Here's my Cosmo piece about how segregated bathrooms have impacted my own health www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a6...

Avoiding Public Bathrooms Damaged My Bladder—Now, As a Trans Man, I’m Finally Letting Go

Inside the emotional and physical toll of holding it in.

cosmopolitan.com

Sandy Ernest Allen@sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 12h ago

Efforts to police bathrooms are evil and will impact peoples' health. Segregated bathrooms themselves must be done away with, it's the only solution. I reported this question out, years ago for @99pi.org 99percentinvisible.org/episode/wher...

One time last year at a theater, the women's was getting cleaned, the men's was open, I'm NBi so I decided "fuck it they all have stalls" and who the fuck taught y'all cis folks to aim (and jizz?!) in public restrooms??? I went into 4 stalls before I found one clean enough to hover-squat

Shepherd@neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 6h ago

Oh boy do I feel this, men's restrooms are both fraught and often also disgusting (cis dudes do you realize we don't have to live this way??) and I know this struggle. I have a multitude of coping mechanisms including counting by prime numbers.

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Oregon senators warn prediction markets allowing betting on wildfires could incentivize arson

A public report urges the CFTC to ban prediction market contracts on destructive wildfires, raising concerns over public safety and potential arson.

kptv.com

ICYMI: Fuji TV disciplined actor Satō Jirō over a harassment complaint by co-star Hashimoto Ai. What followed was a wave of misogyny directed at Hashimoto. Why does Fuji TV seem incapable of managing a crisis?

In Sexual Harassment Scandal, Fuji TV Again Fails to Protect Its People

Fuji TV is once again dealing with a public relaitons crisis. And, once again, it's showing how unequipped it is to handle it.

unseen-japan.com

I will reiterate, when I tested AI detection tools on fiction, they were more likely to flag human-written fiction as AI than they were to catch AI-generated fiction.

Susanna Kearsley@susannakearsley.bsky.social · yesterday

❤️ Gillian Green, publisher at Tor Bramble, told The Bookseller: “HM Wolfe has confirmed that Daggermouth was written entirely without AI. We stand behind our author, and we do not recognise third-party AI detection tools as a fair or reliable measure of authenticity when used on their own.”

Flock cameras have statistically not lowered crime in any area they're in, but they sure have made it very easy for cops to commit crimes in brand new ways. This happens CONSTANTLY. Everywhere. Join your local DeFlock group today!

DeFlock Redmond@deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 5d ago

*Another* #ALPR abuser! 😩 "Christian Brewer was charged with one count of felony violation of oath of office & two counts of misdemeanor misuse of license plate data. The deputy’s office said his searches were related to someone he was in a “personal relationship” with" NoALPRs.com 🚫 #deflock

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...

YouTube Bans Popular ASMR Artists, Accusing Them of Making 'Sexually Gratifying' Content

YouTube told ASMR artists including Bunnii, Slight Sounds, Rose, and others that their content broke the platform's sex and nudity policy. Creators say these bans are unfair and potentially life-alter...

404media.co

if you make art of any kind, express yourself for an audience of others in any way, you are a pornographer. you arent next, you're part of it now.

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...

by YT's logic, if someone can feasibly get a boner from your content, or from any content you make anywhere ever, you're done. anyway, I'm tapping the egg yolk sign again www.404media.co/egg-yolk-pop...

The Egg Yolk Principle: Human Sexuality Will Always Outsmart Prudish Algorithms and Hateful Politicians

Anti-porn laws can't stop porn, but they can stop free speech. In the meantime, people will continue to get off to anything and everything.

404media.co

Good framing.

Kindergarten girls targeted for invasive exams by new GOP-led ballot measure

Washington State voters will decide the fate of a ballot initiative that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before playing school sports — a ...

rawstory.com

What can you do? CALL. WRITE. SCREAM. The bill is up for a vote THIS WEDNESDAY. Call your Senator. Dem. Republican. Whomever. Right now, it's a solid R bill, but they're looking for Dems to take it across the finish line. Let them know how badly it stinks. www.defendonlineprivacy.com/screen/

Defend Online Privacy: Stop the SCREEN Act!

The Senate Commerce Committee will vote on the SCREEN Act on August 5. ACT NOW to stop it!

defendonlineprivacy.com

And for the really bad news? They've put a target on VPNs. Sites are required to identify (and age-verify) any US citizen, regardless of whether they're using a VPN. In fact, the default is to get the ID and biometrics of EVERYONE unless you can somehow prove their not a US citizen.

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

"VPNs are a privacy and security tool used by millions of internet users every day, and their use should not be treated as suspect. It is particularly galling that the SCREEN Act forces users who intentionally take steps to protect their privacy to identify themselves."

But I can't stress enough, this is NOT in good faith. "Parents should know if their children are being taught gender ideology, and you can make sure that they do. The government has a profound interest in protecting children from adult content."

Senator Jim Banks Is Pushing the FCC to Flag LGBTQ Content on TV

Senator Banks urges FCC to label LGBTQ content on TV to protect children from radical gender ideology.

townhall.com

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.

More people died from heat between April 1, 2026 thru July 19, 2026 than in the ten entire preceding years combined

Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · 5d ago

jesus. www.dw.com/en/germanys-...

Bluesky oldheads will remember that brief period of time when the conservative trolls tried to storm the place and were flummoxed by the idea they would have to organically grow an audience and that someone who didn't want to talk to them could nuke every interaction they ever had from orbit

Disability advocacy orgs quietly nuking their DEI content to comply in advance is not great, and a good reminder that the best groups are disability justice-focused and working directly in community.

Some Disability Advocacy Groups Quietly Shifted Diversity Language After Trump Took Office

An Emancipator investigation examining 74 disability advocacy groups found that around thirty percent of well-funded organizations that receive significant federal grants and contracts likely changed ...

theemancipator.org

Whether someone realizes it or not, accepting the "liberal bubble" framing at all is a way of granting the utterly absurd notion that the globally reviled and increasingly unpopular views of the reactionary right are the norm

Ian Boudreau@ianboudreau.com · 2d ago

"Liberal bubble" has only ever meant anywhere where right wing perspectives aren't artificially elevated and forced into everyone's feeds.

This is the story of how a group of perfectly ordinary neighbors took on one of the worst landlords in New York. And won. Introducing, the Union of Pinnacle Tenants: the short film. Watch the full film: youtu.be/h5dvGKI26ZA

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if you think you’d don’t know anyone with longcovid, but you don’t use any mitigation yourself, consider: yes you do, they just may not feel safe enough to tell you.

babs ✨@itsbabs.bsky.social · last yr.

longcovid is not uncommon, not prevented by vaccines, and likelihood of developing it increases with every subsequent acute infection. symptoms can range from annoying to debilitating, and impact people with marginalized identities disproportionately. prevent infection. wear a mask.

I wanted a Black man for this but goddamn if this ain't a damn fine compromise

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 2d ago

‘God of War’: Dave Bautista in Talks For Kratos Role in Amazon Series After Ryan Hurst’s Exit variety.com/2026/tv/news...

The only reason Bluesky is a liberal bubble is because it’s not algorithm driven & reality has a liberal bias. This is super simple.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

We’re about to be reminded again that a frighteningly large proportion of the U.S. population do not believe in the germ theory of disease and are happy to say so publicly

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d ago

Wonder will Alex Berenson now change his health reporting? Or will start pushing a "died with" rather than "died from" framing?

The small number of people still wearing masks 6+ years later are made painfully aware of this every day. (COVID is still around & causing long term health issues, for “healthy” and “un-” people alike.) Turns out roughly 99% of people don’t know the effects of some viruses don’t present for years.

Jason Wilson@jasonaw.bsky.social · 2d ago

We’re about to be reminded again that a frighteningly large proportion of the U.S. population do not believe in the germ theory of disease and are happy to say so publicly

Sorry to harp on this, but these CEOs keep bringing up the idea of a "public square" and I don't think they've ever been to a public square. I don't have the right to talk to anyone in a real-life public square! People get to tell me to go away.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

welp this is how I learned bluesky has a new ceo lol

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

ICE has killed another person.

El Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family Says

The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.

thecityreporter.nyc

Begging you, reporters everywhere: stop using this framing. Anyone anywhere at any time can have an underlying condition. That has only become more true as you decided to join the war on COVID on the side of COVID. People with fallible bodies—all of us—deserve to not shit themselves to death.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d ago

Breaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.

BBC burying the lede here until paragraph 3 - JKR bankrolled this and LOST. I repeat - JKR bankrolled this lawfare against the Belfast Film Festival and... LOST. It can be done! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tribunal rules woman not unlawfully discriminated against over beliefs

Sara Morrison claimed she was forced out of her job at Belfast Film Festival for her views on sex and gender.

bbc.co.uk