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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/06/2026

Douglas Adams: > Anything in the world when you're born is normal, ordinary and a natural part of the world. Anything invented between when you’re 15-35 is new, exciting and revolutionary and you can get a career in it. Anything invented after you're 35 is against the natural order of things. 1/

A blasted wasteland with a mushroom cloud rising over it. In the foreground are swarms of drowning people climbing over each other to escape into the limbs of a dead tree, and a crowd of agonized skeletons. All sourced from Dore engravings illustrating the Old Testament.

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Wynter Lord @wynterlord.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Concept for a Mushroom Fairy. #dndart #dndcharacterart #art #digitalart

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Karlito P @litop12.blacksky.app · 01/03/2026

Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.

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Aranock @aranock.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

If you have not read Persepolis you should, it is an extremely powerful graphic novel thats available for free on the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/pers... Though I would also highly reccomend supporting Marjane directly and purchasing it as well.

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PERSEPOLIS : Marjane Satrapi : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

book topic: light comic.note: press the Zoom in and Zoom out buttons so that the writing is visible.see the front cover of the book here.read second book here.

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✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 28/02/2026

If you've grown up having to deal with the weirdest and most unsettling of church goers (often white and republican, lets not mince words) you know how true this is. Christian Nationalism is just that mind bending and dangerous. Its basically no different from a turbo cult but now they have power

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Mamdani getting a kidnapped kid released from ICE in less than a day kinda lays bare the full depravity of the Democrats' "we can't just DO things" mentality for the last year.

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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 23/02/2026

6 minutes long so can't repost here, sorry But vital video from a black woman with tourettes on the misunderstandings and hurt going on in viral discourse over John Davidson at the BAFTAs.

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Replying to @chunlifuu My two cents as a Black woman with Tourette Syndrome. We need to be looking at who on the BAFTA team okayed that moment to be aired when they had the ability to edit that out. ...

TikTok video by Jhónelle Bean

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Again: Mamdani and AOC are the moderate liberals that the democratic ghouls and Vote Blue zombies believe the party is. The majority of the Democratic party, especially its central power structure, is just this capital-fellating grift machine designed to stop anything getting better.

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Aranock @aranock.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The conversation since the incident at the baftas has really shown a lot of peoples racism and ableism. Seen people downplaying slurs/telling black people to shut up and others arguing that people with coprolalia should be segregated and a lot of misinfo on tics and intrusive thoughts.

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Questing Refuge @questingrefuge.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

You can actually discuss racism AND not be ableist. It's not an either or thing. You don't need to dismiss either.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 25/02/2026

I’ve come to realize people think slurs are just words that hurt our feelings. No. Slurs, particularly the N-word, F-word, antisemitic terms etc. aren’t taboo because of that. It’s because historically when these terms are said they precede or pair with pitchforks, torches, lynchings & gas chambers.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now.

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Benlain Dufont @irenicus.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

THREAD #BAFTAS #TOURETTES 1/ As a 34yo with treatment resistant, severe Tourette’s and coprolalia, I’d like to throw my hat into the ring here regarding the BAFTA incident. Let me first say that I think we should be listening to black people when they talk about their experiences with that word.

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

ICE shatter car window in front of newborn to detain father—refuse to look at his legal documents. First gave agents REAL ID driver's license. "That's nothing to us," agent replied. Next he handed agents his work visa. "That ain't shit," agent laughed. He ran only after agents started hitting him

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morosoph; ‿̩͙⊱༒︎༻♱༺༒︎⊰‿̩͙ Spookis‿̩͙⊱༒︎༻♱༺༒︎⊰‿̩͙ @allwillbewell.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Please remember our siblings in Palestine as Ramadan approaches. Naser still needs medication for his lungs and food for Rolan and Omar. tinyurl.com/53dzj4zy

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Solidarity RPM @solidarityrpm.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

I STAND WITH FRANCESCA ALBANESE

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Brian M @legendofnerd.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)

Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults.

Hey folks –

I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news.

I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults.

And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.)

Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence.

Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details.

And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!

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Sara The Fat Culture Critic 🇨🇦 @saraezzat.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away, until the clock wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone’s life is only the core of their actual existence. -Terry Pratchett

Oddnon, a big man with an even bigger grin

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Aranock @aranock.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Oddnon was one of the kindest, most community minded and most of all funny people I have ever met. They were a ray of sunshine in an all too often gloomy world, I hope they will be remembered as the wonderful person they were and that everyone in the community will continue the work they did.

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hoots @hoots.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I’m on a family vacation without my laptop so when I heard, I downloaded BlueSky on my phone especially to say this: Oddnon was deeply loved. Oddnon was also one of many victims of the for profit medical system. Do not ignore his death and please help his family if and when a fund is established.

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Benlain Dufont @irenicus.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

"To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go." - Mary Oliver Rest in power Oddnon. I'll miss you.

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Ian Danskin @innuendostudios.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Oddnon once said they wanted their memorial to be a roast I'm sorry, habibi, that I can't fulfill your wish, but nobody can think of anything bad to say about you the only people who could talk shit about Oddnon were Oddnon and racists I miss you

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Benlain Dufont @irenicus.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

"Every person you look at, you can see the universe in their eyes—if you're really looking.” - George Carlin

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Angela Fellows🏳️‍⚧️🎭🎥🎸 @angelafellows.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

my friend Oddnon passed on wednesday evening. they were a joyous, creative, revolutionary spirit. they helped dig me out of a creative hole in 2023 and was always there when i needed them. their absence will leave a vacuum in my life. may their memory be a blessing.

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Rudbeckia @rudbeckia.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Many queer people were also denied restitution after the war because they were not considered victims of fascism - as only those targeted based on racial, political or religious grounds were considered.

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i am husker. 🍉🕎 @husker.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

finding out that the regular car reviews guy is a gay furry and he only accepted it in his 40s after a life of repression, and that he's finding some form of solace and meaning is making me pretty happy. always loved his videos

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Natalie Wynn @contrapoints.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I’m really bad at responding to texts. Trying to decide if I can handwave this away as “executive dysfunction” or if it’s like a serious personality flaw that needs to be addressed

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

reminder that you can be the gentlest, kindest person--you can dedicate your life to protecting the planet!--and still keep a little list of people you fucking hate. it's okay to be angry! anger is a symptom of giving a shit!

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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

lately when i’m feeling hopeless i just think of the Katamari cat wearing scuba gear. if she can survive in an inhospitable environment then so can i

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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

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ray 鄺羡華 @raykwong.lol · 13/09/2025

Good morning and happy Saturday to everyone. Civil War has been canceled because the shooter is a straight white Mormon kid from Utah.

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 12/09/2025

Just because I no longer live in Texas doesn’t mean I can’t remember the importance of today: when Texas Senator Ted Cruz liked incest porn on his official Twitter account

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Aranock @aranock.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

A white supremacist shit head died and the whole world rallies to lionize him, my trans siblings get murdered constantly because of his rhetoric, fucking crickets. I'm exceptionally exhausted with existing in a world that would clap at my death and celebrate those who called for it.

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I’m going to make this a video at some point but I’m saying this here and being done because it’s honestly just angering and scaring and frustrating me.

The reason I’ve been so critical of people praising the likes of Gavin Newsom and saying things like, “you may not like him but we need him in the fight,” or applauding his redistricting of California as a tit-for-tat move against GOP redistricting, is that fundamentally they are ignoring the core problem here: this is just justifying a further slide into an authoritarian state.
I want to be clear, because people don’t seem to understand me when I say this—I think Gavin Newsom’s response to the GOP redistricting Texas to disenfranchise Democratic voters and give themselves more representatives, by doing the same in California to disenfranchise GOP voters and give Democrats more representatives, is the correct response within the system. Yes, if Democrats want to win, this is what they have to do. They shouldn’t be playing by rules the GOP clearly ignores. Again, this is the only response that makes sense within the rules of the game.
But the problem with everyday Americans’ response—cheering on Newsom and saying we need to get behind him uncritically—shows how much people empathize with power over themselves. At the end of the day, this is the American system further entrenching and normalizing authoritarian power. Even if Democrats were to win using these tactics in 2028—which is preferable to a GOP win, yes—they will not willingly give up this newly normalized power dynamic. More voters will have been disenfranchised. Long term, we’re left with a system even less democratic, with few—if any—levers within it to push back.

Worse still, so many are cheering on the idea of having strongman leaders like Newsom. People literally make Trump-like memes of him carrying an American flag. This “we need our own strongman to fight Trump and kick him in the balls” is the same cult of personality that entrenches the Trumpian mindset within establishment Democrats who think they’re being progressive, while actually backing further disenfranchisement of middle- and lower-class Americans—people already struggling under late-stage capitalism.
And people like Newsom—or other Democratic leaders establishment liberals rally behind, like Pete Buttigieg—are perfectly willing to throw trans people or the homeless under the bus if it plays well to a mythical centrist base. So while people pat themselves on the back for voting for a gay man or supporting a Democrat like Newsom who “punches Trump where it hurts,” they’re ignoring not only their own further disenfranchisement, but also the additional attacks and harm directed toward even more marginalized groups like trans people and the homeless.
I say all of this because one day people will have to reckon with this reality—that the American system will continue to justify making itself more authoritarian under the logic of, “that’s just how we have to fight the fascists.” That’s the only choice it offers us within its limits. But we do have other options. People are just too scared, or too enmeshed in the political system, to recognize them or admit what needs to be done. We need to fundamentally change how we do politics.

I’m not saying you need to pick up a gun and start a revolution against the American state. But I am saying you need to stop focusing solely on electoral politics or trying to pass laws within this system to get what you need. Build up your communities. Find ways to provide food, educational resources, childcare, and other essentials locally. Organize for community defense. Join a union or a collective. These are tangible actions, better uses of your time than canvassing for a political campaign, asking people to vote, or arguing with Republicans online.
The path we’re on—pouring our energy into stanning Newsom or treating electoral politics as the only way to “win”—is deeply dangerous. It limits our imagination and leads us further into authoritarianism. And eventually, we will have to face that fact—whether it’s in 2028, 2032, or 2036. No matter what, we will have to confront that fundamental problem. The reason I’m so adamant about recognizing it now is that the longer we wait, the more people will be hurt.
As a trans person, I’m already on the chopping block—discarded by both sides of the same system of power. I see how people like me face a very real chance of being imprisoned, killed, or worse before society wakes up to this problem. And I’m not the only one. To paraphrase the poem: “They came for the trans people, and I did nothing, for I was not trans.”
What scares me most is that when I try to explain all of this, I am the one vilified. Trans people like me are told—not just by Republicans who openly hate us, but by Democrats—that we need to shut up and get behind “our guy” with “our guy” always being politicians who are more willing to publicly sit down with the likes of Charlie Kirk than to platform or even talk to a trans person. That’s how the system fuels resentment and dehumanization of marginalized people like me—because I’m unwilling to comply. I become the problem, the issue, the person to ostracize, the one accused of helping the fascists.

At the end of the day, I’m not here to say Gavin Newsom is wrong to redistrict in response to Trump and the GOP. That is how Democrats can and should win power, and within the system, it’s what they should be doing. That’s not my criticism. My point isn’t to Newsom—it’s to you. Because while redistricting may be a short-term solution, it doesn’t solve the deeper problem. It delays it. It accelerates it. And you will eventually have to face it.
I would much rather we face it clear-eyed now. Because doing so not only gives me, as a trans person, a greater chance of survival, but it also means that if you recognize the problem now, I’m still here with you—still able to fight alongside you. Because as the poem warns, one day they will come for you. And by then, there may not be anyone left beside you to fight.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.

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Chris Love @legallylove.myatproto.social · 10/09/2025

Blanket statements about political violence being “bad” come across as completely disingenuous when our country is supporting a genocide and politically violent military actions globally. Miss me with your platitudes.

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 10/09/2025

It’s gonna be so weird watching establishment dems be performatively sadder about this than they were about the colleague and her husband and dog who got shot and killed

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Medusa’s Wink @medusaswink.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Every single elected official decrying Kirk’s shooting. Not one of them addressing the school kids shot today in Colorado. That says more than i ever could.

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mothra kills fascists 🌱 @aceingenue.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I can feel glum that folks are resorting to killing people, but I could turn my heart thrice over and not find a corner of it that mourns for a man who wouldn’t hesitate to gleefully sick his dogs on me.

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Lindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

video's only been up two hours and we've already raised $10,000 for PCRF, go team!!

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 22/08/2025

We have arrived in the uk for a holiday The kids are currently arguing about how many books they get to buy K1: they have a six floor bookstore, k2! A huge Waterstones Me: it's just five K1: I'm sad

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RascallyGrampy (They/She) @rascallygrandpa.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Hey I am happy you’re here Remember to drink water and take your meds. Be gentle with yourself, you’re doing your best.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

it is not about sports. it has never been about sports. it is about banning trans people from public life entirely AT BEST, and at worst, forcing them into situations that will endanger their lives. this is why we don't play along with the "just asking questions" sports bullshit

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 07/08/2025

I have no desire to dig into this woman's privacy, but I have to highlight that the only evidence cited for the M&S employee being trans at all is her height. This nonsense is being peddled over less than nothing. An tall employee who doesn't do bra fitting asked a customer if she needed help.

In the complainant itself, the customer said the employee who spoke with them was a “transgender ‘woman’, ie, a biological male” and stated this was “obviously the case” because the person was “at least 6ft 2in tall”.

“My daughter recoiled, so I politely declined the offer and we left immediately. She was visibly upset and said she felt ‘freaked out’.”

After the mother lodged a complaint, an M&S customer service assistant wrote in an email response: “We deeply regret the distress your daughter felt during her visit to our store. We understand how important this milestone is for her, and we are truly sorry that it did not go as you had hoped.”

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