Galaxy Girl Geek

“Among the new [Chicago Teachers Union] provisions are gender-affirming health care for staff, a trained Gender Support Coordinator in every school, codified protections for chosen names and pronouns, and a mandate that every school upholds inclusive curriculum standards and supports student-led Gender and Sexuality Alliances. The message from educators is simple: every student deserves to feel safe, seen, and supported — no matter what extremists in Washington, D.C., or state capitals may say.” (link)

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“Among the new [Chicago Teachers Union] provisions are gender-affirming health care for staff, a trained Gender Support Coordinator in every school, codified protections for chosen names and pronouns, and a mandate that every school upholds inclusive curriculum standards and supports student-led Gender and Sexuality Alliances. The message from educators is simple: every student deserves to feel safe, seen, and supported — no matter what extremists in Washington, D.C., or state capitals may say.” (link)

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Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society

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Bigots, Homophobes, Transphobes, Antisemites, Islamophobes - Paragraph Pulling Away any CC License, Etc.

Warning: IANAL but I’m lawyer-aligned. Here’s something for your stories, if you are an author:

Legalese:

This license is granted only on the condition that the licensee is not, and does not publicly present themselves as (in earnest or in support of those views), racist, homophobic, transphobic (including but not limited to gender-critical or so-called “TERF” ideologies), antisemitic, Islamophobic, or sexist, nor produces derivative works that depict my original characters or narratives in a way that glorifies or affirms such views. Depictions intended to critically examine, reject, or overcome these views are permitted. Violation of this condition, in any work by the licensee, voids this license ab initio and revokes any rights otherwise granted under this or any other license I have issued.

Plain English:

You may only use this work under the terms of the license if you are not racist, homophobic, transphobic (including TERF-aligned), antisemitic, Islamophobic, or sexist — and if you don’t use my characters or stories to promote those ideas. It’s okay if your work includes those views in a way that clearly rejects or challenges them (like showing a character learning or being wrong). But if you support or celebrate those views in any of your work, then you lose the right to use this or any of my other stories, no matter what the original license said.

(I do not know if this is enforeceable, but if Creative Commons licenses are, this may be.)

A Note for Creators Adding This Clause

This clause is written as a condition precedent, meaning the license only applies if the condition was met from the beginning. In simple terms: if someone is racist, homophobic, transphobic (including TERF-aligned), antisemitic, Islamophobic, or sexist — or if they use your characters or stories to promote those views — then they were never granted the right to use your work in the first place, even if they thought they were acting under an open license.

If you’re adding this clause now to work that was previously shared under a more permissive license, be aware of the legal limitations:

If your original license allows for termination or includes moral use conditions (like Creative Commons licenses), this clause can help you revoke rights from those who violate its terms — potentially allowing you to issue takedown notices or otherwise block use.
But if you used a license that is explicitly irrevocable (e.g. CC-BY, CC-BY-SA), or if you released the work into the public domain (e.g. via CC0 or The Unlicense), you cannot legally revoke those rights now — even if the user later promotes bigoted views.
In those cases, this clause still serves as a public moral statement, and you can call out misuse and ask platforms to take action, but you may not have legal enforcement options.

Going forward, this clause strengthens your control: anyone violating these moral terms loses any claim to use your work under your license — not just for this project, but for any of your stories under similar terms. It may not stop bad actors entirely, but it gives you clearer standing to speak up, push back, and protect the spirit of your work and the communities it’s meant for.

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Rare recommendation from me. Black Mirror S7E01 is … too dark for our time. I know that only encourages people to find it out, but read the plot somewhere (Wikipedia, Google, etc.) without watching the episode, and you’ll understand why. We’re in a dark time. This is too dark for it.

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Watching an old TNG episode “The Outrageous Okona.” It is a bit funny, because ‘Okona’ is clearly a Han Solo pastiche, and in the opening credits, you see “Guest Starring Joe Piscopo as The Comic.” Loving the sheer ’80s/’90s-ness of this episode.only a few minutes in. And TERI HATCHER as the transporter officer!

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@TonyPannWBAL: Ok. I guess I have to address this. The information on your phone app comes FROM data provided by NOAA for free. NOAA gathers weather data (daily balloon launches) and feeds it into the modeling so your phone can tell you it’s going to rain tomorrow. Saying we don’t need NOAA or the NWS because I can see the weather on my phone, is like saying we don’t need farmers because I can just go to the grocery store. End of rant. You may continue scrolling…

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A Fake Expert. A Book Cover. An Amazon Search. That’S It. That’S How We Got Here.

@RetroAgent12: How did we get here? Donald Trump tanked the economy based on a book his son-in-law found on Amazon.

He told Jared Kushner to find him an economic advisor—someone who could make him “look tough” and talk tough on China. Jared searched Amazon, saw a book called Death by China, and thought the title was “cool.” So he cold-called the author, Peter Navarro, and gave him a job.

Navarro had no real economic credibility—just an obsession with tariffs and a made-up expert named “Ron Vara” whom he cited repeatedly in his books. Who’s Ron Vara? A fictional economist Navarro invented. It’s an anagram of his own name.

This is not a joke. This is literally how the Trump administration created its trade policy—one that wiped out $11 trillion in wealth, crashed markets, and is nearly sending the world into another Great Depression.

A fake expert. A book cover. An Amazon search. That’s it. That’s how we got here.

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