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The Asheville Blade@avlblade.bsky.social · 2d ago

The NC-11 congressional race is turning into a contest over who can be more transphobic. Both Democrat Jamie Ager and Republican Jennifer Balkcom — who replaces the scandal-ridden Rep. Chuck Edwards — are open bigots, calling trans women "men" and supporting anti-trans laws. More, in our latest:

I'm voting against @avindman.bsky.social, for being transphobic hateful piece of shit. 🖕 Congratulations @democrats.org, you motivated me to vote against your spineless bobbleheads.

Christopher Wiggins@cwnewser.bsky.social · 18h ago

SCOOP: He was one of a handful of Democrats who joined Republicans in May to pass an anti-trans bill through the House. Last night, instead of listening to trans constituents at a meeting that I attended, Eugene Vindman got angry. It went downhill from there. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

Literally burning down the planet on the off chance that one day they’ll make a profit out of chatbots and slop, every AI CEO belongs in The Hague

why did they make the ever working, unpaid, silent robots black?

Jessica Kant@jessdkant.bsky.social · 2d ago

Incredible subtlety here from NYT.

they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children.

Mark Grimshaw@markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 2d ago

This post just popped up on my Facebook from a page with tens of thousands of followers. Behind the black box are the names of 10 children the OP is alleging to be trans. The post also include photos of all 10 children, and the name of the schools they attend. They’re now doxxing minors.

Is this some kind of rape-maximization initiative

Sarah has a suggestion@goatsarah.org · 2d ago

UK: trans women to be housed in male prisons. Also UK: cis men to be housed in female prisons. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

it's 2:49am i had heat exhaustion earlier. I just watched star trek v and enjoyed it (curse you @steveshives.bsky.social for making an excellent arguement!) I should go to bed.

I have a problem with trans people playing sports: There aren't nearly close to enough of them doing it, and we need to smash down the barriers preventing it, and generally preventing anyone trans from living their best, most fulfilling life. Fuck anyone who wants to stop, silence, or exclude them.

Democratic 'strategists': You guys we gotta just steadily erode trans rights because they're too divisive, too bad, so sad Democratic voters:

Micah@rincewind.run · yesterday

that’s fucking right

native women in ribbon skirts on the stairs of first ave upper level dancing with their peggy flanagan signs

You know folks, these tech billionaires seem to be extremely mentally unwell. Don't get me wrong, they were already exceptionally unwell people and unspeakably evil in their hording of wealth and wholesale destruction. But AI had them all in a spiraling descent into madness territory.

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 3d ago

Banger after banger after banger in Zuckerberg’s delusional AI fever dream essay www.404media.co/mark-zuckerb...

The Trump regime is literally hunting for trans children across the country and we're still told by liberals it's time to compromise on trans rights so things don't get "worse".

There is nothing we can do that will make cis people see us as human. Which is in and of itself pretty good evidence that they don't have that quality themselves.

Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈@danifroom.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Trump regime is literally hunting for trans children across the country and we're still told by liberals it's time to compromise on trans rights so things don't get "worse".

Just bumping this up

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧@charliejane.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Almost wrote a whole newsletter to say this, but I think I can say it in a skeet: I'm glad there's a Harry Potter TV show. Its existence will hasten the process of Harry Potter fading away and becoming just part of the woodwork. You can only retell the same story so many times before ppl check out.

that’s fucking right

Decision Desk HQ@decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · yesterday

Decision Desk HQ projects Peggy Flanagan wins the MN US Senate Democratic Primary #DecisionMade: 11:20 PM EDT

I don't like the idea of grading politicians on fuckability because then they sooner or later they get outed for being sex pests or worse. but y'all remember when the right pushed the same articles talking about Trump? 🤮🤮🤮

Anthony@scorpion1386.bsky.social · yesterday

i am strongly of the opinion that police (who should be abolished, to be clear) should definitely not be allowed to cover their faces

One year in, Trump's troop deployment in D.C. is ongoing, unending, pointless — and very bad www.lawdork.com/p/one-year-i... Since I published that on Sunday, here is today’s official one-year anniversary photo:

Heartbreaking and horrific. Anyone with half a brain knew it - and worse - was coming, but I'm still sick to my stomach. www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/t...

Trump administration ends Medicaid, CHIP funding for gender-affirming care for children

Federal dollars in the two health insurance programs would not go toward gender-affirming care, but states could still cover the treatments.

cnbc.com

JFC

AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

apnews.com

Every day I'm more vindicated than the last. They were sending me death threats for this.

It’s not like he’s got these views and he’s a private citizen (which is still abhorrent). He’s RUNNING AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN on this shit.

kate bush’s husband@airbagged.bsky.social · 2d ago

He just got kicked off a con appearance and he’s pretending like he doesn’t know why

So far this week I saw 2 unmarked ICE on RioGrande yesterday stopped a car south of Jones HS. Today I saw a group at JYP and 50 stopping an suv at the amscot. Last Friday I saw a group or 6 ICR SUVs staging out back if my father's old offices in the lot.

This is straight up social murder, and I wish NPR would be a little less coy about it.

Federal funds can't be used to give test strips to drug users, raising overdose fears

Drug addiction groups are reeling after Trump officials said federal grants cannot be used to hand out test strips to drug users. The strips help users check street drugs for dangerous adulterants.

npr.org

A nightmarish follow-up from @emilybregel.bsky.social. Ahmed Soliman and two Jamaican women, Peta-Gaye Chambers and Natalie Holmes, say they were cuffed, beaten, and threatened by armed guards at the Equatorial Guinea "hotel" where they are imprisoned after being expelled by ICE. archive.is/zn7GH

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 2w ago

Great reporting from @emilybregel.bsky.social about a gay man who’s been in the US since he was four, imprisoned in a “hotel” in Equatorial Guinea since April. He says he’s being denied soap and toilet paper in retaliation for filing a complaint w African Commission. 1/ tucson.com/news/local/b...

so i figured out the reason. When people I'm supposed to trust hide things from me because they are afraid it'll make me panic is what makes me panic.

Rocket Girl Erin 👩🏼‍🚀🚀🔆🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 aka(Nyra Calthorne)@rocketgirlerin.northsky.social · 2d ago

I am having an axiety attack and i don't know why

how is this worse than I expected

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d ago

Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’

I am having an axiety attack and i don't know why

The Trump regime never stopped making the autism registry, they just stopped publicly talking about it.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

RFK Jr on autism: "'Oh, we're just noticing it more.' But this is an absurdity ... if we were just noticing it more, we would notice it in older groups. But we're not ... so something happened in the mid '90s that changed our children"