they've been fighting a legal battle with a shitty publisher that has pulled an outrageous rights grab.

Alex has a fundraising deadline on Monday October 9th to continue fighting for their rights. Can you help? No amount is too small.

#SaveWebcomicName

@romancelandia
https://www.gofundme.com/f/alexnorrislegalfund

More at:
https://boingboing.net/2022/11/11/alex-norris-creator-of-the-webcomic-name-battles-boardgame-company-that-claims-to-own-it-oh-no.html

herhandsmyhands, 11 months ago to random

The Princess Bride flopped, and it's now one of the most beloved films in the U.S.

Firefly was dropped after 14 episodes, people saw it in syndication reruns and it became a cult classic.

Goodbye to that era, I guess.

herhandsmyhands, 1 year ago to random

Militant decency.

#Gnu #TerryPratchett

herhandsmyhands, 9 months ago to random

Call to action! The #CDC has a public comment open; let it know that you want the new #COVIDBoosters to be recommended for everyone, not just the most vulnerable.

Remember: the higher the percentage of vaccinated and boosted people, the lower risk for vulnerable people.

Go forth and give the CDC hell! demand protection for everyone.

ETA: public comments will be closed in just two days. Docket to comment on: CDC 2023-0060

https://www.regulations.gov/document/CDC-2023-0060-0001

herhandsmyhands, 1 year ago to random

Joyful news: last night Montana state Representative #ZooeyZephyr asked journalist #ErinReed to marry her--and Erin said yes.

All happiness to them.

(and if transphobes and fascists choke on their bitterness over these two lovely women's joy, all the better)

(photo credit David Clumpner)

herhandsmyhands, 8 months ago to random

They are not just saying it out loud, they have been screaming it from the rooftops: they are happy to let you die if they can squeeze a few pennies off your corpse.

#USHealthcare #GoldmanSachs

herhandsmyhands, 9 months ago to random

Found via Joshua P. Hill on twitter: "I think a lot of us who grew up in this era where unions have been weakened literally don’t know that strong unions can do stuff like reverse you getting fired. And we should."

#SupportUnions #SupportWorkers

herhandsmyhands, 9 months ago to random

An Indiana public library is moving 1300 young adult titles to the adult section--making them unavailable to the readers the books were written for, many of whom need those books to survive their lives.

The library is spending over $300,000 just to deny teens the right to read books written for and about them.

#Libraries #EastHamiltonIN #BannedBooks #MomsOfLiberty

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/john-green-hamilton-public-library-the-fault-in-our-stars-removal-rcna99044

"Efforts to restrict stories are efforts to restrict empathy"--John Green
https://youtu.be/MrS-46e59V4

herhandsmyhands, 6 months ago to climate

Almost 38 years ago, Carl Sagan warned the U.S government and the world about the effect of climate change.

The only one at the hearing that day who seemed to pay any attention was Al Gore.

#CarlSagan #ClimateChange

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp-WiNXH6hI

herhandsmyhands, 5 months ago to indieauthors

#IndieAuthors @romancelandia
PSA: pirating site giving away indie and self published books and asking for "donations". They even have a "mission" statement twisting Gaiman's position against DRM to justify pirating thousands of books

site address (minus spaces)
ocean of pdf.com

If your books are on kindle unlimited, amazon can ding YOU if anyone finds them elsewhere, including pirating sites.

Report the #Pirates to their hosting service here:

https://abuse.cloudflare.com/dmca

Please share and boost!

herhandsmyhands, 10 months ago to climate

PSA: heat wave and antidepressnats, risk of dehydration and overheating.

#ClimateChange

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-62496985

herhandsmyhands, 5 months ago to random

Today in, "It's COVID, stupid": "The cast of Netflix’s most expensive film of 2023 have all been struck down with awful illness while promoting director Zack Snyder’s sci-fi adventure ahead of its release in cinemas on Friday", with Charlie Hunan ending in the hospital with "kidney complications" because "a nasty case of the flu".

please note that [#COVID is known to cause kidney damage)

https://metro.co.uk/2023/12/14/cast-netflixs-expensive-movie-2023-hit-sickness-19975212/

herhandsmyhands, 6 months ago to random

To fund social security, smash the motherfucking cap: tax millionaires and billionaires proportionate to their earnings; stop forcing the middle class to carry the whole country while the wealthy just keep getting wealthier.

"a middle-income worker earning less than the $160,200 cap in 2023 will pay an effective tax rate that is six times higher than the millionaire's tax burden"

#SmashTheCap

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-benefits-tax-cap-2023/

herhandsmyhands, 5 months ago to random

PSA: you can still comment on the Census Bureau proposal to reclassify disability in a way that would SHRINK the number of people in the U.S. who are considered disabled by about 40%--at a time when, thanks to the long term effects of COVID on various organs (never mind LongCOVID), more people need accommodations and help.

There may be another window to comment in the spring, but if you can, comment tonight.

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/18/1218954729/census-bureau-survey-disabled-people-with-disabilities

herhandsmyhands, 7 months ago to random

Apropos everything:

#ACLU #KnowYourRights

herhandsmyhands, 7 months ago to random

#COViDVaccines #COVIDBoosters #Novavax

PSA: if you cannot receive an MRNA Covid Vaccine, you can now make an appointment at COSTCO to get the newly approved Novavax for COVID-19; use the link, or call to check if they take walk-ins.

Remember: you don't have to wait six months to get it.

Go forth and be safe.

ETA: screenshot of FDA fact sheet

https://costco.web.medrefill.com/csweb/#/store

herhandsmyhands, 9 days ago to bookstodon

@romancelandia @bookstodon

So the RWA has declared bankruptcy, and chooses to blame it on Courtney Milan and the "woke push" for DEI.

You knew I would rant about that, yes?

#RomBkBlog

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/05/30/rwa-goes-bankrupt-its-not-dei-its-the-bigotry-and-racism/

herhandsmyhands, 9 months ago to random

Super proud of my birth country:

Mexico's Supreme Court legalizes abortion.

Please read to the end: just like in the U.S. under Roe, conservatives will fight this ruling and will try to continue to punish people seeking legal abortions. The fight is never over, as long as there are #Christofascists with money anywhere.

#AbortionIsHealthcare

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-abortion-decriminalize-d87f6edbdf68c2e6c8f5700b3afd15de

Text from the AP piece linked in my post: MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights in a sweeping decision that extended Latin American’s trend of widening abortion access. The high court ordered that abortion be removed from the federal penal code. The ruling will require the federal public health service and all federal health institutions to offer abortion to anyone who requests it.

herhandsmyhands, 8 months ago to northcarolina

Call to action: #Racism

If you are in #NorthCarolina in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area, and listen to #NPR's member station #WCPE, you may want to send a letter there in response to the racist general manager Deborah S. Proctor's letter where she asks for support to cut Operas written by non straight white cis men.

She says she's gotten about 1,000 letters in support of her racism, so perhaps you could disrupt the narrative a bit.

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/29/1202425600/met-opera-wcpe-north-carolina

herhandsmyhands, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

On strike for one full year.

One.

Full.

Year.

The company was breaking federal law and has suffered exactly zero consequences.

The National Labor Relations Board has very little power--on purpose. The point is to pretend to do something for the labor force while continuing to enable and enrich corporations and the uber wealthy.

#SupportUnions #SupportWorkers #PittsburghUnionProgress

https://www.unionprogress.com/2023/10/06/the-conditions-to-end-the-strike-are-the-same-as-when-it-started-union-president-says-a-year-later/

herhandsmyhands, 1 year ago to random

Dan Eggen, for the Washington Post: "An analysis of book challenges from across the nation shows the majority were filed by just 11 people"

Eleven people, how many children deprived of books they need?
Please note, "stated reason" and the actual reason for the bans are two different things.

#BookBans #Bigotry #Transphobia #Racism

(link should work as a gift view--it it doesn't please check @autolycos's reply for a working non-paywalled link)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjU4MzUxOTExIiwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsIm5iZiI6MTY4NDgxNDQwMCwiaXNzIjoic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyIsImV4cCI6MTY4NjExMDM5OSwiaWF0IjoxNjg0ODE0NDAwLCJqdGkiOiI2ZGVjYTI5NS1jYWIwLTQ4OTktODcyNy04NTRjZDY3ODc4YjciLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vZWR1Y2F0aW9uLzIwMjMvMDUvMjMvbGdidHEtYm9vay1iYW4tY2hhbGxlbmdlcnMvIn0.KCWFqt4dtghs7Eu-YBsQbjZJjanOj7H6SR7lDea8KPs

herhandsmyhands, 5 months ago to random

PSA: Xfinity internet had a data breach, ALL customers' information has been leaked. If you use your password or security questions for anything else, change them now!

36 MILLION people affected.

Please boost and share, this is urgent shit.

#Xfinity #XfinityDataBreach

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/xfinity-hack-customers-usernames-passwords/

herhandsmyhands, 1 year ago to random

MANDY PATINKIN ON THE PICKET LINE: "You killed residuals, prepare to pay!"

That man! ::flails::

#WGAStrike #WGAStrong #SupportUnions

herhandsmyhands, 11 months ago to random

On trigger/content warnings

(tl:dr: it's about empathy, not 'coddling')

herhandsmyhands, 4 months ago to random

Watching some "decluttering gurus" on YT, and one thing I haven't seen any of them suggest is, "try buying fewer things for a few weeks/months after a major decluttering"--instead it's all about decluttering your house several times a year.

Which.

Leaves me baffled.