British transphobia as a modern political phenomenon is inextricably intertwined with the broader ageist-misogynist contempt for young women.
Nick Barlow@nickbwalking.bsky.social · 2d agoIn a move that will surprise absolutely no one who's been paying attention, Stock has decided that women with disabilities are suffering from "social contagion"
How can a library audiobook be checked out by other readers? Makes no sense.
New album press release with no link to promo:
Tedead: Confused John Travolta Meme
ALT: Tedead: Confused John Travolta Meme
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On the plane I watched: 1): Black Phone 2: pretty bad and redundant sequel, I guess trying to set up a franchise, where people will now come to that youth camp (cliché) and disturb Wild Bill.
Watching You Finney
ALT: Watching You Finney
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Bandcamp Friday. Buy some shitty black metal if you want. Most if it's NYP wolvendaughter.bandcamp.com
Wolven Daughter
DIY QUEER BLACK METAL. NO PRODUCTION. NO TRENDS. FUCK YOU.
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“Far more important than anything that happens to us is continuing to organize..." Davis said. “And if I have to go to prison because I did what I could for the greater good, I’m ready and willing to do that.” Amazing report from @samtlevin.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’
Erik Davis is accused by the government of a ‘conspiracy’ to obstruct ICE – experts say it’s part of a pattern to criminalize lawful organizing and ruin activists’ lives
theguardian.com
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3w ago"Bolsonaro has begun a twenty-seven-year prison sentence for his role in January 8, while the instigator of January 6 sits in the Oval Office...Should we in the United States try a Brazilian strategy?" spoiler: I answer yes. me, for @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/tru...
I really think transphobia is a poisonous brainrot as a unique type of hatred. It just takes over people & mangles their minds & it's like...what the fuck be going on in your brain that trans people live there rent free 24/7 & you have all these weird fantasies about them & ways you want them hurt?
Tips to deal with revise and resubmit. I am often blocked. It's not that I want to have a big ego about my writing, but it makes my already shaky confidence fall to pieces a little: I want to please the editor and correctly interpret their suggestions, but I get stuck on this part.
NEW FROM ME: A frenzy of cruel and unusual ICE flights over the last few days suggests the Trump admin is ratcheting up its ethnic cleansing campaign. And it may be increasingly desperate to find willing collaborators. My breakdown: gillianbrockell.com/frenzy-of-cr...
Frenzy of cruel and unusual ICE flights shows Trump’s ethnic cleansing campaign is escalating – again
Seven apparent ICE removal flights in the last few days – including third-country removals, prolonged shackling, and failed deportations – reveal an agency ratcheting up.
gillianbrockell.com
This is chilling. People being grabbed off the streets and sent randomly and arbitrarily around the world by shady contractors. All at an unprecedented rate that is rising rapidly.
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · last wk.Thursday, July 30. Just a horrible day in ICE flights. At least 79 flights on 29 planes. At least 21 removal flights, of which at least 4 were likely third-country removals. ICE flights hit every continent except Australia and Antarctica in one day.
Musk is Timothy McVeigh with a trillion dollars.
Avel Guénin--Carlut@fluffycyborgii.bsky.social · 2w agoWould assume everyone knows it by now, but just in case "First the traitors, then the invaders" is an explicit reference to The Turner Diaries, where a white supremacist revolution overruns "The System" and kills all their enemy during the evocatively named "Day of the Rope".
Hey look, it’s my latest lino print, The Devil at Stanton Drew! 🔥 Very much inspired by a folk tale surrounding the neolithic standing stones at the Somerset village of Stanton Drew. 🔥 This print will go live at 12 00 (GMT) on Friday 31st July... 👁️ slipperyjack.bigcartel.com
Creative & performing arts subjects received £16.8 million SPG 2024-25; £12.9 million in 2025-26; £ O million in 2026-27. The University of Creative Arts will thus lose half of its government funding this year; Art University Bournmouth 40.7%, Norwich U of Arts 40.4% and Leeds Arts U 30.3%. 1/2
Arts institutions hit hard as OfS details teaching grant cuts
University for the Creative Arts loses more than half of its funding after support for creative subjects reduced to zero
timeshighereducation.com
nobody says trans people have good faith concerns when we talk about how transphobic policies impact us. we are “pushing an agenda.” total reversal of what’s actually happening
I was going to say “Finally” but that might be misinterpreted as “Finally, women have come forward.” No, I mean, “Finally, this has broken through the numerous media barriers that allow men like Leto to get away with it”.
Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.New BBC investigation. Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's no surprise that capitalism has gone overdrive into the techno-fascist vice signalling paradigm we now inhabit, rewarding open evil and immorality, all the way up to genocide. Capitalism was always already evil to its core: at home "work or die" + abroad "we take your shit and you die."
I want to mute the word “Odyssey”: why do we all have to do PR for Christopher Nolan, for free? Do we get a share of the profits? The fuck we do.
Just seen that Burnham is an avid Morrissey fan and has put up a gold disc of The Smiths’ “The Queen is Dead” in No.10 North the guy who has a whole section on “racial comments” on Wikipedia Yeah this dude doesn’t care about racism in the slightest.
"The Pyrocene is his fullest elucidation yet of how humanity has entered a new age of fire, one that redefines the human-altered era of the Anthropocene. And Pyne . . . is certainly the best writer to make this argument." — Nature
"Obama Derangement Syndrome" It's racism. Just call it racism.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2w agoObama Derangement Syndrome. The guy has been retired for 10 years and he’s still living rent free in their tiny brains.
being afraid of the DSA is loser shit, sorry. “these progressive ideas are scary!” grow up.
