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@khiwanean.bsky.social
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long-haired leftist cat lady she/her

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VƎX Werewolf @vexwerewolf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think I finally found why the "but what about trans surgeries on minors" argument bugs me so much. No rational person would find it "concerning" or "controversial" if a surgeon cut a cancerous tumor out of a 15-year-old but be totally fine if they did it to an 18-year-old.
Your position is fundamentally incoherent and can only be explained by personal discomfort. "I support gender-affirming care (the kinds of which I will conveniently not name or specify), which qualified doctors say is safe, effective and necessary, except for 'surgeries' (the kinds of which I will conveniently not name or specify), which I find concerning to be performed on a person 17 years 364 days old, but I would support without question if a person is a single day older than that."

I cannot stress enough that no rational person thinks this way about any other form of medical treatment.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.
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khiwanean.bsky.social @khiwanean.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
US Voters: Check your registration early and often, especially if your state doesn't have same-day registration.
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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ☃︎ ❄︎ @moxiest.art · 26/09/2026
take an iced coffee wherever you want. nothing matters anymore. kill god and lick the face of the cosmic unknown. your destiny runs on dunkin™.
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Colin McMillen @mcmillen.dev · 24/09/2026
Using AI to do a crime does not absolve you of criminality. AI is just a computer program. It's already illegal to use computers to do crimes. Even other people's computers. Furthermore, AI is unnecessarily unsafe; using it to "accidentally" commit a crime should add charges of criminal negligence.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We have *six days* left until the Academy of Natural Sciences, North America's oldest Natural History museum, is scheduled to close it's doors. Here are *six reasons* why we cannot - and will not- let that happen.
a slide that says 6 days until the doors close -- 6 reasons we can keep them open, save-the-academy.org @savetheacademy
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OG 2Tone @offbydesign.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
Mayor Scott deserves his flowers just as much as Mamdani. He's doing a lot with less and cares heavily for the city but doesn't get the recognition.
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Fair Wisconsin @fairwisconsin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Attention organizations and community groups!
Resource Spotlight info@fairwisconsin.com Talking About Trans Rights: Messages that move people
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'm really glad we could all go on the FBI pro Bestiality- Lich McConnell-gangbang chart- apocalyptic AI death cult Choose Your Own Adventure together today
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The More You Know
Alt: The More You Know gif
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
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khiwanean.bsky.social @khiwanean.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is a test post it is only a test post. Had it been a real post, it would have contained actual content and not just a long, rambling, defensive string of nonsense. I saw a post that had post n/n labels at the bottom and I'm curious if a long enough post will get that automatically.
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khiwanean.bsky.social @khiwanean.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🧵on signal safety
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Sara Meissner @meiss5.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Timeline cleanse
Big orange kitty sitting in a Biscoff cookie box from Costco. Small torbie kitty sitting in a disheveled cardboard box.
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Dun Jun @clustertuck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
-why is it the ONLY unforgivable sin?" And then she told me, "I finally figured it out. The Holy Ghost is that part of God that lives in everybody, and the way you sin against it is by not loving everybody with all your heart, for exactly who they are."
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Dolly Parton - Travelin' Thru [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by NettwerkMusic
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Dun Jun @clustertuck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP Dolly Parton ❤️ Here's a lovely Dolly story: We worked together on "Transamerica." She told me that the bible passage that used to puzzle her the most was, "the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men." She said, "How the heck do you sin against the Holy Ghost, and-
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:
BOYCOTT STARBUCKS is written inside a zig-zaggy speech bubble against crumbled paper. Beside it are the Starbucks Workers United logo and an image of a coffee cup being poured out.We, the 12,000 and growing members of Starbucks Workers United, call on everyone who stands with working people to boycott Starbucks until they finalize a contract with union baristas and stop union-busting.
What we’re fighting for is simple: a minimum $17/hr wage, enough hours to live on, better staffing in our stores, and basic workplace protections. Every year, our living costs rise but our wages don’t keep up – a growing pressure many American workers are feeling as corporate greed accelerates unchecked in our country. 
Starbucks is banking on customers' blind loyalty to the integrity and values this company once stood for in order to keep squeezing them for profits. At a time when working-class people across the country are struggling in a challenging economy, it is no longer possible to be both a Starbucks customer and in support of workers; choosing to spend money at Starbucks is choosing a law breaking corporation over the baristas who make your coffee everyday exactly as you ask for it.
Starbucks has violated U.S. labor law more than any other company in modern history–the NLRB and its judges have found that Starbucks committed hundreds of labor violations and there are currently more than 550 unresolved unfair labor practice charges still pending against the company. Instead of finalizing a fair and reasonable union contract, Starbucks has repeatedly demonstrated a lack of care for the workers who fuel the company’s profits by wasting millions of dollars on AI and technology that doesn’t work, launching countless gimmicky drinks designed to distract from real problems, and inventing pointless policies that do nothing but make our jobs harder. 
This ongoing, irrational behavior by Starbucks and its refusal to settle a fair union contract with workers leaves us with no other choice than to call for a boycott. We know when working people stand up together, we win. 
No Contract? No Coffee.
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khiwanean.bsky.social @khiwanean.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The average working class person @ the AI bubble:
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Ragingorchid: Stabby Stab with Blue Hair
Alt: Twitch streamer Ragingorchid with black and blue hair: making a stabbity stab motion with a knife
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GlassShine @glassshine.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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azteclady @azteclady.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"Words are tools. Tools are weapons (to quote Ani). How you use them as both matters." 👇🏽
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My latest piece. On joining and leaving a Hasidic cult, and what it taught me about the things people need. And how America, and progressive movements, deeply lack those things. And how we can build an alternative, and thus fight for a better world.
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What The Far Right, Cults, and Conspiracy Theorists Get Right
How joining a cult taught me why the far right is winning.
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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In Star Trek people often complain that replicated food is not as good as naturally produced food, which is weird when replicators are presumably using the same technology as transporters, which can perfectly replicate Spock every time. But is Spock getting less flavoursome over time? In this essay,
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Sage Deviant 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
HI FRIENDS! I am launching the GoFundMe for my Facial Feminization Surgery today! I’m having to fundraise in a very short amount of time due to insurance shenanigans, so every little bit helps! Please donate if you can, reposts are deeply appreciated. 🏳️‍⚧️💜🏳️‍⚧️
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Donate to Support Sage's Facial Feminization Surgery, organized by Sage Deviant
On August 26th I'm scheduled for facial feminization surgery. I've been workin… Sage Deviant needs your support for Support Sage's Facial Feminization Surgery
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Your bad art is better than AI slop.
four frame comic. first frame shows a typical AI poster that says : All chatgpt flyers look the same, especially with this font! the text above it reads : I won't go to your event if the poster was made by AI. second frame shows a still frame from a Hank Green youtube video. text above reads : I won't read your post or email and I won't watch your video if they were made with AI. third frame shows an AI restaurant poster of burgers and chicken in a window. text reads : I won't patronize your shop  or restaurant if it is advertised with AI. last frame shows an MS paint window with badly written : Your bad art is better than AI slop. text reads : if you can't take the time or make the effort to interact with me yourself, then why should I do it?
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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Today's bsky argument about "boots theory" seems to come down, from my perspective, to 2 different ideas of what it says- (1) believe that poor people could make better choices to save themselves out of poverty (2) believe that poverty enacts worse choices, creating cycles of more instability.
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Bri Traquair⁷ @brileigh85.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I’m still about $800 short on rent this month, and I’m really afraid of getting evicted before I have colostomy surgery on the 17th. Venmo is faster (rent is due on the 5th), but either is so helpful. Venmo: venmo.com/u/Brianna-Tr... GFM: gofund.me/f071c1d0f
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Bri Traquair | @Brianna-Traquair
Venmo is a digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, or much more. Download the iOS or Android app or sign up on Venmo.com today.
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khiwanean.bsky.social @khiwanean.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🧵Cosigned by me
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Khantalas @khantalas.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
one of the lies told about the supposed benefits of capitalism is that “competition breeds innovation and lowers prices” when capitalism has proven time and again that it will violently silence competition in favor of consolidation every single time
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
yoo they finally finished this thing
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Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia, Completed After 144 Years, Celebrates Gaudí’s Centenary
The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, the admired architectural wonder, reaches completion after a century-and-a-half long saga, to mark the centenary of Gaudí’s death.
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Jack @jackinpogform.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
It's weird to me that discussions of JK Rowling always being a dick never being up the fact she spent her time at Amnesty International drafting books when she was supposed to be documenting war crimes in Africa.
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Eromancer @eromancer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Potential date set for the Senate to vote on KOSA. Americans, call your senators and tell them that you REJECT KOSA and the KIDS Act. These bills are designed to limit adults' access to legal content they find objectionable. See 🔗 post for details: bsky.app/profile/erom...
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 01/06/2026
1/ 🧵 OMB is advancing a proposed rule that would destroy the American scientific enterprise. Randos keep disagreeing with my 'here's how to fight it' I do this for a living. So before the "how," here's the "who" --- and why you should listen to me on this one.
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 11/07/2026
DID YOU KNOW IF YOU FIND A HORSESHOE CRAB THATS BEEN TAGGED BY THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND SUBMIT THE LOCATION YOU SAW IT USING THE FORM ON FWS DOT GOV SLASH CRABTAG THEY SEND YOU A BEAUTIFUL CRAB PIN
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I just submitted my formal comment on the disastrous proposal to transform essentially all U.S. federal grantmaking--affecting every sector of American science, technology, education, & health--into an overtly partisan political process. Full text here: weatherwest.com/wp-c...
Screenshot of page 1 of my letter (see link in post for full text).Screenshot of page 2 of my letter (see link in post for full text).Screenshot of page 3 of my letter (see link in post for full text).Screenshot of page 4 of my letter (see link in post for full text).
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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
People keep saying prosecutions are the radical approach that moves beyond Abolish ICE, but leaving a large swath of the population without secure legal status and criminalized is not even a little bit radical.
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 09/07/2026
Oh, have I not told this one here? Okay. So Grandma had The Charisma.
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Audrey Farnsworth @audipenny.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Celebrating the anniversary of our nation’s independence from a monarchy while Trump is in office feels kinda like getting a Facebook notification for a birthday of a friend who’s dead.
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Greta Garchomp 🇵🇭𓄿 @cvlove.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Why do we Americans associate being a big whining baby that can't handle any discomfort with being rugged and manly
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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Someone recommended I write a clearer thread for the GFM (to help people understand why I'm sick/stressed/the need), so I hope all of you don't mind the additional context. *trigger warning, mentions of abuse* In February 2025, I was violently attacked by an ex. He was 440 pounds, I was 137.
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🍋✨Bb✨🦇 @bbcelestialtoo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
CW: ab*se / / / I tend to liken this to when people attempt to tell someone who has been abused that their abuser needs understanding. How is that the priority when someone has been harmed? It's a tactic from the same playbook and I don't think that's a coincidence
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khiwanean.bsky.social @khiwanean.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
One trans man's experience under this regime 🧵
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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 30/06/2026
Per last repost, I do think that in the US a lot of people, like a LOT of people, do not realize that if a birth certificate is no longer proof of citizenship then most of us have no proof of citizenship. At all.
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Jill Weinberger @jillybobww.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"It's just sports," "It will only affect a few people," & "It'll also be used against cis women" are, IMHO, all equally not-great takes on today's SCOTUS ruling, just different angles. The Supreme Court ruled it's okay to discriminate against a certain class of people. Full stop. That is a horror.
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khiwanean.bsky.social @khiwanean.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Long continuing thread about Coretta Scott King and her activism
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Heather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool
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Simba @endeconfinement.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The Supreme Court's fifth and final decision is Blanche v. Lau, another 6–3 split. Per Thomas, the government does NOT require clear and convincing evidence that a green card holder committed a crime before divesting them of their lawful status at the border. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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