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Róisín (pronounced “ro-SHEEN”) / ace lesbian trans woman (she/her) / 33 / anarcho-communist / definitely where my VPN says I am and not in Cleveland / Guardians, Cavs, and Packers fan / free Łink, ban Jay
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It was definitely planned, this is exactly how they do it every time. It's the Libs of TikTok faux outrage pipeline
i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
It was definitely planned, this is exactly how they do it every time. It's the Libs of TikTok faux outrage pipeline
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be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
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it's just cool how the museum which protects the body of the very last Dusky Seaside Sparrow that will ever exist is committed to drinking deep from the AI slop trough. I hope the slop tastes good
December 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
it's just cool how the museum which protects the body of the very last Dusky Seaside Sparrow that will ever exist is committed to drinking deep from the AI slop trough. I hope the slop tastes good
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i drive by this monstrosity several times a week. the first time i saw it my mind broke a little bit and i just started mumbling "labubu cybertruck" to myself for the rest of the drive
December 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
i drive by this monstrosity several times a week. the first time i saw it my mind broke a little bit and i just started mumbling "labubu cybertruck" to myself for the rest of the drive
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I'm having a time.
(the PC and arm pain are unrelated, no matter how this may look)
(the PC and arm pain are unrelated, no matter how this may look)
December 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I'm having a time.
(the PC and arm pain are unrelated, no matter how this may look)
(the PC and arm pain are unrelated, no matter how this may look)
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It's December which means it's time to post the generic Hallmark version of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" that the kids are calling "probably not legally actionable"
December 2, 2024 at 10:02 PM
It's December which means it's time to post the generic Hallmark version of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" that the kids are calling "probably not legally actionable"
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Back by popular demand: people driving on the Monon
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Back by popular demand: people driving on the Monon
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Accountants are cooked. AI is coming for you.
Prepare accordingly.
*Posts financials that gets the CEO thrown in jail*
Prepare accordingly.
*Posts financials that gets the CEO thrown in jail*
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Accountants are cooked. AI is coming for you.
Prepare accordingly.
*Posts financials that gets the CEO thrown in jail*
Prepare accordingly.
*Posts financials that gets the CEO thrown in jail*
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Posting from the living room bathtub in my new AI designed house
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Posting from the living room bathtub in my new AI designed house
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
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I don't think I've ever talked on Bluesky about why I hate the Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
September 16, 2023 at 10:12 PM
I don't think I've ever talked on Bluesky about why I hate the Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
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I'll give you the short version: they sponsored & supported the most influential AIDS denialist group of the 2000's, resulting in national policies in South Africa that caused an estimated 330,000 deaths there.
They have never apologized or acknowledged what they did.
medium.com/the-monthly/...
They have never apologized or acknowledged what they did.
medium.com/the-monthly/...
The Foo Fighters’ AIDS denialism should be on the record
By Martin McKenzie-Murray in The Monthly
medium.com
September 16, 2023 at 10:13 PM
I'll give you the short version: they sponsored & supported the most influential AIDS denialist group of the 2000's, resulting in national policies in South Africa that caused an estimated 330,000 deaths there.
They have never apologized or acknowledged what they did.
medium.com/the-monthly/...
They have never apologized or acknowledged what they did.
medium.com/the-monthly/...
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The longer version starts with Christine Maggiore, who was diagnosed HIV+ in 1992.
In 1994, she encountered Peter Duesberg, UC Berkeley professor of virology who convinced her that HIV is a harmless passenger virus and AIDS is actually caused by party drugs or antiviral treatments.
In 1994, she encountered Peter Duesberg, UC Berkeley professor of virology who convinced her that HIV is a harmless passenger virus and AIDS is actually caused by party drugs or antiviral treatments.
September 16, 2023 at 10:14 PM
The longer version starts with Christine Maggiore, who was diagnosed HIV+ in 1992.
In 1994, she encountered Peter Duesberg, UC Berkeley professor of virology who convinced her that HIV is a harmless passenger virus and AIDS is actually caused by party drugs or antiviral treatments.
In 1994, she encountered Peter Duesberg, UC Berkeley professor of virology who convinced her that HIV is a harmless passenger virus and AIDS is actually caused by party drugs or antiviral treatments.
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Christine founded "Alive and Well With AIDS Alternatives" (AWWAA) in 1995, self-published a book "What If Everything You Thought You Knew about AIDS Was Wrong?"
September 16, 2023 at 10:14 PM
Christine founded "Alive and Well With AIDS Alternatives" (AWWAA) in 1995, self-published a book "What If Everything You Thought You Knew about AIDS Was Wrong?"
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By 1999, she was the Foo Fighters official charity. Donations could be made from their page. In 2000, they sponsored a charity event benefitting AWWAA.
In their concerts, the Foo Fighters encouraged AIDS patients to throw away their medications, and handed out Christine's book.
In their concerts, the Foo Fighters encouraged AIDS patients to throw away their medications, and handed out Christine's book.
September 16, 2023 at 10:16 PM
By 1999, she was the Foo Fighters official charity. Donations could be made from their page. In 2000, they sponsored a charity event benefitting AWWAA.
In their concerts, the Foo Fighters encouraged AIDS patients to throw away their medications, and handed out Christine's book.
In their concerts, the Foo Fighters encouraged AIDS patients to throw away their medications, and handed out Christine's book.
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Christine set up meetings with South African President Thabo Mbeki, where she lobbied to block antivirals from being allowed into the country.
The resulting policy move by Mbeki resulted in millions of additional infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths.
The resulting policy move by Mbeki resulted in millions of additional infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths.
September 16, 2023 at 10:17 PM
Christine set up meetings with South African President Thabo Mbeki, where she lobbied to block antivirals from being allowed into the country.
The resulting policy move by Mbeki resulted in millions of additional infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths.
The resulting policy move by Mbeki resulted in millions of additional infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths.
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Christine had a daughter, Eliza Jane born the next year (2001).
Christine took no precautions to prevent transmission to her child (because she didn't believe HIV existed, or it was harmless).
Eliza lived to age 4, when she died from AIDS defining illness.
Christine took no precautions to prevent transmission to her child (because she didn't believe HIV existed, or it was harmless).
Eliza lived to age 4, when she died from AIDS defining illness.
September 16, 2023 at 10:18 PM
Christine had a daughter, Eliza Jane born the next year (2001).
Christine took no precautions to prevent transmission to her child (because she didn't believe HIV existed, or it was harmless).
Eliza lived to age 4, when she died from AIDS defining illness.
Christine took no precautions to prevent transmission to her child (because she didn't believe HIV existed, or it was harmless).
Eliza lived to age 4, when she died from AIDS defining illness.
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Christine died in 2008 from AIDS defining illness.
The Foo Fighters deleted all references to AWWAA and Maggiore in 2007, and have not, to my knowledge, ever spoken of their role in shaping disastrous policy based on ignorance and science denialism.
The Foo Fighters deleted all references to AWWAA and Maggiore in 2007, and have not, to my knowledge, ever spoken of their role in shaping disastrous policy based on ignorance and science denialism.
September 16, 2023 at 10:19 PM
Christine died in 2008 from AIDS defining illness.
The Foo Fighters deleted all references to AWWAA and Maggiore in 2007, and have not, to my knowledge, ever spoken of their role in shaping disastrous policy based on ignorance and science denialism.
The Foo Fighters deleted all references to AWWAA and Maggiore in 2007, and have not, to my knowledge, ever spoken of their role in shaping disastrous policy based on ignorance and science denialism.
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It's astounding to me that this never comes up in interviews with Dave or the band. They've memory-holed this whole episode and the hundreds of thousands of deaths their support for this movement caused.
Some sources:
medium.com/the-monthly/...
Some sources:
medium.com/the-monthly/...
The Foo Fighters’ AIDS denialism should be on the record
By Martin McKenzie-Murray in The Monthly
medium.com
September 16, 2023 at 10:21 PM
It's astounding to me that this never comes up in interviews with Dave or the band. They've memory-holed this whole episode and the hundreds of thousands of deaths their support for this movement caused.
Some sources:
medium.com/the-monthly/...
Some sources:
medium.com/the-monthly/...
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If you've made it to the end of this thread, my only request is that you share it with others. So many people suffered because of this denialism, and it frankly burns me up that this dark legacy has been made to disappear without a fuss.
www.motherjones.com/politics/200...
www.motherjones.com/politics/200...
Foo Fighters, HIV Deniers
A platinum-selling alt-rock group may be endangering their fans by promoting a dangerous myth.
www.motherjones.com
September 16, 2023 at 10:29 PM
If you've made it to the end of this thread, my only request is that you share it with others. So many people suffered because of this denialism, and it frankly burns me up that this dark legacy has been made to disappear without a fuss.
www.motherjones.com/politics/200...
www.motherjones.com/politics/200...
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![1
Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
2
Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
3
Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
4
Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
5
Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
6
Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
7
Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
8
Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
9
Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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KOSA is never about protecting kids. It’s anti-queer and about making sure kids don’t have access to information they need to survive - from health basics to knowing they are not alone and not broken. And it will destroy the internet as we know it.
🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on.
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
KOSA is never about protecting kids. It’s anti-queer and about making sure kids don’t have access to information they need to survive - from health basics to knowing they are not alone and not broken. And it will destroy the internet as we know it.