BREAKING: Microsoft owned Xbox plans to eliminate 3,200 jobs. The company will also divest from five vide-game development studios.

Just a regular reminder to please support your local bookstore, café, theatre, bakery, and library. Without us, they can't survive. Without them, neither can we.

Happy 4th of July! Here's an unrelated image!

The doctors' decisions are not based upon their professional medical judgement at all, but instead on limiting their liability at law. Moreover, they have unlawfully fettered themselves by announcing, including through the hospital, that their refusal applies indiscriminately to all minor patients.

The Left(s) should get onboard with a massive expansion of public libraries across the country over the next 25 years. This is an affirmative project.

As America turns 250, Capital B is highlighting Black Americans who built lasting legacies. Biddy Mason was one of the first Black people to legally fight her way out of slavery and later became one of the wealthiest people in California in the 19th century. https://bit.ly/4atajH6

Ms Phidippus apacheanus, one of the prettiest lasses you'll ever see, found on a rainy hike in Lake Wales Ridge yesterday. She (and a lovely plant I'll share later 👀) made our day. ❤️ I'd only seen one other apacheanus before, years ago. #EmotionalSupportSpood

anyway, voting is not the answer, organizing and building community response is. never forget that the government can only rule with the consent of the governed

Drag Me Outside's drag nature walk series brings together queer Portlanders, connects them to the outdoors, and offers natural science education with a touch of flair.

Illinois recently removed testosterone from its list of controlled substances, a change that will lead to far greater access for trans men in the state. (1/4)

Some people are putting it all on the line.

"Standing up to bigotry in the first place was winning." This powerful letter from James Dale, Lambda Legal board member + former client, to Becky Pepper-Jackson is a must-read. Dale's words remind us that progress is not linear but the fight always continues. medium.com/prismnpen/to...

My biggest pet peeve is that there's a ton of scam websites that are "Free QR Code Generator"s then the QR code stops working after a few days and then redirects you to ask you to PAY to re-activate it. I made a page on website for making ACTUALLY FREE QR Codes. Enjoy. konig.games/QRCodes/ #QRCodes

Lirim haunting for, work @adomania.bsky.social

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microsoft still hasn't officially informed video game unions of impending layoffs, and many of them remain mired in contract negotiations that microsoft has stalled for years. but that doesn't mean unions don't have options

Google now has to pay a a record $4.7 billion fine in Europe. In 2018 the EU slapped the tech giant with this major fine because of Google’s abuse of their monopoly powers. Google fought the fine, but Europe’s highest court ruled that they must pay, and there is no more ability to appeal.

games have been huge success. thats why we're firing every one who makes games. also we are going to make it so players can no longer buy games

While the SCOTUS ruling on Monday was undeniably disastrous, this article from last week is a reminder that the courts don't have to be transphobic. Transphobic court decisions are the result of transphobic judges, not some "natural order". theneedle.media/2026/06/new-...

"Trump Bought Hundreds of Stocks the Day Before He Paused Tariffs and Sparked a Historic Rally" @donnydonny.bsky.social for @sludge.bsky.social

Long-term tenants of 1120 Jackson St. in San Francisco have formed a union to fight evictions at the 16-unit building. Tenant organizers said recent eviction notices had less to do with owner-issued housekeeping citations than with clearing the way for the owners to boost rents.

Certainly not fair to trans kids!

New Jersey's newest law will charge fees to companies that have 50 or more workers on Medicaid. Instead of making taxpayers foot the healthcare bill for companies that refuse to cover workers, the corporations themselves will now have to pitch in.

The idea that people genuinely believe in things, let alone the moral imperative of a genocide, and that these beliefs ought to mechanically translate into real and observable action is entirely foreign for a disturbingly large subset of American leadership. Like it is an alien form of life.

idk i think gentry politicians known for screwing over marginalized people *should* be booed out of pride and in fact the bigger issue at san fran pride is the intense targeting of trans and queer people by police anyone focusing on the politicians instead shows who they care about

It's easy to forget that the current anti-trans moral panic, for instance, is only four or five years old. That doesn't mean it's not ruining real people's lives and it won't take a while to fix, but it's completely artificial and brand new because, ironically enough, it's not natural.

if you are cis and you are reading this you should talk to any trans person you know. tell them you are thinking about them. it does not have to be performative, do it in a way you know that specific person will appreciate. this will make more of a difference than you will ever know.

Reminder that there is actual scientific research debunking the claim that trans women have any advantages in sports. But it’s not like SCOTUS cares; they just want to be hateful. 🧪

Oklahoma City Pride has banned Starbucks from their parade. You can't be for LGBTQ+ rights and union-bust workers asking for fair protections, fair pay, and accessible healthcare. It's as simple as that.

‘The city did nothing for us:’ Report shows unhoused people in LA relied on mutual aid during 2025 fires. A report published June 26 found that mutual aid groups — not local government — largely supported unhoused people after the January 2025 fires. lapublicpress.org/2026/06/la-2...

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"It's just sports," "It will only affect a few people," & "It'll also be used against cis women" are, IMHO, all equally not-great takes on today's SCOTUS ruling, just different angles. The Supreme Court ruled it's okay to discriminate against a certain class of people. Full stop. That is a horror.

On the thirtieth and final day of Pride Month 2026, gotta give it back to my love: 'Orlando' by Virginia Woolf, one of the OG gender affirming narratives that makes up for its imperfections with unbounding joy.

No ruling will ever change what we know to be true: trans youth deserve to play, to learn + to exist freely. Trans youth need to know their community is with them, no matter what the Supreme Court says. Share this post + leave a note of support so every trans young person knows they are not alone.💜

This morning, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in our case, West Virginia v. BPJ. The Court upheld West Virginia’s categorical ban on transgender women and girls participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams, holding that such laws do not violate either Title IX or the Equal Protection Clause.

Fix your hearts or die. You know how many of us joke that Pride month should be followed by Wrath? This year I feel a deep, burning fury towards all who use transgender lives as political propaganda. We are human beings. You cannot erase us. Happy Pride. Trans liberation at any cost. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

"Seeing how resilient we are as queer people gives me hope – because we’re not backing down.” An important reminder from trailblazing media personality, entrepreneur, and advocate TS Madison in these last days of Pride Month.

Evan Milligan and fellow organizers secured one of the most important victories in Black voting rights in recent years. As voting rights gains across the South are eroded, they are ready to fight again. https://bit.ly/4vF85wM

That's how insurance works, you absolute widget.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jun Advocate KS trans woman changed her driver's license under draconian new law to "Male." A cop who pulled her over for routine traffic violation charged her with not having a valid license, punishable by $1k fine and six months jail. Charges were finally dropped.

The Supreme Court ruled against a man suing prison officials who cut off his locs in violation of his Rastafari religious beliefs. For incarcerated people, the ruling closes what may have been their most direct path to accountability for forced haircuts. https://bit.ly/4g8borm

Ford has rehired more than 300 veteran quality inspectors after realizing that AI was failing to perform quality checks at the same level. www.bbc.com/news/article...

On the twenty-ninth day of Pride, a book I'm looking forward to due to the only podcast that has ever truly enthralled me: the former is 'The Burn Line' by Jonathan Sims, while the latter is 'The Magnus Archives'.

For the twenty-eighth day of Pride, here is 'Napalm in the Heart' by Pol Guasch. I haven't read much Catalan lit (or any queer ones for that matter), and the Libby excerpt of this literary dystopia was more than promising.

anyone having a conversation about trans activism *without talking to trans people* doesnt deserve to be taken seriously. there is no "LGBTQ+" movement. there is no unified community. there are separate, loosely coherent communities tied together under similar battles, but we are not monolithic

is there anyone left who hasn't become the joker yet i need someone to become the joker on aisle 10 over here thanks

List featuring wildlife photographers who don't use that shit: bsky.app/profile/did:... I feel like there's one that isn't specifically advertised as Bugs but most of us post a variety

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Oh and also, don’t feel bad if you got taken in. The post works because the text makes us upset and we respond to the “photos” emotionally instead of logically. Accounts like this know exactly how to influence and engage. Like a magician doing sleight of hand, they manipulate our attention