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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
so, in short: • if we all get loud for trans rights and actually organize a movement, we can win this one • if we don’t, then a de facto ban on care is assured in us law within the next six months in other words, you found yourself in history now’s a moment to be the hero really.
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
while reporting that rolling stone story i heard time and again from these dems the ONE circumstance in which politicians and staff would change their minds actually hearing from voters from constituents seeing them protest seeing them show up at town halls this WILL actually move a needle
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
ok so an important thing i really think people on bluesky need to hear about the anti-trans megabill the tl;dr is that you could actually turn the tide of trans rights in america right now but if you don’t act now, then we’re all cooked indefinitely please read on 🧵
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Full disclosure: I was up at the wee hours past midnight helping my very good friend Eric through this bill after he flagged the language for me. If you want to support the only journalist who was up late last night asking lawmakers about trans Americans, PLEASE share this story.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
New: Not only would Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” ban gender-affirming care via Medicaid, it would ban insurance under the Obamacare exchanges from covering it as an essential health benefit www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
Trump’s ‘One, big, beautiful bill’ would transgender care on Medicaid and Obamacare
‘It's one more example of health care that they're trying to rip away,’ Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, tells The Independent
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I’m soooo excited for this! If you can’t make it, I suggest donating to @genderlib.com.
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liberation weekend @liberationwknd.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Introducing Liberation Weekend, a two-day music and arts festival taking place in the nation’s capital on Friday, May 30th, and Saturday, May 31st, during WorldPride 2025. Proceeds go to @genderlib.com. Tickets on sale now: linktr.ee/liberationwknd
THE FLIER FOR LIBERATION WEEKEND, WHICH IS WRITTEN ON THE FLIER IN BIG LETTERS ALL CAPS. IT IS BLACK AND GREEN AND WHITE THE TOP LEFT CORNER SAYS TWO DAYS OF MUSIC AND ARTS FOR TRANS LIBERTY. THE BOTTOM SAYS BENEFITING GENDER LIBERATION MOVEMENT. 

Day one mainstage : HOME IS WHERE, PINKSHIFT, COMBAT, PRETTY BITTER & TWO SPECIAL GUESTS 

Day one afterparty : PERENNIAL, ZORA & UM JENNIFER. DJS ARE LECAMILLE, VANFLEET, PET WIFE & MIDNIGHT ECSTASY (HANNAH ACCOUNT B2B ELLY DJ)

Day two mainstage: TRANSA SHOWCASE FEAT LRAIN, BARTEES STRANGE & ASHER WHITE, PLUS TED LEO, SPEEDY ORTIZ, DOWNTOWN BOYS, BIG GIRL + FAITH/VOID 

Day two locals only early stage: PINKY LEMON, CHERUB TREE, MASSIE & BERRA 

Day two afterparty : EKKO ASTRAL, PURE ADULT & VAELASTRASZ, PLUS DJ SETS FROM EEV FRANCES, TIME WHARP, CLEAR CHANNEL, AND DJ HORSE JEANS (AKA JACQUELINE CODIGA)
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onion person @junlper.beer · 22/05/2025
one of the most insane normalized aspects of our political climate is politicians going after their own constituents in the name of anti-wokeness. what are we doing here
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Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) @transequality.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🚨 JUST THIS MORNING: The House passed a budget reconciliation bill containing sweeping cuts to food assistance and healthcare. Here’s everything we know and how you can fight back (1/4)➡️
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
(Zoomer Tiktok in sepia tone and old timey garb) yo this shirtwaist factory in New York City can produce thousands of women's blouses a day and employs hundreds of fallen women!
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Thomas Birmingham @thomasbirm.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
BREAKING: A new Gaza solidarity encampment is being built at Yale, one year after dozens were arrested here. They demand immediate divestment from Israeli weapons manufacturing. Despite the Trump admin abducting activists like Mahmoud Khalil nationwide, hundreds of are here anyway. FREE PALESTINE!
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Jen Cousins @jencousins.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
From the Florida Today live report on the meeting: 

'What Ms. Calhoun did was life support'

The board filed back in to boos from the crowd, and public comment continued.
Jen Cousins, the chair of Florida's GLSEN chapter, gave the board handouts about public schools in the state. She discussed the significant rates of discrimination against trans students in Florida schools. Gibbs
attempted to stop her, but the crowd said she could continue, saying it fell under "student rights," which was on the agenda.
Her microphone was cut off, but she continued.

"What Ms. Calhoun did was life support for this student," she said.

"Ma'am, I'm going to go ahead and stop you,"

Board Chair Gene Trent said.
The board spoke amongst themselves as the crowd shouted that their First Amendment
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Live from the scene
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Are fit checks allowed
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 18/04/2025
the US government is so hostile to immigrants and Palestine activism that they’re snatching students off campuses and deporting them—while radicalized white men like FSU shooter Phoenix Ikner, the son of a cop who used her gun, espouse Nazi ideology and ridicule protesters before killing. my latest
teenvogue.com
Radicalized White Men Like the FSU Shooter Are the Real Threat to Campuses—Not Student Protestors
"The alleged gunman is a quintessentially American school shooter."
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Bullying Dems into doing their jobs
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
No one knows how to behave, let alone post cryptically to lure someone into your DMs
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
It’s cool that this site is less of a cesspool but it’s completely devoid of crushes and sexual tension
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I think of it as cum
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Take 2 with alt text: Never not thinking about these photos of Larry David at Cheryl Hines and RFK Jr.’s wedding
L to R: Cheryl Hines, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, RFK Jr., Larry David, and Brad Hall smiling at Cheryl and RFK Jr.’s weddingL to R: RFK Jr., Cheryl, and Larry. Larry has a  displeased smirk on his faceLarry smiling with a large plate of lobster from the buffet
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
📝
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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 17/04/2025
ASAN, Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, the Autistic People of Color Fund, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks, The Arc, and others stand united: Autistic people deserve respect, support, and science-based policy, not dangerous disinformation. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org
Leading Autism Organizations Release Joint Statement on Upholding Scientific Integrity and Supporting the Autism Community - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
April 17, 2025, Washington, D.C. – As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of Autistic individuals, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autism Society of America, Autism…
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I don’t want to lib out too hard but it’s so refreshing to see a politician actually willing to fight for their constituents instead of sound bites for fundraising emails
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Guy I went out with on Monday told me he went to Trots and Thots
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I really do not know how to post on here
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
For anyone in NYC! I’ve been feeling especially hopeless lately and I’m grateful for artists that create community like this
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Today, Palestinian Prisoners Day, thinking about 9300+ Palestinians incl 400 children who are hostage in Zionist torture prisons. Empty Zionist occupation prisons! From Turtle Island to Palestine, abolish all cages! "Hope in prison is like a flower that grows out of a stone.” - Khalida Jarrar
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Marking Palestinian Prisoners Day
Today, April 17th, marks Palestinian Prisoners Day, a day that commemorates the steadfastness of the Palestinian people who are being held illegally in Zionist “prisons” without due process. Since the...
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 16/04/2025
#Gaza has become a "mass grave." Palestinians and humanitarian workers are enduring extreme suffering as Israeli forces escalate their offensive. We urge Israeli authorities to end the siege on Gaza, protect Palestinians, humanitarian and medical staff and uphold the ceasefire.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 17/04/2025
losing my mind that jair bolsonaro is in the hospital for the 7 trillionth time and posted this video on his twitter. he is the michael phelps of being sick
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jourdain searles @judysquirrels.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
i’m a socialist. I don’t spend my time online whacking liberals, but the one thing I don’t tolerate is their need to tell me when they don’t care about palestine. you not caring about genocide is not a flex. keep it to yourself and your other heartless friends. fuck off!
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Said I would never work in politics again but applied to be Zohran’s digital manager
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Very over this cool girl disaffection. Caring is cool!
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Does anything good happen on this website
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
YEAHHHH
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neily cyrus @autoexec.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
happy to report that the new win son in manhattan is just as good as the original (thx again to @gilposting.bsky.social for the initial tip on this place)
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onion person @junlper.beer · 16/04/2025
the UK must be liberated from it’s elder population whose only hobby is getting radicalized in far right forums
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speedy ortiz ÷ sad13 ÷ sadie dupuis ÷ haunted guy @sad13.horse · 16/04/2025
if you don’t think trans women are women, i do not think you are a human person. sorry! it’s just my personal beliefs ♥️
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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
New: Trans artists are pulling out of US shows over Trump admin rule requiring gender ID markers on passports to match a person's assigned sex at birth. The rule means anyone with gender-related discrepancies on their documents could be denied a visa—or barred for life: www.wired.com/story/trans-...
wired.com
Trans Musicians Are Canceling US Tour Dates Due to Trump’s Gender ID Rules
Trans artists from Canada are pulling out of US tour dates as Donald Trump continues to crack down on immigration at the border.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Good reporting here. Student paper gets what the bigs have missed. White House is actually threatening to defund all of bostons major hospitals www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Trump Admin’s $9 Billion Review of Harvard’s Grants Could Hit Boston’s Hospitals Hardest | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Trump administration’s sweeping federal review of nearly $9 billion in multi-year research funding tied to Harvard has sparked uncertainty across the University — but the brunt of the planned cuts...
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inthefade @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 15/04/2025
this man loves his job. he gets off on terrorizing people. there is no other reason to join ICE. you join because you are morally depraved, violent, and racist. choke
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Julia Moon Child @trimdog.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
"Based means being yourself," says Lil B.
"Not being scared of what people think about you. Not being afraid to do what you wanna do. Being positive. When I was younger, 'based' was a negative term that meant like dopehead, or basehead. People used to make fun of me. They was like,
'You're based.' They'd use it as a negative.
And what I did was turn that negative into a positive. I started embracing it like,
'Yeah, I'm based.' I made it mine. I embedded it in my head. Based is positive."
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
www.wired.com/story/bluesk... comments prove the point
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Bluesky Can’t Take a Joke
Bluesky has been a safe haven for users fleeing X and Threads. But while there’s less hate, there’s also fewer lolz.
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
He kept quoting authors and theorists on our date and I didn’t have the heart to tell him I’m dumb as shit
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I guess nothing is a “recession indicator” if the economy has always been bad
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
DHS must be dismantled. Furthermore, ICE must be destroyed.
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Are people funny on here?
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Bouncing on it while he yaps about his nerdy interests >>
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I should be On Here more to Stay Informed but I think adding another app to my rotation will rot my brain more than I could ever imagine. Perhaps a daily sweep would be helpful
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.
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carl marks @gilposting.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Just showed Ants From Up There to a 33 y/o man and it was like watching a child learn to walk
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