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When fascists claim that "XX and XY are the only sexes" it's not a misunderstanding of reality but an expression of intent to erase anybody who exists outside of their desired norm.

Thinking they're just ignorant or misinformed is a fatal mistake, it's got nothing to do with how the world *is* and all to do with how they believe the world *should be.*

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https://glaad.org/fcc/

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I fucking hate it here

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For those of you with android devices, you can use the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) standalone app control program to get rid of all the bloatware, data mining, and AI crap - no coding needed!

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clatterbane

There are also Android-based alternatives like GrapheneOS and LineageOS, which are pretty easy to install. These are unfortunately available for a more limited range of devices (Graphene is ironically Pixel only, while Lineage supports more), but it's very worth checking out whether one of them might work for your phone.

GrapheneOS is a security and privacy focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility.

LineageOS Android Distribution

Typing this from Graphene now, in fact. But, both of those take the Android Open Source Project, without all the bloatware--and largely de-Google the whole thing. They give you much more control over privacy and what the apps you choose to install can do and access on your phone.

I know Graphene sandboxes everything, including the optionally installed Google Play Services which a lot of apps unfortunately require to run. (Lineage uses an alternative to Play Services instead.) So, you can install what would normally be unacceptably intrusive apps and just lock them away from pulling any funny shit with your data, or phoning home. Including the couple of Google things I do still keep around.

I also prefer running much more transparent, privacy-respecting open source apps where possible. Besides the transparency, I'd rather avoid the shitty tech corps entirely where I can. There are pretty good alternatives available for a lot of the usual suspects.

AlternativeTo lets you find apps and software for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android, Android Tablets, Web Apps, Online, Windows Tab

An alternative app store:

F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy

clatterbane

Also just going to leave this here.

Continuing the legacy of Vanced.

💊 Application to use ReVanced on Android . Contribute to ReVanced/revanced-manager development by creating an account on GitHub.

This lets you pretty easily patch some of the worst offender corporate apps to make them behave better.

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Ignoring ongoing covid paved the way for this change and put millions more in worse danger because of it. Mask up. Keep people developing debilitating long-term illness the government wants you to die from.

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so this is still bad but the tweet omits a lot of information that can make people feel overly anxious. the summary of the rule can be found here: https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/medicaid-community-engagement-requirement-certain-individuals-interim-final-rule-comment-period-cms

you don't have to prove it every month (unless your state fucking sucks): "States must verify compliance of applicable individuals at application, at renewal, and—at state option—at more frequent periodic intervals. "

there's a "medical frailty" exemption that "encompasses anyone with a serious medical condition or a disability that significantly impairs their ability to live or comply with the requirements." downside: what actually counts will depend on your state

its not an 80 hr paid work requirement, the 80 hrs can include school hours and volunteer work OR you can meet the minimum earnings of 80*minimum wage aka ~$580 per month (so if you have an above min wage part time job, you don't have to fight for 80 hrs to still qualify)

most importantly, this is an Interim Rule THAT IS STILL OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT UNTIL July 31, 2026! YOU CAN COMPLAIN DIRECTLY TO THE AGENCY HERE (anonymously, too): https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CMS-2026-2047/document?withinCommentPeriod=true

will a comment actually do anything? I don't know. But agencies are legally required to review them, so SOMEONE in the agency has to at least read it.

the full regulations along with comment guidelines can be found here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11094/medicaid-program-community-engagement-requirement-for-certain-individuals#h-24

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"So this is still bad, but let's give the fascists the benefit of the doubt while they're on a massive eugenics campaign that's already seen attacks on the likes of childhood vaccination and food/drug safety. It's not like you lazy disabled have to do that much *paid* work, you just need to do a shit ton of volunteering and also play an unpaid managerial role in collecting and submitting all of that information and hoping your state accepts it! Don't have any outrage for the similar systems already in place across much of the South have already killed and medically disenfranchised: send a note people will get paid to ignore instead of channeling that rage into meaningful collective action."

homunculus-argument

You ever think about how old people have no idea what “survivor bias” is, and take full credit for being excellent out of things where they lucked out?

“Back in my day we didn’t have any of these childhood protective things, we were smart enough not to do stupid shit on our own!” Except your little neighbour, who got the funniest idea at the age of seven, and got his skull pierced when he slipped?

“Back in my day nobody got divorced, we stuck together and fixed our problems!” What about your cousin, who was slowly killed by her husband because she had nowhere to escape him?

“Back in my day nobody had ‘mental problems’, we didn’t whine, we just toughed it out and endured life!” Hey remember that guy you used to work with, who seemed really friendly and normal, and then suddenly hanged himself ‘for no reason’?

“Back in my day we didn’t have any of this ‘gay’ or ‘transgender’ thing.” You did, but your family cut all ties with her before you were born.

You kinda start seeing it in everything they think, if you start looking for it.

thegrimzuera

“When we were kids nobody whined about car seats or bike helmets. We didn’t use them, and we all survived!”

Yeah, except for the ones who didn’t.

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so called feminists: "actually women are naturally inferior at everything, including quiz game shows, beauty pageants, chess, and video games. we need a society that is segregated so that anyone who would ever have to potential to win against a woman is eliminated. this is actually far better than organizing sports into weight classes or different athletic/skill level based categories that ignore sex, like what wrestling and video/board game tournaments already do. I cannot accept the reality that men and women are the same species. this is actually how we truly protect women. by calling them weak pathetic losers who could never win against even the worst opponent, and preventing them from even playing at all."

daughter-of-sapph0

actually conversion I had with one of these nerds:

me: "so you think men are better at literally everything, even things that do not require any physical ability whatsoever?"

terf: "yes! those should still be segregated by sex! males should not be playing against women ever. it's an unfair advantage"

me: "so my brother has an unfair advantage over me when playing fucking monopoly?"

terf: "yes. males are statistically better and managing finances, while women are irresponsible and lenient with spending money."

hey guys. I think the people who are literally unironicly saying "women are bad at money. this means they suck at board games" aren't actually feminists

strangestcase

No joke, that was the rethoric the Francoist regime in Spain used to justify women being legally underage regardless of age and unable to open bank accounts without their husbands or fathers permission. That law was effective until 1975.

sexnoise

Reblog if you honestly have NEVER sent anon hate.

mamahartbigg

It pains me that only 14,000 people can honestly reblog this

lycanthropic-artisan

Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston has to create a detransition clinic for transgender patients by this summer and keep a list of “potenti

What a terrible fucking start to pride month.

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Asexuals were always part of pride and it really fucking shows when people think it's a recent term.

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Although not going by the term "asexual" yet, asexuality was spoken about alongside homosexuality as far back as the 1890s. Asexual history is just as vital to queer history as any other term and I'm so tired of watching us being treated like a new thing

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This image is so so fucking important to me

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Reblog this, cowards

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Things are bad for trans folks in the UK right now. A hate organisation playing dress-up as a human rights org called the EHRC that the government uses to create advice on following the equality act and surrounding legal infrastructure issued a code of practice for businesses last year following the ruling that the equality act's definition of woman and lesbian does not include trans women. This code was only a draft, meant to tell businesses what legally complying with this ruling would look like, and would have encouraged businesses to act as gender police in bathrooms and other "single sex" spaces, creating a very unsafe environment for trans people, massively infringing on our rights to exist as ourselves in public. It is this generation's Section 28. It is segregation and it is part of the ongoing trans genocide by the UK government.

After a mass lobby, many people writing to their MPs, the goodlawproject getting involved, and warnings from the UN and many human rights orgs and businesses, our equalities minister rejected the draft. However, a new version just released that she has approved, and it's almost identical to the original. This guidance confusing, contradictory, and dangerous. And we have less than 40 days to convince our MPs to vote against it.

What you can do 🏳️‍⚧️

Attend the mass lobby on the 25th of June. Call your MP first to make sure they'll be there. More info on the trans actual Instagram/website.

Email your MP. Look up their email (gov.uk has a tool) and send them an urgent, polite email now asking them to vote against this guidance

Also, email your MP to ask for a meeting. They legally have to meet with you. Give the issue you want to talk about, your name, address, and contact number.

If you're not in the UK, share this post, and tell your UK friends about the mass lobby. We need as many of us as we can get.

Check in on your trans friends. We are in a sea of hate right now; community, love, and companionship are sorely needed, and always appreciated.

Where to learn more

The non binary barrister on Instagram has done some great videos on this, as has the good law project.

Important reminder

I know this is a scary time, but we fought this before, and we'll keep fighting. We've got each other's backs. Our community is strong and we will survive this as long as we celebrate and lean on each other.

Don't make eachother more scared than we need to be - avoid the misinformation. Remember, this is not law. This is statutory guidance. Even if it passes, it is a document which may be used in court if a business is brought into a lawsuit over their gender policies in their single sex spaces. This guidance passing does not make it illegal to use the bathroom. It does not even make it illegal for a business to have trans inclusive bathrooms etc. It advises on whether that business should be considered to be illegally non-complying with the equality act in the event of a case.

It says many scary things and it will no doubt scare businesses into trying to comply anyway. It is bad and dangerous, especially when it comes to things like domestic violence shelters, but not in the ways that a lot of people have been saying. You won't need your birth certificate to use the loo.

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storyweavingspider

*speaking from a ghostly web in a corner of the room* Remember your roots this pride month young queer,,, paying to get into a city-sanctioned pride party and walking in a pride parade where DHS and police is advertising how lgbtq friendly they are isnt who you are,,,

storyweavingspider

342,500,000 of us in this damn country and somehow not a single white person with an accuracy stat above 10% and basic planning abilities willing to take one for the team again.

Like yeag I’m sayin shit more bluntly on main rn but the fact that I see news of a Black person being lynched more often than I see news of someone at least trying to do something more useful against any piece of our current state of affairs is wild.

storyweavingspider

I try very hard to ride the line of not saying/doing things that will get my account of 13 years terminated but it’s like.

The right wing is constantly doing vigilante shit and imposing life, interpersonal, economic, and mental consequences on marginalized folks and those who support them for the crime of existing and being oppressed. They’ll publicly lynch 16 year old Black girls, 19 year old trans girls, burn down abortion clinics, shoot up literally anywhere, destroy/damage houses, and so much more.

And we.. protest and maybe do graffiti. Organize to “vote blue no matter who” type bullshit. We don’t even punch Nazis anymore lmfao. A lot of the non-white organizers and activists who became publicly known for stuff like taking down confederate flags, action in 2020, etc. in the past decade are dead or in jail now, often likely because of vigilante/cop action.

Iunno. I’m one Black tranny cripple and my literal ability to do.. anything, anymore is minimal. But I feel like I’m losing my mind watching almost nothing happen here while elsewhere resisters are literally dismantling weapons factories piece by piece until they can’t function.

And I just know if I hop on Facebook or Twitter and scroll for a couple minutes I’ll see another lynching and no meaningful material action and I’m so fucking tired.

storyweavingspider

I just tested this. I opened Facebook, scrolled for 11 seconds, and learned about Paris Harris, a Black trans woman, being shot in Dallas. She was 21.

“Paris was loved, remembered as “unapologetically Paris,” and deserved to be named with dignity.”

They won’t stop killing us, harming us, hunting us.

storyweavingspider

TW; child death, racial violence, racial violence via the court system, torture of a child

Opened Twitter, scrolled for 27 seconds, learned about Jor’Dynn Duncan, a 7 year old Black girl who was tortured to death over months with 90 stab wounds, by three white women (step-grandmother, step-mother, and step-sister) in Long Island after courts granted the step-mother custody over her.

storyweavingspider

*speaking from a ghostly web in a corner of the room* Remember your roots this pride month young queer,,, paying to get into a city-sanctioned pride party and walking in a pride parade where DHS and police is advertising how lgbtq friendly they are isnt who you are,,,

storyweavingspider

342,500,000 of us in this damn country and somehow not a single white person with an accuracy stat above 10% and basic planning abilities willing to take one for the team again.

Like yeag I’m sayin shit more bluntly on main rn but the fact that I see news of a Black person being lynched more often than I see news of someone at least trying to do something more useful against any piece of our current state of affairs is wild.

storyweavingspider

I try very hard to ride the line of not saying/doing things that will get my account of 13 years terminated but it’s like.

The right wing is constantly doing vigilante shit and imposing life, interpersonal, economic, and mental consequences on marginalized folks and those who support them for the crime of existing and being oppressed. They’ll publicly lynch 16 year old Black girls, 19 year old trans girls, burn down abortion clinics, shoot up literally anywhere, destroy/damage houses, and so much more.

And we.. protest and maybe do graffiti. Organize to “vote blue no matter who” type bullshit. We don’t even punch Nazis anymore lmfao. A lot of the non-white organizers and activists who became publicly known for stuff like taking down confederate flags, action in 2020, etc. in the past decade are dead or in jail now, often likely because of vigilante/cop action.

Iunno. I’m one Black tranny cripple and my literal ability to do.. anything, anymore is minimal. But I feel like I’m losing my mind watching almost nothing happen here while elsewhere resisters are literally dismantling weapons factories piece by piece until they can’t function.

And I just know if I hop on Facebook or Twitter and scroll for a couple minutes I’ll see another lynching and no meaningful material action and I’m so fucking tired.

storyweavingspider

I just tested this. I opened Facebook, scrolled for 11 seconds, and learned about Paris Harris, a Black trans woman, being shot in Dallas. She was 21.

“Paris was loved, remembered as “unapologetically Paris,” and deserved to be named with dignity.”

They won’t stop killing us, harming us, hunting us.

storyweavingspider

TW; child death, racial violence, racial violence via the court system, torture of a child

Opened Twitter, scrolled for 27 seconds, learned about Jor’Dynn Duncan, a 7 year old Black girl who was tortured to death over months with 90 stab wounds, by three white women (step-grandmother, step-mother, and step-sister) in Long Island after courts granted the step-mother custody over her.