Ian
@iobrien.bsky.social
Executive Director passcertified.bsky.social
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May 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Again, Project 2025 defines trans people as inherently "pornographic" - as in our physical beings. This has long been the plan in place to federally ban queer people from all public life. If this bill passes - or is issued by executive order - the end game for trans people in America will begin.
We warned you they were going to criminalize porn!! And they are not going to stop here.
New Bill Would Make All Pornography a Federal Crime in the U.S.
Republican Senator Mike Lee introduced Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (again) last week, which would criminalize porn at the federal level.
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May 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Again, Project 2025 defines trans people as inherently "pornographic" - as in our physical beings. This has long been the plan in place to federally ban queer people from all public life. If this bill passes - or is issued by executive order - the end game for trans people in America will begin.
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Could you imagine if the head of the United States healthcare system didn’t believe that HIV caused AIDS?
…And that instead they believed that AIDS is caused by recreational drugs (“poppers”) used by gay people?
Oh wait…🥴
…And that instead they believed that AIDS is caused by recreational drugs (“poppers”) used by gay people?
Oh wait…🥴
May 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Could you imagine if the head of the United States healthcare system didn’t believe that HIV caused AIDS?
…And that instead they believed that AIDS is caused by recreational drugs (“poppers”) used by gay people?
Oh wait…🥴
…And that instead they believed that AIDS is caused by recreational drugs (“poppers”) used by gay people?
Oh wait…🥴
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let me try to spare ppl some pain today, and repeat something I said in a talk on resistance to Trump last week: you do not have to take advice on how to protest from those who are not themselves willing to protest (and in the NYT ed board’s case, who see disciplining protestors as part of the job)
Why on earth would a protest movement against the worst president in US history begin by acknowledging that he's not so bad
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...
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May 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
let me try to spare ppl some pain today, and repeat something I said in a talk on resistance to Trump last week: you do not have to take advice on how to protest from those who are not themselves willing to protest (and in the NYT ed board’s case, who see disciplining protestors as part of the job)
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two truths for today: the law is not for defining gender and sex; pretty much anything that pleases helen lewis is bad law
April 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
two truths for today: the law is not for defining gender and sex; pretty much anything that pleases helen lewis is bad law
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We’re fucking disappearing gay barbers to labor camps and the people in power are fomenting a panic about an Islamic Children’s Crusade, an internet Village of the Damned.
Maybe we should be paying more attention to the white supremacist rugrats who’ve invaded the social security administration.
Maybe we should be paying more attention to the white supremacist rugrats who’ve invaded the social security administration.
April 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
We’re fucking disappearing gay barbers to labor camps and the people in power are fomenting a panic about an Islamic Children’s Crusade, an internet Village of the Damned.
Maybe we should be paying more attention to the white supremacist rugrats who’ve invaded the social security administration.
Maybe we should be paying more attention to the white supremacist rugrats who’ve invaded the social security administration.
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April 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🚨 Action Alert: Colorado Senate Vote Tomorrow 🚨
Tell your legislators: No to invasive age verification mandates! Take action now: buff.ly/3WGD4zc
Tell your legislators: No to invasive age verification mandates! Take action now: buff.ly/3WGD4zc
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Scandal exposed by UnCommon Law, org that reps ppl in parole cases + has affected clients. They obtained test data showing when Quest Diagnostics used a new chemical for tests, positives jumped 300% across prisons
Quest admitted its chemical switch caused a spike but downplayed the scale of impact.
Quest admitted its chemical switch caused a spike but downplayed the scale of impact.
April 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Scandal exposed by UnCommon Law, org that reps ppl in parole cases + has affected clients. They obtained test data showing when Quest Diagnostics used a new chemical for tests, positives jumped 300% across prisons
Quest admitted its chemical switch caused a spike but downplayed the scale of impact.
Quest admitted its chemical switch caused a spike but downplayed the scale of impact.
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NEW: Thousands incarcerated in California were given faulty drug tests that produced false positives – some denied parole due to erroneous claims of opioid use, according to internal records + lawyer testimony.
Officials have known about the issue for months, but have not cleared people's records.
Officials have known about the issue for months, but have not cleared people's records.
Revealed: drug tests in California prisons yielded false positives, affecting thousands of people
Records suggest Quest Diagnostics erroneously detected opiates. Lawyers say parole requests were jeopardized in the process
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
NEW: Thousands incarcerated in California were given faulty drug tests that produced false positives – some denied parole due to erroneous claims of opioid use, according to internal records + lawyer testimony.
Officials have known about the issue for months, but have not cleared people's records.
Officials have known about the issue for months, but have not cleared people's records.
Why is this man still in office.
They want to be ICE free (again) to snatch people straight from their release from jail
Adams Administration Inks Executive Order Allowing ICE Back on Rikers Island
After the Trump administration demanded the mayor’s cooperation on immigration enforcement, a deputy authorizes federal officials to resume operations at the city’s jail complex.
www.thecity.nyc
April 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Why is this man still in office.
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PASS is excited to announce a groundbreaking new membership program that will now accept all individuals working in the adult industry. ✅
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PASS Announces New Membership Program for All Adult Industry Workers — PASS Certified
Los Angeles, CA – PASS is excited to announce a groundbreaking new membership program that will now accept all individuals working in the adult industry. As part of its ongoing efforts to prov...
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April 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
PASS is excited to announce a groundbreaking new membership program that will now accept all individuals working in the adult industry. ✅
Learn more: www.passcertified.org/news/pass-an...
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Combining long-term electoral and issue organizing with mutual aid *is* the answer to retaking the country. It is the way to get folks to vote. It is the way to build social infrastructure.
I am UNBELIEVABLY moved!
Over 130 people attended our first public campaign event and collected an SUV’s worth of period products for Chicago’s Period Collective!!!
Thank you to anyone who came!! If you want to know more about our beliefs + outreach efforts, go to katforillinois.com.
Over 130 people attended our first public campaign event and collected an SUV’s worth of period products for Chicago’s Period Collective!!!
Thank you to anyone who came!! If you want to know more about our beliefs + outreach efforts, go to katforillinois.com.
March 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Combining long-term electoral and issue organizing with mutual aid *is* the answer to retaking the country. It is the way to get folks to vote. It is the way to build social infrastructure.
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March 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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the vast majority of the incredibly small number of sex worker orgs in the US with funding are health-oriented orgs with HIV funding (i know it's not that deep for the trump admin—and millions of people will be harmed by this everywhere—i just had to say it because those orgs changed my life)
"The Trump administration is preparing to eliminate all federal funding for domestic HIV prevention programs, a move that health experts say will undo decades of progress in combating the epidemic."
BREAKING: Trump admin moves to end federal HIV prevention programs. ‘Catastrophic’ consequences, experts say
“This is a dangerous move,” Jirair Ratevosian, an associate research scientist at Yale University, told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
the vast majority of the incredibly small number of sex worker orgs in the US with funding are health-oriented orgs with HIV funding (i know it's not that deep for the trump admin—and millions of people will be harmed by this everywhere—i just had to say it because those orgs changed my life)
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“We will not take lectures on antisemitism from segregationists and neo-nazis.” @illdottore.bsky.social, a Columbia University professor, speaks out against the kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil.
A Columbia University Professor Speaks Out Against the Kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil
On March 12, at a rally in front of the New York City courthouse where Mahmoud Khalil’s hearing took place, classicist and Columbia University associate professor Joseph Howley made the follo…
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March 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“We will not take lectures on antisemitism from segregationists and neo-nazis.” @illdottore.bsky.social, a Columbia University professor, speaks out against the kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation: “[Wired] is going to stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.” [freedom.press]
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Freedom of the Press Foundation: “[Wired] is going to stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.” [freedom.press]
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"Among various other conspiratorial anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs, RFK Jr has repeatedly promoted the myth that poppers cause AIDS, writing 'heavy recreational drug use in gay men and drug addicts was the real cause of immune deficiency' and that he had never “found any evidence that HIV ever kills a T-cell'
Is RFK Jr. Cracking Down on Poppers? Double Scorpio Says It's Shut Down After FDA “Search and Seizure”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, which oversees the FDA, has promoted the falsehood that poppers cause AIDS.
www.them.us
March 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"Among various other conspiratorial anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs, RFK Jr has repeatedly promoted the myth that poppers cause AIDS, writing 'heavy recreational drug use in gay men and drug addicts was the real cause of immune deficiency' and that he had never “found any evidence that HIV ever kills a T-cell'
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Gonna repeat myself here: The generation of leaders that got us into this mess will not be the ones to get us out of it. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Rahm Wants to Run. Yes, For the Presidency.
The former Chicago mayor is already on the hustings, finding new ways to attack Trumpism from the center.
www.politico.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Gonna repeat myself here: The generation of leaders that got us into this mess will not be the ones to get us out of it. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
The only new question on my nonprofit D&O insurance renewal application this year was “what percentage of your budget comes from government funding?”
March 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The only new question on my nonprofit D&O insurance renewal application this year was “what percentage of your budget comes from government funding?”
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Truthfully, there has never been a better time for feminists to align with the fight for sex workers rights. Both groups are seeing massive attacks aimed at stripping bodily autonomy, freedom of movement, and increasing criminalization.
More allies = better chances of winning.
More allies = better chances of winning.
March 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Truthfully, there has never been a better time for feminists to align with the fight for sex workers rights. Both groups are seeing massive attacks aimed at stripping bodily autonomy, freedom of movement, and increasing criminalization.
More allies = better chances of winning.
More allies = better chances of winning.
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Right now there is clear, overwhelming opposition to Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction across the moderate, liberal, progressive & left spectrum. This kind of loud unity is what authoritarians are afraid of. To keep it up we need every institution & public leader to join the chorus.
March 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Right now there is clear, overwhelming opposition to Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction across the moderate, liberal, progressive & left spectrum. This kind of loud unity is what authoritarians are afraid of. To keep it up we need every institution & public leader to join the chorus.
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how did ICE know where to find Mahmoud Khalil, and who will they go after next? I wrote about the vast surveillance network that powers ICE arrests, and the Zionist groups making deportation wishlists for the agency:
www.theverge.com/policy/62718...
www.theverge.com/policy/62718...
The disappeared Columbia student is the start of a surveillance nightmare
Mahmoud Khalil is a legal permanent resident. That didn’t stop ICE.
www.theverge.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
how did ICE know where to find Mahmoud Khalil, and who will they go after next? I wrote about the vast surveillance network that powers ICE arrests, and the Zionist groups making deportation wishlists for the agency:
www.theverge.com/policy/62718...
www.theverge.com/policy/62718...
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Columbia grad student with a green card and a pregnant US citizen wife, abducted by ICE because of his political organizing, and now his lawyers can't find him.
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Columbia grad student with a green card and a pregnant US citizen wife, abducted by ICE because of his political organizing, and now his lawyers can't find him.
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.
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Data lies all the time.
If there's one thing I can tell you, armed with my debt-fueled Master's in Research, it's that data is not reality, just like the map is not the territory.
Data lies all the time. Data has been used to justify some of the most horrible actions ever taken by governments.
If there's one thing I can tell you, armed with my debt-fueled Master's in Research, it's that data is not reality, just like the map is not the territory.
Data lies all the time. Data has been used to justify some of the most horrible actions ever taken by governments.
Johnson: "Elon's cracked the code. He's now inside these agencies. He's created these algorithms that are constantly crawling through the data & as he told me in his office, data doesn't lie. We're gonna be able to get the information. We're gonna be able to transform the way federal govt works."
February 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Data lies all the time.
If there's one thing I can tell you, armed with my debt-fueled Master's in Research, it's that data is not reality, just like the map is not the territory.
Data lies all the time. Data has been used to justify some of the most horrible actions ever taken by governments.
If there's one thing I can tell you, armed with my debt-fueled Master's in Research, it's that data is not reality, just like the map is not the territory.
Data lies all the time. Data has been used to justify some of the most horrible actions ever taken by governments.
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Bsky Verified Donates Bluesky Verification to PASS AVN
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February 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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