Ansel
@anselhjohnson.bsky.social
they/he
Black Lives Matter; Free Palestine; bodily autonomy is a fundamental right
Textile/fiber arts, mixed media artist, writing? cat dad. I keep forgetting to be active here
Black Lives Matter; Free Palestine; bodily autonomy is a fundamental right
Textile/fiber arts, mixed media artist, writing? cat dad. I keep forgetting to be active here
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i'm just trying to use the internet to buy a used ikea ottoman on facebook marketplace, i don't need to see stuff like "the president wants to execute people for suggesting troops should follow the law and abide by their oath to uphold the constitution." please i just want the poäng. this sucks.
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
i'm just trying to use the internet to buy a used ikea ottoman on facebook marketplace, i don't need to see stuff like "the president wants to execute people for suggesting troops should follow the law and abide by their oath to uphold the constitution." please i just want the poäng. this sucks.
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Don't mention NSFW and don't mention the word commission as well, to be safe.
Sharing to help many. Keep going guys and be careful.
Sharing to help many. Keep going guys and be careful.
Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
November 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Don't mention NSFW and don't mention the word commission as well, to be safe.
Sharing to help many. Keep going guys and be careful.
Sharing to help many. Keep going guys and be careful.
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its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
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Excellent rule for life in general, really.
Cops are literally trained to manipulate information out of you. And for all the chatter I see about their nefarious, underhanded methods for this, the truth is, most don't need to bother, because a lot of you volunteer that shit willingly.
Cops are literally trained to manipulate information out of you. And for all the chatter I see about their nefarious, underhanded methods for this, the truth is, most don't need to bother, because a lot of you volunteer that shit willingly.
October 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Excellent rule for life in general, really.
Cops are literally trained to manipulate information out of you. And for all the chatter I see about their nefarious, underhanded methods for this, the truth is, most don't need to bother, because a lot of you volunteer that shit willingly.
Cops are literally trained to manipulate information out of you. And for all the chatter I see about their nefarious, underhanded methods for this, the truth is, most don't need to bother, because a lot of you volunteer that shit willingly.
it’s not 100% done because I still want to add some flossing to the boning channels, but I’m very pleased considering I didn’t bother with a mockup. Also, my camera yellowed it a bit, it’s a nice deep iridescent emerald
October 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
it’s not 100% done because I still want to add some flossing to the boning channels, but I’m very pleased considering I didn’t bother with a mockup. Also, my camera yellowed it a bit, it’s a nice deep iridescent emerald
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i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.
October 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.
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Very sad to see NBC Out go down. I know journalists who have worked there and it was home to some of the best in depth reporting on LGBTQ+ issues out there from a legacy media outlet.
Legacy media continues to abandon us, and it seems only we can tell our own stories these days.
Legacy media continues to abandon us, and it seems only we can tell our own stories these days.
Breaking: NBC fires teams of journalists focused on marginalized communities, axing NBC Out & NBC BLK staff
NBC News has fired journalists who reported on Black, Latino, Asian and LGBTQ+ communities.
www.advocate.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Very sad to see NBC Out go down. I know journalists who have worked there and it was home to some of the best in depth reporting on LGBTQ+ issues out there from a legacy media outlet.
Legacy media continues to abandon us, and it seems only we can tell our own stories these days.
Legacy media continues to abandon us, and it seems only we can tell our own stories these days.
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Exhibit #1 million that you can just DO THINGS. These folks came up with an idea and have now implemented it. We can all do something where we are. I just donated to their efforts.
We’ve officially launched! Lots of ways to support this new initiative that supports street vendors from 🧊 we keep us safe!
Interest form and flyer below! #BikeChi
forms.gle/dY931Sxzs6V9...
Interest form and flyer below! #BikeChi
forms.gle/dY931Sxzs6V9...
October 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Exhibit #1 million that you can just DO THINGS. These folks came up with an idea and have now implemented it. We can all do something where we are. I just donated to their efforts.
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I would go further and say that everyone deserves basic necessities to live whether they have a job or not.
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I would go further and say that everyone deserves basic necessities to live whether they have a job or not.
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Republicans fully expected them to cave, but Senate Democrats continue to hold the line to protect our healthcare.
Thank you to everyone who is taking action and encouraging your Dem senators to keep fighting to safeguard healthcare for millions. Let’s keep it going: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
Thank you to everyone who is taking action and encouraging your Dem senators to keep fighting to safeguard healthcare for millions. Let’s keep it going: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
October 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Republicans fully expected them to cave, but Senate Democrats continue to hold the line to protect our healthcare.
Thank you to everyone who is taking action and encouraging your Dem senators to keep fighting to safeguard healthcare for millions. Let’s keep it going: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
Thank you to everyone who is taking action and encouraging your Dem senators to keep fighting to safeguard healthcare for millions. Let’s keep it going: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
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"just upload a scanned image of your drivers license no big deal"
Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs
Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs
An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.
buff.ly
October 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"just upload a scanned image of your drivers license no big deal"
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... This is so tragic, but worth the read. One thing that really stands out is that there’s now an organization dedicated to tracking victims of delusion or emotional harm caused by ai use #antiai
He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks
Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.
www.rollingstone.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... This is so tragic, but worth the read. One thing that really stands out is that there’s now an organization dedicated to tracking victims of delusion or emotional harm caused by ai use #antiai
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Attn Black people, stop scrolling.
This is not a drill: Chicago
This is not a drill: Chicago
October 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Attn Black people, stop scrolling.
This is not a drill: Chicago
This is not a drill: Chicago
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There’s a lot of reasons conservative media is hateful garbage but one really important one is that it’s pathetically easy to jerk them around because they don’t care about doing the basic work of journalism
September 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
There’s a lot of reasons conservative media is hateful garbage but one really important one is that it’s pathetically easy to jerk them around because they don’t care about doing the basic work of journalism
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We've launched a new report at Erin In The Morning: The Lavender Ledger, your strategic LGBTQ+ reader, covering the stories that we passed on because someone else covered it better than us.
Here is our first one!
Here is our first one!
The Lavender Ledger: Your Strategic LGBTQ+ Reader By Erin In The Morning
Our new service for the week to cover the news we did not carry but do not want you to miss.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We've launched a new report at Erin In The Morning: The Lavender Ledger, your strategic LGBTQ+ reader, covering the stories that we passed on because someone else covered it better than us.
Here is our first one!
Here is our first one!
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Call your senators and your house rep.
Make a stink by being clear that abandoning trans adults and children is a no-go.
Cis people, call and be loud for us. We are tired.
Make a stink by being clear that abandoning trans adults and children is a no-go.
Cis people, call and be loud for us. We are tired.
1. Trump has dug in on anti-trans provisions in the shutdown fight this morning, cancelling a meeting with Dems unless they cave on trans people.
His post to Truth Social is a clear indication that Republicans are making targeting trans people a priority.
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His post to Truth Social is a clear indication that Republicans are making targeting trans people a priority.
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Trump Digs In On Anti-Trans Provisions In Shutdown Fight Message
The provisions are becoming a key sticking point in the ongoing fight to keep the government open.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Call your senators and your house rep.
Make a stink by being clear that abandoning trans adults and children is a no-go.
Cis people, call and be loud for us. We are tired.
Make a stink by being clear that abandoning trans adults and children is a no-go.
Cis people, call and be loud for us. We are tired.
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this is wonderful wonderful news
In my life I've seen treatments for AIDs developed, vaccines for Ebola and malaria, and now this. Medical science is one is the areas that still consistently seems to make these miraculous advances and I'm genuinely grateful to everyone involved.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
this is wonderful wonderful news
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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1. Republicans are attempting to get the FBI to label trans advocacy as domestic terrorism.
Project 2025's parent org is pushing it.
It would not label all trans people as terrorists, but it would open the door for heavy surveillance and disruption.
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Project 2025's parent org is pushing it.
It would not label all trans people as terrorists, but it would open the door for heavy surveillance and disruption.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Republicans Push FBI To Designate Trans Advocacy As Violent Extremism. Inside The Project 2025 Organization's Proposal.
On Thursday evening, news emerged that individuals within and outside of Trump administration were pushing to cast trans activists as domestic terrorists. Then, Project 2025 dropped its proposal.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
1. Republicans are attempting to get the FBI to label trans advocacy as domestic terrorism.
Project 2025's parent org is pushing it.
It would not label all trans people as terrorists, but it would open the door for heavy surveillance and disruption.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Project 2025's parent org is pushing it.
It would not label all trans people as terrorists, but it would open the door for heavy surveillance and disruption.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/
September 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/
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It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.
September 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.
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If we are going to have any chance of preserving healthcare for trans people, reproductive care or frankly any kinds of care the regime wants to eliminate providers & institutions are going to have to band together to vigorously fight civil subpoenas & vague threats of criminalization at every turn
September 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
If we are going to have any chance of preserving healthcare for trans people, reproductive care or frankly any kinds of care the regime wants to eliminate providers & institutions are going to have to band together to vigorously fight civil subpoenas & vague threats of criminalization at every turn
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🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ Trans people are "a vulnerable minority group that has been widely demonized. Any good journalistic practice would involve nailing down accuracy to avoid making things worse."
– @lopatto.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/politics/777...
– @lopatto.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/politics/777...
The WSJ carelessly spread anti-trans misinformation
The Wall Street Journal’s fuckup while covering Charlie Kirk’s killing needs more than an editor’s note.
www.theverge.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ Trans people are "a vulnerable minority group that has been widely demonized. Any good journalistic practice would involve nailing down accuracy to avoid making things worse."
– @lopatto.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/politics/777...
– @lopatto.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/politics/777...