I made a website that lets you cut out old magazines from the internet archive (or any PDFs you own) and make collage art out of them: ✂️ clipart.studio

Alright it is up! @pronouns.northsky.social labeler is online! There's over 20 pronoun combinations so I did the radical thing of making a little page where you can sign in and pick your pronouns! It just likes the post behind the scenes

Welcome to the Northsky Pronouns Labeler! Like a post to get the pronoun. Alternatively use this little site to sign in and pick your pronouns! If you notice any problems place tag @transrights.northsky.social as this labeler is not monitored.

Oh also! I dream of delivering this manifesto as a speech, so, hire me to come talk at your company, your organization, even your (very) progressive congregation or whatever …

Sandy Ernest Allen@sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hey so … A really cool thing is that @lyz.bsky.social republished my Transgender for Everybody essay on her wonderful newsletter Men Yell at Me … I encourage you all to subscribe and to support her … Please read my manifesto if you haven’t yet! Thank you Lyz!!! www.patreon.com/posts/160655...

BREAKING: the Massachusetts House just passed one of the best data privacy bills in the country. It includes a total ban on the sale of precise location data and includes a private right of action allowing people to sue Big Tech over data abuses. HUGE WIN! But there’s more work to do 🧵

If allies were to bring attention to them we'd immediately be able to call out the pattern of the radical Christian groups in America financing all of this.

Activists link US nonprofit to anti-LGBTQ laws in Africa. The group says it’s only promoting ‘family values’ | CNN

For months, CNN has investigated whether Family Watch International has helped promote a raft of homophobic bills in Uganda, Kenya and Ghana – allegations it denies.

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What I would really love is proper coverage and discussion around issues outside Europe/USA. I only see mention when X country legalizes things and never when things are happening. Like Ghana just passed aN anti-LGBT bill but that news is drowned out by a hyper focus on America/UK.

Interview: Why, after Independence, Do We Still Hold onto Laws That Were Designed to Oppress Us?

May 25, 2026, marks the 63rd anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of African Unity, now the African Union. A date that carries the weight of a continent's longing for self-determinatio...

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"Wang’s business is keen to rebuild the relationship between content creator and the person viewing the content, as well as communities, fandoms and other small groups that social media has, historically, united." Yes I am! Thanks @lilyford.bsky.social www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

Bluesky’s Rose Wang Takes Aim at X and Facebook: “They’re Basically AI Companies at This Point”

The chief operating officer at Bluesky spoke at SXSW London with journalist Amit Katwala about the value of community-led connection — and where their rivals have gone wrong.

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Repeating myself but once again: Please share any trans and/or queer-led organizations/causes/small businesses/creatives you'd want me to potentially feature in this year’s roundup of such things for WHT … Reposts encouraged … I’ll be continuing to circulate this all month …

Sandy Ernest Allen@sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Alright … I did this last year and I’ll do it again … This is for a WHT … Share links to things you want people to support with their dollars, this Pride … I’m thinking trans or queer creators / small businesses / causes … Subscribe if you don’t already: whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com

Happy Pride Month from the Northsky Team! It's a pleasure to serve our 2SLGBTQIA+ community and work to build a sustainable platform for us and by us. Our joy, our struggles, our kindness, our art and culture, our talents and our humanity bring so much vibrance to the world. Keep living out loud!

hey everyone wanna see what a manufactured hate campaign is shaped like???

Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera@pantibliss.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

99% of recent discourse truly feels like this

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I'm talking about Northsky stuff, hop in and listen! twitch.tv/dotmeowfound...

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The Internet, Digital Community, and the Fediverse

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.meow@dotmeow.org · 4mo ago

Hey! What's up? We have been very busy these past couple of months, typing, reading lots of documents and generally getting up to whatever the opposite of shenanigans is. Which is why more Shenanigans are in order! April 26th, Sunday, we'll be holding a roundtable with these lovely folks!

I knew it

Wolfy D. Lucca 🌖🐺@spookalucca.tv · 4mo ago

starting a rumor that why is blocking all northsky accounts

If you didn't see it, latest northsky newsletter mentions the conference vods including the vod jam entry I made which is the best way to watch them.

Northsky Social Cooperative@transrights.northsky.social · 4mo ago

We're working towards full independence from Bluesky as part of our Phase 2 plan. We're striving to reach this goal as soon as possible, so future outages don't impact our users. You can help us reach this goal by making a donation:

Splicing microcosm into social app notes - old posts missing replies - notification lag - avatars load kinda weird? - microcosm is magic

I’m gonna be on a stream with @dotmeow.org !

.meow@dotmeow.org · 4mo ago

Hey! What's up? We have been very busy these past couple of months, typing, reading lots of documents and generally getting up to whatever the opposite of shenanigans is. Which is why more Shenanigans are in order! April 26th, Sunday, we'll be holding a roundtable with these lovely folks!

I’m gonna be on a stream with @dotmeow.org !

.meow@dotmeow.org · 4mo ago

Hey! What's up? We have been very busy these past couple of months, typing, reading lots of documents and generally getting up to whatever the opposite of shenanigans is. Which is why more Shenanigans are in order! April 26th, Sunday, we'll be holding a roundtable with these lovely folks!

@evelyn.northsky.team just leveled up to Hero! Congratulations and thank you for helping to make Bluesky better! ~ Like and subscribe to get your own Alt Heroes medal! ~

We are extremely happy that Alexandra Geese, member of the European parliament and outspoken advocate for better social media, digital sovereignty, participatory democracy and more will be giving the keynote at the next FediForum April 28-30, 2026. Join us? It's online!

Gonna be liking every ace awareness skeet I see

To all my asexual siblings, happy asexual awareness day

Migration process repaired and upgraded! Now there should be fewer blob-related failures, we've added more detailed info about blob uploads, and we've added an "import missing blobs" option if you encounter any missing media. Thank you for your patience and invites will resume shortly!

Northsky Social Cooperative@transrights.northsky.social · 4mo ago

We're looking into higher than normal failure rates for migrations. If you run into an issue with your migration, please submit a ticket via the support link in our profile. Thanks for your patience as we resolve this issue. Once we do, we'll be sending out more batches of invites.

I live in a small German village with a shop that basically clears estates and lists it online. Every month they list Nazi memorabilia and every time I report it.

taber@kvetch.gay · 4mo ago

One of the most important yet elided facts for understanding the Holocaust is how very, very, few people did anything. There are movies about them, yes. They are not examples standing in for many more though. Half a billion people lived in Europe and 28,000 are recognized as having protected Jews.

@skeetsapp.com übersetzt jetzt komplette Timelines und Feeds in eure Sprache. Alles on-device.

Skeets App@skeetsapp.com · 4mo ago

@bsky.app is global. Your feed shouldn't have borders. Introducing auto-translation for @skeetsapp.com - read every post in your language, instantly. The conversation just got a lot bigger 🌐

@bsky.app is global. Your feed shouldn't have borders. Introducing auto-translation for @skeetsapp.com - read every post in your language, instantly. The conversation just got a lot bigger 🌐

This is exactly why we set out to build out permissioned data. Our whole vision is around turning feeds into real Communities you’re part of rather than a distilled view of the firehose.

dan@danabra.mov · 4mo ago

key parts: - they should feel like “places” you want to come to. so: can post/submit “into”, same view for everyone, can switch ranking, ACL for curation, ability to publicly “follow”, visual flavor - they MUST affect default experience! mix the ones you follow into Discover/Following