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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

13/ It’s incredibly frustrating seeing white people dismiss the very real, very valid feelings black people are expressing about this situation, as well as seeing so much ableism and misinformation about Tourette’s. We should be doing better than this.

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

12/ There’s room for understanding Davidson’s plight here and not being ableist while also not telling black people how they should feel about the n-word being said, regardless of the context. There doesn’t have to be a side to pick.

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

11/ It’s like getting mad at an errant strike of lightning that burns down your house. It’s pissing into the wind.

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

10/ I feel like people are trying to find a villain here, when there isn’t one. I wish more people could accept that chaotic shitty things happen. Sometimes, a situation just sucks, people get hurt, it’s nobody’s fault, and there’s no way to wrap it up into an easy to swallow package.

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

9/ I don’t care how much it happens, who it happens around, or what the topic is, having heinous things come out of your mouth that you can’t control is a horrible, disorienting feeling that can shatter your sense of self and agency as a human being.

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

8/ Just to use a personal example from my life, a few years ago I was talking to one of my closest friends whose mother had recently passed, and I started ticking “F*** your dead mother in the c***” in rapid succession 4-5 times.

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

7/ I also want to make it clear that these tics are also not inner thoughts, especially with coprolalia. The coprolalia could be personified as a little goblin living in your brain, telling you the worst thing you could say in a given situation, and sometimes forcing you to do it.

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

6/ It’s not as easy as “oh just control it better”. John Davidson is living our worst-case, DEFCON 1 situation right now, and I’m horrified for him.

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

5/ Sometimes they happen no matter how hard you attempt to control them. Sometimes, after holding them in for a period of time, they come back with a vengeance once you stop and can become incredibly painful and distressing.

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

4/ That being said, Tourette’s syndrome, and by extension coprolalia, is very real. Yes, there are tools one can use to hold the tics in when it’s necessary, but it’s far from foolproof and not something every person with Tourette’s can do.

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

3/ The word is one steeped in trauma, violence, dehumanization, etc, and understandably brings up very strong feelings/reactions. I think it's shameful and cruel to ask black people to be "more understanding" and shove those feelings down so others can be comfortable.

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

2/ I can’t and won’t speak for the lived experience of black people, but when you listen to black people speak about that word you learn that it’s not just “hurt feelings” when it’s used.

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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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Benlain Dufont @irenicus.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

There are worse ways to fugue it out.

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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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