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TabbyBat @tabbybat.bsky.social · 9h

To all the transphobic LGB without the T people in the LGBTQIA+ community: The conservatives are not going to pick you and if you think they aren’t coming for you next you’re delusional 😒 Anyway, trans rights are human rights and gender affirming care saves lives🩵🩷🤍

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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 9h

Even as COVID-19 spreads at high rates, some businesses are trying to force workers to unmask.

The Sick Times spoke with 5 workers affected by anti-mask attitudes in their workplaces, as well as organizers and a disability law expert, about how to push back against these policies. bit.ly/3WEZOcb

A storefront sign reads “NO MASKS” above an illustration of a person wearing a mask with a line struck through it. The text reads, “The Sick Times. Despite the ongoing pandemic, some companies are banning employees from masking. By Nadi Zimmerman.”

"Stand strong. Wear your mask. Put yourself first." - Marjorie Roberts, Ambassador of Mask Together America

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ケスタ | kesuta @kesut4.bsky.social · Sep 16

#gundam
デデン！

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Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · 1d

Hi newskies, welcome to Bsky!

I'm Bonnicula, and I'll guide you through what you need to know:

🔸Customize your moderation settings to show/hide NSFW and other content
🔸Curate your feeds - you make your algorithm!
🔸Post alt-text on images!
🔸Yes they're called skeets

Bonnicula, female vampire vtuber adventurer with long white hair, resting her hand on the hilt of a Renaissance era sword while raising a finger to her grinning mouth like an anime villain and saying "It's good to deplatfrom bigots, actually" A banner reads "Welcome To Bluesky Bitch" and text overlay reads "ALL FREAKS IN HERE"

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Barracks Life 🇺🇸🪖🌈 🎃 @barrackslife.com · 1d

Before you buy Girl Scout cookies you should know they support transgender girls and reject donations from anti-transgender organizations. Then buy a couple more boxes

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Con-G: Geeks@Home @con-g.ca · 1d

Have you always wanted to compete your costumes or cosplay in a contest but weren't sure how? Let Kon talk you through our Masquerade level system (which is the same system all ICG competitions use - costume.org/wp/%E2%80%8B.

Visit con-g.ca/%E2%80%8B for more information.

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Amaya Sings @amayasings.bsky.social · 1d

New cover out now on YouTube! LINK is in the comments! 🎧

I've loved "Real Emotion" for the longest time and am excited to debut this cover! Huge thanks to @nahtony.bsky.social for the instrumentals/arrangement and Chloé A.-J for the art and making the girlies look so cool. "YRP--IN POSITION!!" ❤️

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 1d

CONGRATULATIONS! 🎉🎉🎉

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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The Real McCoy @rippermd41.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent piece.

Every time this discourse rolls around they treat those of us that mask like we’re hypochondriacs.

No we’re the ghosts of infections past.

We plead with you so that you can avoid our fate. In return you mock us.

#MECFS #LongCovid

Screenshot from Beyond All Reason by Julia Doubleday reads: But Long COVID can happen to anyone. We keep saying it. Nobody listens. For convenience I continue to separate "those with Long COVID" who must avoid another infection from those
without- who can afford some mystery number of infections. But it's possible your next infection may disable you too. It is for yourself, as much as for others, that COVID is worth avoiding. The
"unreasonable" of wearing a mask indoors does not compare to the "unreasonable" of Long
COVID plus the "unreasonable" of scrambling to avoid another infection while the still-well-enough people sniff that doing anything to mitigate the virus is simply asking too much of them.

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DanVideoNinja @danvideoninja.bsky.social · 1d

STREAMING TONIGHT! I'm back from my long weekend and ready to try out some more bite sized SPOOOOKY demos! Is everyone ready to keep spooky season going?

twitch.tv/danvideoninja

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 2d

There are thousands of studies showing the long term health risks to people posed by COVID-19.

Any rational person would look at this data and pause for thought.

I think we aren’t doing that because we aren’t very rational at the moment.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)

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Sith_art aka A’ine! 🏳️‍⚧️ @sith-art.bsky.social · 2d

People often think I’m hyperbolic when I say I think Sam Altman is one of the evilest men alive today.

No, I genuinely mean it, its the banal, casual evil of a businessman who doesn’t care what, or who, he destroys for his vanity project.

NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 2d

Two families are suing AI companies after they say chatbots contributed to their children's suicides.

‘He would be here if not for ChatGPT': Grieving parents sue AI companies

It has become a trusted companion for millions of teens. But it’s not a person. It’s an algorithm powered by artificial intelligence – one that’s trained to generate human-like responses. And some fea...

www.nbcwashington.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

yesterday on twitter, some of the biggest far right doxxing users were suspended and then elon musk caught wind, and reinstated them. get everyone you can off twitter. it is firmly a pro-doxxing-if-you’re-far-right platform

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TayaSigerson @tayasigerson.bsky.social · 5d

Good Luck #FF6

Shadow from Final Fantasy VI looking down on Relm in a green field. She is holding up a four-leaf clover.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 2d

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 2d

Politicians who meet fascists half way, are just fascists.

Newsom is all about publicity & nothing about integrity.

It’s been depressing watching American ppl hero-worship a power crazed sell-out. It’s not just Kimberly Guilfoyle & cosmetic surgery he has in common with the Trumps. READ this:

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Regulus Tera @regulustera.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine what real opposition could do with this material, dog

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 2d

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 2d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Phyllipp @phyllipp.bsky.social · 2d

"They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery."

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2d

Young Republicans / TPUSA MAGAs proven to be actual genocidal racist-incel-trolls, a very shocking and unforeseen development.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 2d

It's been pretty busy at the new job, so no stream tonight—I should be able to stream tomorrow or Thursday though!

As much fun as "Sorry we're closed" has been, going to shift gears to some of the other games on the Halloween list 😈

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The Verge @theverge.com · 3d

California just passed a new law requiring AI to tell you it’s AI

If you’re a chatbot you have to tell me.

buff.ly

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Mel @pantstresbien.bsky.social · 3d

🖤🩶 Surprise! 🤍💜

I'm so excited to be part of the Fruities Ace Week Raid train later this week!

Sunday October 19th @ 8pm EST

> Twitch.tv/pantstresbien <

A promo graphic for the Fruities Ace Week Raid Train, from October 19th-25th. Graphic used the Ace Pride flag colors: purple, white, black, and grey. Template also has sporadically placed Ace-themed playing cards with the Mx Fruitie bat translucent in the background.
Text reads:
Mel, they/him, A little chaotic, a little tired, all fun. Grab some coffee and Join me as I try to draw... a lot. October 19th 8pm EST, and twitch.tv/pantstresbien
Photo to the right shows a bust-up masc character winking. Yellow eyes. Big purple witch hat with a red ribbon. Chocolate brown hair and bang down the center of their face, long Tufts past the chin. Wearing a dark slightly muted brown turtleneck with a black trench coat over

Graphic template and Fruitie art made by @fangphobia```

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 3d

CANADIANS!! The official petition started by a member of Parliament to fight back against payment processors' censorship of legal content is only open for a few more days. Make sure you've signed it: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Petition e-6695 - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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