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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I don't fly, I don't use my passport, I don't cross borders, I fear police and interactions with authorities and I'm a lucky one: I pass as cis and I have updated IDs. I'm still petrified. Do I even have a future in this country? My opinion shifts, day to day. Every trans american faces this crisis.

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Good morning. Today is the LAST DAY to comment on the proposed OMB rule that will, honestly, destroy science in the US. And it will do FAR MORE THAN THAT. www.theverge.com/science/9576...

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The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it

‘Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.’

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 13/07/2026

Hey! This the amazing Veronica Esposito, looking for trans people who'd be willing to chat about stockpiling medication for an upcoming Assigned Media story. Please share and reply to her if you'd be willing to be interviewed.

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Kolby 🐊🦆🪲 @wildalphabet.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The BLM is moving forward with oil and gas leases on Conecuh National Forest, one of the most herp diverse national forests in the country and some of the best remaining intact longleaf woodlands left in Alabama.

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Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Here is what OMB rule means for states/local governments (>$1 trillion in revenue at risk): 1) More admin burdens: inestimable amount of new paperwork, allowance for agencies to add vague new “risk factors” in grant determination, vast expansion of E-verify, Buy America provisions on everything…

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Mike Dixon @socal-miked.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfJune26, whatever bird capture you deem your best from the month of June. This was an easy choice for me: Least tern hen and chicks! #EastCoastKin #birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #birdsky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #tern

least tern hen sitting between two chicks who are looking out the opposite way

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQ

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The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it

“Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.“

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Hi I'm posting a 54-page PDF to the only app where when I post a 54-page PDF people sometimes read it everyone should read the ENTIRE whistleblower statement about DOGE attempting to falsely "kill off" 2.7 people through the SSA Death Master File. www.washingtonpost.com/documents/be...

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

This is wild. “Our ethogram, did not allow room for sexual behavior not between a male and a female….The result is a self-reinforcing loop: there is little or no published data on same-sex behavior, so we assume it is rare, so we do not study it, so there continues to be little or no published data”

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 6/6: Male giraffes mostly have sex with each other. bi.org/en/resource/...

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Giraffes Take Bisexuality to New Heights

Research shows that giraffe bisexuality is real and, even more so, very significant.

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

This is an amazing thread—continuously added to—on the ubiquity, evolution, and function of same-sex sexual behaviors across the animal kingdom. By a primatologist. 💀 I’m learning a lot. Save, follow, and turn on notifications so you can keep coming back for a new episode. Nature is queer AF 🧪🏳️‍🌈🌈

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/06/2026

We need ~30 years of data from the AMOC to be able to finally determine if it's actually collapsing. We're at 20 years of data. Removing this now means we can't definitively determine a potential AMOC collapse that could result in substantial climate disruptions. www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

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Tump administration to remove 900 deep sea monitoring instruments that would have studied the collapsing Atlantic current

The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for the past decade

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

To see how important US science is, consider measurements of changes in ocean heat content. US data are ~53% of the total. Over half! But removing the US data is worse than randomly removing 80% of the total data, because unlike other countries, the US makes measurements everywhere. 🧪🌊

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Critical dependence of global ocean heat monitoring on the ocean observing system - Nature Climate Change

International collaboration has facilitated a global ocean observing system, providing data to measure ocean heat content at a resolution that enables the tracking of climate change. This study looks ...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/05/2026

If these changes go through, it will be impossible to do effective science in the United States. Logistically, labs will not be able to function under these constraints. Team science—vital to almost every discipline—will be impossible under the rules around international collaboration.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/05/2026

5) And then there are bizarre overreaches, even if small in comparison: Requiring funding agencies to provide advance approval at the time of grant submission to attend a conference. Banning page charges making it impossible to comply with existing federal open access funding mandates.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/05/2026

4) International scientific collaboration is severely restricted. For the better part of a century the greatest strength of US science has been its position as a focal point of international research activity. This policy dooms US science to inevitable irrelevance.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/05/2026

3) Any grant can be terminated for any reason at any time—a devastating change that makes it impossible hire personnel, plan experiments, conduct field studies, or carry out most of the day-to-day activities that constitute effective science.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/05/2026

2) Appointees are given multiple grounds to apply political litmus tests as grounds to deny funding to investigators and their home institutions.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/05/2026

A few critical points: 1) Program officers will be replaced by political appointees in the grantmaking process. The role of peer review—originally introduced into US funding agencies for large part to prevent political interference with scientific research—is strongly diminished.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/05/2026

Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.

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scunitedlgbtq.bsky.social @scunitedlgbtq.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

It is with great sadness that we report H.4756 has been signed into South Carolina law by Governor McMaster. It is important to note what this bill does and does not do. See the carousel for more information about the bill and our next steps.

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Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I assigned random gender/ethnicity labels to scientific abstracts from the literature and then asked Claude to do a thematic analysis. Claude identified a clinical versus computational split for female/male authors and a DEI focus for Black/URM authors. All in completely random data.

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

You may have noticed I disappeared from social media after my launch of @beyondxandy.bsky.social I was violently attacked by a transphobe who recognized me and have been in the hospital and resting If you'd like to help me with my medical bills, please consider donating here: gofund.me/9328f91f2

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Donate to Help trans activist Jey McCreight recover from hate crime, organized by Jey McCreight

I am a transgender activist and science communicator who was v… Jey McCreight needs your support for Help trans activist Jey McCreight recover from hate crime

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 14/05/2026

saw this on an ACT UP poster from 1988 at the Poster House museum today. the more things change :)

THE REPUBLICANS WANT IS DEAD
THE DEMOCRATS DONT CARE

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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 06/05/2026

Mexico City activist Razzia Santillán talks with TNN's @thefreeradical.org about charges for using the bathroom, the need for cross-border solidarity among the trans working class, her experiences on the front lines of fighting for trans liberation and more in this wide-ranging interview:

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‘Our Communities Are Literally Dying’: Inside a Mexico City Activist’s Fight for Liberation

Trans News Network interviews Razzia Santillán, a long-time trans activist in Mexico City. After police assaulted her in 2023 for using the women’s bathroom, she’s fought legal battles while organizi...

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Emmy Cumslutress @coyotegirl.online · 05/03/2026

ally™️: "what can i do to help trans people right now?" us: "give us money." ally™️: "wait,, really?" us: "yes, really. a lot of us are struggling and direct aid is most impactful. i can send you some gofundmes...."  ally™️: "what *else* can i do to help trans people right now?"

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

The recent trans rights cases--Skrmetti on health care, the shadow docket passport order, and the pending athletics cases--should be seen in this context, as vehicles for chipping away at the promise of equal protection

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Allison Raine Chapman @alli.gay · 12/12/2025

🚨 US House of Representatives are voting on two anti-trans bills next week in an attempt to severely restrict gender affirming care for youth. HR3492 would criminalize parents and providers charging them with felonies if they even attempt to access care. Join us next week and fight back! Link ⬇️

Promotional flyer for Lawyers for Good Government. Text reads “Emergency Action Webinar: Protect Trans Youth from Federal Attacks — U.S. House Bill 3492,” with the date/time “Dec 16th, 1:00 PM EST” and a “Register now!” button. Bottom right lists speakers with headshots: Allison Chapman and Zane McNeill. Right side features a blue illustration combining a medical caduceus and balance scales on a light blue arch, with a navy-and-cream background.

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Kolby 🐊🦆🪲 @wildalphabet.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you? I know it’s not technically a tv show but Dispatch has episodes so I’m going count it

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a man in a suit and tie with a pig mask on his head

Alt: a man in a suit and tie with a bat head (sonar) dancing with Waterboy dancing and Robert Robertson in the background.

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Dr Mark D. Scherz @markscherz.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Today we described three new toad species that give birth to fully formed toadlets, from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania! 🇹🇿🧪🐸 vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/1670...

A fine black toad with bright white fingers, toes, and lips, and brown pustular blobs along its legs, resting on a dark green leaf.

A black and white toad on a green fern frond. The head and limbs are grey, and the body black.

A toad looking at the camera over a brown leaf, its black body splotched with yellow and white. It is very Halloween-core.

A black toad with huge yellow glands on its legs, head, arms, and parts of the back. Jack Skellington himself could hardly have painted a more Halloween-flavoured toad.

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not your mom @mrscrabapple.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Food pantries for pets: www.pethelpfinder.org/m/phf/35

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/10/2025

The official USDA site is blaming trans people for SNAP benefits expiring.

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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

We just built a NEW tech tool that *any current or former tenant* in the entire country can use for free — it will generate a legal letter for you that reports to collections agencies, credit bureaus and regulatory agencies. Go to reportmylandlord.org to fight back.

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 02/10/2025

This week on Boom! Lawyered, @hegemommy.bsky.social and I get into the anti-trans cases the Supreme Court is going to fuck up this term. The challenge to Colorado's conversion therapy ban in Chiles v. Salazar and the trans girls in sports case: Ms. Becky Pepper-Jackson v. W. Va. Dept. of Education.

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The Supreme Court Gears Up for Another Unprecedented Term

Why the justices will soon be back to work wreaking havoc on democracy.

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Beyond X&Y @beyondxandy.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

It's the scientific community's duty to fight misinformation, bioessentialism, and eugenics That's why we're launching Beyond X&Y, an educational campaign combating the rise of unscientific political propaganda used to attack trans and intersex people Subscribe to our newsletter at beyondxandy.org

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/09/2025

Just in case any of y'all thought they'd actually filibuster the appropriations bills coming with all the anti-trans provisions and shut the government down. Call your senators, demand no anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ provisions in appropriations bills.

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Kolby 🐊🦆🪲 @wildalphabet.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Please read MediaJustice’s report on Data Centers in South. Not only do these centers require an insane amount of water consumption that will impact our watersheds, but companies are getting discounted energy rates while every day families end up footing the utility bill.

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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

alert: potential ban on federally-funded hospitals providing any trans health care is in the house hhs funding bill

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Jason GRIZZLED Bittel @bittelmethis.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Maybe the weirdest part -- and there are many -- is that this is just a thing some ants do. Like, this is not the only ant that does this. This one is just that much weirder because the other species this ant queen creates no longer lives anywhere near here. EXCEPT WHEN THE QUEEN CONJURES IT. 🧪

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Palmetto State Abortion Fund @psabortionfund.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

🚨 ‼️ At 8:30 tonight, the South Carolina Senate Medical Affairs Committee quietly sent out an email announcing that on October 1 at 9:30 a.m., a subcommittee will hear public testimony on Senate Bill S.323.

A digital graphic with a headline reading “BREAKING NEWS” in bold white and blue text. Below, large text says, “SC Abortion Ban… here they go again!” A smaller blue banner reads, “The GOP Senate is back on their bullshit. They are bringing their total abortion ban bill (S.323) back for a vote!” The body text states that on October 1st, the Medical Affairs subcommittee will hear testimony from South Carolinians before voting to remove abortion access in the state. It lists harmful elements of the bill, including:
• No rape, incest, or fetal anomaly exceptions
• Felony charges for doctors, nurses, and helpers
• Criminalizes helping a minor leave the state
• Allows civil lawsuits against abortion providers or anyone aiding in abortion
• Allows lawsuits for “wrongful death” of an aborted fetus

At the bottom, the text includes the handle: @PalmettoStateAbortionFund. The design uses blue and white with bold, urgent typography.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 28/08/2025

Muslim person does something bad - All Muslim people are bad Trans person does something bad - All trans people are bad Black person does something bad - All Black people are bad Cis white guy does something bad - He had mental health problems

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

things just got substantially more dangerous for every trans person in the US. the most vile people in the country have been *waiting* for something like this as an excuse.

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

“I have heard about a whole lot of hate that’s being directed at our trans community,” Mayor Jacob Frey said. “Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community or any other community out there has lost their sense of common humanity.” www.advocate.com/crime/minnes...

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BREAKING: Minneapolis mayor warns against 'villainizing trans community' after shooting leaves 2 children dead

The shooter was identified by authorities as 23-year-old Robin Westman.

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