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Deborah

@deborah-c.bsky.social
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CompSci, security, SF/F, UK/US politics, feminism, disability, collies. May also contain dangerous levels of Snark. Formerly @deborah_c at the bird place. Librarian groupie and tea drinker

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 4h
Last week the Portland Police made a huge deal about a K9 killed in the line of duty apprehending a dangerous suspect. Turns out that K9 was shot and killed by...the Portland Police www.kgw.com/article/news...
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 2h
100% power bill increase?! Wtf, Georgia?
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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 2h
After being raped by a man on my hall sophomore year, I couldn’t leave my dorm room for weeks and failed several classes. I had to take out student loans so I could retake those credits. We almost never talk about the financial toll of campus sexual assault on survivors.
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 3h
they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
it is crazy that he did a straight-up supervillain monologue about how he had planted this in right-wing media and that the NYT was going to pick it up, right in front of the NYT, and they did
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 5h
its worth asking why posts like this — a purported leftist warning others not to trust elected left-wing politicians — consistently do so well on the site where racist Trump ally Elon Musk controls the algorithm that chooses what posts people see
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 2h
Man if Eric Schmitt were capable of feeling anything resembling shame just think about how rough his night would be
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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 8h
Nine months ago:
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Micah @rincewind.run · 12h
it is just monumentally depressing that at the time we need honest supreme court coverage the most, the place that used to be the best resource for it has been turned - like most other media outlets - into a sycophantic shitshow dedicated to glazing the worst people in america
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Michael Steiner @bierquaffer.bsky.social · 11h
The toddler did a poopie in the toilet for the first time. Yay!
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Mx. Dizzy — Human Generated Em Dash @emexdizzy.bsky.social · 14h
Having skimmed the website, this clocks as well-meaning but inept. There's a lot of rhetoric about having elected people with transgender family members, but very little about actual policy goals. It's nice to care about your family who are trans, but it's the policies that impact us...
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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 15h
or rather: yeah it's probably usual for dem grift economy shell game fundraising organizations. but it's unheard of for a trans advocacy organization. why the fuck would i do that with my money instead of... trans advocacy?
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semble anne @sembleanne.bsky.social · 22h
I am *so confused* by this one, this article raises so many questions, why is this 21 year old the face of all this, and why is more than 1/5th of what they raise going to some company called Ripple Effect Strategies, what are they even doing, what is going on??
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Inside Tyler Hack’s Plan to Transform Trans Rights in America
Christopher Street Project founder Tyler Hack is building political power to defend trans rights and elect pro-equality leaders.
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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 15h
it makes me so angry how so many incredible trans groups doing actual work get no recognition whatsoever but John Democrat snaps one finger and someone's friend or kid gets every interview or request for comment on shit they don't know fuckall about
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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 23h
stop fucking quoting whoever the fuck this is that showed up from nowhere a year ago christopher street is not a "transgender advocacy group" it's some weird new dem electoral money vacuum grift nobody knows these people. they do not represent us on anything what the fuck please stop
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Tyler Hack, executive director of the Christopher Street Project, a transgender advocacy group, said Spanberger showed the way because she took on the issue head- on "but also didn't throw anyone under the bus." The Human Rights Campaign cited Spanberger's response in its guidance for 2026 candidates, which in part urges them to

"address concerns directly."
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10h
NEW: Kurt Olsen, a prominent election denier with no prosecutorial experience, has resigned from the DOJ after failing to find evidence that the 2020 presidential race was stolen. The conspiracy theorist was hired last year to aid in Trump's efforts to relitigate the results of the 2020 contest.
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Election denier Kurt Olsen leaves DOJ after failing to find evidence of stolen election
A prominent election denier whom the Trump administration hired to pursue investigations into election-related conspiracy theories has resigned several months after he failed to find evidence that the...
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northsidemick @northsidemick.bsky.social · 10h
Just before the Schmitt hits the fan
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Zaggs @zaggsz.bsky.social · 10h
And yet, it gets worse bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11h
oh my fucking god, you have to watch this. eric schmitt just made himself the main character.
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Abby Franquemont 🇵🇪🇺🇸 @abbysyarns.bsky.social · 15h
So of the 5 men in my circles who have expressed any outrage or in fact any sentiment at all about the massive rape cases in the news, 2 are trans. I have thousands of men in my circles and generally speaking all the cis ones are clearly fine with rape because they aren’t against it.
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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 14h
I'm old enough to remember taking classes in how to properly tailor Lexis-Nexis searches because doing one single boolean search on every database cost like $1,000.
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 15h
I'm not saying that a guy who sprints to the front to defend every rapist and attack every victim is himself a rapist because I have no information upon which to base such a claim. But I would bet a million bucks that this guy would risk his life to keep any of us from seeing his hard drive.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 14h
Case in point: bsky.app/profile/sean...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One thing to look out for: Grassley, unlike Jordan, has been obsessed with all the financial data Smith subpoenaed. It is fairly obviously an investigation into money laundering of Trump's fraudulently obtained funds. And Grassley promises he's going to *confront* Smith about that.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“It’s really hard for people in the United States to understand the scale of hunger.” www.commondreams.org/news/food-ba...
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US Food Banks Under Strain as Trump Policies Drive Up Costs | Common Dreams
President Trump's Iran War and SNAP cuts are straining food banks nationwide. Increased demand and shipping costs are impacting communities.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Ken Paxton is saying Texans need to take a deeper look at the background of the candidates, which is why he's encouraging everyone to Google "Ken Paxton indictments" and "Ken Paxton divorce" and "Ken Paxton pedophile" to see that he has absolutely nothing to be ashamed of
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Canada is the best neighbor anyone could ask for. It’s Trump who doesn’t want a deal. We’ll never stop Trump’s insane trade wars until the media puts his crazy “replace income tax revenue w/tariffs” idea directly. They’re afraid to touch it because they’d have to question his mental health directly.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’ve now reached the point of “black site” hearings – secret, illegal hearings as part of Trump & Stephen Miller’s wretched crusade to detain & deport our immigrant neighbors. Quite literally: hidden tribunals that disappear people.
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DHS Opens ‘Black Site Docket’ for Immigrants Without Lawyers at 26 Federal Plaza
A reporter from The City Reporter was threatened with arrest while attempting to observe comings and goings from the new courtrooms, which have left advocates mystified and fearing the worst.
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Marc Reeve @cmraman.geek.org · 28/09/2026
Oh goody, farm diesel in road engines. I guess the feds are okay with losing the tax revenue as it appears that the governor of Louisiana did the same thing a couple of days ago. Bet if a “blue state” governor tried it, they’d have a cow, though.
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Houston Public Media @houstonpublicmedia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Governor Greg Abbott announced a statewide disaster proclamation over diesel shortage on Monday, following recent record-high prices. 
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Gov. Greg Abbott declares statewide disaster proclamation over diesel shortages
The governor is allowing the used of dyed diesel on roads. Diesel prices reached a record high last week, seven months into the U.S.'s war with Iran.
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Catherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sigh.
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Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Bent Pylon. A small ink drawing
An ink drawing of a bent pylon, kind of cloudy and overcast , loose and expressive
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Texas GOP Candidate Has Long History of Calling for Public Executions newrepublic.com/post/215925/...
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Texas GOP Candidate Has Long History of Calling for Public Executions
Bo French may have deleted his posts—but the internet never forgets.
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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Re-sharing (and shares welcomed!!!), my upcoming class for @shipmanagency.bsky.social … Starting this Saturday, on pitching, open to nonfiction writers of all kinds … Enroll today, if you are considering doing so, it’s last call … www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/craf...
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Craft Seminar: The Art of the Pitch with Sandy Ernest Allen — The Shipman Agency
2 Sessions: Saturdays, October 3 + 10 1:00-3:00pm ET Sandy Ernest Allen Master the art of pitching with journalist and editor Sandy Ernest Allen. Sandy is a trans and queer freelance journalist, a...
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jean-Marie Le Pen was ousted from the party by daughter Marine for downplaying the horror of Nazi gas chambers and for suggesting France should ally themselves with Russia to “save the white world.” Marine objected not because she disagreed but because it was “political suicide” to say it out loud.
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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This works, btw. It's actually pretty incredible and heady just how powerful it is in practice. Every time I've done it the impact is pretty memorable.
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Omega @weregopher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The #FuzzyRebelAlliance sez "I will not be belled, tagged or collared. I am a free cat!"
A brown tabby cat is sitting in abox and reaching up to bat at a toy showing that she's lost her collar, again!
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Sasha Hupka @sashahupka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: An investigation by Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell found 52 of 60 potential noncitizens flagged by a error-prone federal system known as SAVE are actually citizens. Last week, SCOTUS said President Donald Trump's administration can use the tool. Read: www.votebeat.org/arizona/2026...
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52 out of 60 voters flagged as noncitizens in key Arizona county turn out to be citizens
Maricopa County’s GOP recorder said he had found 60 noncitizens who had cast a ballot. Upon closer investigation, though, the real number is only eight.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
But if trans girls are "cheating" by playing women's sports, what else are the sneaky trans people cheating about. They're also coming for Title IX. They don't care about women in sports. They want women out of sports. Please, I am begging you, stop falling for this shit.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
What's happening is that Republicans are priming Democrats and Democratic voters for more violent forms of transphobia. They're manipulating people into caring about something that is most likely never going to affect them.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
Before the NCAA capitulated to this nonsense and banned trans women from competing on women's sports teams, the head of the NCAA told a Senate panel that he knew of less than 10 athletes competing in sports in the NCAA. What are we fucking doing here, people. It's a non-issue.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
Save Women's Sports, an anti-trans organization whose entire existence is built around ferreting out trans athletes who want to run rougshod over your cisgender girl could only find 5 athletes competing K-12. Five.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
There's close to a 0% chance that your kid is going to end up competing against a trans athlete in a sport. But six years ago, Republicans decided everybody has to care and by the time Roe fell, it was their new chosen culture war issue.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
fucking really
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Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students
The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati…
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womblingweka.bsky.social @womblingweka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here in Aotearoa New Zealand, a female journalist was also mad that nothing has changed, so with others, she has just launched 'Tika', a new way of reporting sexual assault: www.webworm.co/tika/
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This Could Change The Way Victims Get Justice
David Farrier's Webworm looks at Alison Mau and Zoë Lawton's Tika: a new way to report sexual harm in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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Natty K @nataliek.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My cousin was roofied in college (maybe 10 yrs ago? Not quite). She was raped while she was unconscious and woke up in the dude’s apartment. There was never any prosecution because the drug testing on the roofie was inconclusive, so you know 🤷‍♀️
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Karen F @oh-that-karen-f.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I burned through three pages writing about this today, including about Christine Blasey Ford. Thank you for not forgetting her or Emma Sulkowicz. For connecting the dots. Not anomalies, they are hallmarks of wider rape culture down to individuals' choices and abhorrent actions. Excused...condoned.
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weather and noise @notthattherese.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I have always believed Anita Hill, too. Woman after woman not believed, dismissed, ridiculed.
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JaneLane @nyjanelane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It has me thinking of Gisèle Pelicot, in her small French village, where who knows how many men she interacted with were invited to rape her, knew of her rapes and said nothing, did nothing, shrugged.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the cornell gang rape has me thinking about the pervasiveness of this mindset:
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