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Crowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 2h

they say that birds do it bees do it even educated fleas do it let's do it let's take a nap

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026

Women trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties - where people have reported being sexually assaulted, like below. Events like Aella’s “Slutcon,” which is happening again this weekend.

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I am disheartened by this as well. I already lost a bunch of followers for agreeing with @tautologer, but it's saddening to see local nerdy women being caricatured as Karen-like outsiders and getting pushed out of the scene. This is exactly why you hear so few concrete, names-attached stories of sexual harrassment and assault. I'm told there is a history of discrediting these because the "slut normalization" thing is top priority and these stories get inconveniently in the way of spreading this ideology.
I got roped into attending last year's Saturday Slutcon party because so many local and out-of-town friends were there (to echo sentiments @tautologer expressed about "slut events becoming central to the larger scenes). Mostly I hung out with people I knew and that was great. But in the course of my 3-ish hours there, there were 2 times my "no" was not accepted by a man I didn't know, and I was physically pushing a huge guy off of me who was rubbing his penis on me, who continued to do it despite my physical force against him, and after I finally wriggled away from him, told him I wanted to dance alone etc., he came back and did it again.
This was scary and bad, but it didn't even cross my mind to report this because one of the other people who didn't accept my "no" earlier in the night was the bartender (an officially sanctioned authority at the event), and I knew the event was organized exclusively by women into CNC (who are vocal about how rapey behavior turns them on), so I figured this sort of thing would just get me laughed at. And anyway, I heard there were a lot of other incidents like it. Later though, someone encouraged me to report this story to the organizers, and despite my embarrassment I did, so *they know* that this and other incidents happened. This is why they cut the Saturday night party this year and created a larger training program for the flirt girls - *because* of things like this last year. Yet the narrative bein…

People who haven't been to Slutcon are saying "it's just group therapy," "it's just innocent flirting." But the environment is much like a sex party in that many people are nude, there is making out and sex acts happening out in the open. I think it's pretty unreasonable to expect that every nerdy girl who likes rationalist bloggers or is into EA/AI safety should automatically be comfortable with this! That if she's not, there's something wrong with her, we don't want her in our scenes, etc.
Not to mention, it's explictly an event *for men*, where men are the clients and the "flirt girls" are the product. Last year I overheard an exchange where a man felt "led on" by a flirt girl and was trying to get her punished/kicked out. (A dynamic that seems inevitable in this context!)
Anyway- it does sound like they've upped their consent education a lot this year, are more organized, and that's good! As I've told my friends who are attending: I hope they have fun!
I heard several accounts last year of women who had no problems and really enjoyed the event. That's great!
Just... can we live in reality about this? There are real reasons why male-female sexual dynamics are tricky.
Encouraging autistic men who can't yet read body language to go around asking to see womens' boobs is maybe a bit ill-advised. Maybe not everyone should be/identify as a slut; maybe it's not for everyone.
And yeah, filtering the Bay Area Al safety scene down to only women who are super comfy with this eliminates *most* women - including many of the really smart, nerdy, weird women who've been in the larger scenes for years. What a loss for humanity.
I absolutely understand why people with a minority sexuality would want to create belonging, would want to create spaces for people like themselves. But why do it like this/at this cost?

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Fully Automated @fullyautomatedluxury.com · 9h

final panel shows nancy looking behind the bushes but the text from r crumbs "lookit that stupid ass-hole!" meme panel placed atop it so that nancy is looking in disgust at sluggo saying
"I loathe ever person i see on the street! Lookit that stupid ass-hole!"
with text saying "normal guy" pointing at sluggo.
the whistling from the original panel has been removed and the whistling from the r crumb panel has been placed there instead.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 7h

today is the only day you can post this

a scene from mean girls where lindsay lohan says "It's tha freakin' weekend."

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 5h

Daily birds 78 - Firehawks

top left is a brown falcon, bottom left is a black kite and right is a whistling kite, each holding a burning stick and trailing smoke against a pale yellow background.

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Fiona the Gayest Tiefling @thatgaytiefling.bsky.social · 9h

You see, if you aren't kind enough to the rapist, what reason does he have to stop raping, an act again I assure you he is very remorseful of and would never do again? When you think of it like that him raping women is really your fault.

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Fiona the Gayest Tiefling @thatgaytiefling.bsky.social · 9h

It's not enough for a rapist to go about the rest of his life without any real consequences, he must be elevated, put into a position of power because how else could he prove he has changed but to be lauded

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Charlotte @fireantprincess.bsky.social · 11h

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 11h

We can't do anything because right now, the only ones hurt are women, and we can't risk any harm befalling an actual human being.

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 11h

You can't expect better. No one will ever hold a man to account. Holding men to account for abusing women is racist and imperialist and colonial and transphobic and even misogynistic, somehow. Isn't forgiveness in your nature, anyway? Aren't you a woman? Isn't this what you're for?

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 11h

Here, read this bell hooks book where she was clearly struggling to reconcile her own love for men with the fact that her abusers will never be held to account for their actions. Let's build a worldview out of cope because every institution and community and person will side with them over you.

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 11h

It's actively insanity inducing to be a survivor and a feminist right now because in the face of the sheer ubiquity of sexual assault and the lack of consequences for it, we're all being besieged by demands that we think of the rapist men, forgive the rapist men, cleanse the souls of the rapist men

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Charlotte @fireantprincess.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

and a lot of people will be gleeful at your suffering while simultaneously saying that you are lying because they deeply believe society should be structured in a way that makes you a tool, an object, a machine, to be used and abused, maybe sometimes maintained like someone maintains their property.

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Charlotte @fireantprincess.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

it never works, you can’t make other people see your humanity by showing your pain, them seeing you as human would be the precondition for them to feel like your pain matters.

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Charlotte @fireantprincess.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

it’s so common not only regarding to rape that marginalized people need to rip themselves open and show their deepest scars so that others might be able to see them as capable of being hurt, only for the harm still being dismissed, retraumatizing them for nothing

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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 9h

it’s october 3rd 💗

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halloween III: season of the wolp @brettnyanderson.northsky.social · 6h

people rolled their eyes at me equating rape to fascism when that's...literally fascism. violent control over others. achieving power over someone against their will. literally used in war as a fascist tactic.

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Lee Cicuta @butchanarchy.bsky.social · 6h

“A fascist ignored or accepted in an anti-authoritarian movement becomes a fascist with unfettered access to countless vulnerable people they intend to disempower and control. An abuser ignored or accepted in an anti-authoritarian movement will do the same.” Audio version: youtu.be/sKSttezW6qY?...

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Tactics for the Fight Against Abuse: Learning from Anti-Fascism

YouTube video by Lee Cicuta

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Lee Cicuta @butchanarchy.bsky.social · 6h

If I’m against centering “accountability” and the “restoration” of abusers and rapists, what is it I think should be done about them?? Well, I lay exactly that out in this piece here. Use the tactics of anti-fascism! butchanarchy.medium.com/tactics-for-...

butchanarchy.medium.com

Tactics for the Fight Against Abuse: Learning from Anti-Fascism

Our fight is not unidirectional. It is against all forces that wish to constrict, co-opt, and wipe out the autonomy of others.

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Craig @craigtime.bsky.social · 8h

I firmly believe it's impossible to come up with a bad or unfunny Frasier crossover. Albeit nobody will be beating the Columbo one for the foreseeable future joechouinard.com/columbo/

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columbo, joechouinard.com

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Crowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 9h

The trailer was like "Please help us, we're being attacked by an ancient, ethereal evil that is draining our very souls!" and Niles was just like "maris?"

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Crowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 9h

had a dream that they released a Fraser video game but it was just a doomlike where Niles gets catapulted into the future armed with nothing but his dry wit and a bottle of 84 Chablis

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Boo-sty Shackleford @ginerso.bsky.social · 19h

I’m doing it again because the world is still a clusterfuck To start- you make me feel safe in my oddity. You’re a friend that doesn’t get enough recognition for what you bring for all of us.

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Nicole @rolypolycoly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My grandmother worked at the Main Street store for years and Mr. Marcus always talked to my dad when he was a kid. He always emphasized to my dad that business was something you learn on the job so if you go to college, do something in the liberal arts or fine arts to expand your mind.

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rm4.bsky.social @rm4.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Stanley Marcus was an awesome human being. My favorite story about him is he was on the board of the Dallas Art Museum and during the red panic, a bunch of conservatives didn't like the modern art in the museum and said it was satanic and communist. He told them no and they weren't taking it down.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The manager was right — some longtime shoppers closed their accounts in protest — but Marcus stuck with his decision. At the time of the flagship's closure, the Main Street store had been open for 112 years.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

These victories were achieved through the efforts of Civil Rights activists, along with support from Neiman Marcus president Stanley Marcus, who was an early advocate for desegregation. The Neiman Marcus Dallas store manager purportedly warned Marcus that he would destroy his business this way.

A Black man protesting in front of a department store in San Diego, California. He's wearing a suit and holding a sign that says "We March Protesting the Indignity and Humility of Jim Crow." There are some people behind him.

Stanley Marcus smoking a pipe. He's wearing a striped suit.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The downtown Neiman Marcus flagship was one of the first major Dallas businesses that broke with these practices. In 1961, the company desegregated its Zodiac Room, a swanky lunch spot frequented by Dallas elites. Later, they welcomed Black shoppers to come and buy clothes without restrictions.

The Zodiac Room restaurant on the sixth floor of Neiman Marcus in Dallas. The photo shows a bunch of tables covered in white tablecloth and leather covered seats.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For instance, they had to try on clothes over their clothes, put on protective covers when trying on hats, or weren't allowed to make returns once they brought the clothes home. These policies stemmed from racist fears that white customers would refuse merchandise previously worn by Black shoppers.

Department Store, Mobile, Alabama, 1956

By Gordon Parks

Promised gift of The Gordon Parks FoundationJoanne Wilson, one of the Thorntons’ daughters, is shown standing with her niece in front of a department store in downtown Mobile. The pair is impeccably dressed in light, summery frocks. The jarring neon of the “Colored Entrance” sign looming above them clashes with the two young women’s elegant appearance, transforming a casual afternoon outing into an example of overt discrimination. Notice the fallen strap of Wilson’s slip. Though this detail might appear discordant with the rest of the picture, its inclusion may have been strategic: it allowed Parks to emphasize the humanity of his subjects.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵

A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.

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Rachel Herrmann @raherrmann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh no

Distracted boyfriend meme. “Things I’ve read but need to re-read bc I have new questions”; “my panic download folder”; “the article in my panic download folder that I just downloaded again”

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

we got too nice about this shit. enough. no more being horrified. time to be horrifying

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"some people are from a different time" if they cannot face the future they should not experience it further

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Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 07/08/2024

brat summer is almost over and then it will be bottom autumn

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Fuzzy Mike @fuzzymike.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

it's AT LEAST as big of a problem that lawyers and journalists don't take basic calculus or basic statistics as it is that engineering stusents may not drink at the humanities trough their universities very much DO lead them to and nate silver, matt yglesias, elon, these are not STEM people!

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Fuzzy Mike @fuzzymike.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

i try not to be too reply guy about it because obviously capitalists, politicians, and a billion redditors are extremely contemptuous of the arts but STEM curriculums include a ton of humanities electives and there are no "ethics for jocks" or "philosophy for jocks" classes

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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 13/09/2026

This is such a good essay and an interesting incidental refutation of the claim that only people with humanities educations think deeply about thinking, which I’m very tired of seeing.

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Mascot Texorcism 🐯 @texsaber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've had this stupid joke in my head for the past 3 weeks, I had to put it into drawing

Theatrical poster for "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me," except the portrait of Laura Palmer is replaced with a Walkling from the game Big Walk, and the film name is replaced with "Big Walk with Me"

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

you're telling me bulls secured a permit for this parade

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the hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I first get an oil change from the ugly mechanic so that when I go to the hot mechanic, he doesn't think my oil's all busted

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 01/10/2026

If I went to Switzerland and won a Swiss watch precision contest, I would literally never talk about anything else

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Toxic masculinity is absolutely a dangerous factor in animal rescue. My sister has dealt with men who refuse to neuter, to believe that a dog with behavioral challenges won’t just bow down to their alphaness, who have threatened to shoot her and her staff because they refused to adopt to him.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Anyway, if you’re a NC lesbian looking for a pup, give them a shout. If you have money, send some their way for expenses. And if you’re a cis man, learn that not everything is for you!

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There’s a behavioral dog rescue in NC called STAB that does absolutely hilarious dog bios. After posting “Two Mommy Tommy”, a dog looking for lesbians because he despises men, men have been bombarding their FB page and escalated to doxxing and threats to family. Men: validating Tommy forever

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chelsea bridge 🩸 @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

you are dying in the closet it is up to you whether you live

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Jess Fink🍉🌈 @jessfink.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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A 7 panel comic by the artist. First panel: The artist is running from a distance towards a group of people playing basketball in the park. The artist is holding a pumpkin above their head and screaming "AAAAAAAAA". Second panel: The artist has leapt up and is in position to slam dunk the pumpkin into the basketball hoop. Panel three: the pumpkin splatters violently against the backboard of the basketball hoop, sending orange pumpkin goop everywhere. Panel four: the players stand staring, covered in pumpkin goop and shocked. Panel five: the artist stares at them wide-eyed, also covered in the goop and says "it's October FIRST". Their hand reaches towards their face. Panel six: the artist rips off their own face like a rubber mask to reveal a skeleton beneath. Panel 7: the group of players stand shocked and horrified, watching as the skeleton falls to the ground in a pile of bones, the sound effects says "CLATTER".

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cartrain58.bsky.social @cartrain58.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Absolutely correct and memory loss/confusion due to drugs being involved, especially if the individual didn't know there was a drug in the drink they were given.

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Clay Tribune @claytribune.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Absolutely right — and the fawning response, trying to please the person who did it, is one of the hardest things to see clearly in yourself. It takes time to name what happened, and that time should never be questioned.

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Maia Ettinger @maiett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think this is true of many forms of abuse, e.g., I thought I'd quit my job before realizing I'd been deliberately & systematically pushed out. I suspect that except for the extremely lucky few, our family environments condition us from early childhood to rewrite abuses of power as benign.

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