Should be pinned to the top of every single intercommunity argument about tactics. In particular: the people doing the kind of direct action work that other people like to fantasise about online are ABSOLUTELY not talking about it online, are you high? Doing the work > masturbatory discourse

Astrid@astridsramblings.bsky.social · 2d ago

One final take: The people doing the hard yards of effective work, whether grassroots activism, legal work or lobbying, do not talk much on here about it. Because it’s difficult, exhausting interpretations are too bad faith, and the other side can see your posts. Bluesky is not the real world.

They want you to forget that you took care of yourselves and others im 2020 because they want you to be helpless and frightened in the face of the violence and robbery theyre doing

Nothing for the bigot; meanwhile Celeste is punished for having a backbone

The Seattle Times@seattletimes.com · 6d ago

The WNBA suspended Storm minority co-owner Celeste Keaton and fined the team an undisclosed amount following an incident during Tuesday’s game in which she confronted two fans.

I'm going to recite from Mutual Aid on my next flight since anything goes now, apparently

There is absolutely no reason for any trans person to give Democrats cover to abandon full trans equality on any issue, in any region, in any race, to even the tiniest iota.

Kind of wild that tennis is the one pro sport that's had a policy allowing trans women to compete for 50 years. In that span, 1 trans athlete has competed (50 years ago), and 0 since. Instead of just changing the policy to ban trans women, they decided to go the extra step of mandating DNA tests?

Report: WTA to mandate genetic gender test

The Women's Tennis Association has changed its eligibility policy and will require athletes to submit to a one-time genetic gender test ​to establish eligibility, the organization revealed early this ...

reuters.com

Whats worse... A single Democratic loss in a statewide race to a right-wing governor? Or a Democratic Party win in Ohio that uses transphobia to get there, teaching dems across the country that this is a new acceptable tactic? The latter results in no party left to fight for us.

RoxyDog@roxydog.bsky.social · 2w ago

I understand your disappointment but why do you want to undermine the Democrat in this race? You think Ramaswamy will have your back? These purity tests are what gave us trump and his Supreme Court.

Yeah, actually

gamera obscura@ohrobin.bsky.social · 2w ago

Texas Republicans doing recruitment for us.

I wanted to visualize what it looked like when the 988 hotline’s LGBTQ+ youth services shut down. This is what it looks like: almost 70,000 people reaching out for help, then nothing. As of today, it’s been a year since "Option 3" went away.

The 988 cliff for LGBTQ+ youth | Created with Datawrapper

From September 2022 to July 2025, LGBTQ+ youth and young adults had specialized help when they reached the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Then that help went away.

datawrapper.de

Bathroom bans are effectively unenforceable on the public. Where the anti trans side innovated is focusing on places where they have leverage over trans people, mainly government employees and students. They can fire trans employees and expel trans students. lawrencekstimes.com/2026/07/13/t...

Transgender employee at KU reported for using the bathroom

A transgender woman who works at KU was notified Friday that she had been reported for using the women’s restroom.

lawrencekstimes.com

NEVER FORGET the debt we all owe to the Miccosukee Tribe, without whom it would still be open. And never forget that Indigenous sovereignty and all our safety and flourishing are forever intertwined.

“Alligator Alcatraz” May Close After Months of Tribal Resistance in the Everglades

The controversial immigration detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” could soon shut down — a dramatic reversal following months of resistance led by the Miccosukee Tribe, Native advocates, and ...

nativenewsonline.net

Tyler King@tyleraking.com · 3w ago

After a cost of more than $1 billion, the Everglades concentration camp has been removed from the airstrip where it once stood.

I don't know how to love the people who wish violence upon me and my loved ones. I try to have empathy for the pain their hate undoubtedly causes them, but instead, I feel angry, vengeful, or just numb. This essay really speaks to this emotional turmoil I am struggling with

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · 3w ago

Magdalene Visaggio was once in seminary, training to become a Catholic priest. Now she's a snarky online trans girl like the rest of us. In a challenging new essay for Assigned, she writes about the toll being hated for who she is has taken on her psyche. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Today is #SharkAwarenessDay. We don't have any sharks in the collection but we do have this absolutely enormous 36-foot ladder, which is so long that we have to display it on its side.

'do I have a dream' ..................... 'wouldn't that be nice' it sure would Sam

calling out of work because I lost someone very important to me (prolific actor Sam Neill)

I wish my friends would stop sending me twitter links when they know I don't want anything to do with it

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

Folks, we have a RIPCON 3. I believe this is our highest level since doing this

Stephen@tgk.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Today is a great reminder that we can never be too ready.

One of the best subreddits out there.

Tim Price@timprice.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is not really on-topic but I was looking for a quick rec on a cheap flashlight the other night and stumbled across r/flashlight, a 275K-member strong community of illumination enthusiasts where people were posting things like "This one is a gateway drug." It's a big, strange world out there.

Alarming story that confirms my own reporting along similar lines: Dan Moraff, the political strategist who plucked Graham Platner out of obscurity to run for senate and barely vetted him, was barred from Rep. Summer Lee’s 2022 campaign after three complaints of sexual misconduct.

Platner’s Daniel Moraff Barred from Summer Lee’s Campaign Over Sexual Misconduct Complaints

Congresswoman Summer Lee barred Platner's strategist Daniel Moraff from her campaign after receiving sexual harassment complaints against him.

paydayreport.com

My wish for some of you

The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti

Read my latest:

We didn’t need a rape accusation to know Graham Platner was unfit

Despite months of red flags, his allies insisted he was the vision of positive masculinity the party needed.

thehandbasket.co

Great thread about Thomas Paine, the most correct man of his day, unfairly tarred at times a libertarian caricature

Bo Thompson@gaudipern.bsky.social · last mo.

Thomas Paine is my favorite founding father. He was famously abolitionist and one of the earliest voices to point out the hypocrisy of fighting for independence while keeping slaves. He also firmly believed that keeping any friendship which required compromising your morals made you a bad person.

see the thing about the mets is

CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · 4w ago

This is the most hilarious little league home run I've ever seen, the Royals have outdone themselves

The evening of noises that scare my cat has begun

probably my favorite piece of generally-agreed-upon jesus lore is that he was hot. no two sects agree on the upshot of his teachings. but every last one is like, obviously the nazarene had a shape to him

Lots of atmed cops at CTA stations lately, reminding us all they are an occupying army