Michelle
@michellestringer.bsky.social
Mostly just angry ramblings about the world and trying to find joy where I can
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What a pretty afternoon...
33 - She/Her - 🏳️⚧️
What a pretty afternoon...
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Can't remember if I've posted this, but one of the first times I visited the town in which I now live this was tied with a ribbon to the bridge from the train station.
I still find comfort in reading it occasionally. A beautiful sentiment from a stranger who'll never know how much it meant to me.
I still find comfort in reading it occasionally. A beautiful sentiment from a stranger who'll never know how much it meant to me.
Colgate is too minty
January 15, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Colgate is too minty
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The BBC still purports to strive for objectivity and balance. It might think to at least address the fact that the interpretation of the law it presents has been disagreed with by the Govt's own lawyers, two employment tribunals, and is currently being challenged before the High Court.
January 15, 2026 at 11:40 AM
The BBC still purports to strive for objectivity and balance. It might think to at least address the fact that the interpretation of the law it presents has been disagreed with by the Govt's own lawyers, two employment tribunals, and is currently being challenged before the High Court.
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The BBC is nakedly peddling fake news - and refusing to apologise for doing so - in furtherance of its transphobic agenda. 🧵
January 15, 2026 at 11:17 AM
The BBC is nakedly peddling fake news - and refusing to apologise for doing so - in furtherance of its transphobic agenda. 🧵
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A blanket ban on puberty blockers, with a medical trial the only way to access them for young people, still isn’t enough for those who are ideologically opposed to the very existence of trans people and want the trial stopped.
Nothing ever will be.
Nothing ever will be.
January 14, 2026 at 5:39 PM
A blanket ban on puberty blockers, with a medical trial the only way to access them for young people, still isn’t enough for those who are ideologically opposed to the very existence of trans people and want the trial stopped.
Nothing ever will be.
Nothing ever will be.
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Wes Streeting calls his harmful and dangerous Conversion Therapy approach to banning lifesaving treatments for trans kids “holistic”.
It is about as holistic as giving someone counseling for diabetes instead of insulin. He is deliberately harming trans kids.
He disgusts me.
It is about as holistic as giving someone counseling for diabetes instead of insulin. He is deliberately harming trans kids.
He disgusts me.
Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban
This paper presents an analysis of data from trans children and young people and their parents following the imposition of a UK-wide ban on puberty blockers for this group. The consequences of this...
www.tandfonline.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Wes Streeting calls his harmful and dangerous Conversion Therapy approach to banning lifesaving treatments for trans kids “holistic”.
It is about as holistic as giving someone counseling for diabetes instead of insulin. He is deliberately harming trans kids.
He disgusts me.
It is about as holistic as giving someone counseling for diabetes instead of insulin. He is deliberately harming trans kids.
He disgusts me.
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Protester is 21 yrs old. ICE agent dragged him and held his head down in his own pool of blood, mocked him about losing his eye. They fired pepper pellets at the HEAD of a witness recording the incident.
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week...
www.latimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Protester is 21 yrs old. ICE agent dragged him and held his head down in his own pool of blood, mocked him about losing his eye. They fired pepper pellets at the HEAD of a witness recording the incident.
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
Note to self: While you've been picking up lately, you are still pretty fragile.
If you listen to Liability followed by Phoebe Bridgers' cover of That Funny Feeling, you will cry in the Co-Op.
If you listen to Liability followed by Phoebe Bridgers' cover of That Funny Feeling, you will cry in the Co-Op.
January 13, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Note to self: While you've been picking up lately, you are still pretty fragile.
If you listen to Liability followed by Phoebe Bridgers' cover of That Funny Feeling, you will cry in the Co-Op.
If you listen to Liability followed by Phoebe Bridgers' cover of That Funny Feeling, you will cry in the Co-Op.
If you see this, post an archer
January 12, 2026 at 2:13 PM
If you see this, post an archer
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Can the BBC please circulate this memo asap, word for word:
When populists talk about preserving culture, they mean race. They are talking about preserving white skin and "whiteness" as they define it. Stop being dumb.
When populists talk about preserving culture, they mean race. They are talking about preserving white skin and "whiteness" as they define it. Stop being dumb.
January 11, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Can the BBC please circulate this memo asap, word for word:
When populists talk about preserving culture, they mean race. They are talking about preserving white skin and "whiteness" as they define it. Stop being dumb.
When populists talk about preserving culture, they mean race. They are talking about preserving white skin and "whiteness" as they define it. Stop being dumb.
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The “Iran is full of Gryffindors” thing is semantically identical to Justin Bieber saying Anne Frank would have been a Belieber
January 11, 2026 at 2:25 PM
The “Iran is full of Gryffindors” thing is semantically identical to Justin Bieber saying Anne Frank would have been a Belieber
What a save that is by Craig Gordon
January 11, 2026 at 3:58 PM
What a save that is by Craig Gordon
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I think it's a bad sign that every major news media outlet has spent days asking whether or not murder is bad and how much child porn is an okay amount
January 10, 2026 at 4:07 AM
I think it's a bad sign that every major news media outlet has spent days asking whether or not murder is bad and how much child porn is an okay amount
Zack Polanski: Some Labour leaders would be easier to work with than others
John Rentoul, professional politics understander: Polanski thinks he gets to decide Labour leader
John Rentoul, professional politics understander: Polanski thinks he gets to decide Labour leader
Zack Polanski thinks he can dictate who should be Labour leader www.independent.co.uk/voices/ed-da...
January 10, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Zack Polanski: Some Labour leaders would be easier to work with than others
John Rentoul, professional politics understander: Polanski thinks he gets to decide Labour leader
John Rentoul, professional politics understander: Polanski thinks he gets to decide Labour leader
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It really is the logical endpoint to get to with ai as a means to avoid responsibility and accountability. Just in the open committing noncing and sexual harrassment but you cant catch me cause the robot did it
January 9, 2026 at 10:22 AM
It really is the logical endpoint to get to with ai as a means to avoid responsibility and accountability. Just in the open committing noncing and sexual harrassment but you cant catch me cause the robot did it
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Wes Streeting has blood on his hands.
New Study finds a significant reduction in suicidality after trans people receive gender-affirming hormone therapy.
“Hormone therapy was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in suicidality over time…”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“Hormone therapy was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in suicidality over time…”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 9, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Wes Streeting has blood on his hands.
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“Common sense is common sense,” Schultz said. “I don’t need a report, one way or the other, to tell me that. I just firmly believe that minors should not be transitioning.”
This really gives the game away. As we've said, no amount of evidence would ever satisfy them. It's ideological.
This really gives the game away. As we've said, no amount of evidence would ever satisfy them. It's ideological.
January 5, 2026 at 1:50 PM
“Common sense is common sense,” Schultz said. “I don’t need a report, one way or the other, to tell me that. I just firmly believe that minors should not be transitioning.”
This really gives the game away. As we've said, no amount of evidence would ever satisfy them. It's ideological.
This really gives the game away. As we've said, no amount of evidence would ever satisfy them. It's ideological.
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The New York Times described a harrassment campaign that helped drive a young trans woman to suicide as "online criticisms."
Today on Assigned, @evanurquhart.bsky.social responds with contained fury to New York Times piece on the suicide of Lia Smith.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Today on Assigned, @evanurquhart.bsky.social responds with contained fury to New York Times piece on the suicide of Lia Smith.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
NYT Chronicles a Death Their Moral Panic Caused — Assigned
The New York Times published a story covering the death of trans athlete, Lia Smith, but takes no responsibility for the ways their coverage of trans issues has fed the moral panic that caused it.
www.assignedmedia.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The New York Times described a harrassment campaign that helped drive a young trans woman to suicide as "online criticisms."
Today on Assigned, @evanurquhart.bsky.social responds with contained fury to New York Times piece on the suicide of Lia Smith.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Today on Assigned, @evanurquhart.bsky.social responds with contained fury to New York Times piece on the suicide of Lia Smith.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
I understand a Yellow Snow Warning, but what on Earth is Amber Snow?
January 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I understand a Yellow Snow Warning, but what on Earth is Amber Snow?
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via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook
January 8, 2026 at 3:53 PM
via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook
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A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Your reminder that what happened to Renee Nicole Good is something that happens regularly in America. This is not new, but it is an expanded version of militarized people targeting Black people in particular.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
January 8, 2026 at 12:21 AM
A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
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Whether it’s Democrats putting their pronouns in email signatures or Republicans shooting and killing unarmed drivers, both sides have taken actions that the other side finds threatening.
January 8, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Whether it’s Democrats putting their pronouns in email signatures or Republicans shooting and killing unarmed drivers, both sides have taken actions that the other side finds threatening.
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BBC is reporting that the same ICE officer who murdered Renee Good was involved in another violent incident in June.
January 7, 2026 at 11:46 PM
BBC is reporting that the same ICE officer who murdered Renee Good was involved in another violent incident in June.