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Lizzie Two Shoes
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Queer polyam trans woman in her 30s
She/her, plural but the other two likely won't be active here
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annabookwriter.bsky.social
Yeah, hi, I’m a person with “mobility challenges” (excuse me while I hurl). What we want, by and large, are not expensive, heavy devices that will “help us walk again”, but ramps.

I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
February 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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croifox.bsky.social
people's evidence for "third gender" cultures is always just like "we badgered and humiliated this trans woman about her penis until she admitted to being 'biologically male'." therefore, they must be aware they're not REAL women. unlike those dirty delusional trannies we have here in Civilization
croifox.bsky.social Croí the Fox (er, Vixen) @croifox.bsky.social · 4d
There's a demographic on this island whose name is their word for woman with a prefix that means "becoming," but also the first white guy to meet them, Count Racisto von Rapingham, said they were "hermaphrodites," so clearly it's woke and decolonial to continue calling them a "third gender" forever
February 13, 2026 at 6:36 AM
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kanagen.bsky.social
Like, yes, "pornography" is absolutely a pretext to use the law as a cudgel to try to eliminate trans folks entirely from public life (followed by eliminating us completely). There is no question about that.

But also? Fuck the pretext. Pornography is not inherently bad. Get the fuck over yourself.
February 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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hpsvanessa.bsky.social
Age verification and social media bans are explicitly ways to isolate queer, neurodivergent, and abused kids.
devilreyrey.bsky.social Reyrey ✨ @devilreyrey.bsky.social · 8d
"Don't worry about the Discord thing, it's only NSFW servers and channels that will require age verification! :)"

I could remove every speck of risque imagery/topics from my community and there's still a 50% chance we'd get flagged just because we're openly queer.

It's not actually about the kids.
February 10, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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cckirby.bsky.social
"the vast majority of you won't have to worry about this" I don't even fucking care if it turns out it's only three people that have to worry about this, it shouldn't be implemented, period. Keep cancelling your Nitro, they're clearly noticing
legendofnerd.bsky.social Brian M @legendofnerd.bsky.social · 7d
Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults. Hey folks – I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news. I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults. And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.) Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence. Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details. And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!
February 10, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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andalitebandit.bsky.social
"Don't worry! This will only affect a few Other People and totally 99% most likely Not You, therefore it's not a real problem! 😊" has done so much heavy lifting for the surveillance state and rise of fascism over the past 25 years.
legendofnerd.bsky.social Brian M @legendofnerd.bsky.social · 7d
Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults. Hey folks – I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news. I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults. And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.) Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence. Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details. And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!
February 10, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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cappuccinoguil.bsky.social
Discord isn't walking back anything yet, but this shows they are feeling the pressure and you should keep bullying and contacting them until they relent.
legendofnerd.bsky.social Brian M @legendofnerd.bsky.social · 7d
Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults. Hey folks – I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news. I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults. And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.) Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence. Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details. And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!
February 10, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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rine.bsky.social
Discord straight up declares any queer channels 'Adult', because of course keeping the 'children' safe means wiping any LGBTQ people from the web. If you say shit like this, you're saying you don't give a shit about those who will, and can fuck off.
devilreyrey.bsky.social Reyrey ✨ @devilreyrey.bsky.social · 8d
"Don't worry about the Discord thing, it's only NSFW servers and channels that will require age verification! :)"

I could remove every speck of risque imagery/topics from my community and there's still a 50% chance we'd get flagged just because we're openly queer.

It's not actually about the kids.
February 10, 2026 at 5:13 AM
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legendofnerd.bsky.social
Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults. Hey folks – I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news. I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults. And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.) Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence. Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details. And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!
February 10, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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amityblamity.bsky.social
Just sharing this again for no reason: hothardware.com/news/death-s...
February 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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kyatt7.bsky.social
if you're in line at the nitro canceller, STAY IN LINE
screenshot of discord's Confirm cancellation screen, reporting that "Something went wrong while processing your request" for some reason.
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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dryad.technology
To repeat.

--

And to repeat:

The political faction saying we must all have to log legal ID before speaking or accessing speech on the Internet,

and the political faction who believe transgenderism is a dangerous mental contagion that spreads by speech about transgenderism,

are the same faction.
dryad.technology mcc @dryad.technology · Jun 27
Age verification is deanonymization,
Deanonymization is censorship.

The Supreme Court is now taking away your right to anonymously *read* a form of speech. If speaking can mean that your readers have to subject themselves to potential consequences to read it, how can there be freedom of speech?
dell.bsky.social dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · Jun 27
NEW: In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court held that age verification for explicit sites is constitutional. The majority said it protects minors without violating free speech; dissenters warned it burdens adults’ rights and ignores First Amendment precedent.

by @mattburgess1.bsky.social:
February 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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fabbybear.itch.io
Cancel your subscription, don't give them a cent, and also download all important info.your community has only on discord
Make backups
If this keeps going we will have to find alternatives
February 9, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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dryad.technology
Age verification is deanonymization,
Deanonymization is censorship.

The Supreme Court is now taking away your right to anonymously *read* a form of speech. If speaking can mean that your readers have to subject themselves to potential consequences to read it, how can there be freedom of speech?
dell.bsky.social dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · Jun 27
NEW: In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court held that age verification for explicit sites is constitutional. The majority said it protects minors without violating free speech; dissenters warned it burdens adults’ rights and ignores First Amendment precedent.

by @mattburgess1.bsky.social:
US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Porn ID Law
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court held that age verification for explicit sites is constitutional. In a dissent, Justice Elena Kagan warned it burdens adults and ignores First Amendment precedent.
www.wired.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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mtomauw.bsky.social
"Why do you care if you have to ID yourself online you have to ID if you go into a bar irl or buy booze or go into a sex shop"

Yeah cool but the cashier behind the counter at the sex shop doesn't log my full government name, age, height, gender and birth place if I go in there to buy a dildo.
February 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
lizzietwoshoes.bsky.social
Cancel Discord Nitro if you still have it. Hit them where it hurts.
discord.com/press-releas...
Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally
Discord is announcing enhanced teen safety features rolling out globally that reinforce its long-standing commitment to creating a safer and more inclusive experience for users over the age of 13.
discord.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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flame.dog
If you want to verify who is an IRS Free File Alliance partner, all 8 of them (including FreeTaxUSA) are listed here along with the requirements for using each one.

Intuit used to be one of the partners but kept trying to trick people into using a paid version.
apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile...
January 30, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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feenavan2099.bsky.social
If your Irish American imagine if in the 1800s ice existed and they beat and humiliated Irish immigrants fleeing the great famine.
caseyexplosion.bsky.social Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 11d
"Sure, ICE is bad, but we need to deport illegal immigrants"

No you don't.

If immigration enforcement leads to concentration camps and roving death squads, maybe it's time to just get rid of the concept of illegal immigration entirely. You've tried it, it's a bad idea in practice, so bin it.
February 6, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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nyc-mtg.com
Enjoy a clip of @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social and I discussing… cube… and, relationships…?

Early access to Ep 2 of the Paper Dolls Podcast available now at Patreon.com/NYC_MTG for just $3/month!
February 5, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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netrunner.nullsignal.games
Watch Loading Ready Run @loadingreadyrun.com
learn to play #Netrunner in their most recent stream! Thanks for covering Netrunner, very fun watch!

www.twitch.tv/videos/26882...
Twitch
Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.
www.twitch.tv
February 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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edburmila.bsky.social
A lot of people are choosing to miss the point here which is not “Every problem is super easy to solve and democrats refuse to do it” but that when there *is* a simple solution they will insist it’s much more complicated and the simple solution is impossible.
pookleblinky.bsky.social Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 14d
Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50

Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
February 3, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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nyc-mtg.com
fantastic news everyone, every other week you can hear your two favorite transsexuals, @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social and I, yap for about an hour about pretty much anything we want. our first episode is simply propaganda for our favorite format, Pauper!
rss.com/podcasts/pap...
(Apple Podcast link soon)
So you wanna get into Pauper? - Paper Dolls Podcast | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Join hosts Bugs Maytrix and Chris (NYC_MTG) for a Magic: The Gathering Podcast barely about Magic: The Gathering!Are you tired of *insert Magic format here*? Do you have a small amount of money burnin...
rss.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:57 PM
lizzietwoshoes.bsky.social
Wait, there's a Walls Combo deck in pauper? I CAN PLAY MY BOY AXEBANE GUARDIAN IN A CONSTRUCTED FORMAT!?

(listen to the podcast y'all, it's great)
February 3, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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ember.pet
now that i'm thirty this is basically me with only a few exceptions
image of an anime girl captioned "30-year-old gf". around her float examples of her traits: - "how do you stay up so late???" - "this new poe league sucks" - misses forums - tired - can cook - depressed - wants to stay home - Annoyed by people calling her a milf - says things like "gibbed" and "telefrag" - "I'm too old for this" - wants to show you a cool daggerfall mod - watches you make mistakes she made years ago - extreme social anxiety - better with computers than gen-z software engineers - nostalgic - laughs at millennial memes - "the house is a disaster" - "can u order for me?" - MILF - "my boobs aren't thaat big" - everyone either thinks she's too cute to dom or too hot to sub; better at both than anyone in the room
January 11, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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arborelia.net
I keep reposting this article because it needs to be seen. This is what responsible journalism on a discriminatory act against trans people looks like. Jo put in the work.

It's no longer just my and others' personal accounts vs. random men with opinions.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
How a trans woman's removal from a restroom tore the world of competitive pinball apart
Pinball is one of the most welcoming sports for trans players. But after a confrontation at an arcade last fall, pinball’s governing group is struggling to rebuild trust.
www.nbcnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:15 AM