“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:

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.

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 🥹

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?

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:

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.

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...

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

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...

this is praxis.

“if you do anything that you don’t love for money or fame, you die” fuck, what a tremendous loss

“FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE” rip david lynch 💔

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!

“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...

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.

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 ❤️📸✨

Tomorrow at First Friday! You’re definitely not going to want to miss this! ❤️👠☂️

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!

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

“…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)

“There can be so much grief in rejection. Which is why: we need to grieve. Before we can pick up the pieces, we need to know it’s broken.” Really needed @saranahmed.bsky.social’s words today. Love to all feminist killjoys spending the holidays alone. Together, we are not alone.

Ofc you want to spend Christmas Eve 12/24 at 9 PM ET with sworkers who use drugs, right? We'll be reading a story about a street sworking Black trans woman's experiences. meet.goto.com/590384757

Heyyy 🫶🏾 @heauxhistory.bsky.social has had a GFM up since May in celebration of our five year anniversary. We have not reached goal and could always use the love 💕 Support a Black SWer ran project and help us continue our work (link below)

BlueSky should hire a sex worker consultant for Trust & Safety.

The de facto co-president and speaker of the house endorses Germany’s neonazi party. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

so if i’m reading this right, bsky’s head of Trust & Safety - who has apparently never heard of the streisand effect - has banned a woman after she started posting his (public!) porn likes

We are at $80/$300 for another community sex worker PCR testing machine. Who can send some $ next?

This is disingenuous marketing. Signal chats can't be 'monitored' by anyone not in those chats. Dressing up "joining groups via publicly posted links, then exfiltrating group data" as an offensive 'cybercapability' borders on misinfo, and confuses/scares ppl who rely on Signal for robust privacy.

Congratulations to @softhomothug.bsky.social who defended his dissertation today and is now Dr. Lockwood!!!! So proud of you and all the incredible moves you’re making. Academia is beyond lucky to have you! 🎉

Twitch’s ban on Palestine content, fuelled by ties to Israel and external pressure, exposes a dangerous effort to silence voices fighting for Palestinian justice 👇

Something important to remember is that when we talk about protecting sex workers, we don't just mean from sexual predators or serial killers. There are several ways sex workers can experience violence. Here's a few of them:

Gradually closing out #D17 #IDEVASW and really leaning into hope. The day is about grieving, the day is about mourning. But it's also about hope. And resilience and community solidarity. We aren't giving up the fight for our rights. Not now, not ever.

Anyway prostitutes over everyone else tbqh

Reminder that COVID and flu infections are increasing as we approach the holiday season. RSV rates are already high. As you gather this holiday season be sure to layer precautions to keep yourself and your loved ones safer. 💕 peoplescdc.substack.com/p/safer-gath...

If anyone appreciates the #D17 list and wants to show me some love for putting it together: $phoenixcalida

It appears that the person who ratted out this 20-year old Texas abortion patient to the cops was the man who impregnated her, which leads me to my sad but essential reminder: if you are having an abortion in a ban state, tell as few people as possible, and importantly, do not tell your boyfriend.

When we say #stigmakills, this is exactly what we mean: #RightsNotRescue #D17

Today is International Day to End Violence Against SWers & I’m reminded of the Black trans women who’ve been disappeared doing & not doing this work, a crime to be visible. We shouldn’t be valued only when we die (even tho we still aren’t). Support us while we still live. Anything less is foul.

This should be understood not only as a puff piece, but also an admission of complicity in digital violence against trans people and sex workers on Bluesky. Sex working users have long known not to trust the people running this platform and it’s sincerely disheartening to witness how right we were.

#December17 marks the 21st Anniversary of #International Day to #EndViolence Against #SexWorkers, a day of reflection, advocacy, and remembrance for sex workers around the world who have lost their lives to violence or faced systemic injustice. #d17 #Dec17 tr.ee/w0HmA7tl51

How many rape kits languish untested again

Tomorrow is International Day to End Violence Vs. Sex Workers #IDEVSW, & any seasonal giving would be appreciated cuz our crowdfunding's gone bust at Whose Corner Is It Anyway, our org by/for sw who use drugs/experience housing insecurity. www.gofundme.com/f/whose-corn...

Pre-order your copy of I Hate My Job today and support sex worker-run presses like @workinggirlspress.bsky.social! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wor...