Danielle Oster
@danielleoster86.bsky.social
Writer/editor/journalist. Guitar/bass/keys. Reporter, MediaPost. Amateur forager and naturalist🍄🟫🌿(she/her)
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Not sure I can adequately communicate the combination of frustration and sheer exhaustion of being a trans woman worried about losing access to healthcare and other rights, seeing anti-trans shit in the news daily, and then being told "Well, maybe trans people should have been nicer to JK Rowling."
Gaines is prototypical anti-trans grifter:
-Consistent dishonesty
-Radicalizing quickly once financially incentivized by far right groups
-Shilling crap to stupid audience
-Using sports for wider attacks on trans rights
-Lack of concern for real issues faced by women athletes (eg abusive coaches)
-Consistent dishonesty
-Radicalizing quickly once financially incentivized by far right groups
-Shilling crap to stupid audience
-Using sports for wider attacks on trans rights
-Lack of concern for real issues faced by women athletes (eg abusive coaches)
An incident in a locker room has always been key to Riley Gaines’ anti-trans fame.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Gaines is prototypical anti-trans grifter:
-Consistent dishonesty
-Radicalizing quickly once financially incentivized by far right groups
-Shilling crap to stupid audience
-Using sports for wider attacks on trans rights
-Lack of concern for real issues faced by women athletes (eg abusive coaches)
-Consistent dishonesty
-Radicalizing quickly once financially incentivized by far right groups
-Shilling crap to stupid audience
-Using sports for wider attacks on trans rights
-Lack of concern for real issues faced by women athletes (eg abusive coaches)
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Shows how shit and in cahoots all the uk journos are cause just go “ok then prove you’re cis, right now, come on how do you do it that passport/id/driver’s license doesn’t do it so come on”
She then claims cis people who get “wrongly” challenged “will knkw how to deal with that” and i think the obvious immediate question back to this should be “well how would you prove you are not a trans woman?”
"If someone appears to be going into a changing room or facility that doesn't align with their sex, they should be challenged" - Director of Campaigns at Sex Matters (Keir Starmer's comms director was a Sex Matters board member)
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Shows how shit and in cahoots all the uk journos are cause just go “ok then prove you’re cis, right now, come on how do you do it that passport/id/driver’s license doesn’t do it so come on”
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The Epstein Files bill grants Attorney General Pam Bondi the authority to "withhold or redact" any material that could endanger "national security" or "jeopardize an active federal investigation."
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The Epstein Files bill grants Attorney General Pam Bondi the authority to "withhold or redact" any material that could endanger "national security" or "jeopardize an active federal investigation."
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ICE just hit Durham, community is activating, message me if u wanna help
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
ICE just hit Durham, community is activating, message me if u wanna help
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✨ y'all, check out this new resource — we can see the numbers on trans news coverage in the last five years, what stories people read the most, what issues are top of mind, and what's being missed in the broader conversation
Trans News Initiative
A database and analysis of news coverage affecting trans communities.
transnewsinitiative.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
✨ y'all, check out this new resource — we can see the numbers on trans news coverage in the last five years, what stories people read the most, what issues are top of mind, and what's being missed in the broader conversation
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.
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“Oh, they’re all equally bad” is a lie that benefits the worst acting members of the group being discussed. “All politicians are corrupt,” “all places are equally bigoted,” etc. Pretending virtue doesn’t exist benefits vice.
November 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“Oh, they’re all equally bad” is a lie that benefits the worst acting members of the group being discussed. “All politicians are corrupt,” “all places are equally bigoted,” etc. Pretending virtue doesn’t exist benefits vice.
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“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
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This Trans Awareness Week, we’re proud to share Transcestors & Trailblazers: 30 Lives, 30 Legacies — our limited-edition zine honoring the lives and legacies that paved the way for generations of trans brilliance.
Read the zine here: translash.org/zines/transc... ✨
Read the zine here: translash.org/zines/transc... ✨
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This Trans Awareness Week, we’re proud to share Transcestors & Trailblazers: 30 Lives, 30 Legacies — our limited-edition zine honoring the lives and legacies that paved the way for generations of trans brilliance.
Read the zine here: translash.org/zines/transc... ✨
Read the zine here: translash.org/zines/transc... ✨
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Major news.
Police Scotland’s newly announced “sex at birth” recording policy represents a deeply regressive and discriminatory shift in policing practice. It raises profound concerns for the dignity, safety and human rights of transgender people across Scotland.
Police Scotland’s newly announced “sex at birth” recording policy represents a deeply regressive and discriminatory shift in policing practice. It raises profound concerns for the dignity, safety and human rights of transgender people across Scotland.
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Major news.
Police Scotland’s newly announced “sex at birth” recording policy represents a deeply regressive and discriminatory shift in policing practice. It raises profound concerns for the dignity, safety and human rights of transgender people across Scotland.
Police Scotland’s newly announced “sex at birth” recording policy represents a deeply regressive and discriminatory shift in policing practice. It raises profound concerns for the dignity, safety and human rights of transgender people across Scotland.
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Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
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Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
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Appreciate your boosting/sharing of this episode in particular. Action items at the end include a petition for Leqaa
This week’s episode is an interview with two lawyers who represent Leqaa Kordia, a young Palestinian woman who is in ICE detention for protesting genocide.
open.spotify.com/episode/7gid...?
open.spotify.com/episode/7gid...?
“What’s at Stake is Everything”: The Last Columbia Protester in ICE Detention
open.spotify.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Appreciate your boosting/sharing of this episode in particular. Action items at the end include a petition for Leqaa
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NEW: Firings of LGBTQ staff at NBC and Condé Nast have worsened an already dire picture for legacy news media when it comes to covering the trans community.
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Corporate Media’s Queer Purge — Assigned
It’s no coincidence that historic assaults on trans and queer people’s rights have been accompanied by the mainstream media’s widespread dismissal of LGBTQ+ journalists and the elimination of beats de...
www.assignedmedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
NEW: Firings of LGBTQ staff at NBC and Condé Nast have worsened an already dire picture for legacy news media when it comes to covering the trans community.
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
“[In addition to cutting Teen Vogue] Condé Nast also eliminated several staff jobs, [mostly] held by trans people or women of color [and] fired 4 more staffers, 1 of them trans, who sought to question an executive about its decisions.”
“Also eradicated in the recent purges was…NBC Out…”
“Also eradicated in the recent purges was…NBC Out…”
NEW: Firings of LGBTQ staff at NBC and Condé Nast have worsened an already dire picture for legacy news media when it comes to covering the trans community.
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Corporate Media’s Queer Purge — Assigned
It’s no coincidence that historic assaults on trans and queer people’s rights have been accompanied by the mainstream media’s widespread dismissal of LGBTQ+ journalists and the elimination of beats de...
www.assignedmedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“[In addition to cutting Teen Vogue] Condé Nast also eliminated several staff jobs, [mostly] held by trans people or women of color [and] fired 4 more staffers, 1 of them trans, who sought to question an executive about its decisions.”
“Also eradicated in the recent purges was…NBC Out…”
“Also eradicated in the recent purges was…NBC Out…”
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No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"
“Standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She asks ‘What’s the point of standards?’
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"
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A federal judge has permanently barred the Trump Administration from deploying National Guard troops to Portland, following a long back-and-forth battle. Oregon leaders are celebrating the decision, but DOJ lawyers are already discussing an appeal.
Federal Judge Rules Against Trump, Barring Him from Deploying National Guard to Oregon
US District Judge Karin Immergut ruled Friday, November 7, that the Trump administration is permanently barred from deploying the National Guard to Oregon. The decision was a long-awaited ruling in a ...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A federal judge has permanently barred the Trump Administration from deploying National Guard troops to Portland, following a long back-and-forth battle. Oregon leaders are celebrating the decision, but DOJ lawyers are already discussing an appeal.
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To show how bad things are — and, no, I am not even saying this is new, but — here is the latest from the Trump admin on conditions at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago.
A humane govt would be addressing bedding and food before starting detentions — not needing time after a TRO to do so.
A humane govt would be addressing bedding and food before starting detentions — not needing time after a TRO to do so.
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
To show how bad things are — and, no, I am not even saying this is new, but — here is the latest from the Trump admin on conditions at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago.
A humane govt would be addressing bedding and food before starting detentions — not needing time after a TRO to do so.
A humane govt would be addressing bedding and food before starting detentions — not needing time after a TRO to do so.
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‘Biological pronouns’, now part of a decision in the US courts, was workshopped in plain sight by British GCs. British GCs have been ascendant in large part due to US funding of their associated fake charities and activist orgs.
Transphobia is an organised, international war effort.
Transphobia is an organised, international war effort.
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
‘Biological pronouns’, now part of a decision in the US courts, was workshopped in plain sight by British GCs. British GCs have been ascendant in large part due to US funding of their associated fake charities and activist orgs.
Transphobia is an organised, international war effort.
Transphobia is an organised, international war effort.
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
No one deserves to be subjected to this type of vile hate speech.
Maybe you don’t care about McBride, but you should care about the waves of bigots cheering on this kind of attack on such a high profile trans person, and how that emboldens this type of hate in ways that threaten all of us.
Maybe you don’t care about McBride, but you should care about the waves of bigots cheering on this kind of attack on such a high profile trans person, and how that emboldens this type of hate in ways that threaten all of us.
someone went up to sarah mcbride in front of the u.s. congress, hurled her deadname at her loudly and called her a pedophile repeatedly, posted video of the exchange to x, and it is now going wildly viral
i will not share the video
but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself
i will not share the video
but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
No one deserves to be subjected to this type of vile hate speech.
Maybe you don’t care about McBride, but you should care about the waves of bigots cheering on this kind of attack on such a high profile trans person, and how that emboldens this type of hate in ways that threaten all of us.
Maybe you don’t care about McBride, but you should care about the waves of bigots cheering on this kind of attack on such a high profile trans person, and how that emboldens this type of hate in ways that threaten all of us.
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the individual behind the sarah mcbride heckling video is far-right pastor joseph phillip daniel
I think identifying the person who did this and looking into their background might be useful. Likely they were either paid to do it or they have big skeletons in their closet.
someone went up to sarah mcbride in front of the u.s. congress, hurled her deadname at her loudly and called her a pedophile repeatedly, posted video of the exchange to x, and it is now going wildly viral
i will not share the video
but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself
i will not share the video
but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 AM
the individual behind the sarah mcbride heckling video is far-right pastor joseph phillip daniel
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No matter your thoughts on McBride, no trans person deserves this. We're stronger when we agree as a community that no one in community deserves this.
someone went up to sarah mcbride in front of the u.s. congress, hurled her deadname at her loudly and called her a pedophile repeatedly, posted video of the exchange to x, and it is now going wildly viral
i will not share the video
but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself
i will not share the video
but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 AM
No matter your thoughts on McBride, no trans person deserves this. We're stronger when we agree as a community that no one in community deserves this.
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The Trump administration is now literally *fighting* to deny food to 42 million people, more than a third of them children.
Read that again.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Read that again.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The Trump administration is now literally *fighting* to deny food to 42 million people, more than a third of them children.
Read that again.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Read that again.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...