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@voidcritter.bsky.social
They/them, I'm mainly interested in TTRPG and gaming related content.
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“Conservatives […] see trans people as an outgrowth of a too liberal society, they have a longstanding grudge with universities existing in the first place, and they see Democrats with a squishy spine when it comes to standing up for trans people in public.”
For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic.
(Note for free subscriber...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“Conservatives […] see trans people as an outgrowth of a too liberal society, they have a longstanding grudge with universities existing in the first place, and they see Democrats with a squishy spine when it comes to standing up for trans people in public.”
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1. Over Thanksgiving, texts from Dem. Sen Ruben Gallego leaked where he repeats far-right talking points on masculinity, lamenting that Democratic women "look like men."
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Dem. Senator Gallego's Leaked Texts Echo Far-Right Gender Panic And Misogyny
Last week, Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego's texts leaked, where he lamented that Democratic "women look like men and men look like women."
www.erininthemorning.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
1. Over Thanksgiving, texts from Dem. Sen Ruben Gallego leaked where he repeats far-right talking points on masculinity, lamenting that Democratic women "look like men."
Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
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“Sex must be civilized and civilizing”
The Christian right is *really* aching to get into your bedroom. They’ve flooded the zone with pseudoscience and moral panics around porn, but their real missionary position is to control sexuality like the old Catholic Church.
ifstudies.org/blog/the-pro...
The Christian right is *really* aching to get into your bedroom. They’ve flooded the zone with pseudoscience and moral panics around porn, but their real missionary position is to control sexuality like the old Catholic Church.
ifstudies.org/blog/the-pro...
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“Sex must be civilized and civilizing”
The Christian right is *really* aching to get into your bedroom. They’ve flooded the zone with pseudoscience and moral panics around porn, but their real missionary position is to control sexuality like the old Catholic Church.
ifstudies.org/blog/the-pro...
The Christian right is *really* aching to get into your bedroom. They’ve flooded the zone with pseudoscience and moral panics around porn, but their real missionary position is to control sexuality like the old Catholic Church.
ifstudies.org/blog/the-pro...
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They’re banning the dogs. They’re banning the cats.
They said they were banning "pornography." Now they're banning books about cats and dogs. At PEN America, we're fighting back. With your help this #GivingTuesday, we'll keep challenging the censors and fighting to keep books where they belong: in the hands of students. Donate now at: pen.org/GT25BS
November 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
They’re banning the dogs. They’re banning the cats.
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"When we look at opinion polls about what actually motivates voters and their choices at the ballot box, trans issues are often dead last. And it’s worth noting that much of that polling makes no distinction between positive or negative views of trans rights." www.liberalcurrents.com/trans-panic-...
Trans Panic? More Like Trans Apathetic
2025 shows trans rights aren't electoral poison. The truth? Most people just don't care that much.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"When we look at opinion polls about what actually motivates voters and their choices at the ballot box, trans issues are often dead last. And it’s worth noting that much of that polling makes no distinction between positive or negative views of trans rights." www.liberalcurrents.com/trans-panic-...
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OU has a long standing history of chasing off LGBT professors. Bruce Goff is a heartbreaking example
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
OU has a long standing history of chasing off LGBT professors. Bruce Goff is a heartbreaking example
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The student's mother is a christian podcaster who's affiliated with TPUSA and is currently all over X crowing about the suspension and calling for all trans educators to be fired. This was 110% a set up from the get go.
December 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The student's mother is a christian podcaster who's affiliated with TPUSA and is currently all over X crowing about the suspension and calling for all trans educators to be fired. This was 110% a set up from the get go.
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This is extremely bad and worrisome for obvious reasons, but it's worth pointing out that this was obviously the student's goal
She knowingly wrote a garbage essay for her trans prof's class and when she obviously got a terrible grade stirred up a media storm
This was clearly the intended outcome
She knowingly wrote a garbage essay for her trans prof's class and when she obviously got a terrible grade stirred up a media storm
This was clearly the intended outcome
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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cis people don't want it to be about banning trans people because what if all that other stuff they ignored was about banning trans people too and that can't be because they're objectively the best and most moral and never make mistakes really trans people just make everything about trans stuff and-
December 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
cis people don't want it to be about banning trans people because what if all that other stuff they ignored was about banning trans people too and that can't be because they're objectively the best and most moral and never make mistakes really trans people just make everything about trans stuff and-
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"the essay sucks ass" is no doubt true, couldn't be bothered to read it, but consider that the essay may have been written to receive an F in order to instigate a campaign against the trans TA. in any case it's not a great dunk because this isn't about the essay, it's about purging trans ppl
December 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"the essay sucks ass" is no doubt true, couldn't be bothered to read it, but consider that the essay may have been written to receive an F in order to instigate a campaign against the trans TA. in any case it's not a great dunk because this isn't about the essay, it's about purging trans ppl
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
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Northwestern University offered bland reassurance to trans students and faculty after signing a deal with the Trump administration that sacrificed them for restored funding.
More here from the peerless @valorievandieman.bsky.social:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
More here from the peerless @valorievandieman.bsky.social:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Northwestern Folds to Pressure, Betraying Trans Students — Assigned
Leading Off: Northwestern University reached an agreement with the Department of Education on Friday to restore federal funding which would remove virtually all protections for transgender students an...
www.assignedmedia.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Northwestern University offered bland reassurance to trans students and faculty after signing a deal with the Trump administration that sacrificed them for restored funding.
More here from the peerless @valorievandieman.bsky.social:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
More here from the peerless @valorievandieman.bsky.social:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
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a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
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While not under consideration for this package, here are other recent bills that are potentially problematic:
-GUARD Act (S.3062): AV for chat-bots, bans minors from using chat-bots
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-GUARD Act (S.3062): AV for chat-bots, bans minors from using chat-bots
(cont.)
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
While not under consideration for this package, here are other recent bills that are potentially problematic:
-GUARD Act (S.3062): AV for chat-bots, bans minors from using chat-bots
(cont.)
-GUARD Act (S.3062): AV for chat-bots, bans minors from using chat-bots
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ID'd the most problematic bills:
-RESET Act (doesn't mandate AV though)
-SCREEN Act (Broadest AV law)
-App Store Accountability Act (AV for App Stores)
-Sammy's Law (Surveillance on minors)
-Parents Over Platforms Act (AV for Apps)
-KOSA (especially if "Duty of Care" is maintained)
-RESET Act (doesn't mandate AV though)
-SCREEN Act (Broadest AV law)
-App Store Accountability Act (AV for App Stores)
-Sammy's Law (Surveillance on minors)
-Parents Over Platforms Act (AV for Apps)
-KOSA (especially if "Duty of Care" is maintained)
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ID'd the most problematic bills:
-RESET Act (doesn't mandate AV though)
-SCREEN Act (Broadest AV law)
-App Store Accountability Act (AV for App Stores)
-Sammy's Law (Surveillance on minors)
-Parents Over Platforms Act (AV for Apps)
-KOSA (especially if "Duty of Care" is maintained)
-RESET Act (doesn't mandate AV though)
-SCREEN Act (Broadest AV law)
-App Store Accountability Act (AV for App Stores)
-Sammy's Law (Surveillance on minors)
-Parents Over Platforms Act (AV for Apps)
-KOSA (especially if "Duty of Care" is maintained)
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there's also the SCREEN Act!
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
there's also the SCREEN Act!
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call your representatives and demand they oppose KOSA, Sammy's law and the App Store Accountability Act. I'm going to try my best to loom through the other bills to see what else needs to be targeted by us, but for now focus on those three!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.congress.gov
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
call your representatives and demand they oppose KOSA, Sammy's law and the App Store Accountability Act. I'm going to try my best to loom through the other bills to see what else needs to be targeted by us, but for now focus on those three!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.congress.gov/members/find...
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On December 2nd, The House Energy and Commerce committee is about to have a hearing on 19 bills that could potentially censor the internet. KOSA is one of them. We can't let these bills pass. So call your members of congress and tell them to oppose them. (Including KOSA) #StopKOSA #SaveSpeech
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
On December 2nd, The House Energy and Commerce committee is about to have a hearing on 19 bills that could potentially censor the internet. KOSA is one of them. We can't let these bills pass. So call your members of congress and tell them to oppose them. (Including KOSA) #StopKOSA #SaveSpeech
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Tell your lawmakers to oppose the Kids Online Safety Act- there are better ways to protect kids online without throwing other vulnerable people under the bus.
www.stopkosa.com
www.stopkosa.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Tell your lawmakers to oppose the Kids Online Safety Act- there are better ways to protect kids online without throwing other vulnerable people under the bus.
www.stopkosa.com
www.stopkosa.com
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Politicians love to talk about "kids safety" until you ask them to do something that would actually keep kids safe like fund housing, healthcare, education, outdoor spaces, arts programs, etc.
That's because most of them use "safety" as a euphemism for surveillance, control and domination.
That's because most of them use "safety" as a euphemism for surveillance, control and domination.
November 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Politicians love to talk about "kids safety" until you ask them to do something that would actually keep kids safe like fund housing, healthcare, education, outdoor spaces, arts programs, etc.
That's because most of them use "safety" as a euphemism for surveillance, control and domination.
That's because most of them use "safety" as a euphemism for surveillance, control and domination.
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we're going to have to do a lot more work in the coming months to stop attemps to ban or criminalize the use of VPNs
Missouri's age verification law goes into effect today. 🚫
📈 Searches for VPNs are spiking in the state.
🔐 People know these laws put their privacy and sensitive data at risk. They find ways to get around bad laws, like using VPNs or going to non-compliant websites that don't check age.
📈 Searches for VPNs are spiking in the state.
🔐 People know these laws put their privacy and sensitive data at risk. They find ways to get around bad laws, like using VPNs or going to non-compliant websites that don't check age.
Missouri to enforce mandatory age verification today
This is the latest US state to enforce age verification legislation
www.techradar.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
we're going to have to do a lot more work in the coming months to stop attemps to ban or criminalize the use of VPNs
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As always: the best way to protect kids online is to pass strong legislation that protects EVERYONE from Big Tech's surveillance capitalist business model & breaks their monopolies so that people can have social media and tech tools that serve community needs. Nothing in this package looks like that
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
As always: the best way to protect kids online is to pass strong legislation that protects EVERYONE from Big Tech's surveillance capitalist business model & breaks their monopolies so that people can have social media and tech tools that serve community needs. Nothing in this package looks like that
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In seriousness, though, we're analyzing the new text but this package looks like a mess. The new KOSA text is confusing... the removal of the unworkable Duty of Care is positive, but other changes are just ... weird? Other bills in the package would mandate age verification and look disastrous.
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In seriousness, though, we're analyzing the new text but this package looks like a mess. The new KOSA text is confusing... the removal of the unworkable Duty of Care is positive, but other changes are just ... weird? Other bills in the package would mandate age verification and look disastrous.
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KOSA is overstepping authority.
Ask why we are getting KOSA, but we still don't have many of the basic consumer and citizen protections that the EU offers.
What would've changed my life:
- access to food and electricity
- having a mother that cared
- teachers that could afford to care
Ask why we are getting KOSA, but we still don't have many of the basic consumer and citizen protections that the EU offers.
What would've changed my life:
- access to food and electricity
- having a mother that cared
- teachers that could afford to care
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
KOSA is overstepping authority.
Ask why we are getting KOSA, but we still don't have many of the basic consumer and citizen protections that the EU offers.
What would've changed my life:
- access to food and electricity
- having a mother that cared
- teachers that could afford to care
Ask why we are getting KOSA, but we still don't have many of the basic consumer and citizen protections that the EU offers.
What would've changed my life:
- access to food and electricity
- having a mother that cared
- teachers that could afford to care