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@transonicgravity.bsky.social
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perpetually prepared pile of anxieties - cheetah 🐆 on trail - trans and tired

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Kiri @ohheykiri.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"If I Ever Wanted Anything" is out now! #postpunk #powerballad #punk #queermusic #transmusic #bandcampfriday
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I've been on HRT for 8 years today. I'm not sure I can celebrate, but I can be grateful. I'm extremely grateful that I have (more or less) access to hormones. I'm grateful to the trans people who figured out what works best & shared their knowledge, to the trans women who made & shipped my vials.
Picture of me, sitting at a table outside. I have my chin on my left hand. Im wearing a black camie and have tattoos on both arms: most visibly a cheetah on my right biceps and "no voting on who gets to be people" on my right arm. My hair is pulled back and im wearing a silver wedding band.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 09/09/2026
The chant you're hearing is "FIRST! DO NO HARM!" Huge high five to everyone who came out to the protest at Mount Sinai over the hospital's deal with Trump to end gender-affirming care for trans youth. 🧵 of photos to follow!
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Kiri @ohheykiri.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
If you're looking for new trans music (whatever that is), you can hear my new song "Fridoline" in its entirety on YouTube before presales for my EP start on Monday, June 1. #transmusic It's melodic post-hardcore, it's alternative punk, & I hope you'll enjoy it 😊
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FRIDOLINE - The Rapid Onset || Official Lyric Video
YouTube video by The Rapid Onset
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
@ohheykiri.bsky.social's new EP 'Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!' Is available for preorder on Bandcamp now!! I might be a little biased but it's genuinely so good 😍😍 therapidonset.bandcamp.com/album/destro...
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Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!, by The Rapid Onset
6 track album
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Nr. 119, Christina Koch singing and giggling along to Pink Pony Club and complaining when they cut off before the chorus, while being a casual 270000 km from Earth is easily one of my favorite moments on this timeline. Its silly, lighthearted and adorable and it makes me happy 🥰
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Artemis II Photo Timeline
An interactive photo timeline of NASA's Artemis II mission — scrub through every crew moment, lunar flyby shot, and audio clip from April 1–10, 2026.
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I can't stop thinking about "To Be Taught, If Fortunate" by Becky Chambers. "...a home can only exist in a moment. Something both bound and made. Always temporary, in the grand scheme of things, but vital all the same." Man...
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Omg, I dont give a fuck about the whale, can we please focus on any one of the actually important things going on right now?!
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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
sorry
A kid says "gays like sony, lesbians like Yamaha, and transgender people favor Bose" 

And the man replies "Alex, those are just stereo types"
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
What made yesterday's episode of survivor fun & memorable to me wasn't the production twists or celebrity cameos, it wasnt even the 2000 coconuts. It was the player being creative and coming up with a new way of using the basic game mechanics to their advantage.
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I honestly cant begin to explain how incredible it is to me that fidesz lost these districts. The whole thing seems like a dream but I was there not even two weeks ago and would have laughed in your face at the suggestion. There is so much work to do but this is an incredible first step.
Map showing the results of yesterdays hungarian election im Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén with tisza taking all but one electoral district
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András Tóth-Czifra @minczifra.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Perhaps Magyar's most important promise, and the one that certainly resonates with voters: "never again a country without consequences!" The crowd chants: "To prison! To prison!" [with the corrupt officials of the outgoing government]
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I hope more people focus on the import of this turnout last year. Not least bc standing up to bigotry can itself be a rallying cry.
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Its been a while since I got to watch a national election where I was actually excited about where the results were going 😍🥰
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sarah zedig 🐐 @hmsnofun.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
the thing about cringe millennial sjw tumblr feminism is that for most people it was the first step on a long journey of self-reflection and re-education. i certainly outgrew that phase and have plenty of issues with it, but i also would be a much worse person if i'd never gone down that road at all
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The city of Berlin no longer finances LGBTQI+ sensitivity workshops for employees working in refugee housing facilities, so they are no longer mandatory for people working in these facilities. Contractors now decide whether to pay for their own workshops when running a facility for the city.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The Hungarian parliamentary elections are 4 days away. They will test whether a hugely unpopular and corrupt authoritarian can cling to power with the help of big lies, a false flag fake terror thing, and the support of Vladimir Putin, Benyamin Netanyahu, and JD Vance (who is on site). (1/2)
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mahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We didn't deserve this day.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I was going to write today, but until we know more, I don't have any new words for this moment. What I will say is that if you are reeling, and you know you want to be part of making things better, Mariame Kaba and I wrote a book for you. I hope it helps.
haymarketbooks.org
Let This Radicalize You
Doing Justice: The Revolution of Rescue and Reciprocal Care is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe.
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Kiri @ohheykiri.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Who you are is not a destination, but a declaration. The past is gone, & the future is not guaranteed. Therefore, impose your will upon the present & proclaim, "I am here. I have always been here, & ever shall I remain." Those of you starting now have it so much harder than I did 10 years ago.
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Kiri @ohheykiri.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I can't believe I get to say I've done ten years of transition. We used to say, "It gets better," but that feels even more trite now than it probably was then. Instead, in the face of all the ways which progress for trans people has regressed, & in light of the will we have always had to overcome...
A series of photos of Kiri showing her transition from 2016 to 2026.
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
8 years ago today, I called myself Laura for the first time. I'm starting to think this phase might last a while 🤔
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Kiri @ohheykiri.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The intellectualization of harm is a tactic of oppression. Engagement with art is not passive. That's entertainment. If watching wand-wielding fantasy teenagers bankroll a terror campaign against a real-life vulnerable minority is entertaining to you, you might be just as inhuman as they are.
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Oh please stick your "thank you for bringing the harm our team inflicted on another trans woman to our attention in such a calm & constructive manner" up your ass, we both know you would never listen to me if I even showed a fraction of the pain & rage I'm feeling right now 🤬
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The problem with going back to the same field in the same city as I was in pre-transition is that now I get to have awkward "Your (very distinct) last name is familiar, are you related to 'old first name'?" and having to decide on the fly whether to make up a brother or out myself 😂
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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Once again.
Black and white photo of Marjane Satrapi with the quote:

"The world is not divided between East and West. You are American. I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.

And our governments are very much the same."
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Just noticed that I took it completely for granted that I can walk into a clinic with a destroyed voice, stuffed nose, fever, no shower in days & a mask on & still be nothing but Mrs. Laura. Didnt even consider my transness until I was on my way home. Sometimes, transition can be fucking magic...
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 24/02/2026
We need more awareness of orgs that sound like they're a Serious Scientific Outfit while secretly being a collection of Christian fundies cranking out junk science and 'studies' with ass methodology to legitimise their ideological agenda. That's about as pure epistemic vandalism as it gets.
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Listen to this 13 year old who went to her city's council meeting. She had some things she needed to get off her chest
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Alex Turnbull @alejandroturnbull.space · 22/02/2026
The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan. darksky.org/news/two-sat...
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Satellite proposals threaten the night sky
In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I wish I could learn every language. That would be my superpower. Maybe not the most useful, it wont make me rich or powerful or let me fight evil or anything like that. But i could talk to all kinds of neat people & i could read things in their original language & visit places easily.
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 16/02/2026
I think there is a particular mindset that causes people to think it's more important to speak using the language of progressivism than advance actually progressive arguments and it's particularly prevalent in instagram-sharable theorizing like this
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
TIL that my mum has had to argue with multiple therapists because after telling them about her trans daughter, they would insist on calling me her son. She told me about this like transphobic therapists were some big revelation & all I had for her was a tired shrug cause whats next, water is wet?
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Cameron "SpaceDoddyssey" Dodd @spacedoddyssey.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Eh die ganzen nicht organisierten, nicht streikenden Kolleg*innen die jetzt über die wirklich beschissenen Ergebnisse im TV-L meckern können mich alle mal, das bekommen wir halt wenn ihr euch selbst null einsetzt. Wie solln die denn bei unter 10% Organisationsgrad auch Druck ausüben?!
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Had a wonderful time during our monthly art hangout. Weve been hosting them since late last year, exploring new materials and techniques every month, while enjoying good food and drinks with old & new friends 🥰
Photograph of me sitting at a table covered in art supplies, holding a water brush in my right hand, mixing watercolors on a small pallet. Im wearing a black cami, black rimmed glasses and have brown curls
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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The fact that large parts of the German media landscape “reported” on this White nationalist fever dream of a speech by Rubio as merely reaffirming the transatlantic alliance is so far removed from reality that it truly makes me speechless.
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
One day my brain is going to break trying to balance the "im so lucky to have been able to leave the US" and the "im heartbroken i left my home" feelings. Both define my everyday life right now. I fucking hate all of this so fucking much.
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
There is something so special to me about watching a cis person show genuine empathy for my experiences as a trans woman. Not "ugh, that sucks" but tears of rage or actually losing control a little when confronted with a trans experience. My bar might be low, but those moments stick with me.
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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I interviewed Menefee in Houston in 2022 about the GOP attacks on trans rights - he was the county attorney for Harris county & had refused Paxton’s “guidance” to classify gender affirming care as “child abuse”. Now, he has won a special election for the TX house, narrowing the GOP majority
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marciahoward38thstreet @marciaxthree.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
January 23rd. ICE Out of MN!!
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social media enjoyer @8bitblunder.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The parallel here, as a southerner, is that for a long time now northern liberals have done exactly this to the southern states. To those northern liberals - see how it feels so foolish, so callous, so dismissive to be judged this way? Do you see the necessity for class-not national- solidarity now?
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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
This album made it on my Best of 2025 list before I finished the second track and today I get to see her live 😍
Album cover of Anna von Hausswolff's "Iconoclasts"
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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 22/01/2026
‘SINNERS’ has broken history as the MOST-NOMINATED FILM OF ALL TIME at the Oscars with 16 nominations See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
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Interventionistische Linke [IL*] Berlin @il-berlin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Solidarität gegen staatliche Repression! 🍉 Zurzeit gibt es 11.000 Verfahren allein in Berlin wegen Palästinasolidarität seit dem 7. Oktober 2023. Das sind 15 Verfahren pro Tag. Wenn die Staatsräson austeilt, halten wir zusammen – gemeinsam und solidarisch gegen ihre Repression. ✊ #Solidarität
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Berit Glanz @beritmiriam.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Medien entscheiden, wem sie Platz einräumen und wie sie Interviews übertiteln. Mit diesem Unvermeidlichkeitsdiskurs wird ganz nebenbei das Overton Window verschoben, aber vielleicht geht es ja auch genau darum.
Zeit Plus Interview mit Kenneth Rogoff. Überschrift "In 100 Jahren wird Gärnland zu den USA gehören"
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Rori! @roricomics.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Lil' comic about hope and longing 💗
comic:

when it happens I hope people ring bells and blow horns.

if I'm asleep I hope to be woken. I won't mind.

if I'm in traffic I hope to see revelers. If it causes a traffic jam I won't mind.

I don't want to exist a moment not knowing that it has happened.
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 21/01/2026
I do have to point out that even with a more-accepting society, there is a gulf between "I am okay with queers" and "I am okay with my kid being a queer". People can support LGBT rights in the abstract and then get spooked when their own precious cinnamon roll makes them a "non-traditional family".
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