Bex Sander
@chefboibex.bsky.social
Data and Graphics reporter at @theobserveruk.bsky.social. They/them
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Bex Sander
@chefboibex.bsky.social
· Apr 21
Here’s a quick roundup of actions you can do to support trans and nonbinary people. If you have cis guilt I gotchu 🧵
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Yesterday I made my News Meeting debut for @theobserveruk.bsky.social! I talked about councils selling off their assets for quick cash, and the damage that will do to our communities. 🎧
open.spotify.com/episode/7jJJ...
open.spotify.com/episode/7jJJ...
Why is a Russian spy ship targeting the RAF?
open.spotify.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Yesterday I made my News Meeting debut for @theobserveruk.bsky.social! I talked about councils selling off their assets for quick cash, and the damage that will do to our communities. 🎧
open.spotify.com/episode/7jJJ...
open.spotify.com/episode/7jJJ...
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From FOI's to 36 local authorities, @translucent.org.uk found only TWO complaints:
1️⃣ Bradford: A complaint about the *policy*
2️⃣ Sheffield: Where the complainant *perceived* the person was trans (they could have been a butch lesbian or GNC cis woman!)
⚠️ There are 11K+ public bathrooms in the UK!
1️⃣ Bradford: A complaint about the *policy*
2️⃣ Sheffield: Where the complainant *perceived* the person was trans (they could have been a butch lesbian or GNC cis woman!)
⚠️ There are 11K+ public bathrooms in the UK!
How Many Complaints About Trans Women Using Toilets? - TransLucent
Data from local authorities representing over 16.5 million people reveals that complaints about trans women using toilets are virtually non-existent
translucent.org.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
From FOI's to 36 local authorities, @translucent.org.uk found only TWO complaints:
1️⃣ Bradford: A complaint about the *policy*
2️⃣ Sheffield: Where the complainant *perceived* the person was trans (they could have been a butch lesbian or GNC cis woman!)
⚠️ There are 11K+ public bathrooms in the UK!
1️⃣ Bradford: A complaint about the *policy*
2️⃣ Sheffield: Where the complainant *perceived* the person was trans (they could have been a butch lesbian or GNC cis woman!)
⚠️ There are 11K+ public bathrooms in the UK!
Leopards and faces etc etc
This is the harm the misogynistic EHRC is causing to ALL women. Their code of practice is deeply disparaging of ALL women.
November 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Leopards and faces etc etc
better to be lame than a fascist idk
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
better to be lame than a fascist idk
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Once again, we are way too relaxed about the fact that "shooting Irish people is good actually" is a mainstream political position on the neighbouring island.
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Once again, we are way too relaxed about the fact that "shooting Irish people is good actually" is a mainstream political position on the neighbouring island.
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LGB Alliance comforting their members who are going to have issues. The speculation is not silly, it's legitimate for some who won't meet the standards of the person making decisions. God forbid a woman has a deep voice.
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
LGB Alliance comforting their members who are going to have issues. The speculation is not silly, it's legitimate for some who won't meet the standards of the person making decisions. God forbid a woman has a deep voice.
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I honestly didn't have it in me to really write a list of every single reason why I've been feeling pretty mental lately but I couldn't not mention Olivia fucking Nuzzi youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I honestly didn't have it in me to really write a list of every single reason why I've been feeling pretty mental lately but I couldn't not mention Olivia fucking Nuzzi youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
I don’t want to spoil the article, you should read the whole thing, but literally what is wrong with us
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I don’t want to spoil the article, you should read the whole thing, but literally what is wrong with us
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i love writing about crypto crime because these dudes do this constantly
![However, the brothers' Google search history in the weeks after the theft for phrases including "how to wash crypto”, “top crypto lawyers”, “wire fraud statute / wire fraud statue [sic] of limitations”, and “prison or jail worse” suggest that perhaps the brothers had some clue that their actions could be interpreted criminally, as do the brothers' own descriptions of their plan as “sus”.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:exrxvyu6bpoym6mbnctke5tn/bafkreicpwu5pjoddgp2ovmaka2kfu6d6uc7uijrld5a4hovz5qpaqlkk5u@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
i love writing about crypto crime because these dudes do this constantly
"As rot spreads across journalism, politics, academia, law, and more, achieving success has become more of a riddle than a road map." best piece on Nuzzi and the wider state of journalism I've read from @marisakabas.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"As rot spreads across journalism, politics, academia, law, and more, achieving success has become more of a riddle than a road map." best piece on Nuzzi and the wider state of journalism I've read from @marisakabas.bsky.social
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The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
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My new big visualization project is out: The Trans News Initiative, a collaboration between UM's School of Communication, the Trans Journalists Association, and Polygraph (The Pudding): transnewsinitiative.org Here's a piece about it in the Columbia Journalism Review: www.cjr.org/news/visuali...
Trans News Initiative
A database and analysis of news coverage affecting trans communities.
transnewsinitiative.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My new big visualization project is out: The Trans News Initiative, a collaboration between UM's School of Communication, the Trans Journalists Association, and Polygraph (The Pudding): transnewsinitiative.org Here's a piece about it in the Columbia Journalism Review: www.cjr.org/news/visuali...
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I simply don't think random dykes should be held to more rigorous standards of decorum than the president of the united states, but what do I know
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I simply don't think random dykes should be held to more rigorous standards of decorum than the president of the united states, but what do I know
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if you consider yourself an ally please speak up about this, it’s overwhelmingly trans people who are trying to raise awareness of this attack and we could really use your voice rn. it’s certainly not going to come from the 40k follower 100k following AI Elonia meme posting blue maga crowd
on monday the regime was going to revoke existing passports. yesterday they were going to allow all already-issued passports to remain valid til expiration. today it’s back to revocation. yet we’re called hysterical or wreckers for criticizing the politicians supporting these policies
Update: The State Department has once again changed the language back to saying transgender people's passports will be valid "until they are invalidated pursuant to federal regulations."
November 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
if you consider yourself an ally please speak up about this, it’s overwhelmingly trans people who are trying to raise awareness of this attack and we could really use your voice rn. it’s certainly not going to come from the 40k follower 100k following AI Elonia meme posting blue maga crowd
This is incredible
My new big visualization project is out: The Trans News Initiative, a collaboration between UM's School of Communication, the Trans Journalists Association, and Polygraph (The Pudding): transnewsinitiative.org Here's a piece about it in the Columbia Journalism Review: www.cjr.org/news/visuali...
Trans News Initiative
A database and analysis of news coverage affecting trans communities.
transnewsinitiative.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is incredible
While you ride out the Cloudflare outage, you can still listen to me talking about who owns the internet @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/listen/the-n...
What Amazon’s outage reveals about who runs the internet | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
While you ride out the Cloudflare outage, you can still listen to me talking about who owns the internet @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/listen/the-n...
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I wrote about the indignity of being ruled over by these people. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I wrote about the indignity of being ruled over by these people. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Listen to me talking about the Epstein files and being really passionate about per capita rates @theobserveruk.bsky.social lnk.to/11Z2Ou
Why is Shabana Mahmood inspired by Denmark’s asylum policies?
The Home Secretary has announced a raft of tough immigration controls to make the UK a less attractive destination for illegal migrants. The former Prime Minister of Bangladesh was sentenced to death,...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Listen to me talking about the Epstein files and being really passionate about per capita rates @theobserveruk.bsky.social lnk.to/11Z2Ou
RIP guy Fawkes you would have loved Luigi mangione
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
RIP guy Fawkes you would have loved Luigi mangione
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Glad to see this piece which rebalances the moral panic about young people and screens. Let’s move the debate on from ‘screening Adolescence in every school’
economist.com/internationa...
economist.com/internationa...
Meet the real screen addicts: the elderly
The digital habits that defined youth are transforming old age
economist.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Nobody tell me who Dan or Phil are. I mean it.
October 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Nobody tell me who Dan or Phil are. I mean it.
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So far as I'm aware, there is neither physical evidence nor testimony suggesting Ed Gein ever had any kind of fixation on or interest in Christine Jorgensen, nor to suggest Gein actually cross-dressed. I think to invent these elements for the purpose of fiction is at best ignorant and reckless.
October 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
So far as I'm aware, there is neither physical evidence nor testimony suggesting Ed Gein ever had any kind of fixation on or interest in Christine Jorgensen, nor to suggest Gein actually cross-dressed. I think to invent these elements for the purpose of fiction is at best ignorant and reckless.
I made this for a newsletter last year but Onlyfans also paid more tax in the UK than all these tech companies in FYE 2024
October 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I made this for a newsletter last year but Onlyfans also paid more tax in the UK than all these tech companies in FYE 2024