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PSA to the artists I follow: As much as I love your gorgeous art, please provide alt text.
I will not re-skeet art that does not have alt text.
I will not re-skeet art that does not have alt text.
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SAVE THE BEES.
PLANT MORE TREES.
CLEAN OUR SEAS.
PUNCH NAZIS.
PLANT MORE TREES.
CLEAN OUR SEAS.
PUNCH NAZIS.
January 2, 2026 at 7:57 PM
SAVE THE BEES.
PLANT MORE TREES.
CLEAN OUR SEAS.
PUNCH NAZIS.
PLANT MORE TREES.
CLEAN OUR SEAS.
PUNCH NAZIS.
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Een treffende illustratie van hoe media ongelijkheid reproduceren: witte stemmen krijgen herstel, ruimte en tweede kansen; stemmen van kleur worden sneller gecorrigeerd, gesanctioneerd of zelfs verwijderd. Zo bepaalt de krant wie mag schuren en wie moet zwijgen.
January 2, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Een treffende illustratie van hoe media ongelijkheid reproduceren: witte stemmen krijgen herstel, ruimte en tweede kansen; stemmen van kleur worden sneller gecorrigeerd, gesanctioneerd of zelfs verwijderd. Zo bepaalt de krant wie mag schuren en wie moet zwijgen.
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Dat Rosanne Herzberger haar column terugkrijgt bij NRC laat zien hoe rekbaar principes zijn. Het ondermijnen van transrechten en het normaliseren van extreemrechts vormt blijkbaar geen principiële grens. Wie de feiten te direct benoemt, zoals Hassnae Bouazza, moet weg wegens ‘gebrek aan nuance’.
January 2, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Dat Rosanne Herzberger haar column terugkrijgt bij NRC laat zien hoe rekbaar principes zijn. Het ondermijnen van transrechten en het normaliseren van extreemrechts vormt blijkbaar geen principiële grens. Wie de feiten te direct benoemt, zoals Hassnae Bouazza, moet weg wegens ‘gebrek aan nuance’.
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NYT when a trans man wants to take testosterone: 😡😡😡😡😡
NYT when a cis woman wants to take testosterone: 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
NYT when a cis woman wants to take testosterone: 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Earlier this year, we published an article on how women are increasingly seeking out testosterone to help with energy or their sex lives. We followed up with one woman who went on testosterone to help with her menopausal symptoms. The effects had unexpected consequences for her marriage.
What It’s Like When Your Wife Goes on Testosterone
She went on testosterone to help with her menopausal symptoms. The effects had unexpected consequences for their marriage.
nyti.ms
December 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
NYT when a trans man wants to take testosterone: 😡😡😡😡😡
NYT when a cis woman wants to take testosterone: 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
NYT when a cis woman wants to take testosterone: 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
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Wendy Carlos would like a word.
December 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Wendy Carlos would like a word.
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DO HARM TO YOUR ENEMIES; TREAT YOURSELF WITH KINDNESS!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
DO HARM TO YOUR ENEMIES; TREAT YOURSELF WITH KINDNESS!
In case you need some wolves wrestling each other while playing:
Holiday fun is in full swing with Kinari and Silas!🐺🐾
December 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In case you need some wolves wrestling each other while playing:
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Nothing is real any more.
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Nothing is real any more.
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Only one story, in the New Republic, made the direct connection between Kennedy’s repeated peddling of junk science and the effort to end healthcare for transgender minors.
Trans youth healthcare is based in decades of research and supported by every major medical organization in the US. Under RFK Jr, a handpicked panel produced a dodgy report claiming otherwise.
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
The Neglected Front in RFK Jr.’s War on Science — Assigned
As trans healthcare is decimated no one is standing up for the integrity of the scientific process for these patients.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Only one story, in the New Republic, made the direct connection between Kennedy’s repeated peddling of junk science and the effort to end healthcare for transgender minors.
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hi, cis folks!
this week, with some democrat votes, 2 anti-trans bills passed the house. one bans medicaid funds for trans youth care, the other proposes jail time for providers.
they haven't passed the senate, but dems may need convincing to vote no on both.
tap into the 🧵for a quick action.
this week, with some democrat votes, 2 anti-trans bills passed the house. one bans medicaid funds for trans youth care, the other proposes jail time for providers.
they haven't passed the senate, but dems may need convincing to vote no on both.
tap into the 🧵for a quick action.
a sequel:
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”
December 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
hi, cis folks!
this week, with some democrat votes, 2 anti-trans bills passed the house. one bans medicaid funds for trans youth care, the other proposes jail time for providers.
they haven't passed the senate, but dems may need convincing to vote no on both.
tap into the 🧵for a quick action.
this week, with some democrat votes, 2 anti-trans bills passed the house. one bans medicaid funds for trans youth care, the other proposes jail time for providers.
they haven't passed the senate, but dems may need convincing to vote no on both.
tap into the 🧵for a quick action.
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vrouwen hebben mannen op de maan gezet. programmeren was vroeger een typisch vrouwenberoep. tot 1984. toen verschenen de eerste PC's op de markt die als toys for boys aangeprezen werden wat tot de geboorte van de techbros heeft geleid
www.npr.org/sections/mon...
www.npr.org/sections/mon...
When Women Stopped Coding
For decades, the share of women majoring in computer science was rising. Then, in the 1980s, something changed.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
vrouwen hebben mannen op de maan gezet. programmeren was vroeger een typisch vrouwenberoep. tot 1984. toen verschenen de eerste PC's op de markt die als toys for boys aangeprezen werden wat tot de geboorte van de techbros heeft geleid
www.npr.org/sections/mon...
www.npr.org/sections/mon...
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NEW: They kept saying they were gonna do it and now they've done it
A group of clowns (Senators) have introduced a bill to FULLY REPEAL Section 230.
No reform, no replacement, just utter destruction of all online free speech.
We can't let this happen. Share & take action
www.badinternetbills.com
A group of clowns (Senators) have introduced a bill to FULLY REPEAL Section 230.
No reform, no replacement, just utter destruction of all online free speech.
We can't let this happen. Share & take action
www.badinternetbills.com
Bad Internet Bills
All of the bad internet bills. One website.
www.badinternetbills.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
NEW: They kept saying they were gonna do it and now they've done it
A group of clowns (Senators) have introduced a bill to FULLY REPEAL Section 230.
No reform, no replacement, just utter destruction of all online free speech.
We can't let this happen. Share & take action
www.badinternetbills.com
A group of clowns (Senators) have introduced a bill to FULLY REPEAL Section 230.
No reform, no replacement, just utter destruction of all online free speech.
We can't let this happen. Share & take action
www.badinternetbills.com
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
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When we remember the names of Bondi Beach - victims, survivors, perpetrators - let’s remember, too, this hero: Ahmed al-Ahmed.
A Muslim Australian fruit shop owner of Syrian descent, al-Ahmed risked his life & took 2 bullets to save Jewish strangers.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A Muslim Australian fruit shop owner of Syrian descent, al-Ahmed risked his life & took 2 bullets to save Jewish strangers.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘It was a matter of conscience’: Ahmed al-Ahmed’s family reveal why he risked his life to disarm alleged Bondi shooter
Family say al-Ahmed ‘doesn’t discriminate’ and would have done anything to save lives during the attack
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
When we remember the names of Bondi Beach - victims, survivors, perpetrators - let’s remember, too, this hero: Ahmed al-Ahmed.
A Muslim Australian fruit shop owner of Syrian descent, al-Ahmed risked his life & took 2 bullets to save Jewish strangers.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A Muslim Australian fruit shop owner of Syrian descent, al-Ahmed risked his life & took 2 bullets to save Jewish strangers.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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I genuinely affirmatively think that it is now a democratic imperative to spend as much time as you can offline. Read more offline. Socialise more offline. Discuss media you consume with other people offline. Out there is a real world full of people looking for real human connection - seize it
Reading a bunch of books this year has really solidified for me how awful the internet is in comparison nowadays. Obviously in terms of general hostility but more generally in terms of lack of depth, insight, reading comprehension, base of knowledge, etc
December 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I genuinely affirmatively think that it is now a democratic imperative to spend as much time as you can offline. Read more offline. Socialise more offline. Discuss media you consume with other people offline. Out there is a real world full of people looking for real human connection - seize it
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Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
![Statement on Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Genocide Denial at the Israel Hayom Summit
December 9, 2025
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security feels called to point out that former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s recent remarks at the Israel Hayom Summit on 2 December amount to outright genocide denial.
During her remarks, the Secretary correctly noted that the recent deterioration of Israel’s standing among U.S. voters is not a “Republican versus Democrat kind of divide” but rather a generational one. Nevertheless, she incorrectly diagnosed the reasons for the shift as a matter purely of optics, stating that “Israel [has] the worst PR of any group” and accusing social media, particularly TikTok, of presenting “pure propaganda” that American youth are uncritically ingesting.
Secretary Clinton’s framing is not at all an accurate reflection of why Americans are growing more critical of Israel. Young Americans of all political stripes have not fallen prey to propaganda, though that is always a legitimate concern. Rather, they have consumed two years of videos depicting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians that have been uploaded by Palestinian journalists, ordinary people trying to survive in Gaza, IDF soldiers, and ordinary Israelis themselves. There has been no convincing refutation of the sheer amount of raw evidence of genocide coming out of Palestine. Young people in the U.S. are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well.
Secretary Clinton appears not to be bothered by the reality of genocidal violence – in fact, she did not mention anything about it. Her concern is, rather, in her words, “the narrative” – the fact that these crimes are no longer hidden and are now being live-streamed and documented in real time, making it harder for her and others to control it. TikTok cannot be blamed for the fact that many members of Gen Z understand that Israel is …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pwsjq3xnal6auzgeqho4ecw7/bafkreiafbjju65esvo6htynkkl6or6muv4qqhwo5fghkkbyvclgnxxmchy@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
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Zéér kritische noot van de NCTV richting Defensie
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Zéér kritische noot van de NCTV richting Defensie
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Britse pers laat uiteraard weer rabiate transfobie zien: zelfs zaak aangespannen door n TERF omdat zij niet dezelfde faciliteiten wil gebruiken als een trans vrouw, een zaak waarin de TERF op bijna elk punt het deksel op de neus krijgt moet nog worden neergezet als een "gedeeltelijke win" voor haar.
December 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Britse pers laat uiteraard weer rabiate transfobie zien: zelfs zaak aangespannen door n TERF omdat zij niet dezelfde faciliteiten wil gebruiken als een trans vrouw, een zaak waarin de TERF op bijna elk punt het deksel op de neus krijgt moet nog worden neergezet als een "gedeeltelijke win" voor haar.
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My sweets, did you really think our government and the police would stop with people protesting against the genocide? Did you really think, "Oh, if *those* people's democratic rights are restricted, it's got nothing to do with me"?!
November 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
My sweets, did you really think our government and the police would stop with people protesting against the genocide? Did you really think, "Oh, if *those* people's democratic rights are restricted, it's got nothing to do with me"?!
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Inderdaad: Duk kan gewoon hardop "vragen stellen" over het voortbestaan van onze democratie en of we een autoritair systeem wel zouden moeten willen voorkomen. En nóg moeten we in de @volkskrant.nl lezen "extreemrechts is een lastig label want hij zegt niet letterlijk dat hij geen democratie wil".
November 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Inderdaad: Duk kan gewoon hardop "vragen stellen" over het voortbestaan van onze democratie en of we een autoritair systeem wel zouden moeten willen voorkomen. En nóg moeten we in de @volkskrant.nl lezen "extreemrechts is een lastig label want hij zegt niet letterlijk dat hij geen democratie wil".
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read