Owen Blacker
@owenblacker.bsky.social
🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏴🇵🇸♿⧖ he/him, cis.
Queer political geek; proud social justice warrior+trans ally. Queering Wikipedia (and chair of @wmlgbt.org), Open Rights Group, ex-mySociety. Dysgwr. My opinions, not my employer’s.
t.me/owenblacker
owen.blacker.me.uk
Queer political geek; proud social justice warrior+trans ally. Queering Wikipedia (and chair of @wmlgbt.org), Open Rights Group, ex-mySociety. Dysgwr. My opinions, not my employer’s.
t.me/owenblacker
owen.blacker.me.uk
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"Assume everyone I interact with online is struggling with their mental health" has only become a more important guiding principle in the past couple years
My personal guidelines for dealing with people on social media:
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"Assume everyone I interact with online is struggling with their mental health" has only become a more important guiding principle in the past couple years
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Life Is Too Short to spend time with shitty people, even if they ARE your family.
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Life Is Too Short to spend time with shitty people, even if they ARE your family.
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Funny that! Once again it’s poor people can’t have nice things
Very telling that they're not coming after the gallons of salt and fat in high end restaurants, just what they view as grubby!
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Funny that! Once again it’s poor people can’t have nice things
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Very telling that they're not coming after the gallons of salt and fat in high end restaurants, just what they view as grubby!
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Very telling that they're not coming after the gallons of salt and fat in high end restaurants, just what they view as grubby!
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What kind of idiots take this long to get kids out of poverty when they could have done this at any moment sooner? It boggles the mind. I boggle. At least some kids will get some damn help.
UK's Reeves scraps two-child welfare cap to cut poverty reut.rs/4p46zRD
UK's Reeves scraps two-child welfare cap to cut poverty
Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday a two-child limit on welfare payments would be scrapped in April to help reduce child poverty rates, a move estimated to cost 3.1 billion pounds ($4 billion) by 2029-30.
reut.rs
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
What kind of idiots take this long to get kids out of poverty when they could have done this at any moment sooner? It boggles the mind. I boggle. At least some kids will get some damn help.
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How the hell do people think something like this is supposed to work? "Shove it back up there and see if you can keep baking it!"
I'm not saying American science/health education is terrible but oh wait I am.
I'm not saying American science/health education is terrible but oh wait I am.
AI Chatbots are directing people to an anti-abortion hotline that pushes an unproven "abortion pill reversal."
There's no scientific proof that an "abortion pill reversal" is safe or that this treatment works.
This guidance is incredibly dangerous.
There's no scientific proof that an "abortion pill reversal" is safe or that this treatment works.
This guidance is incredibly dangerous.
AI Chatbots Give Harmful Tip to Users Seeking Abortion Reversal
Popular AI chatbots are routinely steering users who ask for advice on reversing an abortion to a hotline that promotes an unproven and potentially dangerous treatment, according to a new report.
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
How the hell do people think something like this is supposed to work? "Shove it back up there and see if you can keep baking it!"
I'm not saying American science/health education is terrible but oh wait I am.
I'm not saying American science/health education is terrible but oh wait I am.
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The low-down on another low for Mr. Trump and his cronies. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The low-down on another low for Mr. Trump and his cronies. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
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Q: Why did Donald Trump bury Ivana on one of his golf courses?
A: So he could still cheat on her.
A: So he could still cheat on her.
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Q: Why did Donald Trump bury Ivana on one of his golf courses?
A: So he could still cheat on her.
A: So he could still cheat on her.
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As I keep saying the lack of italians french and spanish staffing restaurants these days is VERY noticeable!
Even more mental when you consider these were the same people who were telling white europeans to sling their hooks a decade ago.
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
As I keep saying the lack of italians french and spanish staffing restaurants these days is VERY noticeable!
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Even more mental when you consider these were the same people who were telling white europeans to sling their hooks a decade ago.
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Even more mental when you consider these were the same people who were telling white europeans to sling their hooks a decade ago.
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#TodayInQueerHistory
November 26 (1943)
Notorious, yet discreet, lesbian & sewing machine heiress, Winnaretta Singer dies. She enjoyed a lavender marriage with Prince Edmond de Polignac, with whom she shared a love of music. Before her death, she arranged concerts to raise funds for the red cross.
November 26 (1943)
Notorious, yet discreet, lesbian & sewing machine heiress, Winnaretta Singer dies. She enjoyed a lavender marriage with Prince Edmond de Polignac, with whom she shared a love of music. Before her death, she arranged concerts to raise funds for the red cross.
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 26 (1943)
Notorious, yet discreet, lesbian & sewing machine heiress, Winnaretta Singer dies. She enjoyed a lavender marriage with Prince Edmond de Polignac, with whom she shared a love of music. Before her death, she arranged concerts to raise funds for the red cross.
November 26 (1943)
Notorious, yet discreet, lesbian & sewing machine heiress, Winnaretta Singer dies. She enjoyed a lavender marriage with Prince Edmond de Polignac, with whom she shared a love of music. Before her death, she arranged concerts to raise funds for the red cross.
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Every conversation about increasing birthrates has a silent “white”. Every time the article mentions babies or children just put “white” in front of the word
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Every conversation about increasing birthrates has a silent “white”. Every time the article mentions babies or children just put “white” in front of the word
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Our bar area was repurposed as a makeshift trauma unit so A&E could treat any injured. Seriously
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Our bar area was repurposed as a makeshift trauma unit so A&E could treat any injured. Seriously
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I work at a place that was right in the middle of where this happened, it was legitimately a traumatic day for everyone
There's a lot of attempts at mitigating what he did here. Normal family man, royal marine, moment of madness, road rage etc.
This geezer drove a people carrier into a crowd ffs, he should not be in polite society. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This geezer drove a people carrier into a crowd ffs, he should not be in polite society. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Former Royal Marine pleads guilty to injuring 29 people at Liverpool FC parade
Paul Doyle, who drove into a crowd of celebrating football fans in May, changes plea unexpectedly
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I work at a place that was right in the middle of where this happened, it was legitimately a traumatic day for everyone
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There's a lot of attempts at mitigating what he did here. Normal family man, royal marine, moment of madness, road rage etc.
This geezer drove a people carrier into a crowd ffs, he should not be in polite society. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This geezer drove a people carrier into a crowd ffs, he should not be in polite society. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Former Royal Marine pleads guilty to injuring 29 people at Liverpool FC parade
Paul Doyle, who drove into a crowd of celebrating football fans in May, changes plea unexpectedly
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
There's a lot of attempts at mitigating what he did here. Normal family man, royal marine, moment of madness, road rage etc.
This geezer drove a people carrier into a crowd ffs, he should not be in polite society. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This geezer drove a people carrier into a crowd ffs, he should not be in polite society. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Meanwhile the Brexit that this turdblossom agitated for is costing the UK £90Bn in lost tax revenue EVERY YEAR and not producing anything, while the "welfare regime" he's complaining about subsidizes low-income workers in employment and pays for free healthcare for all. Hypocrite.
Reflections on the budget from the head of Students4Reform
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Meanwhile the Brexit that this turdblossom agitated for is costing the UK £90Bn in lost tax revenue EVERY YEAR and not producing anything, while the "welfare regime" he's complaining about subsidizes low-income workers in employment and pays for free healthcare for all. Hypocrite.
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Join us in Cardiff on 29th November for our World AIDS day editathon where we’ll be adding and updating Wikipedia articles about AIDS. Brand new and experienced editors welcome. For more information or to register visit tinyurl.com/ytb367hy
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Join us in Cardiff on 29th November for our World AIDS day editathon where we’ll be adding and updating Wikipedia articles about AIDS. Brand new and experienced editors welcome. For more information or to register visit tinyurl.com/ytb367hy
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Ymuno â ni yng Nghaerdydd ar 29ain Tachwedd ar gyfer ein golygathon Diwrnod AIDS y byd. Byddwn greu a golygu erthyglau ynghylch AIDS. Croeso cynnes i olygwyr newydd sbon a golygwyr profiadol. Am fwy o wybodaeth ewch i tinyurl.com/ytb367hy
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Ymuno â ni yng Nghaerdydd ar 29ain Tachwedd ar gyfer ein golygathon Diwrnod AIDS y byd. Byddwn greu a golygu erthyglau ynghylch AIDS. Croeso cynnes i olygwyr newydd sbon a golygwyr profiadol. Am fwy o wybodaeth ewch i tinyurl.com/ytb367hy
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Also a lil’ behind-the-curtain re: conversations around supporting queer/trans artists—if and when the book earns out one day, the royalties are to be split evenly with all the contributing writers and translators!
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Also a lil’ behind-the-curtain re: conversations around supporting queer/trans artists—if and when the book earns out one day, the royalties are to be split evenly with all the contributing writers and translators!
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As you’re doing holiday shopping, consider Amplitudes!
I’m proud of this project, and all our contributors—folks from more than 6 countries, each bringing unique perspectives and stories about queer/trans futurity, community, and survival even or especially through difficult times—did amazing work.
I’m proud of this project, and all our contributors—folks from more than 6 countries, each bringing unique perspectives and stories about queer/trans futurity, community, and survival even or especially through difficult times—did amazing work.
For #transawarenessweek, a bump for Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity!
Featuring contributors from across the globe, including both familiar and fresh voices, it gathers 22 speculative stories about queer and trans futures—and I hope at least one of them will hit for you 🖤
Featuring contributors from across the globe, including both familiar and fresh voices, it gathers 22 speculative stories about queer and trans futures—and I hope at least one of them will hit for you 🖤
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
As you’re doing holiday shopping, consider Amplitudes!
I’m proud of this project, and all our contributors—folks from more than 6 countries, each bringing unique perspectives and stories about queer/trans futurity, community, and survival even or especially through difficult times—did amazing work.
I’m proud of this project, and all our contributors—folks from more than 6 countries, each bringing unique perspectives and stories about queer/trans futurity, community, and survival even or especially through difficult times—did amazing work.
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It’s very funny how they keep trying to make this story stick, yet it’s all they’ve got and it still won’t land. Flop harder!!
Watch as Rachel Reeves brands Greens leader Zack Polanski a 'keen hypnotherapist'
🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It’s very funny how they keep trying to make this story stick, yet it’s all they’ve got and it still won’t land. Flop harder!!
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
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Just in time for World AIDS Day (which the US has pulled out of, in addition to wrecking the global AIDS response). #RFKJr is an AIDS denialist. Yes. A la Peter Duesberg. Thabo Mbeki. Just mind-boggling.
This week’s Whopper of the Week we focus on RFK Jr.'s embrace of AIDS denialism- which parallels RFK's other anti-science beliefs.
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Has Plainly Stated His Belief in the Falsehoods of AIDS Denialism | Defend Public Health
In June 2023, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told New York Magazine, "There are much better candidates than HIV for what causes AIDS." This is blatantly false, contradicted by mountains of data and real-world ...
www.defendpublichealth.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just in time for World AIDS Day (which the US has pulled out of, in addition to wrecking the global AIDS response). #RFKJr is an AIDS denialist. Yes. A la Peter Duesberg. Thabo Mbeki. Just mind-boggling.
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Maybe you’re considering using doxyPEP or maybe it's already part of your sexual health routine. If either is the case, this page is for you, as there are some important points to consider.
DoxyPEP: Using antibiotics to prevent STIs
Taking the antibiotic doxycycline after sex works well to prevent syphilis and chlamydia for gay and bisexual men, and trans women.
www.aidsmap.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Maybe you’re considering using doxyPEP or maybe it's already part of your sexual health routine. If either is the case, this page is for you, as there are some important points to consider.
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Reminder that lesbians have a more positive view of trans people than trans people do
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Reminder that lesbians have a more positive view of trans people than trans people do