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gryme @gryme.bsky.social · 20h

aria #counterweight

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 13h

I keep watching Mamdani's video in disbelief of how good it is... centering BIPOC trans street activism, SOPHIE soundtrack, pivoting to supporting funds for trans housing and healthcare...

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 16h

Mamdani promises to deploy *hundreds* if lawyers to fight for trans rights, create a new office of LGBTQ affairs, and allocate millions of dollars to fund housing and healthcare for trans kids and adults

This is what fighting back looks like--elevating activists to materually support trans people.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d

Sama'a has a chance to move her children back into a real home after long, difficult weeks of living in a tent. Please give what you can to help.

gofund.me/db56c7ce3

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Alaa and her daughters have lived to see a ceasefire, but they are still in dire need of assistance. They have only managed to navigate displacement, genocidal violence, and her daughter's deteriorating health with the help of donations. Let's help them continue to endure.

Your help are an investment in rebuild a woman and an architect

My name is Alaa, and I hold a Master’s degree in Architecture.

chuffed.org

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 2d

All the next day Toad sang songs to his seeds.

Toad, literally singing in the rain, serenades his seeds.

From "The Garden"
In *Frog and Toad Together*

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 4d

Hi, I'm a trans Californian who reported on the CA bills. This headline is misleading at best. You haven't noted that he has until the 12th to sign the other bills, leaving that out is irresponsible and fearmongers.

People can and should still pressure him on those bills.

bsky.app/profile/mady...

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 4d

He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.

The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.

There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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Luuna | your elven lorekeeper~ @lizzyluuna.bsky.social · 5d

Do you ever see something so beautiful that you worry you might never see something that makes you feel that way ever again?! Not me but someone else might

Mount Holyoke campus, 2012.

Photograph of a path around Lower Lake at Mount Holyoke College, with autumnal New England foliage reflected in the water.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 5d

4 panel comic

Panel 1:
A Purple person is standing holding a clipboard. A Blue Person sits at a laptop.
Blue Person: Woohoo. I’m the CEO of a social media platform.

Panel 2:
Purple person: We should hire a PR person to interact with the public
Blue Person begins to type on laptop and says: Nope. Gonna do all that myself

Panel 3:
Purple person looks concerned and says: Really…but…

Panel 4:
Purple person: You’re such a whiny little fucking baby

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Lewis Muirhead @bringthenoise.bsky.social · 6d

Hiring Bari Weiss to bring down the temperature of the discourse is like hiring Animal from the Muppets to reduce workplace noise

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Jo @sofinch.bsky.social · 7d

sukkat shlomecha

illustration of a tall woman and short man embracing under the branches of a sukkah under an arch, with lulav and etrog, "t4t" down the sides of the arch, and "sukkat shlomecha" in hebrew along the bottom

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 6d

quoth the raven: "metalcore"

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Jo @sofinch.bsky.social · 7d

sukkat shlomecha

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Jack de Quidt @notquitereal.bsky.social · 8d

. @katbamkapow.bsky.social and my yearly celebration of horror games and talking—Hallowstream—begins tonight at 6.30 ET on twitch.tv/katbamkapow

Twitch

Twitch is the world

twitch.tv

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The Marriage Braggart @bombsfall.bsky.social · 8d

autumn has arrived

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deeg 🤍 @deegoo.bsky.social · 8d

Pyaari is so decent 🥺

Two drawings and two small photos of the cat, Pyaari. The drawing on the left is wearing a blue dupatta. The drawing on the right is in a gold sari with a dupatta on the head.

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Jo @sofinch.bsky.social · 8d

yesss tis time (thank u to the library) @scumbelievable.bsky.social

The skin you’re in by Ashley robin franklin and black flame by Gretchen felker-Martin

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discover tab replies from lyndsay 👻 @magpie.tips · 9d

I think conditions should improve instead of deteriorate

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Jo @sofinch.bsky.social · 9d

welcome back Prometheus big naturals I missed u

Luuna | your elven lorekeeper~ @lizzyluuna.bsky.social · Dec 24

remember that time many moons ago when I drew transmasc coded Prometheus in a Hades art style 👀

#hades #fanart #vartist

Digital artwork of a brown-skinned man with smokey grey hair & beard. He sits chained to a stone chair, with an eagle looming over his shoulder.

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Jo @sofinch.bsky.social · 9d

yes yes yes

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The Amanda Lee Mystery House @amandalee.bsky.social · 9d

haunted

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11d

I just got a VERY interesting email that allies in congress were upset that so many of my readers were calling about the anti-trans provisions. I'm here to say: good. I won't let them throw our rights under the bus by cover of night.

All's that to say, keep up the calls. They're hearing you.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12d

1. It's shutdown day, and anti-trans provisions are on the line... either today, or in a few more weeks if a clean continuing resolution passes.

Trump posted a video this morning blaming a shutdown on trans people and immigrants.

Here is your shutdown guide.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Shutdown Day Guide For LGBTQ+ People: "Continuing Resolutions" And New Anti-Trans Posts From The White House

Shutdown day is here, and there has been a lot of competing coverage on Republican priorities, Democrat's demands, and what shutdown politics means for LGBTQ+ people in America.

www.erininthemorning.com

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🌿viktor aleksander🌿 @ commissions open! @nooskadraws.bsky.social · 9d

replaying arthur morgan horse girl sim ✨️🌿🐎

[ #rdr2 #reddeadredemption ]

Old sketchdump and studies inspired by Red Dead Redemption 2.
1. Doodle of Arthur and Albert Mason shaking hands.
2. Doodle of a rifle.
3. Study of a screencap from the game. Arthur leads his horse in a grassy, hilly area. The sun is low.
4. Rough study of Arthur's face.
5. Doodles of herbs: creeping rhyme, ginseng, and oleander.

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Jo @sofinch.bsky.social · 9d

sighing dreamily

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Jo @sofinch.bsky.social · 10d

omg go dawgs

Scarlett O'Hairdye (ScarlettStorm) @scarlettohairdye.bsky.social · 10d

Please join me in enjoying the video of AN ENTIRE PSYCH CLASS at the University of Washington chasing down the Nazi that interrupted their lecture: www.reddit.com/r/udub/comme...

From the udub community on Reddit: Nazi interrupts Psych 210, receives predictable response

Explore this post and more from the udub community

www.reddit.com

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𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙠 @winterk.bsky.social · 10d

this is what life should be about. the other horse shit shouldn't be happening.

Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 11d

let the gourd times roll

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