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Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @pepinneff.bsky.social · 4h

A note on Coming Out Day: It was impossibly hard for me in 1997 - and it is still impossibly hard for many. The idea that things are SO much better leaves too many out in the cold. Today is also for those in the closet who need to hear that this is okay. Love and protect yourselves every day!

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Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @pepinneff.bsky.social · 6h

America can have very strong borders and common-sense immigration without being cruel to children and families. The strength of one does not compel the inhumanity of the other, and the ICE raids are a dark day for all of us.

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Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @pepinneff.bsky.social · 8h

My former boss was #ElizabethTaylor's 7th husband, and I remember Senator Warner telling me on a trip to Washington & Lee University that one day Liz surprised him by being carried across the football field at the school by the team in the same way she had in Cleopatra!

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Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @pepinneff.bsky.social · 14h

Nothing says MAGA more than putting a Qatari Air Force base in Idaho. So much winning. #maga #qatar

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US announces it will allow Qatar to build an Air Force facility in Idaho | CNN Politics

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Friday that the US will allow Qatar to build an Air Force facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, which will host Qatari F-15 fighter jets and...

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Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @pepinneff.bsky.social · 15h

What is a woman?

A woman is someone whose identity is so fantastic and complex that this reductivist question would be an insult to them.

#whatisawoman #feminism #feminist #gendercritical

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 1d

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @pepinneff.bsky.social · 2d

“Florida state Rep. Kevin Steele (R) filed a bill Tuesday that threatens state funding to public universities and colleges if they do not rename specific roads after conservative activist Charlie Kirk.”

Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @pepinneff.bsky.social · 3d

I do not like James Comey - but the Constitution of the United States is the law of the land, not Donald Trump. The feverish embrace of surrender by Americans is disturbing.

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Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @pepinneff.bsky.social · 3d

Pam Bondi was giving Brett Kavanaugh in 2018 yesterday. What a disgraceful legacy for both of them. #pambondi

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 3d

Thrilled to share I’ll be launching my new book in London next month. I’ll be joined by fab feminist and queer legal scholars who’ll share their thoughts on it. The launch takes place 6.30pm Tuesday 11th November in King’s College London. There will be drinks and chats. Register and come along!

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The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms: Repairing Law | King's College London

This Queer@King’s event celebrates Dr Senthorun Raj’s new monograph, The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms: Repairing Law (Edinburgh University Press, 2025), and invites responses from esteemed femi...

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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 4d

Anti-trans queer journalist Bari Weiss named editor in chief of CBS News

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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Anti-trans queer journalist Bari Weiss named editor in chief of CBS News

The announcement comes as Paramount Skydance buys her independent media company for $150 million.

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Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @pepinneff.bsky.social · 4d

The October 7 Massacre and the hostages are not forgotten.

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Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social · 4d

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

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Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @pepinneff.bsky.social · 4d

Being a queer nonbinary person can be tricky - where you are not understood by the cis community but not necessarily welcomed by the trans community. It can be isolating in these difficult times.

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Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @pepinneff.bsky.social · 5d

Wanted to rewind and share my podcast episode on "The Global Conspiracy Against Sharks" - for my podcast Shark Bites & Gay Rights:

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#sharks #sharkattack

The Global Conspiracy Against Sharks - Shark Bites and Gay Rights with Dr. Chris Pepin-Neff

In this episode, we look at the “Global Conspiracy Against Sharks” which involves shark stories that are not shark stories, shark bites that are not shark bites, rogue sharks that are not rogue sharks...

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 5d

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....

On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames

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House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

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Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @pepinneff.bsky.social · 5d

100% - Tucker Carlson is running for President. IMHO

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Laura Loomer Is Turning Against MAGA Stalwarts

As the influential loyalist to President Trump brawls with Tucker Carlson and others, some White House officials have grown concerned about her outsize influence.

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Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @pepinneff.bsky.social · 5d

#Patriots Nation! Patriots over the Bills: 23-20 !!

Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @pepinneff.bsky.social · 5d

What a great game!

Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @pepinneff.bsky.social · 5d

61 % [of Jews] saying Israel has committed war crimes and about 4 in 10 saying the country is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians, according to a Washington Post poll."

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Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds

Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.

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Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @pepinneff.bsky.social · 6d

Do more of what gives back to you!
#sharks

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Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @pepinneff.bsky.social · 7d

“There’s a danger that animals which die in the nets actually attract #sharks to the beach too.”

"When other fish get caught in those nets they sort of flail and it sends out a vibration underwater, sort of like ringing the dinner bell," says Prof Pepin-Neff.”

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Fatal attack revives debate over controversial shark nets in Australia - BBC News

The use of controversial shark nets was about to be scaled back in Sydney when a surfer was killed.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 7d

Kristi Noem’s message to the NFL for selecting Bad Bunny for the halftime show:

“The NFL sucks and we’ll win and God will bless us and we’ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day and they won’t be able to sleep at night because they don’t know what they believe…”

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 7d

New reporting from MSNBC and @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social: A source familiar with the matter confirms an FBI agent in the Washington field office has been fired for refusing to arrest and perp walk James Comey. Comey is being allowed to surrender for booking at his arraignment next week

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