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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Aaaaaaanyway this whole thing is a perfect example of how disabled and chronically ill and marginalized people are forced out of society and then if they make a tiny enclave together where they try and make space for each other the society that forced them out tells them they can’t have that either.
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
some of the quotes on that article were truly despicable... posting dehumanizing, eugenicist rhetoric ~leftishly~ we've already been abandonned, isolated, violently shoved out of public society... they want us to shut up and disappear, too 🧵
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 15/09/2026
Attempting to frame these bigots like they’re brave pragmatists breaking from some kind of stalwart trans-affirming norm is the type of enormous lie where the ground should open up to pneumatic-tube you directly to hell.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I would like to stress that Americans from marginalized groups are letting America know about these mother****ers WAY in advance specifically so we do not find ourselves in a situation where they are the only choice.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
America was told about Newsom. America was told about Platner. So you cannot keep setting down Jello with glass shards in it at the potluck and then accuse everybody else of ruining the party because nobody ate your food.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We're not stupid. And we are pragmatic and reasonable. What is not reasonable is fascism or Nazi tattoos at the function. Expecting someone to vote for the eradication of their civil rights is insane. And to ask that when there are still clearly other options is wild suspect.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026
When I say it’s the only question, it is because of the question underlying the question. Which is, ‘Do people deserve dignity, rights & protections?’ If a qualifier changes your answer, whether it’s trans or Black or Palestinian, you have completely failed the trustworthiness test.
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A.J. Wilden🏳️‍⚧️ @wcwit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"They're not misunderstanding the film; they're co-opting a message"
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Marlow Stern (the interviewer):  You have one of the most renowned replies in Twitter history. Elon Musk tweeted out, “Take the red pill,” then Ivanka Trump enthusiastically wrote, “Taken!” to him, and then you replied, “Fuck both of you.” I’m curious how you feel about the co-opting of “The Matrix” by those on the right who don’t really seem to understand its messaging.

Lilly Wachowski: I mean, I can’t sit in a room and explain the movie to every single person who watches it. Even if I did sit in a room with Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump — yikes — it doesn’t matter. They’re not misunderstanding the film; they’re co-opting a message. And that’s what fascists do: They co-opt the messages of progressives and use it to their benefit to confuse and obfuscate what is going on and the intention of their ideology. They do it with everything. They do it with Martin Luther King Jr. Look at how they’ve changed the idea of what antisemitism is.
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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If I hear “separate the art from the artist” one more time I’m gonna lose it. 1) the way you are using that phrase is not what that idea means at ALL and 2) even if it was, we’re discussing MONEY. The money that goes from your pocket to her to a genocidal campaign against trans people.
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I would rather open a vein with a rusty fountain pen and write in my own viscera than ever use llm bullshit
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
finding fascism more palatable than progress is not a neutral stance
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
they're planning what's being called a "hyperscale" data center compound in my hometown taking up *1000-1300 fucking acres* the company is claiming it's going to use NO water (yeah right), while the city council is gushing about jobs... and property taxes? like it's gonna be a boon to the community
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My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
that plus the water consumption, air & light pollution, land/environmental/ecological changes/losses, higher electricity bills, property value uncertainty, ugliness and public funds allocated to data centers are not available for affordable housing, public transit, schools, or community projects
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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I would 100% support a law that says if any digital platform removes your access to media you paid for then they are required to refund you the entirety of the original purchase price. That would solve this whole thing in a hurry.
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Andrew F. Sullivan @afsulli.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
books can be about bad people. the characters are not your friends. the protagonist is not you.
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
y'all... I am from the plains, I'm in awe of all the mountains from the jagged new fangs of the earth, to the bone-achingly ancient roll of the elders
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
why are quetzalcoatlus never depicted with their necks tucked or curved like a heron?
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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 24/07/2026
and I wake in the morning and I step outside and I take a deep breath and I get real high and I scream at the top of my lungs
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
the first to come to mind for me is "Time is on My Side" used throughout the movie FALLEN
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
the difference is the first one isn't a critique... it's just an insult, and a lot of so-called critics can't seem to tell those apart critiques are meant to highlight areas that can be improved, how something might've gone wrong and how it could be fixed, etc
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Two-piece Advocate @ytpjason.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Step one blame Taco Bell. Step two blame migrant farm workers. They’re trying to “China virus” their way out of responsibility for ruining America’s food safety
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Anne Elias @woodsfern.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Is Taco Bell growing their own lettuce? No. They get their lettuce from companies like Taylor Farms (that has 1/3 of the market *including hospitals*). This is deflection on the part of the federal government, which specifically cut funding for food safety screening/testing.
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
tfw you're *real* eager for that second coming
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"shifting consumer tastes" and it's just everyone being increasingly fucking broke
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This guy said people who were upset about his SS tattoo were “[r-slurs]” and somehow people were like “he seems reasonable and like the kind of passionate go-getter we need in Congress”. Which is why any “I will reflect” feels fake. Because we know what he feels a defense is.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 08/07/2026
I just saw someone say that hindsight is 20/20 on Graham Platner, and let me just say that if you did not see this coming, your vision for such things needs to be checked.
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Audrey Farnsworth @audipenny.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
our power co tries to guilt you with sketchy comparisons to neighbors*, is itself in need of update to meet the increasing demands of extreme weather... while at the same time there's a data center being planned in the city next door (same power grid) that'll help
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
if you're still in line for gay, stay in line just because pride month is over doesn't mean you can't still be given gay by our generous patron lizard
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 16/06/2026
Game failure? Layoffs Game success? Layoffs Game delayed? Layoffs Game delivered? Layoffs Game announced? Layoffs Game unannounced? Layoffs Game good? Layoffs Game bad? Layoffs Game AI? Layoffs Game no-AI? Layoffs Game hated? Layoffs Game beloved? Layoffs Money cares more for layoffs than games.
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
y'know, I do fully believe a lot more games are bought digitally these days... but it's a manufactured "preference" just like many - if not most - other modern markets
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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 30/06/2026
i'm gonna be honest gang, being a designated second class citizen whose existence is increasingly made illegal? doesn't feel great. upside though is that it makes every trans people really cool by default, so it's impossible to say whether it's good or bad.
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Maybe, but Incrementalism™ as a strategy is sold by cons masquerading as centrists quibbling over miniscule, solitary increments that can be easily reversed actually achieving goals to improve folks' material conditions on the way to shaping a better society is making real progress
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
if you're willing to meet the right in the middle, but never the left... you're deluding yourself if you think you're at the center of anything or that this is a moderate position fascists don't compromise, you're just following their lead a pace behind in the march rightward
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Nashies! YouTube Cooking Show 😺 @nashiez.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"So, if I use ChatGPT you think less of me?" Yep. Hope this helps.
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shiftedshaped - emily mae @shiftedshaped.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Guess who’s back.. back again.. Horace, the corpse flower, blooming!
Blooming corpse flower
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I've had two experiences with this: Nettle's been on fluoxetine over a year now, and it's made a huge difference. She had appetite issues to begin with (leveled out after a couple months) and lost weight (to her benefit). She was a bit up and down at first, but is now overall happier,
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Jessie🌈 @atropius.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I dropped everything to draw this friend
Sketchbook drawing of a small blue octopus with its tentacles all spread out. It has big black eyes which have a tiny sparkle in them. Below is a ribbon-style banner that reads "Microeledone galapagensis"
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
different medium, but our household is forever quoting a random bark from the first couple Assassin's Creed games when you toss money as a distraction... "the *easy* way!" sometimes bc we're taking the path of least resistance, but just as often when we're doing the opposite of that lol
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alber @captainacabairbud.myatproto.social · 24/05/2026
i can’t hear shit without subtitles on
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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
plains, island, swamp, mountain, forest, planeswalker
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
this 🧵 sums up how I feel about it, too
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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 04/05/2026
I have an immediate distaste for any man who uses anything resembling therapy speech to try to force others to accept or tolerate their toxic ass behaviors
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I was talking to my partner the other day about a bad game review - not bad bc they didn't like it, but bc they didn't engage with it. Lamenting critics who will pan something without even watching/playing etc, or who will give something a bad review bc it's not to their personal taste—
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
guard + anything with that arrangement of letters in it I don't know why my brain just will not hold onto the correct order for the u and a and it looks incorrect to me no matter which I decide to go with
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another anxious anti-socialite @encephalopod.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Be Excellent To Each Other
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