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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"It's given a lot of people permission to be themselves, to not dream it, be it, which is the motto of the movie, really. I would like to be remembered for that." Farewell to Tim Curry (1946-2026) #RIP

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Williams Institute @williamsinstitute.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Our research shows that among cis gay, bisexual, and queer male employees, those who are gender nonconforming are five times more likely than their gender-conforming peers to say they've changed their voice and mannerisms at work. Read the full report: tinyurl.com/GNC-Workplace

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 04/08/2026

Days after a WNBA team co-ownwer was suspended for confronting anti-trans activists courtside, Cheryl Reeve of the Minnesota Lynx wore a "Trans Kids Belong" shirt while facing down Sophie Cunningham's team, the Fever. The Lynx won 108-100. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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WNBA Coach Cheryl Reeve Wore “Trans Kids Belong” While Beating Sophie Cunningham’s Team

The crowd was equally indignant, reportedly booing whenever Cunningham touched the ball.

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thisseattaken.bsky.social @thisseattaken.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Who would have thought that people with Nazi tattoos do terrible things? I mean, it's not like that was some kind of red flag or something.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

This is one of the closest Nazi parallels the Trump White House has yet announced. I know because I actually saw a recreation of the original 1937 Nazi “Entartete Kunst” (Degenerate Art) exhibit at the Smithsonian in 1991. They assembled 200 of the original 650 works. It was a sight to behold.

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one dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

it's crazy when you see a photo for the first time and recognize it's gonna be used as a shorthand for the era you're living in right now by historians in 100 years

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Allison Raine Chapman @alli.gay · 02/07/2026

Love it when the President of the United States says he wants to eliminate you and your entire community.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 12/06/2026

While his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse — gleefully. Read more: www.theverge.com/tech/949259/...

Verge headline: The world's first trillionaire is a killer
by TC Sottek

Image of Elon Musk doing a "fascist salute" in the form of an oil painting on a wall

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12/06/2026

Incredible news! Weeks after the new Prime Minister Péter Magyar took office, the mayor of Budapest, Mayor Gergely Karácsony, has had his charges dropped for illegally celebrating Pride month in his city. It appears changes are coming to Hungary. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Charges Dropped Against Budapest Mayor For Pride After Hungary's New PM Took Office

“Those in power did everything they could to intimidate and discourage us. They even threatened us with prison. But we did not back down.”

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Quebecoiswolf 🔜 Furpoc @quebecoiswolf.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Being an American during the 250th Aniversary of the United States feels a lot like if the terrorists in Die Hard demanded that the hostages continue having their Christmas party.

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Today, our #SCIMaP team released an impact analysis of the White House proposed FY 2027 NIH and NSF budgets. Bottom-line: if enacted, cuts to science and medical research would lead to $35B in economic losses and 150,000 lost jobs in communities all across the US. scienceimpacts.org 🧵

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/04/2026

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

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Williams Institute @williamsinstitute.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Global climate change agreements note the vulnerability of certain populations. While 85% of countries participating in the Paris Agreement include at least 1 vulnerable community in their 5-year climate action plans, only 8% mention LGBT & gender-diverse communities. tinyurl.com/SOGIClimateChange

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Trans people were badly burned by the use of evolving social justice language as a class signifier in a class most of us are way too honest and real to be part of. I understand the impulse to blame pronoun circles and tortured language, but the real problem was we were used and discarded like toys.

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thisseattaken.bsky.social @thisseattaken.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Elite queer private schools in every state. Zero tuition.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The moment it was crystal clear we were in the worse case scenario, was exactly a year ago when Trump pardoned every single Jan 6 perpetrator, including the ones that beat the crap out of cops and were convicted of seditious conspiracy.

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Rob Reiner made some great movies but he was also unafraid to speak the truth, and was one of the public voices who knew you don’t squander your platform, and only got louder about opposing evil fucks as he got older. Legend.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008. Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

i often see things that make me say "this is the most Boston thing I have ever seen in my life" but i think this one might have swept them all

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It's the 250th anniversary of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. A local TV station mapped the route out with nods to past and present Boston-area landmarks, including all seven Dunkin' Donuts a modern-day Paul Revere could stop at:
https://www.nocboston.com/news/local/paul-revere-midnight-ride-boston-today/3685215/

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OBoogie @oboogie.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

U.S. pals: Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army. There are better charities out there. Much better.

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singular locus sarah @scgriffith.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades

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kia speaks @kiaspeaks.us · 21/11/2025

My favorite piece of content today.

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serious question for the millennials... my older cousin said she used to 'burn' cds for her crush. like... with
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was that a ritual? did it work? you guys were literally practicing witchcraft just to get a text back. i'm scared of y'all.
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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Give us our roses while we're still alive.

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thisseattaken.bsky.social @thisseattaken.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I've read 45 books this year so far. Only two from their list - one fiction, one biography.

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used @usedpizza.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

losing my mind over youtube's suggested reply for this comment

youtube suggesting i reply to a comment with "i miss my ffamily"

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thisseattaken.bsky.social @thisseattaken.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

So this does have a huge negative impact. However, I would like trans young people especially to realize that not all religiously name hospitals are Catholic. Some are Episcopalian, Methodist, corporate, etc. Check before you give up. www.npr.org/2025/11/12/g...

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U.S. bishops officially ban gender-affirming care at Catholic hospitals

The bishops' decision formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. They also approved a special message on immigration, expressing concern over enforcement an...

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Williams Institute @williamsinstitute.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

This Veterans Day, remember that more than 600,000 veterans who identify as LGBT, including 163,000 who identify as transgender. bit.ly/transveterans

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Jonathan Dresner @jondresner.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

We must protect each other to survive

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thisseattaken.bsky.social @thisseattaken.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I never knew anything could make me hate baseball more, but here we are.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.

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thisseattaken.bsky.social @thisseattaken.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I showed ChatGPT an assignment my boss gave me. He literally said, Ugh... Sorry, but I'm on the AI side.

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 21/10/2025

When this is over, no matter the effort and no matter the cost, we tear down Trump's ballroom and restore the White House to the way it was. And then we take a wrecking ball to Mar-a-Lago.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/10/2025

If you're taking to the streets to protest today, know your rights.

"KNOW YOUR PROTEST RIGHTS
You don’t need a permit to protest in response to breaking news and you don’t need a permit to march in the streets or along sidewalks, as long as you’re not obstructing traffic or access to buildings.
When you are lawfully present in any public space, you have the right to photograph anything in plain view, including federal buildings and the police.
If you believe your rights have been violated, when you can, write down everything you remember, get contact information for witnesses, and take photographs of any injuries.
If you get stopped by the police, ask if you’re free to go. If they say yes, calmly walk away.
If you get arrested, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise, say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don’t sign, say or agree to anything without a lawyer present.
If you get stopped by a member of the military or any law enforcement office at a protest, you have the right to remain silent or to tell them that you’ll only answer questions in the presence of an attorney — no matter your citizenship or immigration status."

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thisseattaken.bsky.social @thisseattaken.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Damn. I didn't know Exodus was a prophesy book. I thought it was a history book.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 09/10/2025

It cannot be made clearer. If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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thisseattaken.bsky.social @thisseattaken.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

My organization also does not allow anonymous reports of mistreatment or abuse. Funny the kind of company they keep in that.

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thisseattaken.bsky.social @thisseattaken.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Because this is America, it would be all the librarians who won't use the right pronouns for people and the stage managers from Branson.

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Sunni @sunnikitty.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

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thisseattaken.bsky.social @thisseattaken.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Is this how the story is shaping up? The leader of a conservative gang (TPUSA) was shot and killed by the follower of a rival conservative gang (Groyper) over the reputation of an unaffiliated kingpin (Trump) whom both admired but in different ways?

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I know Charlie Kirk valued debate and free speech because he blocked me for fact-checking his lies on Twitter and then put me on his organization's Professor Watchlist for writing a book he didn't like.

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humoristguy.bsky.social @humoristguy.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Assasinating two Dems in Minnesota was barely a blip from the media. Remember that the next few days.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Last year, Idaho passed a strict law that forbids anyone from providing to a minor any service that could be construed as medical or psychological in nature without parental consent. Now, minors calling the state's suicide hotline are being forced to have a parent speak for them or hang up

More than 1,500 Idahoans between the ages of 5 and 17 contacted the hotline between when the parental consent law went into effect on July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025, according to data provided by the Idaho Crisis and Suicide Hotline.

Some of those young people can’t move forward in their call without a parent giving permission.

Sometimes, a parent or guardian can get on the phone, according to Idaho 988 Director Lee Flinn, “but in most situations, the minor hangs up because they tell us they feel like they can’t do that.”

“We really do want and hope that minors have a parent or two parents that support them, but one of the things that we hear sometimes is that they don’t have a parent they can talk to,” Flinn said.

She emphasized that the hotline still accepts calls from anyone, and encourages people of any age to call, text or chat online if they are in crisis.

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