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Paints minis, still trying to figure the rest out. @kaelairish in the other place 😛

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thread on Dan Boultwood's victim who waives her anomity to talk about the experience. For those who didn't see the original reporting, this is the only significant coverage. Maddie says how she's disappointed there wasn't more public introspection and conversation over this, and she's right.
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Dan Boultwood Sentenced After Pleading Guilty To Child Sex Offences
Comic book creator Dan Boultwood was sentenced in court yesterday, after pleading guilty to child sex offences
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
UK Games Expo has banned generative AI art, text, and merchandise across all NEC exhibition halls, bringing the convention in line with broader British tabletop standards. Standholders face removal or bans if their products aren't made by humans. #UKGE
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UK Games Expo bans generative AI art and text across all trade halls
UK Games Expo has introduced a mandatory policy prohibiting generative AI art and text across all NEC trade halls, requiring exhibitors to sell only human-made games.
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Livsbian 🌈 @livvytrouble.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tech bros identifying as “transhumanist” whilst simultaneously being extremely transphobic is ridiculous 🤪 “Your body is equipment to be modified at will, but you have to stick to an Abrahamic gender binary because reasons”
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
yeah. i wrote Gove as an eldritch horror who is sent to cause chaos, and does. But also discovers all the quiet joys of community, friendship and British weekend activities. And is confused as to why the Tory party seemed determined to burn the things they claimed to value to the ground.
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Gwen Marshall @drgwenmarshall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Onion ran this amazing article and thought, I wanna play this! So I made it! 38 pps, PbtA, plus every mechanic mentioned in the article, and a bunch of Rodrigo song references. And it's free! Enjoy! #OliviaRodrigo @theonion.com #theonion #ttrpg #itch.io drgwenmarshall.itch.io/high-winter-...
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High Winter Elves of Girlville by Gwen Marshall
A satirical game based on an Onion article about Olivia Rodrigo making a TTRPG!
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Hal Duncan @halduncan.com · 20/09/2026
the One Job of a party selling itself as liberal is to BE liberal--defending individual rights, freedoms, & equality--and that means saying "no, fuck off" to all the weirdos spouting their curtain-twitcher issues with Those People. if you throw any Those People under the bus, you failed that One Job
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Joshfrai @joshfrai.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Really interesting thread but this is the nut graf. The tl;dr of the whole thing for me is a simple equation: LLM ≠ AI with "LLM" being technology that actually exists & is the basis for human/computer interactions, & "AI" being a mystical/magical construct that exists only in sci-fi movies.
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.
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The Democrats defend the Kennedy Center but not trans people.
A building.

@treewarrior.bsky....
maybe because defending everything about a super small minority of the population is not worth losing to fascists
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Jim Zub @jimzub.com · 16/09/2026
"I do what I can to support indie creators, but have also been consistent in my firm stance against AI use in creative art and writing as I feel it's a dead end plague that hurts the industry far more than helps it, so I'm not interested in sharing your campaign."
Thanks for the kind words and high praise. I do what I can to support indie creators, but have also been consistent in my firm stance against AI use in creative art and writing as I feel it's a dead end plague that hurts the industry far more than helps it, so I'm not interested in sharing your campaign. I know it's tough to establish a creative career and stand out in a crowded market but, for me, this kind of AI-generated art and video does not look professional, polished or well designed, it just has an off-putting glossy veneer of homogenous rendered stuff all thoughtlessly crashing together. Take care.
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 16/09/2026
Fair play to the wife of a Caribbean man and mother of mixed race children being informed by the BBC reporter that she’s in the minority in her community regarding immigration and responding with, “Yes, I’m surrounded by bigots.”
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Mika, still in flux @paintserratically.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I have acquired An Artifact (cross between a car boot sale find and an escape room in a box).
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Mika, still in flux @paintserratically.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Got the lightbox out, so here's what I've been working on painting these last few weeks: #warhammer40k #miniaturepainting #battletech
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 15/09/2026
Nobody ever knows I'm trans unless I tell them, but it is a constant worry that the loyalists around where I live will find out on socials. After the pogrom here over the summer I said 'no' to so much work simply because it would bring those two worlds together and I didn't want to take the risk
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Raquel 🌈✨ @aistear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Blumineck lo ha vuelto a hacer 🥹 le aplaudo hasta que se me caigan las manos, bravo. "Be masculine, be feminine, be neither, or be both. But be kind."
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
When it comes to civil rights, that slope is a vertical line. You trade away those of your countrymen and you WILL be losing yours. It's only a matter of time.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 13/09/2026
There really are cis people out there shouting at trans people "how can you do this to me?!' because trans people are saying they won't vote for people who want to take our rights away. It's wild.
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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Part exploration of gender as a plastic and liminal expression of humanity. Part science fiction with INCREDIBLE detail. Animated and given a soundtrack to match. This story reshaped how I saw sex/gender and now I am honored to be able to animate it and share it with others. youtu.be/dSJNeeNkkb8
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Helicopter Story, Part 01
YouTube video by Queer Armorer
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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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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 13/09/2026
Is that Will Stancil I see, against my will, putting another trans woman on blast?
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 13/09/2026
Anyway, the reason people shout at trans people about who they vote for – rather than candidates, or actually significant chunks of the electorate – is because we are people you can easily punch down at. It's that simple. It's purely a power exercise, and feeling like you are doing something useful.
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Deeply upset with @wellcomecollection.bsky.social including AI "artwork" in their latest exhibition. This is "artwork" based on theft, and cheapens the work of every other artist contributing to the exhibition - I'm so angry I can't actually engage with the rest of it.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/09/2026
A trans man in the UK has been banned in the workplace restrooms after he was forced to use the women's restrooms to comply with the new EHRC guidance. The women complained because he is visibly male and so they told him he can't use any bathroom.
A screenshot of a Reddit post from the r/LegalAdviceUK subreddit by user Dijstraanon, titled "FtM transgender facing two different issues at work? England."
The post text reads:
"Brother in law is trans FtM and presents fully as a man. He's now facing an impossible situation at work with his employer telling him that due to recent legislation he must use the toilet of his birth gender. BUT several female colleagues have raised a grievance about him using their gendered toilet.
His employer has told him that he cannot use the toilet while he is at work until they sort it out and cannot give him a timeframe to do so. They do [cut off] have disabled separate toilets.
In the mean time one of his female colleagues has accused him of sexual harassment because he was used their gendered toilet. His menstrual cycle meant he needed to use the toilet.
He's been with the employer for just over 5 years but only in this location for 18 months. The location is mainly male with just a handful of females, and his workshop only has male toilets.
I do not know how to support him and as he's not in a union there is no one to turn too right now."
The post has an orange "Comments Moderated" tag, 169 upvotes, and 134 comments.
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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Well well well thats not a surprise but good to have it cleared up
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
When disabled people oppose Assisted Dying, it’s almost never from a religious point of view. It’s not because we’re anti-choice or that we want to force people to suffer. We oppose it because society devalues disabled lives and uses these programs in an unethical manner. They become eugenics. 🧵
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Green's Baroness Bennett points out that Palantir did not have any experience in health data and only got NHS contracts after being introduced by the now disgraced Peter Mandelson Making the case that data ownership should be with the NHS, not with external parties
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Did Kent Police ignore Dover blockade 999 call? We can reveal the story that undermines the public statement of Kent Police. 🧵
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Uncut Femmes @juliagiantrat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
the psycho terf groups are starting to have their eyes drift towards diy hrt resources again - so it's a good time to remember that under no circumstances in no world whatsoever for the rest of time should you talk to journalists, especially regarding anything related to diy hormones.
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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Me: i need just a little bit of tunes real quick while I tidy up. Youtube: i just know you wanna hear about ten overrated art supplies. Me: gdi. *cracks knuckles* let's do this.
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Crimson Mayhem @crimsonmayhem.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Introducing the BEEP BEEP Choir from Coyote vs ACME!!
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GeekOnALeash 🏳️‍⚧️ @geekonaleash.co.uk · 06/09/2026
To *ALL* trans allies (and some trans people that us it): With all due respect, please drop the hyphen; we are women who are trans, trans women. Not some other category. 'Trans-women', 'transwomen', and their equivalents others use. ie you would not write blackwoman, so please stop.
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GeekOnALeash 🏳️‍⚧️ @geekonaleash.co.uk · 04/09/2026
Yesterday I reposted TACC's comic on r/comics, which did well. It got noticed by bigots and led to a full-blown blockade attack on it. The mods did an amazing job, banning over 1300 accounts. One of them complained to r/AmItheAsshole, and they were told that, yes, they are the asshole 1/2
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From the comics community on Reddit: Comic: Do you know the real story of Lia Thomas
Explore this post and more from the comics community
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
theverge.com
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Epstein files, Epstein files, Epstein files, Epstein files! #Pinks #USDemocracy
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Sarah Clarke - Not your doll @damselindystopia.northsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am absolutely, 110% confident that the *adult woman* being discussed here has seen multiple psychiatrists and been repeatedly checked for proper understanding of the surgery and its consequences because that's what fucking happens with NHS trans surgery referrals.
Wallis said he had spoken to one woman who had been "worried sick about her child", and who said the gender service had not looked into any "of his comorbidities".

"They didn't take account of the fact that he was severely autistic, he didn't have a proper mental health assessment, and she knows her son, and she says that he needs proper care," Wallis said.
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Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Bluesky is like a rehab clinic for people whose time on twitter poisoned our brains so our automatic reflex when we see something upsetting is to repost & inflict it on as many ppl as possible but we're surrounded by guys who don't even want to come off the stuff. Still doing it. Passing it round.
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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I've said for some time now, PF2e seems to occupy this unique space in the #ttrpg zeitgeist where it uniquely pisses off a lot of more diehard players who prefer other subgenres in ways that amalgamate to look like a more unified collective. I think there's a reason for that. 🧵
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Experiencing this weird 4e deja vu with pf2e. A community who loves it and just plays it, welcoming folks in, and a community waiting outside of it who makes it their personality to hate and come up with the most reductive, 'no ttrpg is good by the metrics you just pulled out of your butt' takes.
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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Many anti-trans arguments rely on a belief that gender diversity is entirely socially determined. Twin studies proves this isn’t the case.. theconversation.com/critics-clai...
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Critics claim trans people ‘defy biology’. New research suggests otherwise
A new study in twins shows the likelihood of being trans is influenced by your genes.
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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I have been writing about this batshit theory for almost two decades now, yet somehow this may be the stupidest claim about "autogynephilia" I have ever seen...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This report is totalitarian pseudo-science, aka corrupted science in the service of far-right authoritarianism. Who commits most of the political violence in this country has been clear for decades. It's not the left. It's not those of us who support trans rights and realities.
https://health.gov/hhs-releases-study-finding-individuals-who-associate-left-wing-authoritarian-beliefs-and-radical
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.
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Mika, still in flux @paintserratically.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One thing about ADHD meds is they really push you to extremes when you're already hyper focused a bit. #warhammer40k #orkz
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 24/08/2026
I'm viewing the Harry Potter TV series as the best information campaign trans people could ever have hoped for.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/08/2026
Weeks ago, Amnesty International caved to JK Rowling's threats and removed it report on anti-trans groups. But they didn't stop there. Now, it appears that the organization is issuing DMCA takedown notices to activists who saved the report. Subscribe to support our journalism. SB Investigates.
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Amnesty UK Reportedly Using Copyright Law To Erase Its Own Report On Anti-Trans Groups And Target Activists
After JK Rowling threatened to sue the human rights organization, it capitulated—and then reportedly issued takedown requests.
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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
There’s an aggressively paid for influence op going on right now to defend AI slop as art and protected speech across platforms. AI execs realize they have a problem and don’t wanna get Marie Antoinette’d. The free ChatGPT trip is the tip of the iceberg. First person to nail it down gets a Pulitzer.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 24/08/2026
Despite what they like to think, it's still a crime to abuse trans people in parts of the UK. For now, anyway. Scotland - Woman ordered to pay compensation over ‘horrific’ transphobic messages www.thepinknews.com/2026/08/24/s...
thepinknews.com
Woman ordered to pay compensation over transphobic messages
A woman in Scotland has been ordered to pay compensation after admitting sending a series of "horrific" transphobic messages.
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 24/08/2026
The real "fairness in sport" issue around trans people is that all the structures for transitioning from "kick a ball in a park" to "would actually like to regularly play in an organised way", in almost every mainstream sport, are closed to trans people at the point of entry.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I suppose no surprise , but the anti trans movement sure reveal more about their “values” every day - first they came for the racists and I said “leave the racists alone because…”
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@MForstater • 1d Academics can sign this open letter opposing Ghent university's punishment of Nathan Cofnas for whistleblowing about academic misconduct.
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Letter opposing punishment of Nathan Cofnas for whistleblowing
Dear Professor Petra De Sutter,
As academics, we are concerned that Ghent University's disciplinary proceedings against Dr Conas appear to constitute retaliation, at least in part, for publicizing academic misconduct that occurred in British universities.
An essential component of academic freedom is the ability to scrutinize the scholarship of other academics, regardless of their position or status. This must include the freedom to provide evidence of academic misconduct, such as plagiarism and fabrication. The pursuit of truth depends on rigorous self-policing by academics.
We are also concerned that the University appears to be treating threats to academic freedom, whether from its own staff claiming distress or from external actors announcing boycotts, as grounds for disciplining the very individual targeted by those threats.
Therefore we urge Ghent University to protect Dr Conas from being punished for exercising his academic freedom.
Signatories
22/08/2026 •
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