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The Humanist Report @humanistreport.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Democrats will never learn.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Protests that started in Spain and then spread to France and Brazil have now started in Belgium. People are sick of being told there is 'no money' by billionaires who are becoming trillionaires.
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Remember, everyone, this isn't happening. Democrats are not campaigning against trans people. It's not happening.
Annie Andrews ad, campaigning against trans rights. She says "I don't support biological men playing in women's sports." Graphic next to her says "No gender surgeries for minors."Marcy Kaptur ad: I voted with Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of our schools. Sherrod Brown ad: In Ohio it's illegal to perform transgender surgeries on children. Marcy Kaptur ad: boys should not play girls sports.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/10/2026
Just a reminder that when Dems turn against trans people for power, it's also a reminder that they'll do other things for power that you might not like too, such as supporting billionaires.
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Aspharon @asph.me · 10/10/2026
dont make me tap the sign
tumblr post by carbomcoco

"these researchers published a paper on something that literally any of us could have told you 🙄" ok well my supervisors wont let me write something in my thesis unless I can back it up with a citation so maybe it's a good thing that they're amplifying your voice to the scientific community in a way that prevents people from writing off your experiences as annecdotal evidence
they did the research in the first place because they believed you and wanted to tell people about it. they are not our enemies.

reblog by aphony-cree

people always go "Instead of spending all that time on a study they could have just listened to us when we said these thing happen"

they did listen, that's how studies work, they asked people about their experiences and put all the data together in a nice package that can be cited
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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today, I resigned as Vice Chair of the ODP Pride Caucus. The state party expects us to be a sales team, censoring our voices when we beg candidates not to trade on trans lives. I am still a Democrat, but I will not value party approval over true, defiant advocacy. Full text below. 👇
Part 1 of an open letter of resignation by Arienne Childrey, stepping down as Vice Chair and member of the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) Pride Caucus. She states that party leadership treats the caucus as a recruitment and sales team rather than a representative body. She cites an incident where the ODP censored and denied permission for the caucus to post a letter by two trans leaders addressing harmful comments made by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton. The State Party Chair reportedly called the letter an "unwelcome distraction," which Childrey notes demonstrates how little party leadership values the voices and dignity of LGBTQ+ Democrats.
Since that decision, every Caucus plan, every potential post, and every path forward has been filtered through a lens of strict compliance and ODP approval. That may very well be the party's rule, but following those rules right now is a dereliction of our duty to the LGBTQ+ community.

For me, any rule that silences advocacy for the trans community during this time is an unjust rule, and I see no obligation to follow it. In alignment with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his Letter from Birmingham Jail:

“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

We are living in incredibly dangerous times for the trans community. We are in an era where the GOP has so thoroughly weaponized trans lives that even some formerly self-professing allies within our own party have fallen prey to the rhetoric. Looking at the national trend towards Democratic anti-trans triangulation, as well as our own internal conversations, it is clear to me that this shift is much more than a simple coincidence.

We have to speak up—loudly, strongly, and unapologetically—or I fear what our 2028 choices may look like. The ODP would like everyone to believe they are a "big tent" party. However, their successful efforts to silence even the Pride Caucus—even in cases where we are simply begging our candidates not to trade on our lives for perceived electoral advantage—has proven otherwise. The tent hasn't gotten any bigger; it has simply shifted, leaving many trans individuals, progressives, and allies out in the rain.

I will continue to advocate, organize, and fight for our community with everything I have. But I can no longer compromise my own moral principles by remaining part of a caucus that appears more interested in party approval than in true, defiant advocacy.

Sincerely,
Arienne Childrey
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/10/2026
Looks like the Democratic candidate for US Senate in South Carolina, Annie Andrews, is pro-sports bans and pro-surgery bans for youth, which include top surgery and which have even been interpreted to include blocker and hormone implants. She's the latest anti-trans dem.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/10/2026
We may cover this tomorrow, but I just wanted to signal boost this. After months of pushing the administration to make good on its promises for trans youth, NYC appears to be taking steps to do so. I do believe the city can be doing much more, but this is a wonderful start from Mayor Mamdani.
gothamist.com
NYC moves to spend nearly $9M of gender-affirming care fund for minors
The funding is part of a $15 million investment announced in June as major hospitals retreated from providing such care.
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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 07/10/2026
Arizona and Virginia, both of which are governed by Democrats, are ending Medicaid coverage of care for trans youth, Transitics has learned. The bans, which go into effect on October 13th, mark the most significant Democratic capitulation to Trump's anti-trans demands yet. Cowards.
transiticsnews.com
Democrat-led Arizona, Virginia Quietly End Medicaid Coverage of Care for Trans Youth, Acquiescing to Trump Demands
The policy changes, which go into effect on October 13th, see Arizona and Virginia join Kansas as states where Democrats have needlessly opted to restrict Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care.
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Yazz🍷⚔️ @yazzzmania.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
💀“Think they’ll notice we’re missing?” 🧼“Not if we’re quick. Now stop flirting and get to it already…” #Ghoap #GhostSoap
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/10/2026
SC Dem Senate nominee Annie Andrews released an ad calling trans women "biological men." She embraces sports and surgery bans for youth. Her campaign even says she won't work to overturn the HRT/blocker trans youth ban. She once argued against capitulation. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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SC Dem Senate Candidate Annie Andrews Releases Ad Calling Trans Women “Biological Men”
She also said she would not change the youth HRT and puberty blocker ban in South Carolina.
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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social calling Dr Annie Andrews a transphobic slur this week, and her response is to ensure everyone knows she hates trans people too. Christ, the Democrats are fucking pathetic.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/10/2026
Annie Andrews in 2022: "This does nothing to protect or support women or children in SC. I will always support trans youth" Annie Andrews in 2025: It's wrong to "throw this population under the bus to score political points." Annie Andrews today:
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 08/10/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct Just as a point of reference, this was the old Dr. Annie Andrews [Dem-SC] before she decided some of us were expendable. Liked Andrews ver 1.0 a LOT better. [hat tip Erin Reed]
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 09/10/2026
Sherrod Brown's new response to an anti-trans ad is remarkably different from many other dems. Instead of accepting bigotry towards trans people, he pivots and links his Republican opponent to the Epstein files. It is notably different from his earlier ads. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Sherrod Brown Answers Anti-Trans Attack Ads By Tying Jon Husted To The Epstein Files
“Jon Husted? He protected men who abused young girls by voting in the Senate to block the release of the Epstein files.”
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026
This is what happens when you get loud and demand Dems not drop trans people. We CAN get orgs to realize this. But we can’t stop with Kaptur. She’s the worst but not the only one. There is NO acceptable anti-trans vote or statement or ad from a Democrat. None. GET LOUDER!
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trans people aren't going quietly, and Assigned Media's journalists are doing what we can to make sure their stories, and their passion, reaches you.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026
This is a better answer on sports from Talarico. It's not my position or answer, but at least he says he opposes statewide bans on trans athletes. I still really, really don't like his position that he wants a national surgery ban for trans youth.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026
I'm a passenger in a trip across Ohio right now and what the fuck is this shit. Age verification literally stops me from being able to read my Bluesky messages!?
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17/09/2026
Democratic Candidate for Ohio's 9th Congressional District Marcy Kaptur announces in an ad that she "voted with Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of our schools." It's one of the most hateful anti-trans ads ever released by a Dem. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Dem. Ohio Candidate Marcy Kaptur Releases Ad: “I Voted With Republicans To Keep Transgender Ideology Out Of Schools”
She also said in the ad, “let me be clear, boys should not play girls sports.”
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James Endicott @o76923.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Apparently @equalityohio.bsky.social considers open transphobia and pledging to work with Republicans against trans rights only worthy of a B on their scorecard.
Scorecard of Marcy Kaptur running for CD09 Toldeo/Northwest Ohio from Equality Ohio. They give her a B.

* She has supported the Equality Act and, at one time, earned a 100% rating from the Human Rights Campaign. 

* The longest serving woman in the U.S. House of Representatives, she has focused on economic growth, Great Lakes protection, and advocating for working-class Ohioans.

* She voted for HR 2616,  a bill that is anti-trans equality.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the most masculine video on the internet right now
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026
This guy who assaulted a sitting member of Congress got 28 years and 10 months less jail time than a Texas resident who transported a box of zines that contained constitutionally protected content opposing ICE reason.com/2026/06/25/t...
reason.com
Texas man gets 30 years in prison for transporting 'anti-government' pamphlets
The case stems from a violent anti-ICE protest, but critics say the government's prosecution threatens First Amendment rights.
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isa 🔞 LBX 430 @babeyxiao.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
this child of mine (1/3)
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bree bird 🇨🇦 @goose.ski · 13/09/2026
the trans community’s demand is eminently reasonable: “democrats need to treat trans people as equal partners in their political coalition or trans people will not be partners at all.” so, democrats: do you want to win or not?
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🏳️‍⚧️ Ciara RayneCloud 🏳️‍⚧️ @ciararaynecloud.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Yeah, we did try. My friend @ari4ohio.bsky.social was bared from attending and I was thrown out for demanding to know why. Explain to me how I educate them in office or hold them accountable when they do shit like that?
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
When Democrats attempt to triangulate on trans rights, it's my sense that many liberals and people in politics don't understand why many trans people are so upset. I wrote about the differences between then and now, what trans people have lost, and what we still stand to lose
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This Is Not A Love Song
Explaining the “maximalism” of trans rights
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JGregoryCincy @tehlasercat.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It’s shocking but Erin might be underselling how vicious Acton’s people were to trans people who voiced concerns. However bad you might think it was; I guarantee it was worse.
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beartrapped 🔞 @softending.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The first and most dangerous step in the production of vampire antivenom is, of course, milking the venom from which it's synthesized. Luckily, some volunteers seem to even enjoy the process 🧪
a vampire girl in a lab, having her venom milked. a leather harness holds her mouth open with a metal bit, preventing her from biting, while a lab tech holds a vial to her fangs to catch the dripping venom; another gloved worker assists from behind.
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Defiantly Alice @mechanival.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Every time I see an American claim that trans people kill their own support, I think about how in the UK, self ID polled majority support until the media attacked it. When Labour accepted self ID should die, we were told to let them win, it would get better. Now we have a bathroom ban. Fuck you.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 14/09/2026
The midterms are shaping up to be a referendum on whether trans people should exist, with Republicans saying we shouldn't and Democrats saying maybe Republicans have a point on some of these issues. Good luck, everybody!
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Democratic Candidates Abandon Trans Folks, Are Attacked For Their Support Anyway - Assigned Media
Leading Off: Republicans set the stage for further attacks on trans rights while some democrats continue to walk back support. Our top headlines as we start off the week.
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14/09/2026
I find it interesting how some of the criticism I've received focuses on Talarico and not, say, Acton or Turek or Davis, whose anti-trans statements, votes, or stances are far worse than Talarico's. Talarico wasn't even in my original article, which was written before he said dumb stuff.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14/09/2026
Some Dems are running away from trans people. Abdul El-Sayed, Dem Senate Candidate in Michigan, is running towards them. When asked, he fully and unequivocally support trans youth care as a matter between parents, patients, and doctors. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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"The Decision Ought To Be Between A Patient And Their Doctor," Says Michigan Senate Candidate El-Sayed On Trans Care
Even conservatives “agree that the decision about healthcare ought to be between a person and their provider,” El-Sayed said.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 07/09/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Sep The Guardian offers a deep dive on execrable new Trump HHS report supposedly linking authoritarianism and political violence with trans identity. So all those violent paramiltary bigots in Three Percenters, Oath Keepers, Patriot Front and Proud Boys are trans?!?
theguardian.com
‘Nakedly political’: US attempts to link trans support to authoritarianism in new health department report
HHS releases report linking ‘gender ideology’ to political violence – a study scientists say was poorly conducted
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 03/09/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Sep Advocate Rep. Seth Moulton, who made throwing trans girls under the bus central to his MA Senate Dem primary campaign _crushed _ by incumbent MA Sen Ed Markey, who made support for trans girls in sports a core position: 65% to 35%. Take THAT Third Way.
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Seth Moulton’s anti-trans shape-shifting ends in a humiliating blowout in Massachusetts
The congressman tried to turn attacks on transgender athletes into a Senate promotion. Sen. Ed Markey crushed him by nearly 30 points.
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LaurenWalshArt @laurenwalshart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
And here I stand. Still able to draw.
Just in: widespread ai outage underway as ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok are all down.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 04/09/2026
Wonder how those clinics for youth Mandani was gonna set up are going.
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QTori 🍣 @qtori.art · 04/09/2026
I will add pressure to this by saying that any company that claims to not hold onto your personal data after verifying you? They're lying. Ive been nitro free since the first time they tried this, voice how you feel with your wallet people. Make them really feel that squeeze.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 05/09/2026
He's wrong about virtually everything in this post, except for one thing. Equality Ohio DID surrender trans people, like Amy Acton did. When your org capitulates to the point anti-trans leaders celebrate like this, you know you did wrong. Ashamed to ever have had a good relationship with the org.
Aaron Baer
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This statement from @EqualityOhio is the ultimate sign of surrender from them.
They know their positions are politically toxic, because no one wants transgender procedures done on kids, and no one wants boys in girls sports. EQOH is just too scared to press Democrats to take clear stances.
They're hoping a wink and a nod will let @amyactonoh skate by in the election, without having the crazy LGBT issues drag her down like a ton of bricks.
It should be simple: does Amy think minors should have access to "gender-affirming care" and double mastectomies? Isn't this the entire reason EQOH exists?
Equality Ohio has updated Dr. Amy Acton's score from an 'A' to a 'B' to acknowledge harm to transgender communities.
Dr. Acton made harmful remarks related to transgender people back on June 30, 2026. In response, we placed her score under review and requested that she engage directly with Equality Ohio and transgender community leaders. Members of her campaign engaged with us, but the meeting we requested with Dr. Acton has not happened yet.
The Acton campaign has updated their website to include LGBTQ anti-discrimination to their campaign platform. We have confirmed the campaign has met with LGBTQ leaders and parents of transgender children.
Her campaign also wrote to the press that she "will always stand up for Ohioans, including the LGBT community. As governor, she is committed to standing up to discrimination and ensuring all Ohioans receive equal protection under the law." She went on to affirm that healthcare decisions should be between a patient and their provider.
We have not been able to confirm meaningful engagement directly between their campaign and transgender communities.
The 'B' now reflects the concern about support of trans Ohioans, alongside her broader record and positions. A 'B' means "insufficient record but supportive public statements."
Dr. Acton's comments didn't happen in a vacuum. They're part of a broader pattern of politicians …
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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. Age verification makes everyone less safe.
techdirt.com
Hackers 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...
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 05/09/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Sep The Musk Monster has started spending to shore up TX Rep Senate candidate Ken Paxton, one of the country's most rapid anti-trans politicians and running against openly trans-friendly James Talarico. Paxton is so thoroughly corrupt even Rep donors are avoiding him.
cnn.com
Musk has started spending money to help Ken Paxton. Will it help change the course of the Texas Senate race? | CNN Politics
For months, Texas Republicans have anxiously awaited the arrival of national resources to help boost Ken Paxton, one of the GOP’s most vulnerable Senate candidates.
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Jeje @jeje03.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
올드맨 부부💚 #jayvik
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robin finn @robinfinnart.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm so proud of these folks. If you're in MA, be sure to sign on to their campaign!
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Gory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Man sticker mule is advertising all over YouTube, stealing sticker app’s ad aesthetics and really hoping you forget about the obscene amount of money they’ve donated to Trump and also making a Trump statue. But I remember. We all remember, sticker mule. cbs6albany.com/news/local/s...
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Sticker Mule CEO unveils Trump statue, citing failed assassination as political catalyst
Sticker Mule CEO Anthony Constantino unveiled a statue honoring President Donald Trump, called the "Defiance Monument."
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Solaire 🔜 GATEway FATE 🐏 @solairelunaire.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
i must not fear The Project
tumblr post by gailynovelry:
"The fastest way to accomplish The Project is to cease being afraid of The Project. The Project cannot maim you. The Project cannot kill you. The Project is more afraid of you than you are of it. It is okay if The Project turns out differently from how it was in your head, and it is okay if it has flaws. You are capable of engaging with The Project."
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Ben @cinemashoebox.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
everyone is going insane for this but it's a slop machine. the first character i rolled was a child who died in 5th century BCE Iran and the site generated me a picture of "his home" which had drainpipes and telephone wires. fuck this.
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mollystars { comms 20% OFF!! } @mollystars.dev · 05/09/2026
reminder that discord's trying to reintroduce their "Global Age Verification" as of very recently. if you haven't cancelled your nitro, do it! if you know other people who haven't, let them know abt this. not giving them anything as long as paypros/the gov keep being a bunch of pussies about this
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reapersun @reapersun.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Pages 32-33 ☕ #poolverine
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Jeje @jeje03.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
파트너의 혈압케어 해주기 #jayvik
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