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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 4h

Not to mention Cole admits she still suffers from gender dysphoria. Choosing not to treat your own headaches doesn't mean you get to ban Tylenol.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 4h

“The existence of even one ex gay dismantles the central lie of homosexuality, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.”

Same shit different era.

Chloe Cole: The existence of even one detransitioner dismantles the central lie of transgenderism, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 14d

Never forget that Norman Rockwell, debatably the most famous American artist to ever put brush to canvas, was not afraid to show the ugliness along with the good. Having his work/reputation sanitized and trimmed into marketable nostalgia is about American as it gets.

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Trey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 9h

I say this with all the tender, loving care I can muster…

Some of y’all are not good enough at reading to want to argue as much as you do on the internet.

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Spooky Scary Cidelton @velociriker.bsky.social · 8h

AEW finally found the answer with how to push the women’s division; cater to your gays.

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vampironique emma houxbois @emmahouxbois.bsky.social · 1d

hello friends, i wrote again. this time it's about why AI can't be marxist, the hidden colonial dimension to AI, and the erasure of the global south in all of big tech's favourite mid century american visions of the future: www.patreon.com/posts/all-of...

all of the futures my mother didn't warn me about | Veronique Emma Houxbois: Cartoonist

www.patreon.com

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Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC (Friday only!) @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 1d

...

I mean

I have to buy it, right?

Kris' new shirt that just says STRAPLANDER

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Spooky Scary Cidelton @velociriker.bsky.social · 8h

They released this ON INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN DAY?

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 8h

Got to write about two of my favorite things for @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social:
1) Union contract negotiations
2) Women's sports

www.jezebel.com/the-wnba-con...

The WNBA Contract Negotiations Are as Intense as the Finals

But Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier is proving herself a labor rights legend.

www.jezebel.com

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Spooky Scary Cidelton @velociriker.bsky.social · 8h

This is the time you will definitely start to unlearn shitty behaviors and bad coping skills. It’ll be a rough ride but embrace the growth. Too many people don’t and just get stuck.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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mags @voxstella.bsky.social · 2d

you're allowed to keep your hobbies. yes even the nerdy or weird ones.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 10h

Reminds me of this excellent sign that I saw at the Tubman African American Museum in Macon, Georgia.

Piano, which once belonged to Little Richard, with a sign on it saying "Do not attempt to play Little Richard's piano. He will know."

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8h

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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Jared Skolnick @jaredskolnick.bsky.social · 9h

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Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 9h

Literally had this conversation ("when do we leave?") with my girlfriend last night. Or should I say "continued to have this conversation," since we've been talking on and off about it since November 2024?

Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 10h

I'm writing the newsletter this week on a question I think a lot of us have been pondering: When is it really time to leave the country?

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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 18h

on the FLIP side the worst part about being a trans woman is that i can't ever look at porn without going "oh that's my mutual" "oh i have her blocked" "oh she's really annoying" every five minutes. you bitches ruined my favourite fetish category

Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 21h

i think my favourite part about being a trans woman is how much of an impact we have on culture. a friend reminded me today about a popular meme format she created. another friend today casually told me about how she was the most notorious roblox hacker when she was a child.

just a day in the life!

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Talia "AFAB" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 18h

Medical institutions treat trans people as a population to surveil, manage, and dissect, rather than as people to assist or treat with basic dignity.

Typewriter Skeleton @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 18h

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 · 21h

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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Scary Corpse @damselindystopia.bsky.social · 14h

The way that major healthcare institutions have just decided the rules don't apply when it comes to trans people. Research ethics? Consent? Basic human dignity? Those would just be too inconvenient and it's only a bunch of trannies.

Typewriter Skeleton @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 18h

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 · 21h

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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Typewriter Skeleton @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 18h

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 · 21h

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

Nå er forskerne felt for alvorlige brudd på forskningsetiske normer.

Oslo universitetssykehus felt for ulovlig forskning på transpersoner

Forskere ved Oslo universitetssykehus har forsket på transpersoner uten godkjenning. Nå er de felt for alvorlige brudd på forskningsetiske normer.

www.forskning.no

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El Ingobernable ... Better Knuckle Up 👊🏼 @ooooyeeeah.bsky.social · 14h

AEW should introduce a new up-and-comer named "Ice" (because he's cold hearted and absolutely no other reason I can think of) who shows up in every angle and gets his ass beat in increasingly hilarious and cathartic ways. By everyone. Face and heels. They collectively agree they hate this man.

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 1d

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 16h

DON'T FUK'N SCARE ME LIKE THAT, FREIDA

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 16h

An update from Freida Parton so it sounds like Dolly isn't well, but she's not *that* unwell. Still at 79 any illness isn't good so I'm still hoping she's fine because she's clearly got so much to give still and makes the world a better place just by being in it.

A screenshot of a post from Freida Parton on thr Other Place. It reads:
I want to clear something up. I didn't mean to scare anyone or make it sound so serious when asking for prayers for Dolly. She's been a little under the weather, and I simply asked for prayers because I believe so strongly in the power of prayer. It was nothing more than a little sister asking for prayers for her big sister. Thank you all for lifting her up. Your love truly makes a difference

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The RAD Seed @theradseed.blacksky.app · 12h

🎶"I think I'm in loooooooove again..." 🎶

Air-rum @aarum.bsky.social · 12h

She cooked & correct ✅

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Henny Gesserit @nmjmredux.blacksky.app · 17h

This is only 12 miles from where my family lives. When you use AI in any form, people are affected directly

Rob Milton @therobmilton.com · 1d

- put down the damn AI.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 11h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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merritt @merrittk.com · 1d

porn? uh yeah i watch porn, totally. i know all the guys. all their catch phrases. i love, um, dick yank. his entrance theme is beethoven's symphony no. 5

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