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Merrytildide 🫎

@mitildide.bsky.social

Fun fact: all data indicates that there have never been that many lesbians to be openly out as lesbians. This is a very good thing, though we may still raise the number.

December 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM

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Naniiebim

@naniiebim.bsky.social

I feel the clients now using GenAI to do stuff and going "good enough" when they used to nitpick at every last detail is due to them finding out all those nit picky changes take time and work they cant be bothered to put in.

December 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM

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Dagsson

@dagsson.bsky.social

October 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM

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Les Dévalideuses

@lesdevalideuses.bsky.social

🗣️ La librairie féministe et queer Violette & Co est arrivée en tête d'un financement participatif, pour rendre ses locaux accessibles PMR.
Sans explication, la région IDF a ensuite écarté ce projet !
Déjà attaquée pour proposer des ouvrages sur la Palestine, la librairie a besoin de soutien ! 👇

Signez la pétition

Fin de l'opacité dans l'attribution des budgets participatifs de la Région Île-de-France

www.change.org

December 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM

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La Alice, la Marcelle Mauss de la transition

@marwaue.bsky.social

medium.com/@Ethnolectur...

Texte écrit rapidement mais le sujet ne mérite pas davantage sur l'exposition MOMIES du musée de l'Homme

Mummy issues : l’exposition MOMIES du Musée de l’Homme et son parfum de médiocrité

Le 26 décembre 2023, l’assemblée national adoptait une loi relative à la restitution de restes humains appartenant aux collections…

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December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM

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Monomarchos

@monomarchos.agency

Le VIH adresse un grand merci à tout ceux qui s'opposent aux cours d'éducation sexuelle et qui cherchent à nuire au planning familial

Stop Homophobie @stophomophobie.com · 24d

🇫🇷📈 VIH : forte hausse des diagnostics chez les 15-24 ans

Selon les nouvelles données de Santé publique France, les jeunes sont de plus en plus touchés par le VIH.
+41 % de diagnostics chez les 15-24 ans en dix ans, alors que la prévention stagne.

VIH : hausse des diagnostics chez les 15-24 ans, les jeunes HSH en première ligne - Association STOP homophobie

Les diagnostics VIH progressent fortement chez les 15-24 ans, en particulier chez les jeunes HSH, selon Santé publique France.

www.stophomophobie.com

November 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM

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Jenn Woodall

@funeralbeat.bsky.social

👩‍🌾 Grab your tools

An illustration of a young women yanking a weed out of a bed of marigolds. The primary colours of the piece are deep green and a saffron yellow, with some brown and moss green tones as well. The camera is looking up at the young girl with a forced perspective, as she pulls out the weed while leaning back. The text reads: PULL FASCISM UP BY THE ROOT.

November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM

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Merrytildide 🫎

@mitildide.bsky.social

Yesterday I learned that one of my favourite novels set in Paris had been translated into English so if you like pathetic wimp main characters and think an old woman gunning a nazi down should be described as a fairy you should checkout Daniel Pennac's "Scapegoat" series

November 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM

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Gaia's Favorite Rogue

@nightmarefixer.bsky.social

web.archive.org/web/20241122...

Alice Wong's Teen Vogue articles were archived before their removal, for anyone looking.

Disability Visibility - Latest

Get the latest on Disability Visibility from Teen Vogue. Find articles, slideshows and more.

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November 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM

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Sarah May

@sarahmay1.bsky.social

Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.

Screenshot of a report on the BBC News website (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0y07959djo) original headline reads:
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance

I have scrubbed out the word Trans

The headline is above an image of a sign for toilets from Getty images

The BBC staff are:
Alison Holt

Social affairs editor

@AlisonHoltBBC

Ewan Somerville

Kate Whannel

Political reporter

November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM

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Miles, knitting screaming agony werewolf

@queermedieval.bsky.social

a world without trans people has never existed and never will

a medieval style digital drawing of an androgynous brown-skinned knight on horseback on a hill, stabbing a long gold spear into a blue dragon on the ground. the knight has a gold halo behind their head and wears a suit of silver armor with a nonbinary flag striped tunic and a trans flag as a cape. their horse is white, with blue tack with trans pride trim. there is black gothic text at the top and bottom of the image reading “A world without trans people has never existed and never will.” there’s an ornate pale blue border around the image, filled with pink and blue scrollwork, gold hearts filled with colorful flowers, a smiley bat, two smiley moles, and two smiling frogs holding up trans flags.

April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM

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Une femme-pastèque

@benecologie.bsky.social

Pourquoi prôner des activités violentes (ou non) pour se soulager face aux violences du travail plutôt que de prôner l'anticapitalisme et l'abolition du travail ? On est fatigué.e.s purée.

November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM

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jenny tightpants

@jtp.bsky.social

looks like the servers went down at cloudflare, where i work as the server guy. not to worry, i will know how to fix it as soon as i ask chatgpt what to do

November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM

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Oregon 🕎🎲

@oregonthedm.bsky.social

Part 199 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd

The ceiling of Shah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran (1611)

Celestial design in lapis blue that is meant to look like stars

November 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM

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joie💚🕊️❤️

@baronchat.bsky.social

Petit rappel que vous pouvez tjrs vous faire vacciner contre le covid et la grippe 🤓☝️
Et vous épargner bien des emmerdes pour la suite de la saison

November 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM

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-Boulet-

@bouletcorp.bsky.social

Tiens, on m'envoie aussi celle-ci de @jimbenton.bsky.social que j'aime beaucoup (www.jimbenton.com)
(Même si elle ne s'adapte pas vraiment en français !)

Un magicien tourne le dos à un petit pentagramme entouré de bougie dans lequel se tient un petit citron tout mignon. Le magicien contrarié relit son parchemin sur lequel il est écrit "How to summon a lemon" (comment invoquer un citron), mais l'écriture manuelle pleine de boucles donne l'impression qu'il est écrit "How to summon a demon" (comment invoquer un démon).
Le magicien pense: "Bon sang je déteste l'écriture cursive."

November 18, 2025 at 4:26 AM

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Emilius Duckberry

@emiliusdraws.bsky.social

#3157 A helpful tutorial

A digital drawing of one of those drawing tutorials that says 'don't do this, do this.'
The drawing is of an almost naked middle-aged man doing a flying kick. The 'Don't do this' one has a bunch of areas circled and a cross under it. The 'Do this' one is exactly the same but without the circles and a tick instead of a cross.
The text reads 'Needlessly adding red circles will ruin your art' and a smaller bit of text at the bottom reads 'Bonus tip! Add a tick under all your art so people think you did it right.'

November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM

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Lego Lost At Sea

@legolostatsea.bsky.social

There were 92,400 Lego cutlasses inside the shipping container that fell off the Tokio Express back in 1997. This one was found in August by Laura Dale on a beach near Newquay some 28 years after it plummeted into the ocean.
Photo: Laura Dale

November 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM

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Céline Extenso

@celinextenso.bsky.social

Alice Wong, une grande militante antivalidiste nous a quitté.
Que la terre lui soit légère, que son souvenir reste porteur 🖤✊

(Je me suis permis une traduction, pour l'accessibilité)

Je suis une amie d'Alice, Sandy Ho.
Conformément aux souhaits d'Alice, ce message est publié au moment de son décès.

Bonjour à tous, il semble que je sois à court de temps. J'avais tant de rêves à réaliser et tant de projets de création de nouvelles histoires pour vous. Quelques-uns sont en cours et pourraient aboutir dans quelques années si tout se passe bien. Je n'aurais jamais imaginé vivre jusqu'à cet âge et devenir écrivaine, éditrice, militante et bien plus encore. Enfant, rongée par l'insécurité et le validisme intériorisé, je ne voyais pas d'avenir possible. C'est grâce à mes amis et à quelques professeurs formidables qui ont cru en moi que j'ai pu me sortir de situations difficiles et parvenir enfin à me sentir bien dans ma peau.
Nous avons besoin de plus d'histoires sur nous et notre culture. Vous tous, nous tous, méritons tout et plus encore dans un environnement tellement hostile et discriminatoire. Notre sagesse est percutante et inébranlable. Je suis honoré d'être votre ancêtre et je crois que les oracles handicapés comme nous éclaireront la voie vers l'avenir. Ne laissez pas ces enfoirés vous démoraliser. Je vous aime tous.

Portait d'Alice Wong, une femme aux cheveux noirs et au visage fin en fauteuil roulant électrique. Elle jette vers l'objectif un regarde vif et un sourire malicieux. Elle porte une chemise bleu vif à motifs géométriques, un rouge à lèvres carmin et un masque respiratoire sur le nez, le tuyau repassant derrière son appuie-tête.

November 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM

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Dr. Thrasher wants you to pre-order The Overseer Class

@thrasherxy.bsky.social

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

Black text on a yellow background - This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing.
Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin.
We need more stories about us and our culture.
You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.

November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM

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Dr. Thrasher wants you to pre-order The Overseer Class

@thrasherxy.bsky.social

Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated

Steven and Alice smiling and holding each other’s books

November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM

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Elea Chang

@elea.fyi

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.

Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...

423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...

www.instagram.com

November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM

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Merrytildide 🫎

@mitildide.bsky.social

L'article se le demande mais je vais le dire : oui la transphobie est utilisée comme prétexte pour attaquer les services qui se battent contre les violences sexuelles