Deeply fucked that “regardless of what genitals a little girl has, I don’t think adults should demand to look at them” is considered a radical freak position in some corners

If you are an expert on air quality and have 10-15 minutes to talk to me today or tomorrow about important things journalists should know while reporting on wildfires and smoke, my DMs are open, or you can email me at karen at OpenNews dot org.

Wow, how did I forget this performance from 2015? Stay til the end, it's worth it. www.researchcatalogue.net/view/237890/...

I saw it the week I moved in with the man to whom I was married for 20 years. I should have left right then.

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3d ago

Every adult woman that I have been deeply familiar with has had a moment with a man when she knows that he would hit her if be could get away with it. Some even know what he looks like when he does it. You never forger what it looks and feel like. That Miller video has it all.

It's all about priorities. The tech bros gave politicians a lot of money.

Saw this segment while watching the NewsHour tonight. Terrible… but then… good *exposure* a) of this admin’s pathetic incompetence, b) of the pathetic uselessness of these genAI products. Also good: @pbsnews.org’s editorial choice to include this story.

PBS News@pbsnews.org · 6d ago

The State Department said ​it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.

Teaching critical thinking: What evidence do you have to support your claim? How do you know that evidence is true? Have you considered the opposing evidence? How do you know that evidence is false?

Kids: 1 KIDS Act: 0

god the struggle of cis people who can’t give up a daily word game and a children’s book series. no trans person can imagine this immense burden. the poor, poor, poor little treasures.

may@maysuser.name · 6d ago

the real victims of the new york times' targeted campaign against trans people are cis people who like to play wordle

I'm delighted by hip dips, you know, in case you have em and are seeking other options

Playboy@playboy.com · 6d ago

What are the incel men up to over on X? Focussing on a quirk of women’s bodies most of us have never even thought about before now. Our take? "Making women mad and getting likes from fellow incels is all they have going for them." Read now: www.playboy.com/read/sex/the...

Good-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it.

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 6d ago

i don't believe anyone has "good-faith" concerns about trans women in sports in 2026. there's been too much time to hear the actual evidence, the actual people affected, and the role the debate plays in attempts to purge trans people from American life. anybody picking that side has made a choice

One thing I really like about Bluesky is how mostly everyone who joined pre-11/2024 is on the same page and we ran off the people who weren't. Lol I can post about how mindless transphobia is and not have to spend three hours blocking a bunch of dildos

proofs! 😍

‘Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.’

Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · last wk.

Dystopia www.news.com.au/technology/o...

oh my god oh my god oh my god OH MY GOD

this is public musicology

Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash!@standplaatskrk.pl · last wk.

At the London vigil honouring the victims of the attack on Berlin’s Christopher Street Parade. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, leads the crowd in a literal clapback against a heckler. We will not be afraid. We will not be silenced. We are proud, defiant and united against hate.

I've been volunteering with Amnesty since I was a teenager - as an adult trans activist I've been asked for my advice and support from them, and have done whatever I can to keep helping. This is genuinely deeply upsetting and concerning, and I've written to say so. if you feel the same, please write

Kate Barrett@thewaether.bsky.social · last wk.

my blood boiled to read this. so I went and found this contact form www.amnesty.org.uk/contact-us/ and immediately told them what I think. recommend you do, too

my blood boiled to read this. so I went and found this contact form www.amnesty.org.uk/contact-us/ and immediately told them what I think. recommend you do, too

We'd love to hear from you

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Elizabeth Taylor@elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · last wk.

Hugely hugely concerned by this archive.ph/2026.07.27-1...

Boop. (Thank you, Kofi Agawu)

Tom from MySpace fucked off forever and we love him for it

All tucked in for the night and ready for conclave to start! #VdGSA

You never hear about penultimate frisbee.

Organizers behind the Miami Valley Country Music Festival are gearing up for next year’s show by conducting a survey.

Miami Valley Country Music Festival seeks fan input for 2027

FORT LORAMIE, Ohio (WDTN) – Organizers behind the Miami Valley Country Music Festival are gearing up for next year’s show by conducting a survey. Fans can share their input for who they want to see…

wdtn.com

On trans pride, here's a reminder that my article on listening, SOPHIE, and the trans critique of queer theory, is out in Contemporary Music Review! Pls message me if you don't have access: www-tandfonline-com.proxy.lib.duke.edu/doi/full/10....

Strayhorn wrote many of Ellington's big hits and lived as an out gay man in mid-century America.

Everything is on fire, but I just saw one of these drinking from the pond. We cannot let the fascists destroy our world.

Newly rewritten Grove Music entry on Kaija Saariaho by Liisamaija Hautsalo!! www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/d...

I remain surprised how few people credit Occupy Wall Street's ongoing impact(s) on U.S. politics. There's no Mamdani without Occupy etc... [some people are also irrationally anti-Occupy but that's for another day]