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Dr. Liz Powell (they/them)

@drlizpowell.bsky.social

I'm a psychologist, speaker, author, & coach who believes that Great Sex can change the world! Bi, queer, polyam, kinky, genderqueer. Pronouns they/ them.

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Unicorn Riot@unicornriot.bsky.social · 2h ago

NEW: Police arrested video journalist and Unicorn Riot contributor River Akemann while he was documenting Enbridge Line 5 construction on August 24. He was monitoring fish in a creek where Enbridge lacks necessary authorization to install its pipeline. Full story at our website.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 12h ago

I have kind of been expecting this since the whole AI thing broke, because if you read the original SCOTUS cases discussing CSAM, they say that CSAM bans are allowed because CSAM always involves the use and harm of an actual child.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling.bsky.social · 19h ago

Woke up to this news and I’m beyond disgusted. It’s a US *constitutional right* now to create and own ‘CSAM,’ as long as it was made with AI?? AI gen images are built from real images, of real children. This directly re-exploits every single CSAM survivor. (More in 🧵) #abolition #trafficking

A federal judge has ruled that the First Amendment protects an individual's right to privately possess child sexual abuse content created using Al if it does not depict a real person and remains in the home. On Tuesday, Judge John Z. Lee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th District ruled that the First Amendment protects an individual's right to privately possess images or videos of child sexual abuse created using artificial intelligence if the material does not depict a real person and remains in the home. In his ruling, Judge Lee urged the Supreme Court to reconsider the issue of virtual abuse material of children in the age of Al, suggesting that technological advances complicate existing legal precedent. The case Lee ruled on came about in 2024 when the Department of Justice brought charges against Steven Anderegg, alleging that he used Al to create thousands of explicit images of children. He was accused of breaking federal obscenity laws by producing, distributing and possessing obscene visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Anderegg sought to have the possession and production charges dismissed under the First Amendment. Last year, a judge in the Western District of Wisconsin agreed to dismiss the possession charge, prompting the federal prosecutors to appeal. Lee, in his ruling upholding the lower court's decision, cited the precedent set by Supreme Court rulings from 1969 and 2002. One held that individuals have a right to possess obscenity in the privacy of their home. The other found that "virtual" child sexual abuse material, not depicting a real person is not child pornography.
Sable, Final Girl 🏳️‍⚧️@ghostlysable.bsky.social · 10h ago

I don't believe in "the trans community". I believe in a multitude of trans communities, and I see some of them as anathema to the pursuit of a better world. I will always fight for a better world for all trans people, but I won't enable those that I consider malicious or misguided.

unraveled@unraveledpress.com · yesterday

Happening now: community activists hold a press conference on Chicago’s South Side prior to tonight’s Community Commission for Public Safety & Accountability monthly meeting. Jasmine Smith: “Corruption remains throughout the Chicago Police Department and that is why this commission exists.”

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 2d ago

Greetings, non-Jews in academia! As we start another semester, here's your regularly scheduled reminder that the Jewish High Holy Days are coming up. If you wouldn't schedule an important meeting or exam on Christmas or Easter, don't schedule one on Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur.

johnedwinmason@johnedwinmason.bsky.social · yesterday

"But for many Christian members of the LGBTQ+ community who struggled to reconcile their sexuality & gender identity with the intolerant beliefs they were taught, Parton’s public support helped them keep their faith in some cases, & transformed their understanding of how God sees them in others."

In Dolly Parton’s theology, God and acceptance shared the same stage

Dolly Parton was known for both her faith and acceptance. The beloved country singer's support for the LGBTQ+ community resonated with many, especially queer Christians.

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gamera obscura@ohrobin.bsky.social · 2d ago

[Mamdani condemns Westboro Baptist Church] “Of course he attacks the Christians.” [Mamdani makes a disparaging remark about Jeffrey Dahmer] “First, they came for the foodies!”

Zack Beauchamp@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 2d ago

Even if you grant the absurd premise about Jews and Italians, this only makes sense if you know *nothing* about India or its politics. Mamdani is criticizing a leader of the RSS. It's a violent Hindu nationalist group, one of whose devotees literally killed Gandhi.