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Volition @volition-volition.itch.io · 1h

all i know is that cab looks very handsome

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Volition @volition-volition.itch.io · 1h

i can already see bootleg tf2 engineer in my head

Volition @volition-volition.itch.io · 1h

what if i didn't deserve to be hurt

that would be weird

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Volition @volition-volition.itch.io · 1h

they claim to exist, but like, uk labour becoming as transphobic as the conservatives didn't win them jk rowling's endorsement

it's never *just* trans people they take issue with

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Fahad Ali @fahad-s-ali.bsky.social · 4h

Palestine Action Group has lost the legal challenge over this Sunday’s march. This does not mean the march is prohibited — it means that it will not have immunity for eg. obstructing traffic.

They should march to the Opera House anyway. Minns made it a symbol, so we should too.

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Volition @volition-volition.itch.io · 4h

over time i've gone from "well, i'm not a journalist or corporate exective, i wouldn't be able to know" to "i am convinced that the only reason this is apparently standard practice is that so many influentials were using this as an excuse wrt people they agreed with but felt shamed out of doing so"

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Volition @volition-volition.itch.io · 4h

i don't think it's those people making these calls though, and i don't think the people making these calls are primarily concerned with the sanity or safety of these employees

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 4h

Idea: the app could have something called lists or feeds where you don’t follow someone but you can look at what they post

Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · 11h

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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Umbire @umbire.blacksky.app · 4h

This didn't start on 10/7/2023, or even in 2020, and I have a feeling it won't end with this either.

Bob Vylan playing in front of the Israeli embassy for 24 hours @cyberstalin.bsky.social · 4h

I will never forgive Israel, Europe, or the United States. Demonic fucking entities. You make me desperate to believe in a god and a hell because there is no punishment severe enough for these people

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🎃trash🎃 @dollarpbr.gay · 8h

buddy, respectfully, what were u expecting to happen when u made a bot to track following/unfollowing and gave it the handle “for shame”

Follow Tracker @for.shame.wtf · 8h

Some of you are blaming @jay.bsky.team or @bsky.app in general, or claiming that this is being forced by @moderation.bsky.app. That could not be further from the truth. I'm shutting it down of my own volition because some of you can't be trusted to use this information reasonably and responsibly.

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dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 1d

The King of All Cosmos from the Katamari series, with a speech bubble.

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Talia "AFAB" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 11h

Have you considered that the reason for the global fascist resurgence is because every 'reasonable centrist' candidate refuses to stand for anything in a world actively crumbling to ash

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 13h

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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Volition @volition-volition.itch.io · 5h

i feel like those old style "the graphics are good, the gameplay is decent, but the sound leaves something to be desired" style reviews are squarely in the 'review' category for me, but they're not exactly helpful *as* reviews

Volition @volition-volition.itch.io · 5h

i assumed they never thought the people who run their beloved website would turn out to follow these people they do hate

a lot of that hate goes away once it's clear that people they like are holding water for them

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Bob Vylan playing in front of the Israeli embassy for 24 hours @cyberstalin.bsky.social · 8h

Jesus Christ. Seriously, idek what to say at this point. You were doing good work. Why are you doing this?

Follow Tracker @for.shame.wtf · 8h

Some of you are blaming @jay.bsky.team or @bsky.app in general, or claiming that this is being forced by @moderation.bsky.app. That could not be further from the truth. I'm shutting it down of my own volition because some of you can't be trusted to use this information reasonably and responsibly.

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Volition @volition-volition.itch.io · 5h

the subtext of a lot of this "put your own house in order first" is that queer simply haven't tried hard enough to convince their homophobic family to not be homophobic

as if these relatives are supposed to go "oh, gosh, i didn't know it was hurting you, i'll stop"

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Volition @volition-volition.itch.io · 5h

guysss idk what we should do the he/hims have found it's not misogynist

they just care about children so gosh dang much 😭

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Volition @volition-volition.itch.io · 5h

you are an incel

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Volition @volition-volition.itch.io · 6h

incel meme returns to being incel meme

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Volition @volition-volition.itch.io · 6h

the disparity between who finds this to be some great liberal technocratic solution to birthrates™ and those who see this as dystopian run along the same lines as you'd expect

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Volition @volition-volition.itch.io · 6h

the high income bit is eugenics and racism

every time tax incentives for having children are raised, the concern then goes to the idea that people they don't want to reproduce might be encouraged to have more children

Volition @volition-volition.itch.io · 6h

something very libertarian about the idea of conflating these too things

of course, they have to pay taxes that help out other people, so it's only fair that the childless hags get punished too

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 11h

Something I've found is that people respond to this idea very differently depending on if you put any effort into hiding you're doing this. Broadly speaking, childless people are fine paying taxes for public schools and not fine paying a childlessness tax even though they're basically the same thing

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 12h

My most controversial take on this is probably that while I think reproductive freedom should be sacrosanct, I don’t really have any problem with additional taxes on (high income) childless people. Someone gotta pay into the pensions!

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Volition @volition-volition.itch.io · 6h

all the progressive liberal journalists normalising concerns about the native birth rate is what gets you takes like this one, btw

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 12h

My most controversial take on this is probably that while I think reproductive freedom should be sacrosanct, I don’t really have any problem with additional taxes on (high income) childless people. Someone gotta pay into the pensions!

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Volition @volition-volition.itch.io · 6h

been hearing this excuse from various people for over ten years now, but this is the first time i've seen it about an account that's yet to post

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 15h

Okay, it's a special day for those of us who love tentacle yuri:

#LesbianOctopusDay

Text reads:
About World Octopus Day
To find out more about this eight-armed animal, jump to our
facts sections below. When is
World Octopus Day?: World
Octopus Day is celebrated on
the _8th of October_ every year.
It was first observed in 2014 but
has been an annual event ever since.

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International Lesbian Day, held on _October 8_, is a day of celebrating lesbians, along with their culture, history, and diversity. This day is celebrated by lesbians and allies with various community events, dances, and conferences and is mostly celebrated in New Zealand and Australia.

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