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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1h

This whole app is full of these nuggets. Bad sign.

georgiamushroom.bsky.social @georgiamushroom.bsky.social · 3h

No he has the right idea. These single issue advocacy groups lost us a win. Trans rights and LGBTQ issues are important but not important enough to the voters. Dems have to get the message back towards center to win and thats what newsom is doing. Change can be effective after we control government.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1h

Chat, is it good that all the world's most powerful people are obsessed with the nazi jurist, Carl Schmitt?

Screenshot of a WIRED article titled “The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession” by Laura Bullard, published on September 30, 2025, at 12:05 PM. The subheading reads: “Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.”

Alt text:
Screenshot of a text excerpt discussing legal scholars’ research on Carl Schmitt. The highlighted section reads: “But over time, Vermeule’s fascination grew. ‘I noticed that Adrian had moved away from just being interested in Schmitt to actually embracing all dimensions of Schmitt’s theory: both the political dimension and the legal dimension,’ Dyzenhaus says.”

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Zoronius @zoronius.bsky.social · 1h

Stephen Miller's insecurity over his height proves something:

Despite his grandstanding, he's truly a meek, insignificant, small man at heart.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 17h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 18h

Literally some of the people on here are going to bat defending an outlet that published a white supremacist article. LGBTQ Nation isn't an outlet that is trying to save trans people or destroy Newsom; they're on the same side.

cctakato.bsky.social @cctakato.bsky.social · 18h

LGBTQ Nation is the garbage site that ran that piece attacking Mamdani for being born in Uganda. Y'all should stop using them and Pink News.

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 20h

He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.

The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.

There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 20h

Y'all Newsom HAS NOT vetoed the bills!!

LGBTQ Nation is pulling the exact same bullshit PinkNews did by spreading clickbait and borderline fake news for engagement.

He has until the 12th to sign the bills

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 19h

this clickbait headline is actually harming trans people by acting like it's too late to pressure Newsom and it pisses me off!

Newsrooms know that false panic goes viral so they intentionally lie to everyone to drive up ad revenue.

Meanwhile, it demotivates activists and distracts from the fight.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 20h

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22h

Fixed.

Screenshot of a New York Times webpage. The headline reads: “Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy Torture.” The words “Conversion Therapy” are shown with red strikethroughs. A smaller subheading below explains: “Colorado and over 20 other states have banned the practice aimed at changing the sexual orientation or gender identity of young people.” The page header includes links like “Birthright Citizenship,” “L.A. Immigration Stops,” “Unsigned Orders in Trump’s Favor,” and “Florida Immigration.”

Would you like me to also provide a shorter, accessibility-friendly version of the alt text (like what a screen reader would ideally read aloud), or keep this more detailed one?

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

Remember how the Trump administration raged about "transgender mice" because of studies involving transgenic mice?

Well, the woman who just won the Nobel Prize in Medicine wrote her thesis using transgenic mice.

Early life and education

Brunkow was born in 1961 in Portland, Oregon.[2][3] She graduated at St. Mary's Academy in Portland in 1979.[3]

Brunkow received a BS in molecular and cellular biology from the University of Washington in 1983.[4] She received a PhD in molecular biology from Princeton University in 1991, where her advisor was Shirley M. Tilghman.[5] Her doctoral dissertation was titled Expression and function of the H19 gene in transgenic mice (1991).[1]

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 1d

4 panel comic

Panel 1:
A Purple person is standing holding a clipboard. A Blue Person sits at a laptop.
Blue Person: Woohoo. I’m the CEO of a social media platform.

Panel 2:
Purple person: We should hire a PR person to interact with the public
Blue Person begins to type on laptop and says: Nope. Gonna do all that myself

Panel 3:
Purple person looks concerned and says: Really…but…

Panel 4:
Purple person: You’re such a whiny little fucking baby

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Zoronius @zoronius.bsky.social · 1d

Bluesky has a moderation team?

...Oh, you mean the hierarchy maintenance team!

onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

i love the domino effect of trans people asking the moderation team to take harassment of trans people seriously and instead decided to perma ban a black guy who was one of the earliest users here

ıllıllı FREE ŁINK ıllıllı @rvbdrm.com · 2d

So… Łink’s account is permabanned from Bluesky’s appview, but also gets banned from:

WhiteWind
Skylight
Bluescreen
Flashes

Basically all ATproto apps/projects?

WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT OF THIS PROJECT THEN?

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Zoronius @zoronius.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, now do us a favor and ban Jesse Singal for harassment.

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Jay W. Walker @jaywwalker.bsky.social · 1d

Maria Danzillo does not speak for NYC Queers.

Zoronius @zoronius.bsky.social · 1d

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So, some thrice failed wannabe local politician here in NYC is disingenuously weaponizing the LGBTQ+ community against the mayoral candidate with the best policy positions for our community. I want to take a moment to get some words out ahead of this in case anyone takes her seriously.

Tweet by Maria Danzilo (@Maria4Dist6):

"The word is @GaleBrewerNYC is under pressure to endorse Zohran for Mayor [for] NYC.

We have a huge LGBTQ+ community in NYC and take protecting this community from harm and hate very seriously.

Zohran has not denounced Uganda's harsh laws which until recently actually called for executing gays!

Instead he dishes up word salads and excuses that make me want to choke, they are so dripping with hypocrisy.

He also lies ( yes LIES) to the Muslim community Imams by hiding the fact he strongly supports using taxpayer money to provide medicine and surgery for people who want to change genders ( including..."

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Zoronius @zoronius.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 15/15
Now I must ask Maria Danzilo: do you condemn PLACE, an organization who previously provided you direct support in elections and currently works to undermine the rights of trans students? If not, then there's no way anyone should take you seriously.

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Zoronius @zoronius.bsky.social · 1d

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...evidence suggesting that one of PLACE's current co-presidents, Yiatin Chu, supported Sam Lo being appointed to CEC D2. Now the evidence for that is fairly weak, but at the very least we can say that members of PLACE are comfortable asking for advice from a virulent racist.

Flyer highlighting an exchange on Facebook between Yiatin Chu and Sam Lo.

The text on top: "Last week, Mark Levine appointed Sam Lo to Community Education Council 2. Lo had been publicly communicating with Yiatin Chu about joining a CEC."

Exchange:

Yiatin Chu: "Sam Lo We need people to run for CECs. If you or someone you know want consider running, please let us know. We have CEC members (I'm CEC1) that can help you."

Sam Lo: "Yiatin Chu I will give it some thought, thanks"

Text below exchange: "Lo has made numerous facebook comments lamenting over 'cancel culture,' 'social justice warriors,' 'radicalized activists,' 'critical race theory mentality,' and 'DEI.'

Mark and his team should rethink before installing regressive, PLACE-adjacent cronies.

Appointing conservative voices is not a good look."

At the bottom left, the image is numbered 3/5. At the bottom right is the name of the group that originally posted this photo, Families For Change NYC.

An exchange between Sam Lo and George Lee on facebook.

Sam Lo: "What if all the Asian students taking these tests in the future choose to check the Black of Latino checkbox? Wouldn't that solve everybody's problems?"

Sam Lo: "Self identification"

George Lee: "Sam Lo We'd have to issue race cards. Has been done before and was (briefly) successful. Well, while the Third Reich lasted."

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Zoronius @zoronius.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 13/15
Each of these three foundational members of PLACE actively supported passing CEC D2's transphobic Resolution 248. PLACE's shenanigans don't end there. For example, there's...

drive.google.com/file/d/1ygeL...
www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/pre...
hellgatenyc.com/cecd2-anti-t...

Resolution #248 - Resolution Calling for a Comprehensive Review and Redrafting of NYCPS Guidelines on Gender.pdf

drive.google.com

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Zoronius @zoronius.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 12/15
PLACE NYC was co-founded by Maud Maron and Lenard Silverman, and currently has Craig Slutzkin as treasurer. While Maud Maron is no longer affiliated with PLACE, she's now a Moms for Liberty fuck.

placenyc.org/our-mission/
placenyc.org/our-team/

Our Mission – PLACE NYC

placenyc.org

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Zoronius @zoronius.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 11/15
Let's point out the biggest hypocrisy here; Maria Danzilo is throwing stones from a glass house. That glass house: she was endorsed by PLACE NYC in 2021.

patch.com/new-york/upp...

Screen shot of PLACE NYC's endorsement of Maria Danzilo for District 6 City Council in 2021. Screenshot is taken from the website linked in this skeet.

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Zoronius @zoronius.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 10/15
She might have also known that Zohran is popular among LGBTQ+ people. Not only has he consistently voiced support for our community, he is acting as a counter to the cynical hedge of throwing trans people under the bus floated by Democratic consultants.

Democrat consultants tell politicians to stop using terms like 'LGBTQIA' and 'cisgender'

Consulting firm Third Way released a list of words it believes Democratic politicians should avoid, including "LGBTQIA."

www.yahoo.com

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Zoronius @zoronius.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 9/15
This is overly reductionist, but gender-affirming care doesn't change our gender. It changes our body to match our internal sense of self.

If Maria Danzilo was actually in community with us queers, she might have known these things.

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Zoronius @zoronius.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 8/15
Second, there's the phrasing of "medicine and surgery for people who want to change genders". There's a reason why it's called gender-affirming care by professionals, academics, and trans people. It's because the healthcare doesn't change our gender.

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Zoronius @zoronius.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 7/15
I'm as white as freshly fallen snow, but to overextend myself and draw a parallel: I know if I caught someone out referring to black people as "blacks" or latine people as "hispanics", I'd think they're fucking racist.

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Zoronius @zoronius.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 6/15
In this tweet, there's a few suspect things she says that suggests ignorance of the LGBTQ+ community. First up: "...called for executing gays!" Ah yes, executing "the gays". Real "the queers" energy.

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Zoronius @zoronius.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 5/15
While he certainly has ties to Uganda, in my book the dude is as American as apple pie.

With that out of the way, let's turn the lens back on Maria Danzilo.

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