ah, this guy was taken alive, unharmed, and there hasn't been an all-hands-on-deck freakout about What It Means. Guess the demographic!

Mere hours after the court overturned the gender affirming care ban, QLD Health Minister Tim Nicholls has issued a Ministerial Direction reinstating the ban. #transgender #genderaffirmingcare #QLD #QLDPol #Australia #AusPol www.health.qld.gov.au/system-gover...

Some good news for once! #transrights #transgender #lgbtqia #qldpol #qld #australia www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

That the murder of Brianna Ghey has been so completely co-opted by the "ban kids from using phones" brigade sickens me to my fucking core. Whatever her killers were looking at it's undeniable that the landslide of transphobic propaganda in the media played a crucial role in their choice of victim.

Justice Gallaghan intends to deliver his judgement on the case against the Queensland Government's ban on gender affirming care for trans youth in open court tomorrow, Tuesday 28/10/25. #transrights #transgender #qld #australia

Leaders from Hamas and Islamic Jihad commit to handing Gaza’s internal security from Hamas to the 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee noted in Trump’s plan. The committee will be chosen by consensus among Palestinian factions and security will be implemented by Palestinians from Gaza...

It cannot get lost in the shuffle, even with so much else going on, that the world's most wealthy people have had their minds absolutely rotted out, just saturated to the dripping point with black mold down to the studs and frame, by the all encompassing unhumanity of their wealth.

#Duolingo #languagelearning #langsky medium.com/@hrnews1/how...

Defecting to Your Party as an elected official is just weird. It means either a) you're joining a party with no policies, because that's all going to be decided democratically. Right? Right? b) you've been promised what the party policy platform will be, and the democratic angle is a bit of a lie

New research by Dr Robert Jones (Cardiff University) & Dr Gregory Davies (University of Liverpool) reveals troubling accounts from Welsh-speaking inmates at Berwyn — Wales’ largest prison — who describe “outright hostility” to the Welsh language. 🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... TLDR 👇 #langsky

The Hind Rajab Foundation have identified the IDF soldiers who murdered 6 year old Hind and her family, & their names have been submitted to the ICC. Professor William Schabas discusses the possibility that they'll face prosecution.

qnews.com.au/community-ra... #transrights #genderaffirmingcare #qld #australia #lgbtqia #Brisbane

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literal actual fascists: we must eradicate transgenderism libs: you're not a real anti-fascist if you take a hardline on protecting trans rights

The other thing I hate seeing from #languagelearning/#polyglot Youtubers is how frequently they promote Harry Potter. "I just picked up the first Harry Potter book in Hungarian". Great, I guess contributing to the on going assault on the trans community is worth it for your hobby. #langsky

"The migratory #goth – Gothius Morbidius, to give it the correct Latin name – returns to #Whitby twice a year to engage in complex social rituals including drinking Cider & Black and parading their fine black-on-black plumage along the front."

Today is official launch day for #TheFeministArtOfWalking @plutopress.bsky.social www.plutobooks.com/product/the-... I'm so proud of this desire line I never stopped walking, and we are all constellations, never flaneurs, huge thanks to all helped make this happen. #psychogeography #walkingart

After Savagery Join Hamid Dabashi for a conversation with Muhannad Ayyash about Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western Civilization. Monday, October 20th at 4:30pm ET RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

Counter Protests nationwide this Sunday 19 October against March for Australia: Melbourne - 11am @ State Library Brisbane - 11am @ Queens Gardens Perth - 12pm @ Forrest Place Canberra - 11am @ NLA Lawns Sydney - 11am @ Belmore Park Adelaide - 11:30am @ Beehive Corner

For the first time in history, Cymraeg (the Welsh language) will echo through Shakespeare's Globe — in a groundbreaking bilingual production of Romeo a Juliet by Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yhw22wua TLDR 👇 #langsky #linguistics #Cymraeg #Welsh #Welshlanguage #Shakespeare

Is it relevant that the National Press Club sponsors include at least 5 corporations who work with the Israeli arms industry?? Incl: Lockheed Martin KBR Raytheon

🚨 NEW: 58% of Australians agree that a genocide is happening in Gaza, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network 88% of Greens voters and 72% of Labor voters were among those who agreed with the UN report on Gaza

Pete Hegseth demands to “untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country.” Donald Trump demands to use US cities "as training grounds for our military,” claiming “We’re under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy.” Fascism.

I'm going to be honest, while I know exactly why these people are doing it, I genuinely think their strategy of associating Jewish people *specifically* with the ongoing Palestinian genocide is a horrendous strategy that will imperil the safety of ordinary Jews in the long term.

This language is not vague. It is a call for the party of government to forcibly prevent trade unions from abiding by the position unanimously voted for by their delegates. For Women Scotland and their allies are enemies not just of trans rights, but of the entire trade union movement.

Hey y'all, just a gentle reminder that PinkNews sensationalizes their news through bad reporting and worse headlines. Please get your news elsewhere; they try to keep you scared to keep you engaged with their content model.

SEVEN DAYS TO GO! so excited, as well as book chat expect the return of The Giant Cake Map of Manchester (this time its breaking through the borders) and a few special treats

🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she was serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died.

Given that Aus MSM is reputedly interchangeable with Israeli media in terms of partisan distortion of the facts on the ground, this is a pretty good result. (Admittedly, that expert assessment was made a decade ago. Israeli media is presumably mostly worse now than it was.)

Recognition of Palestine is Not Enough, Sanctions Must Follow to Stop the Genocide. Read our full statement on Australian recognition of Palestine at: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/09/jewi...

Another bad look for the moderation team. I must try and remember my mastodon login. aftermath.site/bluesky-char...

praise for Kirk from liberal pundits is one of the clearest distillations of how ill-equipped they are for this fascist moment, & how devoted they are to a West Wing fantasy of a respectable right/conservative movement that does not exist, and which - like Kirk - almost never operates in good faith

Huntington Beach, CA - As Patriot Front, Ryan Sanchez and Neo-Nazi groups are leaving they began to pummel one man in a leather jacket, who told me he was there to mourn Kirk but “hated Nazis.” Attackers include members of the GDL and Robert Wheldon.

Shot, chaser Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

"Clann Éireann neo-Nazis beaten off the streets Earlier today, the neo-Nazi Clann Éireann attempted to hold a publicity stunt in St Patrick’s Park in the Liberties in Dublin. A community response was put together by local working-class youth, Republicans and Anti-Fascists."

Yes but, sadly, much of the media right now simply refuses to turn down the chance of an anti-trans headline, because it will generate clicks in way that few other topics can match.

There has been a rush among centrists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein to brush over the hateful life of Charlie Kirk and valorize the man. Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent. We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate. My latest piece.

every democrat right now who has never once said "trans rights are human rights" falling over each other to post thoughts and prayers for a guy who wants us dead

John Howard was on the Mont Pelerin Society roll last time its list was leaked. Quinn Slobodian detailed how that plutocrats’ puppets org mixed steering neoliberalism (neofeudalism) with white supremacy, Western chauvinism. The campaign against multiculturalism is long there. #Auspol

Defying curfew, protesters have stormed the office of Nepal’s largest party and set fire to the residences of prominent politicians, a day after 19 people were killed in anti-gov't protests.

The Israeli military is now carrying out potentially lethal drone strikes targeting civilian vessels hundreds of miles away solely on account of the passengers' intention to symbolically challenge the blockade that Israel is using to starve all Gaza to death. Pure evil. crimethinc.com/Gaza2024

Hey as a trans policy organizer for the past 5 years, it really is interesting how cis commentators see "trans people banned from gun ownership" as a five alarm fire of fascism, but didn't raise even the slightest alarm as 26 states banned healthcare proven to prevent child suicides. It isn't slick

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains

This is trans rights, too. There is no viable position for the Democrats other than “trans rights are human rights.” Trying to triangulate a position where you throw trans people under the bus “just a little” to woo swing voters only feeds the right’s argument that trans people are a threat 1/x