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Askaron @askaron.bsky.social · 18h

Deutschland ist wenn 100 Milliarden für Militär und 0 Milliarden für Saubere Schulen.

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Askaron @askaron.bsky.social · 22h

Dafuq?

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Highlights of the Conversion Therapy Argument at the Supreme Court

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

ICE is a hostile occupying force that is a danger to everyone.

Alt text: A man in camouflage clothing and a face covering sits inside a gray Jeep, pointing a weapon out of the open driver-side window. The gun is aimed directly at the camera. The man wears gloves and a dark cap, and his eyes are visible above the mask. The vehicle’s door and side mirror are wet with raindrops.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 3d

On c-span the heritage foundation is currently arguing in favor of legalizing conversion therapy nationwide

One host jokes that he'd like to ban therapists from arguing in favor of accepting your homosexuality or transition

You don't hate these theocrats enough

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Naël @naelvarys.bsky.social · 3d

Hey Schwarm! Wir können dieser Obersüßmaus doch bestimmt helfen oder? #community #MarPost #schneckenpost #postcrossing

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6d

There's nothing illegal about ICE block. This is solely about Apple appeasing the Trump regime.

With Google removing sideloading next year, these companies will have total control over what runs on your phone.

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Apple removes ICEBlock app from App Store

Apple on Thursday removed the immigration enforcement tracking app, ICEBlock, from the App Store, citing "safety risks."

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dead domain 🐐🏳️‍⚧️ @domaindead.bsky.social · 6d

My latest essay focuses on our modern government, which hinges on social-media obsessed children who would rather rely on empty stunts than helping citizens.

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We Don't Have A Government - We Have Influencers

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 6d

Israeli Military Warns Gaza City Residents to Flee or Be Classified as Terrorists

Israel's military has issued what it's calling its “final warning” for residents of Gaza City to leave or face death. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that anyone who remained “will be considered terrorists and terrorist supporters.”

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Askaron @askaron.bsky.social · 7d

The last 24 hours have felt like I'm losing my mind.

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Askaron @askaron.bsky.social · 7d

Tbf 4 Tage länger als ich erwartet hatte 🥴

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7d

Far-right Catholics freaking out about the Pope doing normal Pope things will always be entertaining.

The Pope blessed some water? Can you even imagine?

Matt Walsh: Horrific. The whole thing. Pope Leo blesses a block of ice and then stands there while these communist freaks do some kind of weird pagan Earth worshipping hippy ritual. The leader of the Catholic Church shouldn’t be anywhere near this nonsense. What the hell are we doing here

@CatholicSat: The Blessing of the Waters by Pope Leo XIV, at today’s ‘Raising Hope for Climate Justice’ International Conference at Castel Gandolfo.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 7d

1. Vehemently anti-LGBTQ+ Oklahoma education superintendent is finally out as of yesterday.

He appointed Libs of TikTok to the library board, and constantly worked against LGBTQ+ students.

Now, local businesses are literally throwing parties that he is gone.

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We Are Finally Free of Oklahoma’s Anti-Trans Superintendent Ryan Walters

From his culture war casualties to financial impropriety, Ryan Walters was a menace. Thank God he’s gone—for now, at least.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 7d

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration's targeting of pro-Palestinian students for deportation is an illegal suppression of free speech. Attorney Alex Abdo from @knightcolumbia.org, who argued the case, calls it a "historic decision."

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 7d

Israel Kills 51 Palestinians in 24 Hours as Gaza-Bound Global Sumud Flotilla Sails into “High-Risk Zone”

Two missiles struck al-Falah School in Gaza City, which had been converted into a shelter for hundreds of displaced people.

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Askaron @askaron.bsky.social · 7d

Day 196 / Game Stage 505 / Loot Stage 326

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 7d

It's eugenics all the way down. "How do we cure these people?"

Alt text: A screenshot of a New York Times article excerpt. It explains that Alison Singer argues the neurodiversity movement has shifted autism research priorities away from causes and cures toward areas like mental health, employment practices, and supporting autistic women during pregnancy. She contrasts this with what parents of children with profound autism want, citing questions such as: “What is causing my child to bang her head against the floor? Why is she having seizures? Why doesn’t she eat? Why doesn’t she sleep? How can I teach her to talk?”

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 8d

It's midnight. We are officially in a government shutdown.

No clean CR was passed. Congress moves on to negotiating during what could be a protracted closure.

Thank you all for calling to let them know that whatever gets negotiated, anti-LGBTQ provisions cannot be in the final appropriations bill.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 8d

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.

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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.

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Askaron @askaron.bsky.social · 8d

Get well soon 🙏

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Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell @marsheilarockwell.bsky.social · 8d

If the govt shuts down, I could lose work.

If it stays open at the cost of gender-affirming care, I could lose my child.

I can replace lost income. I can't replace my daughter.

@gallego.senate.gov @captmarkkelly.bsky.social, don't sacrifice trans people on the altar of political convenience.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 8d

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.

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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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Askaron @askaron.bsky.social · 8d

9 Stunden geflogen um zu schauen ob er noch steht 🙏 saubere Arbeit Leute ❤🤍

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Askaron @askaron.bsky.social · 9d

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Netanyahu: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 9d

Matt Walsh advocates for mass murdering people with schizophrenia by convicting them of who knows what and then killing them.

This is political violence btw.

Alt text: Screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog). He writes: "My solution to violent criminal sociopath lunatics is to convict them in a court of law and then kill them. This solution would have saved Iryna’s life. It would save hundreds of lives every year. You can just kill the worst and most dangerous people. This solution has been deployed to great effect by almost every civilized society on Earth for thousands of years."

Below his post is a reply from notsoErudite (@notsoErudite) dated Sep 28: "The right has 0 solution to this btw. Paranoid schizophrenic violent outbursts require an integrated care system to ensure he has access to and is taking his medication. Any they just defunded school lunches. They won't …"

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10d

UK's Labour Party abandoned transgender people. The gambit to pursue rightwing voters by abandoning a targeted minority failed, and now they're facing the prospect of a historic loss.

US Dems could learn a lot from their failure.

Great piece from S. Baum.

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UK's Labour Party Abandoned Trans People. Here's What American Dems Can Learn.

Democrats: There is no “middle ground” on equal rights. Take it from UK Labour.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11d

Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.

Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.

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