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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 5h

banger from a @theflytrapmedia.com cofounder here

Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 9h

What's on your minds?

As is seasonally appropriate, I've been thinking about death.

B/c I can't help myself I've also been thinking about Christianity's fucked up relationship to death, and the toxic dynamics of hardline faith.

The latest Bugbear Dispatch:

www.bugbeardispatch.com/some-thought...

Some Thoughts about Fear, Death, and Christianity

In his Society without God (NYU Press, 2008), sociologist Phil Zuckerman documented the many ways in which the Scandinavian countries--some of the least religious on earth--put highly religious countr...

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Random Jeweler @randomjeweler.bsky.social · 6h

I think I pay less than $10 a month to these people. Good deal

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 7h

If you can't afford a subscription, you can pay for single paywall drops! That's $2 dollars per article. Each piece we run is edited and copy edited, and our freelancers are paid. Most importantly, we are not beholden to corporate censorship.

Eight Years After #MeToo, the Intimacy Coordinator Backlash Has Arrived

Intimacy coordinators were supposed to make sets safer. Instead, they've become a flashpoint.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 6h

"[T]rans community lost a beloved leader with the passing of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy."

"[C]ommunity organizer for over 50 years, from participating in the Stonewall Riots [..] in 1969 to founding a trans sanctuary in Arkansas in 2023."
#NewYork #Arkansas #USA #Policing #Incarceration #Healthcare

Rest in Power, Miss Major — Assigned

Honoring a lifetime of Black trans activism.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Fancam de Misoprostol @thedevils1971.bsky.social · 7h

todos os direitos de mulheres são condicionais ao direito ao aborto. não há direito a saúde se podem te recusar por suspeita de aborto. não há direito ao estudo se tu pode ser obrigada a largar para lidar com uma gestação. a mulher que não tem direito ao aborto não tem direito a nada.

aline @tdbem.bsky.social · 11h

"Paloma deu entrada no Hospital do Tricentenário com fortes dores, consequência da endometriose que já a acompanhava há algum tempo. Mas ela não foi acolhida pelo hospital, não foi atendida como deveria e sangrou até morrer. Desconfiavam que ela tinha abortado."
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Família denuncia morte de mulher por negligência do hospital Tricentenário

Familiares e amigos de Paloma Alves Moura, 46 anos, afirmam que ela morreu vítima de negligência médica e de violência de gênero após atendimento insuficiente no Hospital e Maternidade Tricentenário, ...

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nicole froio @nicolefroio.bsky.social · 2h

Tudo conectado, só não vê quem não quer.

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Deborah Leão 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @deborahleao.bsky.social · 3h

a ICE está acusando o Arthur, o menino brasileiro de 13 anos, de estar portando uma arma. a polícia encontrou uma faca (talvez um canivete).

sabem aquilo que a polícia faz na favela? é o que a ICE está fazendo com os imigrantes nos EUA.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3h

At a press conference today, the mayor of Everett said there was a knife found in the child’s possession but *no* gun. I followed up with ICE and asked if they stand by the screenshot shared yesterday. Spokesperson said DHS was working on a response. Five hours later, still nothing.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

This is the response I received from ICE when I inquired about the 13-year-old they abducted from Everett, Mass. on Friday:

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nicole froio @nicolefroio.bsky.social · 3h

The best selling t-shirt and posters on @theflytrapmedia.com merch store just arrived!! Get yours too: theflytrapmedia-shop.fourthwall.com/products/sao...

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Linda Tirado @killermartinis.bsky.social · 3h

Hi hello I am an American citizen with a very intense knowledge of the first amendment.

Apparently people who are not American cannot say Charlie Kirk "devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynist rhetoric."

I fact checked it.

Charlie Kirk devoted his life to that.

Jail me.

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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 3h

It's true! I went to a bookstore, multiple human beings saw me in three dimensions, and I didn't fall off my chair or die! Very rewarding, all around.

Macabre Michael @unprovoked.net · 3h

I saw @judedoyle.bsky.social at @astoriabookshop.bsky.social and all I got was my next great in-flight read.

A copy of the 2025 book DILF: Did I Leave Feminism? A Trans and/or Feminist Manifesto by Jude Ellison S. Doyle. The cover layout calls to mind mid-1970s futurist design, with the acronym DILF rendered in large white asymmetrical letters, and the subtitle and author name in plain black text. There is also a cover blurb from Julia Serano that reads, "A thoughtful and passionate book that speaks directly to our current moment." Serano is the author of Whipping Girl. The chosen color palette is a gradient of the trans pride flag colors, with a deep blue at lower left blending to a not-quite-bubblegum-pink at top right.

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 6h

Want to note here as well that while we have not paid OURSELVES, we have paid freelance writers and artists industry-standard rates, which is very important to us both as an organization, and as current/former freelancers who believe in independent media.

AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 6h

Genuinely: Paywalling content is not a thing I love doing. I'd rather create in a world where writers & artists could share our stuff literally freely. The Flytrap is cooperatively owned by its founders, who put in a ton of as-yet unpaid work to produce ALL our content—including one free post/month.

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 7h

We do have a paywall, and that's because journalism has a cost. We pay all our contributors 0.50c a word & the founders haven't been compensated for the year, so we do ask for people to pay for our content. We still haven't made a profit this year, so we are unapologetic about that.

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 6h

And actually, to fact-check myself: throughout October, the Flytrap is producing more than one free post/month—we're pubbing free posts EVERY FRIDAY, because we really the fuck just love connecting w our community and are as irritated as y'all are by the confines of capitalist media. Subscribe! <3

The Flytrap

Feminist cultural criticism against the algorithm

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 6h

DM or email me (addy in my bio) if cost is a barrier; we'll get you situated.

If you're able to fund paid subs for folks who couldn't otherwise afford them, PLEASE reach out—we have lots of cool perks that we're able to offer in addition to the general goodfeeling of supporting indie media access!

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 6h

If you dive into the QP from @theflytrapmedia.com, we have lower-cost options (you can buy a piece for $2, or access our entire archives for $6.66/mo and cancel whenever you want). I know that's still more than some folks can afford, and we do have some comp subs available funded by Bog subscribers!

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 6h

Genuinely: Paywalling content is not a thing I love doing. I'd rather create in a world where writers & artists could share our stuff literally freely. The Flytrap is cooperatively owned by its founders, who put in a ton of as-yet unpaid work to produce ALL our content—including one free post/month.

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 7h

We do have a paywall, and that's because journalism has a cost. We pay all our contributors 0.50c a word & the founders haven't been compensated for the year, so we do ask for people to pay for our content. We still haven't made a profit this year, so we are unapologetic about that.

Gibbety🎃Flibbet @thecorrection.bsky.social · 7h

paywalled

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 9h

The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 7h

If you can't afford a subscription, you can pay for single paywall drops! That's $2 dollars per article. Each piece we run is edited and copy edited, and our freelancers are paid. Most importantly, we are not beholden to corporate censorship.

Eight Years After #MeToo, the Intimacy Coordinator Backlash Has Arrived

Intimacy coordinators were supposed to make sets safer. Instead, they've become a flashpoint.

the-flytrap.ghost.io

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 7h

We do have a paywall, and that's because journalism has a cost. We pay all our contributors 0.50c a word & the founders haven't been compensated for the year, so we do ask for people to pay for our content. We still haven't made a profit this year, so we are unapologetic about that.

Gibbety🎃Flibbet @thecorrection.bsky.social · 7h

paywalled

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 7h

NEW! After the initial introduction of intimacy coordinators to film & TV productions following #MeToo, the industry seems to have soured on the position. Do intimacy coordinators stifle creativity? Do they keep actors safe? Erica W Smith investigates:

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nicole froio @nicolefroio.bsky.social · 7h

Help Hasan rebuild his home!

Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 13d

“Daddy…we just want to live like before”
Small words from my kids, yet they fall on my heart like a mountain.

I'm trying to provide my family with the simplest of needs.. but sometimes I feel the weight is too heavy to carry alone.💔

Your support can ease this burden.🙏

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13h

"On the Media" invited me on to chat about my recent piece on Stephen Miller's theory of how to do fascist politics, and how JB Pritzker's understanding of it is shaping a new kind of Democratic response. It's short and well-edited! Hope you enjoy:
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Authoritarianism, but Make It Look Normal. Plus, the Family Taking Over American Media. | On the Media | WNYC Studios

The “Dual State;” and a new media empire.

www.wnycstudios.org

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 7h

One of the most messed up parts of the "nazis are sexy and funny now" GQ article about Nick Fuentes is that it doesn't cite a single source or data point. It's all just vibes. I have no idea how something like this made it past an editorial team unless it was clearly a story they wanted to tell

traced this rumor across TikTok and Tumblr. I watched fancam edits, mapped accounts, and interviewed a dozen people in their twenties and early thirties, both people who’d made posts about Fuentes and those whose fandom was more private.

TikTok is where most outsiders misread the signal. Fuentes is extremely shareable — he basically speaks in soundbites. Every other line is a joke, and many of those jokes land. When they don’t, that in itself can be funny. His thick Chicago accent, his cartoonish tone of voice—the man was made for broadcasting, for better or worse.

It’s true that he has inspired a viral “sound” several times, but on TikTok that doesn’t equate to fandom. A sound is just a short audio clip that users layer under their own videos. It might come from a movie, a podcast, or a livestream; it doesn’t matter who said it. What matters is how easily it can be reused to set a mood or deliver a punchline. Popularity here measures remixability, not admiration. Serial killers, pedophiles caught red-handed, and random bystanders could theoretically all go viral this way. Fuentes happens to clip well.

There is a dedicated and TikTok-native Fuentes fandom, but searching through the misspellings and alternate tags that users reference him with (to avoid the filter TikTok uses to suppress content about him), only a few prolific editors dominate the results. The rest is noise—ephemeral accounts spun up around attention spikes.

The interviews I conducted reflect what the feeds suggested. Several sources said their very online friends, regardless of politics, share Fuentes clips because he’s funny. The same people said no one they know actually watches his multi-hour streams. One woman described him as “weirdly unhateable,” and suggested he’s a bit of a meme—another way of saying the trend is more of a joke than a nascent political shift.

There is, however, a small female fandom orbiting Fuentes, many of whom identify as being on the left. On Tumblr, a community cal…

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 7h

NEW! After the initial introduction of intimacy coordinators to film & TV productions following #MeToo, the industry seems to have soured on the position. Do intimacy coordinators stifle creativity? Do they keep actors safe? Erica W Smith investigates:

Eight Years After #MeToo, the Intimacy Coordinator Backlash Has Arrived

Intimacy coordinators were supposed to make sets safer. Instead, they've become a flashpoint.

the-flytrap.ghost.io

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · Mar 18

Hasan and Duaa have social media that predates the war, are related to @ahmadjohar13.net whom I’ve shared before and are #1423 on the Butterfly Effect spreadsheet linktr.ee/butterflyeff... (actually the latest entry on there)

Hasan lost his home before he could even move into it. Help if you can

Donate to Help Hasan & Duaa Rebuild Their Lives., organised by natalie taffal

Deep within the alleys of Gaza, a life story full of pain and challenges unfolde… natalie taffal needs your support for Help Hasan & Duaa Rebuild Their Lives.

www.gofundme.com

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · Mar 18

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Hasan. Hasan is a ux/ui designer and his wife Duaa taught English. They have two sons, Amir, 6 and Osama, 3. I spoke with him this morning and like everyone in Gaza his family is terrified and heard bombs all night. Help if you can ❤️

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nicole froio @nicolefroio.bsky.social · 7h

ok... so be honest? omfg

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 7h

On MSNBC, Kamala Harris was asked if she agreed that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.

“I will tell you that when you look at the number of children that have been killed [...] the refusal to give aid, we should all step back and ask this question and be honest about it, yeah.”

Former Vice President Kamala Harris held back from labeling Israel's actions in Gaza a "genocide" on Sunday but said it was an appropriate question.
"A lot of folks in your party have called what's happening in Gaza a genocide. Do you agree with that?" correspondent Eugene Daniels asked Harris during an interview on MSNBC's "The Weekend."
"Listen, it is a term of law that a court will decide," Harris responded. "But I will tell you that when you look at the number of children that have been killed, the number of innocent civilians that have been
killed, the refusal to give aid and support, we should all step back and ask this question and be honest about it, yeah."

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🔩Joan @screwedjoan.bsky.social · 8h

is it just me or does this read as “we’re gonna let you have cybersex chatgpt as much as you want since that appears to be one of the only popular use cases besides teens cheating on homework”

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 9h

i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get

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