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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

the girl guides in the UK just kicked out all their trans members specifically bc they were threatened with a lawsuit from a rowling-funded group

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Virginia @girvinia.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Amazing live reaction thread to ep 1 of Heated Rivalry. Everyone read it!

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Jeanne Reames @mathetria.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Boosting. May was the editor for DANCING WITH THE LION. Highly recommend her!

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 08/02/2026

You know who's a great romance writer (well, maybe you *do* know, but just in case)?: @kjcharleswriter.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

SUBSTITUTION: You ordered *normal January* which was out of stock. We substituted *extra length Hell January* at no extra charge

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 11/01/2026

Read this. Save it as a favourite. Read it. Years ago my doctor said that the hardest part of my intense depression was how *convinced* I was by what the filter of depression told me. together we found something that the filter couldn’t deny, and I used that as a tool.

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ZomBev 🧟‍♀️ @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Still have a few bills to pay this month!! Electric: $40 Water: 30/75 Other: $120 Anything helps!! ko-fi.com/beverlyannem... #helpsky #helpfolkslive2026 #disabled #mutualaid 💕💸

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Become a supporter of Beverly today!

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 09/01/2026

We're at 93 percent! Can we get the rest of the way TODAY? Charisma just had to find a new housing situation for the second time in a year, and I'd be so grateful if you could kick in a few bucks to help.

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Christopher @christopher-r-m.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Based on this review, that I saw reposted, I HAD to read this book. Let me tell you, IT DOES NOT DISAPPOINT! This is the most charming and sweet book. Somehow you are rooting for Mr. Collins, who is still being his usual 🙄 Mr. Collins self but is also earnest and kind and genuinely in love?

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Chelsea M. Cameron (she/they) @chel-c-cam.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Sharing my fundraiser again in hopes I can get the rest of my rent paid this month before they send me the scary letter (IYKYK). Thanks for donating/sharing!

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Virginia @girvinia.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Great analysis here, and funny too. You shold read it.

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Cranky Professional Organizer Bitch @totallydonna.kitrocha.com · 01/01/2026

Here is someone semi-local to me who could use some help. They've managed to move, but doing so put them in a seriously perilous financial position, and they need medical care. gofund.me/b27c79deb

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Donate to Help Emery and Zhara Escape to Safety, organized by Emery Lyn

Update: We were able to get out, but are still really struggling financially. I am SO … Emery Lyn needs your support for Help Emery and Zhara Escape to Safety

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Virginia @girvinia.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

great thread, even for those of us taking Romance 401.

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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

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First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition

Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.

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Virginia @girvinia.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

YES YES YES my favorite grumpy horny semi-retired pirate lady is coming back!!

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

This is...sort of brilliant.

Six years ago, after watching my circle of friends surrender one too many evenings to insurance wrangling and doctor portals and DMV confusion, I emailed them a proposal: Come over next Tuesday. Grab a six pack. And bring your bills, your credit-card statements, your school forms, the streaming services you need to unsubscribe from, the airline miles you need to manage, the expenses app you need to figure out. I’d be throwing the lamest party ever.

At the heart of this party was a truth that has gone under-acknowledged in recent years: We’re all sinking. We’re sinking into a quicksand of tiny, dumb administrative tasks. It is the most tedious quicksand imaginable.

Tasks once accomplished with a quick phone call now require logging into a new website, which requires remembering yet another password. Disputing a charge means arguing with a chipper chatbot, or submitting to an hour of brain-melting hold music—call volume higher than expected!—only to be disconnected.

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Virginia @girvinia.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Hello my lovelies, it’s my birthday! 🎉 If you’d like to help me celebrate, my wish is that you share this GFM from a family friend. They’re at 50% and I’d love to get them to 60. gofund.me/e2e913ca5

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Donate to Walsh Accessible Van 2.0 (Help a Crip Get Around), organized by Eli Walsh

Being a disabled wheelchair user comes with its own set of challenges, not… Eli Walsh needs your support for Walsh Accessible Van 2.0 (Help a Crip Get Around)

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🧑🏻‍🦽‍➡️🦄 Eva Roslin (they/them) ⚨ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

And for goodness' sake, listen to @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social and others who have spoken out about Freydis. They are not a Latine author. They are a white person who pretended to be, playing digital brownface, took awards intended for Latine authors, and somehow ... still releasing books.

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Virginia @girvinia.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Can you donate to help this ai-free, pathway-free platform that amplifies the voices so often overlooked in media?

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Virginia @girvinia.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Ok fans of KJ Charles' Band Sinister, look at my one true love, Dr. David Martelo. 😍

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Virginia @girvinia.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

great tips here for anyone involved with libraries

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Aliette is an amazing, powerful, ingenious writer, but more importantly she's an amazing, kind-hearted person who deserves all that is good in the world, and instead she's in a tough situation. If you can afford to help her out at all, please do so. gofund.me/0835f91c

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Donate to Helping Aliette, organized by Paul Cornell

Our friend Aliette de Bodard is going through some awful times right now, and we seek to provide her some… Paul Cornell needs your support for Helping Aliette

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Joe Beda @h.olysh.it · 08/02/2025

Comment in r/Seattle detailing why it took a few more days for the Washington AG to file the suit wrt the trans EO. A huge thank you to all the people in the AGs office that made this happen.

Comment in r/seattle from Mitch1musPrime. Post titled “Credit where credit is due | AG Nick Brown files suit w...”

“Now that this has been officially filed, I need everyone to understand how much work the AG office has been putting into this since last week. They took dozens of interviews from medical professionals, mental health professionals, and most importantly, from families with trans kids who'd be impacted by the EO. The amount of time it took them to hold those interviews and turn them into the official declarations was an extraordinary undertaking. It was the value they placed on including stakeholders that caused the delay in getting g this filed.

They deserve all the appreciative emails we can send them for doing this.”

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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

The great writer @aliettedebodard.com is going through an awful situation, so a bunch of us put together a funding link to help. (I’ve been asked not to add to what she’s said here.) Do give whatever you can, and please spread the word. www.gofundme.com/f/helping-al...

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Donate to Helping Aliette, organized by Paul Cornell

Our friend Aliette de Bodard is going through some awful times right now, and we seek to provide her some… Paul Cornell needs your support for Helping Aliette

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chiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 30/01/2025

FYI google have now stopped "-ai" working at the end of your search string. So put this at the end (after a space) instead: &udm=14 Fuck you #google. #AI

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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 30/01/2025

If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.” The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out

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Kait Richardson 🥔 @thryse.com · 26/01/2025

That said… I’m currently at a balance of $5.97. I’m not out of food *yet* and don’t anticipate any *urgent* need for money within the next few days, but after that I’m in trouble. I presently have no other income besides begging online. Can anyone please help me? My payment app links are in my bio.

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I'll add, for anyone (like me) with social anxiety, esp. around the phone: they don't argue with you! They listen and record your comment. If they agree they will probably reassure you! If they don't, they just log you and you hang up. That's it. We can do this. ❤️👊

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT. @distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting. Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

The "first they came..." poem gets quoted and quoted and quoted and quoted and you know what, we do in fact know who they're coming for first, right now, and that is trans people, and the answer needs to be "absolutely the fuck not, you motherfuckers," full stop.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 27/01/2025

I also got force added to the new Microsoft with AI plan, but if you go in and hit cancel you get the option of going back to the $9.99 no AI family plan. Highly recommend.

a screencap of the screen you get where you can get the $9.99/month family plan for $9.99 instead of the new $12.99 AI version

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 23/01/2025

When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure. Read our op-ed here ⤵️

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Billionaires Should Not Exist

Yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.

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Marie Cerda @primalux.thedeadbird.club · 26/01/2025

Mexico has launched an app for Mexican nationals in the U.S. (legally or no) that has an emergency button you can tap to alert the closest consulate if something happens or you feel in danger from immigration. Please share.

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ConsulApp Contigo: Mexico’s New App to Help Nationals Navigate U.S. Immigration

ConsulApp Contigo is Mexico’s digital lifeline for nationals navigating U.S. immigration threats.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

You do not have to consume every single tiny piece of bad news in order to be a good person. It’s ok to miss things. Traumatizing yourself isn’t the same as activism. Bearing witness to the point that you’re paralyzed with fear and horror and fury isn’t going to help us get through this.

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Sage Deviant 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

🏳️‍⚧️TRANS FOLX! 🏳️‍⚧️ Today is the last day to update your IDs under the Biden administration. if you want to update your paperwork in the next 4 years, now is a great time to do it! here is a state-by-state guide on name change laws, driver’s license & birth certificate gender change:

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ID Documents Center | A4TE

Welcome to our one-stop hub for name and gender change information. Find out how to update your name and gender on state and federal IDs and records.

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 17/01/2025

This is well-deserved success for a really good children's writer. Donaldson's books are excellent - warm, charming, light-hearted. They're also an absolute pleasure to read aloud. Children's light verse is an old tradition but not one that a lot of people do well. Long live the Gruffalo.

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