Today the UK is putting into practice aggressive restrictions on trans people using toilets and changing rooms. This follows a complex legal/political mess over two years. The UK was among the best countries in Europe on LGBTQ rights; now it's among the worst. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-t...

The End of Trans Rights in the UK Is the Start of Democratic Collapse

It's never just one minority.

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i saw a clip of the upside down kiss from raimi spider man and it’s crazy how much more horny that is than anything in the MCU

Beautiful!

The real impasta@therealimpasta.bsky.social · 14h ago

ATTENTION TO ALL DEM TAX CUT SLOPULISTS

Ukraine and the world have seen horrifying footage from Kherson today - a Russian drone hunting down a civilian. This person is Mr. Yurii, he sells vegetables. At about 6.30 a.m., Mr. Yurii was putting out the produce by the market, as he does every day⤵️

Abstentionism makes no sense in an American context. Political parties in the European sense can't legally exist here. There is the Good Party and the Bad Party. You need to vote for the Good Party. All that said, the fact that Abstentionist tendencies have formed on both the left and right

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

New in PN: Moderate Democrats have a choice to make "They can spend the next three months reinforcing Republican messaging about their party & making it less likely Dems take power. Or they can put the 'battle for the soul of the party' off for a while and do what they can to help their party win."

Legal immigration as most Americans conceive of it does not meaningfully exist in the United States. "Just come here the right way" is one of the most pernicious lies in contemporary US politics, accepted across the aisle as the goal of the immigration debate when it's impossible in reality.

You ever just read two people having a very heated argument/discussion with each other on Bluesky, or are you normal? Using the microgblogging platform to eavesdrop!

Another ICE murder! Edwin Lopez-Cornejo is the 23rd Person to Die in ICE Custody in 2026.

ICE says Salvadoran man dead following ‘medical emergency’ at Newark detention center

A detainee who had been held at a Newark, N.J., Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility has died, according to multiple officials. In a statement obtained by The Hill’s sister network Ne…

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This is going to be a disaster for students and colleges alike. That is the point.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

Rare L Still my fave

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2d ago

There is pervasive corruption across our healthcare and agricultural systems that defy party lines. I meet with MAHA activists because a lot of their concerns are bipartisan issues that major corporations paint as partisan. The fight isn't left and right, it's top and bottom.

Chiron was known to be well-versed in medicine (having learned it from Apollo) making him the original Centaur for Disease Control

There is no argument for limiting migration between countries that could not be contrived to be an argument for limiting migration between cities.

James Talarico on Texas officially banning THC: “Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst."

It is pretty sad that so few people actually believe in open borders

Important PSA

Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer@isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 3d ago

The TOS being so strict that they control you offsite is the problem; sites like Patreon and Kofi have offsite clauses too. The social criminalization of the suggestion that somewhere you might be doing nsfw is a problem. It's branding a person as obscene and we need consumers to stand up for us

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...

Yes, this is 100% about censorship in general, and the current anti-sexual weirdness that’s going on. But a paragraph near the end of the article is especially telling… ASMR is primarily created by women. Women doing anything will always be perceived by some as inherently sexual (excerpt in comms)

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...

If we manage to keep the GOP from completely destroying Democracy, then the GOP is doomed. Anyone who knows anything will be on our side!

E.J. Fagan@ejfagan.com · 4d ago

Senior Republican congressional staffer on trying to recruit new policy experts: “We have a generation of rabid, incompetent idiots.”

So we have the hip-hop musical for Hamilton. Yet, where is the power-metal rock opera for Thaddeus Stevens?

The campaign for Sputh Carolina send me a fundraising request beginning with, "[My Name], you up? It's Annie Andrews. I can't sleep." The vibes feel really weird with this one, ngl.

We really do need everyone to hate Republicans more than they hate moderates or leftists If you don’t, I have no illusions about whose side you’re actually on

Aubrey Gilleran@aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 5d ago

And this is true for all sides. If you're hoping a progressive or a moderate loses a general election because you don't want to validate that side of the coalition, you're not taking beating Republicans seriously enough. We just need to win as big a victory as possible.

14. Movies should probably be like 20% hornier on average

Imagine how good shows would be if it were possible for them to have more than eight episodes. Alas, the laws of physics prevent this. 😔

One of the things I should have learned a long time ago, but it has only settled in now, is that I don't need to have an opinion on everything. There's just a lot of debates out there, for which I don't have the necessary knowledge to contribute. It's weird because I am bombarded by the discourse

I am so jealous of all y'all with GLP prescriptions! Alas that they are so expensive, lol! Someday!

A cynic might think that the Powers That Be™️ want people to be ignorant of sexual topics so they are easier to prey upon.

Blake (Pandora Blake)@pandorablake.bsky.social · last wk.

My educational YouTube channel about kink, safety, consent and the law was deleted without appeal. That’s what happens when platforms decide talking about sex is inherently suspect: we lose vocabulary, resources and places to find each other.

“If this were occurring abroad, to an ethnic minority, we would call it ethnic cleansing.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...

The American Transgender Refugee Crisis

If this were occurring abroad, to an ethnic minority, we would call it ethnic cleansing.

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There are cathedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see!

Tony Zaret@tonyzaret.bsky.social · last mo.

The Pro-Ship Cafe is now open! #kakasaku #naruto #percyjackson

Under Ukrainian law, the majority-Muslim Qirimlis are recognised as an indigenous people whose language, culture and religious practice have special protection under law. They are an integral part of the Ukrainian nation. Laura can go burn.

Arizona Right Watch@azrww.bsky.social · last wk.

AP running a puff piece on this woman:

I've decided, about 5 days into the discourse, to weigh in on the $50k vs 50/50 chance for $1,000,000 question. To be clear, I genuinely have no idea about the math stuff y'all are doing. My decision is strictly based on knowing myself and how I will feel based on each outcome.