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Becca Dax

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Possibly the only poly trans lesbian compiler engineer who’s never worked on Rust. Fan writer (current obsession: works of Alyson Greaves). Basic Balmung miqo’te. Works on Swift at the fruit company.

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Becca Dax @beccadax.com · Sep 3

After the better part of a decade, I’m back on my fanfiction-writing bullshit!

“Invisible String” is based on "The Sisters of Dorley" by @badambulist.bsky.social. It's about a trans girl trying to transition, an ex-sponsor trying to help her, and the secrets they’re keeping from each other. 1/2

“You mean a sponsor,” Summer said flatly. “You want me to sponsor a free-range trans girl. Tabs, you know how my last sponsorship went.”

There was a hitch in Tabby’s breath; Summer could picture the wince that caused it. “You know I wouldn’t ask you to do that, girlie. This is different. She doesn’t just need it—she wants it. And frankly, we’re out of options. It’s you or the basement.”

“Fuck.”

“Very fuck,” Tabby agreed.

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Becca Dax @beccadax.com · 4h

I mean,

“She thinks I'm psycho 'cause I like to rhyme her name with things”

Tell me that’s not toxic yuri material.

Becca Dax @beccadax.com · 4h

Taylor Swift’s “Better Than Revenge” is the mirror image of this, where she’s too busy hating the girl who “stole” her boyfriend to actually miss him.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 9h

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 · 9h

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

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Becca Dax @beccadax.com · 7h

“She sounds like a villainess! Peter Parker’s archrival, Jennie June.”

“I was thinking a love interest. Maybe both.”

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 11h

Holy footnote, Batman!

Hamilton: What kind of stupid, self-defeating, tyrannical maniac would send the National Guard hundreds of miles from home to oppress people in other states?! Sit down, Don.

$1 “A sample of this is to be observed in the exaggerated and improbable suggestions which have taken place respecting the power of calling for the services of the militia. That of New-Hampshire is to be marched to Georgia, of Georgia to New-Hampshire, of New-York to Kentuke and of Kentuke to Lake Champlain. Nay the debts due to the French and Dutch are to be paid in Militia-men instead of Louis d’ors and ducats. At one moment there is to be a large army to lay prostrate the liberties of the people; at another moment the militia of Virginia are to be dragged from their homes five or six hundred miles to tame the republican contumacy of Massachusetts; and that of Massachusetts is to be transported an equal distance to subdue the refractory haughtiness of the aristocratic Virginians. Do the persons, who rave at this rate, imagine, that their art or their eloquence can impose any conceits or absurdities upon the people of America for infallible truths?$

If there should be an army to be made use of as the engine of despotism what need of the militia? If
there should be no army, whither would the militia, irritated by being called upon to undertake a distant
and hopeless expedition for the purpose of rivetting the chains of slavery upon a part of their countrymen
direct their course, but to the seat of the tyrants, who had meditated so foolish as well as so wicked a
project; to crush them in their imagined intrenchments of power and to make them an example of the just
vengeance of an abused and incensed people? Is this the way in which usurpers stride to dominion over a
numerous and enlightened nation? Do they begin by exciting the detestation of the very instruments of
their intended usurpations? Do they usually commence their career by wanton and disgustful acts of
power calculated to answer no end, but to draw upon themselves universal hatred and execration? Are
suppositions of this sort the sober admonitions of discerning patriots to a discerning people? Or are they
the inflammatory ravings of chagrined incendiaries or distempered enthusiasts? If we were even to
suppose the national rulers actuated by the most ungovernable ambition, it is impossible to believe that
they would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs.”
The Federalist No. 29, at 186-187 (Alexander Hamilton) (Jacob Ernest Cooke ed., 1961).

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Becca Dax @beccadax.com · 14h

I have a surprisingly difficult time composing a photo and maintaining a smile at the same time.

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Becca Dax @beccadax.com · 17h

Cool, got a meeting cancelled by hashing things out in a Slack thread.

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Becca Dax @beccadax.com · 17h

Studies show this happened in California too. Routinely. Frequently. When given the opportunity, prison guards treat trans women as rewards to be dispensed for good behavior.

moby spookgirl 🎃🏳️‍⚧️ @eigenvectrix.myatproto.social · 21h

Make no mistake, when the state imprisons a trans woman in a men's prison, it intentionally procures her for the purpose of having her raped. The statistics are extremely clear-cut and consistent in every jurisdiction where they have been collected. There is no way around them

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Becca Dax @beccadax.com · 1d

Mirror selfie of a white woman whose curly black hair has a touch of purple on one side. She’s wearing a dark purple dress with a lacy diamond beneath the bust, light purple tights, and black leather calf boots and jacket. Her girlfriend says she’s beautiful.

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Becca Dax @beccadax.com · 1d

Achievement unlocked: got a compliment on my outfit from my brother (?????)

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Cinder (it/its) @dollcinder.bsky.social · 2d

The first doll to trans an undercover goes down in history

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 3d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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Becca Dax @beccadax.com · 2d

Nice way to celebrate seven years at the fruit company.

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Becca Dax @beccadax.com · 2d

Accepted! 🎉 forums.swift.org/t/accepted-s...

[Accepted] SE-0491: Module selectors for name disambiguation

Hello Swift community, The review of SE-0491: Module selectors for name disambiguation ran from September 13th through September 30th. The Language Steering Group has decided to accept this proposal,...

forums.swift.org

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Becca Dax @beccadax.com · 2d

My scheduler is so deeply busted, Danielle

Becca Dax @beccadax.com · 2d

A lot of trans women in denial join the military as a desperate attempt to make themselves “masculine enough”. Which has historically worked out in the end because the VA prosthetics department makes really good breast forms.

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Curb Your Malthusiasm 2.0 @manucleardevice.bsky.social · 3d

"This Whole Thing Smacks Of Gondor," i holler as i overturn my uncle's funeral pyre and turn the 4th Age of Man into the 4th Age of Shit

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Typewriter Skeleton @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 3d

Oslo University Hospital caught using trans patients' journals for research purposes:
- Without the patients' consent to participate in research
- Affecting minors
- 1700 of them
- Taking highly sensitive information from said journals

This is a HUGE breach.

Anine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social · 3d

Tidligere i år meldte vi et forskningsprosjekt til redelighetsutvalget ved OUS og UiO.

Nå er forskerne felt for alvorlige brudd på forskningsetiske normer.

Oslo universitetssykehus felt for ulovlig forskning på transpersoner

Forskere ved Oslo universitetssykehus har forsket på transpersoner uten godkjenning. Nå er de felt for alvorlige brudd på forskningsetiske normer.

www.forskning.no

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Becca Dax @beccadax.com · 3d

The recent AI slur thing is really the ultimate discourse because both sides are astonishingly stupid.

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Beedok/Fern 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @beedokfern.bsky.social · 4d

If bluesky does go up in flames, I would like to make a suggestion: maybe try making the next social media website a different colour.
I mean, the blue probably isn't the thing driving the CEOs to madness, but it's worth checking.

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Becca Dax @beccadax.com · 4d

ah, yes, throwing bricks at cops, an action famously associated with straight people,

Becca Dax @beccadax.com · 4d

The most fantastical and unrealistic thing about "Superman" (2025) is that there's a functioning newspaper.

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possumappreciator.bsky.social @possumappreciator.bsky.social · 4d

The fact that the federal occupations of blue cities, while bad for democracy and the people they hurt, only consist of enough troops to fill one Applebees kind of underscores that this is fascism primarily for content

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Becca Dax @beccadax.com · 4d

If you think having individual voters register their party affiliation ahead of time and being literally handed different ballots based on that registration would make elections really complicated, you’re right! US elections are a nightmare to administer.

Becca Dax @beccadax.com · 4d

Most states run two elections:

1. Primary (winter or spring): Selects which candidate will represent each party.
2. General (early Nov): Selects which candidate will hold the office.

Your primary ballot only lists candidates from your registered party; your general ballot lists all candidates.

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Becca Dax @beccadax.com · 4d

It is entirely possible that you are nowhere near finished figuring out who you are yet.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 7d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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