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Austen Hartke

@austenhartke.bsky.social
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Trans guy, lover of dad jokes and pastries. Author of "Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians." Home is MSP. He/Him. linktr.ee/austenhartke

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A good thread. No city has had an ICE resistance without trans people. Way easier to have without cis men (with realization of those of us who did what we could). The same when folks get upset about Palestine flags at ICE protests. Palestine orgs have been essential to resisting ICE everywhere.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026
i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/09/2026
In 2026, there are 26 Dems running for Congress, Senate, Governor, or Statewide Office who have made anti-trans votes or statements. Iowa, New York, Ohio, and Texas lead the pack in anti-trans Democrats. Your EITM candidate guide for this election cycle. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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The Guide To Anti-Trans Democrats In The 2026 Elections, By State
These are the Democrats that LGBTQ+ people may wish to avoid this election cycle.
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Lucy Knisley @lucyknisley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I made a little template for use by cool small businesses! Enjoy!
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Sahan Journal @sahanjournal.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Rebel Loons, ICE resistance and immigrant neighbors are recurring themes of this year’s crop art competition, which attracted a record number of entries. By Aaron Nesheim
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Operation Metro Surge threads through Minn. State Fair crop art
Rebel Loons, ICE resistance and immigrant neighbors are recurring themes of this year’s Minnesota State Fair crop art, which attracted a record number of entries.
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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 21/08/2026
"If trans people want a boycott of The New York Times, where's the call to do so?" Here is a declaration laying out how the NYT is a key driver of trans genocide, why boycotts work and why anyone who gives a damn about trans lives and rights must boycott The New York Times.
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Boycott The New York Times
For years The New York Times has relentlessly pushed anti-trans propaganda, playing a significant role in the escalating genocide against us. It's far past time for a call to action: anyone who cares ...
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 18/08/2026
god this man is a generational talent both in charisma in assembling a team that just keeps dropping hit after hit in an era where it feels like 90% of politicians have lost the communication plot
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I was proud to speak about how LGBTQIA+ people were out on the frontlines doing mutual aid during the occupation of Minneapolis and still are today. In addition to every patrol shift. I’ll never forget it and it meant everything.
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 15/08/2026
TW: Suicide If you tell people you have SI, many are likely to suggest you call 988 or text the suicide lifeline. These are good resources *if you need to be kept physically safe;* they are not as helpful if your ideations are passive. Allow me to share some things that have helped me. /1
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 15/08/2026
An undercover federal agent infiltrated a Minneapolis church despite a court order barring immigration enforcement at churches in its network. Newly released documents also show federal agents surveilled the church several times this spring.
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Feds spying in Minneapolis church may have violated court order
Homeland Security spied on a Minneapolis church in May as part of an investigation into alleged anti-ICE activities, potentially violating a court order barring federal agents from enforcing civil imm...
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
i love when they recover some 3000 year old clay tablet and its something totally relatable like “i hope this tablet finds you well but the group project is a disaster…”
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 14/08/2026
That’s why ICE watchers and their allies have come together to form Eyes on ICE Legal Defense, an organization founded with a mission to defend and advocate for the expansion of human, constitutional, and civil rights secured by law.
VOLUNTEER-RUN
LEGAL DEFENSE FOR ICE WATCHERS.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 14/08/2026
If you read this story yesterday, you know the lengths the regime has gone to retaliate against Minnesotans who dared stand up to protect their neighbors. In fact—since the ICE surge began, over 400 people have been arrested for their efforts to observe or protest ICE in Minnesota
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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Peggy Flanagan takes the MN Dem Senate Primary, but folks just LOOK at the vote disparity. Angie Craig is down over 100k votes and yet she received nearly as many votes as the top 3 GOP candidates!! After Operation Metro Surge, Minnesotans are fucking furious and know we've got skin in the game.
Image of MN Senator Primaries showing GOP: Tafoya, and Peggy Flanagan for Dems.  But Dems have WAY WAY more votes.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I love you Minnesota. You didn’t let the wealthy win the night. You didn’t let ICE or genocide win. Thank you for showing up for our immigrant neighbors who couldn’t vote. Let’s go Ilhan Omar and Peggy Flanagan. ❤️
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Alexis @alexispace.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Next Senator from Minnesota btw
Peggy Flanagan wearing a "Protect Trans Kids" shirt
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Austen Hartke @austenhartke.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Pleeeeeease don't make us have to deal with Angie Craig week after week! She's funded by crypto, she supported ICE, she's in with AIPAC, and she didn't even get the DFL nomination. Tell your friends and fam to vote Peggy!
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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 10/08/2026
PEGGY PEGGY PEGGY!! If you are in Minnesota, we have a primary on TUESDAY. Please get out and vote for Peggy. Angie Craig is bought and paid for by AIPAC and crypto. She voted to give ICE more money.
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Being trans is sad Being trans is horrid." Shut up. Being trans is great. Look. I've got inner peace and a fucking scythe.
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Coyle "Barricade Material" Boron @fack.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Minnesotan Excellence: www.valleynewslive.com/2026/08/04/e...
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All of Winona Police Department’s Flock cameras cut down and stolen
Lost cameras valued at about $24,000
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
can we sometimes be asking "what qualifies this guy to speak on this subject?" or has that ship sailed
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 01/08/2026
just said this on another post but it bears repeating: the thing about continuing to give money to any jk rowling properties or the nyt is not that they’re shitty about trans people, which they are. it is that both of these entities MATERIALLY CONTRIBUTE to the legal challenges to trans rights
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Austen Hartke @austenhartke.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Really excited to learn about End the Ice Age (endtheiceage.com) and the multi-pronged approach to abolishing ICE!
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End the ICE Age is a national campaign working to end immigration detention, dismantle ICE, and build safe, welcoming communities for all.
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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
People on Bluesky sigh and talk about The Discourse as if it were something required of them instead of something they opt to partake in, day in and day out. You really don't have to. Post about your favorite cheese
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
this is absolutely scorching, but I laughed out loud at "There are no sex scenes, and all the food looks horrible."
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Maria Dahvana Headley @mariadahvana.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Thing about working with famous epics is that they're famous epics for a reason. Tons of people have had opinions about them for millennia. If you're going to work with one, you know your version is going to piss some people off. Even a *sedate* famous epic inflames some of its audience.
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Austen Hartke @austenhartke.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Yes hello it's me the furious husband. It's fine, I just wanted it to be something it ABSOLUTELY wasn't meant to be 😂 (But is it too much to ask for dialogue that doesn't suck??)
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 20/07/2026
well, I never expected to be published in a Stanford journal, but the McKnight Foundation asked me write my thesis to the philanthropic world after the MN ICE surge: when there is an emergency, just... give money to people on the ground doing the actual work. as fast as possible. radical, I know.
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Giving Can Be Simple (And During a Crisis, It Must Be) (SSIR)
When the village cannot wait, philanthropy must learn from community.
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Jimmi Lotts @jimmilotts.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
A sign that tells it like it is. Minneapolis.
A street sign, in a diamond shape, in orange. It reads, "Be prepared to stop." Graffiti at the bottom transforms the sentence to, "Be prepared to stop I.C.E."
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Madisyn Parisi (they/them) @madisyn-writes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This story is gaining some traction, which I’m so grateful for. But I am seeing some people discuss engaging with the bot, and I really want to caution against doing that, even as a joke. Doing so is putting yourself in harm’s way. 🧵
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Austen Hartke @austenhartke.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This is gender-affirming care! The right aren't against gender-affirming healthcare, they just think only cis, straight, white people should get it.
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It’s so important to remind people that we can do good smart things that help and don’t hurt.
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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Just a simple biblical observation
Proverbs 11:10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices,
    and when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.
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Steven Pumpkin Spice 🦇🎃 @silent0siris.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Note to self
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absolutely flabbergasting to see people who have so enthusiastically succumbed to despair. like okay denethor, but some of us are gonna actually face the armies of mordor in battle nonetheless.
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The thing about Denethor is that he not only succumbed to despair, he wanted to ensure that Faramir succumbed with him. Similarly, a lot of people now are not only succumbing to despair, they're actively proselytizing despair, trying to convince others to join them in their hopelessness. Despair is apparently lonely and they want company in their self-immolation.
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btw denethor succumbed to despair bc he was doomscrolling on the palantir. Sauron tweaked his algorithm so he only saw bad news, and he fell into the trap of thinking the world couldn't be saved.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
BRING 👏 BACK 👏 BOOK-IT 👏 FOR 👏 ADULTS
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Austen Hartke @austenhartke.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I mean, Belgium deserves to win solely on the strength of their beautiful trans flag kit. #worldcupposting
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Austen Hartke @austenhartke.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Okay yes, England has more goals, but Mexico has had more possession time, more shots on goal, more steals, and their whole team is hot, sooooooooooo you tell me #worldcupposting
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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
*rubs my grubby queer little hands all over your theology Me: Oh sorry were you gatekeeping that? *queers your theology harder
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Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 30/06/2026
Black girls are already adultified in schools-being seen as older, less innocent & more sexualized. Bans on trans girls are going to catch cis Black girls in hypersurveillance & hyperpunishment. Protect trans girls and kids. Protect Black girls. Fight against trans bans. Fight for trans kids
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Moth @walkingminnesota.com · 30/06/2026
In light of today’s heartbreaking Supreme Court ruling, A Bar of Their Own will be raising funds for Transforming Families tomorrow from 5-8pm 🏳️‍⚧️
****JULY 1
LET THEM PLAY!
today the Supreme Court ruled on trans sports bans; were coming together to support our trans and gender expansive athletes.
A Bar of Their Own
July 1|5-8pm
$1 from every drink goes to support
Transforming Families
OUT FRONT MINNESOTA
transforming families
A BAR OF
THEIR OWN
ALL WOMEN'S SPORTS
ALL
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Kat Rohn @rohnkat.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The *may* part is really, really important to stress here. Other states may choose bans, but in Minnesota we can continue to support inclusion.
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Austen Hartke @austenhartke.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Now (really, yesterday) is the time to double-down on ways in which we commit to supporting gender-expansive kids in every way we can, at the individual and community level.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Happy Pride from the Minneapolis City Council! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
The Minneapolis city council at pride
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Austen Hartke @austenhartke.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Good news! For more about why this is great, check out @chrisdstedman.bsky.social's article here: www.startribune.com/mpls-bathous...
startribune.com
Opinion | Why repealing Minneapolis’ bathhouse ban could be a public health win
"History has shown multiple times how invocations of a particular concept of morality can be weaponized against queer people with ramifications on public health and civic good," two professors write.
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Austen Hartke @austenhartke.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
So happy and thankful for all the folks who worked to make Minneapolis safer for everyone! 🎉 Feels so rare to get wins like this these days!
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Nicolete Burbach @nicoleteburbach.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Note that Exeter is one of the few places in the world where people are working on trans theology in a dedicated way. Depending on where these cuts fall, it could be genuinely disastrous for this tiny field, where individual researchers make a proportionally larger contribution to the field overall
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Austen Hartke @austenhartke.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I'm so excited for the session on conflict on Sept 2nd!!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
lot of nihilists in the replies. like obviously this doesn't mean they're giving up on mass deportation and the situation remains dire. but because people threw sand in the gears it no doubt slowed down the administration's plans and that is something deserving of recognition.
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