Lady Aranea
@ladyaranea.bsky.social
I'm a spider-girl VTuber/Vsona, and social justice advocate! I stream video games, sing, and infodump about politics, emotional health, and other stuff I'm interested in. Check me out at https://linktr.ee/l4dyaranea!
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Lady Aranea
@ladyaranea.bsky.social
· Dec 5
Who's got 8 limbs and a day job? Me. Gonna be working retail as of tomorrow. Streams delayed until I figure out what my new schedule is. Love you and miss you, hatchlings. Sleep tight.
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One of the purest examples of a moral panic in our time. A clinic that had years-long waitlists and required an average of 7 appointments before providing transition care smeared and shut down for being reckless.
a clinic that provided services to 12,000 people being closed on the basis of 8 complaints perfectly captures the nature of the uk 'trans-debate'
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
One of the purest examples of a moral panic in our time. A clinic that had years-long waitlists and required an average of 7 appointments before providing transition care smeared and shut down for being reckless.
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it's not possible for llms to be conscious.
it's not possible for llms to become conscious.
it's not possible for llms to become conscious.
I'm pretty sure I know. They aren't. We're not going to really be able to make a lot of progress in dealing with the implications of this tech unless and until we get rid of all this "woo-woo" talk about LLMs. Anthropic pushing this line is PR, unserious.
February 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM
it's not possible for llms to be conscious.
it's not possible for llms to become conscious.
it's not possible for llms to become conscious.
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Generally: They could have listened to the experts about fascism and taken steps to limit the damage fascists do grom
day one.
They could have not gone out of their way to strengthen laws against protesters
Voted "no" on empowering Trump's henchmen
Created a network to help people oppose fascism
day one.
They could have not gone out of their way to strengthen laws against protesters
Voted "no" on empowering Trump's henchmen
Created a network to help people oppose fascism
February 13, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Generally: They could have listened to the experts about fascism and taken steps to limit the damage fascists do grom
day one.
They could have not gone out of their way to strengthen laws against protesters
Voted "no" on empowering Trump's henchmen
Created a network to help people oppose fascism
day one.
They could have not gone out of their way to strengthen laws against protesters
Voted "no" on empowering Trump's henchmen
Created a network to help people oppose fascism
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_i...
It's interesting to look at how Epstein directly, via hundreds of thousands of emails with his pedo buddies in academia, made US academia incredibly hostile to women for *decades*.
How many Emma Noethers never were, even before any of it was put into legislation?
It's interesting to look at how Epstein directly, via hundreds of thousands of emails with his pedo buddies in academia, made US academia incredibly hostile to women for *decades*.
How many Emma Noethers never were, even before any of it was put into legislation?
February 13, 2026 at 11:29 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_i...
It's interesting to look at how Epstein directly, via hundreds of thousands of emails with his pedo buddies in academia, made US academia incredibly hostile to women for *decades*.
How many Emma Noethers never were, even before any of it was put into legislation?
It's interesting to look at how Epstein directly, via hundreds of thousands of emails with his pedo buddies in academia, made US academia incredibly hostile to women for *decades*.
How many Emma Noethers never were, even before any of it was put into legislation?
Elon Musk has entered the chat.
What about a genocide against the Boers?
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Elon Musk has entered the chat.
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I know cis people don't realize the cruelty, so with gentleness and empathy for them, let me try to explain.
Being trans is difficult. Instinctively, you already know this because you think it would be better not to be trans.
Being trans is difficult. Instinctively, you already know this because you think it would be better not to be trans.
“We would expect support for full social transition to be agreed very rarely”
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
This explicit transphobia is spelled out in excruciating detail. Direct from Cass again.
February 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I know cis people don't realize the cruelty, so with gentleness and empathy for them, let me try to explain.
Being trans is difficult. Instinctively, you already know this because you think it would be better not to be trans.
Being trans is difficult. Instinctively, you already know this because you think it would be better not to be trans.
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I’ve spent years of my life trying to explain to people that anti-trans conservatism naturally flows from their belief that children in the American nuclear family are not individuals with autonomy, but instead property of the parents and state, and this guy just… tweeted it out
February 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
I’ve spent years of my life trying to explain to people that anti-trans conservatism naturally flows from their belief that children in the American nuclear family are not individuals with autonomy, but instead property of the parents and state, and this guy just… tweeted it out
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Was literally just thinking about this the other day.
I remember being 16-17 and feeling like an adult. I also remember having teenagers for coworkers when I was in my mid-late 20s and being like holy fuck this is person is a literal actual *child*
I remember being 16-17 and feeling like an adult. I also remember having teenagers for coworkers when I was in my mid-late 20s and being like holy fuck this is person is a literal actual *child*
when i was a 16yo girl i thought i was an adult. coaching 12-17yo girls as a 28yo really hammered home how much i was wrong about being an adult at 16 and how obvious it is to actual adults that a 16yo is not an adult. if they say they cannot tell they are lying because they are a creep.
February 6, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Was literally just thinking about this the other day.
I remember being 16-17 and feeling like an adult. I also remember having teenagers for coworkers when I was in my mid-late 20s and being like holy fuck this is person is a literal actual *child*
I remember being 16-17 and feeling like an adult. I also remember having teenagers for coworkers when I was in my mid-late 20s and being like holy fuck this is person is a literal actual *child*
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Centering the unelected white nazi man here was a choice 🤣
A base that has long made pragmatic, sober decisions appears increasingly attracted to charismatic outsiders who promise to break from the party’s failures of the last decade. They see their party’s leaders as feckless and inept.
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
February 13, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Centering the unelected white nazi man here was a choice 🤣
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CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
shorturl.at
February 13, 2026 at 1:33 AM
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
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Oh my God the entire Democratic base has given itself OCD
this is a stress that cannot be resolved because there will ALWAYS be SOMETHING or SOMEONE they find that relights the fears and the anxieties and then it's right back to demanding tons of total strangers give them total unified behavior and promises to allay the fear and anxieties
February 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Oh my God the entire Democratic base has given itself OCD
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When i say the Atlantic deserves neither your money nor your respect, i also mean their newsletters, their crosswords, and all their podcasts
the same issue launching their anti-trans hate as a cover article deprioritized ones about poor pandemic readiness and harms of anti-black discrimination
the same issue launching their anti-trans hate as a cover article deprioritized ones about poor pandemic readiness and harms of anti-black discrimination
Helen Lewis is back in The Atlantic with "Youth Gender Medicine Is Indeed Up for Debate". It is a masterclass in manufacturing consent, framing the capitulation of medical bodies to political terror as a calm "return to reason."
February 12, 2026 at 8:35 PM
When i say the Atlantic deserves neither your money nor your respect, i also mean their newsletters, their crosswords, and all their podcasts
the same issue launching their anti-trans hate as a cover article deprioritized ones about poor pandemic readiness and harms of anti-black discrimination
the same issue launching their anti-trans hate as a cover article deprioritized ones about poor pandemic readiness and harms of anti-black discrimination
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"Discord is apparently switching age verification providers to Persona due to the bypasses...
which means everything they said about it being client-side and face images not being uploaded is now false"
which means everything they said about it being client-side and face images not being uploaded is now false"
Folf on X: "Discord is apparently switching age verification providers to Persona due to the bypasses... which means everything they said about it being client-side and face images not being uploaded is now false" / X
Discord is apparently switching age verification providers to Persona due to the bypasses... which means everything they said about it being client-side and face images not being uploaded is now false
x.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:43 AM
"Discord is apparently switching age verification providers to Persona due to the bypasses...
which means everything they said about it being client-side and face images not being uploaded is now false"
which means everything they said about it being client-side and face images not being uploaded is now false"
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This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
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I once again feel compelled to remind folks that you feel science news/new scientific developments are bad and destructive because you are not reading science news: You are reading techbro press releases, regurgitated uncritically by outlets that long ago fired all their science/tech beat reporters.
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I once again feel compelled to remind folks that you feel science news/new scientific developments are bad and destructive because you are not reading science news: You are reading techbro press releases, regurgitated uncritically by outlets that long ago fired all their science/tech beat reporters.
If you support Labour, you support Nazis.
New School Guidance announces:
Full bathroom ban.
Full PE ban.
Full school trip accommodation ban.
Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/
Full bathroom ban.
Full PE ban.
Full school trip accommodation ban.
Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/
February 12, 2026 at 8:07 PM
If you support Labour, you support Nazis.
The UK is putting trans kids through conversion therapy.
So, it looks like the new DfE guidance on trans students in schools incorporates recommendations from the Cass report. Suffice to say that is an *incredibly awful* decision.
Here's a thread with my analysis of Cass on social transition from back in 2024.
Here's a thread with my analysis of Cass on social transition from back in 2024.
In Chapter 12, Cass considers social transition.
As per §12.2, this might include haircuts, clothing, name change, and pronoun usage.
As per §12.2, this might include haircuts, clothing, name change, and pronoun usage.
February 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The UK is putting trans kids through conversion therapy.
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“We would expect support for full social transition to be agreed very rarely”
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
This explicit transphobia is spelled out in excruciating detail. Direct from Cass again.
February 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“We would expect support for full social transition to be agreed very rarely”
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
This type of study is basically a lie.
This is the type of study where the issues are so much more serious than just "the data has some problems with reliability" like. The data is very likely non-representative in its entirety!
"This study found that blocking internet access on phones led to better mental health for youth!"
Look inside
75% dropoff rate
hey so is there possibly a survivorship bias in that some youth don't have a viable replacement for the social outlets on their phones
Look inside
75% dropoff rate
hey so is there possibly a survivorship bias in that some youth don't have a viable replacement for the social outlets on their phones
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This type of study is basically a lie.
Misogyny is at the heart of it all. These are the people you idiots are listening to about trans women in sports. They hate you. They want you put in breeding camps. Stop working for them.
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Misogyny is at the heart of it all. These are the people you idiots are listening to about trans women in sports. They hate you. They want you put in breeding camps. Stop working for them.
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If you live in the US, call your fucking representatives and tell them that repealing Section 230 is a horrible idea. If Section 230 is gone, you can kiss Bluesky goodbye.
Reminder that they're still trying to repeal section 230 (thereby making platform holders like bsky legally responsible for content posted by their users etc etc)
There is still a need for you to blow up your rep's phones on this if you enjoy being able to do things like "post" or "have an porn"
There is still a need for you to blow up your rep's phones on this if you enjoy being able to do things like "post" or "have an porn"
Complete Nonsense
YouTube video by penguinz0
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:14 PM
If you live in the US, call your fucking representatives and tell them that repealing Section 230 is a horrible idea. If Section 230 is gone, you can kiss Bluesky goodbye.
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An Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) card game created by an Indigenous designer right here in #Winnipeg.
Currently $4,110 pledged of $7,000 goal.
Currently $4,110 pledged of $7,000 goal.
Ataage Agindaasonan - An Ojibwe/Anishinaabemowin card game
A fun way to learn a language with access to audio translations and pronunciation breakdowns. Immerse yourself with the game phrases!
www.kickstarter.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
An Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) card game created by an Indigenous designer right here in #Winnipeg.
Currently $4,110 pledged of $7,000 goal.
Currently $4,110 pledged of $7,000 goal.
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The SAVE Act has passed the House, making it harder for 69 million American women to vote.
This isn’t about voter fraud or undocumented immigrants.
This is about suppressing the female vote.
They want to repeal the 19th and this is a step in that direction.
This isn’t about voter fraud or undocumented immigrants.
This is about suppressing the female vote.
They want to repeal the 19th and this is a step in that direction.
February 12, 2026 at 6:11 AM
The SAVE Act has passed the House, making it harder for 69 million American women to vote.
This isn’t about voter fraud or undocumented immigrants.
This is about suppressing the female vote.
They want to repeal the 19th and this is a step in that direction.
This isn’t about voter fraud or undocumented immigrants.
This is about suppressing the female vote.
They want to repeal the 19th and this is a step in that direction.