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
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 🥳
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“Despite their supposed victory in the Supreme Court last April, anti-trans campaigners like Sex Matters have encountered failure after failure in their attempts to use the law to bully trans people out of public life."
And If Sex Matters tries to bring another challenge, we’re ready to fight back.
And If Sex Matters tries to bring another challenge, we’re ready to fight back.
The High Court has blocked a legal challenge from transphobic group Sex Matters, siding with thousands of swimmers who fought to keep the ponds inclusive
goodlawproject.org/hampstead-he...
goodlawproject.org/hampstead-he...
Hampstead Heath Ponds to remain inclusive
The High Court has blocked a legal challenge from transphobic group Sex Matters, siding with thousands of swimmers who fought to keep the ponds inclusive
goodlawproject.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:07 PM
“Despite their supposed victory in the Supreme Court last April, anti-trans campaigners like Sex Matters have encountered failure after failure in their attempts to use the law to bully trans people out of public life."
And If Sex Matters tries to bring another challenge, we’re ready to fight back.
And If Sex Matters tries to bring another challenge, we’re ready to fight back.
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I can confirm that Sex Matters has been refused permission to bring its anti-democratic, exclusionary, and bigoted challenge to the inclusive space at Hampstead Ponds. More to follow.
January 29, 2026 at 11:43 AM
I can confirm that Sex Matters has been refused permission to bring its anti-democratic, exclusionary, and bigoted challenge to the inclusive space at Hampstead Ponds. More to follow.
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Incredibly worthwhile piece from @alainstephens.bsky.social
about the history of the second amendment and how that right has never been fully applied to Black and brown people in this country, or our allies.
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/a...
about the history of the second amendment and how that right has never been fully applied to Black and brown people in this country, or our allies.
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/a...
The Second Amendment Was Never Meant for Everyone
The killing of Alex Pretti, a licensed gun owner, in Minneapolis is waking white Americans up to the reality that rights are conditional.
theintercept.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Incredibly worthwhile piece from @alainstephens.bsky.social
about the history of the second amendment and how that right has never been fully applied to Black and brown people in this country, or our allies.
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/a...
about the history of the second amendment and how that right has never been fully applied to Black and brown people in this country, or our allies.
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/a...
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noticed a trend this week where both the right and some liberals have been like "just realized the left actually means what they say about stuff"
James O’Keefe responds to a comment
“Figured they (ICE protesters) were being paid…”
O’Keefe:
“No, it's more terrifying than that. It's not transactional.
They actually believe in their cause.
That truth is going to be hard for most people to understand or accept.”
“Figured they (ICE protesters) were being paid…”
O’Keefe:
“No, it's more terrifying than that. It's not transactional.
They actually believe in their cause.
That truth is going to be hard for most people to understand or accept.”
January 27, 2026 at 5:35 PM
noticed a trend this week where both the right and some liberals have been like "just realized the left actually means what they say about stuff"
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As a trans person we predicted all of this... except the dogs one. Even we didn't think they'd turn THAT evil
January 27, 2026 at 2:03 PM
As a trans person we predicted all of this... except the dogs one. Even we didn't think they'd turn THAT evil
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Calling transphobia a 'gateway drug' to the far right undersells it. It's pure accelerant. Grimly fascinating to guess what crankery becomes any famous transphobe's secondary obsession, cos they all have one: 15 minute cities are fascism! Grok noncing is cool! ICE are good! We should kill all dogs!
January 27, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Calling transphobia a 'gateway drug' to the far right undersells it. It's pure accelerant. Grimly fascinating to guess what crankery becomes any famous transphobe's secondary obsession, cos they all have one: 15 minute cities are fascism! Grok noncing is cool! ICE are good! We should kill all dogs!
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"we interpreted our politics through the lens of the wizarding world" is the bleakest sentence I've read this week
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
"we interpreted our politics through the lens of the wizarding world" is the bleakest sentence I've read this week
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with all due respect Ms Perry, calm down
January 26, 2026 at 11:19 PM
with all due respect Ms Perry, calm down
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"A lot of people think it's only Latino people who are being targeted, but that is not true. It is Black people, queer people, trans identified people who are being harassed, beaten up, physically assaulted."
www.advocate.com/pol...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.advocate.com/pol...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Federal immigration agents are a modern-day ‘slave patrol,’ says former Minneapolis City Council president
“When we make the comparison to the Gestapo...when people say, ‘Oh, this is not us’ — no, this is us,” Andrea Jenkins told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:50 AM
"A lot of people think it's only Latino people who are being targeted, but that is not true. It is Black people, queer people, trans identified people who are being harassed, beaten up, physically assaulted."
www.advocate.com/pol...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.advocate.com/pol...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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The fundamental problem is that we have no effective regulation of the media here, our public service broadcaster is just very obviously regime media and our major privately run news publications are all owned by billionaires with editorial agendas that distort reality and degrade human rights.
Reading about the rise of Reform while living in the self-immolating US feels like an out of body experience. That anyone outside the US could look at a country collapsing in on itself and say, “Yes, some of that for us please!” is just surreal.
January 27, 2026 at 8:50 AM
The fundamental problem is that we have no effective regulation of the media here, our public service broadcaster is just very obviously regime media and our major privately run news publications are all owned by billionaires with editorial agendas that distort reality and degrade human rights.
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this gives me an idea. lemme cook:
the woke fossil fuel industry is conspiring to get rid of ice
the woke fossil fuel industry is conspiring to get rid of ice
Our enemies are perpetually aggrieved and perpetually concussed. We will win
January 27, 2026 at 8:52 AM
this gives me an idea. lemme cook:
the woke fossil fuel industry is conspiring to get rid of ice
the woke fossil fuel industry is conspiring to get rid of ice