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Sister Rose | Roseweave the Púca @sisterrose.bsky.social · 8h

This is how you you begin eliminating a minority's right to exist, you cut along the edges and make it so any accusations against them are automatically believed. Once an entire group of people has been labelled "Predator", that's when plans to remove them from society to begin.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 16h

A man gets a blowjob from a trans woman and his friends make fun of him so he goes to the police to claim she lied about being a woman. She was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to nearly 2 years in prison because of a man's shame.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Thornaby transgender woman jailed for deception sex assault

Ciara Watkin's victim says he would not have agreed to sex had he known she was biologically male.

www.bbc.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Anton ☾ @antonarcana.gay · 7d

I do understand the mindset behind being scared of becoming disabled; Nobody wants their life to get more difficult, and disability tends to make your life harder in the world we live in. Take it from me, though; It really isn’t the end of the world. Your life will still be worth living

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Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 10h

And here I was thinking that Trump was inciting hatred against immigrants because he's a fascist scumbag who wants more and more power and the pedophilia is just part of his brand. But for some reason I suspect that you might be having a conspiratorial one here instead of looking at reality...

Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 11h

The combo of Islamophobia and transphobia in the article she linked is very telling of her own views. She just wants to attack marginalised people, all doesn't give a shit about any possible hypocrisy.

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Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 21h

Surrey Police introduced an anti-trans strip search policy last month, copying the British Transport Police, which is dehumanising, humiliating, and greatly increases the risk that trans femmes will be sexually assaulted by officers. The entire institution is corrupt and hateful from the top down.

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Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 21h

Context on Surrey Police is that the PCC, Townsend, has been posting overt hate speech and harassment against trans people, including against individuals, and has been protected from consequences by the institution. She's also bragged about using her influence to push transphobia within the force.

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Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 21h

* guaranteed

Typo

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

A small victory! Chat Control has been tabled for now, but it can [and likely will] be brought up for vote again in December

In the meantime, EU citizens will need to continue pressuring their respective govts to oppose chat control

However, do so knowing that pressure WORKS.

Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 1d

Denmark has tabled next week's vote on Chat Control.

Yet, per Peter Hummelgaard:

"The Danish Presidency will, however, continue to work with the member states to find a solution, and therefore negotiations on the technical details of the proposal continue. It is urgent to find common ground."

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Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 21h

Oh, look, another anti-trans PCC openly supporting hate, and who (like, off the top of my head: Lisa Townsend - Surrey PCC) is guarantee will face no consequences for directly supporting and inciting anti-trans hatred and violence. And people wonder why trans people don't trust any cops...

Ashleeee 🎃🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 22h

The Conservative Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner to open the FiLiA hate conference, with this coded incitement to hatred.

Katy Bourne OBE @ @KatyBourne • 2h Really excited to be opening today's @FiLiA_charity Women's Rights Conference in
Brighton - an important space for bold conversations and for amplifying the views, thoughts and voices of women
#FİLiA2025

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Claire's Trans Talks @clairestranstalks.bsky.social · 22h

Watched QT this morning for the first time in years.

As expected, the BBC tried to do a hit job on Zack from the very start, coordinated with Reform who got unprecedented airtime, as usual.

It didnt work though. Zack more than held his own, decimating the political establishment.

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”

Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT

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Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 22h

Jesus fucking Christ! but also unsurprising from a Labour council, Nazi scum they are

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Ashleeee 🎃🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 22h

Alumni also include the next EHRC chair Mary-Ann Stephenson, right?

BASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: BASH BACK TARGET FiLiA ANTI-TRANS CONFERENCE

The conference, whose alumni include J.K. Rowling, this year hosts hate groups LGBAlliance and Transgender Trend, along with the director of Scottish Lesbians, one of the groups responsible for April's segregationist Supreme Court ruling.

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BASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social · 22h

OUR STATEMENT ON THE ACTION AGAINST FILIA

TERFS GATHER EVERY YEAR TO GLOAT ABOUT ATTACKS ON BODILY AUTONOMY AND TRANS PEOPLE'S SAFETY

THIS YEAR, WHEN WE FACE THE GREATEST ATTACKS ON OUR FREEDOMS, WE WILL NOT ALLOW THEM THE PRIVILEGE

STATEMENT ON BASH BACK ACTION AGAINST FILIA (9/10/25)

LAST NIGHT, ACTIONISTS FROM BASH BACK TOOK ACTION AGAINST THE BRIGHTON CENTRE, VENUE OF THE FILIA CONFERENCE, WHICH PLAYS HOST TO SOME OF THE MOST VICIOUS TRANSPHOBIA IN POP POLITICS.

FILIA'S SPEAKERS THIS YEAR INCLUDE BIGOT-PROVOCATEURS JULIE BINDEL, LGB ALLIANCE AND "SCOTTISH LESBIANS" - A GROUP BEHIND THE SEGREGATIONIST 2025 SUPREME COURT RULING.
THEIR VILE AND HATEFUL RHETORIC LEADS TO THE SAME KIND OF DISCRIMINATORY VIOLENCE THAT KILLS HUNDREDS OF TRANS PEOPLE EVERY
YEAR.
THESE BIGOTS HAVE OUR BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS. THEY USE THIS CONFERENCE TO GLOAT. THIS YEAR, WE WILL NOT LET THEM.

STATEMENT ON BASH BACK ACTION AGAINST FILIA (CONT.)

BASH BACK SEES FILIA AS NEITHER RADICAL NOR FEMINIST, SPREADING MISOGYNIST HATRED BACKED BY BOTH BILLIONAIRES AND THE STATE.

LIKE THE SUFFRAGETTES AND RADICAL QUEERS BEFORE US, THAT THE ONLY PATH TOWARD LIBERATION IS THROUGH ACTION.

TO THE ORGANISERS OF FILIA WE SAY THIS:

IF YOU EXPECT TO CONTINUE IN YOUR TRADE OF TRANSPHOBIC HATE, IF YOU EXPECT TO CONTINUE IN YOUR QUEERBASHING AND TRANSMISOGYNY AND CALL IT "FEMINISM" THEN EXPECT RESISTANCE, EXPECT RETALIATION, EXPECT US.

PAINT WASHES OFF. BLOOD NEVER DOES.

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Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 1d

This 👇 Police do not take hate crime reports seriously, do not bother to investigate them properly, and/or do not record them as crimes most of the time. So people stop bothering to report them, knowing they will get no justice.

TACC @tacc.org.uk · 1d

"The hate crimes figures...recorded falls in hate crime in three other groups including sexual orientation (down 2%), disability (down 8%) and transgender (down 11%.)"... They went down because they don't record them correctly as hate crimes.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Race and religious hate crime rises in England and Wales, figures suggest

The number of police-recorded race and religious hate crimes have increased in the year to March.

www.bbc.co.uk

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out, the MAGA Supreme Court is the one interested in converting your kids through the use of quack doctors with medically unsound practices based on no scientific evidence. "Every accusation is a confession" with them.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Supreme Court Wants to Convert Your Kids

During a hearing this week, the court’s theocrats made it clear that they’ll vote to end a ban on conversion therapy for minors.

www.thenation.com

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Pina ✨ ADHD Alien @adhd-alien.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve learnt that only hyperfocus can keep me from disappointing others. Sometimes.

Two-page comic about ADHD, self-doubt, and burnout.

Panels 1+2
A person with short black hair and yellow antennae recalls lifelong struggles with effort and recognition. As a child, they cry while being scolded over homework. Later, they work hard but still fail small details and receive an “F.” When they finally succeed, they can’t enjoy it—holding a medal labeled “2,” they feel it’s luck, not skill.

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They explain how productivity fluctuates. A blue graph shows steady effort, while a pink line spikes wildly. They say, “For me, it fluctuates more extremely.” Sitting exhausted at a messy desk, they admit, “I only stop when I’m too tired to go on. The word I learned for all this was ‘lazy.’ I never learned a healthy measure or how to trust myself.”

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Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 2d

Nazi is a descriptor of people with Nazi views. That you think Nazis are victims says everything. Once again: fix your heart

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Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 2d

The kicker is really that it's so easy to add someone to a list if you wanna keep tabs on them without following them. Like, the COO of the site really wants to pretend to be ignorant on the site's basic functions to try and cover for her love of fascists?

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ChutneyCaelyn @chutneycaelyn.bsky.social · 2d

JUST ONE SMALL PROBLEM ROSE.

WHAT FUCKING CONTENT?!

the page of @heritagefdn.bsky.social (that Rose, the COO of Bluesky, follows) showing it has made no replies ever.

the page of @heritagefdn.bsky.social (that Rose, the COO of Bluesky, follows) showing it has made no posts ever.

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Solar @solarfox6.bsky.social · 2d

weird to say this as people discover you follow jd vance and heritage foundation lol

maybe, hear me out, being the COO- you could in fact just ban those people from your platform instead of keeping tabs on them like????

why are we pretending here?

Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · 2d

The "follow" button confounds "I'm looking at your content" and "I endorse this content." We need two different ways to signal the difference between the two.

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Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 2d

Probably this option. *sigh* at least on Tumblr the staff come out of the woodwork to say that they also think the CEO is a dipshit who should shut up

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Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 2d

So true, bestie. Why haven't y'all enforced your ToS against those spreading hate speech, like Jesse Singal? Shirking your responsibilities again? Sure is interesting that the entire bsky team does it 24/7 while banning marginalised people who dare criticise y'all or not sufficiently mourn a Nazi...

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Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 2d

What content do the Heritage Foundation put out on their no posts, less than 100 follower account that you really have to see?

Let me guess, a middle aged moment? a misclick? Y'know, I think I've seen this one before with a certain transphobic billionaire...

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Johanna Taylor 👻 Lightbox Expo 630 @johannamation.bsky.social · 2d

I’m convinced the main reason Miyazaki films have a reputation for being “cozy” in the West is because he actually writes and animates long moments of quiet into his stories, whereas Western animated films are usually a nonstop parade of loud music, sounds, noises and neon colors.

Brigid Keely She/Her @brigid.bsky.social · 3d

Miyazaki: in this movie two young girls (one is a toddler) are uprooted from everything they know to start new lives near the rural hospital their mother is in; she is possibly dying of TB. Their dad works several hours away and they are largely unsupervised.

AI Bros: so homey! So comfy!

Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 3d

every ai bro who has reduced miyazaki to empty gentle aesthetic should no exaggeration get the judas cradle bc this man's markmaking & passion about telling WAR STORIES

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