just said this on another post but it bears repeating: the thing about continuing to give money to any jk rowling properties or the nyt is not that they’re shitty about trans people, which they are. it is that both of these entities MATERIALLY CONTRIBUTE to the legal challenges to trans rights

If you’re ever looking for a feed to escape the horrors, I recommend this one bsky.app/profile/did:...

Concerns over fake phenomena cannot be held in good faith. There's no such thing as "good faith" concern over razorblades in Halloween apples or vaccines causing autism. If you still have 'concerns' about these issues you are uninformed, a bigot or being manipulated. No other option.

Good-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it.

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 6d ago

i don't believe anyone has "good-faith" concerns about trans women in sports in 2026. there's been too much time to hear the actual evidence, the actual people affected, and the role the debate plays in attempts to purge trans people from American life. anybody picking that side has made a choice

Come oooooon prequel episode stretch goal!!! becksend.com

Beck's End - A Folk Horror Audio Drama

A new atmospheric folk horror audio drama set in a remote English village, where something ancient stirs beneath the water.

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Shadows at the Door@shadowsatthedoor.bsky.social · 3w ago

At the time of recording, the campaign had 69 hours left (nice).

Oh my god there’s a short with him and Hugo Weaving taking a bath??

oh it's non-binary awareness week BEWARE NON-BINARY PEOPLE ARE AMONGST YOU YOU MIGHT EVEN BE ONE

Also while I was looking for rocks in my photos I found a photo of this guy, apparently from 2025 Why does he look like a small con man about to attempt to pull a fast one on me He is not a con man He is a caiman

in honor of Sam Neill, here is one of my favorite movies he ever made

I dunno, maybe you also needed to see this seven month old video of Sam Neill asking you if you want to fly through some lavender like a bumblebee x: www.instagram.com/reel/DE1XGxD...

No. Put Sam Neill back and try again.

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TarZangief 🔜 CEO 2026@tarzangief.bsky.social · 3w ago

While most people knew him for his movies lets not forget the incredible human Sam Neil was too

I love this. You’re a rare gem, Mr. Neill, and we’re gonna miss you. bsky.app/profile/dani...

Daniel Benneworth-Gray@danielgray.com · 3w ago

Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.

Trying @geekyjules.julessherred.com 's Masala Shortbread this weekend, so I made my first spice blend! My hands smell like cinnamon now 😄

Poking my head back up to advertise for this a bit! I love this team and I can't wait to see where this goes. If you have a few bucks, please consider sending some their way!

David Ault | Voice actor and astronomy presenter@davidault.co.uk · last mo.

We are 1/3 through our campaign but over 52% funded for the queer Northern folk horror masterpiece that is going to be Beck's End from @shadowsatthedoor.bsky.social. Please tell everyone you know about our folk horror series and encourage them to donate at becksend.com :)

"It's just sports," "It will only affect a few people," & "It'll also be used against cis women" are, IMHO, all equally not-great takes on today's SCOTUS ruling, just different angles. The Supreme Court ruled it's okay to discriminate against a certain class of people. Full stop. That is a horror.

i did a triple take at this line. the university of michigan apparently jeopardized a grad student's status and got him detained by ICE for almost a month on this basis, which i can only convey to non-academic folks as "absolute horse shit"

every time y'all blame this shit on testosterone, you're not only giving them an excuse for why they "can't help it," but you're HARMING trans masc ppl. every trans masc person with emotional dysregulation that i know delayed transition for fear of turning into an angry man. cut that shit out.

I don't have a problem with having both moderates and progressive Democrats in Congress. I do have a problem when people collapse into a pile of wet noodles around fascism, and yet suddenly know how to pull every trick in the book to stop progressives.

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Dr. Tessa Fisher@tessafisher.bsky.social · last mo.

So, I work at a large, public university in the US, ostensibly helping researchers make use of the supercomputing cluster the university has for their research.

TikTok's latest illegal 'life hack' seems to be 'dispute credit card transactions for free stuff' and legality aside I am here to beg you: Do not do this to small businesses. It really fucks them over in ways you may not be aware of beyond stealing from them (which is, to be clear, what this is).🧵

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

Your periodic reminder that people are *more* abusive online when they're using their "real names" than when they're using a persistent pseudonym and this effect has been replicated in literally every study that has ever been done

Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I remain of the view that regulation of social media is better than a ban for young people. But I also pretty much agree with all these proposals.

⚠️OMG OMG I CAPTURED A FULL GREBELING YAWN ON VIDEO CALL THE GREBE.... FANS? 🐣 🪶

Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli@banditelli.org · 2mo ago

Here's the above grebeling half-yawning on video. I lucked out they did it twice, i believe the only yawn I captured yesterday 🪶

If you are a cis person just state your pronouns, or state the pronouns you'd like to use that day. He, she, they, it, xie, per, these are all fine. "Any pronoun is fine" is also fine if it's true. "My pronouns are sparkle/sunshine," fuck all the way off. Also, do not ever add "obviously."

Dex Anderson@dexanderson.com · 2mo ago

I am begging cisgender people to stop using the pronoun part of their introductions in meeting to say nouns that are clearly not the pronouns they actually use. I don't care if you have ~feelings~ about being asked pronouns. You are mocking trans people.

This is an awesome team and I've loved their other work! I'm so excited about the cast so far.

Ella Watts is recording PHANTOM PULSE (in LA)!@gejwatts.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Beck's End is live! I'm going to be Exec Producing this folk horror audio drama set in the North of England, made by @mostlymarknixon.bsky.social from @shadowsatthedoor.bsky.social !! I'll be joining the team on stream (badum-tsh) for the next hour, come join to hear why you should back the show!

If a (cishet white abled) dude put on spandex, beat up billionaires, took their money, and gave it to poor people, that movie would make a billion dollars and everyone would call him a hero. But when we ask for taxes, it's apparently called theft and unfair to the billionaires. Weird.

oh great can't wait to get misgendered by a got-dang robot toilet

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2mo ago

Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration.

Author Jane Yolen (b.1939) died on June 11. She wrote books and novels for all ages, including Briar Rose, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, and The Devil’s Arithmetic. Yolen won 2 Nebulas, a World Fantasy and was named Grand Master by SFPA, SFWA and World Fantasy. She served as SFWA President.

Chekov was perhaps left a bit two-dimensional character in Star Trek. However, in 'Babylon 5' Walter Koenig was really unleashed as Alfred Bester(yes), a sly and loathsome officer of Earth's telepath gestapo. Sheer joy to see his performance. #Babylon5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=s72f...

Bester Has The Comebacks (Babylon 5 Fan Video)

YouTube video by Merrin Station Theater

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