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Harper Jean Tobin @harperjean.bsky.social · 17h

Ooo! Check this event out if you’re in Toronto!

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Harper Jean Tobin @harperjean.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Alas, this is one of my distinct shortcomings.

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Harper Jean Tobin @harperjean.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Alas I am only 6/10 (and that’s giving partial credit on two items)!

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026

If the Democrats win, they have to be ready to bring generational change. Reform the courts, eliminate the filibuster, expand the house, admit DC and Puerto Rico as states, pass a new voting rights act, and prosecute every single corrupt member of the Trump admin.

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Harper Jean Tobin @harperjean.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Everyone’s talking about the dipping areas…

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Harper Jean Tobin @harperjean.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The dead hand problem is one of the most fundamental moral weaknesses / tensions with democracy of a system of laws, and originalists are out here like “I KNOW let’s do it HARDER!”

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 03/10/2026

the Cornell case should make us question prosecutors and police all the time: the same DA offices discounting college students’ sexual assault cases (the lacking investigations, the disbelief) are happy to jail countless women for far less, day in and day out, when most people aren’t watching

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 01/10/2026

There’s a new kind of climate denialism at play. One where those in power no longer deny climate change is happening, but deny what needs to happen in order to step up to the challenge.

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Harper Jean Tobin @harperjean.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

But to the more specific question - hell yeah they can if we make them!!!

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Harper Jean Tobin @harperjean.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Gosh, that’d be nice, but where? Whatever feels normal to us wasn’t made to last. I suspect the next 50yrs will be less like the last 50 with each yr. With work, love, & luck, that doesn’t have to be all for worse - fresh air, shifts in momentum, pick a dynamic metaphor; I’ve given up on landing. 🤷‍♀️

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BlackJew 🏳️‍⚧️ @blackjew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Tell social media companies to resist: don't wall off the Internet, stop online ID checks now!: www.stoponlineidchecks.org/companies stoponlineidchecks.org/companies/

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ONLINE ID CHECKS = SURVEILLANCE AND CENSORSHIP

Tell Discord: online ID checks don’t keep anyone safe. Don’t comply with surveillance and censorship.

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Chase Strangio @chasestrangio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The latest action rescinding the Title IX regs does not change the law. It is cruel, yes, but we should not panic and instead invest in state and local protections. time.com/article/2026...

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Trump's Title IX Announcement Is Cruel. But It Does Not Change The Law

“Schools can and should continue to include transgender students equally in all educational programs,” writes Chase Strangio.

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Harper Jean Tobin @harperjean.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I mean, I think there is *something* to this point but I also think it may be overstated in this piece. And it definitely gives Dem state and local officials too much of a pass for leaving levers un-pulled.

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Harper Jean Tobin @harperjean.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I am pretty Pollyanna and reluctant to publicly criticize movement orgs and colleagues who do essential work. I know the pressures now are intense. If I were still in the same US movement meeting spaces I used to be, I’d take it up there. Being abroad now, it still hits too close for me.

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Harper Jean Tobin @harperjean.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

@transequality.bsky.social it’s hard to imagine a plausible scenario where your union posts this & there’s a defensible explanation. In the crises facing our movements, the team of advocates you saw fit to hire aren’t the enemies. Burning goodwill won’t fix your budget woes. We’ve seen this movie.

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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🌎 What happened to Mark Carney the climate champion? After years of warning about climate risk, Whitmore + Pineau say Carney is now accelerating fossil fuel development. Canada should be accelerating renewables instead. Read the English translation: shrlnk.ca/s/tFmX7pgE

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Harper Jean Tobin @harperjean.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Evil. At my hometown airport. I can only hope my fellow Kentuckians’ passion for college basketball leads them to notice and make noise about this villainy. @govandybeshear.bsky.social @repmcgarvey.bsky.social how about it?

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 22/09/2026

Net neutrality rules are crucial to protect us from censorship, price gouging, and arbitrary throttling. Newsom needs to stand up to Trump and internet service providers. Act now to preserve the internet: CALL TODAY and tell Governor Newsom DON'T CAVE. www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/save...

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Save Net Neutrality from Condition 50

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 22/09/2026

“We do not pick and choose which laws to enforce or where to enforce them” is such an old lie, the Charlie Brown having hoes of cop impunity

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Harper Jean Tobin @harperjean.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I really don’t want to see this go the same way again. We need so badly to be putting our energies into working together for our collective liberation. And FWIW, having been there, anyone on any side of this can reach out to me if you want to chat about it.

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Harper Jean Tobin @harperjean.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

As before, A4TE’s leaders started down this road with a real commitment to fighting for our communities - but without, I fear, learning enough from past mistakes. Most of us in these movements have had to eat crow about some things in the past dozen years. I’m afraid there’s a lot more to go round.

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Harper Jean Tobin @harperjean.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Trans NGOs in the US are in crisis with funders and key institutional allies turning their backs when our communities desperately need solidarity. That is a call to courage and vision rooted in shared values, not an excuse for repeating old mistakes of management-think.

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Harper Jean Tobin @harperjean.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Having led the policy shop at NCTE for 11 years and left after its crackup in 2019, it’s heartbreaking to see its successor @transequality.bsky.social making such similar mistakes. A4TE is not meeting the challenge of this moment; it can and should do better.

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Support U4TL and Job Security at A4TE

The Issue On Monday, July 20th, 2026, Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) sent an email to the Union for Trans Liberation (U4TL)—A4TE’s staff union—giving notice of the organization’s “economic retren...

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 18/09/2026

If you're looking for a way to take action, you can visit deflocklowes.com where you can sign the petition demanding that Lowe's end its contract with Flock, host an action at your local Lowe's, and more.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 14/09/2026

Glad folks are appalled by photos of the "phone booth" cage under an awning, but pls understand: This IG report is likely part of a cover-up. Amnesty Int'l interviewed detainees EIGHT MONTHS AGO who said the cage was half this size (couldn't stand up), had no awning, w feet chained to the bottom.

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Harper Jean Tobin @harperjean.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is a consequential, unsettling story. Also tho: I thought that was a banned word in this regime…

Headline: Troops Must Prepare to Fight Around the Moon, Top Military Adviser Says
Annotation: BOOTS ON THE MOON!!

Lede: Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the U.S. military should adapt now so it is prepared to fight, endure and win ... from the seabed to cislunar space.
Annotation: Prefix “cis” is circled with note: Note: Not a slur.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The fact that Musk himself is sponsoring so many of the anti-trans ads this cycle presents a pretty golden opportunity for Dems to point out that of course the guy who literally wants to build a gas-powered data center in your backyard wants this election to be about trans people.

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Harper Jean Tobin @harperjean.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Portuguese Phrasebook: Often, you will want many things. Me: Alright, let’s not get super personal here… Portuguese Phrasebook *deftly redirecting*: Let’s practice counting to ten!

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 16/09/2026

Ahmed Soliman has been missing for six days. ICE says it is “not responsible” for this, even though they forcibly expelled him to an authoritarian country he’d never even been to. Please take the time today to follow this link to contact your lawmakers, especially Arizonans! findahmedsoliman.org

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Help find Ahmed Soliman — Civic Action Tool

Review a draft, open it in Gmail, Outlook, or your mail app, and send it yourself. No sign-in, no data collected.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 14/09/2026

Ahmed Soliman has been missing for four days. His attorneys have shared this site with me with instructions on how you can help him be found. Strongly encourage everyone to do this. findahmedsoliman.org

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Help find Ahmed Soliman — Civic Action Tool

Review a draft, open it in Gmail, Outlook, or your mail app, and send it yourself. No sign-in, no data collected.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth

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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Displacing problems doesn’t make them go away. We have fought for and won ANCHOR, more responsive community policing + outreach services. But we still need sustainable, long-term solutions to chronic addiction and homelessness— specifically a significant scale-up of high-needs supportive housing.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

When Democrats attempt to triangulate on trans rights, it's my sense that many liberals and people in politics don't understand why many trans people are so upset. I wrote about the differences between then and now, what trans people have lost, and what we still stand to lose

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This Is Not A Love Song

Explaining the “maximalism” of trans rights

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

RIP Wendell Berry

The Wish to Be Generous

Wendell Berry

All that I serve will die, all my delights, the flesh kindled from my flesh, garden and field, the silent lilies standing in the woods, the woods, the hill, the whole earth, all will burn in man's evil, or dwindle in its own age. Let the world bring on me the sleep of darkness without stars, so I may know my little light taken from me into the seed of the beginning and the end, so I may bow to mystery, and take my stand on the earth like a tree in a field, passing without haste or regret toward what will be, my life a patient willing descent into the grass.

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My 3rd chapbook is out in the world! "A Lantern to Scry By" is what happens when you decide your break-up album needs to be something more interesting. It's the concept of "moon moon" through the lens of queer femme magic and ritual. Available from Draconic Works: tinyurl.com/Lantern2Scry #poetry

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A Lantern to Scry By

A 20-poem manuscript by Allison Armstrong that follows a past-present-future trajectory of loss, grief, and healing through the lens of femme queerness, magic, and ritual Limited to 20 copies

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