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Ripley Rodentia 🏳️‍⚧️

@ripleyreplay.bsky.social
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(He/him) PhD candidate studying environmental justice, speculative sci-fi, & queer anticapitalist world-building. AuADHD, unrepentant Star Trek fan, proud Luddite in the age of AI, occasional trash mammal 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 22h
cw rape The thing about rape is that we treat it as an individual reflection of character, and obviously it is but on a broad social level rape is violence that serves to discipline oppressed people into compliance. It is the violence that maintains the order of Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 02/10/2026
St Louis and Philadelphia's city councils just became the first to officially endorse the Starbucks Boycott. Starbucks is the biggest violator of US labor law in history, and it's time we ALL push back against corporate greed. ✊
8 city officials and Starbucks Workers United members smile and hold signs and banners saying "BOYCOTT STARBUCKS"7 city officials and Starbucks Workers United members pose with fists up inside the St Louis capital. They hold signs that say BOYCOTT STARBUCKS
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hazel marie @dykeworship.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
allies 30 seconds after mild criticism
cardboard box labeled "be quite!® straight power"
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readingsumn.bsky.social @readingsumn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My 101-year old southern born gramma can recite the Constitution...because that's what Black people had to do to satisfy the white poll workers who themselves could not read or write.
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ellen teapot 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @ellenteapot.ca · 02/10/2026
there was a trans lady on TNG THERE WAS A TRANS LADY ON TNG
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit
David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show
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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you
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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 02/10/2026
I'm thrilled to be interviewed by Arley Sorg in this, the super special 20th anniversary issue of the amazing Clarkesworld magazine. We talk about my new novel THE FIST OF MEMORY, stories as a kind of meaning-making technology, The Sauúti Collective, and much more. Go check it out y'all!
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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“The Seattle Public Library said its Books Unbanned cardholders come from all 50 states and several U.S. territories. The most sign-ups have come from Texas, California, and Florida, with Washington state ranking sixth.” komonews.com/news/local/s...
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Seattle library’s program challenging banned books tops 1 million teen e-book checkouts
With Banned Books Week 2026 (Oct. 4-10) approaching, The Seattle Public Library’s Books Unbanned program has passed a major milestone: more than 1 million e-boo
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 01/10/2026
If the lot of you spent half as much energy telling men to stop harassing, pursuing and committing violence against lesbians as you do in telling lesbians how accepting and understanding you'd be if a dude fucked us, maybe we our lives would actually be easier in a meaningful way.
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Ripley Rodentia 🏳️‍⚧️ @ripleyreplay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This 👇 Also very funny how all the people initially relieved that I *was* dating men (after they'd assumed I must be a butch lesbian) did a lot of uncomfortable mumbling and side-stepping after I transitioned & they realized I am, in fact, a gay man 🙃
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Ross Carroll @rosscarroll.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My article on Edmund Burke, slavery, and plantation governance is finally out in Political Theory. I can’t recall how long I’ve worked on it at this stage. Definitely feeling more wearily relieved than jubilant. I hope some readers find it useful. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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The Perils of Improvement: Burke, Slavery, and Colonial Governance in the West Indies - Ross Carroll, 2026
Edmund Burke’s thoughts on plantation slavery have long been the subject of scholarly attention. Too often, however, discerning Burke’s long-term intention in r...
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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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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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The Road Jess Travelled @jesspected.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is also sexual terrorism, every bit as effective as rape. This is yet another way men identify with rapists & worship the violence of other men. This is men acting as a class to defend their violent enforcement of the oppression of women. But why don't women report, eh?
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 30/09/2026
Observing public arguments between conservatives having an election panic and liberals trying to decide whether or not burying minorities is good has convinced me that "leftist infighting" is a complete meme and we actually agree with each other way more than other political tendencies tbh
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✨✨✨ @redactedpunished.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
anything i have to say is a ToS violation
Michael Tracey & @mtracey
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Rape in the morning, rape in the evening, rape at supper time. When raping's on a bagel, you can have rapin' anytime

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Its exhausting to be a woman. Everyday is just rape rape rape. Rape in the news and rape in the show im watching and at night im running from rape in my dreams. And when i walk alone on the road i walk faster be rape.
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✨✨✨ @redactedpunished.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
damn man, that’s rough… was it something you said?
Michael Tracey & @mtracey
75% of X and all of Bluesky are currently threatening to murder me, which is cool
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🏳️‍⚧️ Decapitated Princess Jackie @jackiesupernova.northsky.social · 01/10/2026
A classic
t4t cyborg 18-
@t4t_cyborg
David Attenborough voice: here we can see transfemmes engaged in ritual competition, each trying to show that they are the most interestingly unhinged. This
'posting' functions as a sort of mating dance via which they can signal value to potential suitors.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Katja, li'l scamperer 「Amethyst」 @vulpine.house · 30/09/2026
hi. women's sports exist because men can't deal with being outcompeted by them. moreover, given equivalent support, men and women in the same weight class are on broadly equivalent footing. let kids play, ffs.
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Kelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Cornell victim has been doxxed on X. So worried for her. I hate this planet.
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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I really struggle to add anything witty to that
Screenshot of a social media post by Dr. Zje of the Emmy Kind (@Emmy_Zje). The post reads: 'Imagine finding the cause of your life's pain and learning from your doc about a treatment with overwhelmingly positive outcomes. However, accepting treatment is sure to bring societal, familial, and institutional discrimination and hate. That's being trans.' The post includes the hashtag #TransAwarenessWeek.
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Hell Dunkin @halduncan.com · 29/09/2026
Heraclitus: the original poster, pure honed perfect nuggets of weirdness & memes. Socrates: quote-posts every bad take and demolishes it in an umpteen-post thread. Plato: umpteen-post threads of his own bad takes, a gazillion followers who all suck. Diogenes: total shitposter, troll par excellence.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Maybe the reason the economic vibes are so off isn't that things are *worse* than the great recession but because back then we all thought the pain was temporary, whereas the things that are wrong with the economy today have all been getting worse for a long time and show no signs of improving
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026
In response to a slew of anti-trans Democrats pushing hate during the 2026 midterms, Governor Andy Beshear provided principled criticism to the idea that red-state Dems need to adopt anti-trans views to win: "We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus," he said. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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KY Gov. Beshear Has Message For Anti-Trans Dems: “We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus.”
The governor provides a counterpoint to those who believe red state Democrats need to capitulate on transgender rights.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And the last one I’ll mention is for mothers to set boundaries in their own relationships with their sons. The way he treats you is a model for how he treats all other women. If you succumb to the social pressure to make every sacrifice for him, he will expect the same of other women too.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another big one is teaching your son to see girls as equals. Instead of enrolling him in sex-segregated sports, introduce him to a co-ed team. And help him foster his more “feminine” interests where we can be in mixed-sex spaces, making mixed-sex friend groups.
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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is not the 90s. A stay at home parent is not a sign of affluence or lifestyle preference anymore, it is a sign that we can’t afford to have anyone else in our village. It’s not good for parents, particularly mothers who are still largely the ones staying home, and it’s not good for kids either
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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
listen i'm not gonna link to it but "stay at home parents would simply have no use for universal daycare" is some of the most "oh you've never actually talked to anyone" shit i've ever heard
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
She added: “The impact on transgender people who have to watch this happening and watch people who are supposed to be their advocates looking scared and saying things that are offensive is very damaging.”
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The “protect women” crowd hasn’t said a word about the Cornell rapists… It’s like they almost don’t actually care about women and abuse trans folks just to prop up their misogyny.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 29/09/2026
Democrats seem headed for big wins, but one avenue for self-sabotage would be adopting R's framing on trans rights. @billiejsweeney.bsky.social spoke with insiders incl Lanae Erikson of Third Way and Rep. Sarah McBride for this substanial piece of new reporting. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Democrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say - Assigned Media
Insiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights.
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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
God I hate being right.
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joe @shariauncle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
increasingly feels like my Perfectly Fine liberal arts education was an artifact grabbed fleeing a burning temple
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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T.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Never sell anyone out. In fact, if you're asked about banning 12-year-olds from softball, just say, "You're asking me to sell out kids for my political career. I'm not going to do that. Let's stop demonizing people in tougher circumstances than you or I will ever experience. They have guts."
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed
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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We actually don't hate this administration enough
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s going to be pretty fucked up when this baby yeti starts telling people to kill themselves.
Subway display ad for meta’s muse ai product billed as “ai that gets it done.” The mascot is a little smiling fuzzy white puppet guy.
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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.
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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Also, if transness were contagious, I would be trans by this point. But even after self-reflection and introspection, I continue onward, cis as fuck. There is no contagion here. And no one got contagion on my three-year-old niece when she informed us she was a girl.
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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 28/09/2026
So yeah, if you suppress all knowledge of queerness, then on some level, you do end up with fewer openly queer people. You get to have more miserable, self-hating stunted people instead. YAY YOU WIN. If you just want us gone, then yeah, that's a victory condition.
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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 28/09/2026
The "social contagion" thing drives me screaming angry. When I was young I had no clue trans ppl existed. I'd never met anyone trans. I saw cruel caricatures in pop culture occasionally. When I realized trans was a thing someone could be, it hit like a lightning bolt. My life felt newly possible.
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Damiana Swan @damianaswan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I always find it so strange that it would even occur to anyone to just *assume* that other people are not reliable reporters of their own gender. "I know better than you do what your gender is" is just a stunningly WEIRD thing to say, especially to someone who has thought about it a lot!
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Ripley Rodentia 🏳️‍⚧️ @ripleyreplay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Man fuck this. Fuck this cruel evil shit
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