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tacc.org.uk
Bassetlaw’s transgender community at increased risk of harm.

Reject the anti-trans and discriminatory motion proposed by Reform councillors, to be considered at the Council’s Extraordinary Meeting on 3 February 2026.

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/op...
Open Letter to the Bassetlaw District Council in Defence of Trans Residents
On February 3rd, Bassetlaw District Council will vote on a motion proposed by Reform councillors. This motion isn't just "misleading"—it’s dangerous. It seeks to ban trans women from council services...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 14, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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cybertrix.bsky.social
He has the most testosterone
And the worst diet
The healthiest and most energetic
The best at acing cognitive decline assessments
The smartest you've ever met
And the best at bankrupting casinos and countries
The most racist
The most fascist
In the most files
More child rapes than anyone
And murders
January 15, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
On my way to the Supreme Court where I'll be proud to support 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, West Virginia's only transgender athlete, as she opposes the state's effort to ban her from playing as herself.

Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right
January 13, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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martinbarrow.bsky.social
Councils in England and Wales spend more than £150m per year fighting parents seeking special needs support for their children - despite losing over 99% of cases.

www.lbc.co.uk/article/coun...
Councils spend £150m fighting SEND parents in court - despite losing 99% of cases | LBC
Councils in England and Wales are shelling out over £150m per year fighting parents seeking special needs support for their children - despite losing over 99% of cases.
www.lbc.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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wearequeeraf.com
“The worst thing I’ve ever been through” - new study examines young people’s experiences in NHS England gender clinics.

Source below 👇
January 15, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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bylinetimes.bsky.social
🔴The Missing Voice

A Venezuelan journalist, who is desperate to speak out about recent events, but cannot for fear for their family, writes anonymously about what could happen next

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-missin...
The Missing Voice
A Venezuelan journalist, who is desperate to speak out about recent events, but cannot for fear for their family, writes anonymously about what could happen next
www.bylinesupplement.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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bylinetimes.bsky.social
🔴A Year of Living Dangerously in Trump’s America

I no longer feel safe to speak or act freely in a country where people are being arbitrarily detained and killed and where the truth is becoming whatever Donald Trump says it is, reports @alexhh.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2026/01/15/a...
A Year of Living Dangerously in Trump's America
I no longer feel safe to speak or act freely in a country where people are being arbitrarily detained and killed and where the truth is becoming whatever Donald Trump says it is, reports Alexandra Hal...
bylinetimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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fiercemum.bsky.social
Wes Streeting emphasising the NHS has adopted a 'holistic' model of care for trans kids.

Please read this first peer reviewed article on what that looks like in practice:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 14, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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sarahoconnellshow.com
This was May 2024. How did we get from that to this?
GUILTY ON ALL 34 FELONY CHARGES
January 14, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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goodlawproject.bsky.social
After 73 days, Heba, Kamran and Lewie have ended their hunger strikes.

For weeks, tens of thousands of us have been begging Lammy to meet with their lawyers. They had ample time to respond, but did not listen. The government still refuses to engage.
Text that reads "After 73 days, Heba, Kamran and Lewie have ended their hunger strikes. They, along with their brave fellow prisoners who were also striking, have pushed their bodies to the absolute limit and will likely have long term health consequences as a result. Umer is still on hunger strike. But their efforts were not in vain. Their hunger strike ends with the announcement that Elbit Systems UK was denied a £2 billion contract with the Ministry of Defence - one of their key demands. For weeks, tens of thousands of us have been begging Lammy to meet with their lawyers. They had ample time to respond, but did not listen. The government still refuses to engage. We know that this is not the end. We stand in solidarity with those fighting for the people of Palestine"
January 14, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
I was naive enough to believe that Starmer was a man misled - but the more I read and the more I think of how he entirely changed his intentions after winning the leadership , the more I realise what a dodgy do this whole thing is
January 15, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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#TransRights
January 14, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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robinince.bsky.social
This terrified of biscuits story is pretty full on strange - but having started to read The Fraud, I’m getting the gist of what Labour has become.

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Labour's housing minister Steve Reed called the police on a school after learning staff were giving out biscuits with Palestine flag icing on them, which he said was so "antisemitic" that it made his relative "vomit in fear." The police did not respond to his report, he told Jewish News in an interview published on Sunday, but his neighbours confronted school staff because the biscuits were "scaring their children" He told the outlet: "Two Jewish mums came to see me at my advice surgery, to tell me that there had been a cultural day at their children's school where they were given biscuits in the shape of Israel and then iced them with the flag of Palestine." He said staff at the cultural day were "teaching children things that are antisemitic" and his government must "understand where this is coming from and root it out right at the source." "The police didn't even come when we called the police. I had my neighbours out there shouting at them because they were scaring their children. I had a member of my family vomiting down the toilet in fear," he added. "Even though I was able to give the names of two of those individuals to the police, nobody was ever prosecuted for it. The person that organised the incident is a teacher trainer." Reed has received £2,800 in donations from the Israel lobby since 2013, according to 2024 figures compiled by Declassified UK. The Labour government, which has militarily and diplomatically supported Israel's genocide in Gaza for 18 months, has been repeatedly criticised for amplifying spurious claims of antisemitism against supporters of Palestine. But it is believed this is the first such accusation involving a biscuit.
January 14, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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avavidal.bsky.social
Paywall gone. Have always said comedy should punch up and not down. The transgender ‘jokes’ are not for me! Read and share x.com/indyvoices/s...
January 14, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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bylinetimes.bsky.social
🔴Protesters With Palestine Action Placards Handed £100 Fines Rather Than Face Prosecution

The levies, which are the equivalent of a parking fine, reveal the ridiculousness of attempts to prevent protesters from supporting the proscribed group, say campaigners

bylinetimes.com/2026/01/14/p...
Protesters With Palestine Action Placards Handed £100 Fines Rather Than Face Prosecution
The levies, which are the equivalent of a parking fine, reveal the ridiculousness of attempts to prevent protesters from supporting the proscribed group, say campaigners
bylinetimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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goodlawproject.bsky.social
Social media shouldn't be banned for under-16s. Here are four reasons why ⬇️ And the fourth is the one people never talk about...
January 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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markgrimshawtism.bsky.social
Again, at this point, I really have to question the intentions of Esther Ghey, a woman whose daughter was killed in an anti-trans hate crime, and immediately set up an organisation in Brianna’s name to campaign against phones, despite Brianna finding community online, and not transphobia.
gemma.transwrites.world rough buddy @gemma.transwrites.world · 1d
love how much time effort and money is being put in to ban 13, 14 and 15 year olds from social media which they will definitely still be able to use.

*I'm not calling it a ban for under 16s as under 13s are generally already disallowed use by platforms and hey guess what. it doesn't work.
January 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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rachael-p.bsky.social
It's only UK trans people that the BBC feels it needs to use the biologicial slur for -- but the British public can perfectly well understand "transgender women and girls" when they are in the USA.
US Supreme Court appears likely to uphold restrictions on trans athletes
Lawyers for trans athletes told the conservative-leaning court they were not asking for an “unfair biological advantage”.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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robinince.bsky.social
I have often talked about @vaginamuseum.bsky.social in my The Universe and the Neurodiverse show - worth supporting
vaginamuseum.bsky.social Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social · 1d
The Vagina Museum exists because of voluntary donations. We literally couldn't do it without you. Until the end of the month, donations made to our fundraising campaign to support our running costs are doubled by a kind charitable foundation. www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
Bluesky flagged the image thumbnail from a charity fundraising page as “adult content” (it was not). This is a placeholder so you'll see this post in a world of digital censorship. We're honestly really annoyed we have to do this. Help us educate through this hostile climate.
January 14, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
Each day they seem to wear their hatred and fear of women in ever brighter colours - why don’t they just say “some women do not obey and they must face the consequences”
mmfa.bsky.social Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 1d
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 14, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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reactiveashley.cat
It looks defamatory to me.
gnutiez.bsky.social GnutieZ @gnutiez.bsky.social · 1d
www.bbc.com headline change

⚠️ Framing Shift (9/10) ➡️

http://visual.gnutiez.de/dashboard

New text is now
Kneecap terrorism charge appeal case begins at High Court
www.bbc.com headline change ⚠️ Framing Shift (9/10) ➡️ http://visual.gnutiez.de/dashboard New text is now Kneecap terrorism charge appeal case begins at High Court
January 14, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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fiercemum.bsky.social
Wow, a UK A-level exam board emphasising totally unsubstantiated theories of 'social influence' and centring Littman. It is so hard when anti-trans ideologues without any care for fact or evidence have such routes to establishment power.
nightkristina.bsky.social Kristina 🏳️‍⚧️🌙 @nightkristina.bsky.social · 23h
I've just seen this on r/transgenderUK - www.reddit.com/r/transgende...

A quick search allowed me to find the exam board - it is AQA.

Exact page: www.savemyexams.com/a-level/psyc...

Complain to AQA here: www.aqa.org.uk/contact-us/c...
psychology A-level’s bioessentialist explanation on trans people my friend sent this to me while revising, this is nauseating. can someone, anyone, write something to the exam boards to get this part of the spec written correctly with educated, accurate information or at the very least removed. inflicting hoards of students and future psychologists with the impression that we’re sick or wrong. they don’t even try to hide the bias, it’s like they cannot fathom that trans people exist because that’s the gender they are internally, no it’s because of genetic disorders and “stealing” their parent’s identity due to separation anxiety. I don’t even know how to respond to the bit about becoming trans because you were socialised that way. not only is it ridiculous to claim that there are enough parents in the world who would forcefully do that but it literally goes against the very foundation, almost universal trans experience of going AGAINST how you grew up being socialised. the entire summary of this whole topic is “they’re not actually the gender they say they are” this has to be part of a government scheme oh my days. did they even let a single trans person weigh in when they decided to add all this bullshit? and the way they very sneakily avoid adding any statistics like youth suicide rates when it’s a whole other topic they have to study
January 14, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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asherwolf.bsky.social
AI use for progress notes is causing serious privacy and clinical risks in aged care. Professional bodies need to act. AI shouldnt be used for client notes and reports hellocare.com.au/ai-use-for-p...
AI use for progress notes is causing serious privacy and clinical risks in aged care - Hellocare
Workforce pressure is pushing aged care staff towards AI for clinical documentation, but public tools come with hidden dangers. From Privacy Act breaches to misleading progress notes, poorly governed ...
hellocare.com.au
January 14, 2026 at 4:16 AM
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profrachelgan.bsky.social
Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
Dear Sir Paul, Re: Royal Society Code of Conduct I am sure that many scientists have written to you about the specific question of Elon Musk’s Fellowship and whether, under the Royal Society’s Code of Conduct, his retaining that Fellowship is appropriate. I will not rehash these issues. Instead, as a female scientist with extensive experience of activities aiming to increase equality, diversity and inclusion in the engineering and physical sciences sector, I am writing to you (in a personal capacity) to ask you to reconsider the statements you have recently made in this context to the UK press about the Royal Society’s Code of Conduct and how it is applied. A 2018 report from the joint National Academies of the United States of America, concluded that “sexual harassment is common in academic science, engineering, and medicine” and that “greater than 50 percent of women faculty and staff and 20–50 percent of women students encounter or experience sexually harassing conduct in academia”. This report described codes of conduct that make clear that sexual harassment is unethical and will not be tolerated as a “powerful incentive for change”. The authors also noted that sexual harassment can have significant and damaging effects on the integrity of research. In my own praxis, I have found that clear and consistently-implemented codes of conduct that address these issues make female scientists and engineers safer, and allow them to focus more effectively on their research. For codes of conduct to have such a positive effect, it is vital that sanctions for actions which transgress the code are meaningful and substantial. I was hence aghast to realise that in an interview with the Financial Times published on 9/1/26, you appear to have suggested that the Royal Society “should only expel fellows if their science proved “faulty or fraudulent or highly defective””. Moreover, in a further interview with the Guardian on 11/1/26 you suggested that the code “may need to be looked at again”, with the implication that your aim would be to remove the option of sanctions on Fellows for reasons not strictly related to faults or defects in their research. I suggest that changing the Royal Society’s code of conduct so that the likelihood of serious sanctions for sexual harassment is reduced, would directly endanger women who interact with the Royal Society at events or otherwise, and would provide a licence to harass to the already powerful people on whom the Society bestows fellowship. The implications of your words - that under your leadership the only infringements of the code which are likely to receive the sanction of the Fellowship being removed are those related to research misconduct - already risk empowering harassers. You stated, in the Financial Times interview, that “there’s many bad people around, but they have made scientific advances”. Given this awareness of the possibility of bad actors in our scientific community, it is wholly irresponsible to suggest that the Royal Society would not act to sanction these people if they harass more vulnerable scientists. I am hence writing to request that you retract any suggestion that the Society’s Code of Conduct should be changed so that the only reason a Fellow might be sanctioned by the removal of their Fellowship is “faulty or fraudulent or highly defective” research. This action is necessary to safeguard female scientists, a requirement placed on the Society by safeguarding legislation and UK statutory guidance. Yours sincerely, Professor Rachel A. Oliver.
January 12, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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robinince.bsky.social
Very disappointing - also, how many fellows of the Royal Society are there who are not scientists but business men ?
The UK ~ Guardian Royal Society Royal Society president reignites Elon Musk row by defending lack of action Society should only eject fellows for fraud or other defects in their research, says Paul Nurse Nicola Davis Science correspondent
January 14, 2026 at 8:42 AM