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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 4h

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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Aubrey 💖🏳️‍🌈 @clericofthevoid.bsky.social · 12h

My sapphic space fantasy is still on sale for ✨🌸$1 on my kofi🌸✨

Come get your cosmic lesbians holding hands while the horrors persist 🫶🏻

ko-fi.com/s/748ece637a

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 7h

I need this

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 7h

Nooooo

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angel💀 @sabattons.com · 11h

what legal recourse do artists and museums have against international militaries stealing and using our work to commit warcrimes, since apparently that's a conversation we need to have now.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 14h

Losing my mind and what look like video game assets but instead were used to justify war crimes and genocide in the real world

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war.Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.We traced over 30 unique assets to Washington-based 3D creator Ian Hubert, who makes bespoke models created for his sci-fi project Dynamo Dream, available to his Patreon subscribers.

Models of parking lots, antennas, + pipes were repurposed as Hamas and Iranian military sites

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Fascinating work here tracing how the IDF recycled 3D assets from a cyberpunk sci-fi art project, the Scottish Maritime Museum and elsewhere to populate its widely-seen models of supposed enemy locations in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. One of the most infamous, the alleged underground Hamas command center at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, used to justify an unprecedented assault on the biggest medical center in Gaza, was actually an animation the IDF had used the previous year, saying at the time it was a tunnel beneath a UN school.

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 8h

Do you mind DMing me which one?

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 17h

Anti-Empire Murder Train WIP Accountability Thread:
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“Laurence,” he hissed, making the prince turn. “I’m coming after you. I swear.”
“Same as usual, then” he replied with a wink, and the door closed behind him.

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 20h

Fucking good. If you can't pay people for their labour then your business shouldn't exist.

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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kal @kalrmorgan.bsky.social · 22h

Fallen Gods Trilogy X Princess Mononoke
🏳️‍⚧️ nonbinary, demi godhunter working with a transmasc god
⚔️ taking the fight to the gods
☀️ "I trust you" x "You shouldn't"
🗡 dark fantasy navigating grief, cycles of violence, with a devastating romance subplot
#DVPit #A #F #LGBT #TV

3x3 moodboard, from top left to right: a marble statue with a red background, moths in flight, a silhouetted person drinking wine, a knight with a red cape, a quote reading "Falling in love with a god is not a death sentence. The story is only a tragedy if the god loves you back.", an eye with a white pupil, a dark forest with red foliage, a bouquet of lilies, a foggy swamp with black trees.

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 22h

Ren’s to-do:

✅ Disable a rogue AI controlling a sentient labyrinth
✅ Hone his telekinetic powers
✅ Battle alien creatures & an underground cult
❌ DON’T fall in love with his mission partner, the son of an evil monarch. Unless this hot-headed prince has a good side?

#DVPit #YA #SF #LGBT #ND #TV

a moodboard with a bright blue and purple color scheme. images include a hand holding up a crystal, a tunnel with glowing lines along its walls, a cluster of blue crystals, the surface of a planet shown from outer space, an image of a maze shown from above, a cavern with a low ceiling, light shining through an opening into an underground space, two hands with glowing blue dust between them, a dark tunnel with a glowing blue glow at its end.

Grayscale art on a light blue background. The art is of Ren and Micah, two teenage boys who are both wearing futuristic armor. Ren has his hair in a half-ponytail and Micah’s hair is short and cut in an undercut. Ren is grinning and winking and has an arm around Micah, who is frowning and crossing his arms but blushing a little.

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kal @kalrmorgan.bsky.social · 23h

GODKILLERxJJK
A godhunter who'd do anything to be valuable; the god who saves their city in exchange for hunting gods with him; & the grieving best friend who follows them, determined to earn their forgiveness. The death of all gods may save the world—or be its ruin.
#DVPit #A #DF #LGBT #TV

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 23h

Love you too, can't wait to see your books find their home

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 23h

Any agents looking for deep impactful fantasy with queer characters and intricate world building need to pick this one up.

kal @kalrmorgan.bsky.social · 23h

GODKILLERxJJK
A godhunter who'd do anything to be valuable; the god who saves their city in exchange for hunting gods with him; & the grieving best friend who follows them, determined to earn their forgiveness. The death of all gods may save the world—or be its ruin.
#DVPit #A #DF #LGBT #TV

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 2d

Anti-Empire Murder Train WIP Accountability Thread:
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Seth lay on the bed, his chest against Laurence’s back, one hand playing idly through the prince’s hair. “I’m here,” he said. “Go to sleep. You’re safe here. I won’t let anyone hurt you.”
“I know,” Laurence murmured.

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 3d

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“The doctor said it was probably stress. You need to relax more. Anything I can do to help?”
“You’re insatiable.” Laurence hit him with a pillow.
“I more meant a massage, or comb your hair, or run a bath, that sort of thing."

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 5d

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“I’m not in jail,” he said carefully. “I am just… out of the way. But I am done being out of the way and I would very much like to be back in the way, if you don’t mind.”

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 6d

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“It’s just they sound awful antsy. Probably best not to make 'em worse, am I right?”
Seth suspected Derek had been hired more for his ability to do a decent impression of a solid wall rather than his thinking but he wasn’t wrong.

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 7d

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Marin closed her eyes, her ‘I am two seconds from throttling someone’ look. The man was taller, but Marin was more muscular. If she wanted to, she could have bounced him like a rubber ball.
She definitely looked like she did.

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 8d

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The device gave a grating whirr and then chugged as the platform came up. As the noise stopped, Seth pulled down the handle. The dumb waiter opened, and hair and limbs tumbled out onto the floor.
The room smelled like blood.

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Taylor 🌸Lots of Gay Books 🌸 Author @eldritchflower.bsky.social · 9d

✨SURPRISE✨

Want a little short story snack? Might I offer you some Salvadoran folklore inspired religious 🌶️🌶️🌶️?

This is as good an excuse as any to really tap into my Salvadoran heritage and bring y'all a tale of Catholic folklore based in El Salvador. There may be more to come 💜

Text reads:
New Novella
Salvadoran Folklore
Small Town Setting
Headless Priest
Catholic Eroticism
Trans Man MC
Erotic Folk Horror
"Body of Christ" indeed
Happy Ending???

Cover in the middle shows a church sanctuary bathed in yellow light. Title reads: Absolution

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 11d

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“I don’t want to go to bed! I want to find the guy who hit me, take out his kneecaps, and feed them to him.”
“There’s an image,” she muttered, and he gave her a tired grin.
“I think I deserve a little kneecapping, as a treat.”

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 12d

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You don’t want to be friends with me, Seth thought. I’m going to die and you’ll be sad. He found he didn’t like the idea of Laurence being sad, and then that he didn’t like the idea of being sad about Laurence being sad.

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 13d

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“Thank…” Seth cleared his throat and took a sip of coffee. “Thank you, for staying last night. I didn’t need it, obviously, but I appreciate it.”
“It was nothing.” Laurence gave him a dismissive wave. “What are friends for?”

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Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · 15d

I haven’t seen a lot of cis people I usually see pushing for calls, etc. doing so about these rules provisions, which would devastate trans people nationally.

Calls need to be made to all electeds and a firm stance taken ASAP, with ten times the fervor of the Kimmel/D+ event

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 15d

1. Trump has dug in on anti-trans provisions in the shutdown fight this morning, cancelling a meeting with Dems unless they cave on trans people.

His post to Truth Social is a clear indication that Republicans are making targeting trans people a priority.

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Trump Digs In On Anti-Trans Provisions In Shutdown Fight Message

The provisions are becoming a key sticking point in the ongoing fight to keep the government open.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 15d

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“You’re enjoying this,” he grumbled, but Laurence’s expression turned serious.
“No, I’m not. I was worried about you. Please get some rest so I can stop doing that.”

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