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white, trans, struggling. They or xe. Born in AL and conflicted about it

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 18h
The UK right's current political project is to co-opt the language of antidiscrimination to make bigotry legally unimpeachable.
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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @mady.cat · 24/09/2026
if politicians really gave a shit about protecting the youth, they would ban all of these gambling websites federally. But instead, the "protect the kids" policies are being used to enable getting 18 year olds addicted to gambling.
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 23/09/2026
wild that they’re just doing “trans people & furries are all too insane to be trusted with employment” on the floor of the senate & it’s so normalized now that i don’t have an emotional reaction, i just think, “hmm more scaffolding for bad things” & i’ll bet cis people won’t even clock it happened.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.
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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 20/09/2026
I would like the general public to recognize that this issue is beyond over blown and then for a *second* think beyond “this isn’t an issue” to “why are there so few trans people playing sports?”
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Lena of Lune @lena.isextremely.gay · 20/09/2026
My radical take: We should have UBI such that the retirement age is 0. Anytime you want to stop working and rest, we've got you. You want to go back to working for whatever reason (want that new Xbox, inspired to do something new, just bored)? We've got you there, too.
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
ideally i would love to support minority rights but in this case the minority in question is a minority of the population, so it just isn't worth it, mathematically speaking
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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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Malevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back"
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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
82% of women on probation & 85% of women on parole live in states that restrict abortion & include travel restrictions as a standard condition of supervision. Even when approval is given, the process & logistics can delay care, sometimes rendering it impossible:
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She Wanted An Abortion. The State Wouldn’t Let Her Leave
Travel bans are already here—we just don’t talk about them
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thene @thene.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
this is why it's my pet peeve fake science fact. It's absolute bs! nothing happens to brains at age 25, they do not "fully mature". you will notice that many societies have an age of majority or coming-of-age or whatever and none of them have ever chosen mid-20s.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
One of the coolest things about people who don't have a lot of power taking a principled stand is it lays bare the complete cowardice of the ones who actually *do* have power when they fail to do even a fraction as much.
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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
no hyperbole: when i got into this there were no anti-trans bills to work against. there were anti-LGBTQ bills (i prob have a better record against mike johnson than jeffries does), but no specifically anti-trans bills. i got to contribute to proactive coalition work: criminal justice, repro, etc.
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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
As soon as you’re symptomatic you’re absolutely 100% fucking dead and you do not die easy
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sunsomniac.tgirl.gay @sunsomniac.tgirl.gay · 15/09/2026
Call me crazy but I think telling transphobic voters "you deserve healthcare so vote blue no matter who" is way more convincing than telling trans voters "you dont deserve healthcare so vote blue no matter who"
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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There is no more "state of the humanities" as such. There is no condition in which the humanities are under attack in which the whole university is not under attack. There is no condition in which the university is under attack that the whole of educational
infrastructure, public and private, from pre-K up, is not under attack. And there is no condition in which education is under attack
in which civil society can remain unimperiled. There is no sense calling for independent or solitary action by something called "the humanities" when that category has been so thoroughly absorbed by concerted attacks on democratic governance, due process of law, rights to privacy, security, assembly, and expression.
We are all humanists now.
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A pattern here is anti trans changes made under a labour government are assumed to be "reasonable and moderate" by people who would oppose them if a right wing government was doing them. This is worse for trans people because cis people just don't believe us when we talk about what is happening.
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🎙T i á n a L y n n @teardropluv.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I spent this morning mapping invisible labor in a nonprofit and realized: the work nobody sees is the work nobody budgets for. Then people wonder why Black women leave. We don't leave because we can't do it. We leave because doing it invisibly costs too much.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 14/09/2026
I've found that this attitude goes hand in hand with a failure to realize that every single issue that is now labelled "radical trans activism" was a compromise trans people won with those in power that power is now reneging on.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We never punished the people who authorized torture and the last 20+ years of our politics are a consequence of that.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Even though Alligator Alcatraz is now closed, the OIG report is still a scandal. It confirms many of the abusive conditions at the facility, which Florida outright denied. Making matters worse, the OIG says another Florida facility is not getting ANY inspections from ICE.
Although FSSF ceased operations in June 2026, the issues raised by the Department’s management response regarding ICE’s level of oversight and responsibility for immigration detention remain consequential. For example, the Baker Correctional Institution (also known as “Deportation Depot”)26 is a state-operated detention facility that continues to operate in Sanderson, Florida. Baker, which opened in September 2025, housed 1,028 detainees as of August 27, 2026. ICE’s own documentation lists contractually obligated standards for Baker as “N/A” (as we found for FSSF) and Baker has not been internally inspected by ICE’s Office of Detention Oversight nor was it scheduled for inspection in FY 2026 or FY 2027.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
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Staff also reported that time spent in the small metal enclosures is closely monitored, and
detainees are not locked in, even though we observed locking mechanisms on the enclosures.
Figures 11 and 12. Small Metal Enclosures; Observed January 21, 2026

Underneath is a picture of a metal cage that is 4 feet 3 inches wide by 4 feet 3 inches long, and 7 feet 9 inches high. The cage itself is placed on a tiny spot of fake turf, and then surrounded by another chainlink fence with razor wire on top. The cage is covered by a roof, but it's entirely exposed to the outside otherwise, meaning mosquitos and no air conditioning.
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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
And what it makes me think of is that line in @anthonymoser.com’s AI hater manifesto: “You want permission”. They want permission. They do not like being told that they’re not on the righteous moral side of this and that makes them angry and resentful
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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
can those of you mad because you think trans whining on microblogs will depress support for dem politicians please imagine for one second how dem politicians spouting transphobia on enormous mainstream platforms depresses support for trans people
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 13/09/2026
I consider myself somewhat an expert on this one issue. Things are not very good for trans people in the UK. I do not recommend this. If you can avoid copying our politics on the matter, I would very much suggest you do that.
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themboy insomniac @riotliturgist.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
anyway food for thought: if an adult man were forced by his boss to bend over, possibly lower his pants, and allow himself to be struck painfully on the buttocks with a hard wooden paddle, spoon, belt, or hand, would that be: a) not just assault but *sexual* assault or b) "necessary discipline"
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Lena of Lune @lena.isextremely.gay · 13/09/2026
Yep. I've had to explain this even to blue state trans electeds: here in TN, we *had* the rights to healthcare, accurate ID, playing sports, etc. We lost all of those rights we already had! I was one of the last trans people who could get their gender changed on their driver's license!
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 13/09/2026
About this. When I was in 4th grade I should have been in 3rd grade. I started school a year early. I played basketball on the 5th grade team because I went to a small elementary school and we didn't have enough girls in 4th or 5th grade to field a team so we combined the two. /1
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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Like it's wild because we'd never make this mistake when talking about socializing a dog. We recognize an abused dog is differently socialized than one which is treated well. No one has any issue understanding that a 'poorly socialized' dog and a 'well socialized' one were socialized differently.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
For the evening crowd, if you are able to donate I'd appreciate it and if not, please consider helping to spread the word about this work.
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Christina Laffin @christinalaffin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
fyi if you see any account replying "Oxford study" under a post by an Asian woman just block. do not engage, immediate block--them and their followers. that is an incel who wants to do race science. they ran rampant on twitter and if we allow them any oxygen here Asian women will not be safe.
@validhandle123.bsky.social lol colonised Oxford study mad
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026
In 2016 people revolted against North Carolina bathroom bill. 10 years later and the country is up in arms over 15 athletes and there are Democrats who are insisting that this is a real concern. It is not. I won't pretend that it is. I won't say nice things about people who are pretending that it is
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
And for those who like to say “well, my heart/brain/lungs have never been quite the same since Covid, but I don’t have long covid” that minor issue is an alarm bell, not the end of the problem.
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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
When only the GOP is asserting that trans people are a threat to women and must be socially controlled in addition to denied medical care and valid ID, the issue is partisan and divisive. When Dems agree trans ppl are dangerous & must be legislated against, the question is "how far will we go."
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“Noticing” is basically “I’m not a bigot, I’m just noting [stereotype] is true.” In the context of antisemitism, it’s “I’m not antisemitic, I just notice that there are a lot of Jews in charge.” Hard to see this racist framing from Vance as accidental or incidental.
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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Once more.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 09/09/2026
If you go 95 mph in a 75 mph zone on the freeway, a giant book of laws won't come and stop your car. "You can't do that because that's illegal" is, irl, just not a thing. The law is instead just a list of consequences that MAY - but are not required to - be imposed in the event of a violation.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The more you read about the Antebellum South, the more you realize how much white slave owners whined.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026
I think about this ALL THE TIME
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026
The fact that we have masked men ramming cars and snatching people off the street without any response from local law enforcement also highlights how 287g or not the police are implicated in what’s happening.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 04/09/2026
THE ENTIRE POINT OF BAYESIAN STATISTICS IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO UPDATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS PROBABLE WHEN NEW INFORMATION ARRIVES Relying on "bayesian priors" is just a fancy way of saying "I reject facts."
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 03/09/2026
Oftentimes the Western attitude towards non-Westerners is so baked into their worldviews they don't even notice it. But it's very obvious, when the majority of anti-war sentiment coalesces around "throwing away the lives of troops", that the lives of those outside the metropole don't matter at all.
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 03/09/2026
inconvenience was a part of it. i just honestly think US society is built in a way to discourage asking anything of these people once they reach a certain level of financial stability so that the concept of “i must make an [incredibly small] accommodation for you” seems like a war crime to them.
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Kait Richardson 🥔 @thryse.com · 02/09/2026
Update: Got a room tonight and tomorrow and I think just enough cash for two days’ expenses, then I’m bust.
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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 31/08/2026
“Yea-saying,” the tendency to answer yes/no questions in the affirmative regardless of the question, is one indicator of bogus survey responses. When screening with trap questions, this behavior is largely eliminated. But voter file matching, another screening method, makes it worse.
Chart showing trap questions nearly eliminate yea-saying while voter file matching makes it worse.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
yes. When you don't set actual expectations and you let people "fill in the blanks" with their preferred policy ideas then you have set yourself up for the next pendulum swing to the other party. You haven't taken the time to let your voters know what you actually want to/plan to do.
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Michael Ann, sociotechnical femme @michaelann.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
You realize Title IX is why universities have to look into things like harassment towards female students and faculty? You realize Title IX is why there is ANY attention to the ongoing sexual assault and rape crisis on our campuses? You realize Title IX is why there are any female faculty at all?
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 31/08/2026
I can't stress enough that (abortion) shit is going to hit the fan after the midterms and that the Trump administration delayed it on purpose. see also: Medicaid work requirements from the Big Ugly Bill not taking effect until Jan 2027
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🇲🇽🕷️rustbelt rebel🕷️🇲🇽 @rustbeltrebel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
it’s important to highlight how many of the people being taken right now are here legally- fully documented and with all the correct paperwork. This has never been about ‘doing it right’ or ‘the worst of the worst.’ It has always been a project of white supremacy.
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