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Mags Campbell @magscampbell.bsky.social · 1h

This is what the UK does to trans kids now, just to mollify a noisy, vicious minority and some rich US evangelicals.
Fucking evil.

North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 1h

A mother pleaded with her MP to help her 15-year-old suicidal daughter who said she ‘wanted to take her own life’
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

MP fails to support suicidal constituent

A mother pleaded with her MP to help her suicidal15-year-old daughter who said she ‘wanted to take her own life’

northwestbylines.co.uk

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Heather Herbert @heatherherbert.uk · 1h

In the last three days we've seen three trans related stories.

1) the preventability suicide of a trans girl
2) @bashback.bsky.social 's action
3) this story about an MP ignoring a suicide trans girl.

Which do you think the health sec. Condemned?

North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 1h

A mother pleaded with her MP to help her 15-year-old suicidal daughter who said she ‘wanted to take her own life’
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

MP fails to support suicidal constituent

A mother pleaded with her MP to help her suicidal15-year-old daughter who said she ‘wanted to take her own life’

northwestbylines.co.uk

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Corodon @thecorodon.bsky.social · 8h

Exodus 8:2
"If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country."

Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 19h

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 18h

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 14h

Ok, did not expect “The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe” to feel quite so relevant to this moment.

Here’s Edmund, deciding to side with the leader who he’s been told disappears people.

He did want Turkish Delight and to be a prince (and later a king) and to pay Peter out for calling him a beast. As for what the Witch would do with the others, he didn't want her to be particularly nice to them - certainly not to put them on the same level as himself; but he managed to believe, or to pretend he believed, that she wouldn't do anything very bad to them, 'Because,' he said to himself, 'all these people who say nasty things about her are her enemies and probably half of it isn't true. She was jolly nice to me, anyway, much nicer than they are. I expect she is the rightful Queen really. Anyway, she'll be better than that awful Aslan!' At least, that was the excuse he made in his own mind for what he was doing. It wasn't a very good excuse, however, for deep down inside him he really knew that the White Witch was bad and cruel.

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Cars are still bad @jondoesnotexist.bsky.social · 16h

“Everyone who is rich enough or close enough to reactionary politics is effectively in a cult with beliefs loonier than the median Heaven’s Gate member” is a relatively straightforward description of the current moment. I don’t know how we live like this

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 19h

I dunno, man... I dunno. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 3h

apparently the new Netflix show Monster: The Ed Gein Story invented an "autogynephilia" backstory for their serial killer (because of course they did!). so time to re-up my collection of writings on this pseudoscientific zombie theory...
juliaserano.medium.com/autogynephil...

Autogynephilia, Junk Science, and Pseudoscience

plus links to my academic articles, online essays, and explainers on the topic

juliaserano.medium.com

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 12h

If youre in the UK and havent signed this petition, please do despite their response here. At 100k sigs they have to discuss it again

Petitions arent a silver bullet on their own, but they help communicate how many people do/dont support something. Its low commitment and worth doing!

GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 1d

UK Gouvernment: Payment Processors Can Ban NSFW Content
According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the gouvernment has no plans to step in. This puts it in direct contrast to what artists and the UK games industry have asked for.
www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/...

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 2h

A trans ally @mimmymum.bsky.social writing in Diva. As parliament returns we need to keep fighting for trans people’s human rights.

Parliament’s back – and so is the fight for trans rights

“Parliament may be back, but so are those determined to defend equality. If this summer proved anything, it’s that the movement for trans rights never took a break”

diva-magazine.com

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 11h

“Britain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers — and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.”

Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 19h

This means if you're in the UK and haven't signed this yet, please do. At 100k signatures they have to discuss it again.

Literally the least you can do!!

GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 1d

UK Gouvernment: Payment Processors Can Ban NSFW Content
According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the gouvernment has no plans to step in. This puts it in direct contrast to what artists and the UK games industry have asked for.
www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/...

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Rob Milton @therobmilton.com · 3d

- put down the damn AI.

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 12h

"The charity described the findings as a “catastrophic decline in Black representation”, and said the report revealed “stark inequalities” in UK children’s publishing."

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 1d

One of the things about this study is that a lot of baby and toddler books are written in house, by editors. So the study reveals the whiteness of editorial in kidlit even if not explicitly. But, big picture, this trend is unacceptable. I remember so many promises www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books

A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023

www.theguardian.com

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sasha ↙︎↙︎↙︎ 🌹🏴 @2damntrans.bsky.social · 16h

I think Zack Polanski uses that one. And speaking as an anarchist I think his real value is less as a political party leader and more as someone whose status as Green leader gives him access to say these things where they'd otherwise never be said.

sasha ↙︎↙︎↙︎ 🌹🏴 @2damntrans.bsky.social · 16h

Use a low-theory but memorable and true statement: "the enemy travels in private jets, not small boats."

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h

This video is AI.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 9h

A rat ran across the table at Al Jazeera during a broadcast 🐀 😬

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 12h

Just flown in from Riyadh, and boy are my excuses tired

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 15h

The Green Party is polling higher than ever before. Our membership is growing rapidly.
And every single day we are surging.

Where Labour have failed, the Left must be ready to take on Reform.

news.sky.com/story/bring-...

'Bring it on': Left-wing activists gather for fight back against the right - and Labour

Zack Polanski, Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana will headline a left-wing festival in Manchester this weekend - as progressive voters look for an alternative to Labour.

news.sky.com

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 17h

So i wrote a little thing for @divamag.bsky.social to get everyone ready for the reopening of Parliament next week, and up to speed on the status of the imminent ‘trans bathroom ban’ (that also hurts cis women), and what you can do about it.

🚦Get your trans-ally engines ready…

Parliament’s back – and so is the fight for trans rights

“Parliament may be back, but so are those determined to defend equality. If this summer proved anything, it’s that the movement for trans rights never took a break”

diva-magazine.com

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 19h

If she'd been married and lied about being single or if she'd been a convicted abuser and lied about that she would not be going to jail.

People lie all the time before sex, during sex and after sex.

If you're trans, that's a crime.

UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 20h

She's been jailed - to be raped every night.

She's in a male jail. Despite living as female since she was 13.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Trans woman jailed after hiding male genitalia during sex with man

Ciara Watkin, 21, concealed she had male genitalia and performed sex acts on a man she had been on a date with - before later texting him 'I'm trans, I'm sorry I didn't tell you'

www.mirror.co.uk

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 15h

you guys if you only listen to me once this year: this is the book

LittlePuss Press @littlepuss.net · 15h

NEW 📗!

PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements (@ravineangel.bsky.social)

In which a trans woman discovers porn of herself she has no memory of making, only to find herself led to an unimaginably deeper evil

"The year's great work of literary horror."
—Gretchen Felker-Martin (@scumbelievable.bsky.social)

PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements — Debut trans horror — LittlePuss Press

"The best book I've read in years." —Gretchen Felker-Martin

www.littlepuss.net

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d

No shade to any of the Vertigo relaunch writers, but this is what the lineup looks like with me no longer in it, lol.

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 16h

In the early days of the Alt-Right I'd refer to them as the Frog Squad in my newsletter because of how they'd stolen Pepe the Frog cartoons for their memes.

I'm absolutely delighted that Portland is reclaiming the frog. It's a full circle moment.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 16h

Irish library staff have been subjected to repeated harassment by far-right extremists, with attempts to remove queer books from shelves & threats of book burning. This new LGBTQ+ group is a welcome step for defending free speech, the library LGBTQ community & library users, in Ireland.

First LGBTQ+ network launches in Library Association of Ireland

The new queer network had its first meeting this October, marking a big step for the LGBTQ+ library community.

gcn.ie

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 1d

this needs to happen more regularly.

famous, and rich, ppl need to be told they can't buy their way out of things.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

LMAOOOOO

A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Taking money from those who took money from Saudi Arabia would impact perception of the org’s independence.

www.vulture.com

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Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, look, another anti-trans PCC openly supporting hate, and who (like, off the top of my head: Lisa Townsend - Surrey PCC) is guarantee will face no consequences for directly supporting and inciting anti-trans hatred and violence. And people wonder why trans people don't trust any cops...

Ashleeee 🎃🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 1d

The Conservative Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner to open the FiLiA hate conference, with this coded incitement to hatred.

Katy Bourne OBE @ @KatyBourne • 2h Really excited to be opening today's @FiLiA_charity Women's Rights Conference in
Brighton - an important space for bold conversations and for amplifying the views, thoughts and voices of women
#FİLiA2025

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