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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · Nov 13
Okay I made a starter pack of trans and non-binary writers/journalists! Please share, and comment on this is you'd like to be added. I'm an editor at Xtra, an LGBTQ2S+ publication, and I'd love to be connected to more trans media workers here. go.bsky.app/3mWT6w2
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · 17d
Sorting files called, like, "HowtoSquirt_CE" furiously on a Google drive, listening to Fatboy Slim remix feeling like a hamster on a damn wheel.......they made this job in a lab for me
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 23d
New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
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The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare
A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...
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Justin Brake @justinbrake.bsky.social · 24d
Here's the latest on Canadians aboard Freedom Flotilla vessel the Conscience, who were taken by Israeli forces early this morning.

So far, political leaders have been silent. I also reached out to Canada's ambassador to Israel, who has not yet responded.
independentnl.bsky.social The Independent @independentnl.bsky.social · 24d
“If you are seeing this video we’ve been attacked at sea & abducted by Israeli forces or forces of another country complicit in genocide of the Palestinian people," Sadie Mees of St. John's says in a video posted Wednesday. #cdnpoli #nlpoli #Gaza
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6 Canadians, including 3 from N.L., taken by Israeli forces – The Independent
: Nimâ Machouf, Sadie Mees, Nikita Stapleton, Mskwaasin Agnew, Devoney Ellis and Khurram Musti Khan were the six Canadians aboard the Conscience vessel
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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 25d
These Supreme Court oral arguments on conversion therapy are going to be painful. No matter what is said, know that trying to force someone to be what they're not is psychological torture with measurable negative consequences, and anyone trying to defend such efforts is a bigoted monster.
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FreeLinkophant Shelley B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · Sep 17
RIP Business Insider
oliverdarcy.bsky.social Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · Sep 17
Scoop: Business Insider informed its staff this week that they are allowed to use ChatGPT to generate first drafts of their stories, while also indicating the newsroom will not disclose such A.I. use to readers.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...
Business Insider and the Bots
The Axel Springer-owned newsroom is buzzing over new ChatGPT writing guidelines—part of an aggressive A.I. strategy pushed by its German parentco and detailed in a memo obtained by Status.
www.status.news
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · Jul 25
If you’re shy you can also DM me but fr no pitches right now please lol
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · Jul 25
Just looking to make connections atm! If you know of someone who fits the bill feel free to pass this along. Content will primarily be created in English, but solid understanding of French is a must, as is LGBTQ2S+ knowledge + competency.
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · Jul 25
Hi! I'll soon be looking to work with bilingual (Fr/Eng) freelance writers, editors, FCers + copy editors on content related to LGBTQ2S+ health. Is this you? If so, say hi below and tell me what you do. A call for pitches coming later (please don't pitch for now!) and work would start around fall
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NPR @npr.org · Jul 23
Some detainees claim guards are doling out discipline for questioning rules — including standing in the hot Florida sun for extended periods. Officials deny the charge. (reporting via WLRN)
'They chained me to the ground': Detainees at Alligator Alcatraz allege harsh punishment by guards
While the new Everglades migrant detention center fends off complaints about its living conditions, some detainees claim guards are also doling out discipline for questioning rules — including standing in the hot Florida sun for extended periods. Officials deny the charge.
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · Jun 19
Wrote about why Quebec's new prison policy isn't what we need to keep incarcerated women safe in the province, the state of QC provincial prisons and what this policy tells us about the nature of anti-trans discourse in the province, too.
xtramagazine.com/health/quebe...
Quebec’s new anti-trans policy will not make prison safer for women | Xtra Magazine
OPINION: The new policy announced by Minister of Public Security François Bonnardel is political posturing
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · Jun 18
Trans people are not on that list. Imagine the province cared about incarcerated people's safety, health or well-being. They would be focussing their energy elsewhere.
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · Jun 18
The idea that this is about safety is farcical. A recent study found that prison deaths in QC are up by 87% over the past 13 years. Contributing factors? Dilapidated facilities, excessive use of isolation, overcrowding, lack of mental/physical health care montreal.citynews.ca/2024/02/22/q...
Quebec prison deaths rise by 87 per cent: study
Deaths in Quebec prisons have risen by 87 per cent in 13 years, according to a research report published by a team from the Université du Québec à Montréal.
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · Jun 18
Allegedly prison staff will be given training, a "best practises guide." But we know from extensive documentation by journalists, activists and incarcerated ppl that LGBTQ2S+ ppl in prisons rarely receive a shred of dignity. We can't DEI workshop our way out of the mistreatment that will arise
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · Jun 18
We're about to enter a provincial election period here. So far the current government has focussed largely on drumming up panic about the french language and immigration. I hope this is not a sign that trans issues are about to be added to that list.
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · Jun 18
There are six trans people incarcerated in QC provincial prisons. Six. That's 0.1 % of the incarcerated population. This is a highly politicized move that will have an outsize impact on a tiny # of people. This doesn't bode well for other comité des sages "findings." www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
Transgender prisoners will be detained according to their sex at birth in Quebec
Transgender prisoners will now be detained in provincial prisons according to their sex assigned at birth, Public Safety Minister François Bonnardel announced on Wednesday.
www.ctvnews.ca
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TOMS Montréal @tomsmtl.bsky.social · Jun 13
Superbe résumé d’un enjeu perpétuellement frustrant: le gouvernement canadien refuse de décriminaliser le VIH. merci @ziyajones.bsky.social ! youtube.com/shorts/a2XzI... and
admirably concise 2min20seconds on a topic that has concerned and frustrated activists for over 25 years! @xtramagazine.com
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The Rundown | TVO Today @tvotoday.bsky.social · Jun 12
What is often misunderstood and misrepresented, gender-affirming care is not exclusive to transgender people; it encompasses a variety of actions that many people engage in daily, explain @xtramagazine.com editors @melwoods.me and @ziyajones.bsky.social on Unravelled.
What is gender-affirming care? | Unravelled
YouTube video by TVO Today
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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · Jun 5
Here it is xtramagazine.com/culture/musi...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Jun 2
From the New York Times, a 5 part podcast ignoring their own role in fomenting a moral panic targeting trans youth.
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · May 30
Yeah, totally. It's also a bit interesting that despite all this the suggestion was to maintain self-determination in the carceral context. Not that we want a governmental panic over prisons—but there's just a clear lack of throughline or thought in a bunch of places
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · May 30
And it as, it does break my brain that so much money was spent on this report, when that time and those resources could have gone towards anything that would have benefited the lives of LGBTQ2S+ people in the province.
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · May 30
Anyways, there's some concerning stuff in here, but I personally had been bracing myself for worse. The TLDR is that the report begins literally being like "to start off we just want to remind you that we're not experts in gender identity" lol so. What was produced reflects that entirely.
The introduction paragraph of the comite des sages report
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · May 30
I also mean that it privileges an intensely bureaucratic approach, studying concepts and passing them through a million steps ad nauseam, hah
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · May 30
When I say this report is very Quebec I mean that it is clearly informed by the wish for "social consensus." That can be for better (you don't have the inflammatory language you see used in political spheres elsewhere) and for worse (there's a clear push to maintain the status quo).
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · May 30
In another muddy moment, the committee suggests that shelters that choose to bar trans women should be respected—but also that trans women and non-binary people should have ample access to shelter when they face violence. There are lots of other instances like this
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