taylor
@pyropylon.bsky.social
est. 1998 | they/them | 🇨🇦
flaming traffic cone of the millennium
genderqueer butch with the ‘tism or whatever
flaming traffic cone of the millennium
genderqueer butch with the ‘tism or whatever
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taylor
@pyropylon.bsky.social
· Feb 18
~photography dump~
a collection of random iphone photos that i put some semblance of effort into
a collection of random iphone photos that i put some semblance of effort into
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Two years ago today, trans woman Eden Knight died at 23 after being trafficked out of the US and forcibly detransitioned in Saudi Arabia by her father Dr. Fahad Ibrahim Alshathri. In her final message, Eden named the individuals responsible for luring and capturing her: trans.cx/in-memory-ed...
In Memory of Eden Knight 🔆
Memorial page and details on the life of Eden Knight.
trans.cx
March 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Two years ago today, trans woman Eden Knight died at 23 after being trafficked out of the US and forcibly detransitioned in Saudi Arabia by her father Dr. Fahad Ibrahim Alshathri. In her final message, Eden named the individuals responsible for luring and capturing her: trans.cx/in-memory-ed...
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Grek Pak has a few Starter Packs that may apply:
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And bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app/starter-pack...
And bsky.app/starter-pack...
March 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Grek Pak has a few Starter Packs that may apply:
bsky.app/starter-pack...
And bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app/starter-pack...
And bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Don't have much energy to post for Detrans Awareness Day, in part because it's instrumentalisation by the Right is very tiresome. So I come back to this passage from my essay 'Detrans/Uncis':
March 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Don't have much energy to post for Detrans Awareness Day, in part because it's instrumentalisation by the Right is very tiresome. So I come back to this passage from my essay 'Detrans/Uncis':
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Here's the full essay: tinyurl.com/5ey9m9xp
Detrans/Uncis (Part 2)
On the place of detransitioners within sex/gender, and what that entails.
tinyurl.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Here's the full essay: tinyurl.com/5ey9m9xp
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turns out when you legitimate a taste for bigotry people gravitate to the parties that serve it as an entree rather than as a garnish
"To the contrary, voters are on average more likely to defect to the radical right when mainstream parties adopt anti-immigration positions, a pattern that has been particularly pronounced for established RRPs."
March 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
turns out when you legitimate a taste for bigotry people gravitate to the parties that serve it as an entree rather than as a garnish
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Giving the same sentence the Boston marathon guy got to a dude that shat on a cybertruck is so fucking funny.
Fascism, but make it incredibly more stupid and whiner.
Fascism, but make it incredibly more stupid and whiner.
March 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Giving the same sentence the Boston marathon guy got to a dude that shat on a cybertruck is so fucking funny.
Fascism, but make it incredibly more stupid and whiner.
Fascism, but make it incredibly more stupid and whiner.
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Meet Abigaïl, a volunteer from Benin who has made over 9,000 contributions across Wikimedia projects – including creating 270 new articles on French Wikipedia. She is driven by the role that gender and language diversity play in improving the quality and relevance of articles. (2/4)
March 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Meet Abigaïl, a volunteer from Benin who has made over 9,000 contributions across Wikimedia projects – including creating 270 new articles on French Wikipedia. She is driven by the role that gender and language diversity play in improving the quality and relevance of articles. (2/4)
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A ‘Three Pistols’ guitar tutorial by PL
March 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
A ‘Three Pistols’ guitar tutorial by PL
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Further thoughts,
a major issue with getting your leftism online is a lack of understanding organizing, which means calling in people of ALL political persuasions
talk to an organizer IRL, *of course* you need to be kind to liberals, most liberals are working class
a major issue with getting your leftism online is a lack of understanding organizing, which means calling in people of ALL political persuasions
talk to an organizer IRL, *of course* you need to be kind to liberals, most liberals are working class
These are the people you’re talking about when you blanket condemn all “liberals,” by the way - I bet you money these women almost all proudly identify as liberals and would be *mystified* by the extremely online idea that that’s somehow a bad thing.
Someone in the crowd started an anti-trans rant at the Markey town hall and was immediately swarmed by a bunch of older lib women who shouted her down and chased her out, like a bunch of crows chasing away a predator.
March 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Further thoughts,
a major issue with getting your leftism online is a lack of understanding organizing, which means calling in people of ALL political persuasions
talk to an organizer IRL, *of course* you need to be kind to liberals, most liberals are working class
a major issue with getting your leftism online is a lack of understanding organizing, which means calling in people of ALL political persuasions
talk to an organizer IRL, *of course* you need to be kind to liberals, most liberals are working class
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the problem with the "trans sports participation is a loser / 80-20 issue" framing is that it ignores how it got that way. it didn't just happen out of nowhere. It's been a 5+ year campaign by Republicans to make it an 80-20 issue, and noone fought back.
March 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
the problem with the "trans sports participation is a loser / 80-20 issue" framing is that it ignores how it got that way. it didn't just happen out of nowhere. It's been a 5+ year campaign by Republicans to make it an 80-20 issue, and noone fought back.
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The ability to control mass party opinion this directly is unlike anything I’ve really seen in my time covering politics.
March 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The ability to control mass party opinion this directly is unlike anything I’ve really seen in my time covering politics.
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Academics working on detrans research, cis and trans alike, please call in your colleague and get him to get his shit together because providing cover for him only further contributes to the damage done to trans and detrans people by presenting him as more affirming than he actually is.
March 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Academics working on detrans research, cis and trans alike, please call in your colleague and get him to get his shit together because providing cover for him only further contributes to the damage done to trans and detrans people by presenting him as more affirming than he actually is.
the truth is that trans society is never going to convince the greater cis society to unconditionally accept them/us. especially nonbinary people.
it’s not an excuse for genocide, it just is what it is.
it’s not an excuse for genocide, it just is what it is.
March 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
the truth is that trans society is never going to convince the greater cis society to unconditionally accept them/us. especially nonbinary people.
it’s not an excuse for genocide, it just is what it is.
it’s not an excuse for genocide, it just is what it is.
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A Jewish billionaire from a big city is not who you expect to be the face of a popular opposition, but he is about to be a star of the opposition because he's saying plain truths about what Trump and his ilk offer America. This playbook isn't hard. More Dems should run it.
The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
February 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A Jewish billionaire from a big city is not who you expect to be the face of a popular opposition, but he is about to be a star of the opposition because he's saying plain truths about what Trump and his ilk offer America. This playbook isn't hard. More Dems should run it.
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There is grace and beauty, also, in the world.
“I’m in prison for participating in a murder,” he would later say. “And the mother of this man is here, present, on behalf of me, watching me receive my degree.”
www.cnn.com/interactive/...
“I’m in prison for participating in a murder,” he would later say. “And the mother of this man is here, present, on behalf of me, watching me receive my degree.”
www.cnn.com/interactive/...
When her son was murdered, she wanted revenge. It didn’t go as planned
After Tina Crawford’s only child was gunned down in a robbery, she vowed revenge. But when one of the convicted killers wrote her a letter from prison, things took a surprising turn.
www.cnn.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
There is grace and beauty, also, in the world.
“I’m in prison for participating in a murder,” he would later say. “And the mother of this man is here, present, on behalf of me, watching me receive my degree.”
www.cnn.com/interactive/...
“I’m in prison for participating in a murder,” he would later say. “And the mother of this man is here, present, on behalf of me, watching me receive my degree.”
www.cnn.com/interactive/...
lfgggg
February 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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would be nice if 1) the sidewalks and bike lanes get cleared and 2) infrastructure is designed with the fact that it snows in mind (bc there’s always snow getting dumped from the road to the bike lanes, and from the bike lanes to the sidewalks.
5 days post storm, most bike lanes are not rideable, sidewalks on major routes like Harbord still unusable. Embarrassing. Who's up for a little community bike lane clearing Sunday?
February 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
would be nice if 1) the sidewalks and bike lanes get cleared and 2) infrastructure is designed with the fact that it snows in mind (bc there’s always snow getting dumped from the road to the bike lanes, and from the bike lanes to the sidewalks.
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Because you TOTALLY asked for this… and MapQuest has NOTHING better to do…
We’ve granted you exclusive access to a place very dear to our heart: gulfof.mapquest.com
Think of it as the Upside Down but more... minimalist. Pls share so we can behold your genius (or judge you, lovingly) 😘
We’ve granted you exclusive access to a place very dear to our heart: gulfof.mapquest.com
Think of it as the Upside Down but more... minimalist. Pls share so we can behold your genius (or judge you, lovingly) 😘
Gulf Map Generator - MapQuest
Explore and customize your own Gulf region map with our interactive map tool.
gulfof.mapquest.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Because you TOTALLY asked for this… and MapQuest has NOTHING better to do…
We’ve granted you exclusive access to a place very dear to our heart: gulfof.mapquest.com
Think of it as the Upside Down but more... minimalist. Pls share so we can behold your genius (or judge you, lovingly) 😘
We’ve granted you exclusive access to a place very dear to our heart: gulfof.mapquest.com
Think of it as the Upside Down but more... minimalist. Pls share so we can behold your genius (or judge you, lovingly) 😘
I remember reading about the LRT project in the Spec when i was like 10 (i had a thing for reading the paper as a kid, very autistic of me)
I’m closer to 30 now lol
I’m closer to 30 now lol
The Feds announced high speed rail between Toronto and Montreal today. Call me cynical, LRT was first announced in Hamilton around when I drew the 2nd cartoon in 2008 and ground hasn’t even broken. I’ll believe both projects when I see them done.
February 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I remember reading about the LRT project in the Spec when i was like 10 (i had a thing for reading the paper as a kid, very autistic of me)
I’m closer to 30 now lol
I’m closer to 30 now lol
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Feb 19th is the international day against lgbtq+phobia in sport.
As a trans footballer, I encourage all allies to wear black and pink today and show up for your queer friends all year round.
#FVH2025 🖤🩷
(Very old photo because I’m still stuck in bed with a chest infection, thoughts and prayers)
As a trans footballer, I encourage all allies to wear black and pink today and show up for your queer friends all year round.
#FVH2025 🖤🩷
(Very old photo because I’m still stuck in bed with a chest infection, thoughts and prayers)
February 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Feb 19th is the international day against lgbtq+phobia in sport.
As a trans footballer, I encourage all allies to wear black and pink today and show up for your queer friends all year round.
#FVH2025 🖤🩷
(Very old photo because I’m still stuck in bed with a chest infection, thoughts and prayers)
As a trans footballer, I encourage all allies to wear black and pink today and show up for your queer friends all year round.
#FVH2025 🖤🩷
(Very old photo because I’m still stuck in bed with a chest infection, thoughts and prayers)
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Canadian government expected to announce plans for Toronto–Montréal–Québec City high-speed rail tomorrow: www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
A very promising project that compares well with high-speed lines in Europe in terms of distance between major cities: www.urban.org/research/pub...
A very promising project that compares well with high-speed lines in Europe in terms of distance between major cities: www.urban.org/research/pub...
February 19, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Canadian government expected to announce plans for Toronto–Montréal–Québec City high-speed rail tomorrow: www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
A very promising project that compares well with high-speed lines in Europe in terms of distance between major cities: www.urban.org/research/pub...
A very promising project that compares well with high-speed lines in Europe in terms of distance between major cities: www.urban.org/research/pub...
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The privilege of a democracy is we get the right to vote. It’s embarrassing to not use that right. Ontario, please vote. And please vote Doug Ford out. He called a snap election to hold onto power amid the tariff wars #ontario
February 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The privilege of a democracy is we get the right to vote. It’s embarrassing to not use that right. Ontario, please vote. And please vote Doug Ford out. He called a snap election to hold onto power amid the tariff wars #ontario
we should be making American/Canadian society more walkable, it’s messed how car-centric things are, but also why are we arresting parents for giving their kids independence that was normal like 30 years ago, when the same safety issue still existed.
Police are out here charging parents with reckless endangerment for letting their kids walk home along a road with no sidewalk.
So even the police know it, even if they would rather foolishly address the symptoms rather than the causes.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/22/u...
So even the police know it, even if they would rather foolishly address the symptoms rather than the causes.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/22/u...
A boy in north Georgia went for a walk. It landed his mother in jail | CNN
In rural Georgia, a 10-year-old boy left home and walked a mile down the road to another town, where a concerned citizen called law enforcement. Deputies then arrested the boy’s mother, igniting a deb...
www.cnn.com
February 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
we should be making American/Canadian society more walkable, it’s messed how car-centric things are, but also why are we arresting parents for giving their kids independence that was normal like 30 years ago, when the same safety issue still existed.
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The Onion - American's finest peer reviewed historical journal.
@lollardfish.bsky.social these were consecutive in my feed just now
February 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Onion - American's finest peer reviewed historical journal.