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Tess from South Africa

@satess.bsky.social
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Married old cat lady who's also into data, plants, nature, wildlife, books, art, kindness and genuine curiosity. 💚 Human rights belong to all humans, not just the ones you approve of ♿✊🏾✊🏿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ Be an Ally. She/her

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Kate Hagen 🦂 𓋹 🦂 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 21h
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." 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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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Kieran @toadally.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just got a political ad that said “if you vote for this candidate the SOCIALISTS win and more people will have access to health insurance!” Why is that scary for people?
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🦋Fiona McGee🦋🚫👑🐈🐈‍⬛ @judymccarthy.bsky.social · 17h
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 19h
I wouldn't mind a second and longer and more thorough MeToo tbqh
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Andrew Schreck @andrewschreck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i don't think cis guys realize how much power they can shift in a conversation just by casually telling their friends
"that's fucked up, man" when someone says something
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why women choose the 🐻
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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026
I’m worried about straight men who lack accountability and enable each other to commit violence, not about any person wanting to play sports. If you want to protect women - hold men accountable for their crimes. Men who face no consequences continue their dangerous behaviors.
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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026
There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.
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Jmtdiva she/her @jmtdiva.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Amber @risettemd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Apropos of nothing, those mad Roman emperors obsessed with glorifying themselves while everything is falling apart sure are a historical lesson.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Dear Ed. You're not the victim here. Your starting point should be realising that. www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/deva...
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Devastated Ed Sheeran claims his own family ‘abandoned’ him amid Gaza row
‘I'm feeling all of my friends and family and people I know abandon me,’ said Sheeran
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Outside the obvious timebomb of selling out trans kids to appeal to ~16 bigots in deep Ohio, an underplayed part of the whole "trans kids in youth sports" stuff is making the most psycho Little League parents the most important political demo in America. They're joy vampires for the kids themselves!
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
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Amelia Sandrine Reisinger 🏳️‍⚧️ @ameliasandrine.com · 17/09/2026
Gonna start referring to Democrats who take anti-trans stances as “Biological Republicans”
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Roblee14 @vegasdude83.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I really hate the way the media treats trumps announcements like royal decrees
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A lifeboat crew responds to a call and finds a dingy in distress full of migrant men, women and children. Do they leave or rescue them? No-one with a shred of humanity would turn round and head back.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the most masculine video on the internet right now
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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
So Reform have launched an app that tracks small boats arriving in the UK in real time, and already their supporters are complaining that it's boring because there are hardly any boats. They are SO close to getting it.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
His dad definitely paid someone to take his SATs.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/09/2026
I have to say that despite the pile on, I’m heartened. There are a lot of people coming out now and saying they will not support the worst anti-trans Dems who call us “biological men” and who advocate for laws targeting us. More than I thought. I hope the consultant class feels a little fear.
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 13/09/2026
Regardless of your thoughts on voting strategies, the way trans people are being spoken to and about by self-described "progressives" and "allies" is absolutely wild.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Trump today: "There’s very little happening right now in Gaza." At least 10 Palestinians were killed in Gaza over the past 48 hours, along with a pregnant woman who succumbed to her wounds after being shot by Israeli forces three days ago. His disregard for human life is despicable.
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Jadey Character @lampjaded.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
'Why wouldn't you just give ground on the trans sports issue?' * It's a fish hook baited to pull people in further * Red states and the UK have already shown what further means * It's saying "yes, both trans adults and CHILDREN are dangerous" * It's saying "yes, trans people are all impostors"
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Craig Schaefer @craigschaeferbooks.com · 12/09/2026
"You want my position on trans people competing in women's sports? Which ones? Name them, specificially. If it's such a sweeping societal problem, you must have a list of trans athletes. Who exactly are we talking about, and what sports do they play?" Reject the framing. It's that easy.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 12/09/2026
“I’m here to speak with whoever authorized happiness.”
Stephen "A-Hole" Miller
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David Cavlovic🇨🇦🍁 @davidcavlovic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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angerbunny (baobhan-sìth) @angerbunny.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
(Better answer than talarico, btw)
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Fun fact"
Since Roe v Wade was overturned, more women have been prosecuted for miscarriages than men for being in the Epstein files.
Over 22 to O.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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👣Coco👣 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It amazes me....
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Londoners say NO to Ray-Ban pervert glasses
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Cally Beaton @callybeaton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Anyone who has ever complained about London Underground, complain no more.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Ken Seigle @kenseigle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is the second time I've posted this. Why I'm posting it again is to ask this question. What do they think's going to happen? Eventually, the Epstein files will come out. Even if people don't end up in legal issues, they're going to destroy their legacies. The house was closed over Epstein
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Bravo to this brilliant 16-year old BOHLALA MPHAHELE from South Africa for her incredible invention that won her the young achiever award
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The world has gone mad! Folks getting arrested under the UK Terrorism Act for holding a sign that said "I oppose genocide" 🇬🇧 That is fucked up! The majority of those arrested have been pension aged women, often with disabilities. Do these folks look like terrorists? Shame on you England. #Free 🇵🇸
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V.C. Willow 🏳️‍🌈📚🪐🪄😱 @authorvcwillow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"LGBTQ+ wouldn't be tolerated in Palestine. Why are you supporting people who hate you?" Because human rights & international laws - against apartheid, genocide & persecution - are not conditional on whether people like us, they are universal principles Never Again, means never again for everyone
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 10/09/2026
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Tess from South Africa @satess.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I showed this to my teen kids and now both of them want this t-shirt. Should I worry? 🤣
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Anthrodiva @anthrodiva.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A person with white hair and mustache is wearing a t shirt that has an image of Sigmund Freud superimposed over the Pink Floyd logo. Shirt text reads: Pink Freud Dark Side of Your Mom. Across the image, added text reads: bro what is my psych teacher wearing
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The balaclava blackshirted thugs are a result of a decade of politicians, tabloids and the broadcast media telling racists they have "legitimate concerns." The normalisation of actual fascism rhetoric and action has led to this and is a far greater "legitimate concern" than any migrant on a boat.
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anUnrelatedThing @anunrelatedthing.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I'm American and I've heard of Eton, often, as the abusive boarding school attended by over a dozen men who have each been the subject of the Podcast "Behind the Bastards". As it currently operates, any girl attending would be at constant risk of all manner of assault. How is it still operational?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🔥 “Why don’t you pull out your phone and ask Mitch McConnell how he feels about it?”😂😂 @mikenellis.bsky.social trolls smug snowflake @ScottJenningsKY 🤥 about his hilarious lie about talking to #MissingMitchMcconell — who has been missing for months
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is the most accurate, hilarious, depressing thing I've read today.
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