Io Dodds 🌘🏳️⚧️♾️
@iododds.bsky.social
Senior reporter in San Francisco @the-independent.com covering tech + politics + LGBT. ISO 8601 stan; tabletop gamer; lowercase = shitposts
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Io Dodds 🌘🏳️⚧️♾️
@iododds.bsky.social
· Jan 21
i wanna see you bitches grow old. i'm serious about this
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The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
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Scenario: a friend or family member is having surgery with an overnight stay and you are going to be their hospital advocate. Here is your packing list:
- a change of clothes for you both
- all their meds in original bottles in case the hospital pharmacy can't source something they take
- a change of clothes for you both
- all their meds in original bottles in case the hospital pharmacy can't source something they take
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Scenario: a friend or family member is having surgery with an overnight stay and you are going to be their hospital advocate. Here is your packing list:
- a change of clothes for you both
- all their meds in original bottles in case the hospital pharmacy can't source something they take
- a change of clothes for you both
- all their meds in original bottles in case the hospital pharmacy can't source something they take
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A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her back with a broom, the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows.
“Perhaps the absurd thing was not the absurdity of a cow using tools," one researcher said, "but the absurdity of us never thinking that a cow might be intelligent.”
“Perhaps the absurd thing was not the absurdity of a cow using tools," one researcher said, "but the absurdity of us never thinking that a cow might be intelligent.”
Cows Use Tools, Too, New Study Finds
A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her own back with a broom — the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows, researchers say.
nyti.ms
January 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM
A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her back with a broom, the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows.
“Perhaps the absurd thing was not the absurdity of a cow using tools," one researcher said, "but the absurdity of us never thinking that a cow might be intelligent.”
“Perhaps the absurd thing was not the absurdity of a cow using tools," one researcher said, "but the absurdity of us never thinking that a cow might be intelligent.”
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BAGGER: (spilling my groceries on the floor) Oh God. I'm so sorry. This isn't what I'm supposed to do.
ME: How are you supposed to do it?
MANAGER: She means she was gonna be a fox. In the woods and shit. But something happened and she got stuck.
BAGGER: (crying) Got so stuck.
ME: How are you supposed to do it?
MANAGER: She means she was gonna be a fox. In the woods and shit. But something happened and she got stuck.
BAGGER: (crying) Got so stuck.
January 17, 2026 at 10:44 AM
BAGGER: (spilling my groceries on the floor) Oh God. I'm so sorry. This isn't what I'm supposed to do.
ME: How are you supposed to do it?
MANAGER: She means she was gonna be a fox. In the woods and shit. But something happened and she got stuck.
BAGGER: (crying) Got so stuck.
ME: How are you supposed to do it?
MANAGER: She means she was gonna be a fox. In the woods and shit. But something happened and she got stuck.
BAGGER: (crying) Got so stuck.
did #1 in 2024, #2 in 2025 😎😇
important moments in every girls life:
- her first linux distro
- her first rsync archive script
- her first foray into containerisation
- her first linux distro
- her first rsync archive script
- her first foray into containerisation
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM
did #1 in 2024, #2 in 2025 😎😇
when I was a kid living on a small rural Scottish island we used to drive two villages over and climb into a convertible truck trailer with folding chairs that only visited the mainland once every few months
just to see a movie
just to see a movie
"You’re not going to get in the car and go to the next town to see a movie," says Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos
Ted Sarandos commits to 45-day theatrical windows, believes theaters are for city folk
Ted Sarandos commits to 45-day theatrical windows, believes theaters are for city folk
www.avclub.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:53 PM
when I was a kid living on a small rural Scottish island we used to drive two villages over and climb into a convertible truck trailer with folding chairs that only visited the mainland once every few months
just to see a movie
just to see a movie
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True confession: I am a bookanizer. I read six, sometimes eight books at a time. Sometimes I won’t read one for years before picking it back up again
January 16, 2026 at 9:07 PM
True confession: I am a bookanizer. I read six, sometimes eight books at a time. Sometimes I won’t read one for years before picking it back up again
easy mistake to make. they actually meant to hire his opposite world doppelganger, Sensibill
Ludacris has dropped out of Kid Rock’s “Rock the Country” music festival, with his spokesperson saying there was a “a mix-up” about the rapper’s involvement
Ludacris Pulls Out of Rock the Country Festival, Citing "Mix-Up"
Ludacris has dropped out of Kid Rock's 2026 "Rock the Country" festival tour after fan backlash and what his team calls "a mix-up."
consequence.net
January 16, 2026 at 9:45 PM
easy mistake to make. they actually meant to hire his opposite world doppelganger, Sensibill
love that one of the basic conventional way of saying “my name is” in Spanish is actually an inherent declaration of the validity of chosen names
it’s my name because I said so, motherfucker!!!!
it’s my name because I said so, motherfucker!!!!
January 16, 2026 at 9:26 PM
love that one of the basic conventional way of saying “my name is” in Spanish is actually an inherent declaration of the validity of chosen names
it’s my name because I said so, motherfucker!!!!
it’s my name because I said so, motherfucker!!!!
This meme accidentally reveals the silliness of gender critical arguments about “two sexes”!
“Humans, as a species, are bipedal” — Sure, that’s true
“Every human has two legs and should be treated as such, but also we must not tolerate prosthetic legs in our society ” — Sorry, are you high?
“Humans, as a species, are bipedal” — Sure, that’s true
“Every human has two legs and should be treated as such, but also we must not tolerate prosthetic legs in our society ” — Sorry, are you high?
every time i see this it takes me awhile to remember that it's being cruel, not advocating
January 16, 2026 at 7:53 PM
This meme accidentally reveals the silliness of gender critical arguments about “two sexes”!
“Humans, as a species, are bipedal” — Sure, that’s true
“Every human has two legs and should be treated as such, but also we must not tolerate prosthetic legs in our society ” — Sorry, are you high?
“Humans, as a species, are bipedal” — Sure, that’s true
“Every human has two legs and should be treated as such, but also we must not tolerate prosthetic legs in our society ” — Sorry, are you high?
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Incredibly important new study from Cal Horton @fiercemum.bsky.social - the first to look at England's post-Cass child/adolescent gender clinics. Dr Horton found patients and families are being actively harmed, with one young person describing appointments as "the worst thing I’ve ever experienced”.
“The worst thing I’ve ever experienced” – comparing experiences of affirmative and non-affirmative healthcare provision for trans adolescents in the UK
Within trans youth healthcare two fundamentally different models of care persist, with a significant difference between affirmative and non-affirmative healthcare services. To date there has been l...
doi.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Incredibly important new study from Cal Horton @fiercemum.bsky.social - the first to look at England's post-Cass child/adolescent gender clinics. Dr Horton found patients and families are being actively harmed, with one young person describing appointments as "the worst thing I’ve ever experienced”.
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You are all in jail. Each alone, solitary, with a heap of what he owns. You live in prison, die in prison. It is all I can see in your eyes – the walls, the walls!
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 AM
You are all in jail. Each alone, solitary, with a heap of what he owns. You live in prison, die in prison. It is all I can see in your eyes – the walls, the walls!
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Nothing says “principles” like geoblocking
X Safety have posted that they have now made some changes to operate within the law.
This includes "geoblocking the ability of all users to generate images of real people in bikinis, underwear, and similar attire via the Grok account and in Grok in X in those jurisdictions where it’s illegal".
This includes "geoblocking the ability of all users to generate images of real people in bikinis, underwear, and similar attire via the Grok account and in Grok in X in those jurisdictions where it’s illegal".
January 14, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Nothing says “principles” like geoblocking
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Tiny Pieces of Skull by @rozkaveney.bsky.social is such a treasure to get to read - written in the late 80s it sat in manuscript form, untouched by publishers until 2015. A piece of our literary history I really enjoyed - and appreciated - reading
January 12, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Tiny Pieces of Skull by @rozkaveney.bsky.social is such a treasure to get to read - written in the late 80s it sat in manuscript form, untouched by publishers until 2015. A piece of our literary history I really enjoyed - and appreciated - reading
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BREAKING and HUGE news for transgender people: The bipartisan final negotiated text for these spending bills REMOVED language to restrict gender-affirming care as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
January 12, 2026 at 12:26 AM
BREAKING and HUGE news for transgender people: The bipartisan final negotiated text for these spending bills REMOVED language to restrict gender-affirming care as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
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every seat in a movie theater should have an "I have to pee" button and if enough people press it they should be able to pause the movie
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
every seat in a movie theater should have an "I have to pee" button and if enough people press it they should be able to pause the movie
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Guys, we did it. We invented the Commodore 64
Also neat at CES: HP’s battery-powered PC built into a keyboard. Sort of a screenless laptop.
January 6, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Guys, we did it. We invented the Commodore 64
Add me to the target list: I really cannot overstate my disdain for dogpiling.
It’s the ultimate political displacement activity, accomplishing almost nothing except to make the wielder feel like they accomplished something.
A corrosive drug that our culture desperately needs to kick.
It’s the ultimate political displacement activity, accomplishing almost nothing except to make the wielder feel like they accomplished something.
A corrosive drug that our culture desperately needs to kick.
started getting dogpiled for saying i hate dogpiling. logging off today. i’ll be back when i have a story to publish or things to promote but for now, adieu
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January 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Add me to the target list: I really cannot overstate my disdain for dogpiling.
It’s the ultimate political displacement activity, accomplishing almost nothing except to make the wielder feel like they accomplished something.
A corrosive drug that our culture desperately needs to kick.
It’s the ultimate political displacement activity, accomplishing almost nothing except to make the wielder feel like they accomplished something.
A corrosive drug that our culture desperately needs to kick.
dreamed of a Linkin Park official Lego set where one of the pieces exploits quantum dynamics to regularly render itself lost then respawn in the box
January 6, 2026 at 1:13 PM
dreamed of a Linkin Park official Lego set where one of the pieces exploits quantum dynamics to regularly render itself lost then respawn in the box
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hey, I'm a reporter looking to talk with other LGBTQ+ folks about their relationship to smoking (cigarettes). are you trying to quit? did you pick it back up again recently? do all your friends smoke? let's talk! DM me or Signal me @orionr.80
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
hey, I'm a reporter looking to talk with other LGBTQ+ folks about their relationship to smoking (cigarettes). are you trying to quit? did you pick it back up again recently? do all your friends smoke? let's talk! DM me or Signal me @orionr.80
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a lot of books here that I have been meaning to read (and some that I have, that are good). I love how these awards cut across from fucked up internet erotica to prestigious litfic.
Over 275 authors, editors, critics and diehard readers came together over the last month to vote on their favorite transfeminine books of the year.
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
The 2025 TFR Reader’s Choice Awards
Over 275 authors, critics, editors, and readers came together to vote on their favorite transfeminine literature of 2025.
thetransfemininereview.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
a lot of books here that I have been meaning to read (and some that I have, that are good). I love how these awards cut across from fucked up internet erotica to prestigious litfic.
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i wanna see you bitches grow old. i'm serious about this
January 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
i wanna see you bitches grow old. i'm serious about this
AHAHAHAHAHA I LIVED BITCH!!!!!!!!!
January 1, 2026 at 8:03 AM
AHAHAHAHAHA I LIVED BITCH!!!!!!!!!
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One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One of the best to ever do it