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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6h

1. A new journal report in the prestigious Medical Journal of Australia eviscerates the Cass review, saying it is filled with fallacies and launders anti-trans disinformation.

It methodically goes through each problem in the review.

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New Journal Report: Cass Review “Echoes Fallacies Promoted By Anti-Trans Disinformation”

While American lawyers pushed the anti-trans Cass Review this week, Australia’s top scholars rebuked it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 6h

So uh you should ask for these machines to be removed from your state.

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 9h

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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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 6h

This will almost certainly turn out like Lisa Cook’s case, completely fabricated accusations.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 6h

The monster is really coming for us all. General Letitia James has been indicted following Trump’s pressure campaign. She’s accused of committing “mortgage fraud.” The MAGA movement is weaponizing the Justice Department.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11h

Even if successfully challenged, it will take years to litigate and we end up with the benefit of ending these legal ends runs around constitutional rights by simply applying a private right of action.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11h

It's also, most importantly, the kind of legislation that Texas used to effectively ban abortion that SCOTUS refused to block. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11h

This will stop the practice regardless and make challenging the legislation near impossible as no state actor will be doing the enforcement. This will essentially be a classic tort for the harm induced through conversion therapy rather than any infringement on free speech.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11h

With SCOTUS set to legalize conversion therapy, I think it's important for states to get around this decision by implementing new legislation applying private rights of action to practitioners of conversion therapy by their victims with large damages and long statutes of limitations.

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Kickstarter United @kickstarterunited.org · 7d

‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️

As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.

Kickstarter United is on strike!
We are not asking for a boycott! Creators & Allies: Please continue to support & use the platform
swipe for ways to show your solidarity

Why We're Striking
A codified 4-day work week.
We simply want to protect the way we've been working for over 3.5 years. The 4dww has proven benefits, such as increased productivity and improved employee satisfaction. It's part of what makes Kickstarter a special, innovative place to work.
Fair pay for our lowest-paid workers.
We're fighting for livable minimum salaries for roles that are undervalued by the market but crucial to keeping Kickstarter running. We believe none of our workers should struggle to make ends meet.

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Squid @squidinu.bsky.social · 14h

office persona

drawing of a party werewolf named Rocco dressed in business attire and standing alone in a space with his back turned from his sparkly neon furry counterpart.

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🎃🍁 pico 🦌🍂 @picotatito.bsky.social · 5h

Macrotober 2025
#9 "Tight Fit"

This big bad wolf has trouble navigating through those tight buildings...
Not his fault the lanes are built so narrowly!

#Macrotober25

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Anthony Hurd @anthonyhurd.bsky.social · 4h

My coloring book proofs arrived today and they look so good! Can’t wait to get the full order and start shipping them out in a few weeks!

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Grydon @grydon4.bsky.social · 8h

Listen to a couple more stories why don'tcha...

Happy Birthday Goldlewis 💛⚰️💋
🎨: @lewalrus.bsky.social

Goldlewis Dickinson from Guilty Gear Strive leaning on a wooden fence in a wheat field. He's laughing recalling old stories from his past. He's wearing only his suspenders, chaps and jeans.

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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 9h

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 15h

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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DOG of BLUD @dogblud.bsky.social · 12h

Keep calling your reps about age verification laws, or, at the very least, start prepping some mIRC servers and other Old World magics.

404 Media @404media.co · 12h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Genderflux Superfluid @rewhan.bsky.social · 6h

Well heck, this is blowing up; I don't suppose y'all feel like helping a couple genderqueers afford to move?

bsky.app/profile/rewh...

Genderflux Superfluid @rewhan.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thank you for anything and everything you're able to contribute, even if its just sharing this post with the wider internet. If fate be willing, and with your help, we'll find ourselves in a better position to and pay it forward some day soon.

gofund.me/ef304869

Donate to Get Andrew & Natasha Back to Zero, organized by Andrew Simms

Hi, my name is Andrew, though if you're reading this, you more than likely know me bett… Andrew Simms needs your support for Get Andrew & Natasha Back to Zero

gofund.me

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TateShaw @tateshaw.bsky.social · 10h

I drew the gays

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

I joked about it but it may actually be worthwhile for every Dem who gets on tv to start saying Stephen Miller is the real president

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 7d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

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Paypal

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Jovithor @jovithor.bsky.social · 14h

Leap of faith

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angrboda @angrboda.bsky.social · 1d

here's a fun lion TF I got to do for Xepher recently with real 80s shampoo commercial vibes

lion transformation via cursed (blessed?) shampoo

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Kronos @kronostrat.bsky.social · 27d

Meow meow

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Cartoon Nickname @cartoonnickname.bsky.social · 1d

CALL TO ALL CANADIANS! A PETTITION TO PUSH BACK ON VISA AND MASTERCARD IS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OPEN FOR SIGNATURES RIGHT NOW!
ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

There is also a really dangerous bill being proposed called Bill S-209. More below...

Petition e-6695 - Petitions

ourcommons.ca

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Princess Viola @princessviola.bsky.social · 1d

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Ben W. Boar @benwboar.bsky.social · 1d

ABSOLUTELY beautiful work, the level of detail on this one is beyond amazing!!!

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