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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 7h

1. Many of you have seen a graph purporting to show trans identification has decreased in recent years.

Matt Walsh and Elon Musk celebrated it as a victory over "transgenderism."

Turns out, the entire graph is based on an egregious math and statistics error.

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Fact Check: No, There Is Not A New Survey Showing Trans Identity Is Decreasing

The claim, which originates from far-right professor Eric Kaufmann, appears to have made a glaring error: the survey actually shows more people have come out, not fewer.

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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 58m

There needs to be a system to appeal medical records the same way you can with criminal records, because biased and fucked up medical records can fuck up your life just as much.

Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · Sep 5

How To Recognize a Drug-Seeker

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This cartoon has four panels. The cartoon is set in a doctor’s examining room – it has one of those tall examination tables with padding so patients can lie down, medical equipment and a degree hanging on walls, various cabinets, a sink. A tired-looking woman in a yellow tank top and black capri pants is sitting on the exam table. A doctor is standing in front of her. We can tell he’s a doctor because he’s wearing a white lab coat and has a stethoscope hanging around his neck. He’s holding a clipboard in one hand.

PANEL 1

The doctor is speaking to the patient. The patient is slumping a little, while the doctor is stiffly upright.

DOCTOR: Some people use narcotics to get high. So when you come here and say you’re in constant pain, that tells me you’re a lying drug-seeker.

PANEL 2

A closer shot of just the doctor as he speaks, looking stern and a bit angry, clutching the clipboard to near his chest.

DOCTOR: If you ask for pain meds, you’re a drug seeker.

DOCTOR: If you seem desperate, you’re a drug seeker.

DOCTOR: If you cry, you’re a drug-seeker.

PANEL 3

A close-up of the doctor’s face as he lectures, one forefinger raised.

DOCTOR: If you talk back to me, you’re a drug-seeker. If you don’t like me assuming you’re a drug-seeker, you’re a drug-seeker.

PANEL 4

A shot of the patient and doctor. The patient is now very wide-eyed, and leans back, away from the doctor. The doctor leans forward, hunching over his clipboard a bit as he makes a note.

PATIENT: Could I talk to a doctor who isn’t horrible?

DOCTOR: “Doctor-shopping.” Classic drug-seeker.

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Methados @methados.bsky.social · 1h

It's MEGABONK time again

This time it's Vlad and her Mega Bonkers

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

Dr. Phil went full MAGA and tried to reinvent himself as a MAGA media mogul and culture warrior. Now his world is unraveling, his media company is laying off thousands and had to file for bankruptcy, and he's being sued for fraud. The whole plan is collapsing.

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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dilith 🎃 @flurrys.nekoweb.org · 4h

i mean idk man I feel like being on a more boring site beats this

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 39m

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GlaireDaggers🍉🏳️‍⚧️ - KOFI COMMS OPEN @glairedaggers.bsky.social · 46m

Since the No Kings stuff is coming up again, reminder that you 100% should not *sign up* for a protest. You can just show up.

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 11h

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 11h

what even happened on the other site this time

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onion person @junlper.beer · 9h

a swastika? in a republicans office? of the republican party who all explicitely endorse fascism? no way this could have been predicted

Politico @politico.com · 10h

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Whygena @whygena.bsky.social · 11h

Kinktober 2025 - Lingerie

Now I can start posting these. Starting off with some nice lingerie with the witch cat. I'll catch y'all tomorrow for more!

Support $3 for early art and animations - www.patreon.com/whygena

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onion person @junlper.beer · 11h

i’m consistently stunned that so many people are sticking with trump despite literally only bad things happening and getting worse under him but then i remember that most of his supporters have this cope that good things will eventually come, when? no idea. but that’s enough for them

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DOG of BLUD @dogblud.bsky.social · 12h

I see artists trade their patreon and ko-fi links all the time and it seems sometimes like it's only other artists and a handful of regular followers that pass those round.

It really does help. Previous clients saying on comm ads they had a good experience also helps a lot too.

Thomas N. Perkins IV @tnperkins4.bsky.social · 22h

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Robo AD @robosad.blackskycomra.de · 11h

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Robo AD @robosad.blackskycomra.de · 2d

It's a dumber Ponzi Scheme, because not only are you trying to use any new money to pay off old loans, you're also actually funneling money into the fake company's fake product that you made up in hopes it won't be fake one day. It's a Ponzi scheme where everyone involved earns less.

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Robo AD @robosad.blackskycomra.de · 11h

Yeah. It's a dumber version of a Ponzi Scheme

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Robo AD @robosad.blackskycomra.de · 11h

Good for him

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Sherbet (Comms Full!!!) (5/5) @sherbetdraws.bsky.social · 11h

This interaction has been living rent free in my head

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Robo AD @robosad.blackskycomra.de · 11h

I moreso meant it's money that they don't have, but yes this also works

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Robo AD @robosad.blackskycomra.de · 11h

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Robo AD @robosad.blackskycomra.de · 11h

Spending money that doesn't exist on tech that doesn't exist is surely a great idea and a sustainable business model!

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Robo AD @robosad.blackskycomra.de · 11h

Spending money that doesn't exist on tech that doesn't exist is surely a great idea and a sustainable business model!

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Alex 🏴Ⓐ🔆 (The Anarchist Turtle) @theanarchistturtle.bsky.social · 11h

We live in fucking SpongeBob

White house announcement

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

A proclamation

More than a millennium ago, legendary Norse Viking Leif Erikson forever changed the course of history when he fearlessly embarked on a daring expedition into the unknown, becoming the first European to ever set foot in the New World. This Leif Erikson Day. we summon his courage, we honor his enduring legacy of adventure and exploration, and we renew our resolve to advance the limits of human achievement.
According to tradition, Leif Erikson's zeal for adventure began as a young man in Greenland, where he heard stories of distant lands across the sea. Determined to chart those waters himself, and

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Robo AD @robosad.blackskycomra.de · 11h

You don't have HP, you have a timer that starts going down when you first get hit, and gets shorter and shorter with subsequent damage

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 12h

I think a lot of people got scared off from shitposting because there are literal warriors here and make it their personality to take everything seriously but to them I say: fuck you.

Endy اےنڈی 🍉🏁🏎 @endybutworse.bsky.social · 12h

lets normalize shitposting again, please

kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 12h

Only YOU can make Bluesky pre-2020 Twitter.

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💀 🎃 ThemBOO! 🎃 💀 @thembo.bsky.social · 12h

They didn't avoid talking like this because their ideology wasn't as inherently hateful, they avoided it because they didn't think they could get away with saying the quiet part out loud. Now, thanks in part to people like you babying them no matter what, they've realized there are no consequences.

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💀 🎃 ThemBOO! 🎃 💀 @thembo.bsky.social · 12h

Most really have. Your "conversion" from a young Republican to a liberal is evidence of them fooling a young person, not a lack of vitriol on their part. The phenomenon you're describing is the veneer of respectability they used to bother with, which modern ones increasingly discard.

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 1d

For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.

That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

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DSM-6 Spoilers @flawedhowl.bsky.social · 12h

GOD
FUCKING
DAMN IT

Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 16h

Oscar-winning VFX legend Phil Tippett ('Star Wars,' 'Jurassic Park') mastered the blending of practical and digital effects when the latter technology was still new. At View Conference this week, he shared how his studio is now bringing AI into the mix.
www.cartoonbrew.com/vfx/phil-tip...

VFX Icon Phil Tippett On His Studio's Generative AI Use

At Italy’s VIEW Conference, Tippett Studio veterans explore how artificial intelligence could accelerate stop motion and VFX without losing the human touch.

www.cartoonbrew.com

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