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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 33m

How to deal with a Gish gallop:

• Pick an example.

• Point out the underlying bias and bigotry.

• Don’t back down an inch.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5h

Greens growing. Reform ratttled.

PS - I changed my name back to my family's original Jewish name because I'm proud of being Jewish. If Tice think that makes me a weirdo, I think that makes him an antisemite.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Tice "green party leader Zack Polanski is a weirdo. Changed his name, claimed hypnosis could increase women's breast size, thinks me should compete in women's sport, thinks women can have a penis. Other than that he's fine. Vote Green. Get weirdo."

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jane fae @janefae.bsky.social · 3h

Here is a line i hope some folks will take if called to speak on radio or TV about it.

If you have the spoons for it, your very first remark (irrespective of the opening question) is: "i am glad you invited me here today to talk about the wholly avoidable death..." (reference coroner's report)

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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 15h

It’s now unarguable.

It was always pretty obvious.

Now let’s see who manages to pull out of their headlong dives into fascism before it engulfs us all…

Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 15h

People surprised that some formerly sensible left-leaning or liberal women are now apparently full of admiration for white supremacists, rapists and genocide might note that their entry point for far right radicalisation was invariably a belief that transphobia is ‘feminist’. Just saying.

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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 15h

You’re totally right.

Watching this happen repeatedly, while pointing out the trajectory and the impact to no effect whatsoever has been a wild ride.

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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 15h

People surprised that some formerly sensible left-leaning or liberal women are now apparently full of admiration for white supremacists, rapists and genocide might note that their entry point for far right radicalisation was invariably a belief that transphobia is ‘feminist’. Just saying.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 1d

From a presentation by Dr Hamnvik at the Oslo Trans Health Conference.

The column on the left is the diagnostic guidelines for gender incongruence.

The middle & right columns are the diagnostic criteria for depression.

If a GP can diagnose depression they can diagnose gender incongruence.

Text too small to see. Small amount in left column, huge amount of text in the other columns

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Trans Pride Brighton @transpridebrighton.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 1/7 Last night, a trans-led direct action group, Bash Back, damaged windows at the Brighton Centre in response to it hosting the Filia Conference. To be clear: TPB had no involvement in this and doesn’t coordinate with Bash Back. Our organising centres community safety and collective empowerment.

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 1d

reactionary centrists insist trans acceptance went too far & generated a backlash

but the UK legal transition for 20 years, it wasn't an issue until the press made it one

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

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

Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 1d

www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/09/n...

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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Sexy Andrew Hickey Costume @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 1d

And this is one of many reasons I will never do any of this verification shit (which means in turn that I have to connect to a VPN every time I want to check my Bsky DMs)

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 2d

Come and join us, have a great night, and raise some money for trans+ youth!

Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 6d

It's spooky season 🎃👻 Want to have some fun this Halloween? Come along to our Cabaret, raising funds for Trans Secret Santa - bringing festive joy to trans youth.

Get your tickets now 👇

www.outsavvy.com/event/29336/...

Witch, Please! Tickets - London - OutSavvy

Witch, Please. – A Halloween Spook-tacular Cabaret Hosted by the spellbinding Count Addiction 🦇Grab your broomsticks and glitter – it’s time for a night of frightful fun, killer performances, and dev...

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 2d

Gender clinic waiting list 'far too long' says coroner after teen's death www.mylondon.news/news/health/...

Gender clinic waiting list 'far too long' says coroner after teen's death

Camden's Tavistock Centre has been criticised by a coroner but its specialist clinic for children and young people closed down last year

www.mylondon.news

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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 2d

Believing in letting people be themselves, equality of treatment, fair distribution of resources, contribution by reference to means and distribution according to needs is just being part of a family.

It’s not even political: it’s just the obvious way that things work best.

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 5d

New Podcast Episode: The Gender Clinic Files Part 1

In this episode:

How Wes Streeting used out of date information

A look at the centuries-long waiting list

How newer clinics are doing much more with less, compared to the old GIC system.

And more!

whatthetrans.com/ep141/

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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 2d

No.

Obviously not and over a significant period of time…

Fuck
The
Guardian
You
Transphobic
Frauds
Banner at a protest.

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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 2d

Are you saying this in general?

Or targeting Gemma?

Because 😬

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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 2d

That money dropping would at least make it clear people are sick of her transphobic monomania…

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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 2d

“You’re banned, you can’t chant that, you’re nicked for holding a sign, you’re kids are poorer, you’re colder, you have to have an ID card and the racists have legitimate concerns in our island of strangers… now vote for us or Farage wins.”

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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 2d

They’re also the first government to pass anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation since Thatcher…

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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 2d

This reads like it’s code for something like “becoming a crypto-nazi flag wanker makes it impossible to continue having healthy relationships”.

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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 2d

It’s me. I’m the girlfriend of the founder of anti-fascism and so are you.

Because targeting people at random without due process to ensure compliance is entirely the point…

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 2d

lest anyone think the girlfriend line was a hilarious joke I concocted...

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 3d

Shameless bullying by odious little tin soldier Jenrick of people who just want to serve the public.

This shouldn’t be worth taking seriously ofc, bar the manifest risk that our politics will now dissolve into an auction over how many judges each party promises to sack.

A few points & a warning 1/

Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 3d

Top Tory names judges he would sack for bias bit.ly/3KE7cBY some have allowed immigrants to stay in the UK for reasons Robert Jenrick disapproves of. He wants Ministers to appoint (and sack) judges. But top judge Sumption warns this could lead to an authoritarian state

Robert Jenrick names judges he would sack for ‘pro-migrant bias’

The shadow justice secretary has accused ‘activists’ within the judiciary of having links to political causes that compromise their independence

bit.ly

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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 3d

Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler lives!

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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 3d

You’d have enough money for an unmouldy castle.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 4d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 4d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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