The Senate has just passed the military NDAA containing 2 anti-trans provisions: a surgery ban using federal funds (dependents too), and a sports ban on military academy spaces.

This will be the STARTING point for negotiations with the House, which has even worse provisions.

Only 20 Dems opposed.

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Looks like my Redbubble account was suspended. 🤣

So, sticker? Shirt? Tasteful but stylish canvas side toolbag?

1. Anti-trans outrage is losing its bite.

Last week, Elon Musk led a mass boycott campaign to get trans characters removed from shows on the platform.

Major conservatives joined in.

Now, we have the result: the boycott was a fizzle, and Netflix stock is up.

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Here's a classic Peanuts strip remade in my style to celebrate their 75th anniversary! #peanutsreillustrated

I made a short for a a viewer of my channel, John, showing memory testing a video card 🙂

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I can't tell if that's sarcasm or not...

Now, scale this up to a society. Everyone is in survival mode all the time. Artists. Studios. Networks.

Now ask yourself, "has my media gotten blander"?

It’s really hard to describe to people who are not artists how survival mode does *not* inspire creativity, as the myth would have us believe. It suppresses creativity as you try to limit every possible risk – and the opportunities that come with them.

NEW: Cops in Texas told 404 Media in May they used Flock to find a woman who self-administered an abortion out of concern for her safety.

Documents now show police were conducting a “death investigation” and discussed whether they could charge her with a crime: www.404media.co/police-said-...

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Since 2020, disabled people have been pointing out the rising ease with ableist rhetoric/language, the comfort with which so many people used the r word, the number of people willing to abandon disabled people for some notion of the "normal."
All of it mattered/matters to understand fascism today.

I'm gonna miss your account when I end up deleting mine. 😞

Congrats to @jay.bsky.team and the whole Bluesky team for creating a new dogwhistle for transphobes in record time. Excellent work all around.

"Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.....Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared...."

~ Anne Frank

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