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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6h

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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Marko (Nerd and Jock Comics) @markoraassina.bsky.social · 12h

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Breezy 💖🏳️‍⚧️ @bluebirdbreeze.bsky.social · 18h

Do not watch the HBO series.
Do not buy wizard game (2).

I usually don't judge too much, I get that not everyone is fully in the loop for everything. If you support JKR now, we are done.

Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 21h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 13h

This is actually what is going to happen.

That’s already what’s happening in Lebanon. Israel kills regularly, violates the ceasefire agreement on an hourly basis.

It’s just not on the news anymore.

This is why pressure against Israel mustn’t just continue, but increase.

The Onion @theonion.com · 13h

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 5d

Literally me:

Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 5d

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Balls & Strikes @ballsandstrikes.org · 18h

The Court's most enthusiastic Republican justice is out here giving free legal advice to Republican litigants

Sam Alito Is Just Asking Questions About Mail-In Voting

In Illinois, Democrats passed a law making it easier for people to cast absentee ballots. Alito was ready to give the Republican challenging the law some free advice.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 10h

Kavanaugh stop

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 13h

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10h

The lies are becoming pure fantasy lately. Time for the 25th amendment.

Screenshot of a tweet from Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) on X featuring a clip of Donald Trump speaking. The tweet quotes Trump saying: ‘I don’t know what could be worse than Portland. You don’t even have stores anymore. They don’t even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows.’ The image below shows Trump seated at a table with a microphone and water cup, speaking during a meeting.

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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 10h

NEW: L.A. Times journalists just voted to authorize the newsroom’s first open-ended strike.

Eighty-five percent of the @latguild.bsky.social voted to support the strike. Just over 200 workers — 98% of members — took part in the historic vote.

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TheSoundOfChildrenScreamingHasBeenRemoved @malikdama.bsky.social · 9h

is that counting the police? cause they had a whole torture house not too long ago?

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pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 10h

in the second cnn portland city councilor hit of the day, the anchor couldn’t keep a straight face

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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 12h

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 18h

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 9h

Do you carry documents that prove your citizenship everywhere you go? Cause I sure the fuck don't, and to do it would need to carry birth certificate, previous marriage certificate, and name change order to prove the man on my ID is the baby girl on my birth certificate.

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 13h

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 9h

Indonesia is denying Israeli athletes entrance visas, which will prevent them from keeping in the world gymnastics championships.

This is what real solidarity against genocide looks like.

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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia will block Israeli athletes from competing at the upcoming gymnastics world championships in Jakarta, a government official said Thursday.

The decision to deny visas to the Israeli athletes comes after their planned participation had sparked intense opposition in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, which has long been a staunch supporter of Palestinians.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18h

Credit where credit is due. The Democrats' message that the GOP shut down the government because they want to throw millions of people off healthcare has broken through. Two of my cousins who are NOT AT ALL tuned into national politics told me that this is why the government is shut down.

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spooky sara 🎃 @sarasoci.al · 1d

inshallah we will see the kernel-level anticheat crisis solved in our lifetimes

Framework @frame.work · 1d

Some of the last reasons to stay on Windows have been gaming related. Both the time from installation to in-game and gaming performance on Bazzite are now actually better than Windows on many games, and living room usability is more seamless too.

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 14h

Epitome of the art form

Screenshot of a tweet by @Lowkey0nline with a pull quote above a SkyNews video in which the anchor says "Accidentally, a bullet found its way into the van and killed a 3- or 4-year-old young lady." The tweet goes on to say "He is describing Israel killing a Palestinian child."

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ArvuReBantra @arvurebantra.bsky.social · 1d

"I want grandchildren!" Yeah well I wanted a Nintendo when I was a kid but you said it was too expensive. Funny how that works huh?

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Shubbabang @shubbabang.bsky.social · 1d

The image is a six panel black and white comic

Panel 1- A small child is being told "You'll want kids when you're older!" The child responds with "I don't think so..."

Panel 2- The same child, now a teenager, is being told, "You'll change your mind when you're older." To which the teen responds, "I doubt that"

Panel 3- Now an adult, someone off screen asks them, "Aren't you thinking of having kids?" To which they respond, "Nope"

Panel 4- The same person, an older adult now, is being told, "better have kids soon, or it'll be too late!" to which they respond, "That's fine"

Panel 5- Now elderly, they are once again asked "Don't you feel like you missed out?" to which they say, "Still nope."

Panel 6- They are now in their death bed, clearly close to death. The nurse says, "Shame you didn't have kids, don't you regret it?" To which the person says "You know what just kill me already"

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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ❆ ☃︎︎ ❆ @moxiest.art · 14h

neurotypicalism is stored in the foreskin

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 14h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13h

MAJOR new restrictions on federal government use of riot control weapons -- and even requiring them to display identification in many circumstances. I expect a very rapid appeal and request for a stay from the 7th Circuit.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 14h

NEW: A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring Chicago-area fed agents from several violent actions they’ve taken against journalists, activists and “religious practitioners” protesting ICE — including Rev. Black, a plaintiff in the case. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13h

Mabel & I hope all our fellow Californians vote YES on Prop. 50!

#FightFireWithFire

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TheSoundOfChildrenScreamingHasBeenRemoved @malikdama.bsky.social · 13h

seems like he is innocent, otherwise DOJ wouldn't be cheating so hard, let the jury decide

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TheSoundOfChildrenScreamingHasBeenRemoved @malikdama.bsky.social · 13h

they will just charge him again and continue to hold him in jail

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👹👻 boo-rit 👻👹 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 14h

🗣️ free my man 🗣️

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15h

Justice Department lawyers reposted President Trump’s statements and may have inadvertently endangered their prosecution of Luigi Mangione, violating the judge’s explicit orders that DOJ employees refrain from public comment about the case. trib.al/b9U7CY1

DOJ in Trouble After Lawyers Reposted Trump Rants on Luigi Mangione

The Justice Department’s case against Luigi Mangione just hit a major obstacle.

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