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Astrid
@heythereastrid.bsky.social
CENG - Programmer (C++ and C# mainly) and hardware person.
I have a loving husband, dog, and cat.
🏳️‍⚧️and proud. She/her
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What're you lookin at, cat got your tongue?

Here's a little comm I worked on for @heythereastrid.bsky.social , thank you for lending me your lovely OC!

PS anybody care for a #NSFW version? 👀
August 31, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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1. This morning, California Governor said he was in "complete alignment" with anti-LGBTQ+ hate-influencer Charlie Kirk of TPUSA on transgender sports.

He also conceded on trans inmates and gender affirming care for youth.

It's so much worse than being reported.

Subscribe to support my journalism.
CA Gov Gavin Newsom "Completely Aligns" With Charlie Kirk On Trans Issues In Podcast
The California Governor, in the launch of his new podcast, announced that he completely aligned with far-right, ant-LGBTQ+ influencer Charlie Kirk on sports, and agreed on prisons and youth care.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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For my birthday, you are legally obligated to watch (with sound!) the drag skit that my wife and I made for the Robber/Robert Chapter 1 Kickstarter 👽👍
July 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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☕️ Are you a trans-inclusive cafe, bar, hairdressers, meeting space?

📍 Do you have a noticeboard at work to display community messages?

🎒 Could you pin it on your backpack at Pride?

Help spread the word and grow the trans-inclusive movement ✊🏻🏳️‍⚧️💕
Download our NION Women poster & help us reach more women who want to say:
Not In Our Name – we stand with trans+ people.

📍Put it up in your workplace, café, or venue
📢Stick it on a placard at London Trans Pride
🏳️‍⚧️ Display it everywhere– every scan = new signature

📥 Download: linktr.ee/nionwomen
July 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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You know what to do ✊

Also, if you want to stay more up to date with everything that’s happening, I strongly recommend following accounts like @dieselbrain.bsky.social and @acvalens.net, who are doing a great job tracking the situation.
July 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Maybe we could find out.

Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Collective Shout, the group that took credit for bullying Mastercard into recently censoring more platforms, stated that apparently it took them ~1000 phonecalls to convince them to give them what they wanted?

We got like way more people than that don't we?
ok then. one angle of attack then needs to be actively bombarding Visa and Mastercard's phone numbers and emails.

are customer support phone numbers/emails the best avenue to start with or is there a better option?
July 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Last chance to sign this open letter, which closes 9.00pm today 🤗
We already have over 1,250 signatures, which is fantastic! Once it closes I will print the whole thing out with all names and deliver to Bridget Phillipson. Thanks to all for your support 💪💪💪

docs.google.com/forms/d/180G...
An Open Letter to the Minister for Women and Equalities re the EHRC Code of Practice and Human Rights Risks
The Minister for Women and Equalities will soon be called upon to approve a new Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), f...
docs.google.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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What stage of Capitalism is this?

Selling something where most of the proceeds go towards eradicating trans people, but a little bit goes towards a mental health support line for trans people
July 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Hi everyone! My contract finished and I've been job hunting ever since, but I decided to open some comm slots to help w the month's expenses

Every repost helps~

☕ 5 slots available
#NSFW commissions
☕ DM for additional questions (if you're unsure about something, feel free to ask!)
July 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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I think you should fill in the EHRC consultation. There is a very good written guide that helps you fill it in by Scottish Trans, Mermaids and Trans Actual

www.scottishtrans.org/supreme-cour...

If you would benefit from a "homework club" style hang out to get you through, check this stream out
If you're a British trans person or ally I really think you MUST fill in the EHRC consultation on whether to segregate trans people from society

If you need a hand doing that, @notrightruth.bsky.social and I will be doing a respond together live stream Tuesday 8pm!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wfw...
Respond to the EHRC consultation together! With Katy Montgomerie and Dr Ruth Pearce ❤️
YouTube video by Katy Montgomerie
www.youtube.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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MASS LOBBY AGAINST EHRC GUIDANCE

Trans+ people and allies - join us in Parliament on the 25th June

Register and find more information on our website: transsolidarityalliance.com
May 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.

They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.

Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.

I think about it a lot in moments like this.
January 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.

Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.

www.propublica.org/article/unit...

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UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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Men turning up before dawn to harass the trans kids deserve better crowd. If you're near Ilford get down there please.
December 12, 2024 at 6:51 AM
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I'm reposting every story that highlights the immorality of for-profit healthcare
This young man’s mother died from complications related to diabetes.

Six months before she died, her insurance company began to refuse to cover her supplies.

The morning after she died, they renewed coverage due to a change in status noted as “patient expiration.”
December 11, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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TAP IN: @elielcruz.com did fabulous work for @genderlib.com, capturing trans youth and their affirming families just after the U.S. v Skrmetti hearing. Read what they have to say about what the fight for healthcare means for them! www.vogue.com/article/meet...
“We’re Just Supporting Our Kid the Best We Know How”: Meet the Families Who Traveled to D.C. to Stand Up for Gender-Affirming Care
After oral arguments were presented in United States v. Skrmetti, families with trans children (many of whom traveled cross-country) gathered outside SCOTUS to stand up for gender-affirming care.
www.vogue.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:30 PM
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"We [can't be] sitting here looking for, 'oh, please, please give us things!' No, we're going to fucking take them. This is the thing folks don't realize about trans folks: if you make it so that I can't get access to the things I need to survive, I'm going to find a way to do it."
How two trans women ran a legendary underground surgical clinic in a rural barn
The neighbours had no idea. The medical equipment came from eBay. But in a dark time for transgender people, these anarchist medics treated patients that no one else would touch, reports Io Dodds
www.independent.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 7:21 PM
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After Trump’s win, LGBTQ+ Americans stockpile meds, accelerate plans to marry or adopt and make plans to move, Maham Javaid & @caseyparks.bsky.social report www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
LGBTQ+ Americans stockpile meds and make plans to move after Trump’s win
Some LGBTQ+ people are anxiously preparing for what they fear will be a rollback of their rights.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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The youth are even writing songs about the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s assassination.

The creator’s introductory comment for this music video is “deny the claim defend the lawsuit depose the patient is some otherworldly type of evil.”

2/
December 6, 2024 at 1:02 AM
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i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
November 6, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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there's nothing more cathartic for a white southern conservative than getting to use a new slur in public
December 5, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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acab also means ✨ all ceo’s ✨
December 4, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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“We tried not to get into the politics of state by state and wanted competitive fairness to be the North Star” golf officials say as they demand trans golfers be on puberty blockers before the age of 12 something states argued before the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday should be illegal.
December 5, 2024 at 1:20 PM
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Every study that transphobes throw around just tests cis men vs cis women and makes the insane assertion that trans women and cis men are the same, which they trivially are not. Then when you studies on actual trans people you get different results. Shocker
December 5, 2024 at 2:05 PM