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Lock Down Your Life @lockdownyourlife.com · 6h

The only way they allow it, is if they benefit. It's about power and control, of mind & body. Predators have patterns, spot the pattern.

Addy Berry, PhD @addyberry.bsky.social · 23h

So I guess sex work is only ok if just tech oligarchs are profiting off it and not marginalized women or minorities who depend on it to survive?

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

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Clutchy McGritterson @mcgritterson.industries · 6h

That, and as long as it creates a data stream that can be resold, yeah. That's more or less it.

Addy Berry, PhD @addyberry.bsky.social · 23h

So I guess sex work is only ok if just tech oligarchs are profiting off it and not marginalized women or minorities who depend on it to survive?

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

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Broke Boy Eccentric @ NearZone @nearzone.bsky.social · 6h

So many prohibitions on stuff like sex work boil down to "we decided that you have to live in poverty at the edge of death and you're not allowed to find a way out of it"

Addy Berry, PhD @addyberry.bsky.social · 23h

So I guess sex work is only ok if just tech oligarchs are profiting off it and not marginalized women or minorities who depend on it to survive?

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

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Our Lady of Perpetual Disappointment @rkfatheree.bsky.social · 6h

I’m sorry. I cannot imagine giving Sam Altman access to one’s sexting with a computer. So fucking creepy.

Addy Berry, PhD @addyberry.bsky.social · 23h

So I guess sex work is only ok if just tech oligarchs are profiting off it and not marginalized women or minorities who depend on it to survive?

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

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Andrew @swandre3000.bsky.social · 5h

"Grandpa, what happened to the entire Appalachian Mountain range?"

'well my child, we had to strip mine the entire range to have enough coal for people my age to jerk off while talking to a computer'

Addy Berry, PhD @addyberry.bsky.social · 23h

So I guess sex work is only ok if just tech oligarchs are profiting off it and not marginalized women or minorities who depend on it to survive?

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 1d

Medical racism is a big reason why Black folks avoid the doctor. There are too many bad experiences with racist doctors & it develops distrust. Most of us have tales of medical racism. Then you get into community knowledge of all the times we were medical test subjects historically.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

“This heckin’ pupperino fucking hates La Migra,” to paraphrase from @weratedogs.com

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This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE. They showed up at his door "looking for migrants after receiving a tip." The son of the family asked if they could wait before entering the home while he put Chop away in the bathroom, as the dog can be aggressive with strangers.
According to the family, it is at this point that the son went to his pickup truck to retrieve his ID and a Border Patrol agent entered the home, opened the bathroom door, and shot Chop. None of the agents helped the family, who desperately tried to render aid to Chop, as he bled to death on the kitchen floor. Unsurprisingly, the agent who shot their dog then hid from them and refused to give his name. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-family-claims-border-patrol-killed-their-dog-during-search-cbp-

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Addy Berry, PhD @addyberry.bsky.social · 23h

This is why we all have to band together.

If our hero is having PR shoots clearing encampments for the unhoused then that’s no hero.
Only a matter of time before he comes for the rest of us.

Trump was holding up a pride flag a while back.
The “lesser evil” is still evil.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

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Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Addy Berry, PhD @addyberry.bsky.social · 23h

So I guess sex work is only ok if just tech oligarchs are profiting off it and not marginalized women or minorities who depend on it to survive?

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 13d

To keep her in detention in Texas, the Trump administration pointed to Leqaa Kordia’s remittances to family in Palestine.

She Sent Money to Family in Gaza. ICE Claimed It’s Evidence She Supports Hamas.

To keep her in ICE detention in Texas, the Trump administration pointed to Leqaa Kordia’s remittances to family in Palestine.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 13d

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 13d

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 13d

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Addy Berry, PhD @addyberry.bsky.social · 13d

54 years and counting of avoiding public toilets.

Then add in issues from early intersex surgeries that make it excruciatingly painful and almost impossible to pee.

Meanwhile guess what those in power are NOT banning?

That’s right, early intersex genital surgeries…
#intersex #igm #banigm

TACC @tacc.org.uk · 13d

Teachers say trans pupils 'limiting food and drink' to avoid school toilets

The new guidance said students will be asked to use toilet facilities which correspond to their biological sex.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 15d

The cynical gesture of Keir Starmer recognising a Palestinian state.

The room applaud but when are we going to stop arming Israel who are murdering those same Palestinians?

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Wendy Ly🎃n @wendylyon.bsky.social · 14d

"Meanwhile, BuyMeACoffee has suspended accounts of sex workers, while leaving [racist Mick] O’Keeffe, [racist Paul] Nolan and others alone." via @shamimmalekmian.bsky.social

www.dublininquirer.com/a-desi-group...

A Desi group asked BuyMeACoffee not to let influencers make money from anti-Indian hate – and got ignored

Researchers say the role of crowdfunding platforms in the spread of harmful ideologies is largely overlooked.

www.dublininquirer.com

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 21d

Wrote for @thenation.com about the complicity of some liberal politicians and pundits in the conservative campaign to exterminate trans people www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The Right Wants to Exterminate Trans People. Liberals Are Helping.

After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative movement has accelerated its war against trans people. And too many centrist Democrats have kept up their trans bashing.

www.thenation.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 28d

its kind of insane that we’ve been forced to watch rightwingers openly celebrate and taunt everyone over the death of people like trayvon martin for over a decade now and now they’re trying to grandstand over the one time it’s personally affected them and political project

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Addy Berry, PhD @addyberry.bsky.social · 28d

It’s not us that’s engaged in or complicit in genocide Nancy…

Don Lemon @donlemonofficial.bsky.social · 29d

Rep. Nancy Mace continues to use a transgender slur — isn’t that considered hate speech?

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Addy Berry, PhD @addyberry.bsky.social · 28d

Or while being part of a government that is complicit in an active genocide where thousands of children are being torn to shreds before our eyes.

This government does not care about children, trans or otherwise.
It’s part of a fascist agenda to control and police bodies more broadly.

CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 28d

You cannot claim to care about the safety of children and meet privately with those who boast about abusing their trans kids, while refusing to meet with trans young people and adults.

transsafety.network/posts/chili-...

Thank you @foxdie.bsky.social for the link

Chili sauce in mascara: Wes Streeting's complicity in conversion abuse

Multiple attempts have been made by Trans Safety Network (TSN) to talk to Wes Streeting and the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding serious safeguarding concerns about a group influ...

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 28d

An outstanding master list breakdown of expert responses to the Cass Report from @notrightruth.bsky.social - I can't recommend this enough - this is the 'evidence' Wes Streeting is pretending is robust ruthpearce.net/2024/04/16/w...

What’s wrong with the Cass Review? A round-up of commentary and evidence

[last updated 28/06/25] Wednesday 10 April 2024 saw the long-awaited publication of the final report of the Cass Review. This report was commissioned by NHS England, and provides a review of eviden…

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Addy Berry, PhD @addyberry.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thank you Janu & Viviana for letting me speak Sexversity Summer School @ Institute of Medical History & Science Research @ Lübeck University yesterday “Intersex, intersex lived experience & what it means for the rest of us”.

Wonderful, engaging students with such thoughtful questions & comments💕

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · Sep 11

The British Psychological Society has warned that recent changes to equality law guidance risk causing confusion and damaging the wellbeing of trans people. This comes in response to the EHRC consultation on its code of practice for services, public functions and associations..

Equality and Human Rights Commission response | BPS

The BPS response urged the Equality and Human Rights Commission to adopt a clearer and more coherent approach that protects the dignity, privacy, and rights of trans people, while supporting service p...

www.bps.org.uk

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Evelyn L. Redwine @elredwine.bsky.social · Sep 7

Roughly 1.6% of all Americans identify as transgender or nonbinary.
— Pew Research Center, 2022

The percentage of mass shooters who identify as transgender are less than one-tenth of one percent.

Cisgender men are over 4,000 times more likely to be a mass shooter than is a transgender person. 1/4

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · Sep 7

Waseem is distressed by the way that his account keeps getting deleted when all he's doing is asking for help. He and his family depend on donations for survival, and their situation is desperate. gofund.me/35fdca7d @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid #SkyAid 🍉

A picture of a Bluesky post by Waseen Elmadhoun, which reads "My account keeps getting deleted on Bluesky, as if voices from Gaza don't deserve to be heard. We face death, displacement, and hunger every day. Please, if you can, support us with a donation - and if not, at least share so our cry for help reaches more hearts." It is accompanied by pictures of three young palestinian boys.

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