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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a politician even attempt to know this much about my people’s history or art or culture or struggle, and I’ve certainly never seen someone advocate for protecting us so fiercely at this level, ever. God I truly hope he wins.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 1d

White House cabinet meeting

A group of drag queens pose for the camera

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 1d

She’s exactly like you want her to be!

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like even the MAGA men do it a bit too (definitely a lot of Botox and makeup) but much less extreme and there’s not such an identifiable “look”

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 1d

I know it’s been written about already, but I feel there’s much more to be written about the dramatic interventions MAGA women like Kirsti Noem make (feel they have to make?) to their appearance to fit a certain mould

Feathered Stone @stonefeathers.bsky.social · 1d

Then somebody needs to break in and put a montage of her evolution

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 1d

This is… dystopian!

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited dik-dik pic

A cute dik-dik stands on its spindly legs on green grass. The dik-dik is a type of small antelope found in Southern Africa. It looks like a baby antelope even when fully grown. It is fawn coloured with huge black eyes and little horns.

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 1d

And she’s been speaking up loudly for many years - long before many others had the courage

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 1d

I had the real pleasure of having lunch with Miriam Margolyes today, and as we left the restaurant, an old man started playing Hava Nagila loudly on his phone and calling Miriam a “self hating Jew!” - presumably for her stance on Palestine. It was upsetting but she brushed it off, undeterred

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 2d

Lol US vs UK libel law.

Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 2d

Judge Jeannette Vargas said the lyrics in Lamar’s Not Like Us, which refers to Drake as a “certified paedophile”, were a matter of opinion, which could not be “actionable defamation”.

on.ft.com/4ojA6pH Judge throws out rapper Drake’s lawsuit against Kendrick Lamar ‘diss’ track

Judge throws out rapper Drake’s lawsuit against Kendrick Lamar ‘diss’ track

[FREE TO READ] Jeannette Vargas’s judgment says ‘Not Like Us’, which calls the Canadian singer a paedophile, was a statement of opinion

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 2d

The subtitles mangle his accent, but this guy from Belfast talking about seeing someone die in front of him in ICE custody is chilling.

Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 2d

Donald Trump’s America - one horror story after another. 🤬💔

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 2d

Naoise's brother is asking Irish people to please contact the government #Speirgorm

My sister @NaoiseDolan, alongside other members of the Thousand Madleens flotilla, has been abducted by Israeli forces while on a humanitarian mission to break the illegal siege and deliver aid to Gaza.
Please join me in urging the Irish government to demand their safe return.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 3d

Irish novelist Naoise Dolan has been abducted by Israel.
lithub.com/irish-noveli...

Irish novelist Naoise Dolan has been abducted by Israel.

Naoise Dolan, one of Ireland’s most acclaimed young novelists, was earlier today abducted and detained by Israeli forces after the aid flotilla on which she was traveling to Gaza was intercep…

lithub.com

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 2d

Jaysis 🙄🤪

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3d

Justice Department lawyers reposted President Trump’s statements and may have inadvertently endangered their prosecution of Luigi Mangione, violating the judge’s explicit orders that DOJ employees refrain from public comment about the case. trib.al/b9U7CY1

DOJ in Trouble After Lawyers Reposted Trump Rants on Luigi Mangione

The Justice Department’s case against Luigi Mangione just hit a major obstacle.

trib.al

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 2d

Spare me Trump being celebrated as a peacemaker. The war on Gaza could have been ended at any time in the last two years with a US president telling Netanyahu to "stop the holocaust," as Reagan ordered Begin in 1982.

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 2d

The group is Genspect, the designated hate group co-founded by Irish media fave Stella O’Malley

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 3d

A fringe group wants the field of psychiatry to regress back to the days when stereotypes and prejudices resulted in mental illness diagnoses for marginalized populations.

In a new reported piece, @evanurquhart.bsky.social examines Genspect's call for the re-psychopathologization of trans identity.

Hate Group Calls for Re-Labeling Transness as Mental Illness — Assigned

A fringe group with no expertise pushes the field of psychiatry to regress to a pre-scientific, prejudice-soaked view of trans people. It coincides with the far-right political agenda.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Slava Greenberg 🩼🏳️‍⚧️✡️🇺🇦 in 🇳🇱 for 🍉 @slavagreenberg.bsky.social · 3d

“Genspect is a group whose primary policy goal is to end access to medical transition, though they have also advocated against the acceptance & inclusion of trans ppl in society, particularly in school settings. In 2024 the Southern Poverty Law Center officially designated it as a hate group”

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 3d

A fringe group wants the field of psychiatry to regress back to the days when stereotypes and prejudices resulted in mental illness diagnoses for marginalized populations.

In a new reported piece, @evanurquhart.bsky.social examines Genspect's call for the re-psychopathologization of trans identity.

Hate Group Calls for Re-Labeling Transness as Mental Illness — Assigned

A fringe group with no expertise pushes the field of psychiatry to regress to a pre-scientific, prejudice-soaked view of trans people. It coincides with the far-right political agenda.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 3d

CASE has also published today a useful explainer on the background to the case, in which O'Malley's action has resulted in suppression for the last 9 months of the entire LGBTQI+ special edition of the Journal of Irish Counsellors & Psychotherapists.
www.the-case.eu/latest/slapp...

It’s a SLAPP: Stella O’Malley Targets Psychotherapist and Rights Advocate Leonie O’Dowd – CASE

www.the-case.eu

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 3d

CASE is a Europe-wide coalition of NGOs united in their opposition to Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation - abusive lawsuits filed by a private party with the purpose of silencing critical speech.

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 3d

Significant blow today for Stella O'Malley & her anti-trans advocacy organisation Genspect, as their spurious defamation action against Irish therapist, Leonie O'Dowd, is added to "The Gallery of Shame" by CASE (Campaign Against SLAPPs in Europe.) www.the-case.eu/gallery-of-s...

Gallery of Shame – CASE

www.the-case.eu

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Hey! It's Bubblenoma Linda @bubblenoma.bsky.social · 3d

Affordable art space in Dublin City Centre, available now #speirgorm

A4 Sounds @a4sounds.bsky.social · 24d

We currently have 10 regular studio memberships available at A4 Sounds.

We are looking for artists from the following disciplines to join our studio community:
• Sculpture
• Print
• Photography
• Ceramics
• Textiles
• Media

Studio Memberships
10 available

Image is bright and colourful

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 3d

Tumblr, Bluesky, X, LinkedIn

Four pics of four Young Conservatives, each with different visual characters because of their clothes and presentation

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