Reposted by Erin deWardkarengail.bsky.social @karengail.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It wasn't until 1993 that marital rape was recognized as a crime in US; before then if a wife showed up ripped and bleeding it was just rough sex or "he got carried away." 011
Reposted by Erin deWardAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026New in PN: Scenes from a personality cult "The ads are unambiguously illegal — & that’s the point. Again & again, this regime has broken the law not just to accomplish some immediate goal, but as a dominance display to say to everyone: Donald Trump does whatever he wants, & nobody can stop him."publicnotice.coScenes from a personality cultTrump’s taxpayer-funded agitprop is clearly illegal — and that’s the point. 891558500
Reposted by Erin deWardBlue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Medicalizing the state murder of citizens was a terrible move that has desensitized most people to exactly what the death penalty is. 518117
Erin deWard @erinrdeward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Super intelligence for AI slop? I prefer to follow the president’s lead in most of his business dealings, slapping his name on things. Trump intelligence. Or Trump slop. 010
Reposted by Erin deWardErin deWard @erinrdeward.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hello authors who are newish and those that are not comfortable (yet) reading their work aloud at events: I’ve put together a service to help you and, being an audiobook narrator, I’m well aware of all the scams out there. www.btpauthorcoach.com is the website. Let’s chat!btpauthorcoach.comHome - Public speaking and engagement coaching for authorsHome page of Beyond The Page coaching and services for authors preparing to read their stories aloud. 001
Reposted by Erin deWardI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026Neighborhood grocers used to provide grocery on credit for customers they knew to be reliable but we imagined we moved past that kind of precarity after like the 60s. 9511115
Reposted by Erin deWardAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026KILMEADE: Rep. Beyer says you shouldn't use his constituents as 'guinea pigs for an unproven AI air traffic control system.' Your reaction? SEAN DUFFY: This is just complete stupidity 95707184
Reposted by Erin deWardThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/09/2026"'We have confirmation due to communication between Kate and Wilber that he’s in Pearsall for interrogation and still has the bullet lodged in his body. He’s received no pain medication and had to sleep on the floor.'"lnk.thebulwark.comICE Shot a DoorDash Driver in the Back in AustinRather than getting him medical help, they carted him off to an ICE detention complex—and the bullet is still in his back. 32517228
Erin deWard @erinrdeward.bsky.social · 21/09/2026www.audible.com/pd/B0GKCWRCB...audible.comNormal for the SpiderCheck out this great listen on Audible.com. From Bram Stoker Award–winning author Hank Schwaeble, Normal for the Spider is a spine-tingling thriller that will keep readers hooked to the very last page... 000
Erin deWard @erinrdeward.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hello authors who are newish and those that are not comfortable (yet) reading their work aloud at events: I’ve put together a service to help you and, being an audiobook narrator, I’m well aware of all the scams out there. www.btpauthorcoach.com is the website. Let’s chat!btpauthorcoach.comHome - Public speaking and engagement coaching for authorsHome page of Beyond The Page coaching and services for authors preparing to read their stories aloud. 001
Reposted by Erin deWardJulia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026this is the way shrug you, Atlas 1261
Reposted by Erin deWardJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying 854126842
Reposted by Erin deWardImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people 16886342301
Reposted by Erin deWard🦇 Katra Scariello, Spooky Apple Audio 🦇🏳️⚧️ @katrafiy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026people act like the fight for trans rights only began after gay marriage was legalized but that is completely ahistorical. trans people in 2026 aren't fighting for new rights, we're fighting to not lose rights that we'd already had for decades 2576129
Reposted by Erin deWardErik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This Day in Labor History: September 13, 1990. The mostly Black workforce at Delta Pride Catfish in Indianola, Mississippi walked off the job in revolt over the working conditions they faced. Let's talk about this key moment of civil rights unionism against a racist employer! 410850
Reposted by Erin deWardAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026Trump told a CBS station in Texas that he doesn't think he needs congressional approval to send over a trillion dollars to American citizens in "dividends" 150815225
Reposted by Erin deWardThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11/09/2026Letting Trump talk his party to a big midterms defeat is the new Democratic strategy.lnk.thebulwark.comDems to Trump: Please, Sir, the Stage Is YoursThe party once worried about losing the attention wars. Now, they’re happy to cede the spotlight. 37916
Reposted by Erin deWardNatacha @natacha.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Almost all gender-affirming surgeries for minors are breast reductions for *cis boys*. Yes you read that right, *Boys who are not trans* @jamestalarico.bsky.social in his ignorance & cowardice wants to ban the tiny number of IDENTICAL operations performed on trans boys. This is transphobia.jamestalarico.bsky.socialJames Talarico (@jamestalarico.bsky.social)Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people. 1126679
Erin deWard @erinrdeward.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Nyack folks. Rockland County folks. Did you see this?!?! 010
Reposted by Erin deWardJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This morning I learned that bumblebees seem to play with toys, especially younger ones. I offer this sweet whimsical fact to counteract whatever the firehouse of bad sends in our direction today. 3043256
Reposted by Erin deWardDanielle Froom 🏳️🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I'm going to keep reposting this even if it's annoying because the regime put out a pseudo-science report that says "we have to do violent eugenics because if we don't the subjects of our eugenics might get violent" - an open and clear admission to planned genocide! - and no one seems to care. 0272
Reposted by Erin deWardTart of Darkness @theinfophile.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"Everybody uses AI" NO! NO I FUCKING DON'T! I don't use AI for ethical reasons, for moral reasons, for climate reasons, for health reasons, for reasons of actually wanting things done WELL. I have a BRAIN and I am good at THINKING and so I use my GOOD-THINKING BRAIN TO DO THINGS!!! FUCK!!! 1134
Reposted by Erin deWardReactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Short story lovers rejoice! We are welcoming EIGHT new short story collections this September, inspired by everything from the world's hidden places to Ursula K. Le Guin!reactormag.comAll the New SFF Crossover Books Arriving in September 2026 - ReactorThis September brings horror (and/or zombie) romance, several short story collections, and more… 03516
Reposted by Erin deWardHarry Tuttle @howievermont.bsky.social · 24/08/2026That happened to me!! I dropped my kid off in the morning for kindergarten and when i brought him home in the afternoon they had turned him into a GIRL!!!!! I couldn't believe it, I screamed "My GOD what has HAPPENED" and my wife ran in and said "you brought home the wrong child you idiot." 1193
Reposted by Erin deWardjentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 01/09/2026A new model simulates the benefits of agrivoltaic farming, in which solar panels and crops share the same land.livescience.comPlanting crops in fields of solar panels is more efficient, protects the plants and helps keep workers cool, study findsA new model simulates the benefits of agrivoltaic farming, in which solar panels and crops share the same land. 0946368
Reposted by Erin deWardDex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 31/08/2026For one, it's not an accurate predictor of actual athletic advantage - a Y chromosome doesn't actually mean anything. And, perhaps more importantly, numerous female athletes were revealed to be intersex, causing them to have identity crises. 1534
Reposted by Erin deWardAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Haha, a more fitting logo for Google. 586259356979
Reposted by Erin deWardDanielle Froom 🏳️🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It would be amazing if cis people could attempt to grasp how it feels for trans people to hear that large groups of Americans are being tested to see if one of us is hidden among them - because they'll be testing for your personal minority next. 421733472
Reposted by Erin deWardAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/08/2026Markwayne Mullin: "You have a Biden administration that is failing the American people" 7061788351
Reposted by Erin deWardDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Check your voter registration several times per week. Don't let the Republicans 'Texas you'. 9418189
Reposted by Erin deWardAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 29/08/2026🇯🇵 Thousands move Japan’s historic Hirosaki castle with ropes Chanting in unison, hundreds of volunteers in northern Japan have been heaving on ropes to pull a 400-tonne castle back towards its original position. 5449146
Reposted by Erin deWardleftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Texans, if you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it! trib.al/OP3mVj5 17347633031
Reposted by Erin deWardDanielle Froom 🏳️🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The Trump regime's HHS and Office of Population Affairs have released another anti-trans report claiming that trans people are violent, authoritarian, anti-democratic, and extremist. This is a massive escalation in state propaganda and nothing but a pretense for horrors to come. 271242490
Reposted by Erin deWardI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 28/08/2026This and the revocation of designation for Haitians here on TPS demonstrates just how arbitrarily legality is recognized or revoked. 111218
Reposted by Erin deWardAndrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 28/08/2026abcnews.com/US/wireStory... The Tohono O’odham Nation says armed federal agents accompanied contractors who trespassed on tribal land this week as they began construction of an Arizona section of a border wall….abcnews.comTrump administration starts border wall project in Arizona over tribe's objectionsThe Tohono O’odham Nation says armed federal agents accompanied contractors who trespassed on tribal land this week as they began construction of an Arizona section of a border wall 46441
Reposted by Erin deWardraincoast.bsky.social @raincoast.bsky.social · 27/08/2026More than 1.2 million Texans' voter registrations are suspended Check your voter registration www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-n...sacurrent.comMore than 1.2 million Texans' voter registrations are suspendedSome voters dropped from Texas voting rolls may not be aware until they show up to cast a ballot. More than 1.2 million Texans are on the state's Voter 62882678
Reposted by Erin deWardDaniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 27/08/2026You know who else has an unfair advantage in sport? Naturally talented athletes. And people with high hemoglobin. And rich people with money for sports camps and coaches. Why should they be allowed to compete? “Fairness in sports” my ass. Never since NFTs have I heard such bullshit. 30115402282
Reposted by Erin deWardTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This is the right move for Canada following several wrong moves by the US. 17263121294
Reposted by Erin deWardMedia Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Fox host: WNBA players are “proving that women shouldn't have a league. It's too dramatic.” 403753127
Reposted by Erin deWardDavid at FOIAball @foiaball.com · 26/08/2026Wanna know something I think would be crazy? It would be crazy if XX-XY Athletics, the apparel firm stoking outrage against the WNBA, had a secret, Koch brothers-aligned, oil rich family fortune behind it. But that would be crazy, right??? www.foiaball.com/p/xx-xy-athl...foiaball.comThe oil money lurking behind the WNBA outrageXX-XY Athletics has an interesting paper trail. 8848881766
Reposted by Erin deWardStellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 24/08/2026The WNBA anti-trans protests are like seeing people with signs outside a Burger King saying they’re against Burger King workers having to serve food to Bigfoot. Like I don’t think you need to worry about that ma’am. I don’t think Bigfoot goes here 322419273
Reposted by Erin deWardA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Seems to me bullies have a finely tuned awareness of where the margins of permission lie as regards abuses, and choose their targets based on whose suffering will be most broadly acceptable to others. 311820
Reposted by Erin deWardA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 24/08/2026If, like me, you grew up in the 80s, you likely had to deal with bullies. It was a pro-bully sort of time; majestic herds of bullies roamed our nation’s proud cafeterias and schoolyards. This is probably true of any era. Each era has been far too kind to bullies. www.the-reframe.com/soon-you-too...the-reframe.comSoon You Too Will Be A CommieAccepting a bully's framing won't save you a beating. Why solidarity is the best way out. 21610148
Reposted by Erin deWardartisanrox (Progressive Animal) @artisanrox.bsky.social · 24/08/2026nationalized enshittification 🦅🇺🇸🦅 071
Erin deWard @erinrdeward.bsky.social · 24/08/2026@chuckwendig.bsky.social your Easter eggs delight me so! About half way through the audio. 130
Reposted by Erin deWardRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/08/2026LMAOOOOOOOOOO somebody finally asked the transphobes if they know any WNBA players besides and NOPE 343148233449
Reposted by Erin deWardI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026It’s been years of this, but *now* we’re at a crossroads 17412