Amberlin
@amberlin.bsky.social
I dislike bio’s, really.
I’m a late 40 year old female with a 24-year-old daughter. We have two dogs, two cats, one guinea pig.
I live in the UK. The England part. I enjoy commenting on U.K. and U.S politics.
Warning: Sarcastic sense of humour.
I’m a late 40 year old female with a 24-year-old daughter. We have two dogs, two cats, one guinea pig.
I live in the UK. The England part. I enjoy commenting on U.K. and U.S politics.
Warning: Sarcastic sense of humour.
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Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Please don’t sue us if the events in the “narrative information” don’t appear in the film. They weren’t trailers!
Avengers: Doomsday directors Joe and Anthony Russo have further discussed their claim that the film's four recent trailers were not actually trailers — and now described them as "narrative information." https://bit.ly/3MBv8XY
February 12, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Please don’t sue us if the events in the “narrative information” don’t appear in the film. They weren’t trailers!
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The NHS closed Tavistock over trans care concerns – there were just eight complaints all from cisgender people.
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:22 AM
The NHS closed Tavistock over trans care concerns – there were just eight complaints all from cisgender people.
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
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Cartoon by
Drew Sheneman
Drew Sheneman
February 12, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Cartoon by
Drew Sheneman
Drew Sheneman
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The High Court will hand down judgment tomorrow in the judicial review against the Home Secretary’s proscription of Palestine Action.
February 12, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The High Court will hand down judgment tomorrow in the judicial review against the Home Secretary’s proscription of Palestine Action.
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This is Flambo. He's using his talking dog buttons to accuse his small foster brother of being a cat. Nothing can convince him otherwise. 13/10 for both (IG: flambothedog)
February 11, 2026 at 5:41 PM
This is Flambo. He's using his talking dog buttons to accuse his small foster brother of being a cat. Nothing can convince him otherwise. 13/10 for both (IG: flambothedog)
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Omg. The greatest grifter ever has pivoted from Mars to the moon.
Laughing.
Buy my IPO!
Laughing.
Buy my IPO!
February 9, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Omg. The greatest grifter ever has pivoted from Mars to the moon.
Laughing.
Buy my IPO!
Laughing.
Buy my IPO!
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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
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Oh dearie me.
I think that means he did. Good Lord.
I think that means he did. Good Lord.
New on FT website:
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Starmer faces questions over visit to Palantir office alongside Mandelson
Former ambassador was also shareholder in lobbying group that counted US tech firm as a client
www.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Oh dearie me.
I think that means he did. Good Lord.
I think that means he did. Good Lord.
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Quite funny that Starmer's allies are waking up to this point now …
Cuts to Winter Fuel… not in the manifesto
Disability benefit cuts… not in there either
Cutting jury trials… also not there
Digital ID… no mention
Raising employers NI… nope
Freezing tax threholds… nah
Contracts with Palantir… no
Cuts to Winter Fuel… not in the manifesto
Disability benefit cuts… not in there either
Cutting jury trials… also not there
Digital ID… no mention
Raising employers NI… nope
Freezing tax threholds… nah
Contracts with Palantir… no
February 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Quite funny that Starmer's allies are waking up to this point now …
Cuts to Winter Fuel… not in the manifesto
Disability benefit cuts… not in there either
Cutting jury trials… also not there
Digital ID… no mention
Raising employers NI… nope
Freezing tax threholds… nah
Contracts with Palantir… no
Cuts to Winter Fuel… not in the manifesto
Disability benefit cuts… not in there either
Cutting jury trials… also not there
Digital ID… no mention
Raising employers NI… nope
Freezing tax threholds… nah
Contracts with Palantir… no
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Why is every scandal existential for Starmer? Because he has actively worked to eradicate his own support base. And that, along with the Mandelson decision, can be laid at McSweeney's door iandunt.substack.com/p/starmers-m...
February 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Why is every scandal existential for Starmer? Because he has actively worked to eradicate his own support base. And that, along with the Mandelson decision, can be laid at McSweeney's door iandunt.substack.com/p/starmers-m...
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There's no reason to accept this as normal, though. Much of Starmer and Labour's unpopularity is not misfortune but his own doing. Mandelson was a choice. Consistently pursuing policy positions designed to appeal to people who will not vote for you - and alienating core supporters - is a choice.
Starmer's reported condition - incredibly unpopular, shorn of authority, probably un-reelectable and yet will stagger on for want of an alternative - is just the new normal of how Britain is governed. It was also true for two-thirds of May's premiership, half of Johnson's and all of Sunak's.
February 6, 2026 at 11:48 AM
There's no reason to accept this as normal, though. Much of Starmer and Labour's unpopularity is not misfortune but his own doing. Mandelson was a choice. Consistently pursuing policy positions designed to appeal to people who will not vote for you - and alienating core supporters - is a choice.
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Can’t credit the author of this because I don’t know who. But very good little infographic. Worth sharing far and wide.
Farage is in trouble.
Farage is in trouble.
February 3, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Can’t credit the author of this because I don’t know who. But very good little infographic. Worth sharing far and wide.
Farage is in trouble.
Farage is in trouble.
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“I want a social media ban to protect my daughters”
- celebrity currently on a coordinated publicity tour of putting her daughters on every tv talk show, tv channel, social media story, and celebrity magazine in the UK, without their consent
- celebrity currently on a coordinated publicity tour of putting her daughters on every tv talk show, tv channel, social media story, and celebrity magazine in the UK, without their consent
February 3, 2026 at 6:43 AM
“I want a social media ban to protect my daughters”
- celebrity currently on a coordinated publicity tour of putting her daughters on every tv talk show, tv channel, social media story, and celebrity magazine in the UK, without their consent
- celebrity currently on a coordinated publicity tour of putting her daughters on every tv talk show, tv channel, social media story, and celebrity magazine in the UK, without their consent
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Feeling pretty upbeat this morning.
Step out of my mum's house.
Big intake of breath. 😃
'Well, what a beau-'
*slips on first step, falls into postman, we both scream*
Step out of my mum's house.
Big intake of breath. 😃
'Well, what a beau-'
*slips on first step, falls into postman, we both scream*
February 3, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Feeling pretty upbeat this morning.
Step out of my mum's house.
Big intake of breath. 😃
'Well, what a beau-'
*slips on first step, falls into postman, we both scream*
Step out of my mum's house.
Big intake of breath. 😃
'Well, what a beau-'
*slips on first step, falls into postman, we both scream*
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I swear to god, I left this cat alone for two fucking minutes with a jar of red beets.
Two. Minutes.
#CatsofBluesky
Two. Minutes.
#CatsofBluesky
February 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I swear to god, I left this cat alone for two fucking minutes with a jar of red beets.
Two. Minutes.
#CatsofBluesky
Two. Minutes.
#CatsofBluesky
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Lincoln, my fluffy potato-based cat with his fluffy potato-based brain, has a box. #Cats #Caturday #CatsOfBlueSky #Tuxedo
January 31, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Lincoln, my fluffy potato-based cat with his fluffy potato-based brain, has a box. #Cats #Caturday #CatsOfBlueSky #Tuxedo
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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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Nothing has highlighted just how technically illiterate the senior business management and political classes are right now as the whole AI thing.
Just an entire generation of "leaders" incapable of spotting a bad sales pitch because of some woo woo tech words that sound cool.
Just an entire generation of "leaders" incapable of spotting a bad sales pitch because of some woo woo tech words that sound cool.
We want to make sure tutoring isn't the preserve of a lucky few, but accessible to every child who needs it.
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Poorest pupils to be given AI tutors
Bridget Phillipson says tuition would no longer be the preserve of ‘the lucky few’
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Nothing has highlighted just how technically illiterate the senior business management and political classes are right now as the whole AI thing.
Just an entire generation of "leaders" incapable of spotting a bad sales pitch because of some woo woo tech words that sound cool.
Just an entire generation of "leaders" incapable of spotting a bad sales pitch because of some woo woo tech words that sound cool.
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if they can offer free AI training they could offer free media literacy training too. i know which of those would do more for the public good
January 28, 2026 at 10:19 AM
if they can offer free AI training they could offer free media literacy training too. i know which of those would do more for the public good
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Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
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This is one of the reasons we should be *very* wary of things like digital ID, extended facial recognition and AI policing. These are tools we should not put in the hands of fascists.
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 AM
This is one of the reasons we should be *very* wary of things like digital ID, extended facial recognition and AI policing. These are tools we should not put in the hands of fascists.