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Anyways, it doesn't make sense to call for someone to be thrown in jail when most people don't even know who he is. The crimes need to actually be suffused into the public consciousness, or you would just look vindictive. Doesn't mean prosecution's off the table, but I don't think it's a platform.

One of the most famous Blexas stories was when Beto made headlines as a D candidate driving around in a bus from county to county. It was hailed as amazing and innovative. And it was functionally equivalent to a third grader's lemonade stand for her teacher's chemo - indicative of a bigger problem.

There's no party support for organizing, so there's low engagement and turnout. Most activists are transplants in general, and most transplants are Republicans fleeing Commiefornia for a Texas Libertarian Mecca where taxes are historic fables. Nothing gets much motion outside small city protests.

Almost definitely not, no. I'd bet that most Texas voters don't even know that Paxton's been drowning in scandals and investigations for years. The big issue with Texas politics is how 'apolitical' everyone is, because the Democrats functionally abandoned the state after Richards.

Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I've known Texans who have been calling for him to be jailed for literal years. He's honestly done so many openly corrupt, illegal, and sometimes unconstitutional things that it's hard to keep track.

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missed National Coming Out Day. but came across this screenshot of the mass email i sent 12 years ago!

mass email from me when i transitioned. the body of the email reads-
"about 15 years ago i sent out a mass email stating that i had used the Troy Aikman quarterback rating system to decide that the right choice was to switch email providers from Aol to Comcast. using the same system i'm pleased to announce that the Troy Aikman quarterback ratings system has given me the clarity to go ahead and switch genders.
i'm available to anyone by phone that would like to crunch the numbers. thanks eveyrbody and sorry for the mass email! and thanks Troy Aikman!"

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

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 · 13/10/2026

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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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

i will keep saying that cis people will simply ignore any law they feel like until everyone is forced to stop pretending "sanctuary" states have been doing anything other than corporate marketing. they'll ignore the rest of the law too, just give them time 🏳️‍⚧️

oregoncapitalchronicle.com

Oregon retreats from enforcing landmark trans health care coverage mandate • Oregon Capital Chronicle

Regulators cited fears that the Trump administration would use state data to target providers or patients.

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“Texas Tech’s censorship policy does not just affect the humanities. According to the AAUP lawsuit, medical students at the campus in El Paso are no longer permitted to learn about racial disparities in medical care or how to treat underserved populations.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

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Sarah Clarke - Not your doll @damselindystopia.northsky.social · 11/10/2026

But yeah, anyway, it is extremely telling that it is a political statement to say that trans women deserve protection as much as everyone else or that black lives matter. These are political statements insofar as the value of some people's lives is contested. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

theguardian.com

BBC reporters cannot wear Black Lives Matter T-shirts in newsroom, says Tim Davie

Director general says it is inappropriate for a journalist who may be covering that issue ‘to be campaigning in that way’

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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Blaire White is Katie Tightpussy's Dr. Evil.

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demon core vidal @regretagarbo.rip · 10/10/2026

hello,, if you like anything i do or me as a person, please consider helping me afford being alive. venmo is basically my only source of spending money for food etc. bc i am saving whatever the fuck i have in my acct for rent. i have been unemployed for 2 years and have 80k in debt

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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ☃︎ ❄︎ @moxiest.art · 10/10/2026

we used to share this thread every time a cop shot and killed someone in a mental health crisis (about 3x per week) it's World Mental Health Day, and a good time to remind everyone what living in a police state is like for people like us thank you.

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Merri @merri-cae.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

No more than three masterpieces in a genre/medium combination. Nothing newer than three years old, because that's likely just recency bias. Not based on popularity, but craft of creation, or personal impact of art. Otherwise everything's a masterpiece, and that's an unworkable term of distinction.

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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The left isn’t weak because of infighting. The left is weak because every facet of our society and economy is geared to the benefit of fascism and white supremacy and it is the challenge of multiple lifetimes to dismantle all of that.

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

...the "haha, Republicans are sometimes hypocritical" jokes died with Daily Show circa 2000s. authoritarians are hypocritical all the time & they're not ashamed of it!!! much like the "GOP love gender-affirming care" jokes, there's no reason to evoke trans ppl here unless you want to mock us

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Sleepingirl | חוה שושנה @sleepingirl.info · 09/10/2026

It's important people understand this, but it's a red herring. Hypnosis is targeted because OPTICALLY it LOOKS like nonconsent, which makes it the perfect "fringe" target for conservatives to pressure payment processors to ban, with the ultimate goal of banning ALL porn, and queer/trans expression.

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Jess Kali 🏳️‍⚧️ @jessicakali.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I've been saying this for a minute. If your candidate might be harmed by trans people not voting for them, then why aren't you calling your candidate?

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Claudia: alt text or else @lesbianspacemerc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you say we have to vote for non-trans-supportive Dems to stop Republicans… 1. Would you say that if they supported literacy tests at the polls to "cut down on illegals voting"? 2. Would you say the same thing if they said they support bans on abortions until the woman has 9 months of therapy?

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Claudia: alt text or else @lesbianspacemerc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"It's just sports and restrooms," you say. "Other people's issues are more important. You can hold on until after the election." It's a genocide. We're going through a genocide. We're not being shipped away on trains YET, but we're getting closer with every capitulation and failure to fight.

Infographic showing the Ten Stages of Genocide, divided into three sections.

Top section

1, Classification: People are divided into "us and them".

2, Symbolization: People are forced to identify themselves.

3, Discrimination: People begin to face systematic discrimination.

Middle section

4, Dehumanization: People equated with animals, vermin, or diseases.

5, Organization: The government creates specific groups (police/military) to enforce the policies.

6, Polarization: The government broadcasts propaganda to turn the populace against the group.

Bottom section

7, Preparation: Official action to remove/relocate people.

8, Persecution: Beginning of murders, theft of property, trial massacres.

9, Extermination: Wholesale elimination of the group. It is "extermination" and not murder because the people are not considered human.

10, Denial: The government denies that it has committed any crime.

There is a "we are here" note to the side in red, with a curly brace covering Stages 5-7: Organization, Polarization, and Preparation.

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Imagine if Democrats were campaigning on "No immigrants in sports" or "No healthcare for Black children" or "I don't support biological Jews". You know it would be outright evil. Why does your calculus change when those same arguments are made about trans people?

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Yeah, see, that's just you doing a transphobia. If it's not immediately obvious why it's bigoted to do that, imagine maybe why you don't call them Latino. Like... you can just not be a bigot. Weaponizing your bigotry against 'double faced' people doesn't make it suddenly acceptable.

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I am asking you not to use an accusation of being trans as an insult, because it reinforces anti-trans bigotry, the same way the people who are insulting her looks are reinforcing misogyny. She won't read this on Bluesky. She doesn't feel bad about hypocrisy. She's a MAGA shithead.

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I suspect we're running into a language barrier. I'm asking you to consider the context of the thread, and then the context of your words. You are leveraging an accusation of her being trans as a negative character trait, because she would see it as a negative character trait. That's an insult.

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It's the cornerstone of their philosophy. This whole thread is full of people saying "Haha, look how ugly she is!" It's just misogyny, but claiming it's liberal, somehow, because she's on the 'wrong team'. And here you are, implying that she's trans. How should a trans person take that comparison?

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Do you think that she would be upset to be called that? Would she agree with your your assertion that trans people are bad? What do you think the odds are of her seeing this, as opposed to trans people? Do you think fascist ideology cares about unequal or hypocritical treatment of others?

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It was blatantly unconstitutional in Texas, he had no law instructing him to do this, and was acting entirely under assumed authority of the state AG in defiance of district courts. I'm quite certain that Ken Paxton believes that defending trans Texans IS the most vile, evil thing someone can do.

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Ken Paxton asked DPS and HHS for a list of trans Texans, was told there wasn't one, so decided to deny court orders back around 2024, collecting court-ordered paperwork without recompense or receipt, attempting to make a list, without stating what reason or legal purpose he had for doing so.

I know I'm still in a hypervigilant state because I keep running across liberals using 'existing while trans' as an insult, despite a relatively curated feed. I'm so tired of the normalized "Hahaha, she's so ugly, she looks trans!" responses in busy threads of 'allies' with nobody calling it out.

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No, that cis woman is Susan Dell. Could you explain why you would state this?

No, that cis woman is Susan Dell. Could you explain why you would ask this?

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Oh. So you're just doing that Mattie Lubchansky comic. Got it. I'm sure you got her. Mrs. Dell is definitely the one who read this comment on bluesky. Famous Blue Sky scroller Mrs. Dell is going to be so mad when you used the implication that someone might think she's trans as an insult.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

... Can you explain why you refer to Mrs Dell - the woman in the red dress - as trans?

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Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”

phoenixnewtimes.com

Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs

Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.

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Military Families React to Trans Health Restrictions in New NDAA

Trolls work better when they're plausible. The amount of ignorance you would have to genuinely claim here garners disbelief. With thin party margins, anti-trans Democrats collaborate with anti-trans Republicans, and our human rights are forfeit, anyways. The anti-trans NDAA was signed by Biden.

transvitae.com

Explore the new Defense bill’s ban on transgender care, the political friction it caused, and its life-altering impact on military families and trans youth.

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I'm so grateful for @jessiegender.bsky.social for being able to put this to such eloquent, painful and necessary words.

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