Kate
@rebelraising.bsky.social
Loudmouth, queer, mother, Green, pedestrian thinker because walking can save us. Fan of public transport infrastructure. She/her. In Scotland.
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I think Sheriff Principal N A Ross may have enjoyed writing this opinion.
"How sensory stimulation is related to religious belief is not explained. No medical diagnosis is offered, or explanation how religious belief is affected by gaudy colours."
"How sensory stimulation is related to religious belief is not explained. No medical diagnosis is offered, or explanation how religious belief is affected by gaudy colours."
In a controversial judgment, the Sheriff Appeal Court in Edinburgh has ruled that Martin Luther was the harbinger of neurotypicality.
More ⤵️
www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/ygvbue...
More ⤵️
www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/ygvbue...
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I think Sheriff Principal N A Ross may have enjoyed writing this opinion.
"How sensory stimulation is related to religious belief is not explained. No medical diagnosis is offered, or explanation how religious belief is affected by gaudy colours."
"How sensory stimulation is related to religious belief is not explained. No medical diagnosis is offered, or explanation how religious belief is affected by gaudy colours."
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Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
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Every time I think I might just manage to hold my nose and vote SNP, Swinney reminds me that he can’t be trusted. Not with education and DEFINITELY not with women’s fundamental right to healthcare and freedom. I’m a Green Party member but unlikely to have a constituency candidate 😭
November 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Every time I think I might just manage to hold my nose and vote SNP, Swinney reminds me that he can’t be trusted. Not with education and DEFINITELY not with women’s fundamental right to healthcare and freedom. I’m a Green Party member but unlikely to have a constituency candidate 😭
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Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
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"Dignity and respect" really is the "thoughts and prayers" of social murder.
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"Dignity and respect" really is the "thoughts and prayers" of social murder.
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I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
Signed Away | Sara Nović
The hearing world continues to pillage and caricature the deaf community—most recently with the proprietary, sign-based system Makaton.
thebaffler.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
Are asylum seekers people, though, according to Starmer?
Also, when he was growing up, "landline" wasn't a word. It was "the phone".
Also, when he was growing up, "landline" wasn't a word. It was "the phone".
One to bookmark. His presence on social media seems all a bit leaden.
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Are asylum seekers people, though, according to Starmer?
Also, when he was growing up, "landline" wasn't a word. It was "the phone".
Also, when he was growing up, "landline" wasn't a word. It was "the phone".
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whoever selected the photos for this article deserves an award for photo selection, this is peak photo selection, unsurpassable perfection, all other photo selector people can just get their coats and go home because this selection will never be bettered
Graham Linehan clashes with Father Ted star Ardal O’Hanlon over trans views
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/18/graham-linehan-ardal-ohanlon-anti-trans-views/?utm_content=1763480405&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/18/graham-linehan-ardal-ohanlon-anti-trans-views/?utm_content=1763480405&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Graham Linehan clashes with Father Ted star Ardal O'Hanlon over trans views
Anti-trans activist Graham Linehan has claimed Father Ted actor Ardal O'Hanlon 'disagrees' with his views on trans rights.
www.thepinknews.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
whoever selected the photos for this article deserves an award for photo selection, this is peak photo selection, unsurpassable perfection, all other photo selector people can just get their coats and go home because this selection will never be bettered
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New data shows that since @mayoroflondon.bsky.social
launched the Direct Vision Standard lorry safety scheme in London we've seen:
📉a 50% fall in people killed & seriously injured by HGVs
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️six fewer fatalities every year
tfl-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/pedestr...
launched the Direct Vision Standard lorry safety scheme in London we've seen:
📉a 50% fall in people killed & seriously injured by HGVs
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️six fewer fatalities every year
tfl-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/pedestr...
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
New data shows that since @mayoroflondon.bsky.social
launched the Direct Vision Standard lorry safety scheme in London we've seen:
📉a 50% fall in people killed & seriously injured by HGVs
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️six fewer fatalities every year
tfl-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/pedestr...
launched the Direct Vision Standard lorry safety scheme in London we've seen:
📉a 50% fall in people killed & seriously injured by HGVs
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️six fewer fatalities every year
tfl-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/pedestr...
Give views on the Edinburgh tram consultation by midnight tonight. I think urgent need to reduce car traffic requires compromises on the Roseburn Path (which I use daily). Cycling is ace, I love it (& depend on it for work) but fewer cars must be #1
consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/tram-nor...
consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/tram-nor...
Trams from Granton to Edinburgh BioQuarter and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Beyond
- City of Edinburgh Council
- Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by City of Edinburgh Council
consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Give views on the Edinburgh tram consultation by midnight tonight. I think urgent need to reduce car traffic requires compromises on the Roseburn Path (which I use daily). Cycling is ace, I love it (& depend on it for work) but fewer cars must be #1
consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/tram-nor...
consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/tram-nor...
They did this in a year when they had accepted the majority of asylum claims by people coming from Rwanda.
Another chilling aspect... The Tories simply passed a law declaring Rwanda "safe".
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
They did this in a year when they had accepted the majority of asylum claims by people coming from Rwanda.
Who looks at the phrase "Today becoming a refugee equals a lifetime of protection in Britain" and thinks "yeah that's bad, let's protect people less"? Shabana fucking Mahmood, apparently.
Westminster Hour saying potential removals/returns of refugees after 15-17-19 years causing PLP MP jitters
Presenter used "forced back to their home country as soon as it becomes safe"
That repeats ugly,unrealistic deportation fantasies from Home Office staff: obvs not what could actually happen
Presenter used "forced back to their home country as soon as it becomes safe"
That repeats ugly,unrealistic deportation fantasies from Home Office staff: obvs not what could actually happen
November 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Who looks at the phrase "Today becoming a refugee equals a lifetime of protection in Britain" and thinks "yeah that's bad, let's protect people less"? Shabana fucking Mahmood, apparently.
Finally we hear from men, how refreshing (seven of the previous ten Booker winners were also men)
ht @hfnuala.bsky.social
ht @hfnuala.bsky.social
The Guardian view on the Booker prize winner: putting masculinity back at the centre of literary fiction | Editorial
The Guardian view on the Booker prize winner: putting masculinity back at the centre of literary fiction | Editorial
Editorial: David Szalay’s Flesh breaks from a decade of female-centred interiors and reopens a genre many thought closed to men
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Finally we hear from men, how refreshing (seven of the previous ten Booker winners were also men)
ht @hfnuala.bsky.social
ht @hfnuala.bsky.social
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Using Golden Ticket to describe people who have fled war and destitution to legally seek asylum. An internationally recognized legal right that the UK is treaty bound to recognize is pure cruelty and evil. It is the language of Nazis, of deportations, of camps and life unworthy of life. Evil.
Home secretary vows to end UK’s ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers - live updates
Home secretary vows to end UK’s ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers - live updates
Home secretary vows to end UK’s ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers - live updates
www.independent.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Using Golden Ticket to describe people who have fled war and destitution to legally seek asylum. An internationally recognized legal right that the UK is treaty bound to recognize is pure cruelty and evil. It is the language of Nazis, of deportations, of camps and life unworthy of life. Evil.
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The NHS is struggling under the weight of long-term PFI debts
Yet this government are considering bringing in more private finance at the Autumn budget ⁉️
Patients must come before profit. Add your name to the petition 👇
vist.ly/4epjz
Yet this government are considering bringing in more private finance at the Autumn budget ⁉️
Patients must come before profit. Add your name to the petition 👇
vist.ly/4epjz
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The NHS is struggling under the weight of long-term PFI debts
Yet this government are considering bringing in more private finance at the Autumn budget ⁉️
Patients must come before profit. Add your name to the petition 👇
vist.ly/4epjz
Yet this government are considering bringing in more private finance at the Autumn budget ⁉️
Patients must come before profit. Add your name to the petition 👇
vist.ly/4epjz
Absolutely incredible levels of obsession. They'd literally rather the world burn than that they ever, ever just let it fucking go.
Even in conversations about saving the planet from catastrophic destruction, regressive anti-trans voices are trying to derail things by demanding climate agencies collect data about 'biological sex' rather than gender 📊🌍
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Row over definition of ‘gender’ hangs over Cop30 plans to support women
Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UN
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Absolutely incredible levels of obsession. They'd literally rather the world burn than that they ever, ever just let it fucking go.
It is the legal obligation of firms to maximise profit for shareholders. This is the problem with capitalism: organising the economy around the flow of money cannot centre real things like people and planet.
‘It is abundantly clear that corporate social responsibility was and is a myth. Even if firms claim to recognise their social and environmental responsibilities, profitability always trumps them when they clash.’
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on where our waste goes.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on where our waste goes.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Brett Christophers · Assume the worst: Where our waste goes
Just as Big Oil has repeatedly failed to deliver on pledges to begin decarbonising, so too the promises of plastics...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It is the legal obligation of firms to maximise profit for shareholders. This is the problem with capitalism: organising the economy around the flow of money cannot centre real things like people and planet.
Alice Wong, rest (in power) as a radical act.
"I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, and full of love."
time.com/6960765/alic...
"I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, and full of love."
time.com/6960765/alic...
time.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Alice Wong, rest (in power) as a radical act.
"I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, and full of love."
time.com/6960765/alic...
"I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, and full of love."
time.com/6960765/alic...
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Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reducing traffic with “carrots”: A review of the evidence
Reducing traffic volumes is one way to reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector. Since increasing driving costs is often met with public resi…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The woman who forced a GC bigot into the leadership of the EHRC against the recommendations of the parliamentary committee? Even she thinks this is bullshit?
Equalities Minister tears apart logic of EHRC’s “trans-exclusive” guidance in High Court 👇
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/equalities-minister-tears-apart-logic-of-ehrcs-trans-exclusive-guidance-in-high-court/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/equalities-minister-tears-apart-logic-of-ehrcs-trans-exclusive-guidance-in-high-court/
Equalities Minister tears apart logic of EHRC’s “trans-exclusive” guidance in High Court
The EHRC was irresponsible in rushing out "overly simplistic" and "transphobic guidance", the High Court has heard
www.wearequeeraf.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The woman who forced a GC bigot into the leadership of the EHRC against the recommendations of the parliamentary committee? Even she thinks this is bullshit?
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If we accept someone is a genuine refugee and they build a life here, perhaps have children born here, what is the advantage to us of expelling them once we’ve persuaded ourselves that their country of origin is safe?
November 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
If we accept someone is a genuine refugee and they build a life here, perhaps have children born here, what is the advantage to us of expelling them once we’ve persuaded ourselves that their country of origin is safe?
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November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Absolutely the best use case for a technology that is the ultimate in "give it a wee shot, what harm can it do?"
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Absolutely the best use case for a technology that is the ultimate in "give it a wee shot, what harm can it do?"
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Truly. This was the worst part, no different from R.Kelly:
"Some critics of the press's performance say ruefully there may have been a class element at play. As described in court documents, Epstein and his associates recruited young women from working-class backgrounds and disrupted families."
"Some critics of the press's performance say ruefully there may have been a class element at play. As described in court documents, Epstein and his associates recruited young women from working-class backgrounds and disrupted families."
It’s a genuine conspiracy.
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Truly. This was the worst part, no different from R.Kelly:
"Some critics of the press's performance say ruefully there may have been a class element at play. As described in court documents, Epstein and his associates recruited young women from working-class backgrounds and disrupted families."
"Some critics of the press's performance say ruefully there may have been a class element at play. As described in court documents, Epstein and his associates recruited young women from working-class backgrounds and disrupted families."
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🚨 * Do not forget the survivors. *
As #Epstein / #Maxwell survivor Maria Farmer says in this #60MinAustralia ep, Trump is lying. She reported her rape & trafficking to the FBI *in 1996* & Trump was named as an associate.
Full ep: The President and the Pedophile:
📺 youtu.be/qMIP4RIoCHc?...
As #Epstein / #Maxwell survivor Maria Farmer says in this #60MinAustralia ep, Trump is lying. She reported her rape & trafficking to the FBI *in 1996* & Trump was named as an associate.
Full ep: The President and the Pedophile:
📺 youtu.be/qMIP4RIoCHc?...
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🚨 * Do not forget the survivors. *
As #Epstein / #Maxwell survivor Maria Farmer says in this #60MinAustralia ep, Trump is lying. She reported her rape & trafficking to the FBI *in 1996* & Trump was named as an associate.
Full ep: The President and the Pedophile:
📺 youtu.be/qMIP4RIoCHc?...
As #Epstein / #Maxwell survivor Maria Farmer says in this #60MinAustralia ep, Trump is lying. She reported her rape & trafficking to the FBI *in 1996* & Trump was named as an associate.
Full ep: The President and the Pedophile:
📺 youtu.be/qMIP4RIoCHc?...