gotta be honest, forcing trans kids to effectively go through literal arrested development until they’re 18 while their peers visibly grow up is basically part of why I feel puberty blockers should be treated like a humiliation ritual

Erin / Terra Rose@erinrose.bsky.social · 8h ago

hot take, but letting trans kids have hormones is far more ethically defensible than forcing them to wait on puberty blockers, and I hate that most people have abandoned defending that. (my qualifications on this topic: only alive because I figured out how to secretly order e online at 15)

Never forget, puberty blockers was the compromise.

Erin / Terra Rose@erinrose.bsky.social · 8h ago

hot take, but letting trans kids have hormones is far more ethically defensible than forcing them to wait on puberty blockers, and I hate that most people have abandoned defending that. (my qualifications on this topic: only alive because I figured out how to secretly order e online at 15)

this is why age verification laws really exist

kold the terrible and his son kold@koldinium.com · 17h ago

huge +2 to this if i was not given internet access as a child, i would've grown into a homophobic, transphobic, racist and generally bigoted human being.

For the past five months the only refugees the USA has accepted are white South Africans fleeing equality & safety meanwhile they are disappearing or strapping ankle monitors on any Haitian they can get ahold of. It needs to be understood how thoroughly connected these two things are.

also, I would never call myself an ally sincerely like that. being a human who cares about all other humans is enough. let other people call you positive things, if you earn it.

"saudi arabia owns EA" is going to be the headline you see basically everywhere for this one but "jared kushner is about to use EA as a vehicle for trump administration bribes" is equally relevant imo

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · yesterday

EA Announces Completion of Acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners www.ea.com/news/ea-anno...

Someone once told me that it's "classist" to advocate for people to have indoor cats because you need to buy them lots of expensive toys. Marcel has been playing with the discarded stem of a fresh green bean for 20 minutes. 🤷‍♀️

I really need the people supposedly in opposition to the Republicans to either meaningfully hold them accountable for their naked power grabs— like remove them from power & possibly prosecute them— or start fighting on the same level as them, & I increasingly don't care which, *Which Is A Bad Thing*

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · yesterday

The Missouri SoS dragged out his office's examination of the veto referendum (of the GOP gerrymander) for most of 2026 to ensure he can run out the clock; and finally declared today, on the deadline by which he had to act, that he thinks the veto referendum is entirely unconstitutional.

This is rape culture.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

TAPPER: Hold on -- hold on, 'cause I'm not done with the list of women who have accused you of violence. Are all three of them lying? REP. MAX MILLER: Yes. And I'm not getting out of the race because in 2016, President Donald J Trump faced the most extreme allegations in the world ...

You can never just move on from this, even after he's gone. Without punishment and ostracism for everyone who has participated in his crime spree over the last 18 months you can forget it- we're all just treading water until the next tyrant

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · yesterday

“.. Trump has leveraged his control of the federal government to instead escape the scrutiny that every other modern president, not to mention every other regular taxpayer, has been subject to.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...

NEW: Israel has imprisoned an American teen. Soldiers raided Adam's West Bank home right before his sister’s grad party. They ignored his US passport. As they took him, they blew kisses at his mom. Adam is now the second American in Israeli prison. Trump just hosted Netanyahu for the eighth time.

Israel Has Imprisoned a 16-Year-Old Palestinian-American Boy for Two Weeks

Adam Karakrah is one of at least two Americans in Israeli prison – both held while Trump hosted Netanyahu for the eighth time.

zeteo.com

this goes triple for when legacy media figures are interacting with a trans woman they find annoying; just don't engage. if you want to engage, consider the power imbalances at play, and also consider how it's going to look from the outside. it's free to not post.

Bugs, Yaoist@bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · yesterday

media training should include knowing when you shouldn't post

"the voters in my district prioritized a different issue" yea, we didn't support genocide

Rav@rvbdrm.com · 2d ago

Dan Goldman is having an argument with Ro Khanna. Goldman is alluding to why he lost his primary, but isn’t saying it directly.

*looks over at Jesse Singal* *looks at “BlueSky Trust and Safety”* *remembers what happened then* Yeah, probably.

Cheryl Lynn Eaton@cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · yesterday

What are the rules here? If I quote a white person advertising a Substack and lament the fact that white people do not care that the organization aids and platforms white supremacists, will I be suspended too?

If Jennings is the ally he claims to be, he would use his celebrity and privilege to get this lady her account back.

Karrid 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️@karrid.myatproto.social · yesterday

Well, it appears that, sometime in the last 17 hours, Gwen Pepperoni was suspended for the crime of pointing out Ken Jennings' transphobia.

I have a theory that a big chunk of the socialist fear mongering by liberals is really about the fact that it’s perceived as a youth movement and godforbid the young exert political power

Dan O’Sullivan@osullyville.bsky.social · yesterday

Nope, nice try. Not doing this to myself. You'll have to kill my ass

Yo, where are all my respectable bigots & impoverishers of the poor at so I can have a chummy intellectual chinwag in the marketplace of ideas about how to monster the vulnerable but politely?

Wait, was she banned for this??? This was the trans person who a Ken Jennings mocked. Did Bluesky really ban them for this? Do we have any specifics on this?

Karrid 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️@karrid.myatproto.social · yesterday

Well, it appears that, sometime in the last 17 hours, Gwen Pepperoni was suspended for the crime of pointing out Ken Jennings' transphobia.

The true victims of trans genocide are the feelings of cis people.

Karrid 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️@karrid.myatproto.social · yesterday

Well, it appears that, sometime in the last 17 hours, Gwen Pepperoni was suspended for the crime of pointing out Ken Jennings' transphobia.

Well, it appears that, sometime in the last 17 hours, Gwen Pepperoni was suspended for the crime of pointing out Ken Jennings' transphobia.

What can you do? CALL. WRITE. SCREAM. The bill is up for a vote THIS WEDNESDAY. Call your Senator. Dem. Republican. Whomever. Right now, it's a solid R bill, but they're looking for Dems to take it across the finish line. Let them know how badly it stinks. www.defendonlineprivacy.com/screen/

Defend Online Privacy: Stop the SCREEN Act!

The Senate Commerce Committee will vote on the SCREEN Act on August 5. ACT NOW to stop it!

defendonlineprivacy.com

And for the really bad news? They've put a target on VPNs. Sites are required to identify (and age-verify) any US citizen, regardless of whether they're using a VPN. In fact, the default is to get the ID and biometrics of EVERYONE unless you can somehow prove their not a US citizen.

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d ago

"VPNs are a privacy and security tool used by millions of internet users every day, and their use should not be treated as suspect. It is particularly galling that the SCREEN Act forces users who intentionally take steps to protect their privacy to identify themselves."

Even worse, it gets enforced by conservative state AGs (who previous threatened Target for selling Pride merchandise to children) AND the Trump FTC, which is absolutely salivating to have this power.

The SCREEN Act is not just another age-verification bill — it goes much further than anything passed at the state-level or in other countries. 1. The bill doesn't just target porn sites. It goes after *any* site that allows material "harmful" to minors. You'd have to scan your face to use Google.

your reminder that HRC endorsed Angie Craig and have not revoked that endorsement. give that tshirt money to Transforming Families or @tigerrsmm.bsky.social instead

Human Rights Campaign@hrc.org · 2d ago

The look everyone’s talking about can now be yours: show your support for trans youth now ➡️ hrc.im/transkidsbelong 🩵🩷🤍

the concept of willingly growing boobs and losing muscle mass and facing mass abuse by the general public just to *checks notes* beat other women at a sport for significantly less pay and recognition than the average male professional golfer

Minneapolis is better in summer@nicksb.bsky.social · 2d ago

🙄. If Scottie Scheffler held a press conference tomorrow and said my whole life has been a lie, I’ve started HRT and I’m going to compete in LPGA tournaments from now on, that is transparently absurd. And defending his (or her) “right” to do it is insane.