Danielle Oster
@danielleoster86.bsky.social
Writer/editor/journalist. Guitar/bass/keys. Reporter, MediaPost. Amateur forager and naturalist🍄🟫🌿(she/her)
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Not sure I can adequately communicate the combination of frustration and sheer exhaustion of being a trans woman worried about losing access to healthcare and other rights, seeing anti-trans shit in the news daily, and then being told "Well, maybe trans people should have been nicer to JK Rowling."
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The big “why do you hate AI?” Thread got comments and quotes turned off, but here’s the main reason I hate AI:
It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that
It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that
May 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The big “why do you hate AI?” Thread got comments and quotes turned off, but here’s the main reason I hate AI:
It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that
It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that
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Nov 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Reps privately push ban on trans care in ACA/Obamacare as part of moving any subsidy deal forward. It was stripped from the last ACA deal. This one would hurt perhaps 500k trans ppl among the 20m who need Obamacare subsidies. Even blue states would be impacted.
Republicans Privately Pushing Anti-Trans Funding Ban For ACA Subsidy Deal After Shutdown Compromise
The proposal, which was first detailed in the Wall Street Journal, could harm transgender people even in blue states if it becomes part of the negotiated deal.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Nov 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Reps privately push ban on trans care in ACA/Obamacare as part of moving any subsidy deal forward. It was stripped from the last ACA deal. This one would hurt perhaps 500k trans ppl among the 20m who need Obamacare subsidies. Even blue states would be impacted.
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Are you someone who claims to be a “trans ally”?
Cool! Here’s your new test to see if you actually are a trans ally for real or just for “social media clout.”
Stop playing Fortnite.
Cool! Here’s your new test to see if you actually are a trans ally for real or just for “social media clout.”
Stop playing Fortnite.
Harry Potter x Fortnite coming in Chapter 7
(In other words, Fortnite is adding a transphobic authors work into Fortnite)
#Fortnite #FortniteNews
(In other words, Fortnite is adding a transphobic authors work into Fortnite)
#Fortnite #FortniteNews
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Are you someone who claims to be a “trans ally”?
Cool! Here’s your new test to see if you actually are a trans ally for real or just for “social media clout.”
Stop playing Fortnite.
Cool! Here’s your new test to see if you actually are a trans ally for real or just for “social media clout.”
Stop playing Fortnite.
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This would be a massive, historic crime even if no one died — a rich guy is not permitted to arbitrarily close a government agency in a law-based society — but the massive body count turns it into an atrocity, the kind of thing we put people on trial for at The Hague.
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This would be a massive, historic crime even if no one died — a rich guy is not permitted to arbitrarily close a government agency in a law-based society — but the massive body count turns it into an atrocity, the kind of thing we put people on trial for at The Hague.
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And if you're a trans person with trans-supportive parents - tell them about Transparent Action too!
It's set up to counter the transphobia and support parents in taking a stand in an informed and safe way.
It's set up to counter the transphobia and support parents in taking a stand in an informed and safe way.
If you're a parent of a trans person, and you've read the excellent @transsafety.network article about how Wes Streeting is listening to anti-trans lobby groups like Bayswater Support Group, and you're wondering what you can do?
Join us! 💕
Transparent Action are building a positive alternative!
Join us! 💕
Transparent Action are building a positive alternative!
Transparent Action
Transparent Action are parents of trans, non-binary and gender-diverse children and adults of all ages. They have come together to form a collective voice to take action in support of their children ...
actionnetwork.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
And if you're a trans person with trans-supportive parents - tell them about Transparent Action too!
It's set up to counter the transphobia and support parents in taking a stand in an informed and safe way.
It's set up to counter the transphobia and support parents in taking a stand in an informed and safe way.
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A very, very important peer-reviewed empirical study published in the academic journal Pediatrics shows that hormone treatment of young trans people decreases suicidality very significantly.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
Changes in Suicidality among Transgender Adolescents Following Hormone Therapy: An Extended Study
To examine changes in suicidality following hormone therapy (HT) among transgender and gender-diverse adolescents and young adults.A retrospective cha…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM
A very, very important peer-reviewed empirical study published in the academic journal Pediatrics shows that hormone treatment of young trans people decreases suicidality very significantly.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
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Trans people are being challenged, misgendered and harassed whether they use a facility that aligns with their sex assigned at birth, or not. Many gender non conforming women also report more challenges in gendered spaces.
Read the full report here: transactual.org.uk/gendered-spa...
Read the full report here: transactual.org.uk/gendered-spa...
The Gendered Spaces Report 2025 – TransActual
This report examines how the hastily released non-statutory EHRC interim update (following the April Supreme Court Judgement on the definition of sex for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010) has…
TransActual.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Trans people are being challenged, misgendered and harassed whether they use a facility that aligns with their sex assigned at birth, or not. Many gender non conforming women also report more challenges in gendered spaces.
Read the full report here: transactual.org.uk/gendered-spa...
Read the full report here: transactual.org.uk/gendered-spa...
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We have been tracking people’s experiences with gendered spaces and our new report looks at the impact of the 2025 EHRC interim update on access to, and experiences within, gendered spaces in the UK.
![Image shows a row of toilet stalls with blue doors. Text reads: " I went to use the women's toilets as I was on my period and there were no gender neutral ones. A middle aged male security guard ran in after me…he started banging on the [cubicle] door, trying to open it as he shouted "sir, sir you can't be in here”... hearing the pitch of my voice was enough for him to drop it and leave. But I sat in the toilet feeling scared, vulnerable and dirty for a good few minutes." -a non-binary person tinyurl.com/ReportALoo](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2dxbxnaywyhxdhuiiafrmy34/bafkreidejcnvaog3bhbxzgwcjjezztytalgxswj5nglv66zovq63le7oba@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We have been tracking people’s experiences with gendered spaces and our new report looks at the impact of the 2025 EHRC interim update on access to, and experiences within, gendered spaces in the UK.
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Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
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This guidance in the U.K. will affect anyone who looks vaguely gender non-conforming.
And it will single out trans people in any situation. From the article: "if a trans man, who is biologically female but is 'perceived' as a man, attempted to use a women’s changing room ... they can be barred."
And it will single out trans people in any situation. From the article: "if a trans man, who is biologically female but is 'perceived' as a man, attempted to use a women’s changing room ... they can be barred."
Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look
The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This guidance in the U.K. will affect anyone who looks vaguely gender non-conforming.
And it will single out trans people in any situation. From the article: "if a trans man, who is biologically female but is 'perceived' as a man, attempted to use a women’s changing room ... they can be barred."
And it will single out trans people in any situation. From the article: "if a trans man, who is biologically female but is 'perceived' as a man, attempted to use a women’s changing room ... they can be barred."
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„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
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17 strikes and you’re out. 💀
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
17 strikes and you’re out. 💀
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solomonskalozub.blogspot.com/2025/11/tran... And this marks where much of what I discuss are indie books and stories! Tonight's is on the shorter side, tomorrow's will be...something I've been itching to talk about for a while, but this one is an important building block.
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
solomonskalozub.blogspot.com/2025/11/tran... And this marks where much of what I discuss are indie books and stories! Tonight's is on the shorter side, tomorrow's will be...something I've been itching to talk about for a while, but this one is an important building block.
They never seem to have a real response for this:
“Puberty blockers will remain available for children with precocious puberty, who are typically younger than those receiving them for gender-affirming care…[raising] serious questions about whether this decision is grounded in evidence or ideology.”
“Puberty blockers will remain available for children with precocious puberty, who are typically younger than those receiving them for gender-affirming care…[raising] serious questions about whether this decision is grounded in evidence or ideology.”
This is very good. Clear, calm, factual, and devastating for proponents of bans on puberty blockers for trans youth.
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
The government’s ban on puberty blockers undermines clinical expertise and targets trans youth with a policy that lacks evidence, consistency and fairness.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
They never seem to have a real response for this:
“Puberty blockers will remain available for children with precocious puberty, who are typically younger than those receiving them for gender-affirming care…[raising] serious questions about whether this decision is grounded in evidence or ideology.”
“Puberty blockers will remain available for children with precocious puberty, who are typically younger than those receiving them for gender-affirming care…[raising] serious questions about whether this decision is grounded in evidence or ideology.”
Especially struck by a student who socially transitioned, including going by his name 5 years ago. As a result, “his grades climbed,” and “He raised his hand so often that one teacher joked about it.”
“‘It’s rough being called something I’m not,’ said Brignac, who now avoids talking in class.”
“‘It’s rough being called something I’m not,’ said Brignac, who now avoids talking in class.”
Fantastic reporting from the @texastribune.org on the implementation of SB12 and forced social detransition in Texas schools.
The trans people in this article are so incredible for speaking out.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/18/t...
The trans people in this article are so incredible for speaking out.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/18/t...
Texas public schools “deadname” kids under new state law
The law requires school employees to use names and pronouns that conform to students’ sex at birth.
www.texastribune.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Especially struck by a student who socially transitioned, including going by his name 5 years ago. As a result, “his grades climbed,” and “He raised his hand so often that one teacher joked about it.”
“‘It’s rough being called something I’m not,’ said Brignac, who now avoids talking in class.”
“‘It’s rough being called something I’m not,’ said Brignac, who now avoids talking in class.”
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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As first reported by @msjpauly.bsky.social and @pablo.show, the Harris County GOP gave Riley Gaines $25,000 to speak at the 2025 Lincoln Reagan Dinner with Gov. Greg Abbott. Here's a little more context on that, plus Gaines' relationship with the Texas GOP: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Harris County GOP paid anti-trans activist Riley Gaines $25K to speak
Business is booming for Riley Gaines.
www.chron.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
As first reported by @msjpauly.bsky.social and @pablo.show, the Harris County GOP gave Riley Gaines $25,000 to speak at the 2025 Lincoln Reagan Dinner with Gov. Greg Abbott. Here's a little more context on that, plus Gaines' relationship with the Texas GOP: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Gaines is prototypical anti-trans grifter:
-Consistent dishonesty
-Radicalizing quickly once financially incentivized by far right groups
-Shilling crap to stupid audience
-Using sports for wider attacks on trans rights
-Lack of concern for real issues faced by women athletes (eg abusive coaches)
-Consistent dishonesty
-Radicalizing quickly once financially incentivized by far right groups
-Shilling crap to stupid audience
-Using sports for wider attacks on trans rights
-Lack of concern for real issues faced by women athletes (eg abusive coaches)
An incident in a locker room has always been key to Riley Gaines’ anti-trans fame.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Gaines is prototypical anti-trans grifter:
-Consistent dishonesty
-Radicalizing quickly once financially incentivized by far right groups
-Shilling crap to stupid audience
-Using sports for wider attacks on trans rights
-Lack of concern for real issues faced by women athletes (eg abusive coaches)
-Consistent dishonesty
-Radicalizing quickly once financially incentivized by far right groups
-Shilling crap to stupid audience
-Using sports for wider attacks on trans rights
-Lack of concern for real issues faced by women athletes (eg abusive coaches)
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Shows how shit and in cahoots all the uk journos are cause just go “ok then prove you’re cis, right now, come on how do you do it that passport/id/driver’s license doesn’t do it so come on”
She then claims cis people who get “wrongly” challenged “will knkw how to deal with that” and i think the obvious immediate question back to this should be “well how would you prove you are not a trans woman?”
"If someone appears to be going into a changing room or facility that doesn't align with their sex, they should be challenged" - Director of Campaigns at Sex Matters (Keir Starmer's comms director was a Sex Matters board member)
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Shows how shit and in cahoots all the uk journos are cause just go “ok then prove you’re cis, right now, come on how do you do it that passport/id/driver’s license doesn’t do it so come on”
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The Epstein Files bill grants Attorney General Pam Bondi the authority to "withhold or redact" any material that could endanger "national security" or "jeopardize an active federal investigation."
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The Epstein Files bill grants Attorney General Pam Bondi the authority to "withhold or redact" any material that could endanger "national security" or "jeopardize an active federal investigation."
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ICE just hit Durham, community is activating, message me if u wanna help
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
ICE just hit Durham, community is activating, message me if u wanna help
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✨ y'all, check out this new resource — we can see the numbers on trans news coverage in the last five years, what stories people read the most, what issues are top of mind, and what's being missed in the broader conversation
Trans News Initiative
A database and analysis of news coverage affecting trans communities.
transnewsinitiative.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
✨ y'all, check out this new resource — we can see the numbers on trans news coverage in the last five years, what stories people read the most, what issues are top of mind, and what's being missed in the broader conversation
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.