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Mr. Hands is making SuccuDeck 😈🃏 @mrhands31.bsky.social · 1d

The Gamer was pretty much the *only* outlet willing to stick their neck out for us adult game makers. Their coverage was invaluable in getting the word out about payment processor censorship 😥

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moby spookgirl 🎃🏳️‍⚧️ @eigenvectrix.myatproto.social · 7h

Tracy-Ann Oberman was already dead to me. David Holmes' heel turn here is proof that, clearly, suffering does not ennoble. And Bill Nighy can go fuck himself with a cactus.

Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 11h

Bill Nighy cast in the Harry Potter audiobook, alongside this further bunch of cunts to discard like mouldy fruit:

Other newly announced casting for "Harry Potter: The Full Cast Audio Editions" includes: David Holmes as Stan Shunpike (Holmes was a lead stunt double in the films); Saoirse- Monica Jackson as Professor Trelawney; $ọpé Dirísù Sirius
as Black; Anna Maxwell Martin as Rita Skeeter; Mackenzie Crook as
Kreacher; Stephen Mangan as Nearly Headless Nick; Tracy-Ann Oberman as Madam Hooch; and Millie Gubby as Luna Lovegood.

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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone involved knows about JKR's transphobia. Pretending otherwise is just foolish. It's been her primary presence in pop culture and mainstream news for all of this decade.

They all signed on anyways.

They all value money over trans lives.

Nothing else to it.

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moby spookgirl 🎃🏳️‍⚧️ @eigenvectrix.myatproto.social · 7h

Cannot wait to watch every single cis person I know shrug, make a vaguely apologetic face, and buy into this forced renaissance of HARRY POTTER with gusto

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 9h

We commissioned @yougov.co.uk to poll trans people on how they feel about parties, institutions and the UK.

A striking 91% of trans people distrust the Labour Party. goodlaw.social/wcsv

Survey shows 91% of trans people distrust Labour

YouGov poll reveals a startling lack of trust in Labour, judges, the police and the legal system.

goodlaw.social

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Robin @sleepy-baby.bsky.social · 10h

Great piece raising the alarm about the possible disaster the Levy Review may be to under-25's trans healthcare.

Being trans in the UK requires a constant, exhausting vigilance about your own rights and healthcare that wider society is often blind to.

Transitioning in spite of that is powerful.

QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 11h

Gender Clinic Files: Two-thirds of adults waiting for transgender healthcare in UK are under 25 👇

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clinic-files-two-thirds-of-adults-waiting-for-transgender-healthcare-in-uk-are-under-25/

Majority of adults waiting for Trans+ healthcare are under 25

Two-thirds of Trans+ people would lose care if all Cass Review recommendations implemented

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Rowan Cardosa @rowanberry333.bsky.social · 16h

proud to be one of the 1200+

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Gutt Levy @stomachtax.bsky.social · 18h

He’s too fucking stupid to not just blurt out a conspiracy to end the republic

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 18h

Looks as if Trump is saying no Democrat will be allowed to win another national election—and he will use the FBI, the DOJ, and the CIA to make sure of that. This is a full-scale attack on American democracy, and every Republican, CEO, and conservative mouthpiece who doesn't object is complicit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can't let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can't let that happen again to our country."

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 19h

It was a treat to speak to Rev. Rachel Griffin-Allison of Oak Lawn UMC in Dallas. After Greg Abbott's order over pride crosswalks, UMC is painting rainbows on its front steps.

"They're not just paint on steps, but a way to say that God's love will not be silenced."

www.chron.com/culture/arti...

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 19h

The Trump administration plans to open whole swaths of the East and West Coasts to offshore oil and gas drilling, including areas previously protected for environmental reasons, according to federal documents reviewed by the Houston Chronicle.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22h

I’m getting reports of another major LGBTQ center that is following Fenway’s cowardly example and dropping trans youth care.

This decision will be a stain on their institutions.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao

YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 1d

NEW Economist/YouGov
% of U.S. adult citizens saying they think that overall, the economy is getting better | worse...
At the start of Donald Trump's second term 19% | 37%
Now 19% | 53%
today.yougov.com/economy/arti...

A line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Is the U.S. economy getting better or worse?."

The chart has the sub-headline: "Overall, do you think the economy is getting better or worse? (% of U.S. adult citizens)."

The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "don't know" are not shown. Data for Sept. 26 - Nov. 14, 2020 is among registered voters only."

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 1d

She’s not wrong. It’s great to see people act, but behind it is the nagging feeling about translating it into real mobilization. The regime has shown it doesn’t care about the opinion of >49% of the country, but the *system* that supports and protects it *would* care about, say, a general strike.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

Writing up my thoughts on this into a long piece. The one thing that worries me is that large scale protests in competitive authoritarian regimes often precede authoritarian consolidation rather than a reversal of autocracy. Russia, Hungary, Turkey also saw large protests before backsliding further.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 3d

Can I ask, what did the No Kings protest actually accomplish? I mean, in real terms, what have these protests materially changed? I can't help but feel these one off protests are merely a heatsink for energy and anger rather than a path for meaningful change and disruption of the system.

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damned soul-o-man @dansolomon.com · 1d

just to be clear it’s actually not that hard to get a tattoo you regret covered up, especially when it’s mostly black to begin with. you just fill in the inner detail and the sides until it’s just like a blob or a box or whatever and not a nazi thing anymore

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 1d

Cool story from my friend @adrianashford.bsky.social:
www.dallasnews.com/news/faith/2...

Oak Lawn UMC paints church steps rainbow amid governor’s call to remove rainbow crosswalks

Oak Lawn United Methodist Church is painting a rainbow on its front steps in response to Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive ordering Texas cities to remove their...

www.dallasnews.com

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The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 3d

A pile of broken, colorful concrete pieces was all that remained of Texas’ first gay pride crosswalk as the sun rose on Monday, along with a few messages from protestors: “we are lucky to witness queer love,” and “don’t erase us.”

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/20/h...

Houston Erased Texas’ First-Ever Gay Pride Crosswalk in the Middle of the Night

Houston tore up the Montrose rainbow crosswalk last night, arresting three protestors who gathered at the intersection.

thebarbedwire.com

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estarianne @estarianne.bsky.social · 1d

When you live your life in a status hierarchy, and you get to a high position, often the instinct is to protect your position.

Most people have no concepts whatsoever around dissolving hierarchies in genera.

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Lakin Jones @lakinjones.bsky.social · 1d

Suffragettes turning towards fascism gives some insight into the weird world of women upholding the patriarchy.

This is just one article. There is a lot of others out there.

TERFs are a more modern version of women supporting the oppression of women to "protect" women.

slate.com/news-and-pol...

These British Women Fought and Won the Vote. Then They Joined the Fascist Movement.

The women did make tea for the men, but they also received training in jiujitsu so that they could throw people out of meetings.

slate.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

Turns out, Japan's first female PM is an anti-gay Margaret Thatcher lover who Donald Trump praises and who wants to return the country to traditional gender roles.

www.them.us/story/sanae-...

Japan’s First Female Prime Minster: Gays Are “Fine” But No Same-Sex Marriage

“There should be no prejudice against sexual orientation or gender identity,” Sanae Takaichi once said.

www.them.us

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Texans fighting back in Dallas. This is so great.

Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas painting steps rainbow after Gov. Abbott's order on crosswalks

The church in the Oak Lawn neighborhood says it's painting its steps in rainbow colors in response to Gov. Greg Abbott's order targeting rainbow crosswalks.

www.wfaa.com

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d

Unfortunately, the tax is paid by the platforms and content creators. And most content creators are women.

It's the Tiddy Tariff.

nanalala65.bsky.social @nanalala65.bsky.social · 2d

This will never happen. Women very rarely use online porn sites so they will not tax something that only men use.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d

Now that they've passed age-verification for porn sites, Ohio legislators want you to scan your face to download a period tracker.

Fight over online age verification playing out in Ohio Statehouse, federal agencies and courts

Ohio lawmakers are wrestling over how to keep kids from seeing what they shouldn’t online, the Ohio Capital Journal reports.

www.wtol.com

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d

I'm going to go out on a limb and argue that a 61-year-old woman wearing an inflatable penis costume at a No Kings rally is not going to meet the Miller test.

Woman arrested at Alabama ‘No Kings’ rally after refusing to remove inflatable penis costume

Fairhope police are expected to provide a statement later on Monday about the arrest made during Saturday's "No Kings" rally.

www.al.com

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

You don't ban "sex" when you ban sex work. You don't ban "porn" when you ban adult creators. Instead, you incentivise work arounds and underground economies that thrive on lack of consent and platform complacency.

If you want to ban the bad stuff, you need to acknowledge the worth of the good stuff

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