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An old progressive lady from CT.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 28/09/2026
Lastly, this has been the toughest month of my career for subscription cancellations. I know money is tight for everyone right now, but I couldn't continue my career without reader support. If you have $5/mo or $50/year (or $10/$100), now would be a great time to subscribe. bsky.app/profile/kate...
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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oldtechlady.bsky.social @oldtechlady.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nor’easter Heading Towards N.E. In anyone is wondering what the nor’easter heading this way is like, I spent time on a cruise ship trying to avoid the last couple of days. Winds broadside to the boat at 66 mph. It was less than fun. #noreaster #cruising
Me smiling through a nor’easter on the Carnival Venezia.A few swells that rocked the cruise ship like it was nothing but a rag doll.
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This active state targeting of LGBTQ+ people in Turkey in recent days should be getting a lot more attention: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... There is a petition campaign here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
bbc.co.uk
Turkish police detain dozens in raids on gay bars and homes of LGBTQ+ activists
Human rights groups in Turkey have accused the government of using a family- values campaign to target the LGBTQ+ community.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14/09/2026
Some Dems are running away from trans people. Abdul El-Sayed, Dem Senate Candidate in Michigan, is running towards them. When asked, he fully and unequivocally support trans youth care as a matter between parents, patients, and doctors. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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"The Decision Ought To Be Between A Patient And Their Doctor," Says Michigan Senate Candidate El-Sayed On Trans Care
Even conservatives “agree that the decision about healthcare ought to be between a person and their provider,” El-Sayed said.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13/09/2026
"Why won't you vote for the lesser evil for trans people and vote for a transphobic democrat?!" This is why.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/09/2026
Seems like a good time to re-up this post. It is a list of 26 Dems at the statewide/national level that have made anti-trans statements or voted anti-trans policies. I do not advocate for abstaining from all of the ones on this list, but if the worst offenders who call us “biological men,” I do.
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The Guide To Anti-Trans Democrats In The 2026 Elections, By State
These are the Democrats that LGBTQ+ people may wish to avoid this election cycle.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/09/2026
AN URGENT EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Soliman, the 30-year-old gay man ICE expelled in April to Equatorial Guinea, a country he has no ties to, was arrested this morning and cannot be located, his attorneys say. They fear he may be in one of EG's torture prisons. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...
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Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say - The American Prospect
Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The push for data centers isn’t about cloud storage for our photos. Data centers are compute. (In the AI field, “compute” means the infrastructure/resources needed to build and run AI models.) They want more data centers because they want more compute to try to achieve machine superintelligence.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 08/09/2026
Hello, I was hoping to avoid doing this, but I am asking for help paying for my hernia surgery. I need about $6800 to cover it and I simply do not have the money to cover it. If you're able, I would appreciate your help. <3 gofund.me/db73f7f90
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Donate to Help Katelyn Burns Cover Surgery Costs, organized by Katelyn Garrett
Hi, I'm Katelyn Burns. I am a self employed journalist with a newsletter and … Katelyn Garrett needs your support for Help Katelyn Burns Cover Surgery Costs
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Charlie Cook, who's handicapped elections for decades, tells me he's never seen anything like the fiasco Trump foisted on GOP. "Rs are so underperforming," he says, that "the normal rules don’t seem to be applying." On the pod he explains why GOP may lose Sen/House: newrepublic.com/article/2151...
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Trump Tailspins as Leaks about GOP Midterm Panic Take Humiliating Turn
As Republicans reveal fresh angst over the midterms, a veteran political handicapper explains why he’s surprised at how bad a situation Trump’s cratering numbers have created for them.
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Sean Sublette @subletteweather.com · 04/09/2026
Bonus points for use of "lickspittles".
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder. theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
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The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”
“The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.”
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
AOC is getting ready to run for…something. (I think she’s more likely to run for Senate than POTUS, but we’ll see soon enough.)
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Scoop: AOC shakes up team ahead of 2028 decision
The personnel changes come months before she'll decide whether to run for president or Senate.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
in a world of JK Rowlings be a Dolly Parton
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God @thegodshow.com · 24/08/2026
POW! THWACK! SMITE!
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Bless The Minneapolis Spider-Man Who Fought Fascism!
POW! THWACK!
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 20/08/2026
"Democrats in any race are going to be smeared as tranny-loving commies regardless of how many times you call trans women 'men'." Please subscribe! www.burnsnotice.com/democratic-c...
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Democratic Candidates Must Beware of Betraying Queer Voters
New data from the Human Rights Campaign shows how much power LGBTQ voters have at the ballot box
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Madison Pauly @msjpauly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
There's been so many Trump administration attacks on trans healthcare lately it's almost hard to keep track, and easy to get exhausted. But I think we're going to be hearing a lot more of this "billing code fraud" line, so I dove in: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Trump admin launches a new angle of attack against trans healthcare
Federal officials referred over 150 healthcare organizations for investigation into allegations of fraud.
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Bree Fram @breefram.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If you read one thing this week, please make it this article. Julia has done incredible things for this nation. Silently... until now. She knows the stakes like few others. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Wrong Kind of American
The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.
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Amanda @amandaianthe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
You may have seen this one too?
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Oh, fuck off. You say, "Of course. We welcome anyone who wants to work with us to solve the problems..." blah, blah, blah. God, they just fucking suck at this easy stuff.
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Fwiw, this is a moment when trans ppl are facing intense bigotry and right-wing extremists have targeted the WNBA with bogus claims in an effort to further their hateful agenda. 🧵
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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/08/2026
This week I sat down with Bernie Wagenblast, the voice of the NYC subway system - a sound that any New Yorker can recognize almost instantly. We discussed how she got the job, her experience as a trans woman in New York City, and so much more. Watch the full stream below: youtu.be/XuAqiaCvxT8?...
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 03/08/2026
There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.
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oldtechlady.bsky.social @oldtechlady.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Decided to visit Gillette Castle State Park in East Haddam CT. Beautiful views of the CT River. #gillettecastle
Gillette Castle State Parkin CTThe castle was built by a stage actor known for his roles as Sherlock Holmes.Another view of Gillette Castle Just me enjoying the day out.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 31/07/2026
Someone sent me this. www.antirights.com
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GC Watch UK — the organisations behind the UK anti-trans movement
Comprehensive profiles of the gender-critical and conversion-practices organisations named in Amnesty International UK's anti-rights reports, with sourced reports and a tweet archive.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 31/07/2026
Amnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...
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An Apology for A Growing Threat briefing, published on 8 July 2026
Amnesty International UK has made a public apology for the publication of the briefing “A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK”. Click here to read it in full.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Breaking: Judge Ana Reyes has demanded an explanation from the Trump administration regarding Pete Hegseth’s "High-T" troops since the Pentagon has said in court that hormone therapy for trans troops makes them unfit to serve and is too expensive. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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Judge in trans military ban case demands Pentagon explain Hegseth’s testosterone double standard
Judge Ana Reyes is demanding answers about a policy that offers testosterone to some troops while citing hormone care to remove others.
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David Kuszmar @davidkuszmar.com · 15/07/2026
I did a thing with IEEE Spectrum! Check it out if you haven't had a chance to read. You'll learn some terrible truths about LLMs and their developers, as well as why I'm such a bitter bastard 😉. spectrum.ieee.org/jailbreaking...
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How Darth Vader Taught Me Card Counting and AI Security Got Weird
It only took a little prompting to hijack the biggest AI models
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/07/2026
Don't fall for this. Rowling wants trans people to self censor and to stop sharing the report. If this report really was as defamatory as she claims, she wouldn't be cheering on its spread. What she really wants is a costly settlement from AI UK, humiliating apology, and permanent silence.
​A screenshot of a thread on X (formerly Twitter). The main post is a quote tweet by J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling), which reads:
​"Shout out to all trans activists sharing the blacklist of women's and gay rights organisations published by @AmnestyUK! You're demonstrating very effectively that in spite of their hasty backtrack it can be easily accessed forevermore, increasing legal liability. Thank you! ❤️"
​Rowling is quote-tweeting a user named Lesbian Lenin 🇵🇸 🔻 🇵🇸 (@xstaffsuck), whose post reads:
​"The report btw, documenting how TERF orgs work hand in hand w/ anti-abortionists, christian nationalists, & anti-LGBT+ (yes, you too, c*s queers!) orgs to push trans genocide
​To be anti-trans is to be anti-abortion, is to be a christian nazi, is to be anti-queer
​Report is below"
​The user @xstaffsuck is, in turn, quoting an earlier tweet from J.K. Rowling, which reads:
​"Should any of the women's organisations targeted by @AmnestyUK's recent 'anti-rights' blacklist wish to take legal action, applications can be made to the JK Rowling Women's Fund. jkrwf.org"
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Andrea James @jokestress.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Update: I've completed profiles for all organizations listed as "conversion practices" in Amnesty International UK's report: Core Issues Trust IFTCC Living Out Genspect Therapy First Thoughtful Therapists SEGM CAN-SG Journey UK True Freedom Trust Living Faith www.transgendermap.com/issues/group...
Transgender Map list of all organizations listed a "conversion practices" the the 2026 Amnesty International UK report.
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 12/07/2026
Let’s be clear Stella O’Malley is a conversion therapist and a criminal. And Genspect is a organised crime syndicate.
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 13/07/2026
1/🧵 I am proud to be a steadfast human rights lawyer who will always speak the truth. Meanwhile, check out this comprehensive list of anti-trans hate groups and collaborators. I’ve just updated it. Hate groups are not powerful, and we can eliminate them together.
ashley-nein.notion.site
List of anti-trans hate groups and collaborators in the UK | Notion
Last updated: 2026-07-11
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"BIDDEFORD, Maine (WGME) -- A person is dead following a shooting involving ICE in Biddeford, according to House Speaker Ryan Fecteau." wgme.com/news/local/i...
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ICE-involved shooting in Biddeford leaves one person dead, Maine House Speaker says
The incident happened Monday morning near Pool Street.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
These statements from Dem senators on Graham are nauseating. Everything that is wrong with the place
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Holy shit, Israeli settlers detained a sitting U.S. congressperson. Their sense of impunity is near-absolute and will continue to be so until they experience actual fucking consequences.
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ændra. @aendra.com · 07/07/2026
I really question whether I'll still live in the UK a year from now.
In one case, a trans intersex woman described using the male toilets during a work party as she was not out to her employer, “which was in accordance with the gender I was presenting as, the gender I was assigned at birth, and EHRC guidance”. However, security staff believed she should be using the female toilet as they presumed she was a trans man and ordered her to leave the event altogether.  

In another case, a tall, flat chested cis woman with short hair described being surrounded by a group of women in a toilet at Victoria station, who threatened to call the police and told her “don’t you know you’re not allowed in here anymore” in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling.  

“Before the ruling any challenges had been gentle, like ‘oh by the way this is the ladies’,” she was quoted as saying, “and people were embarrassed or apologetic when I said ‘it’s okay I’m a girl’, but now it’s aggressive and horrible.”
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/07/2026
Forced detransition is unethical medical experimentation on trans people. It plainly violates the 8th amendment but they want to use trans people to roll back the barest protections incarcerated people have. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/gop-...
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GOP governor signs bill forcing trans inmates to detransition - LGBTQ Nation
The bill's sponsor said people who are convicted of crimes don't deserve gender-affirming care.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🩷👇🤍👇💙
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
YOUR REGULAR REMINDER THAT THE UN DEFINES GENOCIDE AS "intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a group... [including] Causing serious bodily or mental harm.. .. Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part..." Yes.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/07/2026
The White House is openly saying they want to eliminate a minority group and people still want to say this is about sports.
 Supreme Court Bolsters President Trump’s Push to Eliminate Transgender Insanity
The White House
June 30, 2026
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 30/06/2026
If you can get people to agree trans women have no place in women's sport you are getting them to concede they are not really women and everything else flows from that. They have said this themselves as they campaigned for the ban.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/06/2026
I hope today is a stark reminder why "I will follow the law" was an absolutely horrible way to respond to a question about trans rights.
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