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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 1h

It seems like the US just effectively cancelled everyone’s passports who has an X gender marker on them (unless I’m reading this wrong).

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com/u-s-customs-...

CBP Enforces Binary Sex Codes and Enhanced US Passport Validation in APIS

CBP enforces binary sex codes and stricter US passport validation in APIS effective October 2025. Key compliance updates for business travelers and airlines.

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 4h

I think Dems can and should do better than people who are abusive to their staff members

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 5h

It was only a matter of time before these stories started to come out
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘Get out of my f--king shot’: Katie Porter tears into staffer in newly released video

The former member of Congress, who is now running for California governor, also vented that she was snubbed by the Biden White House, complaining she raised the president “a shit ton of money.”

www.politico.com

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Jojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 10h

Seriously, bluesky elders with big accounts, wow, imin aweof the attitudes

Had NO idea

I previously thot it was just a fun wee lable, not a literal clique who act like mob cartel👀

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Jojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 10h

I shoulda know tbh, i know this, psych 101, of course therrs a bitch clique who thinkthey run the place

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Quicksands Divorcee @swiftcastglare.bsky.social · 5h

this lives rent free in my head

trans-angel-pussy Dec 24, 2024

evil demon blade that instead of hungering for blood or anything is obssessed with cute things so it just estrogenizes the wielder

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 5h

The media's really just going to bounce over the fact that at Trump's meeting today they said "we've been fighting antifa for a hundred years, since they tried to stop us in 1930s Germany" and everyone nodded along, huh

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foxovh @foxovh.bsky.social · 7h

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Dag @dagspambone.bsky.social · 6h

#Fakemon - Divergent evolution of Magnemite.

I learned a lot designing and executing this guy, I'm hoping I can do some more Fakemon with a fancy graphic like this in the future!

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Christine, a Theory Girl @theorygirl-ftw.bsky.social · 4h

A great thread everyone should read. We need collective action now. If you can leave, great, then pay it forward and help those who stay. If you stay then get ready, build community, show solidarity, be there for one another. The times may be dark but we can be each others light. Never give up.

David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 10h

Vast, vast majority of trans people aren't going to leave the country. Many can't leave the areas they're currently in.

If trans survival/liberation are something one cares about, at all, that's the reality.

So...🧵

(And no, this is not — in the main — about indviduals leaving the country).

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 9h

If you're now in a place with a less hostile government? Grand. Networks across borders are also needed. Send support to those staying and fighting here. Don't loudly dismiss those struggles.

Already sending support? Great. See about organizing and coordinating to expand those efforts...

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Christine, a Theory Girl @theorygirl-ftw.bsky.social · 4h

I am an extremely socially anxious person and have trouble breaking the ice but I've been spending the last few weeks massively trying to build more community both online and in person. I know it can be hard for my fellow socially anxious peeps, but take the advice, we need to do it.

David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 10h

So, that means on a collective level the best odds, by far, are communities and groups figuring out what stay and fight looks like for them, and then coordinating and helping others (especially if they're in a safer spot, for the time being). It means actual resources being poured into that...

Christine, a Theory Girl @theorygirl-ftw.bsky.social · 4h

The right-wing for decades has been outright calling for violence, murder, and destruction of anyone to the left of Ronald Reagan and the Democrats are just now starting to think "huh, these guys might be serious."

No fucking shit they are serious. Can you all start living in reality already?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

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Christine, a Theory Girl @theorygirl-ftw.bsky.social · 4h

I hate so much to go crawling back to fucking Elon Musk, I've resisted it for so long and still don't know if I can do it, but damn if it doesn't seem to be a possible viable path forward at this point.

Bluesky team really letting everyone down by trying to be worse than the nazi bar.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 4h

As @brooklynmarie.bsky.social often says.

Borders aren't just for keeping people out.

They can also be used to trap people within.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 6h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Christine, a Theory Girl @theorygirl-ftw.bsky.social · 4h

I'm normally against the idea of state secession because I don't want to leave others outside of the states that leave to their fates but if we are going to be invaded by the federal government it's time to bounce and figure out a way to help others flee over the new border.

Christine, a Theory Girl @theorygirl-ftw.bsky.social · 5h

This feels like a reverse secession. Like... some kind of invasion? Hmm is there a term for that? Some kind of intentional conflict between members of the same country / state? Where the citizens of a given place fight... a civil war if you will...?

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 6h

This is getting wild.

The states of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and 14 others have just asked for permission to file THEIR amicus brief in IL v. Trump.

Christine, a Theory Girl @theorygirl-ftw.bsky.social · 5h

This feels like a reverse secession. Like... some kind of invasion? Hmm is there a term for that? Some kind of intentional conflict between members of the same country / state? Where the citizens of a given place fight... a civil war if you will...?

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 6h

This is getting wild.

The states of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and 14 others have just asked for permission to file THEIR amicus brief in IL v. Trump.

The States of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina and 14 additional States
respectfully move for leave to submit the attached amicus curiae brief in support of Defendants
and their opposition to Plaintiffs’ requested temporary restraining order and preliminary
injunction. Proposed amici are States with a vested interest in federalism, the relationship between
States and the federal government, and deploying the National Guard. We also each have a vital
interest in supporting the President and Congress in enacting and enforcing valid immigration
laws. Every State has a responsibility to protect our citizens.
The federalization of States’ National Guard units is a matter of profound public
importance, as it directly implicates the delicate balance of power between state and federal
governments—a true cornerstone of Federalism. States generally maintain authority over their
National Guard units, allowing governors to deploy them for state-specific needs, such as disaster
response or public safety. Federalization of state National Guard units without gubernatorial

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 5h

I'm never going to make a deadline again, I turn off my phone for 5 hours to try to get work done and turns out all the worst people in the world had an Antifa Press Conference where they are openly broadcasting their intent to murder and imprison dissidents

Do I have that about right?

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 5h

Watching the way the Trump administration is using criminalization as a weapon ought to make clear how criminalization works even in normal times.

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ahoguru🔞 | comms open @ahoguru.bsky.social · 5d

vamp/barista OCs with dom/sub undertones without names yay

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Christine, a Theory Girl @theorygirl-ftw.bsky.social · 8h

I wouldn't be on the main server but on one of the ones for allies if I had switched over but I had them on my radar in case things got beyond bad here with the Bsky team.

Honestly, Northsky worries me as well as I think it will be dominated by the mean girls clique when it gets running.

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Christine, a Theory Girl @theorygirl-ftw.bsky.social · 8h

Dang this sucks to hear as I was really hoping that Blacksky would be the start of a viable alternative. I don't want to be a doomer but at this point it seems like the whole Bluesky/ATProto concept might be cooked.

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Liv Agar @livagar.bsky.social · 9h

lmao

Best Of Overcursed @overcursed.bsky.social · 1d

this was posted yesterday on Twitter and is still up.

it has 598K Views, 114 comments, 674 reposts, 33K likes, & 538 saves.

Bluesky’s Trust & Safety team has somehow managed to become more restrictive & hostile towards marginalized people than a platform owned by a literal neonazi.

Twitter screenshot of a liv_agar post. Text: “Have a sore throat and forgot to get seasonal Covid booster”

Photo: Picture is of Charlie Kirk sitting in a white tshirt that says freedom.

Stats:
598K Views, 114 comments, 674 reposts, 33K likes,
538 saves

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Christine, a Theory Girl @theorygirl-ftw.bsky.social · 9h

Damn, this would have been the first Assassin's Creed I would have played in a long time. That concept is great! What cowards.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 10h

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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Christine, a Theory Girl @theorygirl-ftw.bsky.social · 9h

I don't know everyone... I'm starting to get the vibe that the creators of this site have some very bad opinions and views over the last few weeks. Not exactly sure why... Just seems to be the current vibe...

/s
They are fucking beyond cooked, lets be real.

Christine, a Theory Girl @theorygirl-ftw.bsky.social · 9h

I have never followed an account who I didn't LIKE looking at the content of, why do I want to look at shit I don't like? I can easily see Heritage and Conservative shit whenever I want to without following them.

If you are a journalist and need to follow, use an alt and keep that shit separate.

Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · 13h

The "follow" button confounds "I'm looking at your content" and "I endorse this content." We need two different ways to signal the difference between the two.

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