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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 2d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 13h

after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11h

1. A new journal report in the prestigious Medical Journal of Australia eviscerates the Cass review, saying it is filled with fallacies and launders anti-trans disinformation.

It methodically goes through each problem in the review.

The latest from S. Baum.

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New Journal Report: Cass Review “Echoes Fallacies Promoted By Anti-Trans Disinformation”

While American lawyers pushed the anti-trans Cass Review this week, Australia’s top scholars rebuked it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Andrew James Carter @acarter.bsky.social · 9h

It’s because most people know nothing about autism, which they can exploit.

That means they can frame it as debilitating. They can frame autistic people as dangerous. They can claim *anyone* could be autistic.

They’re manufacturing a pretext to designate any opponent unfit for office.

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Tzfardea Tzedek 🐸 @jsx.bsky.social · 12h

They've done it. They've reinvented "autism is a Jewish plot to weaken the West" from a brand new set of crazy ass starting assumptions.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 15h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 20h

Wes Streeting extended the puberty-blocker ban on 6 November 2024.

Leia died by suicide on 11 November 2024.

17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable says coroner

A 17-year-old trans girl's death by suicide over NHS wait times could have been prevented with swift intervention, a coroner has ruled.

www.thepinknews.com

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 10h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 15h

Any comment Wes Streeting? Or will you call the coroner a liar as well?

Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 20h

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17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable says coroner

A 17-year-old trans girl's death by suicide over NHS wait times could have been prevented with swift intervention, a coroner has ruled.

www.thepinknews.com

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 17h

the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 16h

Just to say that teachers do an incredibly difficult job, with all the right intentions, and can be the defining influence on a young person's life. They are the exact opposite of poisoners because good teaching provides the antidote to so many dangers

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16h

Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM

Exclusive: Reform UK leader, speaking at event for private US college, also claimed the ‘Marxist left’ controls education Nigel Farage has predicted teachers would go on strike within weeks of a Reform UK government, and accused them of “poisoning our kids” by telling them that black children are victims and white children oppressors. The Reform UK leader set out his view on British schools in an event for a private US Christian college in Michigan, claiming the “Marxist left” was “now in control of our education system”. Continue reading...

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 22h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

The regulator Ofwat has ruled that 5 private water companies can raise bills by even more than previously agreed

A reminder that despite promising to nationalise the water industry Starmer dumped that pledge &decided to side with the private companies instead. This is the result

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 18h

Doing politics the right way is when the far-right regime in power memorializes a fallen influencer by terrorizing an academic that the influencer's McCarthyist organization once baselessly singled out for abuse.

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Andrew James Carter @acarter.bsky.social · 18h

Got to wonder how much of that Labour support is built purely on *perceived viability* - people voting for Labour as they don’t think the Greens can win.

That support could *collapse* if polling starts showing consistent Green leads...

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20h

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20h

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Andrew James Carter @acarter.bsky.social · 1d

Labour are so vocally prejudiced against some groups (immigrants, trans people, etc…) that the sheer passive contempt they hold for people with disabilities often goes overlooked.

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Andrew James Carter @acarter.bsky.social · 1d

Instead of reversing the decline in GP numbers, Labour are somehow going to find 6,229 people “specially trained” at forcing disabled people into poverty.

Excerpt from a report by the Royal College of General Practitioners, published on the 8th of September 2025, reading: “In January 2018, there were 7,254 open active [GP surgeries]. As of July 2025, this figure has dropped to 6,229.”

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Andrew James Carter @acarter.bsky.social · 1d

Opposing the KKK is now “too controversial” (according to Ubisoft)

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Andrew James Carter @acarter.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine Krueger making polite small-talk while viciously murdering all those teenagers and tell me that isn’t 100 times creepier than the original.

rob @ok-but-still.bsky.social · 1d

the thing i hate about freddy krueger is how much of a bastard he is - but would the movie even work if he was nice?

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Andrew James Carter @acarter.bsky.social · 1d

It’s just the routine annual checkup that happens every… *checks notes* …five months.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

NOTE: Leavitt says Trump will "stop by for his routine yearly check up."

But…Trump had his annual check up already. 5 months ago. On April 11.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

New — White House says Donald Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday.

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 1d

More history from this Nazi adulated by the Trump team. These are explicit, proud Nazis who scream and cry and call every referee they can find when you quote their Nazism back to them.

Multiple tweets from Nazi Jack Posobiec in 2016 making "jokes" involving the Nazi code "1488."

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Andrew James Carter @acarter.bsky.social · 1d

We're about 6 months away from Vibe Surgery at this point.

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