Upthorn @etherealupthorn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026After the past two days' discourse, I'm taking some time off bsky. 030
Upthorn @etherealupthorn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Why is it that, after making passionate unpopular statements that I stand by and am proud of, I feel the urge to punch myself in the face? 100
Reposted by UpthornJess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 02/10/2026I think I just fundamentally believe people are what they do. There is no inherently good or bad person, born or made. Our actions do not leave moral stains on our souls. We must have the agency to stop causing harm. To repair what we can. And to be better people. And I want that for everyone. 531055
Reposted by UpthornAndrew Reeves @andrewsshi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The issue with "monsters are marginalized people in fantasy clothes" is that it ends up with things like people making orcs more explicitly like people from IRL sub-Saharan Africa. "There's kind of a racist subtext with orcs, so we've fixed it by making them H. Rider Haggard Zulus." Which, um. 1124539
Reposted by UpthornBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 03/10/2026The same day the White House comes out against DSA's agenda because it's too expensive they suggest dropping $1.65 trillion dollars as a thank you prize for keeping them in power. 14810
Reposted by Upthorntherun.gg @therun.gg · 02/10/2026SRC changed their terms of use yesterday, and released a news post with an FAQ. They make it sound like not a big deal. It's a big deal. The Creative Commons licence is gone. They claim ownership over the data now. Thread about what this means, and what we can do about it 🧵 15491363
Reposted by Upthornrowan kaiser @rowan.monster · 02/10/2026Spotted on Facebook: sicko game worlds colliding 212682652
Upthorn @etherealupthorn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The more I need to reach out to people, the harder it is to do 020
Reposted by UpthornSprockey 🔞 (Commissions Full- Check again soon!) @sprockey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Practicing shooting myself in the head without killing myself so I can prank the local Arby’s HARD 5521
Reposted by Upthornthicc husband and father @lukeisamazing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026thinking about this again and smiling 3564131448
Reposted by UpthornBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026this would be an incredible film if you started it with all the normal serial killer hunting tropes 782812513
Reposted by Upthornsurasshu @surasshu.com · 02/10/2026will these vetoes hold? i wish i could find more info on it... i thought he tried to veto something else and was overruled. i really need that ice ban to stick... 1235
Reposted by Upthornolive consumer's floating skull @machete.gay · 02/10/2026I would go so far as to say that the mindset that sexual assault is somehow not something one can do while being a progressive makes it FAR easier for progressives to commit it than it otherwise might be. 2978
Reposted by UpthornHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10134673780
Reposted by UpthornDevour🌱 @devoureroftime.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Internal war between "Rape Culture is pervasive and perpetrators, esp men, are often protected by a system that does not take these crimes with the gravity they deserve" and "people who commit crimes, esp those that accept responsibility and reform, don't deserve lifelong blanket condemnation." 482
Upthorn @etherealupthorn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't think that what's currently happening to Jacob Gellar is justice. I think only the woman he harmed can know what justice looks like, and it seems that it would harm her for the public to try to find out. In absence of that, what the public should care about is current and future behavior. 111
Reposted by UpthornCaræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 01/10/2026Gavin Newsom supports revenge porn, Gavin Newsom supports pedophile stalkers 7598131
Reposted by UpthornGarrett Gilchrist @garrettgilchrist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026CONAN, WHAT IS BEST IN LIFE? 05310
Reposted by UpthornAndrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 01/10/2026i am having trouble articulating this but a system that excuses gang rape as a youthful error on behalf of college men with ~ bright futures ~ does so because it is served by producing older men who are comfortable with, even enthusiastic about, torturing people at the system's behest 302455530
Reposted by Upthornmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 168186724688
Reposted by UpthornTrans Rights are Human Rights @transgender-rights.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Nunya #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbt_memes #transmemes #trans #transgender 0293104
Reposted by UpthornLee Cicuta @butchanarchy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s obviously extremely easy to hurt men’s tender feelings when we talk about rape culture (we’re talking about them or their buddies after all) but what will it take to make them feel afraid? 211823
Reposted by UpthornWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026remember: it saved no net money, social services US citizens are getting cut, and left the US in a weaker place geopolitically. none of the debates about fiscal responsibility, obligation to US citizens first, or 'hard choices' actually apply. they're all bullshit. killed people for nothing at all. 443820904
Reposted by UpthornNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A lot of people have reverse-engineered their entire understanding of 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 specifically to defend Joe Biden in online arguments c. February 2024 and it all ends up being fascinatingly weird. 929135
Reposted by Upthornmerr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 30/09/2026this isnt an eternal september thing. it's more like the primary means by which most people experience 'online' now is centralized social media platforms which can expose anyone to the entire world at any time (even if you aren't on them, thanks to ubiquitous cameras) 129414
Reposted by Upthornmerr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 30/09/2026we fucked up bigtime when the internet slipped from the utopian promise of being able to connect with ANYone into the hellscape of being connected to EVERYone 112397367
Reposted by UpthornMyrtle "Modern-Day Monroe" Faust @ Exxxotica NJ 🌿🧿 @myrtlemystic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We're still boycotting Starbucks btw :3 SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL COFFEE SHOP ☕💕 0169
Reposted by UpthornCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 04/03/2026How to win in November 48125023369
Reposted by UpthornTopher Florence @topherflorence.bsky.social · 29/09/2026All right agents, here's today's posting agenda: A: Talking about whether Solitaire is an extraction shooter B. The VP will be wearing a bad sweater at 3pm so we're riffing on that C. Everyone piles on to a rando who says medium rare steak is "elitist" Let's spread some good malaise out there! 010828
Reposted by UpthornT.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Never sell anyone out. In fact, if you're asked about banning 12-year-olds from softball, just say, "You're asking me to sell out kids for my political career. I'm not going to do that. Let's stop demonizing people in tougher circumstances than you or I will ever experience. They have guts." 151596324
Reposted by Upthornmcc @dryad.technology · 29/09/2026The Rs are doing a full-spectrum assault on the existence of anyone not cis and straight, and saying it is about "boys playing girls sports". And every D who looks at that and goes "yeah, I oppose boys in girls sports" is endorsing the effort. Because they're affirming "sports" is all the Rs did.edsource.orgUPDATE: U.S. Department of Education ends Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ studentsThe latest education news updates from EdSource. 420767
Reposted by Upthornmcc @dryad.technology · 29/09/2026An interesting demo of the bait and switch is seen in responses to James Talarico, where he opposed trans minors playing sports, plus trans minor medical procedures, plus denied the reality of nonbinary & intersex folks, and the responses were "what's the big deal? he was just talking about sports". 1549
Reposted by UpthornLuke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 29/09/2026dear god, if you're listening, let remedy do a blame! game, thank you 818418
Reposted by UpthornThomas “Scary” Fuchs 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 28/09/2026I’m wondering what sort of pranks are possible with LLM REPL tools, like if you could somehow make someone’s Claude only generate awk, regardless of what they’re asking for 151
Reposted by Upthornsugoyona.bsky.social @sugoyona.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Sneaking a rule into their project CLAUDE.md would make that disturbingly easy to pull off. 251
Reposted by Upthornvee nectarine 🍊 @nectari.bsky.social · 28/09/2026so tired of people saying "porn is the root cause of the unrealistic beauty standard" no girl ceos manufacture those beauty standards to sell you stuff. beauty standards predate porn becoming widely accessible. AND porn literally has WAY more body diversity than any other form of mainstream media!!! 1142
Reposted by UpthornBo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'm in this photo and I don't like it. 0253
Reposted by UpthornMike Ginn @shutupmikeginn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026porn is so deeply misogynistic. i just watched a video with dozens of performers going at it, and they literally hadn’t bothered to hire a single woman. 149122362050
Reposted by UpthornPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's really really difficult to see what's happening to you from inside your own life. You can't tell that you're being coarsened until you leave an environment that is key to making you more coarse. That's my experience at least. 535565
Reposted by UpthornBea Eli 🏳️⚧️ @msbeaeli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Folks?? THIS IS URGENT ‼️ Their first post was 6 HOURS AGO!! Please help them get to the hospital now. 056
