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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 4d

I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.

It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 4d

Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | COMMS: (4/5) @acvalens.net · 5d

Tbh I think the US response to COVID post-2021 made Americans’ brains break. Not trusting what they see in front of them, denying reality, treating fact like a multiple choice option where you can choose your own adventure. Ppl have just decided it’s easier to lie to themselves

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Sarah Colonthree (fragile!) @sarah.transsexual.gay · 5d

Yeah I’m demisexual I’ll only fuck you after 8 months of riffing

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Chlöe Iris, (without the umlaut) @itschloenow.bsky.social · 5d

Call me a mask lesbian the way I’m defying germ-der norms. 😷

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Chlöe Iris, (without the umlaut) @itschloenow.bsky.social · 8d

Enshittification almost always affects marginalized people first, but it WILL come for you eventually.

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Chlöe Iris, (without the umlaut) @itschloenow.bsky.social · 8d

I’m old enough to remember a few yrs ago when:

• all the Black and trans ppl warned this shit was gonna happen
• were chased off Twitter by Elon & his cronies
• made this site into its viable replacement
• have/will be chased off again by the same asshats who are now abandoning the original ship

Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 8d

Brace for another wave of x refuges

& What's happening: Elon Musk confirmed that X will delete all heuristics from its recommendation system within six weeks. In other words, the familiar logic of likes, replies, and reposts that shaped Twitter for years is about to disappear. In its place, Grok, the platform's in-house Al model, will read and watch more than one hundred million posts
and videos every day to decide what users see. At the same time, X is testing a new interface that keeps users inside the app even when they open external links.

How this hits reality: This marks the first time a major social platform has handed full control of content discovery to an Al model.
Engagement farms, trend-hacking accounts, and traditional growth tactics may soon lose their edge. The new winners will be those who write in ways that Grok interprets as engaging, turning social media optimization into a new form of prompt engineering. This shift could reshape influencer strategies, ad targeting, and even political communication in a matter of weeks.
• Key takeaway: X did not just change its algorithm; it replaced it with an Al reader.
Your reach will soon depend on how fluently you can speak Grok.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 8d

And what doesn't get mentioned in this piece: this will almost certainly push and promote more right-wing garbage into everyone's feed as a result.

Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 8d

Brace for another wave of x refuges

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 17d

US Government accounts have arrived on Bluesky.

Block on sight.

Protect your digital space.

Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them.

The detach quote function will come in very handy here…

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 17d

Peaky Blinders meme: No fighting with regime-run accounts. No fucking fighting with regime-run accounts!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17d

Don't engage. Just block. They want to push their rage bait on here. Don't give them the satisfaction.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 17d

Here’s a block list:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Sarah Colonthree (fragile!) @sarah.transsexual.gay · 20d

Two folders on a desktop. One is titled "memes for if bottom surgery goes well" and one is titled "memes for if it grows back"

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 20d

Have you ever been so fucking delighted by a username/icon set that it made you follow a total stranger

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Nola Pfau @ohnola.bsky.social · 27d

Money, too.

Boise Autonomous Solidarity Hub @bigbash.bsky.social · Jan 7

Today you should send love to your trans friends. Tomorrow, too. Maybe every day for a while.

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Boise Autonomous Solidarity Hub @bigbash.bsky.social · Jan 7

Today you should send love to your trans friends. Tomorrow, too. Maybe every day for a while.

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Bee🐝 @beepetty.bsky.social · 28d

October is our birthday month! 🎃 As a disabled nonbinary lesbian couple who can't work we're asking for mutual aid

Please help us stay housed by donating and sharing if you can

Thank you for the support! 💕

venmo.com/u/bee_petty

cash.app/$beepetty0

ko-fi.com/beepetty

gofund.me/f640f7701

A picture of Serana (left) and Bee (right)

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Chlöe Iris, (without the umlaut) @itschloenow.bsky.social · Sep 29

Even if that’s how it worked, (it’s not), your sexuality should still be valid and not something that needed to be “cured”. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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♥️Serana♥️ @serana666.bsky.social · Sep 28

So many mainstream gay ships lately be like “if you’re disabled, you should DIE with your partner. This is in fact wholesome”

And as a gay disabled person who has a disabled partner… FUCK THAT. don’t romanticize what typically happens to us because everyone throws us away and won’t support us.

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Chlöe Iris, (without the umlaut) @itschloenow.bsky.social · Sep 27

You cannot be a part of this church and claim to be an ally to trans people.

I don’t care if you’re trying to “change it from inside”. If you’re giving them your tithing money, you’re complicit.

If you want to be an ally, leave it and fight back.

Chlöe Iris, (without the umlaut) @itschloenow.bsky.social · Sep 27

Reminder: The Mormon Church lost a lawsuit against several insurance companies because they wouldn’t cover the costs of the multiple, multiple sexual assault cases against them.

www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...

HAPPENING NOW — Mormon Church files brief: Trans rights makes religion less free.

The Mormon Church urges the Supreme Court to reject transgender status as a protected class, arguing it would limit their religious freedom to discriminate; asks the Court to prioritize religious policy over transgender individuals’ rights

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Chlöe Iris, (without the umlaut) @itschloenow.bsky.social · Sep 27

They have *hundreds of billions* of invested tithing dollars at their disposal and they’re using them to protect sexual predators and hurt the lives of every LGBTQ+ person in the country.

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Chlöe Iris, (without the umlaut) @itschloenow.bsky.social · Sep 27

Reminder: The Mormon Church lost a lawsuit against several insurance companies because they wouldn’t cover the costs of the multiple, multiple sexual assault cases against them.

www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...

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pseudonym jones @pseudonymjones.bsky.social · Sep 24

sometimes marriage is two women eating pizza pockets together at midnight

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Bugs, Beleaguered Babysitter of the Booger Brothers @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · Sep 23

today is a great day to give bisexuals money

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · Sep 23

Today is Celebrate Bisexuality Day.

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Brian (Stuttering Loudly) @stutteringloudly.bsky.social · Sep 13

Many people would agree that people can behave racist unknowingly or inadvertently

Behaving ableist & eugenicist is no different

This is not wrong or controversial at all

Brian (Stuttering Loudly) @stutteringloudly.bsky.social · Sep 13

If people behave racist, I can use that label to describe them

If people behave homophobic or transphobic,I can use that label to describe them

If people behave misogynistic,I can use that label to describe them

Nothing controversial ab using ableist & eugenicist to describe ppl behaving that way

Something Here @heresome.bsky.social · Sep 13

I do feel that calling people who don’t want to wear a mask in public eugenicists is a step too far. I get you want to be controversial to spread your message but, man, that’s just silly.

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Brian (Stuttering Loudly) @stutteringloudly.bsky.social · Sep 13

If people behave racist, I can use that label to describe them

If people behave homophobic or transphobic,I can use that label to describe them

If people behave misogynistic,I can use that label to describe them

Nothing controversial ab using ableist & eugenicist to describe ppl behaving that way

Something Here @heresome.bsky.social · Sep 13

I do feel that calling people who don’t want to wear a mask in public eugenicists is a step too far. I get you want to be controversial to spread your message but, man, that’s just silly.

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