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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 01/10/2026
Come join us at the October ATProto Toronto meetup!
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Atproto Toronto October
Another meetup for ATProto Toronto! Come hang out, chat with fellow Atmosphere-heads, and make some local connections. A loose schedule: - 6 PM: Arrive and eat pizza 🍕 - 7 PM: Demos! - 8 PM: Socialize - 9 PM: Head out Featuring demos (once again!) from @bad-example.com, @hypha.coop, and hopefully more! Send a DM on Bluesky to request to demo. Supported by @hypha.coop, hosted at @1rg.space. An @ 1RG event. This event has a code of conduct: https://1rg.space/code-of-conduct/ ♿️ Accessibility ​​​1RG does not have an accessible entrance. The front entrance requires 3 steps of about 8 inches each. The rear entrance is two steps. This event will be held on the second floor which is accessible via an L-shaped 14-step staircase with handrails on both sides. There are bathrooms on the ground floor and second floor.
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 15/08/2026
ig my point is that if ur critiquing ppl for being into a moral philosophy while at the same time expressing support for what is currently the consensus moral position among philosophers, what are you critiquing, really? is it insincerity? bc that has nothing to do with what one nominally believes
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 15/08/2026
(This is called virtue ethics and is a philosophy that has been articulated and can be learned from)
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 07/08/2026
Riley's law
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 24/07/2026
Look 3 is so perfect
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 20/07/2026
Most of the violence privileged women perpetrate against women who are lower than them on the hierarchy is gendered. U call a black lady threatening and loud, u deny poor women abortions bc u think they're sluts, etc.
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 20/07/2026
It's white woman syndrome. A lot of these ppl need a lesser class of women (racialized, trans, poor) to exploit and define themselves against. It's rich lady yells at maid behaviour. A lot of why it works is bc they then get to turn around and tell men "i need to yell at maid bc of office sexism"
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 20/07/2026
I think u can critique insane bigots without having to resort to misogynistic "r u on ur period" type discourse lmao. What about non menopausal transphobe cis women?
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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
One core element of this I see that is that in cis people eyes, being trans is so often presented as something internal. Being trans isn’t conceptualised as lived experience to them, it’s something internal and psychological
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Dang they really got a category for everything
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Louis C.K. Wins Grammy for First Special Since Sexual Misconduct Allegations
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A secret third thing @secretthirdthing.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I rly need other trans women to stop accepting the lie that cis lesbians are in any sense uniquely transphobic. Literally cis lesbians support trans people more than other trans people do. Don't let your (very understandable) fears get in the way of having rly cool friends
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Must feel so good for text after you hit ctrl-x, floating in liminal space, before ctrl-v thrusts it back onto the desolate page
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/07/2026
It's beautiful.
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Mary Nasca @mnasca.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Related: substack.com/@celestemdav...
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There is one word that explains how so many men can be in the Epstein files. So why is no one saying it?
We talk endlessly about the factors that make rape easier, but never about the factors that cause rape in the first place.
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 15/07/2026
It's the most important position on the pitch tbh. Just look at Klopp's Liverpool before & after Fabinho, worth 20+ points. Cus it's not just tackles & interceptions it's do ur pressing triggers make sense, can u recycle possession, can u counter press if turned over, etc.
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 15/07/2026
Preventing the report from spreading isn't the point, though. What she's trying to do here, and will sadly probably succeed in doing, is stripping it of legitimacy in the public eye, and scaring human rights orgs away from trans rights. The report spreading is immaterial to her.
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 14/07/2026
i think the real problem was the use of trans as a noun, tbh. "i support trans" is a pretty bad statement bc it implicitly surrenders discursive ground. i don't think ppl would've made much of the monster framing if it hadn't been for that. it's a shame tbh, it was nearly a good campaign!
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 14/07/2026
gently: the problem is that cis ppl are not best placed to understand what's supportive. cis ppl will, for instance, uncritically say "i support trans" without grasping why that's damaging. it's a delicate job, bc i agree w/ur messaging point, but then u need to guard against amplifying bad verbiage
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10/07/2026
What if I told you one woman, with little accountability, is wearing the name of the United Nations to launder false anti-trans forum posts into global legal fights, including the US Supreme Court? Our reporter S. Baum investigates Reem Alsalem in our collaboration piece with The Nation.
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How One Woman Is Using the UN to Attack Trans Rights Worldwide
It’s no coincidence that the Supreme Court’s decision allowing trans sports bans echoes the work of Reem Alsalem, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls.
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synapsid (Scary) @synapsid.wtf · 04/07/2026
think the they/them misgendering that cis progressives constantly do to trans women comes from the fact that they know it would be "bad" to call someone their birth pronouns but they view it more as "being accepting of your lifestyle choices" than actually being able to accept ur a woman etc
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Zoe Storm @zoestorm.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
On the fourth of July, 1980, about fifteen trans women went to one of the most upscale public swimming pools in Milan, took off their tops, and started lounging around. It was a Friday, and the height of the summer vacation, so there were plenty of families with young children around. 1/
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dogemperor (PLAY NEO:TWEWY, ZEPTOGRAMS) @dogemperor.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Yes, I am deadly serious--the same person who defaced the Six Grandfathers (Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe in the original Lakota) was also the same person who defaced Stone Mountain. Here's what the Six Grandfathers looked like BEFORE defacement: blog.nativehope.org/six-grandfat... 2/x
An image of Six Grandfathers (Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe) before its defacement in the 1920s-1940s--said defacement being part of the theft and ethnic cleansing of Lakota peoples from what they consider to be the center of creation and their literal "heartland".  To this day, the US and the government of South Dakota refuses to even consider the return of title of the Black Hills (Wamakaognaka E'cante in the original Lakota, translating to "the heart of everything that is") despite numerous requests.

The area earned its name of Six Grandfathers after Black Elk had a vision there of the SIx Grandfathers (which, in part, represent the six directions--the four cardinal directions, plus up and down); the six knobs, which were destroyed in the defacement, represent the Six Grandfathers, the six directions, and the Black Hills being the centre of creation.

At the time of its defacement, the person in question who defaced the mountain (one Gutzon Borglum) was already extremely controversial--as I'll note later.)
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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Ever since US voters chose to return Trump to power, I've been writing my MP to voice alarm over trans-eliminationist policies that are coming out of the US. It's something I encourage all Canadians to do. Make sure it's an email, not a call or SM post, so it gets counted. Keep it on their radar.
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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 04/07/2026
When Emily had her last game, after the FA ban on trans women and girls, it was devastating for her, her family, and her team mates. It takes away the joy they get from playing in a sport they love. It does not protect anyone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X03t...
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Emily’s Last Game | Trans Sports Documentary
YouTube video by WE'LL GO DOWN IN HISTORY
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🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️‍🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 30/06/2026
What straight cis men in power want is trans women to be their secret playthings that they get complete and total control over deciding which of us lives and which of us dies depending on how fuckable we are to them and if you don’t believe me read some history on HBIGDA and WPATH
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The Lexorcist @lexidarlingxoxo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
psa for cis folks: every single "legitimate concern" about trans people (bathrooms, sports, blockers, etc) is a made up astroturf by the far right. if you buy into any of it, you are an utter chump and a useful idiot for racist pedophiles
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 01/07/2026
"Look if we could design a policy to shove only the freaks into the oven id be all for it!"
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 30/06/2026
My god, they aren't targeting trans people just to get at other people. They are targeting trans people to target trans people. And they are targeting other people. We don't just exist as a warning for the rest of you, fuck me.
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 01/07/2026
Dude you do know that other countries have radically different judicial systems right? Different career tracks for judges vs attorneys, apolitical appointment procedures, etc. U guys are so laser focused on the 9 supreme justices that u don't see how deeply fucked ur whole judiciary is.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
See, people always want to make this just about "sports," but the real upshot here is that, 6-3, trans women can't make a claim under the Equal Protection Clause. And if they can't do that, it's hard to see how they have constitutional rights.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
"This interpretation will open the doors for states to revert to warehousing people with disabilities out of sight and out of mind in institutions." Decades of progress are being threatened by this eugenicist administration and its relentless attacks on the rights of disabled people.
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DOJ memo stokes fear among disability advocates of a return to institutionalization
The Justice Department's opinion challenges civil rights protections that have long treated the institutionalization of disabled Americans as a last resort.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 20/06/2026
every single study done on this shows that the actual best behavior is done under consistent pseudonyms and people behave worse under real names it’s counterintuitive but at this point the real names thing is willful denial of evidence
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Raccoons Hourly @raccoonhourly.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
An adorable raccoon.
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 20/06/2026
support transfem lit!
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Laurens @laurenshof.online · 16/06/2026
just last week, anon accounts like "Elon Musk" and "Tommy Robinson" instigated a pogrom in Belfast. If we had known who the people behind these anonymous accounts are, we surely would have held them to account as a society!
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BayBayFriend @baybayfriend.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
areadoug777: My wife likes the house so hot. I turn the thermostat down to like 65, and then my wife turns it up to 70. Joke’s on her. I wanted it at 70 the whole time lol. It’s all about how you play the game, fellas Jacques0: en france, we do not have this idea. this échecs de femme… uh wifechess
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Hypha Worker Co-operative @hypha.coop · 09/06/2026
Better technology starts with democratic organizations. That's why we co-founded Tech Co-ops Canada, a new coalition promoting worker ownership in the tech industry. Join us!
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Tech Coops Canada
Better technology starts with democratic organizations.
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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 09/06/2026
So ur doing something constructive is contingent on what Rebecca Solnit posts?
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 03/06/2026
LOL bsky mask off
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
So weird how the heterodox thinkers all think the same fuckin thing
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bree bird 🇨🇦 @goose.ski · 17/05/2026
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 13/05/2026
The report shows a monumentally expensive and manpower-heavy operation to jail and otherwise persecute homeless people purely at the whim of rich assholes, who had their own private line to senior cops if they didn't get sufficient brutality from whoever was on the beat that day. Extremely good.
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bree bird 🇨🇦 @goose.ski · 12/05/2026
i guess my point is that internet communities, and the social media strata upon which they exist, are not closed systems. broader social and political circumstances can be, and often are, the harsh winds that churn the water. and a lot of people are afraid and angry right now, far beyond bluesky.
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 07/05/2026
talk about men in women's sports eh
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 07/05/2026
I think Charlie Kaufman's novel Antkind actually does this really well from a straight white male perspective.
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 07/05/2026
Great take tbh. And honestly exposes a real gap. It might be interesting to hear the zeitgeist explored honestly by a straight white male! We could learn something!
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violet @literaryarsonist.press · 06/05/2026
u dont understand, trans is a monolithic third gender and there are no gender dynamics in the trans community
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Anarchy Goose @anarchygoose.northsky.social · 06/05/2026
Reupping this thread in case people wonder why trans women in particular care about getting run off social media. Guess what! When you're excluded from the formal economy, if you can't reach out and ask for help, you ✨fucking die ✨
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