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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21h

1. Many of you have seen a graph purporting to show trans identification has decreased in recent years.

Matt Walsh and Elon Musk celebrated it as a victory over "transgenderism."

Turns out, the entire graph is based on an egregious math and statistics error.

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Fact Check: No, There Is Not A New Survey Showing Trans Identity Is Decreasing

The claim, which originates from far-right professor Eric Kaufmann, appears to have made a glaring error: the survey actually shows more people have come out, not fewer.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 21h

Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.

Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says

Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons

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Lisa Röstlund @lisarostlund.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.

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Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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brendon bigley @bb.wavelengths.online · 1d

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Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 1d

People continue to call COVID advocates’ pleas for masking “unreasonable”.

Yet people who’ve already been disabled by COVID have no choice but to live with the “unreasonable” burdens of constant COVID safety.

My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...

Beyond all reason

Long COVID patients are constantly harangued about our requests for COVID safety. Yet what we're asking for is far less than what we're called on to do to survive.

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Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 1d

ANOTHER SAD REMINDER: Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period.

White men saw the largest job increase 一 365,000 一 among
groups.

Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period.

White men saw the largest job
increase 一 365,000 一 among
groups.

According to an analysis of the most recent labor statistics by
Katica Roy, a gender economist

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 18h

US president has taken a series of escalatory steps that appear aimed at toppling the Venezuelan government.

Trump appears to confirm report he authorised CIA operations in Venezuela

US president has taken a series of escalatory steps that appear aimed at toppling the Venezuelan government.

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A.G.Willow | looking for work + comms open @willowsquest.co.uk · 22h

For everyone who's ever said some shit like "well they get what they voted for"/"let them secede, who cares", maybe give a fuck about this? Don't let them continue to fuck over the counties where 70% of the US black population lives?

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23h

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Late Night Anti-Fascists @latenightafa.bsky.social · 16h

Things like this are very good actually. You only have a couple days left to make your local ones before protests. The right wing media machine is looking for footage. Know your local shitheads.

Hex Castly 🏳️‍⚧️ @hexcastly.bsky.social · 1d

#Portland PSA: Far-right/Right-Leaning agitators and/or content creators are out at these protests.

They will instigate in order to get footage to fit their narratives, despite these protests being 99% peaceful. Do not give them content. Do not take the bait. #Immigration #Protests #ICE

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · Jan 24

this is making the rounds on facebook so i thought id bring it here for u m'lord

screenshot of a post i made on twitter

Corey Brickley Illustration. Ju:
@CoreyBrickley
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i struggle with a brain that wants to stiffly copy whatever reference i'm using and one thing i've found helpful:
1. draw big blocky shapes over the reference
2. turn off ref and redraw big blocky shapes
3. draw in figure with big blocky shapes overlaid
Traducir post

photo of model posing as an elegant elf woman that ive blocked out with a chunky red brush

in a separate window ive redrawn the red blocks, then have drawn details over the red blocks, using the photo+red transparency as reference

final doodle of the figure drawing without the red blocking

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winnie the oof @leafdroids.bsky.social · 20h

finished 1000xresist

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 17h

A woman who claims she was abused by Epstein alleges the banks were used to send payments for sex-trafficking victims.

Bank of America, Bank of New York sued for alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein

A woman who claims she was abused by Epstein alleges the banks were used to send payments for sex-trafficking victims.

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Adv Adham Madi 🍉🇵🇸 @mr-adham.bsky.social · 13h

Please... if there is still a trace of humanity in your hearts, help us save what's left of our lives... and what's left of our humanity.

And if you can't help, let our voices be heard... Share my call, perhaps it will reach those whose hearts still live ❤️🙏🏼
Support here:
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Donate to Urgent️, help Adham's family in Gaza, organized by Adham madi

Dear donor and supporter, this is a brief overview of me and my family, I want to be a… Adham madi needs your support for Urgent️, help Adham's family in Gaza

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vkskull - comms open @vkskull.bsky.social · 13h

Drawtober #15: Best Boy/Girl/Other #drawtober #drawtober2025

BBF is the sweetest soul you will ever meet #1000xRESIST

Ink drawing of Bang Bang Fire (from 1000xRESIST) lookin' cool. Her insignia's behind her.

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ripcinema @ripcinema.bsky.social · 1d

nothing chatgpt has done is as impressive as akinator, the mind-reading internet genie from 2007

Akinator, the mind reading genie

Akinator can read your mind and tell you what character you are thinking of, as if by magic. Think of a real or fictional character, answer few questions, and Akinator will try to guess who it is. Wil...

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Leonardo Wyrnist 🎃~Commissions Closed~🎃 @leonardowyrnist.bsky.social · 18d

Also here's some SH2 inspired monsters :3

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Leonardo Wyrnist 🎃~Commissions Closed~🎃 @leonardowyrnist.bsky.social · 1d

One of my fav aesthetics is the mixture of organic and industrial, these flesh monsters with metal parts, wheels, tubes, specially when they feel trapt in their own body or suffering, idk why its just something i always loved and i wish we could see it more in games or movies.

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Leonardo Wyrnist 🎃~Commissions Closed~🎃 @leonardowyrnist.bsky.social · 1d

Really like this old sketch, wish i could fight him in a game, would prob have grab atacks, opening the face and spiting lava, leaving toxic gas in the area making hard to see or doing tick damage to the character. It would also sound really loud and metalic moving around while crying in pain.

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funny joke display name @mynntexts.bsky.social · 1d

ask ME the question

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funny joke display name @mynntexts.bsky.social · 1d

PLEASE SURVIVE 🙏🏼

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Velveteen Mango 🥭 ⭐ @velveteenmango.bsky.social · 1d

The Ant Princess [Chamanti - OC]

digital illustration of a girl with her curly hair braided off from a bun on her head. she's giving us the side-eye and pressing two fingers thoughtfully to the side of her face.
the name 'chamanti' is behind her in a swirly shape.

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 1d

as charming and whimsical as some will view this, it bears noting that absurdity—not militancy or might—are what people have chosen to repeat from the portland standoffs against ICE.

why is that?

what purpose does this serve?

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

these people know how extreme they are

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Nerve to Write @nervetowrite.bsky.social · Sep 1

Nerve to Write is a new online magazine for disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers to showcase creative innovation and build crip community. We are officially open for free submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid writing, and artwork!

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Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social · 2d

his summer, I went to Panama and met Jharana, a 33-year-old from Nepal who had been deported there in a group of 300 others — the 1st group to be sent to a third country. I wrote about what happened to her and others over the year for
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What Happened to The Migrants The U.S. Dumped In Panama?

Nearly 300 people were sent to a country they’d never lived in. The journey didn’t end there.

nymag.com

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