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AGC @agc1985.bsky.social · 7h

I do not understand why Tonia Antoniazzi is not as widely known and reviled as Rosie Duffield. She's been an equally malignant influence on Labour for years and has been the main name behind assorted gender-critical campaigns within the party.

Siobhan Craig - DarkEden21 @darkeden21.bsky.social · 7h

List of Labour MPs who are openly transphobic nowadays and who to vote for to unseat them.

1) Tonia Antoniazzi

Transphobic for years. Open GC. Behind the "Women's Dec" for Labour

Constituency: Gower
Maj: 11567

Suggested vote: Plaid Cymru

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Ethel Weapon @lousadzak.bsky.social · 9h

The lack of cringing, cowering deference to this nonsense is so immensely refreshing. Just joined the party.

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 10h

Zack Polanski: "If the straight question is, ‘would I abolish the monarchy' - yeah, absolutely.”
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

open.substack.com

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 21h

I suspect most of this will be met with yawns by people insisting it’s old news, even the bits that are about literally breaking the law. The details are embarrassing because all the lads knew what was happening: the people doing it are barely able to stop bragging about it.

Uncovering Starmer's Fraudulent Politics

I was privileged enough to score an invite to Tuesday morning's presser for Paul Holden's The Fraud , a forensic examination of the shenanig...

averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 1d

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Tomorrow I will hand-deliver copies at the Frankfurt Bookfair #FBM25 to the Filipino publisher & to the National Book Development Board of the Philippines who supported the translation.

The Philippines are guest country at this year's #Buchmesse.

#booksky #buchsky

Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 7d

I just got a courier with copies of my translation into Spanish of Simeon Dumdum, Jr.'s poetry book WHY KEANU REEVES IS LONELY AND WHY THE WORLD GOES ON AS IT DOES originally published in the #Philippines by Milflores Publishing and now in Spain by Sonámbulos Ediciones. 😍😍

#poesia #poetry #xl8

A selfie holding a copy of POR QUÉ KEANU REEVES ESTÁ SOLO, which features a white cover with black text and a photo of a small birdcage (empty of birds but with a carved wooden face hanging inside it) against a white limed wall with shadows cast by the birdcage and other unidentified objects against the wall.

The front cover of POR QUÉ KEANU REEVES ESTÁ SOLO by Filipino author Simeon Dumdum, Jr. translated into Spanish by Lawrence Schimel

The back cover of POR QUÉ KEANU REEVES ESTÁ SOLO by Filipino author Simeon Dumdum, Jr. translated into Spanish by Lawrence Schimel with a brief description of the book and all the logos of the institutional support from the National Book Development Board Philippines and other partners for the translation and publication.

The front flap of POR QUÉ KEANU REEVES ESTÁ SOLO by Filipino author Simeon Dumdum, Jr. translated into Spanish by Lawrence Schimel with a photo of Simeon on top and then a brief bio describing his work as a judge until retirement and summarizing his many publications and awards.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

The planet has reached its first catastrophic climate tipping point.

160 scientists from 23 countries warn that unless global heating is cut to 1.2°C as fast as possible, warm-water coral reefs will vanish “at any meaningful scale.”

The science is clear: We need to act now.

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 1d

I think it would have surprised even the most pessimistic if you'd told people during the 2024 campaign that a year into Government Starmer's team would be negatively briefing against the ECHR and Council of Europe for daring to question their assault on trans rights

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to recite Beowulf in its entirety in Old English, without notes, before being allowed entry to the U.K.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

The Green surge is breaking limits! 😲

Together, we can make hope normal again! 💚

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Luke loves a migrant @lukelovesamigrant.bsky.social · 1d

A plea: Last month, I was diagnosed with GOC & will likely require a lifetime of dental surgery—free on the NHS but unlikely to be covered for migrants abroad. My fiancé is caring for me but as Lab & Reform march towards remigration, we could be separated. 2 months left; sign and share if you can 🫶

Luke loves a migrant @lukelovesamigrant.bsky.social · Jul 4

📌 A sharable list of reasons to sign my petition in support of internationally recruited teachers in the UK (beyond helping my fiancé and me stay here).

Please consider signing and sharing the petition if you haven't already 🙏

Petition: Make teachers exempt from changes introduced in the Home Office whitepaper

The UK suffers from a teacher shortage, especially in specialist fields like STEM. To help meet Labour's 6,500 new teacher pledge, we think the Government must acknowledge the social and economic cont...

petition.parliament.uk

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AGC @agc1985.bsky.social · 2d

I think this response by Keira Knightley is probably *more* infuriating and contemptuous than if she'd just said "I simply don't care, I did it for the money."

Keira Knightley said that she was “not aware” of demands to boycott JK Rowling prior to joining the cast of the new audiobook versions of the Harry Potter series.

Knightley was speaking to Decider to promote her new Netflix movie The Woman in Cabin 10 (in which she plays a Guardian reporter), and was asked if she knew that “some fans are calling for a Harry Potter boycott”.

Knightley said: “I was not aware of that, no. I’m very sorry. You know, I think we’re all living in a period of time right now where we’re all going to have to figure out how to live together, aren’t we? And we’ve all got very different opinions.”

She added: “I hope that we can all find respect.”

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Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 2d

I've just done this, please send a letter to your MP. They are our voice in the government and they need to know the anger we feel over this and how it will affect us.

TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 2d

🚨This is an emergency🚨

This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life.

Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#ScrapTheBathroomBan

Image of a flashing red siren. Text reads: Scrap the Bathroom Ban This is an emergency. Tell your MP to say no to segregation. Write to your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2d

🎉 We've done it. We've passed 100,000 Green Party members!

📈 But we're not stopping there.

💚 Let's make hope normal again! Join the Green Party today!

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Katrina Leonoudakis 🗼🚉🥰 @katrinal10n.bsky.social · 2d

Machine translation, post-edit.

Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"I'm correcting your grammar"

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 3d

No fee, I'm afraid.

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Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 3d

Seriously, I can't think of a way to describe this other than pure evil.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 4d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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AGC @agc1985.bsky.social · 3d

Source changed after delivery

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d

"The chancellor approved it"

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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 3d

thinking about the liberal politicians willing to try to compromise with fascists by abandoning minority groups they don't really like - i wish they understood that fascists will come for everyone eventually. even themselves. fascism unopposed is a ruined state with everyone dead

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 3d

In every possible way Labour's changes to immigration rules are profoundly stupid and damaging.
Not only will they ruin lives of migrants, they will cripple the economy, cost jobs, undermine crucial infrastructure etc etc. Everyone suffers with anti-immigration policies.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

'Visa changes will make it worse for my business'

Aneesa Khan says she hires chefs from South Asia to meet her restaurant's need for skilled workers.

www.bbc.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 4d

‘Section 28 2.0’: New “transphobic” curriculum restricts teachers from encouraging Trans+ pupils to understand their identity 👇

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2-0-new-transphobic-curriculum-restricts-teachers-from-encouraging-trans-pupils-to-understand-their-identity/

RSE guidance is “patently and cruelly transphobic” - community responds to ‘Section 28 2.0’ curriculum

It has taken a "trans exclusionary" approach and received widespread condemnation from the LGBTQIA+ community

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 4d

“The people outside looked from Tory to Labour, and from Labour to Tory, and from Tory to Labour again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”

Apologies to George Orwell (Animal Farm)

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Revealed: Labour-run council using legal loophole to serve families with no-fault evictions

Exclusive: London council created an arm’s-length body to manage some of its housing stock

www.theguardian.com

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 4d

Labour's proposed immigration changes lead to families ripped apart, more people becoming undocumented, and more deportations.

Different framing, but inevitably similar outcomes to Reform/Tory "mass deportations". Xenophobia as policy is bad no matter party making it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...