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Catherine 🐈‍⬛ @catherinetheok.bsky.social · 3h

I’m sorry and can relate 🫂

Catherine 🐈‍⬛ @catherinetheok.bsky.social · 10h

Think about what you could do with selective foil treatments on some of the vampires

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Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · 22h

It’s official! I can talk about it!

I’ve spent the last 2+ years leading the narrative for the Magic: the Gathering Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set!

I’m excited to see all of this release! TMNT is such a weird, wild franchise that meshes weirdly well with Magic

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Collecting Magic: The Gathering® | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: A First Look

Cowabunga! It's time to explore the new cards and treatments in Magic: The Gathering | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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Catherine 🐈‍⬛ @catherinetheok.bsky.social · 11h

It’s so sickening. It’s on trans people to disclose even so it’s not even denying being trans is the issue (which we might well do to try and keep ourselves safe) it’s literally not outing ourselves to any and all potential partners

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Catherine 🐈‍⬛ @catherinetheok.bsky.social · 1d

I am legitimately so excited about this. A book by an amazing author, seemingly wonderful human about a magic school that feels actually exciting to read about ❤️

Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 2d

We are one week closer to the release of OMENS OF CHAOS, and the glorious return of Magic the Gathering long-form fiction!

A book cover against a blue background reading COMING FEBRUARY 17, 2026. The book cover shows a blonde-haired human New Capenna shield mage in the robes of a first year Strixhaven mage-scholar, casting a domed shield around herself. The school is behind her. The text on the cover reads "STRIXHAVEN | OMENS OF CHAOS | SEANAN MCGUIRE | New York Times Bestselling Author."

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

Remember all of the ghouls who denied this was happening and did everything they could to make the problem worse from JK Rowling to Wes Streeting. The NHS who did a stitch up report to hide the growing number of suicides from trans youth on the waitlists. They should never be forgiven.

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Catherine 🐈‍⬛ @catherinetheok.bsky.social · 2d

I hate this

Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 2d

Net-Support For Using The Notwithstanding Clause For:

Requiring schools to notify parents when their child wants to go by a new name/pronoun: +12%

Preventing those under 16 who are transgender from having hormone therapy: +6%

Catherine 🐈‍⬛ @catherinetheok.bsky.social · 3d

I just read the first Dorley Hall book and I guess you are right about that too 😅. There are just a lot of essays in Whipping Girl that hit real hard

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Catherine 🐈‍⬛ @catherinetheok.bsky.social · 3d

That sure is stretching the definition of light read

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Catherine 🐈‍⬛ @catherinetheok.bsky.social · 7d

HRT should be for everyone not just really patient vampires 🧛‍♀️

Even the average wait times are a lifetime prison sentence worth of life and it feels that that is exactly what they want for trans people

Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 7d

Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years.

This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.

UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 7d

This amazing article from @vic-parsons.bsky.social via @wearequeeraf.com shows the absolute criminal state of trans healthcare in the UK.

Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.

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

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 9d

Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.

Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!

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Catherine 🐈‍⬛ @catherinetheok.bsky.social · 8d

Yes it’s great. I think because it’s self deprecating humour that both accepts trans women as women and suggests that comedian has slept with are least one of us to speak from that experience

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Catherine 🐈‍⬛ @catherinetheok.bsky.social · 11d

Great to know when you update your legal sex in Canada there apparently exists another, immutable, record that exists to ensure someone can always get your sex assigned at birth 😑

Catherine 🐈‍⬛ @catherinetheok.bsky.social · 11d

Women are going to be sent to men’s prison to be repeatedly raped as an additional punishment for being trans. The UK already has a barbaric flow graph that discounts many trans women from going to the right prison and they still want the few that were placed in the women’s sent to the men’s too

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Talia "AFAB" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 11d

My opinion on Emma Watson's statement on J. K. Rowling is can we stop centering the opinions and feelings of famous cis people in conversations about trans eradication for FIVE FUCKING MINUTES?

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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 11d

BREAKING NEWS 🚨

The Scottish Government's Supporting Transgender Pupils In Schools Guidance for Education Authorities and Schools has been Revised TO EXCLUDE TRANS PUPILS FROM SINGLE-SEX SPACES.

Supporting Transgender Pupils In Schools Guidance for Education Authorities and Schools Revised. Published 29 September 2025.

As the law stands, the facilities require to be made available on the basis of biological sex46]
Education authorities and schools should consider the toilet provision necessary for transgender pupils. This may include the use of gender neutral provision. In reaching a proposed approach, schools should also consider the impact of any increased use of accessible facilities to ensure that all pupils who require to use them are able to do so. Depending on the particular circumstances of individual pupils, schools may require to take legal advice on any approach or proposed approach, including where this means changing an existing arrangement.

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Catherine 🐈‍⬛ @catherinetheok.bsky.social · 12d

I just can’t.

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Syro Saharqai @yellowsyro.bsky.social · 15d

Mrs and Mrs Addams
#Wenclair

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Catherine 🐈‍⬛ @catherinetheok.bsky.social · 13d

Me too. It feels so right

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Lou Inglese @chaos440.bsky.social · 13d

Got my performance review.

Old floppy drive with printed label 'Works, but makes Sad Noises'

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Catherine 🐈‍⬛ @catherinetheok.bsky.social · 14d

Congrats! Excited to see more about it 🥳

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Catherine 🐈‍⬛ @catherinetheok.bsky.social · 14d

Holy crap this card design is so good

just chase 🔜 #MTGAtlanta @manacurves.bsky.social · 14d

I am already brewing this as well speak. I love this so much.

Horror in Magic makes my heart sing!!!

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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 14d

For anyone not in Alberta or not paying attention, girls playing sports in school now have to prove they were born female to play sports. And can be challenged by anyone at anytime and must prove they are female to keep playing. This doesn’t apply to boys. What a dystopian hellscape

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Pollik @pollik.bsky.social · 15d

"mere disagreement is seen as violence"

That is an idiotic thing to say. Abuse is violence. Intolerance is violence. Exclusion from space is violence. Removal of rights is violence.

Mere disagree is not violence. The ensuing actions often are.

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Catherine 🐈‍⬛ @catherinetheok.bsky.social · 15d

100% they are looking to out trans people daily as part of their plans. They already have the belief that trans people don’t have a right to privacy and believe trans people should be excluded from single sex services and this fully facilitates that

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