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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 4h

The counterprotest ends at Old Steine, where some protesters will continue onto the Clocktower for a protest at 12:00 in support of Palestine.

For those in Brighton this weekend, please stay safe; there is a large police presence and an even larger TERF presence out on the streets.

📍 IKEA Brighton

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 5h

Some of the placards used by the counterprotesters.

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 6h

Today, the counterprotesters have started giving out leaflets.

This is because yesterday they managed to talk someone out of going to FiLiA, and they felt that leaflets could communicate such messages more effectively.

They have also started giving out stickers promoting trans joy.

FILIA calls itself "Europe's largest feminist conference."

In reality, it is a hub for all the worst and most authoritarian politics that hides under the feminist label. FiLiA's approach is not feminist, it is cruel, rigid, and hurts the people most vulnerable under patriarchy.

Anti-trans politics

FILIA advertises more events and speakers which focus on transgender people than any other topic. This includes a workshop for individuals to learn how to set up groups to exclude transgender people, and an event celebrating the recent supreme court ruling that threatens to push trans people out of public life, and has already increased harassment and violence faced by trans people.

Real feminists understand that transphobia is a manifestation of patriarchy, and that liberation for women cannot be seperated from liberation for trans people.

Anti-sex work politics

FiliA advocates the Nordic Model - where selling sex is legal but buying it is a crime. Compared to completely decriminalising sex work, the Nordic Model results in less abuse being reported, and more sex workers being targetted by police.

Opposing adult content online, including in video games

FILIA signed a recent petition that resulted in hundreds of video ga being banned from online distributors, and have invited the organ Collective Shout to speak at the conference. This goes against TRANS artistic freedom.

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 6h

Good morning from Brighton, where we will be reporting on the counterprotest against the FiLiA conference 2025.

The backside of the Brighton Centre, which is hosting FiLiA 2025

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trasgernder @gemma.transwrites.world · 4h

Americans: we need guns just in case of government tyranny

Government tyranny: *kicking in the door like the kool-aid man but not fun because they're kidnapping people and disappearing families*

Americans: we'll be so ready for that tyranny, let me tell you.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 14h

When writing alt text for an image of text, it's not enough to just write "screen shot of text from article." Sighted users get to know what is in that screen shot, so why don't blind users deserve the same? The alt text should include all the actual text in the image.

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 16h

The only explicit purpose of all Gen ai is to steal labor/deny wages

Thats it in its entirety. They don't want to pay for someone to write, draw, voice act etc

(worse still in the cases of falsification of a person they also want a puppet that can't say no)

your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · 1d

LLM AI exists to crush labour. That's not even my surmise, the people paying billions of dollars to fund this stuff are extremely open and explicit that this is their goal.

There are no ethical use cases for LLMs at this point in time. Maybe when the bubble has popped thoroughly. Not before.

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 21h

Who the fuck would pull this? What group EXACTLY was getting offended by having someone killing Klan members?

NOW more than ever is the time for folks to be playing these sorts of themes in games

Two panel goose meme

The first panel shows a goose with squinting eyes with the text "what group would be offended"

The second panel shows the goose chasing a human figure with the text "what group would be offended MOTHERFUCKER

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Michael Torrens @michael-j-p-t.bsky.social · 3d

This is something most trans people have known for a while. But it's good to have some concrete statistics about it to help counter the idiots who seem think kids can just get a prescription for HRT from a GP and pick it up at Boots the same day.

QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 3d

Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get their first appointment at an NHS gender clinic, and some will never receive care, QueerAF can reveal 👇

www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Sammi Narramore @narramoreart.bsky.social · 3d

Current NHS Policy requires at least 2 appointments just to diagnose gender dysphoria.
Unfortunately clinics aren't very good at recording the gap between 1st and 2nd appointments, but anecdotally it's not speedy.

Wait a third of your life for one appointment, but ya need at least two

QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 3d

Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get their first appointment at an NHS gender clinic, and some will never receive care, QueerAF can reveal 👇

www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Robyn @grabbyratpaws.bsky.social · 7d

Just wait 200 years. It's important that you dont rush being trans /s

www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

www.wearequeeraf.com

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BonneFyre 🤍💛💙💕💜 @bonnefyre.bsky.social · 2d

It really is appalling. I hope you're able to get what you need and soon. 🫂💜

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 4d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Paizo @paizo.com · 2d

Spooky season has officially arrived with this month's releases! Find out how you can battle undead, romance monsters, and more in today's blog!

buff.ly/xIi2fS5

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BonneFyre 🤍💛💙💕💜 @bonnefyre.bsky.social · 3d

This is one of the first things I mention when I talk to anyone about transition. Anyone who thinks people are being rushed through and pushed into decisions they might later regret is absolutely incorrect. Even going privately was a whole, long ordeal. Not to mention incredibly expensive.

QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 3d

Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get their first appointment at an NHS gender clinic, and some will never receive care, QueerAF can reveal 👇

www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Talia "AFAB" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 3d

Medical institutions treat trans people as a population to surveil, manage, and dissect, rather than as people to assist or treat with basic dignity.

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.

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 3d

I don't like acknowledging this asshole at all, but I do believe these sort of rage bait content creators are detrimental to the medium of games, they take up so much of the space and dominate conversations with this behaviour. And they just move on to the next person they're going victimize.

alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 4d

This a very prominent streamer who consistently uses their platform in this manner.

Asmongold gloats over Sucker Punch employee being fired

“I made a video about them..it turns out they got fired..too bad huh..eventually you’ll get a new job & when u do..I might just make another vid & contact that employee too..why? For fun..I enjoy it”

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BonneFyre 🤍💛💙💕💜 @bonnefyre.bsky.social · 3d

3 months on t a few days ago! 🎉

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Amano Jack @amano-jack.bsky.social · 3d

Just in case someone missed this detail:
Wells Fargo used the ICE orks to clear out a building of lawful residents to make a buck

Again, a military terror purge was carried out with naked children in handcuffs for the benefit of Wells Fargo execs

A corrupt corp that will bleat at any reciprocity

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 4d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 3d

Gender critical activists accused of ‘hateful’ remarks about trans women www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Gender critical activists accused of ‘hateful’ remarks about trans women

Labour MP Richard Quigley said he was ‘appalled by the comments, but not surprised’

www.independent.co.uk

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 3d

alright then, chuck! somebody ate their wheaties

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 3d

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Tanya is seeking work || 🔜 TCNA @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI when the homie @deejayknight.bsky.social posted this. Watch and listen. If you keep engaging with content you hate, surprise, your FYP is gonna be full of content you... hate. www.tiktok.com/@deejayknigh...

If I had a penny for every time somebody popped into my stand streams or comments talking sideways instead of finding something they’d prefer to be talking about, I’d be a Thousandaire. 😂 Moral of the...

TikTok video by Deejay Knight

www.tiktok.com

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Jules Stark @insidiouspie.bsky.social · 3d

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 3d

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