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Liz @basilrose.bsky.social · 1d

its a pattern I see reflected in the reduction of choice on the web as well. I cant help but feel insulted. Surely we are deserving of cleverer, more draconian and insidious subtle control?

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Liz @basilrose.bsky.social · 1d

Made me realize I have been living in a bubble, completely separate from mass perception of issues. The only propaganda I see comes in the form of articles and ads that I get when I use my phone. It just feels so fucking blatant! And I am sure a lot of it is, and yet I know people who do believe it!

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Liz @basilrose.bsky.social · 1d

Had to sit right across from a tv in the hospital and WOW. I didn't grow up with tv, and have kept up the tradition. The daytime television/news really feels like a symbolic stand in for entertainment and news you would see in the background of a show that wasn't trying that hard.

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Liz @basilrose.bsky.social · 1d

A place to listen

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Daywalker Ratt @hoodrattanak.bsky.social · 2d

Lilith 🦇

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Robin Brooks @assumptionprime.bsky.social · 3d

i am going to become the fucking joker

Brady! 🏳️‍⚧️ @like-the-bunch.bsky.social · 3d

when trans people take HRT to feel normal: “look at these depraved sex freaks performing their sick fetish in public, we should bully them out of existence”

when cis ppl take HRT so they can fuck real good:

NYT Magazine headline “‘I'm on Fire': Testosterone Is Giving Women Back Their Sex Drive - and Then Some
There is no F.D.A.-approved testosterone product for women. Insurance won't cover it. Many doctors won't prescribe it. It's become a cultural phenomenon.”

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 5d

I love Guillermo del Toro calling ages 19 to 29 "sublime confusion"

The full quote: "I think the sublime confusion is from nineteen to twenty-nine. You think you are late for everything, you're a has been, nothing is happening, there's no opportunity for you, the world is closed, everything is a disaster, you wanna die. And then you're thirty. "
"You young people are in the exact age of desperation. I never felt more done and old than in my twenties. I'd say 'life has passed me and I did nothing.' But I'm here to tell you that's not true: you have a lot of fucking time."

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Liz @basilrose.bsky.social · 5d

Same shit with fantasy, but at least there its a little more naked and less easily couched in modern pseudoscience.

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Liz @basilrose.bsky.social · 5d

It feels like every time I reread some modern science fiction I pick up on some transphobic nonsense that's worse than just omission. That and stuff that reads more as the authors weird opinion on genes rather than an in universe cultural artifact.

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zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 6d

ADHD is just one continuous parade of doing your best to keep up with everything and every week you learn you've forgotten to do something crucial

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 8d

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8d

If anyone's wondering how this is possible, the answer is these strike teams are moving terrifyingly fast. Grab first, ask questions later. We were about 8-15 minutes behind them today for several hours. They're jumping out of vans, chasing people across lawns, taking them from bus stops, etc

maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 8d

30 people disappeared in this shaded area today.

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Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 9d

Remember how the Death Star had that one hidden weakness?

Well, an important kill switch in this massive surveillance network is: individual control over a bunch of the nodes. People hold the power to tear the network down.

Love your neighbour, trash the Ring camera.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 9d

Legion of Doom to partner with the Sinister Six.

Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch

Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."

techcrunch.com

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Tim Ellis 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 9d

Here is a Reddit threat that explains how to disable Copilot in Windows, which I've just followed:

www.reddit.com/r/WindowsHel...

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 10d

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 11d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 12d

When a trans woman dies of natural causes, at an age greater than 75, having lived more than half her life as herself, that is cause for celebration, not mourning.

Thank you, Miss Major.

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Liz @basilrose.bsky.social · 12d

YEAH

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 12d

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boobs are progressive and feminist @bapaf.bsky.social · 13d

is your daughter a lesbian? Look for these acronyms in their texts

lol -> Love Office Ladies
ffs -> Femme/Femme Slashfiction
dgaf -> Doing Girls Amazingly Fun
lmao -> Loving Mommy's Amazing Oral
@gg xrd ft5 -> I'm a trans woman in my 30s
btfo -> Big Tits Fucking Outstanding

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Johanna Morgan @jovghanna.bsky.social · 14d

whoops here's one with a background

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Liz @basilrose.bsky.social · 15d

>:V NOW IM PUMPED TOOOO

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 19d

Discord confirms that government IDs used for age-verification were compromised in a hack with a vendor.

Who could have predicted?

Oh, right.

Discord users suffer the first high-profile age-verification hack – and it's unlikely to be the last

Critics of age verification laws warned this was inevitable

www.tomsguide.com

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 19d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Xib (They/Them) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @xib.bsky.social · 19d

We’re entering a world where people are going to have to be 100% on alert for deepfakes all of the time and I hate that for all of us

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