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Synthminded @synthminded.bsky.social · 4h

None of these places are safe, honestly.

Silicon Valley dipshits have been brain poisoned about this shit for years.

Jojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 15d

Um.

Just um. Yeah.

This is a problem.

Is bluesky safe?

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 20h

The COO of bluesky, Rose, is following the heritage foundation account on bluesky.

Soyweiser @soyweiser.bsky.social · 22h

She is the COO en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_o... of bsky. This is worrying because after the 'we are turning waffles into an anti-trans thing' by the CEO the CEO started to follow a transphobe. Shows a pattern.

Wonder when we find out one of them follows the discovery institute.

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trans people are experiencing genocide in the US and UK @oh-that-amy.bsky.social · 1d

this is exactly correct and why I feel that Newsom is very nearly as dangerous for trans people as Trump himself. at least right now we still have one major political party pretending to care about us. we'll see what happens when the rubber meets the road.

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siobhan @siobhan-m.bsky.social · 1d

who could have possibly seen this coming? working-mass.com/2024/10/21/d...

Where Is This Headed?
One does not need to look far to see the potential end point. In the United Kingdom, the Labour Party, once supportive of trans rights as part of a broadly left agenda, has made a sharp rightward turn and is now leading a government that appears intent on driving trans people from existence in the UK. Labour have maintained a Tory ban on hormone therapy, including puberty blockers, from trans youth, forcing them to endure an excruciating puberty we have the capacity to prevent, but not entirely reverse. There are also disturbing reports of National Health Service GPs discontinuing their adult patients' hormone therapy and functionally forcing them to detransition. When a formerly-supportive party turns on a vulnerable constituency, the consequences are dire.

Notably, Labour leader Keir Starmer's heads of strategy and policy were in Washington to meet with Democratic Party strategists in early September. These Labour Party advisors suggested Harris go "on the front foot and launch[] a new policy on" immigration akin to Starmer's
"Border Security Command," and encouraged Harris to think about a "longer-term question of making sure that the Democrats stay on the center ground."

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siobhan @siobhan-m.bsky.social · 1d

the latest in a yearslong trend of dems abandoning trans people. newsom as president would do exactly what starmer has done in the UK—put a friendly liberal face on our attempted eradication

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Synthminded @synthminded.bsky.social · 8h

Once again folks it's time for Halloween Fright Fest over on #Twitch! Tune in at www.twitch.tv/lanzalentzia tonight for the start of #Ghostbusters:TheVideoGame! Featuring your favorites from the original #Ghostbusters films!

LanzAlentzia - Twitch

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Synthminded @synthminded.bsky.social · 14h

Again; these people are fundamentally authoritarians of different stripes: fascist, Christian dominist, etc.

They do not believe in democracy

They believe in ruling over you and you having no agency but to obey your “betters”

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Synthminded @synthminded.bsky.social · 14h

Ideologically incoherent Utahan shoots Charlie Kirk

Republican from an entirely different state: “we should disenfranchise non-republicans.”

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 14h

What www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

POLITICO
"They killed Charlie Kirk — the least that we can do is go through a legal process and redistrict Indiana into a nine to zero map," Sen. Jim Banks, the Republican of Indiana, told POLITICO last month.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 14h

What www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 16h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Hey, nobody *made* them vote for the host of Wrestlemania 4 @legalminimum.bsky.social · 1d

“A new left-wing political approach must emerge from the Supreme Court’s destruction of laws and rights—an approach that doesn’t rely on the courts to enforce social progress, but relies on the people to force social progress on the courts.”

As always, he’s correct.

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

It's the first Monday in October which means the Supreme Court is back in session. Here's my preview of all the cruelty and evil they will visit upon us this term.
My *cover story* in @thenation.com :)

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Supreme Court v. Democracy

The Nation’s justice correspondent previews the court’s coming term—and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.

www.thenation.com

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 14h

Guy who was almost literally assassinated by his own president: I just really love life

The Wall Street Journal: Outstanding tell us more

Mike Pence: Well for starters the main thing I don't like about RFK Jr is he hasn't banned generic mifepristone yet

A Wall St Journal opened from like 3 hours ago from Mike Pence titled Make HHS and FDS Pro-Life Again, with a lede reading approval of generic mifepristone is why I warned against RFK Jr's appointment

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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 2d

Court reform must be part of any plan to save democracy Read: @elienyc.bsky.social @thenation.com on what's at stake

Our new analysis finds court reform would check SCOTUS as a facilitator of autocracy, while preserving litigation as a tool to fight back: peoplesparity.org/research/no-...

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 15h

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Pritzker: "I think it's important to recognize that the Trump administration does not seem to respect any laws in the United States. They just do what they want to do and they'll keep doing it unless someone stops them. Here in Illinois we're stopping them."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 15h

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 15h

Live look of everyone who made free speech their pet issue over the last decade:

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Synthminded @synthminded.bsky.social · 15h

"We took the freedom of speech away" - Donald Trump

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 18h

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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James Turner @james.loadingreadyrun.com · 18h

Cool beans, let’s do that then.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 18h

It's amazing how they're completely overestimating any public sympathy for this "AI" shit.

Like they did for NFTs.

And crypto.

And the metaverse.

And rich people.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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