Simon
@rill.bsky.social
serial hobbyist, cat dad, chronic over-thinker. he/they.
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“The reason you should care about this is not that it could happen to you but that it is already happening to others. It is happening to people who, we claim, have rights just because we are human. It is happening to me, personally.” @mashagessen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...
Opinion | There’s a Name for What Trump Is Doing to Trans People: Denationalizing (Gift Article)
The message is that we are a threat to the nation. The subtext is that we are not of this nation.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
“The reason you should care about this is not that it could happen to you but that it is already happening to others. It is happening to people who, we claim, have rights just because we are human. It is happening to me, personally.” @mashagessen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...
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The attack on DEI shows why liberals should stop arguing about "strategic" use of language forever. DEI stands for three uncontroversial virtues that most every American accepts, and the right still turned it into a vile slur. It doesn't matter what you say - they will poison it because YOU said it.
February 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The attack on DEI shows why liberals should stop arguing about "strategic" use of language forever. DEI stands for three uncontroversial virtues that most every American accepts, and the right still turned it into a vile slur. It doesn't matter what you say - they will poison it because YOU said it.
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The rubbing it in our faces is the entire point! They don't have any coherent policy goals because their goal isn't policy! It's humiliation of their perceived enemies!
a thing about the trump administration is they can’t just do a thing they feel morally (?) obligated to rub your face in it
hey does anyone want to see the the trump administration extort the mayor of americas largest city on live tv?
February 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The rubbing it in our faces is the entire point! They don't have any coherent policy goals because their goal isn't policy! It's humiliation of their perceived enemies!
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the only people who benefit from this are child predators and i'd like dem officials to say so into a microphone
New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
February 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
the only people who benefit from this are child predators and i'd like dem officials to say so into a microphone
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LGBTQIA minors make up 40% of the endangered minor runaway population. They are 120% more likely to be unhoused. They are also uniquely at risk for exploitation and trafficking.
This is breathtakingly evil.
This is breathtakingly evil.
New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
February 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
LGBTQIA minors make up 40% of the endangered minor runaway population. They are 120% more likely to be unhoused. They are also uniquely at risk for exploitation and trafficking.
This is breathtakingly evil.
This is breathtakingly evil.
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If anyone claims that the current anti-trans panic was caused in any part by trans people advocating for our human rights, that person is lying through their teeth.
The religious right lost on marriage equality, and immediately started going after trans people instead. That's what happened.
The religious right lost on marriage equality, and immediately started going after trans people instead. That's what happened.
February 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If anyone claims that the current anti-trans panic was caused in any part by trans people advocating for our human rights, that person is lying through their teeth.
The religious right lost on marriage equality, and immediately started going after trans people instead. That's what happened.
The religious right lost on marriage equality, and immediately started going after trans people instead. That's what happened.
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Dear every ally, both celebrity and random.
Hormones cause puberty. Republicans are trying to convince everyone that *teenagers* are too young for *puberty*.
Please bake this into the way you talk about trans youth.
Hormones cause puberty. Republicans are trying to convince everyone that *teenagers* are too young for *puberty*.
Please bake this into the way you talk about trans youth.
February 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Dear every ally, both celebrity and random.
Hormones cause puberty. Republicans are trying to convince everyone that *teenagers* are too young for *puberty*.
Please bake this into the way you talk about trans youth.
Hormones cause puberty. Republicans are trying to convince everyone that *teenagers* are too young for *puberty*.
Please bake this into the way you talk about trans youth.
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I mean, literally, the answer to this is "I am federally prohibited from telling you anything about my students without a subpoena or judicial warrant; if you have a subpoena or judicial warrant, please submit it to [Legal Officer/Office] to ensure it is in compliance with all relevant federal laws"
If you have students who are trans no you don’t. If you have students of color who may be affected by ICE no you don’t. If anyone asks you gender or racial the makeup of your class you don’t have to tell them.
Protect your class and protect your students by not complying in advance. They trust you.
Protect your class and protect your students by not complying in advance. They trust you.
1. Breaking News: Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers in schools who teach for them.
It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.
I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.
Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.
I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.
Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
January 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I mean, literally, the answer to this is "I am federally prohibited from telling you anything about my students without a subpoena or judicial warrant; if you have a subpoena or judicial warrant, please submit it to [Legal Officer/Office] to ensure it is in compliance with all relevant federal laws"
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Listen, I'm donating the max amount to the first dem who says "President Childhood Cancer killed the people on that plane by gutting the FAA."
January 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Listen, I'm donating the max amount to the first dem who says "President Childhood Cancer killed the people on that plane by gutting the FAA."
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This whole "It's just a distraction" line of thinking needs to die. They are genocidal bastards hellbent on eradicating the trans community. It's not a god damn distraction. This is what they stand for and you're running cover for it by minimizing it.
January 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This whole "It's just a distraction" line of thinking needs to die. They are genocidal bastards hellbent on eradicating the trans community. It's not a god damn distraction. This is what they stand for and you're running cover for it by minimizing it.
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People really just do not understand fascism. It honestly just is so damn frustrating - but not surprising - how liberals do not have any real conception of how fascism actually functions and expect it to just be cartoonish Nazis or not at all.
January 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
People really just do not understand fascism. It honestly just is so damn frustrating - but not surprising - how liberals do not have any real conception of how fascism actually functions and expect it to just be cartoonish Nazis or not at all.
clearly this is about protecting women's sports /s
all the cis women who play on the teams in this roller derby league want to play with their trans teammates, but the local government has declared that any sports team that wants to practice or play in parks/rec centres/etc. will be denied a permit to do so if they allow trans people.
January 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
clearly this is about protecting women's sports /s
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Thing is, the OG Nazis came for the trans people first and they didn’t even put us in the poem.
January 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Thing is, the OG Nazis came for the trans people first and they didn’t even put us in the poem.
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a small handful of evil people are going to attempt to use the full might of the most powerful government the world has ever known to rob you of your joy and they are going to fail, because it cannot be done
January 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
a small handful of evil people are going to attempt to use the full might of the most powerful government the world has ever known to rob you of your joy and they are going to fail, because it cannot be done
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We will be posting a link to a reputable program working on re-housing Trans migrants from Red States into California.
You can fill an application to house, you can donate or you can share with a friend who needs it. Please boost this message to support when we share this link.
You can fill an application to house, you can donate or you can share with a friend who needs it. Please boost this message to support when we share this link.
If your trans friends want to leave red states, help them, for God's sake help them, time is of the essence
January 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
We will be posting a link to a reputable program working on re-housing Trans migrants from Red States into California.
You can fill an application to house, you can donate or you can share with a friend who needs it. Please boost this message to support when we share this link.
You can fill an application to house, you can donate or you can share with a friend who needs it. Please boost this message to support when we share this link.
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I will never stop being mad about how the media has treated the anti-trans movement as a group of ordinary people with legitimate concerns rather than the obvious frothing bigots they are.
ABC White House correspondent just released ANOTHER anti-trans EO expected that we did not cover in our piece this morning:
A federal ban on funding to programs that acknowledge and affirm transgender people.
A federal ban on funding to programs that acknowledge and affirm transgender people.
January 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I will never stop being mad about how the media has treated the anti-trans movement as a group of ordinary people with legitimate concerns rather than the obvious frothing bigots they are.
dear cishet people: when someone comes out to you, the appropriate response is "congratulations"
January 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
dear cishet people: when someone comes out to you, the appropriate response is "congratulations"
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FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE
January 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE
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Pixar you cowards
December 18, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Pixar you cowards
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this animatic is beautiful and moving in how it covers part of the trans experience SO honestly and artistically, and in so little time, with no dialogue
imagine what the finished scene could have been
this is what they took from us 😞
imagine what the finished scene could have been
this is what they took from us 😞
The leaked prerender scene featuring a trans story line that Disney/Pixar removed from their new show Win or Lose.
(sped up a bit to meet the upload limit)
(sped up a bit to meet the upload limit)
December 18, 2024 at 1:37 AM
this animatic is beautiful and moving in how it covers part of the trans experience SO honestly and artistically, and in so little time, with no dialogue
imagine what the finished scene could have been
this is what they took from us 😞
imagine what the finished scene could have been
this is what they took from us 😞
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