@derailedthought.bsky.social
Suspicious of both standpoint epistemology and credentialism. Leaves me little to say here, doesn’t it?
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Comprehensively DEBUNKING Trans Identity/Ideology in 42 minutes
YouTube video by King Critical
youtu.be
I might just leave this here. Worth a watch, if you are trans affirming and want to know what GCs are moaning about.
youtu.be/BBKVWUWEt-Q?...
youtu.be/BBKVWUWEt-Q?...
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having trouble finding the reference for where James Baldwin argued that a white man putting on blackface becomes an African-American man tbh
December 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
having trouble finding the reference for where James Baldwin argued that a white man putting on blackface becomes an African-American man tbh
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A man might be a biological father, adoptive father, step father. All types of father. Similarly race horses, cart horses, bay horses are types of horse.
A trans woman isn’t a woman because he is male and a woman is a person of the female sex.
Like how sea horses or pommel horses aren’t horses.
A trans woman isn’t a woman because he is male and a woman is a person of the female sex.
Like how sea horses or pommel horses aren’t horses.
December 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A man might be a biological father, adoptive father, step father. All types of father. Similarly race horses, cart horses, bay horses are types of horse.
A trans woman isn’t a woman because he is male and a woman is a person of the female sex.
Like how sea horses or pommel horses aren’t horses.
A trans woman isn’t a woman because he is male and a woman is a person of the female sex.
Like how sea horses or pommel horses aren’t horses.
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Trans identifying men are a subset of men so it's up to other men to ensure their safety in men's single sex spaces. Women aren't human shields.
December 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Trans identifying men are a subset of men so it's up to other men to ensure their safety in men's single sex spaces. Women aren't human shields.
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I wonder what peculiar interpretation of the 1992 regs we're going to see in the Darlington nurses case?
Maybe this time a judge will think the Health And Safety At Work etc Act 1974 does actually require employers to do something?
Too far fetched?
Maybe this time a judge will think the Health And Safety At Work etc Act 1974 does actually require employers to do something?
Too far fetched?
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I wonder what peculiar interpretation of the 1992 regs we're going to see in the Darlington nurses case?
Maybe this time a judge will think the Health And Safety At Work etc Act 1974 does actually require employers to do something?
Too far fetched?
Maybe this time a judge will think the Health And Safety At Work etc Act 1974 does actually require employers to do something?
Too far fetched?
Examples of Kemp's artistic license in the Sandie Peggie judgement:
www.rollonfriday.com/news-content...
www.rollonfriday.com/news-content...
Sandie Peggie judge accused of packing verdict with dodgy quotes
Creative writing
www.rollonfriday.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Examples of Kemp's artistic license in the Sandie Peggie judgement:
www.rollonfriday.com/news-content...
www.rollonfriday.com/news-content...
'God forbids me from calling him a woman' isn't the sort of thing I consider a good reason. But surely some people recognise it would be unwise to sack Jennifer Melle for referring to a convicted paedophile from a men's high security prison as 'mister'?
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
'God forbids me from calling him a woman' isn't the sort of thing I consider a good reason. But surely some people recognise it would be unwise to sack Jennifer Melle for referring to a convicted paedophile from a men's high security prison as 'mister'?
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
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Exciting road pricing news out of Denmark!
Today a new expert group for designing the future car taxation was announced, with a focus on the externalities from cars.
See the terms of reference below. I will soon follow up with a piece on why I think it actually can lead to GPS-based road pricing.
Today a new expert group for designing the future car taxation was announced, with a focus on the externalities from cars.
See the terms of reference below. I will soon follow up with a piece on why I think it actually can lead to GPS-based road pricing.
December 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Exciting road pricing news out of Denmark!
Today a new expert group for designing the future car taxation was announced, with a focus on the externalities from cars.
See the terms of reference below. I will soon follow up with a piece on why I think it actually can lead to GPS-based road pricing.
Today a new expert group for designing the future car taxation was announced, with a focus on the externalities from cars.
See the terms of reference below. I will soon follow up with a piece on why I think it actually can lead to GPS-based road pricing.
A few too many thoughts on Kelly V Leonardo
substack.com/@derailedtho...
substack.com/@derailedtho...
Kelly v Leonardo UK Limited: Analysis
An Employment Tribunal Decision on Workplace Toilets After the Supreme Court's Ruling on Sex
substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A few too many thoughts on Kelly V Leonardo
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substack.com/@derailedtho...
Replace VED with: T = M × £0.01 × W³ (M = annual mileage from MOT, W = gross weight in tonnes). Road damage scales with weight to the fourth power, so heavy vehicles remain subsidised - just less so. Light cars pay pennies, luxury SUVs pay thousands.
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Replace VED with: T = M × £0.01 × W³ (M = annual mileage from MOT, W = gross weight in tonnes). Road damage scales with weight to the fourth power, so heavy vehicles remain subsidised - just less so. Light cars pay pennies, luxury SUVs pay thousands.
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However, @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social also say that ‘unless the Government also removes the benefit cap, some of the poorest households will see little or no gain, as any newly available support would be likely clawed back through the benefit cap’.
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www.wbg.org.uk/article/some...
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www.wbg.org.uk/article/some...
Some positive steps for women but more ambition needed, says WBG
Read our immediate response to the Budget
www.wbg.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
However, @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social also say that ‘unless the Government also removes the benefit cap, some of the poorest households will see little or no gain, as any newly available support would be likely clawed back through the benefit cap’.
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www.wbg.org.uk/article/some...
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www.wbg.org.uk/article/some...
"People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can’t trust people"
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can’t trust people"
I agree with the call to policy makers.
However, this trend also supports the theory that psychiatry has massively overreached in recent decades, by pathologising the subjective experience of poverty.
Being unhappy with failure to meet your basic needs, for want of funds, is not a disorder.
However, this trend also supports the theory that psychiatry has massively overreached in recent decades, by pathologising the subjective experience of poverty.
Being unhappy with failure to meet your basic needs, for want of funds, is not a disorder.
“Policymakers looking to increase employment for those in the run-up to state pension age should take account of the headwind from worsening mental health for poor women.”
📗 Read the report, funded by the IFS Retirement Saving Consortium, here: ifs.org.uk/publications...
📗 Read the report, funded by the IFS Retirement Saving Consortium, here: ifs.org.uk/publications...
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I agree with the call to policy makers.
However, this trend also supports the theory that psychiatry has massively overreached in recent decades, by pathologising the subjective experience of poverty.
Being unhappy with failure to meet your basic needs, for want of funds, is not a disorder.
However, this trend also supports the theory that psychiatry has massively overreached in recent decades, by pathologising the subjective experience of poverty.
Being unhappy with failure to meet your basic needs, for want of funds, is not a disorder.
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"Floating bus stops need to be banned because cyclists don't stop at crossings"
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"Floating bus stops need to be banned because cyclists don't stop at crossings"
New Zealand bans puberty for gender dysphoria or incongruence.
Ban effective from 19th December.
The drugs will still be available in New Zealand for those with early onset puberty, endometriosis or prostate cancer, as well as for current users.
Ban effective from 19th December.
The drugs will still be available in New Zealand for those with early onset puberty, endometriosis or prostate cancer, as well as for current users.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New Zealand bans puberty for gender dysphoria or incongruence.
Ban effective from 19th December.
The drugs will still be available in New Zealand for those with early onset puberty, endometriosis or prostate cancer, as well as for current users.
Ban effective from 19th December.
The drugs will still be available in New Zealand for those with early onset puberty, endometriosis or prostate cancer, as well as for current users.
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We must copy Denmark Social Democrats' hardline anti-asylum measures in order to win back voters' trust, says Shabana Mahmood.
Meanwhile in Denmark:
Meanwhile in Denmark:
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We must copy Denmark Social Democrats' hardline anti-asylum measures in order to win back voters' trust, says Shabana Mahmood.
Meanwhile in Denmark:
Meanwhile in Denmark:
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Amnesty argued at the Supreme Court, in the For Women Scotland case, that all protections for homosexuality under the Equality Act be rendered meaningless and gay only associations be made unlawful.
Twenty-two years ago today Section 28 was repealed.
But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people.
1/8🧵
But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people.
1/8🧵
November 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Amnesty argued at the Supreme Court, in the For Women Scotland case, that all protections for homosexuality under the Equality Act be rendered meaningless and gay only associations be made unlawful.
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BREAKING: protesters attacked, one man dies, at Palestine Action prison demo...
BREAKING: protesters attacked, one man dies, at Palestine Action prison demo
Reports are emerging of firstly protesters being attacked, and then separately another man dying, at a Palestine Action prison demo
www.thecanary.co
November 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
BREAKING: protesters attacked, one man dies, at Palestine Action prison demo...
There are people on this platform giving dangerous misinformation to trans people, that could land them in trouble.
It is not true that a police officer commits an offense if they tell their colleague that you are trans, and you have not been charged. It can be true, sometimes.
It is not true that a police officer commits an offense if they tell their colleague that you are trans, and you have not been charged. It can be true, sometimes.
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
There are people on this platform giving dangerous misinformation to trans people, that could land them in trouble.
It is not true that a police officer commits an offense if they tell their colleague that you are trans, and you have not been charged. It can be true, sometimes.
It is not true that a police officer commits an offense if they tell their colleague that you are trans, and you have not been charged. It can be true, sometimes.
I was surprised to see this in the news. I had thought it was common knowledge that NHS Find a Dentist was as truthful as a Keir Starmer pledge or a Donald Trump boast.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Concerns NHS find a dentist website a 'work of fiction' - BBC News
Only three of 34 north-east of England practices shown to be accepting NHS patients actually are.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I was surprised to see this in the news. I had thought it was common knowledge that NHS Find a Dentist was as truthful as a Keir Starmer pledge or a Donald Trump boast.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Perhaps Kwasi Kwarteng can help this Labour government get its shit in order?
Unless someone in the Treasury reassures the markets pretty soon, there’s every chance the UK will need to raise *more* tax for less in return. Total clusterfuck in the making, this.
Having a budget fall apart more than a week before it’s actually be delivered might be a new record.
Having a budget fall apart more than a week before it’s actually be delivered might be a new record.
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Perhaps Kwasi Kwarteng can help this Labour government get its shit in order?
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US household debt hit $18+ trillion in Q3 of 2025, up sharply from last year. Credit-card balances are climbing, delinquencies ticking higher, and for many households, the gap between income and expenses narrows month by month. This when the regime has stopped publishing basic economic information.
The Financial Squeeze on the 99%
When households feel the slowdown long before markets admit it.
medium.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
US household debt hit $18+ trillion in Q3 of 2025, up sharply from last year. Credit-card balances are climbing, delinquencies ticking higher, and for many households, the gap between income and expenses narrows month by month. This when the regime has stopped publishing basic economic information.
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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100% this, something so odd about the fact that he was seen as this insanely well connected guy for years, like that one man everyone powerful knew and liked for some reason, when we're yet to see evidence of even one trace of like, basic wit, warmth or charm in those emails
Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
100% this, something so odd about the fact that he was seen as this insanely well connected guy for years, like that one man everyone powerful knew and liked for some reason, when we're yet to see evidence of even one trace of like, basic wit, warmth or charm in those emails