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Ainsley Wynter (she/her)

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Fantasy romance author, angsty romance reader. 👑🦋⚔️💖 HEA guaranteed. 💘📚 Just trying to find my pocket friends in the ether. Romancelandia 💜 AinsleyWynter.com

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Ainsley Wynter (she/her) @ainsleywynter.bsky.social · 13h
This all day 💜
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 13h
bit of a long shot, but I have two clients wrapping up their contracts who I just found out aren't renewing, and a possible third in December. anyone out there - ideally in A) Portland or B) the arts, but I've kind of done everything tbh - looking for a grantwriter with 20+ years experience?
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13h
“I see protest as a genuine means of encouraging someone to feel the inconsistencies, the horror, of the lives we are living. Social protest is to say that we do not have to live this way." — Audre Lorde
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🎃Halved Josh Spooky Edition🎃 @outerleftfield.net · 15h
Margaret Hamilton being awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barrack Obama.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 18h
I’m sure I’m not the only one that saw the video of this man putting himself between French national police and student protestors circulating yesterday.
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
this is an excellent and informative thread
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 07/10/2026
French students and teachers protesting school conditions spoke with Al Jazeera about their demands.
aljazeera.com
‘We're short of resources': France’s student protesters, in their words
French students and teachers protesting school conditions spoke with Al Jazeera about their demands.
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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
‘Racist ideology lodges itself amid austerity politics’: newly elected French mayor on tackling far right
Bally Bagayoko, who was targeted by racist abuse after winning Saint-Denis mayorship, vows to tackle inequality to stem deepening divisions
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Look at this, a nation state, nationing and stating.
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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"But if the center is now fragmented, it is also due to the corrosive effects of Macron’s style of governance, which he sold in both 2017 and 2022 as conciliatory, but which in practice has proved to be hyper-polarizing. The degree of that polarization is ... on display today." Gift link.
worldpoliticsreview.com
France’s Student Protests Raise the Heat on Macron
The demonstrations make for a volatile political cocktail amid other popular grievances, just as the campaign for next year’s presidential election kicks into gear.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
a little louder for the cheap seats in the back
One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
@CethanLeahy

Me: oh wow, this shop has everything my heart desires!

Spooky shopkeeper: yes, I will warn you... every item comes with a price.

Me: yes, I know how shops work

kittydesade

Spooky Shopkeeper: The price may be more than you expect to pay.

Me: Yes, I know how US taxes work, too.

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Shopkeeper, increasingly exasperated: I'm trying to tell you that I'm evil and offering these wares with no regard for the harm they will do!

Me, also increasingly exasperated: I know what capitalism is too goddammit
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 06/10/2026
That’s my mayor 🫡 gaycitynews.com/nyc-9-millio...
gaycitynews.com
NYC to allocate $9 million to non-profits for youth gender-affirming care as private hospitals retreat
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is planning to steer nearly $9 million to non-profit health providers to deliver gender-affirming
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Exciting news from the Center for Institutional Courage! They launched a DARVO database, which tracks peer-reviewed academic studies about the concept. DARVO is an acronym that describes the way perpetrators respond to confrontations about their violence: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender.
institutionalcourage.org
The Courage Brief - October 2026 Article Two | Center for Institutional Courage
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I spent a year watching school administrators do their jobs—and interviewing the students most impacted. I spoke to @thecut.com in a long-form Q&A about what I saw. Mainly, a system designed to protect perpetrators and punish victims in each and every case.
thecut.com
The Reason Why Colleges Still Fail to Address Sexual Violence
The “Cornell Seven” case highlights what’s wrong with Trump’s Title IX rules — and how the system was always designed to fail.
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B @judi-hench.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Meme from Peaky Blinders. Cillian Murphy is instructing his men, "No hate-watching! No! Fucking! Hate! Watching!"
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
dennis hastert and jim bakker in the same day feels like an apology for dolly and tim curry
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We allow monsters to rule us
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026
[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!
forbes.com
Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many
Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.
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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Give me romance and don't condescend to me. And keep your lit fic which continually thinks its reinventing the wheel. Stop pretending people being depressed and breaking up (or 'discovering reality') is more innovative than people navigating human relationships and love. Just stop.
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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Mira's one of the best trans journalists working today and also just an incredible human being please help her out if you can!!!! If you want a way to support trans people this is something you can do right now Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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Pattie💜 @storster.northsky.social · 01/10/2026
After paying as much as I could with bills, I once again have virtually no money to my name, and I'm even further in debt. Any help right now would go a really long way while I keep trying to find a more stable financial situation
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For everyone who spent #MeToo fretting “what if this goes too far?”—be of good cheer! It turns out we didn’t go too far at all! It turns out we didn’t nearly far enough! Good job guys!
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In case anyone else needs it, the magic phrase for shutting down men picking apart a sexual violence case by blaming victims is: “The only people who would say something like that are rape apologists, rapists, or both.” You don’t have to argue with them on merit when their claims have no merit.
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@JFriedhoff

me at 13: wow i can't wait til we have immersive computers everywhere like star trek
me at 30: wow i can't wait until we destroy all computers like in dune
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Ellen Chang @ellenychang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We are in dark times. This is not how journalism is conducted. This is horrific.
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph
Screenshot of article which reads: From this perspective, the “both sides” frame falls apart. The prob-
lem is not that the parties are divided. The problem is the existential 
threat that a reempowered ethnonationalist strain poses to pluralistic 
U.S. democracy writ large. The current level of political animosity is 
exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted 
to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s 
citizens. The only way to re-oppress most of a country is to use anti-
democratic and authoritarian tactics. And the only way to oppose those 
tactics is to push back as a population and clearly reject them. This is 
the argument happening in the United States, and its pathology is not 
anger—it is the movement to undermine a generation of rights.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
talk about common sense legislation....
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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are now OPEN to submissions of speculative fiction + poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors! Submissions are limited to trans, BIPOC, and/or disabled authors from October 1-7. If that's you, send us your work! This issue's theme is exploration. We'll be open to all 2SLGBTQIA+ authors from October 8-21!
othersidespec.com
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
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Gender Liberation Movement @genderlib.com · 02/10/2026
Over a hundred protesters picketed NewYork-Presbyterian for ending care for trans youth. We're picketing a hospital on the first Thursday of each month through Pride. See you on the streets Nov. 5
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Julia aka mizzelle @mizzelle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Disabled former library assistant with back injury. Unemployed and facing eviction 10/28. Donations towards moving/storage expenses and/or temporary landing place. All shares appreciated. gofund.me/64476b4d8
gofund.me
Donate to Help Julia L. Rebuild after a Spinal Injury, organized by Julia Linthicum
Update of 8/25/2026 Thank you to everyone who has shared, donated, enc… Julia Linthicum needs your support for Help Julia L. Rebuild after a Spinal Injury
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.
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Gender Liberation Movement @genderlib.com · 01/10/2026
As hospitals across the country cave to the Trump administration’s threats to cut federal funding and abandon trans youth, actor Elliot Page speaks out. In New York City, NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, and NewYork-Presbyterian abruptly ended care for trans kids in response to these threats.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/10/2026
I do not think we should have a death penalty. I don't think it is any kind of deterrent. I think it's barbaric. I think it makes us all worse people. All of us. And we just don't have to do this to ourselves. We could abolish it, and we should.
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Ainsley Wynter (she/her) @ainsleywynter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Not. How. Science. Works.
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jane Doe, you are remarkably brave. I wish you didn’t have to be. “I am Jane Doe.” Do not let them doxx Jane Doe. If you see their name, you did not. Do not punish the victim. I stand with survivors. You will not take away their power. We believe you.
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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"I... I don't know." "Nowhere, exactly. What we do on BlueSky is if we need that *extra* to push a man over the cliff, you know what we do?" "You go to raging." "We go to raging. Exactly." "Why don't you just make polite ... stronger?" "We go to raging."
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/09/2026
y'all if you get mad about women saying "choose the bear" please look up bear assault and murder statistics and then contrast with human men. It is objectively reasonable to choose the bear.
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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"If you can see, on this one, the feminism all goes to 'raging.' Right across the board. Raging. Raging. Raging." "Most feminists go to 'polite disagreement.' Is this any more feminist?" "It's feminist rage, innit? Most women will be stuck on polite, and where can you go from there?"
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"For many Black scholars, academia is a burning house. If we cannot extinguish that fire, Black scholars will always bear a greater risk of being burned–& therefore have to insulate themselves against the risk more than others." @cydneydupree.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/blac...
timeshighereducation.com
Black academics face extra scrutiny. Our research shows its consequences
Scholars of colour told us they engage in strategies to make it harder for them to be dismissed as biased or lacking rigour, says Cydney Hurston Dupree
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
✍🏾 MY LATEST: I wrote about the moral panic Republicans manufactured about trans girls in sports. I decided to turn all my yelling on social media about trans girls in sports into a column.
rewirenewsgroup.com
The Panic Over Trans Athletes is Fake: Opinion
Republicans have manufactured a crisis in women’s sports, just in time for the midterm elections. Democrats should find the courage to defend trans children—or at the very least, leave them alone.
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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
the sad part is that survivors fought like hell to even get expulsion for rapists on the table. when I was an activist > 10 years ago, administrators were *shocked* that we wanted expulsion as a disciplinary option.
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Know their names: Scott Kretzschmar, Scott Norris, Diego Sarabia, Gillio Lopes, Winston Lee, Johnathan Newell and Matthew Ingalls #Cornell7 But also, everyone in the group chat, the administrators, university, and DA. SHAME.
Cornell 7Disgusting chat
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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
the fight for abortion rights is the fight for trans rights is the fight for foundational bodily autonomy for all of us. every issue is a queer issue and if you haven't realized this yet, don't worry. they'll show you.
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crying in seafood city @turnpikeghosts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
man. really something to just see it written out so plainly like this.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If rapists actually faced consequences for their actions we wouldn’t have nearly as many rapists. In reality many rapists actually benefit from their actions
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And another story about how entire sections of the regulation were written by men’s rights groups—and added into the final text without *any* revision:
thenation.com
How Men’s Rights Groups Helped Rewrite Regulations on Campus Rape
E-mails shared with The Nation reveal a deep collaboration between the Department of Education and organizations that believe in a crisis of false rape allegations.
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