“Even though the major factor in the decline of fertility is increased women’s agency, the real downside or obstacle is the need for husbands and fathers to reliably demonstrate their commitment.”
https://19thnews.org/2025/08/fertility-rates-traditionalism-research/

Hey, something that regularly bums me out is that #Lego continues to make Harry Potter products. Lego brings me a lot of comfort, but their complicity in JK Rowling's hate campaign sours that significantly.

As a trans person, it makes me feel kinda helpless and invisible.

So I'd appreciate it if y'all could help me boost this petition across the fediverse, and share it around with group chats, and other socials if you're on them!

Not necessarily because I expect Lego to listen to a change.org petition, but because it would give me a lot more hope and faith in people if the voices saying "Hey, it's really messed up that Lego is doing this" were a lot louder than they are now.

(Alt-text: a change.org petition called "LEGO: End your relationship with JK Rowling and the Harry Potter franchise.")
https://chng.it/mgvbH5qw5h

Some big news I’m really excited to announce:

After development for the past year thanks to Screen NSW’s support through the Digital Games Seed Development Program, my ‘90s MicroProse inspired game Deck & Conn is getting published… by none other than MicroProse itself!

The Steam page is now live - check it out and wishlist it if a turn based retro military space ship command game sounds like your jam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3828500/Deck__Conn/

📢📢📢 Urgent call for action against Chat Control!

The EU still wants to pass the infamous "Chat Control" law, that would mandate scanning of all private digital communications, including encrypted messages and photos. This threatens fundamental privacy rights and can transform EU into a digital Gulag. Currently only 3 countries oppose this law, while 15 member states support it and 9 remain indecisive.

This means, the balance can still be shifted! It is very important to influence at least those who are in doubt. For instance, you can contact a MEP (Member of the European Parliament) and demand to oppose to Chat Control.

There is a tool that automates the process of writing and sending such letters:

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

Please check it out and send at least one letter!

#StopChatcontrol

Psst... looking for a new club to join? 👀

Great news, ours is looking for new members: https://codeberg.org

Oh hey, some good news!

Dungeons of Freeport has received funding by Screen NSW! So if you were wondering what was happening with DFP? THAT'S what's happening: it's being made!

https://www.screen.nsw.gov.au/news/screen-nsw-delivering-over-580000-in-support-of-development-for-the-next-wave-of-nsw-games

I know I was teasing Bluesky about their implementation of age verification, but the underlying cause is a poorly thought through and drafted law in the UK. Use this page to complain about it to your MP action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp...

Plea for action from Australians copied from Bsky:

If any fellow Aussies think its inappropriate for a registered Australian charity (Collective Shout) to bully an indie website (Itch) into reviewing all NSWF (+ random other) content, and to pretend 'lobbying' is 'charity', here's where you can report misuse of their charity status: https://www.acnc.gov.au/

You're looking for the Raise a concern menu. The option is Raise a concern about a charity.

According to the screenshot, the ABN is 30162159097. As I'm not an Australian, I haven't gone through the process myself.

source: https://bsky.app/profile/eliseswritings.bsky.social/post/3lursey6mqc26

#Austraila #ItchIo #Itch #CollectiveShout

Stages of realizing how good Material Maker has gotten in the last few years https://rodzilla.itch.io/material-maker

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"Indian court rules #transWomen are #women and ‘legally entitled to recognition’"

'In a landmark ruling for the country, after rejecting claims that womanhood was preserved only for those who can bear children, the High Court of #AndhraPradesh ruled that #trans women were “legally entitled” to recognition as women.

...tying the definition of women to pregnancy was “legally unsustainable” and contradicted #India’s constitution'

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/26/india-trans-women-high-court-decision/

#transRights #LGBT #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ

"The opposition to climate action is using anti-trans rhetoric to build its base"

"A new analysis shows 80% of anti-trans groups have financial links to the fossil fuel industry, @yessfun reports" - @emorwee (via bsky)

HEATED: Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement

https://heated.world/p/fossil-fuel-billionaires-are-bankrolling

We're just 90 backers away from unlocking our next community achievement for Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts!
Scurlock's Vault already contains #ttrpg freebies for everyone: PDF of the Red Ledger, POD for the Cutter's Deck, and more.
At 3k backers, we add City of Red Waters!
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/evil-hat/blades-in-the-dark-deep-cuts?ref=mastodon

At the weekend, a group of trans women protested topless at the Scottish Parliament about the recent Supreme Court ruling that the Equality Act defines women as "biological women". The police couldn't arrest them, because to arrest them for showing their breasts would be to define them as women (it's not illegal for men to be topless). And, of course, the right-wing press that reported on it censored their breasts, thereby making their point for them.

“the committed support for Oracle Solaris until at least 2037”

Fantastic news! We've reached 1 million votes! But please keep sharing and voting in case some votes are invalid!

EU citizens, please sign this petition to ban so-called "conversion therapy" in the EU. It's a practice that's extremely harmful towards LGBTQ+ people.

The site is a little slow, but keep trying!

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home

It's already banned in some countries but we need a EU wide ban!

We now have eight countries past their thresholds, and we have at least 1,000,000 total votes.

So keep signing & voting!

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home

#lgbtqia #europe