Dr Karl Rutlidge 🏳️⚧️😎💚
@krutlidge.bsky.social
Recovering mathematician. Theology PhD student. Proud trans man. Husband. Stepdad. Methodist minister. Lover of books, science, cider and photography (he/him).
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There is a concerted, sustained attack against disabled people by the media and government. Both here in the UK and elsewhere.
However, there is no recourse for their blatant misinformation and disinformation.
There are no consequences.
They can lie, then lie some more, and get away with it all.
However, there is no recourse for their blatant misinformation and disinformation.
There are no consequences.
They can lie, then lie some more, and get away with it all.
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 AM
There is a concerted, sustained attack against disabled people by the media and government. Both here in the UK and elsewhere.
However, there is no recourse for their blatant misinformation and disinformation.
There are no consequences.
They can lie, then lie some more, and get away with it all.
However, there is no recourse for their blatant misinformation and disinformation.
There are no consequences.
They can lie, then lie some more, and get away with it all.
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this is *exactly* what has happened in the uk.
transphobia is an elite/establishment bigotry and the majority of voters are indifferent at worst and supportive at best.
transphobia is an elite/establishment bigotry and the majority of voters are indifferent at worst and supportive at best.
I think a number of press outlets badly want there to be a groundswell of anti-trans feeling, because the ownership/senior editorial of those papers have absolutely cooked their own brains on transphobia. It seems to be largely an elite psychosis!
the harris campaign said the “they/them” ad didn’t sway the election.
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
November 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
this is *exactly* what has happened in the uk.
transphobia is an elite/establishment bigotry and the majority of voters are indifferent at worst and supportive at best.
transphobia is an elite/establishment bigotry and the majority of voters are indifferent at worst and supportive at best.
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Mumsnet’s take on the BBC stuff. Deranged
![Tim Davies [sic] Resigns - Can Gender
Critical Movement take some credit?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vvaxu5dkaojgdamc3x77kjh4/bafkreico7vqcxaskfykg4jfin7mcbc65ikyw6o2q3b4mevppbjgw2pjyju@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Mumsnet’s take on the BBC stuff. Deranged
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Being normal about trans people is biased in monstrous uk
Love that anything that doesnt call me slurs or advocates for me to be pushed out of society as unwanted scum now counts as unduly biased
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Being normal about trans people is biased in monstrous uk
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Its decision to leave the Tory appointees in post at the BBC is one of so many Labour have made that I can't begin to understand. Any guesses?
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Its decision to leave the Tory appointees in post at the BBC is one of so many Labour have made that I can't begin to understand. Any guesses?
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This would be a more convincing argument if Keir Starmer had not himself made a whole series of promises which he then declared completely undeliverable as soon as he became leader www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This would be a more convincing argument if Keir Starmer had not himself made a whole series of promises which he then declared completely undeliverable as soon as he became leader www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Lawyers bang on, po-faced, about preserving public confidence in the law until our ears bleed with it but Wilhoit nailed the truth: 'there are in-groups, whom the law protects but does not bind and out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.'
Pretty horrid, this stuff, and sympathy with those he went after, but none of it is an actual incitement to violence, is it? Would anything have happened if Barton's targets had been immigrants, or Muslims, or trans people? www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Joey Barton found guilty of sending offensive posts on social media
Former footballer guilty over posts directed at football pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko, and broadcaster Jeremy Vine
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Lawyers bang on, po-faced, about preserving public confidence in the law until our ears bleed with it but Wilhoit nailed the truth: 'there are in-groups, whom the law protects but does not bind and out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.'
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What a morning to be on Ridge & Frost to celebrate Zohran Mamdani's win!
Improving people's lives. Focusing on inequality and empowering communities.
This is how you do it.
Improving people's lives. Focusing on inequality and empowering communities.
This is how you do it.
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
What a morning to be on Ridge & Frost to celebrate Zohran Mamdani's win!
Improving people's lives. Focusing on inequality and empowering communities.
This is how you do it.
Improving people's lives. Focusing on inequality and empowering communities.
This is how you do it.
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What’s absolutely the best about this night is that he did it by talking about what people really care about AND supporting the people moderates say we have to abandon.
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
What’s absolutely the best about this night is that he did it by talking about what people really care about AND supporting the people moderates say we have to abandon.
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When he said he wished Cuomo well in his private life & then that he hopes never to have to speak his name again ... 💃
I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
When he said he wished Cuomo well in his private life & then that he hopes never to have to speak his name again ... 💃
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EXCLUSIVE: Sadiq Khan urges New Yorkers to reject the "politics of hatred and fear" and back Zohran Mamdani.
Source close to the mayor highlights the "uncanny" similarities between the Conservative's Islamophobic campaigns against Khan and the attacks on Mamdani
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
Source close to the mayor highlights the "uncanny" similarities between the Conservative's Islamophobic campaigns against Khan and the attacks on Mamdani
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
Sadiq Khan Urges New Yorkers to Reject 'The Politics of Fear' and Vote for Zohran Mamdani
Source close to the London Mayor accuses Mamdani's political opponents of "weaponising" his Muslim faith in an "uncanny" repeat of Conservative attacks against Khan
bylinetimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Sadiq Khan urges New Yorkers to reject the "politics of hatred and fear" and back Zohran Mamdani.
Source close to the mayor highlights the "uncanny" similarities between the Conservative's Islamophobic campaigns against Khan and the attacks on Mamdani
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
Source close to the mayor highlights the "uncanny" similarities between the Conservative's Islamophobic campaigns against Khan and the attacks on Mamdani
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
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Cambridge University's oldest women-only college, Newnham, stands firm for trans inclusion
Newnham’s principal, Alison Rose, has assured students that the college’s policy has been legally vetted and aligns with its values of inclusivity and respect.
Newnham’s principal, Alison Rose, has assured students that the college’s policy has been legally vetted and aligns with its values of inclusivity and respect.
Cambridge University's oldest women-only college, Newnham, stands firm for trans inclusion
Cambridge University's oldest women-only college, Newnham, has reaffirmed its commitment to trans inclusivity by continuing to admit students who self-identify as women - despite a recent Supreme Cour...
www.scenemag.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Cambridge University's oldest women-only college, Newnham, stands firm for trans inclusion
Newnham’s principal, Alison Rose, has assured students that the college’s policy has been legally vetted and aligns with its values of inclusivity and respect.
Newnham’s principal, Alison Rose, has assured students that the college’s policy has been legally vetted and aligns with its values of inclusivity and respect.
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Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
bylinetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
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Spot on.
“There are some people who hate London, and hate New York,” Mayor Sadiq Khan told me, on Bloomberg TV. “There's a reason why they demonize London, and now, indeed, New York. Why? Because we are progressive cities. We are liberal cities. We are multicultural cities. And we are incredibly successful.”
November 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Spot on.
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Truly Trump is, as the Sunday Times described him, a "feminist champion" and "making America normal again."
NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Truly Trump is, as the Sunday Times described him, a "feminist champion" and "making America normal again."
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Amid all the horror of the attack on Saturday we see the very, very best of human beings. The passengers who helped each other, the heroic train worker who put himself in harms way and undoubtedly saved lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
'Heroic' train worker 'critical but stable' after knife attack, says transport secretary
After seeing CCTV, the police say the worker's actions
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Amid all the horror of the attack on Saturday we see the very, very best of human beings. The passengers who helped each other, the heroic train worker who put himself in harms way and undoubtedly saved lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
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it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
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Who could’ve predicted that the key messages for various societal groups - “Nothing better is possible”, “We eat flags” and “You are scum” - would not in fact be popular.
November 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Who could’ve predicted that the key messages for various societal groups - “Nothing better is possible”, “We eat flags” and “You are scum” - would not in fact be popular.
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Abled folk love to speak over us and assume/tell us that we should be angry at a tiny number of “frauds”.
So here’s my answer…
I do not care.
I only care about those who need the support getting it.
I only care about the most vulnerable.
So here’s my answer…
I do not care.
I only care about those who need the support getting it.
I only care about the most vulnerable.
November 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Abled folk love to speak over us and assume/tell us that we should be angry at a tiny number of “frauds”.
So here’s my answer…
I do not care.
I only care about those who need the support getting it.
I only care about the most vulnerable.
So here’s my answer…
I do not care.
I only care about those who need the support getting it.
I only care about the most vulnerable.
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A 32 year old man has been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder after a knife attack on that train on Saturday evening
Anthony Williams from Peterborough is also charged with one count of possession of a bladed article & one count of actual bodily harm
Anthony Williams from Peterborough is also charged with one count of possession of a bladed article & one count of actual bodily harm
November 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
A 32 year old man has been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder after a knife attack on that train on Saturday evening
Anthony Williams from Peterborough is also charged with one count of possession of a bladed article & one count of actual bodily harm
Anthony Williams from Peterborough is also charged with one count of possession of a bladed article & one count of actual bodily harm
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The UAE where hugging in public can get you arrested, where human rights barely exist, where foreign workers are routinely abused, where critics of the regime routinely disappear, where an Indian nanny was shot by firing squad in March & where marital rape is not a criminal offence but being gay is.
November 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The UAE where hugging in public can get you arrested, where human rights barely exist, where foreign workers are routinely abused, where critics of the regime routinely disappear, where an Indian nanny was shot by firing squad in March & where marital rape is not a criminal offence but being gay is.
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This is VERY revealing about the “Office for Students”. A clear example of academic freedom being stifled. Yet “crickets” from the OfS.
Why has Sheffield Hallam not been fined £500,000 like Sussex? Why has the OfS refused to take action. Is it because this case is not transphobic
archive.is/ihVT3
Why has Sheffield Hallam not been fined £500,000 like Sussex? Why has the OfS refused to take action. Is it because this case is not transphobic
archive.is/ihVT3
November 3, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This is VERY revealing about the “Office for Students”. A clear example of academic freedom being stifled. Yet “crickets” from the OfS.
Why has Sheffield Hallam not been fined £500,000 like Sussex? Why has the OfS refused to take action. Is it because this case is not transphobic
archive.is/ihVT3
Why has Sheffield Hallam not been fined £500,000 like Sussex? Why has the OfS refused to take action. Is it because this case is not transphobic
archive.is/ihVT3
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A horrible thing about these benefits cuts proposals, is that we end up in a situation where the best possible case scenario is that nothing changes and we continue with the grossly unfair, harmful system…
We can never even consider true equity.
We can never even consider true equity.
November 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
A horrible thing about these benefits cuts proposals, is that we end up in a situation where the best possible case scenario is that nothing changes and we continue with the grossly unfair, harmful system…
We can never even consider true equity.
We can never even consider true equity.
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I think I might have a bit of an obsession for the backlit cottonwoods along the Animas River in their autumn colors.
#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Trees #Fallorado #FallColors #AutumnLeaves
#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Trees #Fallorado #FallColors #AutumnLeaves
November 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I think I might have a bit of an obsession for the backlit cottonwoods along the Animas River in their autumn colors.
#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Trees #Fallorado #FallColors #AutumnLeaves
#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Trees #Fallorado #FallColors #AutumnLeaves
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“The courts are not the paramount legal framers in the UK, that would be the UK Parliament. All Parliament needs do is pass legislation stating that trans people are who they affirm themselves to be, and not a social problem requiring exorcism from society.”
Yet Parliament shirks responsibility! 😣
Yet Parliament shirks responsibility! 😣
Reshaping UK transgender policy
The shadow cast by the UK Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland (FWS) ruling in April 2025 is impossible to ignore. At its core is the…
rejserin.medium.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
“The courts are not the paramount legal framers in the UK, that would be the UK Parliament. All Parliament needs do is pass legislation stating that trans people are who they affirm themselves to be, and not a social problem requiring exorcism from society.”
Yet Parliament shirks responsibility! 😣
Yet Parliament shirks responsibility! 😣