Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialgradientdescent @gradientdescent.net · 06/10/2026boycott it so your trans friends don’t get a sick feeling in their stomach when they come over to your house for a party & see a stack of HP merch on your bookshelf, politely excuse themselves a bit early without saying anything, and then go home feeling just a little degraded 162164842
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialDani Ashe @technomancerwitch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026[Technomancer_Witch is Live and Online] Halloween takes a Metroidvania turn with Ender Magnolia, a game about gothic lolita machines. Can't wait to see what it has in store for me ^.^ #stream #vtuber #halloween #metroidvania www.twitch.tv/technomancer...twitch.tvTechnomancer_Witch - TwitchA magitech Vtuber. Artificer3/Wizard4. Streams Mondays and Fridays (usually). Home of Megaman Monday! — Technomancer_Witch streams live on Twitch! Check out their videos, sign up to chat, and join the... 022
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialDani Ashe @technomancerwitch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026[Technomancer_Witch is Live and Online] The hiatus is over, so Halloween starts NOW!!! and We're kickign it off right with some Dead Estate! Come hang! #stream #vtuber #halloween #deadestate www.twitch.tv/technomancer...twitch.tvTechnomancer_Witch - TwitchA magitech Vtuber. Artificer3/Wizard4. Streams Mondays and Fridays (usually). Home of Megaman Monday! — Technomancer_Witch streams live on Twitch! Check out their videos, sign up to chat, and join the... 064
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialAmerican Historical Association @historians.org · 29/09/2026Learn more about the TEKS revision process in the AHA’s field guide.historians.orgTexas Social Studies TEKS Revision Field Guide - AHASupport Honest History in Texas Public Schools One June 26, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) voted to adopt new social studies standards for grades K-8. During it's August 31-September 4 meet... 072
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialAmerican Historical Association @historians.org · 29/09/2026The AHA continues to advocate for strong history and social studies education standards in Texas. AHA senior program analyst Julia Brookins spoke with the Liberty Hill Independent and Austin Chronicle about the revised TEKS, which she said “lowers the rigor” of social studies courses. 🗃️austinchronicle.comTexas U.S. History Curriculum Will Only Mention Islam in Relation to Terrorism • The Austin ChronicleSBOE approves controversial social studies standards for high schoolers 42310
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10135023787
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialThe Copycat Taphouse 🍻🦷 @copycat-taphouse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026ATTENTION COPYCAT TAPHOUSE GUESTS Tomorrow! Wednesday September 30th at 7pm EST! Will be the 1st anniversary of the Taphouse! We’re celebrating with some DND 5e! Join me and my friends @technomancerwitch.bsky.social @meviluxiamarvelous.bsky.social @samitaire.bsky.social and Izzy Bell 089
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970222261
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialSonic the Hedgehog @sonic-official.bsky.social · 24/09/2026To the confident, unshakeable, and radiant Amy Rose: Happy Birthday! 332705907
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialUltimate Pullahoko @pullahoko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The Squeakuel 2036251555
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialCaræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 24/09/2026guys please stop falling for this, this is not “rogue AI” it’s “environments with lax cybersecurity controls” 431663432
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialbocchi minh @kinseijoshi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026lesbians have the best pre-game rituals for a successful nazi hunt 51478387
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW 2722961004
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialPip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻 106198596641
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialIggyMaid @iggymaid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026They want your age data for targeted advertising, thats literally it. It was never about safety or kids 91502840
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialAnna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I mean, the average cis person understands so little about their own biology or how hormones control the expression of the biology that they may as well be creationists. I think many genuinely have no idea what HRT does to a body at all. 3469
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialSexy Devonian Stone @devonianstone.bsky.social · 14/09/2026as a cis person, i am upset at how true this is 033
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialDiana Chan @thingsbydiana.bsky.social · 14/09/2026🏳️⚧️ Sharing one of my favorite trans creature designs~ 2951181751
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth 11778813675
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialDavid Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This is the essence of a University experience. If we continue to degrade it with workplace skill, AI and employability & all the other shite, we’ll be undermining the key reason students register in the first place. ‘Come study Early Modern History and enjoy 6 hours a week of work place skills’. 56711
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialAmerican Historical Association @historians.org · 10/09/2026When Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey came out this summer, many criticized its historical inaccuracies. In #AHAPerspectives, AHA president Suzanne Marchand recalls the same criticisms directed at an ancestral form of historical communication: history painting.historians.orgOn History Painting and the Movies – AHALong before historical films like The Odyssey entered the conversation, history painters were depicting the past for contemporary audiences. 062
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialLeon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · 05/09/2026┏┓ ┃┃╱╲ in ┃╱╱╲╲ this ╱╱╭╮╲╲house ▔▏┗┛▕▔ we ╱▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔╲ read manuscripts ╱╱┏┳┓╭╮┏┳┓ ╲╲ ▔▏┗┻┛┃┃┗┻┛▕▔ 🗃️ 1575
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialCordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Another #OpenAccess article up on Early View. #Skystorians #GenderHistory 041
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialBen Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I'm rightly seeing a lot of conversation about AI as we start this new academic year, so I'm going to keep re-upping my argument here. Rather than just playing defense, let's take this as a vital opportunity to make an affirmative argument for the humanities & higher ed. 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social 0278
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialBerensreverie 🤒 @berensreverie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026ChatGPT down yippee :3 161978443
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialQTori 🍣 @qtori.art · 04/09/2026Reposting this cause it keeps happening 2491334573
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialDocFantasyArt @docfantasy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Petra Parker x Gwen Stacy where theyre each MtF in both universes and finally get to meet the woman their friend never became. #PetraParker #GwenStacy #SpiderWoman 9762146
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialSophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 04/09/2026There are graphs 6415144
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialBlaise Boo-lysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026 21858521
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe.techdirt.comHackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a... 81148287738
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialMarcoMaps Bernardini @marcomaps.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Feral reminder to support the trans community. If you don't, fu*k off from there. You won't be missed, but you'll be ridiculed.static.klipy.comTrans TransgenderAlt: Trans Transgender 2609
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialOPB @opb.org · 05/09/2026Advocacy group Portland for Palestine plans to hold a rally at the Japanese American Historical Plaza at the Portland Waterfront on Saturday Sept. 5 at 1 p.m. to bring attention to Tareq Zakarneh’s case.opb.orgPalestinian Portland-area resident faces deportation to West Bank amid escalating settler violenceA Saturday protest amplifies fears Portland resident Tareq Zakarneh will be persecuted by the Israeli military if deported to the occupied Palestinian territory. 24122
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialJess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 03/09/2026As someone who has been tweeted about personally by Rowling. And who spends my whole life trying to fight the damage caused by the litigation she funds. I think, personally, I would be less harmed by you giving me an actual kick in the ribs than watching the new Harry Potter & trying to justify it. 440611242
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialHelena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · 02/09/2026this is excellent 1741631658
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026the new Harry Potter show is becoming like AI to me, in that everyone keeps trying to trick me into resigning myself to its inevitability because they don’t want to let me opt out 31936304
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialOmegaMagus - WIP arc @omegamagus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026him sounds different... #omart 10802122
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialAmerican Historical Association @historians.org · 04/09/2026As sanctions continue to shape international relations today, history can provide critical context. This AHA program, presented to elected officials and congressional staff on Capitol Hill in 2024, offers historical perspectives on the role and impact of sanctions. Watch the recording:youtu.beAHA Congressional Briefing: Historical Perspectives on SanctionsAHA Congressional Briefing | February 6, 2024 On February 6, 2024, the American Historical Association hosted a Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on the role and impact of sanctions as an instrument of international relations. Pan... 063
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialFawnduu🐮🔜 Big Chillin @fawnduu.com · 01/09/2026The USDA is trying to recind the Roadless Rule which currently protects 45 million acres of National Forests from logging and deforestation. We have until September 20th to comment and tell the USDA we don't want this! File your comment w/ link below: action.outdooralliance.org/a/roadless-d... 1532271696
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026this takes an incredible amount of character, not just to give it up, but to admit all of this. This guy has more guts than any AI fuck by a mile, and maybe more than us too. People who've managed to escape AI usage are invaluable towards convincing others to do the same. 228961051
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialLoooveThruuPooke🧡🎃 [commissions closed] @lovethrupoke.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Big girls also need to get carried piggyback sometimes <3 A delightful commission for @fionawh.im #squirrelgirl #spiderman #petraparker #marvel 303511819
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialDigiDoggi @digidoggi.tv · 31/08/2026while I was already planning on boycotting this game, this is important information for people who are still on the fence, and now upgrades this game to the category of 'I will explode you if you try to make me care about it, don't ever talk to me about this thing' 5024141756
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Reminder that the lies of white women have cost innocent Black and brown people everything. They are not bystanders in white supremacy, but active participants. 21324421
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 28/08/2026🚨🆕 @wearequeeraf.com and @whatthetrans.com can reveal that the NHS has cancelled all gender-affirming surgeries for adult patients of the Welsh Gender Service Some trans patients received the news just days or even hours before they were due to take place 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/nhs-cancels-...wearequeeraf.comNHS cancels all gender-affirming surgeries for adult patients of Welsh Gender Service with immediate effectSome trans patients received news their surgeries had been cancelled just days or even hours before they were due to take place 45793366
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialFreya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 28/08/2026this wave of AI has legitimately killed a huge part of what I loved about seeing stuff online, what I loved about being an educator, and what I loved about sharing my own work I just don't feel like doing it anymore 431996278
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialPizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It's easy 714771958
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026if you're Canadian, there is a petition active right now to have him removed and sent back to the US for signaling his obvious allegiances here. There's already a quarter million signatures. Get him out of our country, we don't have time for this bullshit rn www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...ourcommons.caPetition e-7531 - Petitions 141812977
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/08/2026If this were happening somewhere else, we would call them what they are: Internally Displaced People. 1241201180
Reposted by @aoifeforrester.bsky.socialarnaerr 🦭⭑。 @arnaerr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Please share your feedback on how genAI destroys the livelihoods of artists on the official EU website. You can do so even if you're not an EU citizen. We have to be loud so the change will come, and practice shoes that voicing hatred towards genAI works ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... 848624770