Deeply disappointed at the comments on my Ken Jennings video. People would rather have empathy for a cis person than the trans person mocked. Yeah it’s the trans persons fault for lightly pointing out to a cis person the New York Times is bad actually to trans person. She’s making it about herself.

Gwen Pepperoni got banned? So Ken Jennings got to post a non-apology thread, got a write-up in Them, and Gwen Pepperoni got banned? Love this site.

is this the post that got gwen suspended? @moderation.bsky.app you fucking cowards

Toni Schneider very recently told the @theverge.com that "we want to expand more and more so that Bluesky means not just one thing, not just liberal politics, for example." I'd really like to understand what sort of politics are acceptable on here Toni Schneider www.theverge.com/podcast/9743...

this is quisling summer, Crypto PAC Rep. McBride has new competition! We got a transmasc @calebllsmith.bsky.social pushing bigotry that kills trans kids, and a trans women @samanthaallen.bsky.social publishing slop scapegoating a fellow trans women to launder the image of a LDS church donor.

This will be the US if the SCREEN Act passes. Call your Senators before August 5 and tell them that you oppose the SCREEN Act, KOSA, and the KIDS Act. Use the official lookup tool at www.senate.gov/senators/sen... to find yours by state.

it's always between this and the "I'm the parent of a trans kid!!" types who only care about their specific child and no other trans person or trans rights broadly, which results in exactly the kind of transmisogyny you would expect

cait (and adonis)@cait.bsky.social · 2d ago

so he cares about "trans rights" but not trans people like individually. okay

Massive problem in the field, especially among more established trans journalists. Always, to the point of reflexive absurdity, siding against trans communities in favor of prominent media figures is servile hack behavior. Wonder why so many trans folks are skeptical of trans journalists? Well...

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️@mady.cat · 2d ago

*taps sign

correcting myself: writer of this piece is trans. she is ex-lds, tho. and i checked to see if she’d signed the nyt contributors’ letter along with the rest of us because she’d written for them in the past and she sure did not. which makes this even more fucked

Them@them.us · 2d ago

The ‘Jeopardy!’ host made it absolutely clear where he stands once again.

Decades of liberal obsession with "allies" in our oppressor class has always been a Faustian bargain for the most marginalized queer people, such as trans women and impoverished queer people of color. We gain nothing from their self-serving ego stroking. And we have nothing to lose but our chains.

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️@mady.cat · 2d ago

the most performative news article in response to the most performative nothingburger of a tweet thread by someone who can't even be bothered to find a different puzzle game in support of trans people lol allyship is more than just not blacklisting trans people from your TV show!

*taps sign

Them@them.us · 2d ago

The ‘Jeopardy!’ host made it absolutely clear where he stands once again.

it is genuinely embarrassing to see this article written by a trans woman. my sister in gender no matter how many boots you lick They Will Not Pick You. have a fucking spine please.

Them@them.us · 2d ago

The ‘Jeopardy!’ host made it absolutely clear where he stands once again.

i don't even exist in our own media lol

Them@them.us · 2d ago

The ‘Jeopardy!’ host made it absolutely clear where he stands once again.

this is why there are no good cops, if you try to be a good cop then you won't be a cop for long

Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · 4d ago

Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues’ racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job.

Trevor Project's CEO making 400-700k a year makes a lot more sense once you realize they're actually secretly an investment fund on the side

LOT'S WIFE, THE CHAIR LEG OF TRUTH, PhD@yiff.com · 3y ago

at a glance over their financials, this is probably why they pivoted so anti-union in the 2021-2022 fiscal year they have a board designated operating reserve of $33.84M. their net assets, however, went some $16M over this. instead of... paying people, they blew it on mutual funds/stonks

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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The TOS being so strict that they control you offsite is the problem; sites like Patreon and Kofi have offsite clauses too. The social criminalization of the suggestion that somewhere you might be doing nsfw is a problem. It's branding a person as obscene and we need consumers to stand up for us

Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 5d 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...

this is an example of the thing i talk about in that it sucks how trans people are constantly forced to be diplomats to cis people because there's a good chance you might be one of the only trans people they've consciously met, but precisely for that reason there's an outsized humanizing effect imo.

Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief@katie.bzky.team · 5d ago

just had a 7:45 am random quest on my way to getting a coffee. a couple of older tourists were standing around with exclamation marks over their heads who were lost about the transit connections. local hero, katie tightpussy, to the rescue.

"The Michigan case was filed on behalf of Catholic Charities of Jackson, Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties..." But please, keep gushing about how progressive the papacy is. I'm sure the Catholic Church is thankful for the p.r. while they keep attacking every last one of our rights.

MI agrees not to enforce conversion therapy ban to comply with Supreme Court ruling

Michigan has stipulated it will not enforce the state ban on conversion therapy that seeks to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors as part of an agreement filed this week with a ...

michiganpublic.org

hey @kenjennings.bsky.social this is an excellent reason why you shouldn't do a sarcastic clapback at trans people asking you to give a shit about their lives in a way you think is stupid

I said this a while ago but a lot of LLM use by people feels like watching people unwittingly acquire drug addictions

Mike Riverso@mikeriverso.bsky.social · 5d ago

This is exactly how people talk about gambling and drinking.

Benjamin Ryan is SO FUCKING WEIRD. Is this what you’re up to at 11pm on a Friday night? Stalking Trans people on Bluesky?

Portland: Happening now/4:45pm fascists have descended on Moda center at the South entrance setting up to harass people and be transphobic as they come to the game tonight They say that they're out there and support of Sophie Cunningham but they're out there to be transphobic violent assholes

I'll reiterate for those with brain damage. I have not said anything about canceling ken Jennings I expressed nothing but frustration. I still do not think ken Jennings should be canceled

I must have missed their call

Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈@danifroom.bsky.social · 5d ago

jfc Fox News asked Jesse Singal for comment lol

jfc Fox News asked Jesse Singal for comment lol

there's nothing stronger than the bonds of rich (or wannabe rich) liberal class solidarity. politics being performative is not just normalized, it's fully embraced, and those below them criticizing them for having no true convictions or solidarity underlying their beliefs is the greatest offense

piece of shit asswipe liberal journalist class solidarity is stronger than steel sometimes

scratch a liberal and he helps generate fascist propaganda against you

gwen pepperoni 🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼🍕@gwenpepperoni.myatproto.social · 5d ago

holy shit