can you guys retire "the right wing / chuds don't know what to do with trans men and forget they exist and will be So Confused by them!!!!" already. they are fully aware trans men exist and the thing they do to trans men is violently abuse and murder them

SCREEN failed to pass out of committee, despite a 15-13 vote (in favor). Not enough members voting, but looks like a party line vote. Good work everyone! Keep up the pressure for after recess and beyond!

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · yesterday

If SCREEN were to pass, you'd be required to scan your face and upload an ID to access this site because it allows "harmful" material. This affects you even if you don't care about sex work or porn.

Shuang Yang—Chang’e 7 will land near the Moon’s south pole Shackleton crater later this year and deploy (via tether) a seismometer that is planned to survive for 8 years. This might be the first node of a long-lived *international* geophysical network! #AOGS2026

"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...

Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.

The SCREEN Act is a Christian Nationalist Nightmare

Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects...

404media.co

I know you guys are probably fatigued from there always being a crisis to care about of this exact nature, but that is literally the point. They are trying to exhaust you and beat you into submission. Please keep caring and calling your reps, when you have the time and energy!

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

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.

everyone already said the ai thing was embarrassing so i will add that the 4 humors theory of neurotransmitters thing is also embarrassing

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 5d ago

YouTuber Hank Green Admits He Has Unhealthy Relationship With AI After Facing Backlash Over Recent Video 'The level of dopamine I've been getting from interacting with LLMs is not healthy for me,' said Green

the anti-horny brigade will not stop at proper "sex" btw they are out to eliminate sensuality and bodily autonomy on a conceptual level

Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 6d ago

a bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...

While it certainly wasn't the only factor, collective covid measures followed by a summer of major uprisings are a reminder of how terrified the gentry are of people realizing they can act and work together. They're pushing hard to erase the memory of that entire time period for a reason.

Dave Andress@davidandress.bsky.social · 4d ago

Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.

like idk maybe ask yourself why youre so quick to believe that so many other queer people are dangerous and need to be removed from the public sphere to keep children safe. maybe ask yourself who benefits from that worldview. maybe examine data and facts and reject reactionary "but the CHILDREN" bs

antis are a threat to queer people and have no place in queer spaces if they think its acceptable to "out" queer people as dangerous sexual predators for what kind of fiction they enjoy. and thats why i block them on sight, even if theyd have no problem w the shit im into. they arent safe people.

saying that putting rigid systems in place & punishing any kid who struggles to cope with them is GOOD for kids with nd or mh issues is honestly like a sick joke

Andrew Sissons@acjsissons.bsky.social · 3d ago

I really don’t know what to say about this to be honest, but there it is

if you want to see normally sclerotic do-nothing local governments suddenly snap into action, do some quietly beneficial tactical urbanism type thing like this and watch how quickly they race to remove it

wishda@wishda.bsky.social · 6d ago

The DSA in Wilmingotn, N.C. has created a "crisis" by putting benches at city bus stops, after literal decades of the city promising and failing to do so.

I'm gonna completely fucking lose it, I've been stuck here for the better part of a year and my best chance to actually sleep somewhere livable is just slipping away bc of shit that's completely beyond my control, it's taking every ounce of willpower I have to not completely crash out here in public

Flan ($79/$200, see pinned)@expandingflan.bsky.social · 6d ago

guess I'm gonna be trapped in this filthy run-down roach-infested shithole of a house until I fucking kill myself

guess I'm gonna be trapped in this filthy run-down roach-infested shithole of a house until I fucking kill myself

KOSA and the SCREEN Act are going to be marked up inntge Senate Commerce Committee next week. Please contact your senators and demand they oppose these bills www.congress.gov/members/find... www.commerce.senate.gov/press/rep/re...

Please say hello to Austronaga, an aquatic trachelosaurid from Triassic Asia. In a new OA paper published yesterday in Science Advances, Dr. Wei Wang , @stephanspiekman.bsky.social and colleagues presented a description of a COMPLETE Austronaga #paleoart #sciart

sorry if I didn't have the internet as a teenager I would have killed myself, I can't see anyone saying minors should be banned from online as anything except wanting abuse survivors to die

Worth noting that this is *exactly* what we warned people would happen if they passed age verification laws for online pornography.

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · last wk.

The Missouri Attorney General is threatening librarians with arrest over an LGBTQ+ story hour for kids, suggesting that a picture book about gay dinosaur dads is "pornography." The Secretary of State says he'll pull funding if the event happens, citing the state's new age verification law.

It's a small detail in the midst of, yknow, all of this, but the A-10 is a perfect encapsulation of all those "how does the US keep losing wars?" articles, well it's because our government (and by extension our military) are run by corrupt idiot hogs who love loud noises and indiscriminate death

it's easy to look at the absurdity of the claims and the obvious falsity of the Satanic Panic but once you look more closely it becomes clear that the Satanic Panic was largely a war against women in the workplace and against confronting how common physical and sexual abuse committed by fathers is

Casey Explosion@caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is correct in so many ways I do not have the energy to elaborate upon right now, because the satanic panic was far more sinister than you probably know

it's a British genocide as much as it is an Israeli genocide (or for that matter, an American genocide) if you go this far to defend a genocide, you're materially a large part of it

opendemocracy.net@opendemocracy.net · last wk.

My lawyer faces jail over a speech to jurors – a first in English history – as the state seeks to silence Palestine solidarity www.opendemocracy.net/palestine-ac...

Public bathrooms, once common, are difficult to find now because of the history of segregation against African Americans as well as the targeting of LGBT individuals. now.temple.edu/news/2022-09...

Stalled progress: The history of the bathroom is a lesson in inequality

Temple University History Professor Bryant Simon is working on a new book that will chronicle the history of the public restroom.

now.temple.edu

Reminder that age verification laws are identity theft mandates

Gothamist@gothamist.com · last wk.

NY social media users face age authentication requirement starting in January gothamist.com/news/ny-soci...

it’s so fucking telling that the people who claim to care so much about “protecting kids” treat the concept of their abuse like an epic own or a funny punchline

why is it we can talk about and show depictions of horrific violence openly and freely but as soon as you even slightly mention sex it has to be locked behind as much layers of protection as feasibly possible... surely there is no ulterior motive behind this mindset

the only people who could ever earnestly support means testing are people who've never had to be means tested before. it is a humiliating, dehumanizing bureaucratic hostage negotiation with a system whose primary purpose is to *not* provide financial support as often as humanly possible

Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Seattle City Council just voted 6-3 to approve Joy Hollingsworth's amendment to delay universal school lunches for kids, replacing them with vouchers for qualifying low-income parents to buy groceries over school breaks and weekends. Eddie Lin, Alexis Mercedes Rinck, and Rob Saka voted no.

the amount of times ive heard ‘a prominent trans woman is an abuser and a pedophile’ and when i go to see what its about its just the woman having a nuanced opinion on taboo art is astoundingly large. im begging some of yall to shut the fuck up

*clears throat* Kasane Teto

it's incredibly blatant how people use "don't harass this person" as plausible deniability for a video they made exclusively because they want people to harass the person