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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10h

1. A new journal report in the prestigious Medical Journal of Australia eviscerates the Cass review, saying it is filled with fallacies and launders anti-trans disinformation.

It methodically goes through each problem in the review.

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New Journal Report: Cass Review “Echoes Fallacies Promoted By Anti-Trans Disinformation”

While American lawyers pushed the anti-trans Cass Review this week, Australia’s top scholars rebuked it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 2h

It’s bad enough to take the blood money, but there’s a whole extra level of moral rot when you start jumping up and down and stamping your feet trying to convince the world that this was a fine choice I made and nuh-uh, YOU’RE the real hypocrite. Embarrassing!

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 5h

We are in the most embarrassing timeline

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 5h

“The Nobel Committee is an independent body and the Norwegian government has no involvement in determining the prizes. But I’m not sure Trump knows that. We have to be prepared for anything from him.”

That they have to say this...

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 9h

Understand that when a cat climbs in your lap they're telling you that everything else in the entire world sucks except you.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

give me a prize for how peaceful i am or i'm going to fucking destroy you

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 9h

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 9h

he won the nobel peace prize for keeping a cowcat away from his sister, try again next year everybody else

An orange and white cat looks proud, capable. He is laying on his little paws

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 7h

I wonder if the lesson that when someone tries to pay you in blood money you fucking refuse will sink in from this experience.

Vulture @vulture.com · 7h

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

www.vulture.com

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Dr. Omega 🦞 @theomegageek.bsky.social · 6h

"Then we'll just have our own show! Without blackjack and hookers!"

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12h

Turning Point USA announced it will host counterprogramming to the Super Bowl halftime show, called “The All American Halftime Show,” as MAGA critics have been enraged over the selection of Bad Bunny as the 2026 headliner.

MAGA rage over Bad Bunny at Super Bowl sparks an alternative show

Counterprogramming hosted by the group that Charlie Kirk founded spotlights the growing political polarization surrounding one of the biggest events of the year.

www.washingtonpost.com

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 9h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 6h

“It could create the perception that somehow we compromised our independence after the fact.” Human Rights Watch doesn’t accept government funding directly or indirectly.

Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 7h

Good for them

variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

variety.com

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Errol 🦇 🏳️‍🌈 @eerieseymour.bsky.social · 19h

The Orphan Crusher is here to stay. If we don’t feed more Orphans to the Crusher the Orphan Crushing industry will die. It’s time to wake up to the reality of the Orphan Crusher. The Orphan Crusher is worth billions. We need to teach people to use the Orphan Crusher. It’s here to stay.

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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️☕️🍰 @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 20h

There is no separating the work from the artist.
So you have to decide: do you support trans people, or is your HP ‘fix’ too great to give it up.
It’s one or the other, you can’t do both.

Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 21h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Dr. Omega 🦞 @theomegageek.bsky.social · 21h

Embarrassed to admit I didn't know this. The adverts always said soap kills "99.9% of bacteria and viruses" so I assumed it was true.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Have you seen 3D animations from the IDF showing secret Hamas hideouts?

According to Israel's +972 magazine, many have "serious spatial inaccuracies or prefabricated assets—sourced not from classified intelligence but rather from commercial libraries, content creators, and cultural institutions."

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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Patrick Samphire but for Halloween 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 22h

Hey! My new short story, The Thirteenth Time, is now available to read for free on Beneath Ceaseless Skies. I, for one, think it's pretty good.

www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Thirteenth Time by Patrick Samphire

You know how sometimes there are things that happen that you never want to think about again? Not because they’re terrible or horrifying, and not because they were such a perfect moment that everythin...

www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 1d

Bless the humble character actor, without whom none of the stories you dearly love would have been nearly as rich or cohesive.

Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social · 1d

RIP actor & Chicago native Ron Dean.

He interrogated Dr. Richard Kimble in THE FUGITIVE, he dropped Andy off at detention in THE BREAKFAST CLUB, he was shot by Harvey Dent in THE DARK KNIGHT, he was Marty Crane's poker buddy on FRASIER, and so much more.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

The nominative determinism of this specific atrocity is off the charts here.

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Dr. Omega 🦞 @theomegageek.bsky.social · 1d

The US is so racist that Ubisoft cancelled an entire game.

This should be a national embarrassment.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

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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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 1d

I would bet real money this is ChatGPT.

"Write a review that says I like Keanu but this play was dumb but make it sound like I'm smart."

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Dr. Omega 🦞 @theomegageek.bsky.social · 1d

Gail, this potato looks like a butt.

Shows the true beauty of nature.

A hand holding up a potato which looks like a butt.

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Dr. Omega 🦞 @theomegageek.bsky.social · 1d

"She breasted boobily into the bookshop to buy a fiction."

A photo of a section sign in a bookshop which reads, 'Romance & Woman Fiction'

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 1d

*deep sigh* Again, I have an English degree and have contributed rather extensively to the British economy, including writing a show that pumped £10 million into Wales. But the stupidity is the point here, of course.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 2d

Oh hey bluesky, I need to come up with comp titles for Dominion of the Fallen--they need to be available in trade paperback, published within the last 3-5 years.
Any ideas? I'm coming up blank.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 2d

Here's your daily dose of weirdness for today!

Altered Calvin and Hobbes cartoon.

First panel. Calvin's dad says, "what story would you like to read tonight? Anything except..."

Calvin: "The Voynich Manuscript?"

Second panel. Calvin's dad, exasperated: "No! No Voynich Manuscript tonight!"

Calvin: "I want the Voynich Manuscript !"

Third panel. Calvin's sad: "Look, you know how the story goes! You've memorized the whole thing! It's completely unreadable!"

Calvin: "I want mysterious glyphs and symbols!"

Fourth panel. Calvin: "Wow! The story was different thatvtime!"

Hobbes: indecipherable squiggles

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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️☕️🍰 @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 2d

Sex Matters and LGB Alliance don’t even have to pretend any more that they’re not hate groups, as they know the Charity Commission won’t take their status away.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 2d

Because of the unforgivably appalling decisions of the Charity Commission, these hate groups, Sex Matters and LGB Alliance, are funded from your taxes.

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