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Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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Started in #physics, landed in #computers. Flipping bits since 1971. Software Engineer at a large tech company. I write #fanfiction in my nonexistent free time […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.social/@dgoldsmith, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5h
But DON'T WORRY EVERYONE, the FCC will almost certainly approve SpaceX's one million satellite filing soon, so this will seem like nothing!
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5h
SpaceX just got approved for 15,000 more direct-to-cell satellites: www.fcc.gov/document/spacex-approve… Giant, bright, radio-loud. Fuck. I just saw SO MANY SATELLITES in my sky. Guess there will be more. And then lots of debris.
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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7h
All corruption, all the time in Trump world -- nothing comes remotely close to this level of sleaze in American history. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-the-p…
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‘Trump Is the Picasso of Corruption’
The grift is relentless, the conflicts are everywhere, and the public keeps getting stuck with the tab.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 8h
Curtis Yarvin praising Hitler, Peter Thiel ranting nonstop about the Antichrist…and no one asks JD Vance about his deranged gurus? I’m old enough to remember when we had to talk about Obama’s pastor for a year or so. www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-cur...
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JD Vance catches heat after his favorite pseudointellectual praises Hitler again
A right-wing influencer praised by Vice President JD Vance got called out for praising Adolf Hitler – and it's not the first time.The vice president has openly acknowledged neo-reactionary political t...
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 8h
Antichrist Deeply Uncomfortable With Perceived Connection to Peter Thiel “I have never met Peter, I’ve never spoken to him, and I have no desire to be connected to him,” clarified the Son of Perdition. “We do have a lot in common..but I find him deeply off-putting” thehardtimes.net/culture/anti...
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Antichrist Deeply Uncomfortable With Perceived Connection to Peter Thiel
HELL — The Antichrist issued a sweeping denial of any relationship with Peter Thiel this Wednesday following numerous remarks made by the... Continue this tale
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Ben Werdmuller @ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gy · 9h
Imagine what it does to a person to see a human being put to death. Imagine what it does to a country to allow this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oc…
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 08/10/2026
Yet again, the EU surrenders to Trump. After facing pressure from the US State Department, @kajakallas.bsky.social's EU foreign service pulled out of a conference this week at the last minute – because one of the panels dared to discuss American disinfo in Europe.
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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 9h
The 1,170 boxes and ~200 bookcases are now moved in. Several months of unpacking still to do. Also more months of construction (plumbing , etc) and more bills to come. But this is huge.
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10h
Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. That's against the Outer Space Treaty. Your engineering challenge, SpaceX, is to provide your services with fewer satellites. Not yell at everyone else for having satellites too […]
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Brian Vastag @brianvastag.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11h
The Alaska Airlines app is asking for my passport for travel from Hawai'i to Arizona. This is new & exciting! I've flown to the mainland many times and this is the first time any airline's system has decided it's an international trip. The rot is accelerating...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12h
Elites are pathetic, contemptible cowards, part batrillion.
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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12h
Y'all I recorded a 3-hour pod on permitting reform yesterday and I think I may have finally reached what scientists call the pod null point -- a pod so long and technical that literally no one listens to it. The mythical zero-listener pod.
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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 12h
...also since Andrews referred to me as a "biological man" in her ad, I will add that she clearly doesn't know much about biology: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZymY...
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Trans People and Biological Sex: What the Science Says
YouTube video by Julia Serano
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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 12h
given Annie Andrews' recent anti-trans ad, gonna re-up this recent essay/🧵:
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 7h
A Tennessee appellate court has ruled that the killing of a woman may have been justifiable because she was trans. The court reversed a conviction, stating that the killer could have a new trial because the jury did not know the woman killed was trans. Trans panic in the modern era.
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Killing of Woman May Have Been Justifiable Because She Was Trans, Tennessee Court Rules
The case is a bitter reminder of the ways LGBTQ people have had their identities weaponized by the courts in the past, most notoriously through a legal defense tactic known as gay or trans “panic.”
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 13h
@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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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13h
Christ. "Conservatism" now means overruling local government, imposing regulations, and restricting property rights. What a f'ing joke.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 14h
Peter Thiel can't stop talking about the Antichrist. He says evil is "kind of good." He's the billionaire who co-founded Palantir, bankrolled JD Vance, and champions men who want to end democracy. He keeps pointing at everyone else. But here's who he's really describing 👇 #peterthiel #jdvance
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CelloMom On Cars @cellomomoncars.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h
"Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Thursday that his government is investing $2 billion into a new national heat pump rebate program, with the goal of incentivizing Canadians to retrofit more energy efficient heating options. Eligible low to median income households could get up to $10,000 […]
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12h
I'm really sad y'all. I did not go into trans journalism to make "Dem capitulates on trans rights" my daily beat. It was a much better environment when I could count on everyone in our party, even the red state dems, to present a wall on this stuff. It just feels so bleak.
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 14h
Did any real person ever write as terribly, while as confidently, as this? If so, I'm not sure I've seen it.
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 14h
That AI has distilled from all human writing a voice that is so smugly blind to its own utter awfulness is really rather poignant.
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Riki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social · 14h
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct Just days after Trump attacked her as "Annie Tr*nnie," Dem Senate candidate and pediatrician Annie Andrews [So Carolina] releases anti-trans ad declaring “No men in women’s sports.” Sad -- and not going to win you a single Rep vote, Annie. wapo.st/4zpOaDy
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Democrat called slur by Trump airs ad urging ‘No men in women’s sports’
Senate candidate Annie Andrews, a Senate candidate in South Carolina, released a transgender issues ad days after the president called her an anti-transgender slur.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 18h
• ban private equity firms from owning hospitals • increase oversight of hospital mergers • end upcoding overpayments to Medicare Advantage • end prior authorization for routine/emergency treatment • ban “pay for delay” payments to generic manufacturers • reform PBMs • send opioid execs to prison
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South Carolina Senate Hopeful Runs on Health Care Populism - The American Prospect
An unusually detailed health care policy platform from Dr. Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, attacks Big Insurance, Big Pharma, and big hospital systems for putting profits over care.
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Sow, reap, etc.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13h
Seriously. What a fucking coward.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13h
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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CelloMom On Cars @cellomomoncars.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h
"All told, approximately 25% of Gulf oil production had been suspended as of Thursday morning. “This could not have come at a worse time as gasoline and diesel inventories are quite low,” Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates LLC consultancy, wrote in a note Wednesday. Nearly all U.S […]
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16h
Last night, I hosted a panel after a screening of the movie which included Frances Haugen. She points out Sarah Wynn-Williams is the first Facebook whistleblower to be sued. "And because she can't speak out I will". Haugen says FB's "unique" pursuit of her means her allegations are "likely true" 2/
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16h
But Meta is doing something even more outrageous. Remember this? When Sarah Wynn Williams was forced to sit in silence at the Hay Festival because of legal threats from FB? Well, there's an update. 3/
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16h
NEW: The big new Aaron Sorkin film The Social Reckoning opens tomorrow with a plot centred on Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen....but we need to talk about *another* Facebook whistleblower, Sarah Wynn-Williams. And why Zuck is gunning for her.. 1/ www.youtube.com/watch?is=NP3...
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THE SOCIAL RECKONING – Official Teaser Trailer (HD)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h
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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Riki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social · 19h
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct LGBTQnation Ninth Circuit rules against the AZ legislature’s attempt to force trans people to get surgery before they can correct gender markers on birth certificates, upholding a federal court ruling from last year. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/10/cour...
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Court rules state can't force trans people to get surgery before updating birth certificates - LGBTQ Nation
The judge called it "improper" to deny trans people the right to change their gender marker through a court order, rather than surgery.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 19h
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct Advocate Human Rights Campaign president Kelley Robinson tells Dems caving on trans rights: "You’re doing too much and getting too little. You don’t have to sacrifice any member of our community to win.” www.advocate.com/politics/ele...
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Human Rights Campaign president to Dems caving on trans rights: ‘You’re doing too much and getting too little’
“You don’t have to sacrifice any member of our community to win,” Kelley Robinson told reporters as she outlined HRC’s $15 million midterm investment.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 19h
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct Daniela Fuentes, a trans Cuban woman deported from FL to the Central African Republic along with thousands deported to countries where they don't know the people or language, must now hide her breasts and femininity and pass as a man just to survive.
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Deported to Central African Republic, a transgender woman who lived openly in Miami is hiding again
Daniela Fuentes is a transgender woman from Cuba who’s been deported to the Central African Republic as part of a U.S. immigration policy
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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Margaret Hamilton has died. Absolute legend, it was my honour to meet her and have a conversation with her just a few years ago, super nice and still sharp. Ave atque vale Margaret. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @dgoldsmith.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h
[today’s hello wordl] hellowordl.net/?seed=20261008&lengt… hello wordl 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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hello wordl
A word-guessing game
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
this goes up tomorrow; sign up and it'll be in your inbox in the morning whoosh. open.substack.com/pub/noahberl...
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Trump Chooses Bad Advisors Because He Is a Bad Person
It’s all fascism.
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
Every single aspect of this data centre (probably like all of them) is nakedly corrupt. I don't know how anyone is supposed to fight against that. That protest was both incredibly sad and incredibly uplifting at the same time.
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's never too late.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/10/2026
MeToo went about 1% as far as it should have gone.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We need to be less hysterical about potential AMOC collapse in 2100 and way more hysterical about the actual mega El Niño in 2027.
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A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.
A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 07/10/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct ErinReed Equality Caucus calls OH Dem Rep Marcia Kaptur anti-trans ads using Rep rhetoric "deeply offensive" and declares it will not support her campaign for Congress. substack.com/inbox/post/2...
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Equality Caucus: Marcy Kaptur’s Anti-Trans Ads "Deeply Offensive," Will Not Support Her Campaign
"The Equality Caucus is not going to stand by passively and allow anyone to scapegoat the trans community. It is a red line for us."
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Dear Some Of My Fellow Lefties... Read more cartoons! ---> #PoliCartoon Help us make more! ----> patreon.com/barry
1,973 characters:

Nine panels. In the first eight, a different character speaks to the viewer.

PANEL 1
CAPTION: Dear (some of) my fellow lefties:
A man in a white shirt and tie laughs at his desk.
MAN: Ann Coulter is a man! Haw haw!

PANEL 2
An older white-haired woman in a floral blouse raises her hands, laughing.
WOMAN: Clarence Thomas’ parents should have named him “Tom.” Get it? Like Uncle Tom?
WOMAN: As a white liberal, it’s totally my place to say that!

PANEL 3
A smiling man with a huge beard, sunglasses, bowler hat and puffy-trimmed coat stands by a bike.
MAN: I bet all these anti-gay conservatives are secretly gay!
MAN: Let’s laugh at them for being gay!
MAN: (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.)

PANEL 4
A thin woman in a red knit cap, hoodie and hoop earrings speaks angrily.
WOMAN: Trump just keeps pulling lies out of his big fat ass!
WOMAN: God fat people disgust me!
WOMAN: Er… I meant, Trump disgusts me!
WOMAN: Whichever!

PANEL 5
A man in glasses and a “this is what a feminist looks like” tee points at his tablet. Behind him is a hillside with paths and trees.
MAN: When I see pro-life women, I think, who’d even want to get them pregnant?

PANEL 6
A tattooed person with a partly shaved head and nose and ear rings sits with coffee, smiling with a hand beside their mouth as if telling a dirty joke.
PERSON: Guys obsessed with protecting big guns are just making up for they lack downstairs, ifyaknowwhatImean.
PERSON: You do know what I mean, right?
PERSON: I mean penises!

PANEL 7
An aggravated woman outdoors wears a jacket, scarf and big knit hat.
WOMAN: You know who votes Republican? Inbred, flyover state hillbilly retards!

PANEL 8
A grinning redheaded man sits on a curb, leaning on one hand, wearing an open shirt over a striped tee.
MAN: I love it when right-wingers get sent to prison. “Don’t drop the soap!” Ha!

PANEL 9
No art: a caption in big white letters fills an otherwise red panel.
CAPTION: Shut up and get the hell off my side.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 07/10/2026
I talked with the incredible @kissphoria.bsky.social about her reporting on Instagram banning queer bars all over the country. youtu.be/wKIgdlpGN3k
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Why Instagram Keeps Banning LGBTQ Bars (ft. Gwen Howerton)
YouTube video by Katelyn Burns
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/10/2026
Following reporting from Erin In The Morning, the Equality Caucus has come out with a more forceful response against Democrat Marcy Kaptur's anti-trans ads. "This is a red line for us." The large Democratic caucus will not support her reelection. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Equality Caucus: Marcy Kaptur’s Anti-Trans Ads "Deeply Offensive," Will Not Support Her Campaign
"The Equality Caucus is not going to stand by passively and allow anyone to scapegoat the trans community. It is a red line for us."
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/10/2026
This is not confined to climate change either. There is seemingly no awareness that these fights have actual, real-world ramifications. There is only the push & pull on cable news, only owning & being owned, only tribal warfare. I don't even know how to capture it exactly but it's unnerving.
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