Addy Berry, PhD
@addyberry.bsky.social
Researcher, illustrator, overthinker & undersleeper in Manchester | Views my own | Research interests include healthcare, mental health, justice, gender, sex, family, community, SW, BDSM, autism, intersex | Writing a book about older intersex people
Wild headline…
Also, which dog owners? Presumably not the ones who adore and love and spoil their dogs I’m guessing?
Same people will likely be dismissive of their children’s trauma and lifelong mental health issues.
Also, which dog owners? Presumably not the ones who adore and love and spoil their dogs I’m guessing?
Same people will likely be dismissive of their children’s trauma and lifelong mental health issues.
The way people will just casually dehumanise children is so grim.
Are other parents as revolted by this language in The Times as I am?
February 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Wild headline…
Also, which dog owners? Presumably not the ones who adore and love and spoil their dogs I’m guessing?
Same people will likely be dismissive of their children’s trauma and lifelong mental health issues.
Also, which dog owners? Presumably not the ones who adore and love and spoil their dogs I’m guessing?
Same people will likely be dismissive of their children’s trauma and lifelong mental health issues.
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Guess which books are the wedge issue. Just guess.
Anti-trans to fascism takes months, not years, now. It’s not a slippery slope, it’s luge.
Anti-trans to fascism takes months, not years, now. It’s not a slippery slope, it’s luge.
🔴NEW: Books are being removed or restricted in Scottish school libraries following complaints, creating a “chilling effect” that campaigners warn threatens both freedom of speech and inclusive education.
Read the story: https://www.theferret.scot/books-scottish-schools-librarians/
Read the story: https://www.theferret.scot/books-scottish-schools-librarians/
February 8, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Guess which books are the wedge issue. Just guess.
Anti-trans to fascism takes months, not years, now. It’s not a slippery slope, it’s luge.
Anti-trans to fascism takes months, not years, now. It’s not a slippery slope, it’s luge.
It’s still very much Victorian England.
Has she considered eating the noisy children? It’s what her set are up to apparently.
Has she considered eating the noisy children? It’s what her set are up to apparently.
I'd rather like to go to a restaurant that banned Telegraph readers.
February 7, 2026 at 12:24 PM
It’s still very much Victorian England.
Has she considered eating the noisy children? It’s what her set are up to apparently.
Has she considered eating the noisy children? It’s what her set are up to apparently.
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talking of protecting women/girls someone pls explain to @samanthaniblett.bsky.social and @emily4mk.bsky.social that labour's entire anti-trans platform is in the epstein files.
they want to make us more vulnerable to sexual exploitation by stripping us of our civil rights and segregating us off.
they want to make us more vulnerable to sexual exploitation by stripping us of our civil rights and segregating us off.
i think you are all the same, @samanthaniblett.bsky.social.
also is anyone else tired af of labour mps on here disabling replies and quotes?
i understand why they do it but they shouldn't. if you're not interested in hearing public criticism and concerns you shouldn't be a politician.
also is anyone else tired af of labour mps on here disabling replies and quotes?
i understand why they do it but they shouldn't. if you're not interested in hearing public criticism and concerns you shouldn't be a politician.
![Samantha Niblett MP @samanthaniblett.bsky.social • 9h
I have felt livid this week - for the poor young women and girls who should be our first priority.
For the betrayal of the people in leaking of sensitive government information.
And for the continual erosion of trust in politics and politicians.
I promise you we are not all the same.
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February 7, 2026 at 12:05 PM
talking of protecting women/girls someone pls explain to @samanthaniblett.bsky.social and @emily4mk.bsky.social that labour's entire anti-trans platform is in the epstein files.
they want to make us more vulnerable to sexual exploitation by stripping us of our civil rights and segregating us off.
they want to make us more vulnerable to sexual exploitation by stripping us of our civil rights and segregating us off.
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One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
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I've always been clear about the huge irony in a government report calling the media like @wearequeeraf.com irresponsible for reporting on trans suicides, in case it harms young people's wellbeing.
Politicians, healthcare systems and media perpetuating hate, are the driving forces 🧵
Politicians, healthcare systems and media perpetuating hate, are the driving forces 🧵
A government report rebuked @wearequeeraf.com for reporting on whistleblowers who said there had been a spike in suicides after the Tavistock shuttered
These numbers from @goodlawproject.org show our reporting was justified, and critical
What have we learned? 🧵
goodlawproject.org/new-data-sho...
These numbers from @goodlawproject.org show our reporting was justified, and critical
What have we learned? 🧵
goodlawproject.org/new-data-sho...
February 7, 2026 at 12:05 PM
I've always been clear about the huge irony in a government report calling the media like @wearequeeraf.com irresponsible for reporting on trans suicides, in case it harms young people's wellbeing.
Politicians, healthcare systems and media perpetuating hate, are the driving forces 🧵
Politicians, healthcare systems and media perpetuating hate, are the driving forces 🧵
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The media’s sudden shock over Mandelson is embarrassing.
They fawned over him and if US authorities hadn’t released the Epstein files, they’d still be rubbing shoulders with him at Zone 2 dinner parties.
Now they’re clutching their pearls like they weren’t part of it. Pathetic.
They fawned over him and if US authorities hadn’t released the Epstein files, they’d still be rubbing shoulders with him at Zone 2 dinner parties.
Now they’re clutching their pearls like they weren’t part of it. Pathetic.
February 7, 2026 at 12:04 PM
The media’s sudden shock over Mandelson is embarrassing.
They fawned over him and if US authorities hadn’t released the Epstein files, they’d still be rubbing shoulders with him at Zone 2 dinner parties.
Now they’re clutching their pearls like they weren’t part of it. Pathetic.
They fawned over him and if US authorities hadn’t released the Epstein files, they’d still be rubbing shoulders with him at Zone 2 dinner parties.
Now they’re clutching their pearls like they weren’t part of it. Pathetic.
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Private: you been in the shit, Sarge?
Sarge: [faraway look] still got three pieces of popcorn kernel between my teeth, kid ... yeah, you could say I've been in the shit
Sarge: [faraway look] still got three pieces of popcorn kernel between my teeth, kid ... yeah, you could say I've been in the shit
Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will
A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theater—the movie theater.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Private: you been in the shit, Sarge?
Sarge: [faraway look] still got three pieces of popcorn kernel between my teeth, kid ... yeah, you could say I've been in the shit
Sarge: [faraway look] still got three pieces of popcorn kernel between my teeth, kid ... yeah, you could say I've been in the shit
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I'll just never understand why the n.....s are monkeys party fails to poll well with Black people
BREAKING: Trump says he 'didn't make a mistake' with his racist video post.
Q: "A number of Republicans are calling on you to apologize for that post. Is that something you're going to do?"
Trump: "No, I didn't make a mistake."
He adds later: "I guess it was a take off on the Lion King."
Q: "A number of Republicans are calling on you to apologize for that post. Is that something you're going to do?"
Trump: "No, I didn't make a mistake."
He adds later: "I guess it was a take off on the Lion King."
February 7, 2026 at 12:03 PM
I'll just never understand why the n.....s are monkeys party fails to poll well with Black people
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I really hope people advocating to ban kids from SM read this. Some kids are isolated by disabilities or circumstances. Furthermore, some kids grow up in abusive households. “Ideally, a child’s exposure to online worlds should be moderated by their parents” isn’t a reassuring sentiment for everyone
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
‘I’ve lost my friends’: advocacy groups warn Australia’s social media ban risks isolating kids with disabilities
Despite the ban’s aim to protect young people, experts are concerned that those in marginalised communities or living with disabilities could lose vital support networks
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:06 AM
I really hope people advocating to ban kids from SM read this. Some kids are isolated by disabilities or circumstances. Furthermore, some kids grow up in abusive households. “Ideally, a child’s exposure to online worlds should be moderated by their parents” isn’t a reassuring sentiment for everyone
Rehabilitating the Epstein gang while Tommy Robinson follows trans teachers home from work…
Trying to reset the clock to pre-Epstein release moral panics?
Trying to reset the clock to pre-Epstein release moral panics?
February 7, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Rehabilitating the Epstein gang while Tommy Robinson follows trans teachers home from work…
Trying to reset the clock to pre-Epstein release moral panics?
Trying to reset the clock to pre-Epstein release moral panics?
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My fellow Americans LOVE reciting the First They Came poem like it really means some sht to em. They ain't do shit for BIPOCs, ain't do shit for the gays, and same for trans folks. They came for several us and y'all watched hoping it wouldn't happen to you, now what? #USA #LIBERALS #POLITICS
February 7, 2026 at 8:52 AM
The proponents of the anti-trans moral panic seem to have some very strong feelings on moral panics and paedophilia after more than a decade of calling trans people paedophiles…
huh
February 3, 2026 at 10:14 PM
The proponents of the anti-trans moral panic seem to have some very strong feelings on moral panics and paedophilia after more than a decade of calling trans people paedophiles…
Attack Melania for being a Nazi, not for sex work. If you’re attacking her for being a sex worker you’re doing Nazi shit.
i found this during his first term tbh.
a lot of hate directed at her for being a glamour model in her youth or whatever.
she's clearly a horrible person but a first lady who used to do that kind of modelling is actually breaking ground in a way. it's also jus not something to be shitty about.
a lot of hate directed at her for being a glamour model in her youth or whatever.
she's clearly a horrible person but a first lady who used to do that kind of modelling is actually breaking ground in a way. it's also jus not something to be shitty about.
A lot of people have failed the “mock Melania without using misogyny” test
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Attack Melania for being a Nazi, not for sex work. If you’re attacking her for being a sex worker you’re doing Nazi shit.
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To recap:
The people who spent years calling drag queens and librarians “groomers” and complaining about the “deep state,” are now protecting the group of mega-wealthy pedophiles and sex traffickers running our country.
The people who spent years calling drag queens and librarians “groomers” and complaining about the “deep state,” are now protecting the group of mega-wealthy pedophiles and sex traffickers running our country.
January 31, 2026 at 10:33 PM
To recap:
The people who spent years calling drag queens and librarians “groomers” and complaining about the “deep state,” are now protecting the group of mega-wealthy pedophiles and sex traffickers running our country.
The people who spent years calling drag queens and librarians “groomers” and complaining about the “deep state,” are now protecting the group of mega-wealthy pedophiles and sex traffickers running our country.
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condemnations of political violence are well taken but it does feel as if some
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
September 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
condemnations of political violence are well taken but it does feel as if some
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
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It's not even as bad as I expected. Although he should have that bum looked at 😅
January 30, 2026 at 1:49 PM
It's not even as bad as I expected. Although he should have that bum looked at 😅
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Being snug is nice, but it's no fun if you have to be wrapped up too tightly to be able to play. Can you help to buy warm clothes for Talia and her sister? Their home in a ruin is impossible to heat. tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily @pepsffk.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social @taskhelp2nd.bsky.social 🍉
January 30, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Being snug is nice, but it's no fun if you have to be wrapped up too tightly to be able to play. Can you help to buy warm clothes for Talia and her sister? Their home in a ruin is impossible to heat. tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily @pepsffk.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social @taskhelp2nd.bsky.social 🍉
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Harrowing report from @theindependent.bsky.social exposes excessive force used against vulnerable migrants inside Brook House detention centre.
The UK remains the only European country to allow indefinite detention.
This is a system wholly unfit for purpose.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
The UK remains the only European country to allow indefinite detention.
This is a system wholly unfit for purpose.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Inside UK’s most notorious immigration detention centre
Brook House near Gatwick airport was the subject of an independent inquiry after G4S guards were filmed abusing detainees in 2017. Now, The Independent has obtained stark written accounts from officer...
www.independent.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Harrowing report from @theindependent.bsky.social exposes excessive force used against vulnerable migrants inside Brook House detention centre.
The UK remains the only European country to allow indefinite detention.
This is a system wholly unfit for purpose.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
The UK remains the only European country to allow indefinite detention.
This is a system wholly unfit for purpose.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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We may not have guns but we do have:
⚠️ICE-style raids invading homes and workplaces
⚠️Indefinite detention of women, children and men
⚠️Deportation footage bragged about on TikTok
⚠️Riot police used on peaceful protest
⚠️Politicians calling for mass deportations.
This isn’t “just America.”
⚠️ICE-style raids invading homes and workplaces
⚠️Indefinite detention of women, children and men
⚠️Deportation footage bragged about on TikTok
⚠️Riot police used on peaceful protest
⚠️Politicians calling for mass deportations.
This isn’t “just America.”
"The way we do immigration enforcement could not be more different."
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood reassures LBC listeners that American ICE-style tactics will not be coming to the UK.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood reassures LBC listeners that American ICE-style tactics will not be coming to the UK.
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 AM
We may not have guns but we do have:
⚠️ICE-style raids invading homes and workplaces
⚠️Indefinite detention of women, children and men
⚠️Deportation footage bragged about on TikTok
⚠️Riot police used on peaceful protest
⚠️Politicians calling for mass deportations.
This isn’t “just America.”
⚠️ICE-style raids invading homes and workplaces
⚠️Indefinite detention of women, children and men
⚠️Deportation footage bragged about on TikTok
⚠️Riot police used on peaceful protest
⚠️Politicians calling for mass deportations.
This isn’t “just America.”
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It absolutely is. A Reform win tells people a tactical Labour vote is the only way, a Green win gives permission to dare hope for better.
I fully believe Labour's priority for the byelection is stopping Green
January 30, 2026 at 1:45 PM
It absolutely is. A Reform win tells people a tactical Labour vote is the only way, a Green win gives permission to dare hope for better.
Great day at the British Academy ECR Network Yorkshire and Humber Cluster Launch in York. Lovely to make new connections, gain new knowledge, get new ideas. @britishacademy.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Great day at the British Academy ECR Network Yorkshire and Humber Cluster Launch in York. Lovely to make new connections, gain new knowledge, get new ideas. @britishacademy.bsky.social
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It's a bit frustrating when this kind of shit gets repeated in the press without question because it's so obviously nonsense made up by grifters and that matters not because these guys are lying about leg day but because their bullshit businesses are built on lying
January 29, 2026 at 7:34 PM
It's a bit frustrating when this kind of shit gets repeated in the press without question because it's so obviously nonsense made up by grifters and that matters not because these guys are lying about leg day but because their bullshit businesses are built on lying
Well done @lexibreen.bsky.social 🥳
“Intersex people are individuals with sex characteristics which do not fit the typical binary views of male or female bodies... Consequently, many people, like the author, only find out later in life or not at all that they are intersex.”
Read the full article: transactual.org.uk/blog/categor...
Read the full article: transactual.org.uk/blog/categor...
January 29, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Well done @lexibreen.bsky.social 🥳