Reposted by IanPASS Certified @passcertified.bskyverified.social · 12/05/2025✅ PASS NEWS RECAP Learn more: ktla.com/news/local-n... 042
Reposted by IanDanielle Froom 🏳️🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Again, Project 2025 defines trans people as inherently "pornographic" - as in our physical beings. This has long been the plan in place to federally ban queer people from all public life. If this bill passes - or is issued by executive order - the end game for trans people in America will begin. 13973585
Reposted by IanDr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Could you imagine if the head of the United States healthcare system didn’t believe that HIV caused AIDS? …And that instead they believed that AIDS is caused by recreational drugs (“poppers”) used by gay people? Oh wait…🥴 1212121293225
Reposted by IanMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 01/05/2025let me try to spare ppl some pain today, and repeat something I said in a talk on resistance to Trump last week: you do not have to take advice on how to protest from those who are not themselves willing to protest (and in the NYT ed board’s case, who see disciplining protestors as part of the job) 15815193
Reposted by IanMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 16/04/2025two truths for today: the law is not for defining gender and sex; pretty much anything that pleases helen lewis is bad law 017827
Reposted by IanMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 13/04/2025We’re fucking disappearing gay barbers to labor camps and the people in power are fomenting a panic about an Islamic Children’s Crusade, an internet Village of the Damned. Maybe we should be paying more attention to the white supremacist rugrats who’ve invaded the social security administration. 0598
Reposted by IanFree Speech Coalition @fsc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025🚨 Action Alert: Colorado Senate Vote Tomorrow 🚨 Tell your legislators: No to invasive age verification mandates! Take action now: buff.ly/3WGD4zc 01312
Reposted by IanSam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Scandal exposed by UnCommon Law, org that reps ppl in parole cases + has affected clients. They obtained test data showing when Quest Diagnostics used a new chemical for tests, positives jumped 300% across prisons Quest admitted its chemical switch caused a spike but downplayed the scale of impact. 23818
Reposted by IanSam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 09/04/2025NEW: Thousands incarcerated in California were given faulty drug tests that produced false positives – some denied parole due to erroneous claims of opioid use, according to internal records + lawyer testimony. Officials have known about the issue for months, but have not cleared people's records.theguardian.comRevealed: drug tests in California prisons yielded false positives, affecting thousands of peopleRecords suggest Quest Diagnostics erroneously detected opiates. Lawyers say parole requests were jeopardized in the process 8558299
Reposted by IanPASS Certified @passcertified.bskyverified.social · 07/04/2025PASS is excited to announce a groundbreaking new membership program that will now accept all individuals working in the adult industry. ✅ Learn more: www.passcertified.org/news/pass-an...passcertified.orgPASS Announces New Membership Program for All Adult Industry Workers — PASS CertifiedLos Angeles, CA – PASS is excited to announce a groundbreaking new membership program that will now accept all individuals working in the adult industry. As part of its ongoing efforts to prov... 043
Reposted by IanDan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Combining long-term electoral and issue organizing with mutual aid *is* the answer to retaking the country. It is the way to get folks to vote. It is the way to build social infrastructure. 135466
Reposted by IanBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Yes. Let's fucking go. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... 153130332715
Reposted by IanMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 19/03/2025the vast majority of the incredibly small number of sex worker orgs in the US with funding are health-oriented orgs with HIV funding (i know it's not that deep for the trump admin—and millions of people will be harmed by this everywhere—i just had to say it because those orgs changed my life) 38122
Reposted by IanLit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 18/03/2025“We will not take lectures on antisemitism from segregationists and neo-nazis.” @illdottore.bsky.social, a Columbia University professor, speaks out against the kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil.lithub.comA Columbia University Professor Speaks Out Against the Kidnapping of Mahmoud KhalilOn March 12, at a rally in front of the New York City courthouse where Mahmoud Khalil’s hearing took place, classicist and Columbia University associate professor Joseph Howley made the follo… 4885283
Reposted by Iankottke.org @kottke.org · 18/03/2025Freedom of the Press Foundation: “[Wired] is going to stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.” [freedom.press]freedom.pressWired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should followAs the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy 117653
Reposted by IanMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 14/03/2025"Among various other conspiratorial anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs, RFK Jr has repeatedly promoted the myth that poppers cause AIDS, writing 'heavy recreational drug use in gay men and drug addicts was the real cause of immune deficiency' and that he had never “found any evidence that HIV ever kills a T-cell'them.usIs RFK Jr. Cracking Down on Poppers? Double Scorpio Says It's Shut Down After FDA “Search and Seizure”Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, which oversees the FDA, has promoted the falsehood that poppers cause AIDS. 49936
Reposted by IanAmanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Gonna repeat myself here: The generation of leaders that got us into this mess will not be the ones to get us out of it. www.politico.com/news/magazin...politico.comRahm Wants to Run. Yes, For the Presidency.The former Chicago mayor is already on the hustings, finding new ways to attack Trumpism from the center. 1042207391
Ian @iobrien.bsky.social · 12/03/2025The only new question on my nonprofit D&O insurance renewal application this year was “what percentage of your budget comes from government funding?” 000
Reposted by IanSWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Truthfully, there has never been a better time for feminists to align with the fight for sex workers rights. Both groups are seeing massive attacks aimed at stripping bodily autonomy, freedom of movement, and increasing criminalization. More allies = better chances of winning. 625273
Reposted by IanBen Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Right now there is clear, overwhelming opposition to Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction across the moderate, liberal, progressive & left spectrum. This kind of loud unity is what authoritarians are afraid of. To keep it up we need every institution & public leader to join the chorus. 157149473473
Reposted by Iangaby :) @gabydvj.bsky.social · 10/03/2025how did ICE know where to find Mahmoud Khalil, and who will they go after next? I wrote about the vast surveillance network that powers ICE arrests, and the Zionist groups making deportation wishlists for the agency: www.theverge.com/policy/62718...theverge.comThe disappeared Columbia student is the start of a surveillance nightmareMahmoud Khalil is a legal permanent resident. That didn’t stop ICE. 391495608
Reposted by IanAngus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Columbia grad student with a green card and a pregnant US citizen wife, abducted by ICE because of his political organizing, and now his lawyers can't find him. Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home. 13883143287
Reposted by IanBadly Licked Bear @badlylickedbear.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Data lies all the time. If there's one thing I can tell you, armed with my debt-fueled Master's in Research, it's that data is not reality, just like the map is not the territory. Data lies all the time. Data has been used to justify some of the most horrible actions ever taken by governments. 1136
Reposted by IanBsky Verified @verified.bskyverified.social · 21/02/2025We’re so happy to do what we can to support @passcertified.bskyverified.social ‘s mission. avn.com/press/techno...avn.comBsky Verified Donates Bluesky Verification to PASS AVNBSky Verified, a verification provider for Bluesky, announced that it has furnished a bskyverified.social handle to adult industry testing oversight organization, Performer Availability Screening Serv... 184
Reposted by IanMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Sexual rights are human rights, and if you won't defend the right to consensual sexual expression, you can't adequately defend consent, gender expression, sexuality, reproductive care, and a whole lotta speech. Throwing "sex" under the bus is complying in advance with Christian Nationalism. 41015324
Reposted by IanMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Sex, and sex work in particular, is the stone they sharpen their legal knives on. Legislators know that few people will stand up and defend porn or sex work more broadly, and it allows them to pass bills that they can then use to harass, intimidate and jail other forms of expression. 3605145
Reposted by IanMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 13/02/2025There is a lot of work to be done, and this is only a small step and there are no guarantees. But I will tell you I thought showing up today would be pointless, given the make-up of the committee. I expected outright hostility for even daring to voice opposition to the bill. Show up. 2314
Reposted by IanMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Uh… I spoke before the committee.The sponsor — the Chair — held the bill. “You convinced me.” No vote. We’ll start work on a more effective solution tomorrow. Don’t give up that you can make a difference, even when all effort seems pointless. 7475
Reposted by IanMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 12/02/2025it’s true and it’s been driving me up the wall also and: the exec orders only have force to the extent that they give permission to institutions that were never all that committed to our so-called rights to abandon whatever they think they can now get away with 327157
Reposted by IanPASS Certified @passcertified.bskyverified.social · 23/01/2025Congratulations to @culinary226.bsky.social on their successful organizing; the workers have secured a new contract and ended the strike. 175
Ian @iobrien.bsky.social · 21/01/2025I cannot explain to you how devastated I am to learn I have missed picket line karaoke - a thing I was born to do. www.culinaryunion226.org/news/press/c...culinaryunion226.orgCulinary Union hosts back-to-back events for strikers on the VirginLV picket line: Karaoke Night and Tacos & Pupusas Night 010
Ian @iobrien.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Very proud to be part of a team that unabashedly supports labor rights. 051
Reposted by IanPASS Certified @passcertified.bskyverified.social · 16/12/2024Check out PASS Board Chair @publicpubics.bsky.social's latest research article, titled 'The definitional creep: Payment processing and the moral ordering of sexual content. Read: www.passcertified.org/news/pass-bo... 0105
Reposted by IanPASS Certified @passcertified.bskyverified.social · 09/01/2025Join a dynamic panel of experts from industry, nonprofit organizations, @woodhullfreedom.bsky.social, @pineappleysw.bsky.social, @fsc.bsky.social, and PASS as we delve into the fundamentals of what we are doing to build our industries nonprofit sector. 022
