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I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power

I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

I know October is over but listen, there’s no reason we can’t extend spooky season all the way to Christmas. Who’s going to stop us? Mariah Carey? The guardian of holiday cheer and all things jolly? Possibly… but we won’t know if we don’t try.

This headline is misleading. He wasn’t “anti-religious” - he specifically felt Mormons were the anti-christ. Get it together.

I think a danger with social media is to thoroughly mix your sense of agency & consequential powerlessness with the catastrophic goings on in the world. It strikes me that the inverse of this phenomenon is to shift your focus to the incremental and enormously meaningful good you can do where you are

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors “With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

They want hate and division… so fight back with love and kindness

Fight back with community care

Donate to mutual aid. Set up a community fridge or library. Volunteer your time. Set up a neighborhood ICE watch. Wear a mask

Embody the protesting frog or the dancing rainbow unicorn.

We got this.

The image is an X post by user Joshua Reed Eakle from 20 hours ago, stating: "The end of due process for immigrants is the end of due process for citizens. Few understand this." The post includes a profile picture and a verified badge.

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

Food for thought

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

These are the same people who want to create lists of autistic people.

Who want an abortion registry that includes anyone they think “likely” to obtain an abortion.

Don’t violate your own privacy.

Don’t give your medical history to fascists.

Any list they make will be used against you.

Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.

A well fitted respirator like an N95 protects against more than just Covid.

It safeguards against pollution, pollen, wildfire smoke and many other viruses.

Wearing one is a great way to keep yourself and those around you healthy.

If you can’t afford one (or if you want to donate to help others)

Logo reading "Beyond X&Y" where the X and Y are part of the trans symbol. Beneath it reads "Trust the real science. Biology is nonbinary."

It's the scientific community's duty to fight misinformation, bioessentialism, and eugenics

That's why we're launching Beyond X&Y, an educational campaign combating the rise of unscientific political propaganda used to attack trans and intersex people

Subscribe to our newsletter at beyondxandy.org

I need to look into this

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Some Like It Hot

Man I’ve missed like 3 raptures at this point

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.

The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

I know it's hard to do but you have to tune out the constant & I mean constant torrent of criticisms on social media re: activism & organizing. If you don't, it can stop you from trying to do any activism or organizing. Most of the critics aren't doing any organizing themselves so keep trying things

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth

You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

Take that money you’re saving every month on cancelling Spotify, Disney+, HBO, etc., & (after buying a @pbs.org Passport, natch) & go to a used book/media store and buy all the movies you watch on repeat (you know you only watch, like, 10 movies) on dvd/bluray. Bonus: no $ goes to fascist media cos

Pressure mounts on Disney over Kimmel suspension as some boycott calls spread The company faced protests outside its studios, celebrities threatening to break ties and political pressure from Republicans and Democrats.

Disney is facing protests outside its studios, celebrities threatening to break ties and political pressure from Republicans and Democrats over its decision to pull late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air indefinitely.

Reactions like this to brians story show why it's valuable to keep talking about. As artists we are living the situation and assume others are aware, but the truth is most people do not know

I saw someone say the only difference between pan people and bi people is that the pan flag has dog energy and the bi flag has cat energy and I think that's how I'm explaining it from now on

Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.

In my experience, courage is usually the product of love and/or solidarity. When we are deeply invested in each other, we are more likely to take risks that we wouldn't take out of mere principle, or for the sake of people we feel disconnected from. Our alienation mass produces cowardice.

Outline illustration of a police car turned upside down with flowers growing out of the underside of the car. The text reads "Community Over Cops"

BlueSky screenshot from @harmscommitted.bsky.social that says "Eliminating specialized services from 988 is taking away a necessary lifeline from trans people." Followed by "Two thirds of [trans] respondents said they opted not to use crisis lines, largely because of "fears of being misunderstood and invalidated". The image is a person facing away the camera with a smart phone held by their ear.

A screenshot from our latest blog "We Aren't Going Anywhere: Our Response to Cuts to 988's LGBTQ+ Youth Service" published today 09/08/2025

As abolitionists, we believe cops don’t belong in care. We will not call emergency services or law enforcement without your explicit request.

Your experiences, choices, and desires for yourself will be respected.

Read our latest blog, bit.ly/TransLifeline-Response-to-988-cuts

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