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פּאָלאַ ⚢ @pola.myatproto.social · 1h

Conservative woman discovers that the fascist man she's allied herself with is a misogynist not only towards trans women.

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A Spooky Goose @anarchygoose.bsky.social · 1h

My feed has been an endless parade of horrors committed by ICE for MONTHS.

And this is the best the 'opposition' can muster.

I hope I live long enough to see justice done to all these monsters, the ones with their fingers on the triggers and the ones who handed them the guns.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

newrepublic.com

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Sophia J. Turner 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophiajt.com · 1h

Get two new lesbian cyberpunk novels for the price of one! $5 for both!

The sale will disappear soon, so get in while you can!

Tris~~ @trishusband.itch.io · 2h

We are live on itch!

For a very limited time, you can get both of these brand-new, trans sapphic cyberpunk noir novels for the price of one!

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A bundle graphic containing two books: Machines of Consent by Sophia Turner and Keeping The peace by Tris Husband

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פּאָלאַ ⚢ @pola.myatproto.social · 2h

I think my parents just picked something at random honestly. Well, maybe not at random but there was no deeper reason behind it.

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פּאָלאַ ⚢ @pola.myatproto.social · 2h

My first reaction was ‘okay, but how did he buy that you don’t know?’ and only a moment later I remembered that most of the people don’t choose their own name… 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Michael Ann, spooky, scary, spooky scary halloween femme @michaelann.bsky.social · 3h

Hey. Hey you. Yeah, you.

Stop trying to fight fascism with fat jokes. Targeting people based on weight makes you an asshole, and honestly reflects a mindset that's a lot closer to those fascists than you'd probably like to admit.

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Michael Ann, spooky, scary, spooky scary halloween femme @michaelann.bsky.social · 3h

And yeah this is directly targeted at some of my mutuals.

Do better, don't be fucking clowns about this.

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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פּאָלאַ ⚢ @pola.myatproto.social · 3h

Is Northsky open already?

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פּאָלאַ ⚢ @pola.myatproto.social · 3h

Thus you have learned: everyone who says a thing in the name of him who said it, brings deliverance into the world (Avot 6:6).

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 3h

OH MY GOD JEWS

CITE YOUR SOURCES WHEN YOU WRITE

is it so hard

really come on

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פּאָלאַ ⚢ @pola.myatproto.social · 4h

Funnily enough I haven't read any forcefem before Dorley and by that time I have been well into my transition.

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פּאָלאַ ⚢ @pola.myatproto.social · 4h

Ah, I thought it was an Adult Content label (I have this set to Warn), but yeah, sexually suggestive I have set to Show, which explains it.

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פּאָלאַ ⚢ @pola.myatproto.social · 4h

I mean, yeah, I have nothing against forced feminisation, but that's never what people have in mind.

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פּאָלאַ ⚢ @pola.myatproto.social · 4h

Every time I hear people call some guy an ‘honorary lesbian’… 🗡️

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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 5h

SCOTUS conservative justices say you can engage in racial profiling in immigration stops but can’t consider race under Voting Rights Act to remedy centuries of racial discrimination

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פּאָלאַ ⚢ @pola.myatproto.social · 6h

It's also like… what if somebody transitions after some time? You kick them out of a friend group because of it? This is just trying to reinvent citizenship for some unfathomable reason and is just indisputably bad.

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פּאָלאַ ⚢ @pola.myatproto.social · 6h

Yeah, that sounds wild. I generally don't interact with men a lot, so I'd have no idea (I interacted more pre-transition but even then I preferred the company of women). It's a bonkers way to run anything.

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פּאָלאַ ⚢ @pola.myatproto.social · 6h

I have never seen it to be an actual issue and almost every lesbian space I've seen is welcoming to various people who aren't lesbians.

I can imagine spaces which would need to be more limited but it all depends on the purpose, meanwhile people act as if queer identities are like nation-states. 🙄

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פּאָלאַ ⚢ @pola.myatproto.social · 7h

It's so many different questions wrapped into one, which is just bullshit. Who is welcome in spaces is different from identity is different from dating is different from…

Like, I wish people would just say what they mean instead of essentially arguing about what's the platonic ideal of a lesbian.

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פּאָלאַ ⚢ @pola.myatproto.social · 7h

Huh, I don't see a label. Did they remove it?

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פּאָלאַ ⚢ @pola.myatproto.social · 8h

This article is also written in a weird way? ‘The new chancellor … has said there will be no safe spaces’.

I mean, he can say what he wants and warn as much as he wants, but he's just a figurehead with no power? Why is this written as if he's a decisionmaker?

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A Spooky Goose @anarchygoose.bsky.social · 8h

The funny thing is I bet Hague would absolutely shit his pants to hear simple facts like "George Orwell was a rapist" or "Churchill was a genocidal monster."

Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 8h

Not once have I seen an explanation for why teenagers must hear things that upset them in virtue of the unspecified speech-acts being upsetting, nor have I ever seen an explanation for why teenagers will be forbidden to express displeasure with upsetting things.

William Hague: Why I’ll banish ‘safe spaces’ at Oxford
The new chancellor tells Cheltenham Literature Festival that there will be no ‘cancel culture’ and students should expect to hear things that upset them
October 14 2025, The Times
The new chancellor of Oxford University has said there will be no safe spaces for students and warned would-be undergraduates that they will “hear things that will upset and offend them”.

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Kay F. Atkinson - Unlimited Combat Dolls out Feb. 10 @tinylesbianrobot.itch.io · 8h

deleted my post about the review because I realized I didn't know for sure if the book was pirated or if some other method was used to read for free, I'm making uncharitable assumptions

regardless: if you wanna read my stuff and you can't afford it for any reason, get in touch, I'll send you a copy

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עמליה @orphanim.goodgirls.onl · 2d

Once again i unfortunately am asking for your help - though i have been continuously trying, i still have been rejected from every job ive applied for and have no income.

my birthday is also Halloween, and it would just be nice if could get ~$550 to be able to make rent.

links in linktree in bio

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פּאָלאַ ⚢ @pola.myatproto.social · 8h

I hate how some PDFs ‘work’ when I'm on mobile. You're right though that the format has simply been designed for something else.

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