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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 4h

reposting with alt-text because yes, this needs to be shared as fully as possible

Masked and armored ICE agents shooting chemical weapons point-blank at Presbyterian minister David Black, an unarmed white man with brown hair wearing black clothing and a clerical collar. He is flung backwards with the force of the assault. Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4h

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 5h

If you haven't ever had to apply for IRB approval to conduct human subject research I don't think you can appreciate how profound of a violation of ethical research practices this is. This is information collected from a vulnerable community in a medical context disclosed without consent.

Typewriter Skeleton @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 8h

Oslo University Hospital caught using trans patients' journals for research purposes:
- Without the patients' consent to participate in research
- Affecting minors
- 1700 of them
- Taking highly sensitive information from said journals

This is a HUGE breach.

Anine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social · 11h

Tidligere i år meldte vi et forskningsprosjekt til redelighetsutvalget ved OUS og UiO.

Nå er forskerne felt for alvorlige brudd på forskningsetiske normer.

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 19h

Californians, let’s call (916) 445-2841 to tell Newsom’s office to sign the following pro LGBTQ+ rights bills before the deadline:

AB 82/SB 497
AB 1084/SB 59
SB 418
AB 554
AB 728
AB 678
SB 590
SB 450

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 19h

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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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 15h

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

www.pbs.org

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 11h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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I'm Margaret! I'm the best! Blah Blah Blah! @vt-vagabond.bsky.social · 12h

There’s a lot in here that deserves a pull quote, but this is the most egregious. I need people to recognize the gravity of the situation here in Chicago;

SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY
Donate

"The ones that are getting out are coming home to no home," Watson said.
According to her, after the raid occurred, building management stole or threw out residents belongings, including visas and important documents.

ICIRR is still trying to determine the identities of all the people detained in the raid. Castro said that the organization usually can do that by following up with family members or loved ones. "In this instance, there was nobody left to work with," she said. The only detainee name they're sure of is that of a person who passed their Venezuelan passport to a neighbor as they were being taken away.

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 18h

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14h

Man, if you're going to share a screenshot of the story and a screenshot of an X post of someone else sharing the story, just share the fucking link! wacobridge.org/2025/10/06/d...

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 14h

Never forget that Dolly Parton gave a million bucks for covid research at the *very start* of the pandemic—including money that helped fund the development of the Moderna vaccine.

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eli shroom's altered ego @shroompunk.com · 11h

receive pigeon

Photo of a gray pigeon standing near a stuffed sushi-shaped toy.

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

It can simultaneously be true that things are awful and everyone hates us, and also that sometimes we can make good things happen by pressuring politicians.

We've already done that several times this year, that's why Dems actually blocked the trans Medicaid ban in BBB, despite their rhetoric.

last dackfense dackademy @dackquiri.bsky.social · 16h

i feel there's this thing happening where the anti-trans movement has been so openly genocidal and the mainstream coverage so blasé about it that it feels naïve to not assume the worst. but what's true still matters! like you pointed out, *newsom can still be called and pressured on those bills!*

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eli shroom's altered ego @shroompunk.com · 16h

so now that i'm post-top, i'm goin thru all my old clothes to clear shit out. and i've collected vintage since i was like 15, so i have shirts/jackets/etc that no longer fit.

anyone have thoughts on how to sell these off? i'd rather not send em to goodwill, some of this shit's pretty pristine.

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eli shroom's altered ego @shroompunk.com · 16h

i know i've been slowly building up my resource pile of stats and research, but the theory-building step feels so challenging, since anti-transmasculinity takes *so* many forms. i've yet to be 100% on-board with any theory i've seen, but i've also seen so few. seen some good elements tho definitely.

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mother dysnomia 🌚 @mamatried.bsky.social · 20h

since this is doing numbers, I’m just gonna leave this here. Sama’a and her family could really use your support and Bluesky keeps deleting her accounts gofund.me/db56c7ce3

Donate to Help Baha and his family rebuild their home and meet their d, organized by Peter Freville

Lying on my back feeling helpless and powerless, I decided to… Peter Freville needs your support for Help Baha and his family rebuild their home and meet their d

gofund.me

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Gallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · 17h

this is literal nazi shit, like plagiarized from goebbels' own original nazi shit, with a few words switched around or replaced with modern versions

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 22h

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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eli shroom's altered ego @shroompunk.com · 2d

trying to practice some coloring strats here

#FurryArt #avian

Sketchy full color bust drawing of a magpie man with an eyeball in his beak. He's wearing layers of colorful clothing and a pair of out-of-place seeming sunglasses with two lenses despite only having one eye.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 3d

this is why leftists dismissing 50501 and such as a bunch of useless libs is so unserious. 50501 is mustering protests across the country without a major provocation. it's a dress rehearsal and we're really fucking rusty.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 3d

I keep going back to this, but one of the reasons South Korea has an incredibly effective protest culture is because they have *decades* of organizational experience through daily/weekly protesting. it helps a lot to do the routine stuff to be able to pull off the big stuff.

Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 3d

Why doesn't the US have a general strike? Well you can point to culture or whatever but I think structure is of not immediate use here: does the US have organizations and institutions it can use to network, organize and mobilize a general strike? No.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 19h

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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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 21h

The New York Times exists at this point to launder hatred for trans people. Today's coverage includes a citation to this law review article that says conversion therapy bans are anti-religious discrimination and it's not illegal to ban queer behavior, only queer identity. 🙃

Religious practitioners were exempt from the bans, and they have continued to provide most conversion therapy, according to researchers who track it. But the bans, the legal historian Marie-Amélie George has argued, created “a social norm against conversion therapy writ large,” which influenced even the practitioners not directly regulated by them.

LGBT rights groups have recently made bans on conversion therapy, a
practice intended to reduce or eliminate a person’s same-sex sexual
attractions, a primary piece of their legislative agenda. However, the
statutes only apply to licensed mental health professionals, even though
most conversion therapy is practiced by religious counselors and lay
ministers. Conversion therapy bans thus present a striking legal question:
Why have LGBT rights advocates expended so much effort and political
capital on laws that do not reach conversion therapy’s primary providers?
Based on archival research and original interviews, this Article argues that
the bans are significant because of their expressive function, rather than
their prescriptive effects. The laws’ proponents are using the statutes to
create a social norm against conversion therapy writ large, thus
broadening the bans’ reach to the religious practitioners the law cannot
directly regulate. LGBT rights groups are also extending the bans’
expressive message to support the argument that sexual orientation is
immutable and to reverse a historical narrative that cast gays and lesbians
as dangerous to children. These related claims have been central to gay
rights efforts for much of the twentieth century and continue to shape
LGBT rights battles. While the expressive effects of the bans are important,
the laws and the campaign around them may have a negative effect. LGBT
rights organizations working on the laws do not distinguish between
conversion therapy efforts aimed at changing sexual orientation and those
targeting behavior. This is troubling, not only because it fails to
acknowledge the needs of same-sex attracted individuals who wish to live
in accordance with their religious beliefs, but also because it reinforces a
limited view of gay identity. Many within the LGBT movement contest the
identity model that legal advocates have championed, and that conception
of se…

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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 23h

Hey, so, while you're here, how about you support some nonbinary folks in need?

Bee🐝 10/18🎂 @beepetty.bsky.social · 1d

October is our birthday month! 🎃 As a disabled nonbinary lesbian couple who can't work we're asking for mutual aid

Please help us stay housed by donating and sharing if you can

Thank you for the support! 💕

venmo.com/u/bee_petty

cash.app/$beepetty0

ko-fi.com/beepetty

gofund.me/f640f7701

A picture of Serana (left) and Bee (right)

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⛥H. Kyoht Luterman⛧ @hkluterman.bsky.social · 1d

I got this awesome sticker in the mail yesterday.

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 22h

Hey @queermedieval.bsky.social your illustration prints *beautifully*!!

Anti-fascist frogs hot off the press

A print made from wood type and linoleum. The linocut is an early-modern style woodcut rendition of a protester in a frog costume facing off against two ICE officers in riot gear. The text reads

STAND UP
TO
FASCISM!

The ink is green on an off white paper.

wood type and linoleum set for printing in a proofing press. The linocut is an early-modern style woodcut rendition of a protester in a frog costume facing off against two ICE officers in riot gear. The text reads

STAND UP
TO
FASCISM!

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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 22h

When you'd rather have a dead kid than a queer one, allowing conversion therapy practices makes total sense. They don't want to deal with a living queer kid; they want to mourn the imaginary one they don't have.

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 22h

olivia and the barbed wire are amazing at platforming and covering queer texans. this is really cool to see:

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 22h

A vast majority of Texas outlets’ coverage of queer life in the focuses on our disenfranchisement, but queer people in Texas aren’t always victims of a tragedy. Often we’re the hero, the performer, the jokester, the observer. We want to tell those stories too.

www.journalismjobs.com/job-listing/...

JournalismJobs.com - Job Listing - Queer Texas Culture & Newsletter Writer

JournalismJobs.com has journalism and media job listings with digital media, newspapers, tv stations, radio stations, magazines, nonprofits, and academia.

www.journalismjobs.com

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