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mal-content.bsky.social
As a married queer, gonna share this.
jbr0618.bsky.social JBR @jbr0618.bsky.social · Aug 11
1) Fuck this troll bitch Kim Davis. I wish I never had to see or think about her again.

2) If you are LGBTQ+ and married (or probably in general married) watch this video on what legal protections/documentation you should have in place IF this is overturned.

youtu.be/hOhIHdmnBM0?...
August 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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mrpecu.bsky.social
Hey if you hate censorship and want to do more than just doompost online, you can actually do something: Being annoying!

Hoards of people have been blowing up the phones of payment processing companies to pressure them not to bend to the whims of puritan groups.

stop-paypros.neocities.org
Cartoon monster lady, Sue, in a "Don't Stop Calling T-shirt, pointing at a personification of "puritan activist groups" looming over a personification of "payment processor" Sue's Dialogue: YOOHOO! These motherfuckers think they can pick and choose what you do with your own money. You wouldn't let them do that, would you?
July 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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theserfstv.bsky.social
In case you were wondering what a press conference from nazi Germany would have sounded like
nikkimcr.bsky.social Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · Jun 30
Karoline Leavitt indicates the administration is open to a denaturalization-oriented investigation against Zohran Mamdani
June 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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loripica.bsky.social
🚨Please share this vital information Bluesky..
June 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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moxiest.art
✨gnbsky
June 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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cayisblue.bsky.social
apps.apple.com/us/app/icebl...
‎ICEBlock
‎Stay informed about reported ICE sightings, within a 5 miles radius of your current location, in real-time while maintaining your privacy. ICEBlock is a community-driven app that allows you to share ...
apps.apple.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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alexcallinicos.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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lukesteuber.com
I mapped out the whole United States immigration process a few weeks ago and started to make a video game about it. There are almost 300 nodes and they have changed the rules on all of them three times since then and I give up

Anyway here is the ugly broken version
U.S. Immigration Pathway Simulation
An interactive simulation to understand the challenges of immigration and the path to U.S. citizenship
assisted.site
May 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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threnody.bsky.social
this thread is long for a reason—it attempts to lay out a call to action to do something proactive at the state level to help protect healthcare for trans people.

this will be more important than ever as the federal government tightens its fist on trans care.

please read. ⬇️ help if you can. 💜
threnody.bsky.social emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · May 21
hi, folks!

is calling federal electeds to ask them not to pass shitty legislation not doing it for you? i get it.

how about helping to bring about positive change that would materially help thousands of trans people? and that's actually possible?

do you know about washington state's HB 1971?🧵
Washington State Just Made Stocking Up on Hormones Much Easier
On Wednesday, the Washington State Senate passed HB 1971, a first of its kind bill from House Rep. Nicole Macri that compels insurance companies in the state to cover up to a year’s supply of ho...
www.thestranger.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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wolvendamien.bsky.social
You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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threnody.bsky.social
so, this is that. KOSA, SCREEN, internet obscenity definition act—whatever you call it—this is where trans people are declared inherently obscene.

can they do that? trans troops were just kicked out of the armed forces for being inherently deceitful & dishonorable, so probably! unless people fight.
Stop Project 2025 comic with the following speech bubbles: HI. I'M LUCY. THAT'S NOT MY REAL NAME, AND THIS ISN'T WHAT I LOOK LIKE. BUT THAT'S FINE, BECAUSE WHILE THIS IS MY STORY... IT'S ONE THAT THOUSANDS OF OTHER TRANS PEOPLE HAVE LIVED THROUGH, AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT. IT'S OUR STORY TOO. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU HOW NIGHTMARISH PROJECT 2025 WILL BE FOR TRANS LIVES. BEFORE WE GET TO THE MAIN EVENT, LET ME SET THE STAGE. I'VE BEEN OUT AND MEDICALLY TRANSITIONING AS A TRANS WOMAN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IT COSTS ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN MEDICAL EXPENSES EACH YEAR. I ALSO HAD TO FLEE MY HOME STATE DUE TO BIGOTED LAWS AND FACED DISCRIMINATION EVERYWHERE FROM MY OWN FAMILY TO MY JOB. IT'S PRETTY BAD. AND IF TRUMP GETS REELECTED AND PROJECT 2025 IS BROUGHT INTO ACTION, IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET MUCH WORSE. "TRANSGENDER," "GENDER IDENTITY" AND "BIOLOGICAL SEX" ARE USED OVER THIRTY TIMES IN THIS PHONE BOOK OF HATE, SO I'M GOING TO KEEP IT SIMPLE. THREE POLICIES. JUST THREE. THAT'S ALL THEY NEED. LET'S START AT THE TOP. PAGE FIVE. "PORNOGRAPHY, MANIFESTED TODAY IN THE OMNIPRESENT PROPAGATION OF TRANSGENDER IDEOLOGY." ANY TRANS PERSON'S STORY WOULD BE LABELED AS PORNOGRAPHY, OUR LIVES. OUR EXPERIENCES. EVERY PART OF US. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY, "PORNOGRAPHY SHOULD BE OUTLAWED. THE PEOPLE WHO PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE IT SHOULD BE IMPRISONED." I THINK YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING... Stop Project 2025 Comic with the following speech bubbles: THAT MEANS THAT ANY TRANS PERSON TALKING ABOUT THEIR TRANSITION COULD BE IMPRISONED. EVERY STATEMENT ABOUT OUR LIVES, A POTENTIAL OFFENSE. HELL, THE STORY YOU'RE READING RIGHT NOW WOULD QUALIFY. NEXT. "RESCIND REGULATIONS PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF L...J GENDER IDENTITY, TRANSGENDER STATUS, AND SEX CHARACTERISTICS." PAGE 584. PAIRED WITH PAGE 495, "A GENERAL STATEMENT OF POLICY SPECIFYING THAT IT WILL NOT ENFORCE ANY PROHIBITION ON L...] GENDER IDENTITY DISCRIMINATION" IT PAINTS A PICTURE. DISCRIMINATION TOWARDS TRANS PEOPLE AT PLACES LIKE THEIR JOBS WILL BE FULLY LEGAL, LEAVING US OPEN TO UNMITIGATED HARASSMENT AND HATE. PAGE 485. "WITHDRAW ALL GUIDANCE ENCOURAGING RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM SERVICE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE CONTROVERSIAL 'GENDER TRANSITION' PROCEDURES OR 'GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE'." PAGE 462. "FUND STUDIES INTO THE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF CROSS-SEX INTERVENTIONS, INCLUDING 'AFFIRMATION,' PUBERTY BLOCKERS, CROSS-SEX HORMONES AND SURGERIES." PAGE... TAKE YOUR PICK. THERE'S A DOZEN MORE. BY CUTTING FEDERAL FUNDING FROM ANY MEDICAL FACILITY THAT OFFERS TRANS HEALTHCARE, AND STANDING AGAINST IT AS OFFICIAL POLICY... HORMONES AND GENDER CARE WILL BECOME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND. FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE ALREADY ON THEM. IT'LL WREAK HAVOC. OUR MENTAL HEALTH. OUR BODIES. DAMAGE THAT WILL RUIN LIVES. AND FOR TRANS FOLKS WHO CAN NO LONGER PRODUCE A SAFE LEVEL OF HORMONES... IT COULD KILL THEM. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT TO KEEP TRACK OF. I HAVEN'T EVEN COVERED ALL THE ANTI-TRANS PROPOSALS IN PROJECT 2025. IF YOU TAKE NOTHING ELSE FROM HERE TAKE THIS: FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ACROSS AMERICA, DEFEATING TRUMP AND PROJECT 2025 ISN'T JUST A POLITICAL RACE. IT'S A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL. AND WE NEED ALL OF YOU FIGHTING WITH US.
May 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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trekcentral.net
🚨 BOLDLY GOING….

Now this isn’t a crossover anyone was expecting!

Things get trippy in a bonkers new #StrangeNewWorlds x #SpongeBobSquarepants promo for P+! 🤯

#StarTrek
April 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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sensorystories.bsky.social
"A new disease registry is being launched to track Americans with autism" 😳
April 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social
You know EXACTLY what you were voting for when you voted for this convicted felon 📣
April 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
leathergearbear.bsky.social
Okay folks, you know what to do!
Share this with everyone
gsuswy.bsky.social General Strike (GSUS) (WY) @gsuswy.bsky.social · Apr 3
Quick action alert! (From another source):

The Heritage Foundation is trying to launder data in support of DOGE by surveying only their supporters and using blatantly leading questions. Takes less than 5 minutes and they don't verify your email. Go nuts.

secured.heritage.org/the-doge-sur...
The Heritage DOGE Survey | The Heritage Foundation
secured.heritage.org
April 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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mal-content.bsky.social
Not specific to #TransVisibilityDay, but still helpful.
March 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
leathergearbear.bsky.social
This...
herreraimages.bsky.social Leo Herrera @herreraimages.bsky.social · Mar 26
Queers got used to a lot of fake friends.

From POST, poems and grudges. AnalogCruising.com
March 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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owillis.bsky.social
treat the signalgate story like fox news would

- what other secrets are they hiding
- are there payoff backchannels
- release the long form text transcripts
- this requires a criminal investigation
- what other backchannels are they leaking classified intel on? members of congress? fox news? russia
March 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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stephaniemlee.bsky.social
"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
www.chronicle.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
leathergearbear.bsky.social
Oh look... NOT a drag queen..

bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
Minnesota State Senator Justin Eichorn arrested on suspicion of soliciting a minor
The Republican allegedly arranged to meet with a 16-year-old girl in Bloomington.
bringmethenews.com
March 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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aclu.org
If you’re protesting this weekend, know your rights.
Black graphic with text “You don't need a permit to protest in response to breaking news and you don't need a permit to march in the streets or along sidewalks, as long as you're not obstructing traffic or access to buildings. When you are lawfully present in any public space, you have the right to photograph anything in plain view, including federal buildings and the police.If you believe your rights have been violated, when you can, write down everything you remember, get contact information for witnesses, and take photographs of any injuries.If you get stopped by the police, ask if you're free to go. If they say yes, calmly walk away.If you get arrested, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise, say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't sign, say or agree to anything without a lawyer present.If you get stopped by a member of the military or any law enforcement office at a protest, you have the right to remain silent or to tell them that you’ll only answer questions in the presence of an attorney — no matter your citizenship or immigration status.”
March 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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badhombrenps.bsky.social
Someone actually pre-drafted a #FOIA request for you to send directly to #DOGE so that you can find out what personal information of yours that ketamine-addled doofus has. Here's a link to it. Happy hunting.

drive.google.com/file/d/119jz...

#resist
DOGE_Privacy_Request.pdf
drive.google.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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March 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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altcdc.altgov.info
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March 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM