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Arakus

@arakus99.bsky.social
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she/her | 27 | autistic trans girl who likes video games (esp. indie FPSs), Doctor Who, and staying inside like a lil hermit | avi from celeste by exok games

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🦋Inky Moth🦋 @inkymoth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you're European as well, PLEASE go sign the Stop Killing The Internet initiative I cannot stress how bad the EU Kids Act will be for everyone if this goes through. It's never about the kids, the government wants more control on us
eci.ec.europa.eu
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
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Valscarie Howlla @valeriehalla.dicot.moe · 13/09/2026
i have never been shown evidence that democratic politicians revealing themselves to be spineless moral cowards by making token anti-trans gestures results in them gaining more votes from the anti-trans crowd than they lose from trans and progressive voters. and i never will
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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I kinda wonder how cis people who feel comfortable abandoning trans people would feel if, theoretically, they were subject to forced transition against their will on pain of torture and potentially death by a political party? Because that's the mirror of what they expect trans people to be ok with.
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BASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Our response to NHS Wales suspending all gender-affirming surgeries. This cruelty will kill people. We will resist. ( 1 / 4 )
The NHS Wales Commissioning Committee has forced the Welsh Gender Service to suspend all gender-affirming surgeries.

This nakedly cruel policy shift will wreak havoc on the lives of Welsh trans people. it will force patients into months of limbo that massively disrupt their lives, while NHS higher-ups take their sweet time to cook up yet another sham "investigation".

at worst, patients will be driven into worse mental health and suicidality. despite government cover-ups, we all know the true statistics about our community.The Welsh gender care system, while not perfect, is one of the best in the uk, and delivered for trans people by collaborating with the community and with GP surgeries, proving that positive change is possible.

This massive u-turn comes under pressure from the Welsh Tories, whipped into a frenzy by a terf blogger and Murdoch rag ‘The Times’, which claimed that wales having higher surgery referral rates than England somehow proves that harm is  done. 

that’s all it took to obliterate healthcare for hundreds of trans people. 

one blog from a terf, and a single article from the times.
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 (ᯟ︿ᯏ)” @reactiveashley.cat · 29/08/2026
The launching of an “independent review” cannot support the suspension of services. The minimum requirements for any suspension to occur are, firstly, a clear justification (a necessity test), and secondly, a time-bound preliminary review (for example, a working group reporting back within 14 days).
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Trans Aid Cymru @transaid.cymru · 29/08/2026
‼️ Protest coming up THIS Monday the 31st August ‼️ Photo text: Protest against surgery cancellations. Independent activists have set up a protest against the recent surgery cancellations. Senedd building. Welsh Parliament, Cardiff Bay. CF99 1SN. 12-2pm. Monday 31st August.
Photo text: Protest against surgery cancellations. Independent activists have set up a protest against the recent surgery cancellations. Senedd building. Welsh Parliament, Cardiff Bay. CF99 1SN. 12-2pm. Monday 31st August.
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Christyn Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Excellent analysis along with some hard truths for the legacy trans rights sector in the UK.
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Reddit user pkunfcj has collated advice on what people in Wales can do to fight back against the trans surgical ban:: - writing to Senedd members and the First Minister (with an example email) - complain through patient advocacy services - complain to the health board - organise protests
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pkunfcj's comment on "Welsh Gender Service Review - Cancelled surgeries"
Explore this conversation and more from the transgenderUK community
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Welsh Underground Network @welshundergroundnetwork.cymru · 27/08/2026
Transphobic attacks on the Welsh Gender Service, supported by supposedly reputable media outlets like Nation Cymru, have now bourne fruit: Our sources in the trans community tell us that the Cardiff GIC has begun cancelling scheduled surgeries for trans patients.
Over the past few weeks an attack has been launched on the Welsh Gender Service, spearheaded by right wing politicians but supported by supposedly reputable media outlets like Nation Cymru.

Now our sources in the trans community tell us that the Cardiff GIC has begun cancelling scheduled surgeries for trans patients.

As far as we know no news outlet has picked up this story yet so we feel a duty to inform our followers.We welcome the organic response already forming in the trans community, but its clear that the current methods of marches, lobbying and so on are no longer sufficient.

Trans people and our cis allies need to organise to directly take on the transphobic apparatus denying us healthcare, and keep working to build strong DIY networks in the meantime.

If there's a trans person in your community struggling today, lend them your strength. Remember, the only antidote to despair is action.
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Sarah "Spooky Halloween Name" Clarke @damselindystopia.northsky.social · 04/08/2026
Bumping this because Diana now being charged in relation to this.
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 02/08/2026
Please share with all women (yes it affects cis women too) and trans + people. goodweeplace.com
EHRC's Sex
Segregation starts on 5th Aug. . Be careful how you respond.
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BASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Our interview with Tom Gann of @newsocialist.bsky.social, talking about who we are, why we do what we do, our philosophy, and Woodcock's sinister proscription attempt. This is our most in-depth interview yet, so please give it a read xoxo BASH BACK newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...
We Can't Afford Not To Be Able To
Deliver Consequences
August 1, 2026
An interview with the trans liberationist non-violent direct action group BASH
BACK."Things are hard and we have so few
freedoms so it's very common for trans
people to turn rage on themselves. We
encourage trans people to use their rage,
to make something of it.""I don't want the next bomb to be sent by
a trans woman. I want people free.""Total transgender liberation means
fighting not just for our goals, but for a
better world."
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Herr Wozzeck @herrwozzeck.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I and many of my friends stream on Twitch. I say, *absolutely the fuck not*. Friends who stream on Twitch, there is a comment thread here where you can make your voices heard: twitch.uservoice.com/forums/92338... This is the *least* they can do.
twitch.uservoice.com
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Ace of Tales - COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN!!!😈😇 @talesace.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Pissed off about them taking down their anti-rights research for the UK? Tell them what you think of their cowardice. #TransRightsMatter
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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Sorry we tried to stand up for trans people, we won’t do it again, Gender Criticalism is normal stuff actually
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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
KOSA and the SCREEN Act are going to be marked up inntge Senate Commerce Committee next week. Please contact your senators and demand they oppose these bills www.congress.gov/members/find... www.commerce.senate.gov/press/rep/re...
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Chairman Cruz Announces Kids Safety Markup    - U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee Executive Session on Wednesday, August 5, 2...
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 (ᯟ︿ᯏ)” @reactiveashley.cat · 27/07/2026
Just in case there’s any doubt... they did say it is based on the vile transphobic bigot Alice Sullivans’s demand.
The changes made, in April 2026, to the PRSB Core Information Standard relating to sex and gender were undertaken as a response to Professor Alice Sullivans report Independent review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender - GOV.UK, which noted safety issues in data sets and clinical records managed both by NHSE and PRSB. The work was agreed alongside Prof Sullivan herself, and implemented
by the PRSB into their core standard earlier this year.
Page last updated: 08 July 2026
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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 28/07/2026
"Mutual aid collective for trans and non-binary people in the North East" linktr.ee/biggayfund
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big_gay_fund Official: Instagram | Linktree
Mutual aid collective for trans and non-binary people in the North East 💰🏳️‍⚧️
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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Good idea to start mentioning the PROTECT Act as something to oppose now when making your calls to representatives
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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The more I think about the current mess in software engineering the more I feel the urge to double down on what I wrote here: lia-sae.net/articles/202...
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Lia's blog - ChatSCP
Things would be a lot easier if we had an actual Antimemetics Division.
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T. Williams @xstylus.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
If you're even a _tiny_ bit into security and privacy, pay attention to this one. A court filing in a case against cyberhacker Peter Stokes revealed Microsoft's GDID embedded in EVERY Win11 install provided the FBI the ability to trace his PC across VPNs(!!) & proxies(!!) across three countries.
windowslatest.com
Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint
GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
More insight into the harmful KCSIE guidance we mention in our joint statement today 👇 Trans kids deserve better.
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Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
In less than 12 hours, the European Parliament holds the final vote on reinstating Chat Control 1.0. A simple majority is no longer enough to reject it. Contact your MEPs NOW and demand they protect your right to privacy via fightchatcontrol.eu
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Happy HalloCEEn🎃 @ceeceeceeceecee.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Urgent #mutualaid request Been trying for a month to get a weeks rent for a hotel(£540) together and am stuck at just over 2nights, please help me stayed housed after multiple surgeries the last year including a amputation, being homeless would likely not end well, reposts appreciated. X
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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Reminder that there will be motion on KOSA and the KIDS ACT on monday Please contact your representatives literally right now of you can and demand censorship/surveillance legislation be opposed
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MikeMurdock @mikemurdock.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
(political post) this is getting crazy... 5calls.org capitol switchboard: (202) 224-3121 and say no to KOSA SCREEN Act COPPA 2.0 RESET Act Sammy Act App Store Accountability Act GAMING Act Safe Messaging for Kids Act Parents over Platforms Act KIDS act protect secction 230
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 18/06/2026
This is an appalling case of transmisogynistic police violence that is clearly being instrumentalized to render two vulnerable trans women homeless, especially considering they weren't even charged. Please help out if you're able.
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Chairman George @superbunnyhop.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
New video: an HOA lawsuit update! We helped changed the laws for 2 million people! We got an investigative story in the city's legacy newspaper & the city council! But a new HOA policy disproportionately hurts the elderly & handicapped. More fundraising is still needed: youtu.be/RXdlsHGOpro
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The Elderly Are Walking Uphill Into Oncoming Traffic (A Condo HOA Update)
YouTube video by Super Bunnyhop
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 (ᯟ︿ᯏ)” @reactiveashley.cat · 19/06/2026
1/🧵 I took the time to read the judgment. I’m literally throwing up right now. It it vile. Quotes follow:
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Arakus @arakus99.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
important stuff to do against censorship for US folks
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Arakus @arakus99.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
tbh I think the fact he's generalising and wrong is less important that the fact this is a eugenicist "useless eaters" argument, like even if all of these things were generally true it wouldn't justify using private data to build a database of autistic people
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maia arson crimew 🏴 @crimew.gay · 16/06/2026
SCOOP: So remember Dialog, Peter Thiel's private society that doesn't have a public website and no public list of members? I (along with a number of other journalists) have just been tipped off that embedded in the code of their closed off website there IS what seems to be a list of some members.
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merman hellville @seafoamghost.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
133 signed now - just over 20% of all MPs
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Noah Caldwell-Gervais @noahgervais.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The Lands Between Fundraiser Stream is Live! youtube.com/live/3ETgCSF... Direct donations can be made here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
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Lands Between Fundraiser Stream Benefiting KOI
YouTube video by Noah Caldwell-Gervais
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UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.northsky.social · 12/06/2026
Can anyone help? Please share. Esse House do amazing work for the UK trans community.
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Esse House UK @essehouse.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
We don't want to see anyone left in a situation where a lack of documentation prevents them from being able to seek pastures new. UK Passport Fund is now LIVE and accepting applications... 🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇧 essehouse.co.uk/passport-gra...
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Animated Passport and Airplane Tickets
Alt: Animated Passport and Airplane Tickets
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 (ᯟ︿ᯏ)” @reactiveashley.cat · 09/06/2026
1/🧵 Women and Equalities Select Committee (joined by Joint Human Rights Committee members) live thread. Starting now: 2.36pm www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
parliamentlive.tv
Parliamentlive.tv
Women and Equalities Committee
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Jenny List @jennylist.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
How To Get Out is finally out. It's Trans Rescue's distilled knowledge and advice for trans people and others wishing to escape the UK or USA. This is my first book, and has consumed a lot of my time since last November. I hope people find it of use. Get it here: transrescue.org/how-to-get-out
Cover of the Trans Rescue guide How To Get Out: Practical Information to Help You Survive by Jenny List and Anne Ogborn. The cover features bold typography, flames, and an illustration of Donald Trump holding a U.S. flag.
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SoldierExclipse || 18+ Illustration @soldierexclipse.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
consider the person on the other side of the screen
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 09/06/2026
You don't have to go as far as SRS. The standard 'defense' of youth trans healthcare I've seen focuses 'misinformation'. "No one's being rushed into it," the well-meaning ally chides. "The system of grinding, years-long wait times for access to a stopgap is working as intended." Wonderful.
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Noah Caldwell-Gervais @noahgervais.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
LANDS BETWEEN FUNDRAISER STREAM An Elden Ring NG+ Livestream Benefiting KOI Saturday June 13th, 10AM-10PM Pacific Standard Time Join me and a wide rotation of other creators, artists, and all around cool people to raise money for a good cause, goof around, and celebrate pride month.
A poster for the fundraiser by @kaceyisspacey.bsky.social, depicting the Erdtree, a foggy landscape, and trans flag colors across the sky.A guest list including: Jacob Geller, Darkfry (Cohost), Ela Bambust, Chris Franklin, hbomberguy, Victoria Scott, Harper Jay, Ashley Schofield, CaseyExplosion, Zeitgeist Mistress, Pim's Crypt, Dan Floyd, Vivian Aladren, Liv Smith, Shannon Strucci, The Cursed Judge, Aranock, Professor Bopper, Codex Entry, Questing Refuge, Locke, and Skylar (From KOI)
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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Every once in a while you hit the Rosetta stone of American politics and yeah this is about 60%-70% of American gender politics in one post Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
If Platner yanking his girlfriend out of a car and locking her in her room unforgivable then would that same behavior be unforgivable if done to a child?
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Bridget Phillipson’s transphobic EHRC guidance as it is currently configured, will mean a lot of trans women dying because they will not be allowed to get breast cancer screening. Labour’s transphobic policies are literally trying to kill trans women.
The Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP
Minister for Women and Equalities
Department for Education
Sanctuary Buildings
Great Smith Street
London
SWIP 3BT
3 June 2026
Dear Minister,
Re: Equality and Human Rights Commission's Draft Code of Practice
I am writing to you regarding the Equality and Human Rights Commission's (EHRC)
Equalities Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice which was laid before Parliament on 21 May 2026 in response to the Supreme Court's judgement that, for the purposes of the Equality Act, "sex" refers to an individual's identified biological sex, at birth.
Constitutionally, it is the role of the Supreme Court to interpret the meaning of legislation and in this case Parliament's understanding of the word at the time the Equality Act was passed.
Given that the minister responsible for the passage of the Equality Act has confirmed that the ruling reflected the intention of the then-Government, the Court's judgement was correct in legal terms. I would note, however, that given it is for Parliament to determine what the law should be, the ruling does not absolve the Government from a duty to form its own opinion.
Regardless of whether or not the ruling was correct, the current issue is that parts of the EHRC'S guidance are clearly unsustainable in practice. This is evident when reading statements within the draft guidance regarding the healthere required by trans women under Codes 13.152 and Code 13.153.
The example provided under Code 13.153 states that "only women and trans men need to use" the services provided at Obstetries and Gynaecology (OBGYN) outpatient service". The guidance goes on to state that: "The outpatient service does not offer any treatment which is suitable for a man or a trans woman and therefore can refuse to treat them. The hospital can also refuse to adjust the way in which it provides the service."
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (ROG) published a draft consultation document entitled "Care of Transgender and Gender Di…While I appreciate that the RCOG has not yet published a finalised version of this document, the suggestion that OGYNservices do not offer any treatment which is suitable for...a trans woman" does not appear to be correct.
1am also concerned that - under Codes 13.152 and 13.153 - women's health clinics offering breast screenings would be unable to provide this service to trans women. This is despite the fact that trans women who have had more than five years of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy (GHAT) are forty-seven times more likely to develop breast cancer than men.
Additionally, 1 share the concerns expressed by many of our colleagues and my constituents regarding the practical implementation of this guidance in certain instances. Codes 13.123-13.126 appear to indicate that there could well be situations whereby there is no obligation to provide access to - for example - toilets for transgender individuals:
"However, it may be that offering alternative arrangements is not reasonably possible for the service provider (including a person providing a service in the exercise of public functions) or that doing so would undermine the service that is being provided. This may be because of the type of service being provided, the needs of the service users, the physical constraints of any building, or because of the disproportionate financial costs associated with making those arrangements" (13.126).
This appears to suggest that in situations where, due to physical constraints... or because of disproportionate financial costs" (13.126): a service provider decides it cannot also provide toilets in individual lockable rooms with handbasins" (13.123); is unable to extend access to an "accessible toilet with baby changing facility so it can also be used as a mixed-sex toilet"
(13.124); that transgender men or women could be left without access to a provision as basic as toilet facilities under the draft guidance.
Finally, it is not clear how the safety of individuals within p…
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Bedwellj101 @alyx.whatthetrans.com · 05/06/2026
Lily has been an invaluable asset to our team and we need to give her as much support as we can. And in order to make sure she can continue to do the great work she has been doing, we need your support. Please donate to Lily's fundraiser. She has stayed overnight at some protests...
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 02/06/2026
I hope every single transgender civil servant sues them for creating a hostile work environment
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 02/06/2026
Please get in touch with your MP especially if they're Labour to let them know that every major European LGBT rights group have written a statement of condemnation of Britain together because of how far things have slid and in protest of UK hosting an "IDAHOT" event where their members won't be safe
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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 30/05/2026
If you have nsfw set to "hide" I implore you to set it to "warn". You still won't see anything except for a blurred post Otherwise once they roll out account-wide adult content labeling a whole lot of people including me are going to disappear from your timelines, even our sfw text posts
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 31/05/2026
100% serious not being sarcastic: Trans women have been trying but I think we really need more cis women to say it
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