Americans considering supporting Gavin Newsom should take one look at the UK under Keir Starmer, because that's what you're getting in a few years. You can choose a better candidate than a sleazy old transphobe.

In light of the recent new arrivals to Bluesky, I've set up a second list. This is because I know from prior conversations that some of you want to keep up with posts from these bodies and others don't, so this seemed like the best way forward. Hopefully, this is helpful for you all.

Love that the lack of safety for trans people on here is a fucking punchline to Jay

The lovely bluesky user who posted this at me did it to defend an "ally" who was joking about the hypothetical deaths of trans people in Gaza btw Sorry for having standards lol

They could have the best community guidelines in the world, and it still wouldn't make a difference if they continue to ignore them in order to protect certain accounts and punish others (And these are far from the best community guidelines in the world)

The last couple of days have made it abundantly clear that Bluesky has two tiers of moderation (for any who missed the way they treat Palestinian accounts, Black accounts and trans accounts). White right wing voices will be prioritised, every single time. Bluesky Safety is a sham.

bluesky moderation is blocking trans accounts on flimsy pretexts for threats that aren't threats mastodon.social/@fedilore/11...

some racist lady threatened to punch me in the mouth last week. Her punk ass is still here. So let's be so serious about who gets protected by these "no violence" decrees and who Bluesky tells to get fucked

Where is this focus for those celebrating the deaths of Palestinian children on Bluesky? Where is this focus for the threats against trans people? Where were the thoughts for the Hortmans? Why does it matter more when a fascist dies?

your regular reminder to use www.dumptheguardian.com

Hey @brexitblocklist.bsky.social you've got the addition of @dangermike.bsky.social incorrect here. Definitely shouldn't be on the anti-LGBTQ bigotry, Toxic, or Disinformation lists. He's a very strong ally and has been for years. I'd heavily recommend reversing these additions.

Expecting a candidate to demonstrate they are not transphobic in order to earn my vote is not a purity test. It's a basic humanity test.

Might not be around much the next couple of days but will get to any tagged accounts when I can.

Jessie Gender's ban shows what we all know. Bluesky, especially its Trust & Safety team, will only begrudgingly protect trans people and will prioritise the feelings of bigots. If they had ever done their job, this list wouldn't need to exist. But they're getting worse all the time.

Deliberately misgender trans people? That's transphobic. Defend someone who is deliberately nisgendering trans people and saying it isn't transphobic? Guess what: that's also transphobic.

ATTENTION FRIENDS!! My account got fusking hijacked! I made a new one... I hope I'll find everybody, if @heavens-night-84.bsky.social‬ sends you anything, believe nothing, its a fucking scam! Goddamn I'm foolish, I'm absolutely furious about this! I've reported my account hijacked and the person

Since this is regularly coming up, a quick clarification: Showing support for the transphobia of Gavin Newsom or sharing similar views: will add to the list. A generic discussion over voting for the lesser evil if he theoretically becomes the candidate: not adding to the list.

Ok, so there's some weird large-scale harassment based on disinformation and lies I wanted to clear up. The account @jerrydemocrat.bsky.social recently followed me, and it already has thousands of followers despite being created only four days ago. This felt abnormal so I looked deeper.

I'm disappointed that the conversation is about whether we should call folks 'pregnant people' or not. The news reader live-manipulated a quote from a researcher who used inclusive language, because she was so irked. Unprofessional behaviour driven by hate.

It's always helpful when another UK journalist posts a silly take on here, because then I can spot they're about and whether they need to be added to the list for a prior transphobic article.

Re. Reduxx: obviously added, and the creator. Also everyone who reposted who liked a post. I have also gone through all followers of the account and anyone who is not specifically pro-trans rights has been added, because you do not follow an account like that by accident.

Am a huge Eurovision fan, but will not be watching tonight, because I am not a huge fan of genocide. I hope you join me.

A plea. Please stop calling it interim guidance. It's not guidance, and the EHRC don't call it that. It's an "interim update". They only say that the guidance remains forthcoming. This is genuinely driving me potty (more than I usually am).

Trans. Men. Are. Not. A. Gotcha.

Lots of useless UK journalists have been trying to both sides the reaction to the UK Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday. I've seen a huge influx of burner accounts solely set up to inflict pain on trans people. These journalists should ask themselves if that's the actions of a non-bigoted group.

A request for my friends and followers: It's highly likely that a lot of burner transphobic accounts will pop up here today, gloating over the Supreme Court ruling. PLEASE DO NOT ENGAGE. It just encourages them. Give them the ignore, report, block treatment. And tag @hedgehogsafety.bsky.social

Busy morning

Noooooo you don't understaaaaaaaand it's just ESSENTIAL to good science that you let me misgender trans people in this specific context because otherwise, um, uh, well, you see, the STATISTICS I am so committed to quality on the statistics aaaaaah oh no I'm screaming and vomiting noooooooooooooo

Searching "Newsom correct" and going nuclear on those defending him and those liking posts defending him. Tolerance for that shit will turn the Democrats into the 2025 UK Labour Party.

Don't worry friends, Duffield was added the moment I was told

Just checking in on that Islamophobic journalist who was repeating the old "echo chamber of Bluesky" nonsense, and *of course* he's talked previously about JK Rowling being an example of someone being shut out from the left for having 'non-groupthink views'.

"Knowing what we know now" is just code for "Keir Starmer and the other radicalised people in the cabinet have told us to change our policy"

Oh look, a big "resist" account making a transphobic dunk about someone. Sure I'll get flack for adding, but maybe try not making transphobic comments 🤷‍♂️

Bluesky Trust & Safety once again failing at its core purpose of keeping users safe. User moderation like this account isn't a suitable replacement.

absolutely livid. so these responses earned me this email. unfucking real. i get called a fucking sissy by a trans misogynistic piece of shit and my retort gets me the "a bluesky account you control" email. incel ass website.

If you're deliberately misgendering Caitlin Jenner with glee, you're going on the moderation list. Evil shitheads can be trans too. It doesn't give you the go-ahead to be transphobic.

Everyone deadnaming Caitlyn Jenner because she's a Trump supporting ghoul who ran someone over with her car

I'm not going to remove a transphobic CNN journalist, the one who started the "trans prisoners don't deserve healthcare" narrative in the election and who the community on here wanted added, from the blocklist. Sorry if you don't want him on there. I recommend not following transphobic journalists.

If it's an 'authoritarian drive' in China to remove trans people from public view, what's it called in the UK and US?

Rather bold of a safety team that has consistently failed to deal with anti-Black racism, transphobia, and pedophilia on its platform to claim it has ever done anything to empower people. A platform built with no locked accounts by design talking about user experience control...

Just FYI you should remember that likes here are visible if you look on an individual post, so it is very obvious if you are liking J*sse S*ngal's posts or the posts of people supporting him, even if you're too cowardly to share what you really think publicly 😊

If you would like to make a complaint about the BBC facilitating campaigning journalism that misrepresents sources you can find a link here www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...

I have created a blocklist for people who are following Jesse Singal on Bluesky. You can subscribe to it here. I will manually update it on a semi-regular basis. bsky.app/profile/jess...

why the fuck would i pay for bluesky+ when the head of trust and safety is going out of his way to accommodate people who want me dead

Jesse Singal can go fuck himself 👍

Have an account to request gets added to the moderation list? Reply to this post.

alito’s got specific thoughts on the UK’s cass review during the skrmetti trans healthcare ban case. cass was shredded by folks informed on the issues—including every major medical org. cis folks, do you know about cass? it was designed in bad faith for a political goal that could be exported too.🧵

You know what to do if you see any of the transphobic ones turn up, friends 🧡

Out of interest, I've taken a look at the Twitter profile of someone stating there are people incorrectly on the VBB list, and I find: - Belief that trans kids shouldn't be affirmed and should be denied care - Belief that trans women shouldn't be allowed to use women's changing facilities Huh.