Helen
@helenm40.bsky.social
Cisgender trans inclusive feminist. I have no money. Please don't ask.
"My land is bare of chattering folk;
The clouds are low along the ridges,
And sweet's the air with curly smoke
From all my burning bridges."
- Dorothy Parker
The clouds are low along the ridges,
And sweet's the air with curly smoke
From all my burning bridges."
- Dorothy Parker
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"My land is bare of chattering folk;
The clouds are low along the ridges,
And sweet's the air with curly smoke
From all my burning bridges."
- Dorothy Parker
The clouds are low along the ridges,
And sweet's the air with curly smoke
From all my burning bridges."
- Dorothy Parker
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Glad I saved this by @longwall26.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Glad I saved this by @longwall26.bsky.social
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1) Alcohol IS A DRUG
2) Drugs are really accessible now & dealers dont ask for ID to check ages
3) legally regulating drugs means access based on risk e.g. licensed venues or through health professionals with safeguards
It is about getting control of an out of control, harmful market.
2) Drugs are really accessible now & dealers dont ask for ID to check ages
3) legally regulating drugs means access based on risk e.g. licensed venues or through health professionals with safeguards
It is about getting control of an out of control, harmful market.
December 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
1) Alcohol IS A DRUG
2) Drugs are really accessible now & dealers dont ask for ID to check ages
3) legally regulating drugs means access based on risk e.g. licensed venues or through health professionals with safeguards
It is about getting control of an out of control, harmful market.
2) Drugs are really accessible now & dealers dont ask for ID to check ages
3) legally regulating drugs means access based on risk e.g. licensed venues or through health professionals with safeguards
It is about getting control of an out of control, harmful market.
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then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
Just had an American barge into a thread about the UK Green Party decriminalising drugs. She immediately accused us of not caring about ODs, accused us of wanting to give drugs to children, then angrily declared that criminalisation wasn't the issue.
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just had an American barge into a thread about the UK Green Party decriminalising drugs. She immediately accused us of not caring about ODs, accused us of wanting to give drugs to children, then angrily declared that criminalisation wasn't the issue.
A) Starmer is lying.
B) This is a breathtakingly irresponsible way to characterise a sensible solution to a serious public health problem.
B) This is a breathtakingly irresponsible way to characterise a sensible solution to a serious public health problem.
The paramedics cut the gloves off so they could check for a pulse
December 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A) Starmer is lying.
B) This is a breathtakingly irresponsible way to characterise a sensible solution to a serious public health problem.
B) This is a breathtakingly irresponsible way to characterise a sensible solution to a serious public health problem.
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Labour's lying Backstabbing Tendency will blame their election defeat on the Greens. A year ago I still thought they'd blame Jeremy Corbyn. #VoteGreen 💚
December 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Labour's lying Backstabbing Tendency will blame their election defeat on the Greens. A year ago I still thought they'd blame Jeremy Corbyn. #VoteGreen 💚
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They've even got they mates in SEGM running the thing so it doesn't come up with the 'wrong' results. What more do they want.
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
They've even got they mates in SEGM running the thing so it doesn't come up with the 'wrong' results. What more do they want.
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Sadly there's no contradiction between Labour both claiming mental illness is overdiagnosed and declaring all their opponents as mentally ill.
They believe there's lots of mentall illness about but that it is a personal failing and those afflicted should suffer, not be helped.
They believe there's lots of mentall illness about but that it is a personal failing and those afflicted should suffer, not be helped.
December 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Sadly there's no contradiction between Labour both claiming mental illness is overdiagnosed and declaring all their opponents as mentally ill.
They believe there's lots of mentall illness about but that it is a personal failing and those afflicted should suffer, not be helped.
They believe there's lots of mentall illness about but that it is a personal failing and those afflicted should suffer, not be helped.
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idk who needs to hear this but Ariana Grande is straight up body checking / doing other proana memes on her socials + talking about how she & her friends send each other audio of themselves on the treadmill
and criticizing that behavior is not "policing women's bodies" it's criticizing proana
and criticizing that behavior is not "policing women's bodies" it's criticizing proana
December 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
idk who needs to hear this but Ariana Grande is straight up body checking / doing other proana memes on her socials + talking about how she & her friends send each other audio of themselves on the treadmill
and criticizing that behavior is not "policing women's bodies" it's criticizing proana
and criticizing that behavior is not "policing women's bodies" it's criticizing proana
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Half of Labour’s policies are just “work or die“ and the other half are “just die“ cause you don’t deserve to be part of our society
December 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Half of Labour’s policies are just “work or die“ and the other half are “just die“ cause you don’t deserve to be part of our society
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I see the PM is being very rattled and very untruthful about the Greens again in the papers.
He couldn’t say this stuff in Parliament because he would be lying to the House - both about what our popular, evidence-based policies are, and about him believing this guff.
Trumpian
He couldn’t say this stuff in Parliament because he would be lying to the House - both about what our popular, evidence-based policies are, and about him believing this guff.
Trumpian
December 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I see the PM is being very rattled and very untruthful about the Greens again in the papers.
He couldn’t say this stuff in Parliament because he would be lying to the House - both about what our popular, evidence-based policies are, and about him believing this guff.
Trumpian
He couldn’t say this stuff in Parliament because he would be lying to the House - both about what our popular, evidence-based policies are, and about him believing this guff.
Trumpian
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That entire movement is built on the ingrained and indelible belief that women are shit at everything.
Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women's World Cup after trans women were banned.
Women gamers boycott global esports tournament over trans ban
Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women's World Cup after trans women were banned.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
That entire movement is built on the ingrained and indelible belief that women are shit at everything.
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if you don't hate trans ppl...
if hearing foreign languages being spoken doesn't make you paranoid or anxious...
if you think 'i do not want to be pregnant' is reason enough for an abortion...
if you think disabled ppl should be supported financially...
keir starmer thinks you are 'nuts'.
if hearing foreign languages being spoken doesn't make you paranoid or anxious...
if you think 'i do not want to be pregnant' is reason enough for an abortion...
if you think disabled ppl should be supported financially...
keir starmer thinks you are 'nuts'.
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
if you don't hate trans ppl...
if hearing foreign languages being spoken doesn't make you paranoid or anxious...
if you think 'i do not want to be pregnant' is reason enough for an abortion...
if you think disabled ppl should be supported financially...
keir starmer thinks you are 'nuts'.
if hearing foreign languages being spoken doesn't make you paranoid or anxious...
if you think 'i do not want to be pregnant' is reason enough for an abortion...
if you think disabled ppl should be supported financially...
keir starmer thinks you are 'nuts'.
At the heart of all these deeply weird rants about ADHD and autism is that of course they are not new. Back in the day there was a weird blend of pretty good (tolerance & quiet accommodation) and very bad (institutions & worse) responses to ND people.
I see Hadley Freeman is back on her horse about ADHD/autism. Only this time she is obviously far more aware of the reality than...checks notes, the actual expert. Does she ever get bored of just churning out the same old ignorant attacks on different groups?
www.thetimes.com/article/476e...
www.thetimes.com/article/476e...
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
At the heart of all these deeply weird rants about ADHD and autism is that of course they are not new. Back in the day there was a weird blend of pretty good (tolerance & quiet accommodation) and very bad (institutions & worse) responses to ND people.
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While Freeman is often more than happy to ignore evidence in favour of her own opinions, whether that be her regular transphobic rants or oft written columns minimising and dismissing ADHD, autism and mental health issues, the evidence for under diagnosis is pretty strong.
bsky.app/profile/hsw3...
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An independent taskforce *just* did a huge review of ADHD in England, and the conclusion was that it's "under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated."
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
NHS England » Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce: Part 1
April 2025
www.england.nhs.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
While Freeman is often more than happy to ignore evidence in favour of her own opinions, whether that be her regular transphobic rants or oft written columns minimising and dismissing ADHD, autism and mental health issues, the evidence for under diagnosis is pretty strong.
bsky.app/profile/hsw3...
bsky.app/profile/hsw3...
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Starmer says he’s "taking the gloves off" and that the Greens are "nuts"
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Starmer says he’s "taking the gloves off" and that the Greens are "nuts"
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Got it Keir.
Racist thugs who want to burn down hotels and transphobic activists who want to stop trans girls attending Guides have 'legitimate concerns'.
Whereas people who are worried about the economy & climate are 'nuts'.
Good to know.
Racist thugs who want to burn down hotels and transphobic activists who want to stop trans girls attending Guides have 'legitimate concerns'.
Whereas people who are worried about the economy & climate are 'nuts'.
Good to know.
I’ve interviewed Keir Starmer for @theobserveruk.bsky.social. He is defiant about his leadership and says he’ll prove his critics wrong. He says Angela Rayner will be back in Cabinet, the Greens are “nuts” and young people have been “collateral damage” of past policy observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Keir Starmer: ‘The Greens are anti-Nato and think it’s all right to sell drugs. That’s nuts’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Got it Keir.
Racist thugs who want to burn down hotels and transphobic activists who want to stop trans girls attending Guides have 'legitimate concerns'.
Whereas people who are worried about the economy & climate are 'nuts'.
Good to know.
Racist thugs who want to burn down hotels and transphobic activists who want to stop trans girls attending Guides have 'legitimate concerns'.
Whereas people who are worried about the economy & climate are 'nuts'.
Good to know.
Keir - bud - in your short tenure, stated that violent racists had legitimate concerns, taken us to the right of *Donald Trump* on LGBTQ issues, gotten Labour banned from Pride and limited migration, causing economic devastation.
You are in no position to call the Greens nuts.
You are in no position to call the Greens nuts.
Starmer says he’s "taking the gloves off" and that the Greens are "nuts"
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Keir - bud - in your short tenure, stated that violent racists had legitimate concerns, taken us to the right of *Donald Trump* on LGBTQ issues, gotten Labour banned from Pride and limited migration, causing economic devastation.
You are in no position to call the Greens nuts.
You are in no position to call the Greens nuts.
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Labour : ”We’re against everything the Greens stand for!”
Greens : *Go up in the polls*
Greens : *Go up in the polls*
December 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Labour : ”We’re against everything the Greens stand for!”
Greens : *Go up in the polls*
Greens : *Go up in the polls*
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Ps always important to remember she went out on Newsnight and defended the cutting off of water and electricity to the Palestinians.
That's who our competition is - and that's why they're terrified.
That's who our competition is - and that's why they're terrified.
December 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Ps always important to remember she went out on Newsnight and defended the cutting off of water and electricity to the Palestinians.
That's who our competition is - and that's why they're terrified.
That's who our competition is - and that's why they're terrified.
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"The former head of the EHRC says Labour can no longer call itself the party of equality and has lost touch with its ‘fundamental values’"
Jeepers.
She's spent years cheerleading multiple hate groups to strip away equality rights.
She does not get to claim she is on the side of equality.
Archive:
Jeepers.
She's spent years cheerleading multiple hate groups to strip away equality rights.
She does not get to claim she is on the side of equality.
Archive:
archive.is
December 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"The former head of the EHRC says Labour can no longer call itself the party of equality and has lost touch with its ‘fundamental values’"
Jeepers.
She's spent years cheerleading multiple hate groups to strip away equality rights.
She does not get to claim she is on the side of equality.
Archive:
Jeepers.
She's spent years cheerleading multiple hate groups to strip away equality rights.
She does not get to claim she is on the side of equality.
Archive:
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Actually quite pissed off about that headline - especially as you don't actually get any help for mental health issues in this country on the NHS. 6wks of dogshit CBT is not going to cut it for most people. And lol have you seen the waiting lists for ADHD assessments??
December 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Actually quite pissed off about that headline - especially as you don't actually get any help for mental health issues in this country on the NHS. 6wks of dogshit CBT is not going to cut it for most people. And lol have you seen the waiting lists for ADHD assessments??
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It was a thrill to meet Georgia Tennant at the recording of @theguiltyfeminist.bsky.social podcast yesterday - Thank you for being part of the movement of women standing in support of the trans+ community 🩷
December 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
It was a thrill to meet Georgia Tennant at the recording of @theguiltyfeminist.bsky.social podcast yesterday - Thank you for being part of the movement of women standing in support of the trans+ community 🩷
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what does the guardian think 'sex matters' is?
what does the guardian think 'segm' is?
what does the guardian think the 'lgb alliance' is?
what does the guardian think 'gender critical' is?
what does the guardian think wes streeting is?
what does the guardian think @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is?
what does the guardian think 'segm' is?
what does the guardian think the 'lgb alliance' is?
what does the guardian think 'gender critical' is?
what does the guardian think wes streeting is?
what does the guardian think @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is?
Faith and Reform: is the religious right on the rise in UK politics?
Faith and Reform: is the religious right on the rise in UK politics?
Powerful Christian figures are emerging in Britain but there are important differences from the US, where evangelism has fuelled Trump
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
what does the guardian think 'sex matters' is?
what does the guardian think 'segm' is?
what does the guardian think the 'lgb alliance' is?
what does the guardian think 'gender critical' is?
what does the guardian think wes streeting is?
what does the guardian think @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is?
what does the guardian think 'segm' is?
what does the guardian think the 'lgb alliance' is?
what does the guardian think 'gender critical' is?
what does the guardian think wes streeting is?
what does the guardian think @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is?