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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 10h
apnews.com
Newsom vetoes measure that would have penalized the use of smart glasses to secretly record people
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have penalized people for using smart glasses to record people without their permission in changing rooms, doctor’s offices and other spaces p...
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026
It really gives the game away when the anti trans orgs are calling the election of the neo nazi party in Germany a "glimmer of hope."
​A screenshot of an online article headline from "Inspecting Gender" by Genspect. The main heading reads: "Germany: A Glimmer of Hope for Sex Realists?" Below the title, the summary text asks: "Is the victory of the AfD in Germany a dark day for democracy or a glimmer of hope for sex realists? By David Allison." The bottom metadata displays the Genspect logo, "5 hours ago," and a "Listen" audio option button. In the top right corner, there is a teal "Subscribe" button alongside a circular profile avatar.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
the Allied post war "denazification" was a massive failure. nuremberg was a massive failure. the Nazis who survived were, in large, not held to account. suggesting otherwise is fantasy.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
no they weren't very close to 0% of the SS were hanged the vast, vast seriously vast majority of people who carried out the Holocaust weren't ever punished.
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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Only quibble here is the headline: the algal bloom was not "mysterious". It was another event exacerbated by climate change driven by burning fossil fuels. Government officials were also aware within the first months that hundreds of thousands of marine animals had been killed in the bloom.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 25/09/2026
They used the existence of kids with ADHD and autism to delay and dismantle care for trans youth. Now they're delaying and dismantling care for kids wtv ADHD and autism.
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onekade @onekade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cops put this woman in solitary for three days on the strength of Flock "evidence" that she had killed people in a hit and run. Her car, meanwhile, had zero visible damage. But cops told her the "damage" was consistent with the accident. They believed Flock over their own eyes.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
wsj.com
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Frozen Ocelot @frozenocelot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Once again a reminder. Don't give them a damn thing and CANCEL YOUR NITRO!
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Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Gov Gavin Newsom over the weekend vetoed legislation aimed at protecting providers of gender-affirming care from being extradited to face charges for doing so by another state." He was "worried about constraints on the governor's power to approve extraditions". www.ebar.com/story/170505...
ebar.com
Newsom vetoes bill aimed at protecting providers of transgender care
Governor Gavin Newsom used his veto pen over the weekend to ax legislation aimed at protecting providers of gender-affirming care from being extradited to face charges for doing so by another state.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
Video appears to show an injured man — from being struck by an ICE agents’ car or from being beaten is unclear — and the ICE agents driving away with a flat tire (!) while the man is still laying in the street. Unreal.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
according to the article, it took hours after the personal intervention of the mayor for his family to even get basic information about him. that information included that he had been transferred to ICE custody hours after being shot. no amnesty
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
bush was a fool but he was surrounded by snakes who knew how to say one thing but think another. trump is a fool surrounded by fools, they actually believe the things they say. the US will win as we are the protagonists, who cares about logistics, that's feminine and probably homosexual
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/09/2026
Every time one of these stories comes out, it's shown that the parents were actually abusive. There is an asymmetry where the parents are given a platform by Christian nationalist orgs and Fox News while the state cannot discuss any details due to privacy. So the narrative is set by the parents.
Screenshot of a Fox News post on X reporting on a Massachusetts family whose daughter was placed in state custody over gender transition disputes, with an embedded Fox News broadcast segment titled "Gender Treatment Lawsuit."
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Dyke Spiegel @cowgirlshebop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“You’re still going to be monitored 24/7. We’re just not going to use the one people are mad about.”
Boston will keep using cameras, just not Flock’s

When asked if the city will keep using license-plate cameras as long as there are appropriate constraints, Wu replied, “Yes, we need a publicly approved and authorized policy to guarantee all of those protections, privacy, civil liberties, and if that’s in place, then we should deploy technology to be able to keep people safe and solve crimes faster.”
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
findom
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14/09/2026
it’s so in our faces: these camps are not places people are meant to survive
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water lady @pondgathering.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Every trans person knows the point is to remove trans people from public life. Every transphobe knows the point is to remove trans people from public life. Every journalist knows the point is to remove trans people from public life And every day, another article is posted obscuring that fact
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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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A.J. Wilden🏳️‍⚧️ @wcwit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"They're not misunderstanding the film; they're co-opting a message"
Screencap from the interview linked in the quoted post

Marlow Stern (the interviewer):  You have one of the most renowned replies in Twitter history. Elon Musk tweeted out, “Take the red pill,” then Ivanka Trump enthusiastically wrote, “Taken!” to him, and then you replied, “Fuck both of you.” I’m curious how you feel about the co-opting of “The Matrix” by those on the right who don’t really seem to understand its messaging.

Lilly Wachowski: I mean, I can’t sit in a room and explain the movie to every single person who watches it. Even if I did sit in a room with Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump — yikes — it doesn’t matter. They’re not misunderstanding the film; they’re co-opting a message. And that’s what fascists do: They co-opt the messages of progressives and use it to their benefit to confuse and obfuscate what is going on and the intention of their ideology. They do it with everything. They do it with Martin Luther King Jr. Look at how they’ve changed the idea of what antisemitism is.
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Caitlin McGlade @caitmcglade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I, the only data reporter at the Charlotte Observer, am among the McClatchy layoffs in the bloodbath today. The HR person asked me not to talk about it! AMA. Anyway, here’s a link to one of my most important stories this year. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
charlotteobserver.com
A Black teen found hanged near Charlotte church was a suicide, police say. Questions remain
In May, 16-year-old Juliana Nzita was found dead in a Charlotte churchyard. CMPD called it a suicide. Her family isn’t so sure.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11/09/2026
It's remarkable how there's no creativity. It's just the same attack line on every Dem candidate.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11/09/2026
I'm tracking anti-trans ad spending live via Meta and Google's political ad libraries. There's an absolute tsunami of it that started in September.
A screenshot of a data dashboard table in the file image_6bc8ec.png tracking political and issue-based advertising metrics. The table is currently sorted by a "LAST SEEN" column in descending order and includes additional columns for "ADVERTISER", "TYPE" (such as org, candidate, or party), "FLAGGED ADS", "DISCLOSED SPEND", "FIRST SEEN", "MAIN THEME", and "REVIEW". The rows display data for various groups and figures, such as Do No Harm Medicine, America PAC, and Alliance Defending Freedom, categorized by themes including "Medical weaponized," "Identity framing," and "Dehumanizing wedge."
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Adam Ellis @adamtots.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Reposting this because
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Brynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
You can never lick the boot well enough to make them accept you.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/09/2026
No matter how much you throw trans people under the bus, you are still going to get attacked. All you've done is betray a vulnerable minority, anger your base, and made the issue front and center.
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Screenshot showing two sequential posts on X by journalist Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) discussing Texas politics:
 * Top post: Text reads, "Paxton on Talarico: 'He wants to transition your kids!'" accompanied by an embedded video frame of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaking at a podium in a dark suit and red tie.
 * Bottom post: Text reads, "Talarico says he would vote in favor of a national ban for transgender surgeries for minors," above a video thumbnail from Fox News Channel featuring a woman anchor in a red blazer, with lower-third banners reading "EXCLUSIVE," "SHIFTING THE REINS?", and "TALARICO STANCE DIFFERS FROM EARLIER COMMENTS."
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The Verge @theverge.com · 27/08/2026
Americans have declared war on Flock cameras. They’ve protested them, damaged them, and destroyed them. Flock camera destruction isn’t just popular — in some cases, it has also proven highly effective at getting rid of them. Read more from @janus.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/tech/985155/...
Verge headline: Americans are cheering for vigilantes who take down Flock cameras

Illustration of a Flock camera flanked at the sides by instruments of destruction and/or vandalism
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Hell Frasier: Bloodline @babadooknukem.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
most of the good games now are made by either one very powerful autist or a group of like 4 friends and then dumped directly on to itch. io, what are we doing here
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Hell Frasier: Bloodline @babadooknukem.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Modern gamers simply won't play a game without photorealistic graphics" the current most popular genre is called Friendslop, it has seven pixels and costs $4.99
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
every time carbon removal gets posted about there's a certain "we have trees at home" genre of response. which I get, on some level, because the forces of fossil capital are indeed that comically evil and dishonest. but: 1) actual scientists also research these things 2) they thought of that
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Realizing the extent to which this is true wildly changed my opinions about how to deal with Trumpism, since they're never going to be satisfied unless they're actively dominating everyone else. You can't give them some concessions and go back to the status quo: they're reactionary revolutionaries.
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Solaire 🔜 GATEway FATE 🐏 @solairelunaire.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
i must not fear The Project
tumblr post by gailynovelry:
"The fastest way to accomplish The Project is to cease being afraid of The Project. The Project cannot maim you. The Project cannot kill you. The Project is more afraid of you than you are of it. It is okay if The Project turns out differently from how it was in your head, and it is okay if it has flaws. You are capable of engaging with The Project."
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mollystars { comms open!! } @mollystars.dev · 05/09/2026
reminder that discord's trying to reintroduce their "Global Age Verification" as of very recently. if you haven't cancelled your nitro, do it! if you know other people who haven't, let them know abt this. not giving them anything as long as paypros/the gov keep being a bunch of pussies about this
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 04/09/2026
HHS is canceling infant mortality and postpartum grants to focus instead on research related to what the department says are “root causes” like sperm counts and erectile dysfunction. www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-ca…
notus.org
HHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, ED
Officials at the Office of Minority Health told grantees that they’re prioritizing “root causes” of infertility and promoting exercise.
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maia arson crimew 🏴 @crimew.gay · 01/09/2026
(liberal voice) wow, yeah... none of them are women...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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lincoln carpenter @lincolnhello.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I'm sure Bluesky hacked off most of that headline on mobile, so:
PC Gamer headline: "Dwarf Fortress creator says we can learn something from simply walling up dwarf nobles to maintain an equal society—but notes you have to abolish the dwarf cops, too: 'Another lesson to be had there'"
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André Guindi 🪷👹🪷 @andreguindi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
this one is especially egregious
A single panel comic hand drawn illustration of Barret Wallace from FF7 gesturing disgustedly to a screenshot from nvidia's atrocious DLSS 5 slop that leaked, showing a photo of what was once Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but is now a yassified Al model standing in a flatly lit Instagram environment. Barret's text box reads "We're killin' the planet for THIS shit?"
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Absolutely the fuck not.
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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
oh wow really
An article titled "misogynistic views are biggest red flag for violent extremism, report finds"
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Interventions like this are only going to grow more common. You can't alter the weather one place without impacting other parts of the world. There will be international incidents, conflict and even war over shit like this. www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
independent.co.uk
Cloud seeding start-up uses drones to generate 19 million gallons of water in Alaska
The company says its technology will help refill the Colorado River and battle droughts across the West
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
donald trump is busy humiliating the US in 10 different ways simultaneously and the democrats are spending their time condemning a twitch streamer. i know they're increasingly unpopular but that there's anyone who still thinks they're a real opposition party boggles the mind. boggles
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 25/08/2026
The Trump-installed board that runs the Kennedy Center told a federal judge the building will have to be torn down unless President Donald Trump's name goes on it.
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Trump board threatens to destroy 'unsafe' Kennedy Center in apocalyptic court filing
The Trump-installed board that runs the Kennedy Center told a federal judge the building will have to be torn down unless President Donald Trump's name goes on it.Justice Department lawyers made the argument for Trump on Monday in a court filing before U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper. It oppo...
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mothcub @mothcub.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
thinking about the beautiful tag I made in tony hawk's underground 2
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