Twelve of @mothership.blog's contributors collaborated on a gaming bill of rights, delineating "the right to replay," "the right to fucking suck shit," "the right to cheese" and so much more.

What rights should gamers have?

A somewhat serious and somewhat silly Gaming Bill of Rights

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"Artificial intelligence has reached a new frontier: conversion therapy for trans people." If you read one thing today, read @madisyn-writes.bsky.social 's explosive investigation into Detrans.ai, a chatbot that claims to help ppl explore gender identity but which spouts anti-trans misinformation

This AI Chatbot Is Targeting Trans Users With Conversion Therapy

Detrans.ai says it helps users explore gender dysphoria in a balanced way, but it promotes anti-LGBTQ+ messages and relies on discredited science. Here is what this AI therapy chatbot actually told ou...

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Happy to support @unbeatablecast.com kickstarter :) Such a great pod that’s given me so many hours of enjoyment. If you love TTRPGs and Pokémon def check them out! (plus Ava is back woooo)

Today for @assignedmedia.org, fat trans folks talk self-love, gender-affirming surgery, and why everyone’s always all up in their business. Because I don’t want to live in a world where trans people have to be small to feel worthy.

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Today on Assigned Media, @madisyn-writes.bsky.social is centering the experiences of people who are both fat and trans in a piece that lifts up trans voices, and also seeks answers to medical concerns about surgeries for trans people of size. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

"Disco Elysium depicts these men not solely as individuals making bad choices, but also as products of their environments: imperialist violence, the drug trade, and economic plight." - from @madisyn-writes.bsky.social 's first for the site www.mothership.blog/disco-elysiu...

Disco Elysium and the myth of the male loneliness epidemic

Despite Disco Elysium predating this reckoning, its story and characters offer useful ways to interpret this modern myth

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The Baltimore Sun’s AI usage is an extension of a power struggle that’s been brewing inside the nearly 200-year-old paper’s newsroom since it was acquired by JTF Publications back in 2024. @madisyn-writes.bsky.social reports: objectivejournalism.org/2026/02/when...

Baltimore Sun turns to generative AI for political analyses

The Baltimore Sun ”once again disparaged … human reporters and their work", the newspaper’s union said.

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Since I’ve gotten a lot of new followers in the past couple days, I wanted to share this story again. A month ago, 40 US Congress reps signed a letter to @govwesmoore.bsky.social warning him ICE may have “frictionless, self-service access” to MD driver’s license data, no warrant required.

Maryland Allegedly Illegally Sharing Driver's License Data With ICE

A letter from an Oregon senator, a governor who might be sitting on a secret, and the system that tells ICE everything about you, no warrant required.

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Senator Wyden of Oregon and others allege that Maryland state systems currently allow Immigration Customs & Enforcement (ICE) to access sensitive personal data without a warrant. Read the story here.

Maryland Allegedly Illegally Sharing Driver's License Data With ICE

A letter from an Oregon senator, a governor who might be sitting on a secret, and the system that tells ICE everything about you, no warrant required.

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Wanted to boost this tool since we've been hearing more about ICE in #Baltimore and #Maryland at large - it's a map of crowdsourced ICE sightings. Each one goes through moderation (max of 15 min.), so there's less chance of a false positives, but it's also timely. Stay safe y'all. iceout.org/en/

Good morning !

At the theater for my first concert ever! Very exciting :)

Gorgeous gorgeous girls want to abandon society & go live in the woods.

I think they were onto something with Animal Crossing. Why CANT I live within walking distance of 10 cool friends on an island and sell coconuts to pay off my house?