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Hey, so, survivor of CSAM (child sexual abuse material) here—and a global survivor advocate, including policy work!

Fictional material is not illegal. That’s actually why deepfakes are such a big issue for survivors too.

That said, actual art should *not* be made illegal. Why? (Con’t)

bluesky's rating on the app store in my region has fallen all the way down to ---1.7--- out of 5. insane.

#SaveSpeech

Ive updated this infographic with additional bill info, issues, etc

Find your federal and state reps below and make your voices heard!

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Okay what about those of us who aren't milquetoast white cis men with global recognizability

so the Economist article isn't attributed an author. but someone in the replies of this 🧵 tipped me off that it was Jəsse Singal. & it turns out that it was, which in retrospect isn't surprising (as he's one of the ppl who would never answer this question):

Republicans were running anti trans ads against other republicans in Oklahoma. No amount of transphobic vitriol is ever enough.

www.oudaily.com/news/anti-tr...

what fucks me up about the Bluesky TOS update is fucking

every adult creator i know wants MORE labels and filter options. we WANT more granular control over the labels and spoilers we can put on our work so people who want to curate their timeline to avoid us CAN DO SO

Sketch depicting three artists standing on a platform surrounded by water that is breaking off and shrinking to an even smaller platform, The two figures on the left are equally making the smug dream works face while both thinking “thank god I am normal, everyone else is so weird and porn brained.” The smaller devil Roxy on the right is on the verge of tears and a mental breakdown beseeching “has anyone noticed the fucking space shrinking under censorship”.

venting
Sorry to my irl pals who‘ve had to listen to me nonstop about this strange divide

SCOOP — Part of the reason Disney/ABC may have rushed to sort things out with Kimmel is because tomorrow they have a planned price increase for Disney+ streaming, a Disney source tells me. With subscriptions hemorrhaging since last week, they couldn’t risk losing more users with this announcement.

every finance guy in the Disney+ division has been camping outside Iger's office for a week with signs saying BOB WHAT THE FUCK

It's NEVER been more vital to keep the pressure up

They're targeting physical items now too

Be sure to call + email both paypros AND your reps

Easy steps + scripts on the site!

anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co

#SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social

"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

I don't think you even have to like Gretchen to recognize that she, as a best-selling horror writer with an active following, was a get for DC comic. A DC comic was not a get for Gretchen Felker Martin

Speaking of punk, do you know what’s actually punk? It’s telling right-wing monsters to go fuck themselves. DC might think it’s cool for Superman to be a punk rocker, but they did not hesitate to fire a trans woman for doing something admirably punk rock this week. There isn’t really anything more punk than publicly expressing your relief that a cruel fascist bigot has died. And yet, it cost Gretchen Felker-Martin her job with DC. I guess Superman is allowed to be a punk rocker, but Felker-Martin needs to toe the company line.

If you can read that litany of ichorous hate and still come away performatively shocked that Felker-Martin indulged herself with a joke at this man's expense, you're either being shockingly inhumane or purposefully obtuse. You are denying a trans person the right to use gallows humor to express reasonable anger about the terrifying climate we live in. You are asking trans people to pretend like we aren't all dealing with more harassment, more abuse, more violence and danger ever since the dudes who worship Kirk got the cultural green light to start hunting us for sport.

If you are asking trans people to be evenhanded and serene about their own genocide at all times, you are holding us to an impossible standard because you want us to fail. You are either cruel or you're stupid, and the exact nature of your flaw doesn't matter to me. You're being a dick. Fix your heart or die.

Like any other anarchist art movement, punk is vulnerable to commodification and misunderstanding. It’s easy enough to say that Superman is a punk, because you can say that anything means anything if you have enough money. But if Superman is also the face of DC, the fascist collaborators who fired Gretchen Felker-Martin, they should be more honest about what that symbol stands for. You can't be a punk if you kiss the president's ass. You can't stand for hope if you serve the politics of despair. And if Superman really wants to be a punk rock champion of justice that serves the downtrodden, sticking up for trans folks is an obvious place to start.

Today on the blog, I consider Gretchen Felker-Martin being removed from Red Hood over her Charlie Kirk joke and why DC doesn't get to call Superman a punk if they're going to collaborate with fascists. harmcox.ghost.io/death-or-glo...

'Just Kill 'Em': Fox Host Makes Shocking Comment On Homeless People "Fox and Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade made a jaw-dropping remark while discussing homelessness and mental health.

In a shocking on-air moment, a “Fox and Friends” co-host said homeless people suffering from mental health issues who refuse help should be killed

Canada's C-2 bill is both a gross overreach of govt surveillance into citizen's privacy, as well as extremely anti-immigrant/racist!

please do not forget to sign this petition alongside the others if you are canadian. This bill is bad news, but we can beat it!

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Hey Canadian friends, let's sign this petition!! It takes less than 2 minutes and is an official thing you can do 💪

For context, Canada's C-2 bill paves the way for the US gov't to access Canada's private civilian data based on "security of the border", and "other security measures". It's bad!

charlie kirk's own podcast just showing his empty chair is genuinely funnier than a lot of posts about his death

Remember how scary it was for the 36 hours where it felt like the Right could explode into violence as a repercussion of an assassination? That's what our trans brothers & sisters feel like every fucking day

We have to protect them at all costs. They are our line in the sand; not a bargaining chip.

The Groyper Wars

Years they've been doing this stuff. YEARS.

And still some think it was a 'mistake' or 'irresponsible'.

It was deliberate.

Every trans person knew before it happened what they would do and they did it.

YEARS.

going from "transgender ideology" to "look at the poor misguided white kid" without even taking a breath, unconscionable

Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements."

Really meant,

"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

ValNet is also very traffic-driven, which suggests to me something deeper & greater is going on if TG & other ValNet properties stay on top of the censorship issue (ie traffic is there) while other outlets avoid it (ie not respectable conversation, worried about Google, etc)

Got permission to post this; one of the trans women who was assaulted last week by a gang of anti-trans creeps has a gofundme up to help her with medical and survival costs while she recovers from a concussion. If you're able to help, please do.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-tra...

It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.

Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way The mainstream media seems entirely uninterested in explaining Charlie Kirk's work.

Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way

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