Patriarchy has so many structures that need to be dismantled.

Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · 4h ago

A core part of the problem is that parents want their sons to be able to access male privilege more than they want to stop sexual violence. You have to let go of the fraternities. And the men’s only athletic teams. And any other boys clubs.

Has a Private Equity Firm taken control of the Kennedy Center?

Sarah Burris@sarahburris.bsky.social · yesterday

Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...

[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right

Trans people have been saying this for YEARS. But, oh no, it’s not until they discover that punching down and beating trans people to a pulp is not having the desired effect and, if anything, it’s leading to things that could affect them and their loved ones. Honestly, this makes me want to scream

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · 3d ago

Democrats seem headed for big wins, but one avenue for self-sabotage would be adopting R's framing on trans rights. @billiejsweeney.bsky.social spoke with insiders incl Lanae Erikson of Third Way and Rep. Sarah McBride for this substanial piece of new reporting. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

"We don't have to go through the whole Deshaun Watson thing blah blah blah sexual assault." - Al Michaels.

Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 19h ago

'TNF' looks at Deshaun Watson's season 🏈 📺 Al Michaels: "If you follow football, you know the story ... we don't have to go through the whole Deshaun Watson thing." Kirk Herbstreit: "When you convert on 3rd downs, you hit passes, you lead this team to victories, those boos turn into cheers."

Every single newspaper that reported that Jane Doe “changed her story” should be rushing to publish retractions right now. This case should be a lesson in taking a DA’s victim-blaming statements at face value. Victims do not report to the police because they thought nothing happened to them.

All of this. I also want to add that, in my research, I found that a lot of “inconsistencies” in a victim’s story actually came from gender bias affecting investigators’ record keeping and interview methods.

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · yesterday

Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist

The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2

No one wants this noise in their backyard. Of course, I'd also like moratorium on leaf blowers.

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · yesterday

Mike Rogers wants to put a data center in your backyard because he's getting rich off of them.

This smug racist has the gall to tell a Black woman she needs to leave the country. He once compared Trump to Hitler, now he thinks he talks just like Trump, but without any of the vigor or charisma.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

JD Vance on Angie Nixon: "Get the hell out of here. You don't belong in America"

Holy shit I did not know this Incredible insight into Western Higher Education, going back to Oxford and Cambridge and still seen today from @harikondabolu.bsky.social

Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)

g.h. kirsch@gh-kirsch.bsky.social · yesterday

Let me see if I've got this right. The team of lawyers who stole an election in Florida, and gave W the presidency, are now the Scotus team at the center of the GOP theft of our democracy.

'Autumn' entered English in the 1300s. "The fall of the leaves" was shortened to 'fall' in the 1600s.

Ah yes, the mind is boggled by immigrants and tourists who don’t want to get abused and thrown into a secret nightmare prison for weeks or months before eventually being whisked away to a country they didn’t come from in the first fucking place. What a mystery!

Semafor@semafor.com · 2d ago

Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

So the White Sox winning is a Holy thing.

Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 2d ago

The White Sox were ‘blessed’ with a letter from Pope Leo before their first playoff game victory in five years. buff.ly/1ydXU4n

Transphobia is designed by the right to drive a wedge bw Democratic constituencies to undermine women’s health care rights, racial equity, voting rights and climate science. It’s “magic” one of the main architects of the strategy brashly says. But if there ever was a spell, it’s wearing off

Walker Bragman@walkerbragman.bsky.social · 3d ago

NEW from @accountabilityji.bsky.social and @assignedmedia.org: Reporter @billiejsweeney.bsky.social has an important story on the changing dynamics of the politics around transgender rights and issues. www.importantcontext.news/democrats-lo...

Americans don't even understand that America is a colonial issue (with regard to Native peoples in America.) They think a colonial issue is way back when they allied with the French king to get rid of the British king who they were paranoid would liberate their slaves and turn the Natives on them.

Hey, so instead of banning trans people from bathrooms, can we ban fraternities? We actually have hard and verifiable data about the harm done to women by them.

One of the Cornell students accused of gang rape, Scott Kretzschmar, denies it and says through his attorney that they are going to “confront” the survivor through the court system. I can already tell you that means victim-blaming, DARVO, and smears. She is going to need a lot more of our support.

Protecting child predators, facilitating extra-judicial murders, jacking up everyone's prices through tariffs and military misadventures all so that Donald Trump can get rich and he doesn't yell at you is a hell of a closing message. But totally on brand for Mr. Johnson.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Mike Johnson on what Republicans will do if they hold the House: "What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already"

We actually don't hate this administration enough

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 4d ago

The Trump administration has formally rescinded Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students nationwide.

Technology enthusiasts severely overestimate the average person’s desire or willingness or capacity to build and use AI agents. I understand some work roles that could mandate or encourage it but that is no way a tech revolution. Agents are best for structured, clearly delineated tasks.

Important 🧵

Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · 4d ago

The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost.

And one of my Senators wants to ban Chinese EV imports. This country really hates anything that doesn't run on petroleum products.

Sean Casten@seancasten.bsky.social · 4d ago

Chinese EV exports have doubled since the US invaded Iran. They are also ramping up solar, batteries and all the other tech that drives a modern economy. Trump is not only curtailing those, but pushing coal exports. It's so sad. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

#SomethingBeautiful - dark skies and clear nights

Michael R Photography 🌿@msriffle.bsky.social · 5d ago

Today is #Stunday and I think the milky way is stunning. To stand and look deep into the edge of our galaxy is humbling. Especially when viewed in a dark sky location. It's visible along the coast of North Florida. #photography #landscape #ECK #MilkyWay #stars #astronomy #space #astrophotography

The connections being drawn between the Cornell 7 and Brock Turner bring up something crucial: The outrage at Turner’s insanely light sentence has ultimately made it impossible for him to blend back into society. Where legal redress failed, community stepped in to make sure no one would forget.

So this is a lie.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

AG Todd Blanche: "What these hospitals are recognizing and agreeing to is they're shutting down these pediatric gender mutilation centers that were operating with reckless abandon for years and years... the DOJ civil attorneys that have negotiated these settlements are heroes to the American people"

I would love to see this in person!

Catsuka@catsuka.bsky.social · 5d ago

Btw, here's "Luceros y Penumbras", the largest pop-up book ever created, currently on view at the Los Angeles Central Library. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-T-...

We don’t need a “tired old fuck” as our President.

Gregory Pratt@royalpratt.bsky.social · 6d ago

“Talking to Rahm, it’s like middle-age married sex,” said John Anzalone, a Democratic pollster who has known him for decades. “It’s focused. You know what you’re going for. And it’s short.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/u...

Having failed to boost centrist Seth Moulton to the Senate, the NYT picks another shit ass centrist to rally behind.

Gregory Pratt@royalpratt.bsky.social · 6d ago

“Talking to Rahm, it’s like middle-age married sex,” said John Anzalone, a Democratic pollster who has known him for decades. “It’s focused. You know what you’re going for. And it’s short.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/u...