gerald, local guything
@thagomisemerms.bsky.social
palaeontology enthusiast and mermaid enthusiast. I have combined the two to form the ultimate interest: palaeontology-inspired mermaids.
They/Them and Ze/Zir for me!
They/Them and Ze/Zir for me!
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We’ve exceeded 72k signatures. As some of our media and politicians push a more harmful narrative, others are pushing back. This is a groundswell of compassion from everyday women for the trans, intersex and nonbinary community.
Please keep sharing with friends and family 🙏
🔗 notinourname.org.uk/
Please keep sharing with friends and family 🙏
🔗 notinourname.org.uk/
Home - Not in our name
Not In our Name: Women in support of the trans+community
notinourname.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
We’ve exceeded 72k signatures. As some of our media and politicians push a more harmful narrative, others are pushing back. This is a groundswell of compassion from everyday women for the trans, intersex and nonbinary community.
Please keep sharing with friends and family 🙏
🔗 notinourname.org.uk/
Please keep sharing with friends and family 🙏
🔗 notinourname.org.uk/
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Dear God... Where are we going, what are we doing?
Somehow calling it GBeebies doesn't seem funny anymore. It's not the teletubbies, it's a far-right propaganda channel.
For all the BBC's many faults, we need it more than ever...
www.nationalworld.com/read-this/gb...
Somehow calling it GBeebies doesn't seem funny anymore. It's not the teletubbies, it's a far-right propaganda channel.
For all the BBC's many faults, we need it more than ever...
www.nationalworld.com/read-this/gb...
GB News overtakes Sky News to become Britain’s top commercial news channel this year
GB News has overtaken Sky News to become Britain’s number one commercial news channel, according to official data.
www.nationalworld.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Dear God... Where are we going, what are we doing?
Somehow calling it GBeebies doesn't seem funny anymore. It's not the teletubbies, it's a far-right propaganda channel.
For all the BBC's many faults, we need it more than ever...
www.nationalworld.com/read-this/gb...
Somehow calling it GBeebies doesn't seem funny anymore. It's not the teletubbies, it's a far-right propaganda channel.
For all the BBC's many faults, we need it more than ever...
www.nationalworld.com/read-this/gb...
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British Quakers are refusing room bookings from terfs as policy.
If you were waiting for an org to stand up for LGBTQIA+ rights, and unflinchingly withstand bullying and lawfare, here you go, friends.
Good luck to the raging bigots, they'll get nowhere with threats.
If you were waiting for an org to stand up for LGBTQIA+ rights, and unflinchingly withstand bullying and lawfare, here you go, friends.
Good luck to the raging bigots, they'll get nowhere with threats.
December 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
British Quakers are refusing room bookings from terfs as policy.
If you were waiting for an org to stand up for LGBTQIA+ rights, and unflinchingly withstand bullying and lawfare, here you go, friends.
Good luck to the raging bigots, they'll get nowhere with threats.
If you were waiting for an org to stand up for LGBTQIA+ rights, and unflinchingly withstand bullying and lawfare, here you go, friends.
Good luck to the raging bigots, they'll get nowhere with threats.
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Fleas Navidad.
December 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Fleas Navidad.
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Starting in January, I will be amping up activity at @beyondxandy.bsky.social, including writing articles, recording video explainers, and working on a book about how studying genetics helped me accept that I was trans
Please give it a follow to stay up to date 🏳️⚧️🧬
Please give it a follow to stay up to date 🏳️⚧️🧬
It's the scientific community's duty to fight misinformation, bioessentialism, and eugenics
That's why we're launching Beyond X&Y, an educational campaign combating the rise of unscientific political propaganda used to attack trans and intersex people
Subscribe to our newsletter at beyondxandy.org
That's why we're launching Beyond X&Y, an educational campaign combating the rise of unscientific political propaganda used to attack trans and intersex people
Subscribe to our newsletter at beyondxandy.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Starting in January, I will be amping up activity at @beyondxandy.bsky.social, including writing articles, recording video explainers, and working on a book about how studying genetics helped me accept that I was trans
Please give it a follow to stay up to date 🏳️⚧️🧬
Please give it a follow to stay up to date 🏳️⚧️🧬
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Botanical rainbow in December.
Pause for a ping of dopamine 🌿
Pause for a ping of dopamine 🌿
December 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Botanical rainbow in December.
Pause for a ping of dopamine 🌿
Pause for a ping of dopamine 🌿
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The AIDS Quilt is a community art project started in the mid-80s to honour those who died of AIDS-related causes, many of whom didn't get funerals.
Each panel is 3x6 ft, approx the size of a grave. There are >50,000 panels with >110,000 names
www.aidsmemorial.org/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAMES_P...
Each panel is 3x6 ft, approx the size of a grave. There are >50,000 panels with >110,000 names
www.aidsmemorial.org/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAMES_P...
December 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The AIDS Quilt is a community art project started in the mid-80s to honour those who died of AIDS-related causes, many of whom didn't get funerals.
Each panel is 3x6 ft, approx the size of a grave. There are >50,000 panels with >110,000 names
www.aidsmemorial.org/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAMES_P...
Each panel is 3x6 ft, approx the size of a grave. There are >50,000 panels with >110,000 names
www.aidsmemorial.org/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAMES_P...
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I’m currently writing an article about Plymouth synagogue, the oldest Ashkenazi synagogue in the English-speaking world, for Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine. Part of my intent is to show how much the story of Jewish history is the story of British history and vice versa. We are not separate.
December 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I’m currently writing an article about Plymouth synagogue, the oldest Ashkenazi synagogue in the English-speaking world, for Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine. Part of my intent is to show how much the story of Jewish history is the story of British history and vice versa. We are not separate.
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Huge respect for Robin Ince. It absolutely sucks that he had to resign, that the BBC and others can’t see what he sees - the othering and demonisation of innocent people, the cruelty that is being inflicted. We should all be more like Robin - standing up for fairness, for kindness, for others
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Huge respect for Robin Ince. It absolutely sucks that he had to resign, that the BBC and others can’t see what he sees - the othering and demonisation of innocent people, the cruelty that is being inflicted. We should all be more like Robin - standing up for fairness, for kindness, for others
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This is just asking for trouble.
Sutton Hoo ship name contest urges no 'Boaty McBoatface' suggestions
Sutton Hoo Ship's Company wants help naming their replica, but urges people not to make joke suggestions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is just asking for trouble.
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I am beyond upset, YouTube has age restricted my video tonight for thinking it depicts real actual gambling. The video is on CloeverPit and contains no real gambling, but does contain a massive charity push for The Trevor Project. Last time this happened I almost quit YouTube
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I am beyond upset, YouTube has age restricted my video tonight for thinking it depicts real actual gambling. The video is on CloeverPit and contains no real gambling, but does contain a massive charity push for The Trevor Project. Last time this happened I almost quit YouTube
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Why is Wes Streeting picking over the number of autism and ADHD diagnoses when he should be focusing on why our systems of work, education and care are still so closed off to the people who get them? Well said @johnharris1969.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The right’s callous overdiagnosis bandwagon is rolling. Wes Streeting should not be on it | John Harris
Thankfully, we now know more about conditions such as autism and ADHD. The health secretary must not be part of this attempt to turn back the clock, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Why is Wes Streeting picking over the number of autism and ADHD diagnoses when he should be focusing on why our systems of work, education and care are still so closed off to the people who get them? Well said @johnharris1969.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Here we have it, Alex Norris, the Border Security and Asylum Minister, talking about deporting UK born children to countries they may never have been to, and how Labour is "ramping up the appetite" for such horrific removals. This is far beyond the last government. 78/
archive.today/2025.12.05-1...
archive.today/2025.12.05-1...
archive.today
December 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Here we have it, Alex Norris, the Border Security and Asylum Minister, talking about deporting UK born children to countries they may never have been to, and how Labour is "ramping up the appetite" for such horrific removals. This is far beyond the last government. 78/
archive.today/2025.12.05-1...
archive.today/2025.12.05-1...
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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And/or borrow them from your local library! 📚📖
The Internet is becoming increasingly unreliable. Buy books and read them.
December 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
And/or borrow them from your local library! 📚📖
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Horrific and disgusting. British citizens - this is being done in your name, especially those of you who continue to defend the horrors being proposed and perpetuated by Labour.
When will it be enough for you all?
When will it be enough for you all?
The Home Office hopes the deportation of UK-born children will be seamless', a minister has said
Labour minister wants 'seamless' deportation of UK-born children
www.thenational.scot
December 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Horrific and disgusting. British citizens - this is being done in your name, especially those of you who continue to defend the horrors being proposed and perpetuated by Labour.
When will it be enough for you all?
When will it be enough for you all?
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Thank you to Fiona from the Irish Times for interviewing me! You can read it here www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Daniel RTGame: I play video games on YouTube and now I own a house
Online gamer Daniel RTGame on building a YouTube following of 2.9 million, and how Joyce inspires him
www.irishtimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Thank you to Fiona from the Irish Times for interviewing me! You can read it here www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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The average waiting list time in West Wales for an ADHD dx is anecdotally estimated to be 55 years. But sure, Wes, any distraction from the fact doctors are about to go on strike again eh?
The deliberate framing of the review as "over-pathologisation" will continue - and worsen - the policy failure around mental health services.
In the UK it takes 10 years on average to receive a bipolar diagnosis. It took 19 years for me.
In the UK it takes 10 years on average to receive a bipolar diagnosis. It took 19 years for me.
Labour picking up where the Tories left off, looking to restrict diagnoses so they can deny people support and force them into work.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The average waiting list time in West Wales for an ADHD dx is anecdotally estimated to be 55 years. But sure, Wes, any distraction from the fact doctors are about to go on strike again eh?
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Streeting to next launch inquiry into “over-diagnosis” of left-handedness.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
December 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Streeting to next launch inquiry into “over-diagnosis” of left-handedness.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
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Hey Wes, I can save you the trouble. The reason a lot of people are struggling with their mental health in the UK is it fucking sucks here. Aside from usual late-stage capitalism stuff, everything that could be cool about living here has been systematically made worse by people like you, you cunt.
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Hey Wes, I can save you the trouble. The reason a lot of people are struggling with their mental health in the UK is it fucking sucks here. Aside from usual late-stage capitalism stuff, everything that could be cool about living here has been systematically made worse by people like you, you cunt.
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can personally attest that a good number of Christian churches are going into this Advent season absolutely out of fucks
ours might reroute the annual Las Posadas procession to go past the ICE building
ours might reroute the annual Las Posadas procession to go past the ICE building
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
can personally attest that a good number of Christian churches are going into this Advent season absolutely out of fucks
ours might reroute the annual Las Posadas procession to go past the ICE building
ours might reroute the annual Las Posadas procession to go past the ICE building
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With no disrespect to this program at all, once a certain strategy has been tested literally hundreds of times around the globe and delivered unambiguously positive results, shouldn't we stop calling it a pilot?
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
With no disrespect to this program at all, once a certain strategy has been tested literally hundreds of times around the globe and delivered unambiguously positive results, shouldn't we stop calling it a pilot?
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Imagine if bigoted billionaires and privileged ‘gender critical’ transphobes with the ear of the right-wing media had put their money and energy into lobbying about *this* - rather than obsessing over banning a handful of trans girls and elderly trans women from Girl Guides & the WI!?? 😣😤
More than a QUARTER of police forces in England and Wales still haven’t implemented basic policies for investigating sexual offences.
It’s like they don’t care. It’s scandalous, but it’s borne out by the experiences of so many women – women like Nina Cresswell.
https://bbc.in/48jP20k
It’s like they don’t care. It’s scandalous, but it’s borne out by the experiences of so many women – women like Nina Cresswell.
https://bbc.in/48jP20k
Sarah Everard report finds quarter of forces lack basic policies on sexual offences
The report, four years after the 33-year-old's murder, says urgent action is needed to prevent violent, sexual attacks against women.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Imagine if bigoted billionaires and privileged ‘gender critical’ transphobes with the ear of the right-wing media had put their money and energy into lobbying about *this* - rather than obsessing over banning a handful of trans girls and elderly trans women from Girl Guides & the WI!?? 😣😤
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For World AIDS Day, Green Party leader Zack Polanski spells out his party’s HIV agenda:
stopping transmissions by 2030
fighting stigma
making testing + PrEP accessible for all
Progress needs action ❤️🩹📣
stopping transmissions by 2030
fighting stigma
making testing + PrEP accessible for all
Progress needs action ❤️🩹📣
Green Party leader Zack Polanski: 'We need a society where HIV is met with openness, not stigma'
Philip Baldwin speaks with Green Party leader Zack Polanski for World AIDS Day about the party’s HIV priorities.
www.gaytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
For World AIDS Day, Green Party leader Zack Polanski spells out his party’s HIV agenda:
stopping transmissions by 2030
fighting stigma
making testing + PrEP accessible for all
Progress needs action ❤️🩹📣
stopping transmissions by 2030
fighting stigma
making testing + PrEP accessible for all
Progress needs action ❤️🩹📣