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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 4h

I'm an expert on bloggers of the 2010s and we only do this when we're extremely stressed

Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 4h

I begrudgingly respect this because my response to fucking the grossest dude on the face of the planet would also be to parlay it into some type of book deal

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 4h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 4h

The site has a whole tag for "gender ideology." It's grim unherd.com/tag/gender-i...

Gender ideology

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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah, it seems to have been set up at least in part for TERFs to publish the stuff the "mainstream doesn't want you to hear." Bindel is a regular, as is Hadley Freeman, a bunch of the British ones
unherd.com/author/julie...
unherd.com/author/hadle...

Julie Bindel

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Daydream of Hell 🚩 @hellsdaydream.bsky.social · 4h

Willy Wonka if he were woke: Come with me, and you'll be/In a world of gay miscegenation

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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 4h

It's true! I went to a bookstore, multiple human beings saw me in three dimensions, and I didn't fall off my chair or die! Very rewarding, all around.

Macabre Michael @unprovoked.net · 4h

I saw @judedoyle.bsky.social at @astoriabookshop.bsky.social and all I got was my next great in-flight read.

A copy of the 2025 book DILF: Did I Leave Feminism? A Trans and/or Feminist Manifesto by Jude Ellison S. Doyle. The cover layout calls to mind mid-1970s futurist design, with the acronym DILF rendered in large white asymmetrical letters, and the subtitle and author name in plain black text. There is also a cover blurb from Julia Serano that reads, "A thoughtful and passionate book that speaks directly to our current moment." Serano is the author of Whipping Girl. The chosen color palette is a gradient of the trans pride flag colors, with a deep blue at lower left blending to a not-quite-bubblegum-pink at top right.

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 18h

So Jurassic Park is about a group of rich people who don't understand that biology is far more complicated than "there are only two genders" and how this ignorance toward gender fluidity in nature causes these rich people to lose their money and die.

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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 9h

Mine isn't until the 21st! But I am PRE-GAMING

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 12h

Just want to let y'all know that I've had to pass along my questions for Jude to a different moderator for tonight's event due to some unforeseen health conflicts. (Not COVID-19.) I am so bummed, but I hope you'll still get out and support Jude and this freaking brilliant book. 🧡

Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 8d

A week from now, on Tuesday, October 14, @heatherhogan.bsky.social and I will be talking DILF at the Astoria Bookshop (@astoriabookshop.bsky.social). It's free, you're bored, come and RSVP here: astoriabookshop.com/events/32554...

DILF by Jude Doyle, in conversation with Heather Hogan | Astoria Bookshop

Books of all kinds for readers of all ages, located in central Astoria, Queens. Established 2013.

astoriabookshop.com

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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 16h

Over at the newsletter: A tale of two Steves, and updates on the DILF book tour, which starts tonight in spite of all God’s attempts to thwart me: jude-doyle.ghost.io/dilf-redux-t...

DILF Redux: TERFs, Trans Mascs, and Two Steve Feminism

You'll never believe this, but I got mad at somebody on the Internet

jude-doyle.ghost.io

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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 16h

Also, quick caution: I’m getting over a virus that is not contagious to 99% of the population, but if you’re immunocompromised or pregnant, you might want to mask up or just wait to attend the online event hosted by Charis Books this weekend.

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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 16h

This is tonight! Excited to see you there.

Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 8d

A week from now, on Tuesday, October 14, @heatherhogan.bsky.social and I will be talking DILF at the Astoria Bookshop (@astoriabookshop.bsky.social). It's free, you're bored, come and RSVP here: astoriabookshop.com/events/32554...

DILF by Jude Doyle, in conversation with Heather Hogan | Astoria Bookshop

Books of all kinds for readers of all ages, located in central Astoria, Queens. Established 2013.

astoriabookshop.com

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 1d

LOL

Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 1d

The average heterosexual couple at any date-night establishment in Greenpoint

A young woman. White t-shirt, long hair, smile, she looks nice.

An ent. He has a long mossy beard down to his knees and a vast cloud of twigs and leaves for hair. He has been alive since the earth was born and must rip himself out of the ground to walk. I'm sure he's a very good boyfriend.

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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 1d

"There are so many couples where the girls look like normal women and the guys look like tree folk," my husband says, returning to Brooklyn for the first time in years and receiving the HORRIBLE TRUTH

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 2d

I can't explain why, but this Jeep is spiritually nonbinary

Uh-oh, it's a Jeep with a big American flag hanging off it and a bunch of bumper stickers. Nothing good here. The bumper stickers are... *squinting*... "Fuck Putin." That's pretty Resistlib-coded. Also "Fuck Fuel Economy," "Are We Great Yet." Sure, okay, I'm guessing middle-of-the-road Democrat, but... Is that a Ukrainian flag? Okay. Wait. Is that a POLICE DEPARTMENT STICKER???? Next to a distressed AMERICAN flag???? I've gone all the way back around! I'm scared again! I have no idea what to do with any of this visual information!

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 2d

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 3d

It's been a while since a celebrity death literally made me gasp and put my hand over my mouth. RIP Diane

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 3d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 4d

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 4d

Nothing will ever touch the pubertal heights of a 34-year-old Trent Reznor rhyming "now" with "now," but damn it, they got close

We're in this together now
None of them can stop us now
We will make it through [DRUMROLL]
someHOW

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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 4d

Every so often, I remember that The Smiths really cornered the softboy market for a generation by rhyming "cry" and "want to die." A more innocent time!

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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 4d

RIP to the moment where we considered this shitbag a Progressive Icon, I guess. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy youtu.be/rksKvZoUCPQ?...

Bill Burr - no reason to hit a woman - how women argue (FULL) from You People are all the Same

YouTube video by mcnyregrus

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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 4d

Honestly, at least half of the guys on this bill have been MeTooed, and the only reason Bill Burr hasn't is because his material makes the MeTooing redundant. Hannibal Buress is a disappointment. Otherwise, this was just a festival of Guys That Suck

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 5d

With receipts!

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury being directed at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chapp...

www.theguardian.com

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