Aris Merquoni
@aristgd.bsky.social
Politely promoting the practice of pornography. Professional shipper do not attempt at home. She/her. Trans rights.
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a lot of falsehoods are getting repeated about b) by people who rightly believe a), and it doesn't help credibility.
a) The social harms of AI are vastly under-appreciated and go far beyond displacement of labor
b) The environmental harms of AI, though not trivial, are nevertheless small potatoes compared to many other industries like farming (and AI demand may even help accelerate electrical grid upgrades)
b) The environmental harms of AI, though not trivial, are nevertheless small potatoes compared to many other industries like farming (and AI demand may even help accelerate electrical grid upgrades)
weird header for an article about the very real dangers of modern industrial agriculture
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
a lot of falsehoods are getting repeated about b) by people who rightly believe a), and it doesn't help credibility.
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Reclaiming Two-Spirit roles across Native nations.
Two-Spirit people have always existed in Indigenous nations, carrying sacred responsibilities & shaping community life. ictnews.org/news/indigen...
Two-Spirit people have always existed in Indigenous nations, carrying sacred responsibilities & shaping community life. ictnews.org/news/indigen...
INDIGENOUS IDENTITY: Reclaiming Two-Spirit roles across Native nations - ICT
Two-Spirit people have always existed in Indigenous nations, carrying sacred responsibilities and shaping community life. Today their voices are guiding a resurgence that honors tradition while confro...
ictnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Reclaiming Two-Spirit roles across Native nations.
Two-Spirit people have always existed in Indigenous nations, carrying sacred responsibilities & shaping community life. ictnews.org/news/indigen...
Two-Spirit people have always existed in Indigenous nations, carrying sacred responsibilities & shaping community life. ictnews.org/news/indigen...
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Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
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The real problem with pretendians is the way discussions around them are driven by mainstream colonial narratives about Indigeneity. Non-indigenous folks believe themselves experts on Indigenous identity and end up muddying the waters even more.
Seeing this discussed by non-Indigenous folks is...
Seeing this discussed by non-Indigenous folks is...
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The real problem with pretendians is the way discussions around them are driven by mainstream colonial narratives about Indigeneity. Non-indigenous folks believe themselves experts on Indigenous identity and end up muddying the waters even more.
Seeing this discussed by non-Indigenous folks is...
Seeing this discussed by non-Indigenous folks is...
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"Worryingly, this area of common cause now appears to be growing. We at GAATW have noticed that many organisations from both camps have recently expanded their use of anti-trafficking frameworks to also advocate for the abolition of surrogacy and promote transphobic ideas."
GAATW warns that some groups are now using anti-trafficking rhetoric to push bans on surrogacy and spread transphobic agendas.
(For example: The NGO who made the recent Epstein PSA is anti-surrogacy). www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
(For example: The NGO who made the recent Epstein PSA is anti-surrogacy). www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
A bizarre new alliance is coming after sexual freedoms
Radical feminists and religious groups teamed up against sex work. Now they’re going after broader reproductive freedoms
www.opendemocracy.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"Worryingly, this area of common cause now appears to be growing. We at GAATW have noticed that many organisations from both camps have recently expanded their use of anti-trafficking frameworks to also advocate for the abolition of surrogacy and promote transphobic ideas."
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We don't think you're imagining it
bsky.app/profile/acva...
bsky.app/profile/acva...
MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk”
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
How is Mastercard Preventing Payment Fraud at Scale?
Announcing Threat Intelligence at Money 20/20 US, Mastercard showcases its latest technology in preventing fraud, combining insights from Recorded Future
fintechmagazine.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
We don't think you're imagining it
bsky.app/profile/acva...
bsky.app/profile/acva...
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Sure! Mastercard, Visa, Stripe + Paypal are further restricting what kinds of perfectly legal adult content you can buy through their processor (they cracked down on itchio and steam over the summer, not to mention Patreon a few years ago). We're tired of them acting like dictators instead of tools.
I don’t happen to have a Mastercard, but can you remind me why I’d be upset with them if I did?
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Sure! Mastercard, Visa, Stripe + Paypal are further restricting what kinds of perfectly legal adult content you can buy through their processor (they cracked down on itchio and steam over the summer, not to mention Patreon a few years ago). We're tired of them acting like dictators instead of tools.
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In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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Keep calling!
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Keep calling!
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Gorgeous colorizations of trans history images,
and a lot of incredible stories, including many lesser-known to many (A Zapatista colonel, a "transvestite pass" issued in 1928, the Scottish nobleman who the courts ruled should inherit his baronetcy in the 60s... for example...)
and a lot of incredible stories, including many lesser-known to many (A Zapatista colonel, a "transvestite pass" issued in 1928, the Scottish nobleman who the courts ruled should inherit his baronetcy in the 60s... for example...)
Coloring the Past - Eli Erlick
Using recent breakthroughs in photo editing techniques, Eli colorizes, restores, and digitizes photos from queer and trans history. The following images are originally from 1897-1973.
elierlick.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Gorgeous colorizations of trans history images,
and a lot of incredible stories, including many lesser-known to many (A Zapatista colonel, a "transvestite pass" issued in 1928, the Scottish nobleman who the courts ruled should inherit his baronetcy in the 60s... for example...)
and a lot of incredible stories, including many lesser-known to many (A Zapatista colonel, a "transvestite pass" issued in 1928, the Scottish nobleman who the courts ruled should inherit his baronetcy in the 60s... for example...)
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It continues to bother me how much Leopold II, one of the most evil men of all time and a ghoul on par with Hitler, is so completely ignored
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It continues to bother me how much Leopold II, one of the most evil men of all time and a ghoul on par with Hitler, is so completely ignored
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Just watched NOW YOU SEE ME which I found structurally infuriating on pretty much every level. Did not work at all, left me wanting to take an angry red pen to the script and write SEE ME AFTER CLASS.
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Just watched NOW YOU SEE ME which I found structurally infuriating on pretty much every level. Did not work at all, left me wanting to take an angry red pen to the script and write SEE ME AFTER CLASS.
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A new city program aims to bring vendors, and more Portlanders, to parks via a same-day permit system. The program allows vendors, like a mobile sauna or coffee cart, to set up at a number of parks in Portland.
New city program aims to bring vendors, and more Portlanders, to parks
The same-day permit system allows vendors, like a mobile sauna or coffee cart, to set up at a number of parks in Portland
www.streetroots.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
A new city program aims to bring vendors, and more Portlanders, to parks via a same-day permit system. The program allows vendors, like a mobile sauna or coffee cart, to set up at a number of parks in Portland.
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Just heard that after 27 years on Louisiana’s death row, Chris “Jimmie” Duncan is finally getting out. Not exactly sure when, but I’m told he’ll be home for Thanksgiving.
This is wonderful news.
Here’s my 2009 piece on the forensic fraud that got him convicted:
This is wonderful news.
Here’s my 2009 piece on the forensic fraud that got him convicted:
Forensics Fraud?
Experts say this video shows a doctor manufacturing evidence. So why is a man still on death row?
reason.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Just heard that after 27 years on Louisiana’s death row, Chris “Jimmie” Duncan is finally getting out. Not exactly sure when, but I’m told he’ll be home for Thanksgiving.
This is wonderful news.
Here’s my 2009 piece on the forensic fraud that got him convicted:
This is wonderful news.
Here’s my 2009 piece on the forensic fraud that got him convicted:
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Mobility scooter edition
panel 2:
'Yes I put it in there myself. Only proves I can clean your fucking clock if you stand still long enough.'
panel 4:
'No I do not and I don't have insurance when I break your leg with it'
panel 2:
'Yes I put it in there myself. Only proves I can clean your fucking clock if you stand still long enough.'
panel 4:
'No I do not and I don't have insurance when I break your leg with it'
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Mobility scooter edition
panel 2:
'Yes I put it in there myself. Only proves I can clean your fucking clock if you stand still long enough.'
panel 4:
'No I do not and I don't have insurance when I break your leg with it'
panel 2:
'Yes I put it in there myself. Only proves I can clean your fucking clock if you stand still long enough.'
panel 4:
'No I do not and I don't have insurance when I break your leg with it'
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Stupid Things You Hear In A Wheelchair
By me and @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social
Read more cartoons! --> #PoliCartoon
Support our cartoons! --> patreon.com/barry
By me and @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social
Read more cartoons! --> #PoliCartoon
Support our cartoons! --> patreon.com/barry
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Stupid Things You Hear In A Wheelchair
By me and @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social
Read more cartoons! --> #PoliCartoon
Support our cartoons! --> patreon.com/barry
By me and @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social
Read more cartoons! --> #PoliCartoon
Support our cartoons! --> patreon.com/barry
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7-odd years of researching homeschooling, I have a special needs child who may require homeschooling, and these are facts:
1) homeschooling does not on its own harm children's learning or growth.
2) homeschooling has a massive accountability problem in almost every state
3) homeschooled kids are --
1) homeschooling does not on its own harm children's learning or growth.
2) homeschooling has a massive accountability problem in almost every state
3) homeschooled kids are --
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
7-odd years of researching homeschooling, I have a special needs child who may require homeschooling, and these are facts:
1) homeschooling does not on its own harm children's learning or growth.
2) homeschooling has a massive accountability problem in almost every state
3) homeschooled kids are --
1) homeschooling does not on its own harm children's learning or growth.
2) homeschooling has a massive accountability problem in almost every state
3) homeschooled kids are --
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I closed social media for like three hours and the Pope threw a rave, MTG resigned, and Trump endorsed Mamdani before Chuck Schumer did? Now accepting bribes to close social media for all of next week
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I closed social media for like three hours and the Pope threw a rave, MTG resigned, and Trump endorsed Mamdani before Chuck Schumer did? Now accepting bribes to close social media for all of next week
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Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
www.exxonknews.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
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The Alliance encourages families to seek information from trusted health care providers and reputable medical organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/wes...
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/wes...
The West Coast Health Alliance Stands with Scientific Evidence: Vaccines Are Not Linked to Autism
For immediate release: November 21, 2025 (25-141) Contact: DOH Communications
doh.wa.gov
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The Alliance encourages families to seek information from trusted health care providers and reputable medical organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/wes...
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/wes...
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I'll just leave these here
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I'll just leave these here
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A Grays Harbor County resident who was undergoing treatment for #H5N5 avian influenza died today. The Washington State Department of Health offers its heartfelt condolences to the person’s family and friends.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra...
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra...
Grays Harbor County resident dies from complications of avian influenza
For immediate release: Nov. 21, 2025 (25-140) Contact: DOH Communications The person was infected with the H5N5 virus; the risk to the public remains low OLYMPIA – A Grays Harbor County resident who w...
doh.wa.gov
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A Grays Harbor County resident who was undergoing treatment for #H5N5 avian influenza died today. The Washington State Department of Health offers its heartfelt condolences to the person’s family and friends.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra...
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra...