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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If the models are sentient, they can blame the models.

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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 02/10/2026

famously the problem with icarus was that he didn't get close enough to the sun

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Jane Doe’s story is not an aberration. It is a routine, predictable consequence of a system that reinforces the ugliest expressions of masculinity, and casts women as playthings whose humanity is subordinate to the whims of the pack. www.thenewworld.co.uk/holly-thomas...

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The Cornell rape case is a direct consequence of the fraternity system

The Cornell rape case is a direct consequence of the fraternity system If you keep teaching young men that they’re exceptional and that women are playthings, then yes – this is how they will behave

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We shouldn’t be surprised that no men in the Snapchat group interceded that night. To gain access to the chat in the first place, they had to pledge their allegiance to a brotherhood defined by its brutality, entry to which is gained via torture. www.thenewworld.co.uk/holly-thomas...

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I wrote about why no one in the Chi Phi Snapchat spoke up. "While there are so many environments where misogyny and rape culture flourish, few are designed with so little friction and so much institutional support as fraternities." www.thenewworld.co.uk/holly-thomas...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

America today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine.

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just the kinda stuff super cool totally secure dudes say!

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Tompkins County DA Matthew Van Houten says his decision not to bring charges was based on the contents of Jane Doe's signed 2024 statement. But he told CBS News New York's Saeidi on Tuesday that he had never seen the transcript" Probably shouldn't be a DA then. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

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Jane Doe in Cornell University case told campus police, "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped," transcript shows

We're getting new insight into how Cornell University Police handled the case of an alleged fraternity gang rape back in 2024.

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sorry I know we are all fucking exhausted with this, but the Chi Phi motto is “Truth, Honor and Personal Integrity.” Its mission statement is “building better men through lifelong friendships, leadership opportunities, and character development.” Good job, team!

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Jesse Raub @jesseraub.online · 29/09/2026

PODCAST HOST: the blood from the crime scene was found to actually be from the murder victim PODCAST CO-HOST: wait… the murder victim… died? with blood PODCAST HOST: i know—i was thinking the same thing. but then i read in the report that they died from the blood not being in the body anymore

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

(if there are problematic undertones **actually*** I don't want to know, am at capacity 👍)

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This piece about men secretly loving romance is a real balm 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌 “I watched Titanic when I was about 11 & it really moved me... I know it’s a little corny, but I just loved the idea of meeting someone & falling in love the way Jack and Rose did” (Jonny, 33) www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

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The secret lives of men who read romance books: ‘My life is full of love, so I’m drawn to them’

It’s often assumed straight men are not interested in romantic fiction – but many are sharing their passion in forums online

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026

Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.

Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

& that shame always builds up, & no matter what they do to try to mute it (drink/drugs/sex/work, whatever), it always finds its way out, and it's always destructive when it does.

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I've seen ppl do this, and I stg it causes the same internal rot as habitual lying. The shame metastasises over time, & unless they lance it (aka tell the truth, which is more daunting the longer they leave it), they end up doubling down to bolster the alternate reality in which they're fine + good

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Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Also, they're talking about events in the BAY AREA, the heart of the kink and sex world in the US. That scene isn't without its problems! But it's been working them out for decades and has real plans and protocols for this. But human safety and consent has never been what the AI men want.

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Morrigan Croft @morrigancroft.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As an autistic woman* it's really interesting when men fall back on "I can't help it, I'm autistic" as an excuse for SA and consent violations because as an autistic person all I've ever done is make myself smaller for a world that won't accommodate my disabilities.

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Important, when talking about the threat posed by AI, to ground that convo in the fact that it is made and controlled by people. We keep talking about AI models as though they're these unbiddable entities, because otherwise we'd have to acknowledge the fact that we've let these people run riot.

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I wrote the paragraph below last week, and honestly, I regret not going so much harder.

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When male managers have daughters, women at their company are paid more. This suggests two things. One, many men don’t fully appreciate women’s humanity until they’ve “made” one of their own. Two, they are capable of empathy, given a nudge. Wrote this: www.independent.co.uk/voices/world...

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It shouldn’t take having a daughter for men to start caring about women’s rights

As the World Economic Forum’s 2026 Global Gender Gap report shows, on current trends, it will take 120 years for a girl to be born into a world in which opportunities are truly equal. Holly Thomas ask...

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I really love Spider-Man, but it is trying enough that every successful franchise is being reimagined ad infinitum without those reimaginings also being reworked like a Hollywood hall of mirrors

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S.E. Sinkhorn @sesinkhorn.com · 28/09/2026

ask me sometime about my younger self's propensity to trust that people were telling me the truth because it did not occur to me that people in a professional environment would just. LIE. to me. or that people in positions above me didn't know what they were doing.

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

God that's so awful, I'm so sorry.

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Insane on its face, even more insane considering pretty much any fertile hetero couple can just *make* a human child irrespective of being the worst or stupidest two people you've ever met

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of the Cornell students accused of gang rape, Scott Kretzschmar, denies it and says through his attorney that they are going to “confront” the survivor through the court system. I can already tell you that means victim-blaming, DARVO, and smears. She is going to need a lot more of our support.

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The alleged Cornell gang rape looks like an obvious consequence of segregating men and women by sex and placing them in environments where they're expected to perform "peak" masculinity/femininity. No wonder women are dehumanised; no wonder men don't feel like they are friends worth speaking for.

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's so telling that the "I didn't see it" excuse is almost never deployed in any other context. Men only become scrupulous in this way when reality threatens to inconvenience them. And the "he's always been good to me" line effectively translates to "my welfare is more important than hers"

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Every time something like this happens, I think of the many, many instances in which I've heard men acknowledge their friends' bad behaviour towards women, and conclude that there's nothing they can do, because either 1) they didn't witness it first-hand, or 2) "he's always been a good mate to me"

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Chi Phi members named in the lawsuit are defendants Matthew Ingalls, Johnathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris and Scott Kretzschmar. Here's a shot of the Snapchat messages some of them allegedly sent. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sorry for such a bleak post, but I can't stop thinking about the men who were in that Cornell fraternity and presumably saw the Snapchat message allegedly advertising "free pussy," and did nothing, tacitly allowing their friends to allegedly commit gang rape. Men, your passivity destroys lives.

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"They at least behave as if they do" yeah so did I when I wanted to get out of PE

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I still can't believe Mad Men was number 3

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

How could there possibly be more to know

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oh my god I just saw how much higher The White Lotus is than Adolescence

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

30 Rock should not be No. 8! It hasn't aged well! Both The Office-s are much better! If Mare of Easttown is here as a limited series, Band of Brothers should be too! The Good Place is MUCH better than The White Lotus! No Euphoria?! So, so many awful takes, thank you, NYT

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yup! And this is amidst a MASSIVE COVID surge and the same week the CDC reclassified COVID levels to make high levels seem low aka lie to the public about transmission. Not one of the big “leftists” ranting about this story have mentioned the CDC change or Covid surge once!!

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Also can we all please make allowances for 1) the character limits here + 2) the fact that I have been up all night

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Given the police haven't brought those charges so far, I'm inclined to suspect that the cut also wasn't bad enough to endanger life/cause a serious risk under the Terrorism Act, but that is very much a hunch, and they are separate legal tests, so I could be proven wrong on all of this!

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've also seen ppl mention charges under s.11 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 (which the police originally arrested Thomas on suspicion of), but, in that case, you'd need to prove that the cut to the boat was likely to endanger the safe navigation of the ship.

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It is a high bar — besides the risk to public safety/intent to intimidate etc., you'd need to prove more than purely political motivation (that it was done to advance a political/religious/racial/ideological cause). Depending on the evidence, aggravated criminal damage might be easier to prove.

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Will be interested to see where the prosecution goes with that one, for sure.

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

OK, this ups the ante. Still not clear on the exact charges, though. bsky.app/profile/yeom...

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Holly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Criminal damage" is a very broad descriptor "Simple" (not a legal term) damage costing < £5,000 carries a max penalty of a fine of up to £2,500, up to 3 months in custody, or both. But racially or religiously aggravated criminal damage dealt with in the Crown Court carries a max 14-year sentence.

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