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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 22h

Young Republicans say they love Hitler. But what does that tell us about their politics?

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 8h

for obvious reasons they couldn't get a woman to stand next to jared leto.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 9h

The #Tron franchise will likely be retired from the big screen

(via THR)

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 8h

openai ethics is a double-speak expression bcos i think a company that is trying to get the dopamine hit of an orgasm to hook paid customers in to their far right propaganda machine is one of the most unethical things i've ever heard.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 9h

Trans people have been warning about these people for *years*

Emma Haslett @emmahaslett.bsky.social · 1d

This is a huge story but massively under the radar in the UK.

A US Christian legal org called the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is working to roll back abortion rights here using the same playbook it used in the US: briefing politicians, watching, waiting.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

www.nytimes.com

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Alastair Lawrie @alastairlawrie.bsky.social · 14h

More on the horrifying new policy of the NT Government, to send trans women to men's prisons, exposing them to significant risk of violence and sexual assault. #ntpol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Advocates condemn NT leader's comments on trans women in female prisons

The Northern Territory government has doubled down on its stance against detaining transgender women in female prisons, as a local LGBTQIA+ group says it is "horrified" by the comments.

www.abc.net.au

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FaultyPenis🎃 @faultypussy.bsky.social · 20h

many people are saying

✨the daniel✨ @intelectconfig.wtf · 20h

the consequence for your actions on bluesky should be fame, a record deal, and a bunch of cute reply girls in your comments. NOT a label that hides your posts from 90% of this site’s users

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Catniss 🪑🐎 @catnissplz.bsky.social · 11h

*stares directly into the camera ಠ_ಠ

Screenshot of OP's Skeet hidden behind BSky moderation's "Rude" label

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Catniss 🪑🐎 @catnissplz.bsky.social · 12h

It's giving:

Poster image for the 2022 TV series The Devil's Hour, with Jessica Raine and Peter Capaldi facing off against each other in an interrogation room and the mirror behind them has cascading reflections.

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 15h

Watching some of Ezra Klein's podcast for a short video I'm doing and I have to ask, why is his podcast set so weirdly creepy. I have a horror feature film script set in a podcast studio and I legit think this is the PERFECT liminal space vibe for it...

Ezra Klein's podcast set - its weirdly creepy and eerie, trust me

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Tristan Stewart-Robertson @srtristan.bsky.social · 1d

What was British Athletics' focus again? Excluding trans athletes?

Vicente Modahl: Ex-Olympic athletics coach accused of child sex offences

Former British Olympic athletics coach Jose Vicente Leiva-Modahl will appear in court on Tuesday accused of child sex offences.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 1d

Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int

Strasbourg 14/10/2025

www.coe.int

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Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 1d

This sequence of posts sums it up, really. Men are the problem - cis men, who don’t need to change anything about themselves to do harm - but trans people are the scapegoat because tackling men would require a total dismantling of societal structure.

A story about the former Premier League referee David Coote admitting making an indecent image of a child, followed by a story about trans people being at risk of exclusion from many UK public spaces

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 20h

If you’re a man in the room and a public official says this about your female colleague, you don’t continue as if nothing happened.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 21h

‘we successfully chased ppl back in to the closet. huzzah!’ — @mattyglesias.bsky.social

if you’re looking for the ppl responsible for contemporary fascism you should start with ‘liberal’ political advisors like matt. without them it wouldn’t have happened.

onion person @junlper.beer · 21h

people are acting like this is a study talking about all trans people but it’s just about nonbinary people which makes sense that this is lower, 9 out of 10 nonbinary people i’ve ever met have now transitioned lol

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

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.

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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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Alastair Lawrie @alastairlawrie.bsky.social · 19h

So, the Albanese Govt's Education Minister wants to do something about bullying.

Perhaps he could start by ending the legalised bullying of LGBTQ+ students by religious schools.

You know, like they promised in 2022, before walking away from it, and from vulnerable kids. #auspol

Education ministers to consider new national standards to combat bullying
Krishani Dhanji
Krishani Dhanji
Federal, state and territory education ministers will consider a proposal for a new national standard on anti-bullying when they meet on Friday.

The communications minister and eSafety commissioner are also set to brief the ministers ahead of the social media ban taking effect on 10 December.

The government announced the anti-bullying rapid review in February, with co-chairs Dr Charlotte Keating and Professor Jo Robinson to present their findings and recommendations to the meeting.

The education minister, Jason Clare, says the review shows the prominence of bullying in and out of school hours.

Complaints about online bullying to the eSafety commissioner have increased by 450% in the last five years ...
The review reminds us bullying doesn’t stop when the school bell rings any more. Today it can follow you all the way home after school. The internet means that you can be bullied now at any time, day or night, and anyone can see it.

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Alastair Lawrie @alastairlawrie.bsky.social · 18h

"Transgender people risk being excluded from many public spaces as a result of the recent UK supreme court judgment and must be protected from discrimination, a human rights expert has said."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Trans people at risk of exclusion from many UK public spaces, rights expert says

Council of Europe commissioner voices concerns after April’s supreme court ruling on legal definition of a woman

www.theguardian.com

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Nortuet @nortverse.com · 1d

Haunted by the Past - Part 6

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Alastair Lawrie @alastairlawrie.bsky.social · 18h

"It is the first transitional justice project of its kind in Victoria.

Building on interstate precedents, including the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ Hate Crimes and Tasmania’s expungement laws and compensation scheme." #springst
qnews.com.au/victoria-exp...

Victoria explores reparations for historical & ongoing LGBTQIA+ hate crimes

QNews LGBTIQA+ News

qnews.com.au

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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 17h

I'm gonna get so fucking canceled

A professionally shot photo of William Hendrix, a "Young Republican" who Politico revealed texted “Bro is at a chicken restaurant ordering his food. Would he like some watermelon and kool aid with that?”
Hendrix was a communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach until Thursday. He also said in the chat that, despite political differences, he’s drawn to Missouri’s Young Republican organization because “Missouri doesn’t like f--s.”

I have no comment on this person's appearance.

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trasgernder @gemma.transwrites.world · 1d

good thread and yeah no I've been hesitant to get ground news for myself despite their great pitch specifically because of the issues in this thread.

@groundnews.bsky.social had better not quietly tidy this up. prove your integrity by explaining what has gone wrong and how it will be fixed.

Viridian Lakes @viridianlakes.bsky.social · 1d

@groundnews.bsky.social So, guys, I gotta ask... Is it policy to now list mass shootings under your "transgender" tag? Because if it is, I'm going to have to discuss this.

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Diamond Hands: Master Bag Holder @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 1d

Cool app, definitely worth 500 billion dollars!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

Fenway health in Boston has stopped providing gender affirming care to trans youth.

I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.

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Statement from Fenway Health explaining that due to new federal requirements effective October 1, 2025, they can no longer provide medical gender-affirming care such as hormones and puberty blockers to patients under 19, but all other services for patients of all ages will continue unchanged.

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 1d

Lol
archive.is/2025.10.13-1...

Bridget Phillipson 'delaying trans guidance to help deputy leader bid'
The equalities minister is accused of pushing back publication of a code on single-sex spaces until after the Labour election ends
Those close to Bridget Phillipson, who is also education secretary, said her opponents were "weaponising gender issues" in a "cynical and divisive" way

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Catniss 🪑🐎 @catnissplz.bsky.social · 1d

Archive link below, though there really isn't much to gain by reading this gross pile of shit.. It's just more of exactly what you think it is

archive.md/Ko8Mi

archive.md

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