It was amazing, this mystic business. You tell them a lie, and then when you don't need it anymore you tell them another lie and tell them they're progressing along the road to wisdom. Then instead of laughing they follow you even more, hoping that at the heart of all the lies they'll find the truth. And bit by bit they accept the unacceptable. Amazing.
-- Terry Pratchett (Guards! Guards!)
Anti-trans sports policies harm all girls
An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
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At least this time when the lazy bastards used AI to do their job they didn’t blow up a girls elementary school.
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) July 30, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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Are the laws of physics real?
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