Remembering Louise Vincent, a Fighter for Drug-User Rights
Tributes have poured in for the inspirational harm reductionist, movement leader and Filter contributor, who died on September 2.
“There are people who light up rooms, but Louise set them on fire.”
Harm reductionists pay tribute to the inspirational activism of Louise Vincent, a leader in the drug-user rights movement and Filter contributor, who died this month.
By @helenredmond.bsky.social:
17.09.2025 14:35 — 👍 56 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 2
this is reminding me of the hype around hustlers and that # tweetyourhustle campaign on twitter. so many sex workers, including me, were suspended from twitter for literally "tweeting their hustle" and never, not once, did the cast acknowledge it.
03.03.2025 17:33 — 👍 53 🔁 17 💬 2 📌 0
45ish days till i defend my phd. after 9 years of grad school, this whore is finally gunna have a doctorate. holy shit y’all 🥹
21.02.2025 02:28 — 👍 54 🔁 2 💬 4 📌 0
the "come and take it" flag with a 20mg prozac in the middle
14.02.2025 22:15 — 👍 913 🔁 202 💬 5 📌 10
the “who goes Nazi” metric that has not failed me yet in the 21st century is: were they obsessive assholes to sex workers and/or trans women like ten years ago? yesterday?
04.02.2025 13:31 — 👍 1578 🔁 256 💬 8 📌 15
*chefs kiss*
23.01.2025 22:52 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Trump’s Assault on Trans Rights Has Begun. Here’s What to Watch For.
An early executive order shows the White House wants to get into the business of defining sex and gender. That could play out in a few ways.
Trump's promised executive order against "gender ideology" is ugly and dangerous, and also, like everything with Trump, contains few specifics and is meant to terrify people into self-repression. Here's my attempt to refocus on the fight ahead:
22.01.2025 16:19 — 👍 1004 🔁 305 💬 27 📌 11
How Popular YouTubers Pushed Young Male Voters Toward Trump
How podcasters like Joe Rogan and Logan Paul turned young men, a once apolitical demographic, into a massively powerful voting bloc
NEW: My colleagues & I analyzed nearly 1.3k hours of footage (>2k videos) from nine wildly popular podcasters and streamers on YouTube to understand how they helped lift Trump to power. Now that he's back in office, the broadcasters are well-positioned to help build support for his political agenda.
22.01.2025 15:05 — 👍 902 🔁 380 💬 47 📌 80
We're in the last week of our Kickstarter and we need just $3,000 to get I Hate My Job fully funded! Thank you for all those who have shared and backed - now lets get it across the finish line. ❤️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wor...
22.01.2025 13:38 — 👍 10 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0
Musk’s LA wildfire response: A triumph of PR over substance
The impact of Musk's relief efforts did not match the hype
1. On January 9, Elon Musk post on X that he would provide a “free” month of internet access to those impacted by the deadly wildfires,
But missing from Musk's announcement was a costly detail: To claim the free month residents first would have to spend a minimum of $349 on a Starlink hardware kit
20.01.2025 16:12 — 👍 1386 🔁 494 💬 82 📌 33
How does the strike affect
AVN Expo and Awards 2025?
The hotel has assured us that the strike will not impact the AVN Expo and Awards.
Contingency measures are in place to maintain a memorable guest experience and exceptional service during the event.
Has the strike impacted past ^ events at the property?
No. Since the strike began, Virgin Hotels Las Vegas has successfully hosted multiple events, concerts, shows, and corporate meetings without any issues. Guests have experienced no delays, disruptions, or room complaints related to the strike.
What is the status of
negotiations with the Culinary Workers Union Local 226?
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Virgin Hotels Las Vegas continues to negotiate in good faith and has even proposed arbitration by a third party to reach a fair agreement. The hotel remains committed to resolving the matter while prioritizing the interests of all its team members and guests.
Is the property safe and operational during the strike?
Yes. Virgin Hotels Las Vegas has implemented enhanced security and safety measures to ensure a secure and comfortable environment for all guests and events. The hotel has successfully hosted numerous events without any disruption or complaints since the start of the strike.
The AVN hotel union strike FAQ is the opposite of worker solidarity. The copy is sympathetic to management, not workers.
trade.adultentertainmentexpo.com/union-strike...
17.01.2025 20:43 — 👍 16 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
this is praxis.
17.01.2025 18:09 — 👍 143 🔁 35 💬 3 📌 0
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16.01.2025 18:42 — 👍 1233 🔁 356 💬 0 📌 17
“if you do anything that you don’t love for money or fame, you die” fuck, what a tremendous loss
16.01.2025 18:50 — 👍 26 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
16.01.2025 18:44 — 👍 67 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 1
“FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE”
rip david lynch 💔
16.01.2025 18:42 — 👍 47 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0
Hacking//Hustling’s sunset announcement on insta
Hacking//Hustling’s sunset announcement on insta
Hacking//Hustling changed my life. I was always buzzing around the periphery of its core organizing membership, but the opportunities H2 granted me really rewired my brain in conceiving what’s possible for liberation movement work. Sunsets are so beautiful when done right!
09.01.2025 21:44 — 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Key Oath Keepers leader revealed as former Las Vegas police detective
Details about Utah-based Robert Kinch, who backed ‘race war’, suggest rightwing militia has retained links with police
“The man in control of Utah-based rightwing militia Oath Keepers USA, a recent spinoff of the nat org first estab by Stewart Rhodes, is a former Las Vegas metropolitan police department homicide detective who left the force in acrimony after advocating “race war”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
06.01.2025 14:31 — 👍 141 🔁 77 💬 6 📌 20
This is in the same vein of what a lot of sex worker rights activists have been talking about while touching down on the question of formally anonymizing versus full deletion of content. Sex workers are early adopters who drive significant traffic to emerging sites then get uniformly booted later.
05.01.2025 06:35 — 👍 18 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
if you are in Las Vegas some photos of my photography project Archivo Puta is being exhibited here with more amazing sex workers colleagues and their art and much more ❤️📸✨
03.01.2025 17:51 — 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
Tomorrow at First Friday! You’re definitely not going to want to miss this! ❤️👠☂️
02.01.2025 23:08 — 👍 26 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Come get tattooed at our event tomorrow from our exclusive flash sheet! A percentage of proceeds will be going directly towards mutual aid efforts for sex workers!
03.01.2025 01:10 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Proud to know you and learn from you. 💕❤️
29.12.2024 18:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
29.12.2024 14:28 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
we have so much political education to do if we don’t want calls for decriminalization of sex work to become violent vehicles for criminalization and surveillance under a different name
27.12.2024 22:20 — 👍 40 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
absolute nightmare fuel
25.12.2024 22:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
same <3
25.12.2024 00:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“…No wonder feminist work is often about timing: sometimes we are too fragile to do this work; we cannot risk being shattered because we are not ready to put ourselves back together again. To get ready often means being prepared to be undone.” — @saranahmed.bsky.social (Living a Feminist Life, 2017)
28.11.2024 04:35 — 👍 18 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty @Georgetown, Faculty Associate @BKCHarvard
Digital security, "AI", safety, privacy, S*x W*rk
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love, coalition & disability wrath 🌹 mutual aid network for and by sex workers on "vancouver island" ♥️ 🗝️ intimateaccess.org
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AI killjoy, prednisone hater, writing a book about voice analysis AI and the limits of technosolutionist listening in American mental healthcare
Venus Apex ✖️ I make pornographic films with sex + art bullshit as Four Chambers @fourchambers.bsky.social | vex@afourchamberedheart.com
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