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Sorry but "we want deadly borders and the inhumane treatment of migrants and asylum seekers but we draw the line at shooting them on sight" is not a sensible comment Considering it so plays in the hands of the far right who is consciously using the extreme right as contradistinction

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 57m

Seeing Jacob Rees-Mogg seriously portrayed as the voice of moderation tells you everything you need to know about the stage of mainstreaming of far-right politics we are at and how little mainstream actors understand or care about it

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 2h

Trans people get called extremists for saying “hey don’t watch a wizard tv show.” Meanwhile people out here literally calling for legislative bans on our existence are propped up as feminist icons. Really just shows how those who make people uncomfortable or disrupt consumption are vilified.

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Hell-a Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 2h

One of my favorite things is when a fandom wiki reaches critical mass and it's starts functioning like a general Wiki that's just insane about a few things

From the assassins creed wiki: Horses are a species of hoofed quadruped mammals, which have been used as a means of transport throughout most of recorded human history.

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RoseMultiverse @rosemultiverse.bsky.social · 3h

Here's more from a good acquaintance of mine. If someone else would like to do the alt-text for ALL of these, be my guest.

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Mysterious Z (DATE OF BIRTH AUGUST 2ND) @mysteriousz.bsky.social · 7h

The Cartoon Network leak revealed that the team actually wrote fake interviews for the Powerpuff Girls in-house so that the writers could understand them better and honestly this is incredibly useful for learning how to characterize your characters holy shit

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 2h

yes I think a horse-drawn wehrmacht armed primarily with bolt action rifles would easily conquer the entire mass of africa, not get wiped out in a matter of days by Egypt's professional 21st century air force

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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 9h

So attempting to burn people alive in their homes or stop their rescue at sea for political reasons isn’t terror already?

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✨ Hamish Steele ✨ Go-Man Vs. the Star Dragon OUT NOW! @hamishsteele.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Ohhhh ACE Chemicals because he's the Joker... I get it.

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✨ Hamish Steele ✨ Go-Man Vs. the Star Dragon OUT NOW! @hamishsteele.bsky.social · 12h

The Go-Man series features an assortment of monsters, known in universe as Giant Organisms or G.O.s These are all the ones we've seen so far in Books 1 and 2. Do you have a favourite? My patrons have also seen a couple of other future monsters, link in bio for more info!

Four monsters, called Saushi, Kazaran, Mototem and Ash aka Baby Salazanda

Sasushi is a shark on two legs with a large spike on its head like a swordfish. Kazaran looks like a dinosaur armadillo on all fours with volcanoes on its back. Mototem is a purple millipede covered in spikes and horns. And ash is an axolotl like creature.

Four more monsters called Scarapin, Tobura, Bentomushi and Subtagon.

Scarapin resembles a scorpion on two legs. Tobura is a house fly. Bentomushi looks like a lady bug. And Subtagon is some kind of reptile with drills for hands and snail like raised eyes.

Final four monsters called Wanira, Ramesses, Krillink and Momora.

Wanira is a giant crocodile on two legs with a flag tail. Ramesses looks like an elephant mixed with a bull. Krillink is some kind of purple worm parasite with claws. And Momora is a gorilla with the texture of an earthworm.

Find out more in Go-Man champion of Earth and Go-Man vs the Star Dragon.

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Jordan Harper @jordanharper.bsky.social · 5h

I'm sorry but if you're criticizing someone for reading any actual literature or watching films in this age, you're on the side of the boot. I don't know what else to tell you.

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Jordan Harper @jordanharper.bsky.social · 5h

I got into a coffee-shop conversation with a few people about what we were reading, and a guy apologized because he was reading Infinite Jest and therefore being "performative". I told him that the idea of the "performative male" is a right-wing idea meant to police gender. I hope he believed me.

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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 6h

This is so grim and also what on earth is the possible wrong supposedly done here? Being a teacher doesn't mean you're not a human being?

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 7h

The British establishment is in full force attempting to rehabilitate the image of JK Rowling before Christmas. Absolutely desperate to make Harry Potter a unifying moment of British culture instead of the fundraiser for hatred it has become.

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TBSkyen @tbskyen.com · 4h

It is generally good life advice that if you ever hear some "everyone knows" third party gossip about a trans creator or public figure, your 1st instinct should be to disbelieve it, your 2nd instinct should be NOT to pass it on, and 3rd to check VERY THOROUGHLY who's saying it and where it came from

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ThumbsUpping 👍 @thumbsupping.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

themselves, it's available fully subbed on YouTube, and it's a pretty solid upload, although the video quality leaves a little something to be desired: youtu.be/mjfXfm5MAk4?...

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Ultra Q the Movie: Legend of the Stars English Subbed

YouTube video by Connor Anderson

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ThumbsUpping 👍 @thumbsupping.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

liked this film and would recommend it to any and all Ultra Series fans, especially anyone who has a particular fondness for Ultra Q. I'm not the biggest fan of Ultra Q but even I was able to enjoy this, so that means... something I guess idk. If anyone's interested in checking out the film for +

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ThumbsUpping 👍 @thumbsupping.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

don't like how they changed Yuri's characterization to make her a less proactive character compared to the version from the original show, who was a surprisingly progressive character for the time and easily my favorite part of Ultra Q. At least she's cute I guess. Outside of that, I mostly really +

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ThumbsUpping 👍 @thumbsupping.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

deals in the esoteric. In many ways it feels like a prototype for what the 90s Gamera trilogy and Ultraman Gaia would end up being. I also liked all the cameos from past Ultra series alumni (and some future ones too if you look hard enough). If I had any real complaints it's probably just that I +

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ThumbsUpping 👍 @thumbsupping.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

pretty good regardless. The movie's well directed (which makes sense given that it was helmed by the Ultra-GOAT Akio Jissoji), and it very much feels like the platonic ideal of what Ultra Q on the big screen should be; less focus on action and flashy sfx and more of a creepy, subtle mystery that +

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ThumbsUpping 👍 @thumbsupping.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

193. Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars Thank you @runlikemelos.bsky.social for putting me on to this. This was a solid movie. It's a much slower burn than I was expecting which may have hampered my enjoyment a little since I was already a bit sleepy when I started watching it but it's still +

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 6h

Eisenkot is also against citizenship and equality for all under a single democratic state, of course.

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 6h

The "Israeli opposition" is now polling slightly behind the Netanyahu bloc in most polls and would be mathematically incapable of forming a government unless it abandons its racism against the Palestinian parties or invites Netanyahu bloc parties into a national unity government— excluding Arabs.

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 6h

Eisenkot, the most likely alternative to Netanyahu for the next head of government in Israel, says yesterday that "two states for two peoples is a mistake" and that "Ben Gvir probably did some good things in the prisons". He also said he would not coalition with any of the Palestinian parties.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 6h

At some point we also have to deal with the fact that one of the two parties is openly hostile to democracy. If you have to win big every election or else the country falls into despotism we're all just playing Russian roulette every few years

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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 10h

May have to log off when this one comes out guys, not sure I can cope with the absolute binfire media and political discourse that will inevitably surround this lol. I can't really describe how dreadful it is to be trans in the UK in 2026

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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 11h

Just saw that BBC Scotland are apparently making a documentary about JK Rowling and I honestly just crossed myself x

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 11h

Can’t show “Protect The Dolls” on BBC but you can make a fluff propaganda film supporting the world’s greatest transphobe, its impartial cause we can all agree trans people are subhuman scum obviously

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 10h

You can tell from her posting she actually just can’t keep it together

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 10h

Ive pointed this out before but there is a glaring absence of just footage or audio of her speaking about her obsession. Cause she and/or her agents must know she can’t do it in a reasonable articulate way and just explodes with rage and incohesion

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 10h

Love that they cant actually just interview JK on her trans views cause she is so rabid she wouldnt be able to hold it together and it would just reveal how much of a raging untethered madwoman she’s become

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 10h

Amazing bit where she says the flat the council gave her was "a glorified bedsit" coz it was...a one-bedroom flat. It was a one-bedroom flat, Joanne. That's not "a glorified bedsit", it's a flat with a living area and a bedroom and a bathroom. You nightmare.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 10h

@caelan.bsky.social already made the definitive documentary about how she got started www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeFU...

youtube.com

Was J. K. Rowling's "Poverty" a lie?

YouTube video by Caelan Conrad

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 10h

"Rogan Scotland explores her unique story from her early days as a writer to the present moment and how her unflinching personal beliefs have sparked a fraught and divisive dialogue that continues to this day." This will be celebratory trash.

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 10h

This is the man who decides how automated moderation treats trans people across this whole platform. On his own feed, with full control and 1,271 chances, this is what he built. Either he called it identity-blind and never checked, or he checked and shipped it anyway.

Grid where each small square is one of 1,678 accounts that replied to or quoted him, filled if blocked, grouped by the harshest post they sent. In every group the trans-identified row is more filled than the row for everyone else: 38% vs 16% for very mild, 47% vs 34% for mild, 71% vs 46% for moderate, 77% vs 59% for harsh.

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 10h

"Maybe trans people were just ruder to him." Fair. So I scored every reply and quote. Very mild posts: 16% of everyone else blocked, 38% of trans people. Harsh posts: 59% vs 77%. Same words, different outcome, at every level.

Chart of the share of accounts blocked, by the harshest post they sent him, comparing accounts whose bio says trans with everyone else. Very mild: 38% vs 16%. Mild: 47% vs 34%. Moderate: 71% vs 46%. Harsh: 77% vs 59%. All levels: 58% vs 32%. Caption: across 1,678 accounts, a trans bio goes with 2.5 times the odds of being blocked after accounting for harshness, plausible range 1.6 to 3.7.

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 10h

Who is on it? 12.3% of the blocked say they're trans in their bio. Among people who talked to him in the same weeks and were left alone: 6.7%. That's a floor, as most of us don't put it in a bio.

Bar chart of the share of accounts whose bio says they are trans, in words. Blocked accounts: 12.3% of 1,157. Not blocked, interacted since 15 September: 6.7% of 719. Not blocked, interacted since January: 4.8% of 1,114. Caption: that is 1.8 times the rate.

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 10h

"Entirely opt-in", he says. You get blocked for how you talk to him. 46% of the people on that list had never replied to him, quoted him or mentioned him this year. They didn't opt into anything. They were found.

Four stacked bars showing what each blocked account had done before the block. First load, 342 accounts: 283 had replied to, quoted or mentioned him. Second load, 319: 182 had, 60 only used his name, 72 had no contact. Third load, 426: only 71 had, 210 only used his name, 91 had no contact, 54 unreadable. Blocked one at a time, 184: 147 had.

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 10h

And most of it wasn't the bot. 1,087 of those blocks landed in three bulk loads on the morning of 30 Sept, before he even announced it. He calls that "a seed set of recent abuse". That list was his. Somebody chose it, and it's where the gap is widest: 2.8×.

Line chart of the running total of accounts blocked on 30 September, 06:00 to 15:00 UTC. The line is flat, then jumps three times: plus 342 at 08:23, plus 319 at 08:54 and plus 426 at 12:07, reaching over 1,100. A dashed line marks the public announcement at 12:33, after all three jumps.

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 10h

Bluesky's Head of Trust and Safety handed his block list to a bot. 1,271 people blocked in eleven days. He says it never looks at who you are. Blocks are public, so I checked. Trans people were blocked at 2.5× the odds of everyone else, for posts of the same harshness. 🧵

Title card reading "Who the autoblocker blocked". Three figures: 1,271 accounts blocked in eleven days, against twelve in the two years before. 46% of the readable bulk-loaded accounts had never replied to, quoted or mentioned him this year. 2.5× the odds of being blocked for a trans-identified account, against others who wrote equally harsh posts. Below, a quote from Aaron Rodericks, 1 Oct 2026: "These do not factor in your bio or your identity. I have zero clue who you are."

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 20h

I hate when people say bluesky is a toxic echo chamber when really it’s annoying in a rich tapestry of other ways

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 21h

engagement-driven monetisation and gamification systems like gacha are everywhere in games. they have had real material negative impacts in genres i enjoy. they are a massive chunk of the market now. yes, i cant "undo" it. but i have been able to avoid them easily by just playing other games

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 21h

the "you can't avoid AI, it's in all software now" argument might be true for infrastructure, where we have limited agency over the platforms and systems that make up our society, but is hilariously untrue for video games, a completely optional and easily ignored part of all of our lives

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Grace Robertson 🏳️‍⚧️ @graceonfootball.com · 12/10/2026

you can tell just how imported the culture war lines are because the reality is that white britain is one of the most secular demographics on earth.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 12/10/2026

agreed with the caveat that i think taco bell should make it explicit in their marketing that the chicken crunchwrap, their boldest innovation in decades, is transgender

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geoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

i have now seen the straight pride flag for the first time and my jaw genuinely dropped. you're right heterosexuals, strict binarism, black and white thinking, is a kind of imprisonment, 10/10 no notes

straight pride flag, six thick horizontal stripes alternating in black and white

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