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Anyone who forgets how important this is, and how common it SHOULD be, needs to remember that glasses and contact lenses are disability-accommodating prosthetics. 2021 data suggests as many as 75% of US adults wear some form of corrective lenses. MOST OF US. thevisioncouncil.org/sites/defaul...

This is a bit misleading. They don't kill insects to scavenge parts for armor. It's SO MUCH COOLER than that. They scavenge corpses from *spiderwebs* to do this! www.scientificamerican.com/article/carn...

Fun fact: 54% of US adults read below a 6th grade level. You have to actively remember literally over half the US adult population is *unable to perceive subtext* www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-li...

I tried doing the MANLY GUY thing and got called a girl, and insulted for it. I tried doing the 'vaguely femme cis man' thing, and got called a girl, and insulted for it. I call myself a girl, and get called...

For posterity, a brief record of an obvious lie from @evanurquhart.bsky.social Just in case he continues to try and claim he did not contribute to a pileon harassing a trans woman off the site.

a group of autistic women is called a Stimpak

Violence is a language. Everyone understands it. At any time, anyone can, unilaterally, choose to change the language of a conversation to that of violence. Once violence has been made the language, it is foolish to pretend one does not speak it. Pacifism is a privilege, and we do not have it.

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

Trans Kansan's being stripped of their licenses due to having previously - legally - changed their gender marker is absolutely shocking. A person who misses the letter - let's they moved and forgot to have their mail forwarded - could drive to work and be arrested for driving without a license.

In 1938, the German Reich invalidated all German Jewish passports. They must surrender them, after which their ID will mark them as a Jew. In 2026, the state of Kansas invalidated all correct trans drivers licenses. They must surrender them, after which their ID will mark them as trans.

CW: transphobia. See, this is why it can be painful to know too much history.🫤 This post implies that what is happening in Kansas is *similar* to what the nazis did. But it's not just similar. It's *identical*. In 1933, nazis revoked trans people's documents. Before 1938. Paragraph 175 and 183.

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. tcpipeline.org

The cops TURNED AROUND AND WALKED BACK to find people to assault. There are at least four separate instances of assault from the cops in this 40 second clip. AFTER THEY TURNED AROUND TO LOOK FOR TARGETS. This is not behavior deserving of respect. bsky.app/profile/cnn....

My abusive father, in the last conversation I allowed him to have with me, tried to talk about his *intent*. He tried to defend his *intent* locking me in the basement. To defend his *intent* screaming what a worthless piece of shit I am. The best Intentions are no excuse for the harm you do.

precisely 10 years ago today, the concept of "transgender social contagion" was first invented on the now infamous anti-trans parent website 4thWaveNow. a full timeline of how the concept spread (not unlike a "social contagion") can be found here: juliaserano.blogspot.com/2019/02/orig...

did bluesky seriously fucking suspend me again??? I didn't get an email AGAIN. is it because i told this girl that the world would be a better place without her in it after she mocked my fucking drug relapse?? THIS ISN'T A THREAT, IT'S ANGER. @moderation.bsky.app @safety.bsky.app

Sure did spend a good chunk of my 20s selling plasma to supplement my delivery job.

People were constantly messing up my name as a kid, too. Even when I switched to a 3-letter version that should have been impossible to mess up, they just called me *a different name* they assumed was my full name, instead. I once corrected a lady, and she turned right back to mom and did it again.

Stopping autistic kids from fixating on a special interest, pressuring trans kids to try not being trans, pressuring gay kids to try being straight instead, pressuring dyslexics to just try to read better or to see themselves as stupid otherwise, whatever. All of these need to stop.

Every line of this is more disgusting and makes me more furious than the last.

a neighbor set up this werewolf for halloween and instead of taking it down they just update it with seasonal outfit changes. now it’s dressed for valentine’s day and holding a sign with a picture of bad bunny and his super bowl slogan. i love him.

I was lucky enough that BOTH of my mates were willing and able to pick up jobs when I broke down and couldn't work. That was 4-5 years ago. I'm terrified at the prospect of anything happening that might force me to need to try to work again. I don't know what I could even DO at this point.

I've just seen an ally say "I'm the flag pole, but I don't have a space on the flag" and I've never heard a more perfect analogy of the role of an ally in my life Your job isn't to speak for us or be a part of the community. Its to boost us, hold us up and amplify our voices

You love seeing a nazi get punched. At least some of our kids are learning the right lessons in school.

We wanted to start another giveaway, not just because its Valentines, but also to bring some more joy into the world! Make sure you are following us, like, and repost this post to enter! Must be 18+ to enter and to win, winners will be selected on Feb 19th at 2PM ET!

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another reminder being that Newsom's dad helped SS service members flee and escape the Nuremburg trials LITERALLY ENGAGING IN OPERATION PAPERCLIP IF ANYONE DEFENDS NEWSOM THEY ARE DEFENDING LITERAL NAZI COLLABORATEURS en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...

Konami on Castlevania 40th anniversary: "This is the beginning of numerous new products around Castlevania." www.konami.com/games/castle...

People who don't like the idea of us transitioning really, REALLY do not want us asking even this level of question. My dad cut my hair when I was a kid. When he decided it needed to be done. Didn't stop til high school. I immediately grew my hair out as long as possible. Enough to sit on.

Too often when discussing trans rights, we’re forced to be on the defensive, as Republicans wage attacks. Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.

Hero of the day. THIS is what bagpipes are for.

Here's Will Stancil claiming that using 'You're a freak, not like us, the normal kids' is a far-right way to bully people. Here's Will Stancil calling someone from a minority that he's bullying 'socially maladjusted freak'. "amazingly consistent framing"

my opinion on the Bad Bunny halftime show, and non-English music in general, is that i think a need to “be able to understand the lyrics” displays an embarrassing shallowness of the speaker to appreciate the voice as an instrument & to appreciate music as something other than a lyric delivery system

Wanna say fuck you to Mike? bsky.app/profile/stan...

Wanna switch places, Mike? You get the multiple disabilities and the stress of trying to stay above water in a precarious situation, I'll do your job. My Parkinson's disease says fuck you, asshole.

LEARNING ABOUT BLACK TRANS HISTORY: ( A short thread 🧵)

Let me come out and say that if you are white and you're not actively making an effort to unlearn racism, level the playing ground in your own way and uplifting Black voices, you're just about as racist as that orange man your MAGA mom and dad love so much.

More people should come skating with me~

Ornithology 101: Owl life stages 🦉

Alright, Mecha Amalthea deserves her own post. The Last Unicorn

Been saying it for years. Transphobia is an international conspiracy.

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There's a deeply relevant connection between Rowling and Geordie Greig. And between Greig and Ghislaine Maxwell. www.accio-quote.org/articles/200... www.justice.gov/epstein/file... imgur.com/gallery/geor...

Never forget that the people who convinced you trans people are a threat to your children all belong to a network of child rapists.

Seeing every rich anti-trans eugenicist - Rowling, Chomsky, Trivers, Christakis, Rowan, etc - appear in the Epstein files really lays bare how nothing is unconnected. These people have class solidarity, yes, but they see a world purged of unhumans (with the rest subjugated) as their overarching goal

My wife just got one of WBs toys, and has been THOROUGHLY ENJOYING using it on me. Big props~

There was a closeted little girl in ~1993 who got dragged to the bathroom by her older sibling and given a makeover. She'd never been so happy looking in the mirror before. It took her ~25 years to come out. It shouldn't take so long.

Museums are SO cool, and the people who work there are SO EXCITED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THINGS! :D

HUGE NEWS for trans people: We have the latest minibus, including the bill to fund the Department of Health and Human Services and it looks like there are no restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender people. docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...