Anna Nicholson
@transponderings.bsky.social
AuDHD trans dysfunctional human being. She/her. Scribbler of words, music and pictures. Meds reminder. Erstwhile linguist etc.
*Please connect if we knew each other on the bird site.*
Blog: transponderings.blog
Mastodon: @[email protected]
*Please connect if we knew each other on the bird site.*
Blog: transponderings.blog
Mastodon: @[email protected]
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Under new NHS puberty blocker trial protocols, trans youth are being subjected to more than 50 assessments, intrusive exams, and over 13 hours of intrusive testing - just to access lifesaving healthcare
It demands young people re-live distress & undergo intimate examinations
#ConversionPractices
It demands young people re-live distress & undergo intimate examinations
#ConversionPractices
Trans Young People Face 50+ Tests and Hours of Intrusive Assessments in the PATHWAYS Puberty…
The publication of the PATHWAYS puberty blocker trial protocols reveals how trans young people are required to complete more than fifty…
medium.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Under new NHS puberty blocker trial protocols, trans youth are being subjected to more than 50 assessments, intrusive exams, and over 13 hours of intrusive testing - just to access lifesaving healthcare
It demands young people re-live distress & undergo intimate examinations
#ConversionPractices
It demands young people re-live distress & undergo intimate examinations
#ConversionPractices
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It’s still happening & god only knows what the infinite repeat infections are doing to your body, your kids’ bodies - but if we pretend hard enough, I’m sure we can make that bit not true
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It’s still happening & god only knows what the infinite repeat infections are doing to your body, your kids’ bodies - but if we pretend hard enough, I’m sure we can make that bit not true
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Don’t wanna be a dick or nothing but all of you posting your outrage over Covid in the past tense are demonstrably part of the problem
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Don’t wanna be a dick or nothing but all of you posting your outrage over Covid in the past tense are demonstrably part of the problem
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I wrote something reflecting on today.
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance.
Today we remember and grieve all those we have lost. But we also commit – collectively – to fighting for those of us who are left. There will be hope as long as we continue to stand together.
https://goodlaw.social/n1jn
Today we remember and grieve all those we have lost. But we also commit – collectively – to fighting for those of us who are left. There will be hope as long as we continue to stand together.
https://goodlaw.social/n1jn
goodlaw.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I wrote something reflecting on today.
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Yeah "Streeting has killed trans kids" isn't a catch phrase, he literally has. We have evidence of multiple kids taking their own lives as a result of his puberty blocker ban
We mean it literally
No one has any right to praise Streeting around me
He's a child killer, literally
We mean it literally
No one has any right to praise Streeting around me
He's a child killer, literally
"Some parents shared deeply distressing accounts of what they have heard about the services, including stories of patients as young as 11 being continually asked about their genitals and sex life."
Parents say: “They are killing our children” share.google/zAlvx2QNLX1a...
Parents say: “They are killing our children” share.google/zAlvx2QNLX1a...
Parents say: “They are killing our children”
Parents cry out in despair for their children at the NHS Sussex investigation into WellBN's prescription of gender dysphoria medication
share.google
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Yeah "Streeting has killed trans kids" isn't a catch phrase, he literally has. We have evidence of multiple kids taking their own lives as a result of his puberty blocker ban
We mean it literally
No one has any right to praise Streeting around me
He's a child killer, literally
We mean it literally
No one has any right to praise Streeting around me
He's a child killer, literally
Watch this if you have any doubts about the real dangers of current-generation AI as it’s being used:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcIm...
CW: emotional manipulation, suicide/suicidal ideation, murder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcIm...
CW: emotional manipulation, suicide/suicidal ideation, murder
Ai told me to kіӏӏ 17 people!
YouTube video by Dr. Caelan Conrad
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Watch this if you have any doubts about the real dangers of current-generation AI as it’s being used:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcIm...
CW: emotional manipulation, suicide/suicidal ideation, murder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcIm...
CW: emotional manipulation, suicide/suicidal ideation, murder
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"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
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I and the @ScottishGreens.org have long called for a worker-led Just Transition Plan for Mossmorran - this is exactly why. The Scottish Government promised to come up with a plan more than a year ago but have failed to deliver it.
November 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I and the @ScottishGreens.org have long called for a worker-led Just Transition Plan for Mossmorran - this is exactly why. The Scottish Government promised to come up with a plan more than a year ago but have failed to deliver it.
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trans people exist.
billionaires shouldn't.
billionaires shouldn't.
November 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
trans people exist.
billionaires shouldn't.
billionaires shouldn't.
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Islamophobia does not only appear in headlines. It shows up in schools, workplaces, services, and community spaces. For Autistic Muslims, this often means navigating both Islamophobia and ableism at the same time. In recent years, the UK has witnessed a deeply troubling rise in #Islamophobia.
November 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Islamophobia does not only appear in headlines. It shows up in schools, workplaces, services, and community spaces. For Autistic Muslims, this often means navigating both Islamophobia and ableism at the same time. In recent years, the UK has witnessed a deeply troubling rise in #Islamophobia.
This article by @brettscott.bsky.social may be a couple of years old, but it will probably still be relevant until we overthrow capitalism. An excellent read.
www.asomo.co/p/tech-doesn...
www.asomo.co/p/tech-doesn...
Tech doesn’t make our lives easier. It makes them faster
Breaking through the illusion of convenience that's used to sell us automation
www.asomo.co
November 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This article by @brettscott.bsky.social may be a couple of years old, but it will probably still be relevant until we overthrow capitalism. An excellent read.
www.asomo.co/p/tech-doesn...
www.asomo.co/p/tech-doesn...
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Scotland could support around 400 wild lynx, helping to restore our world renowned nature and biodiversity.
They were once native here before being driven to extinction.
We're bringing their reintroduction to a vote in the Scottish Parliament. 🐈
They were once native here before being driven to extinction.
We're bringing their reintroduction to a vote in the Scottish Parliament. 🐈
Lynx reintroduction 'crucial' to restoring Scotland's biodiversity, say Greens
REINTRODUCING Lynx would be a crucial step in restoring Scotland’s world-renowned nature and biodiversity, the Scottish Greens have said.
www.thenational.scot
November 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Scotland could support around 400 wild lynx, helping to restore our world renowned nature and biodiversity.
They were once native here before being driven to extinction.
We're bringing their reintroduction to a vote in the Scottish Parliament. 🐈
They were once native here before being driven to extinction.
We're bringing their reintroduction to a vote in the Scottish Parliament. 🐈
‘An attempt to create a work that encompasses everything humanity has created while simultaneously trying to remove as much of ourselves from the creative process as we possibly can.’
– Thomas Flight on AI ‘art’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFit...
– Thomas Flight on AI ‘art’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFit...
Why AI "Art" Feels So Wrong
YouTube video by Thomas Flight
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
‘An attempt to create a work that encompasses everything humanity has created while simultaneously trying to remove as much of ourselves from the creative process as we possibly can.’
– Thomas Flight on AI ‘art’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFit...
– Thomas Flight on AI ‘art’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFit...
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Cycling UK are campaigning for infrastructure which is safe for everyone to use, noting that women often feel least safe in existing infrastructure. Safe cycling (and active travel) is a social and environmental justice issue.
cyclingUK.org/myrideourright
@davewalker.bsky.social
cyclingUK.org/myrideourright
@davewalker.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Cycling UK are campaigning for infrastructure which is safe for everyone to use, noting that women often feel least safe in existing infrastructure. Safe cycling (and active travel) is a social and environmental justice issue.
cyclingUK.org/myrideourright
@davewalker.bsky.social
cyclingUK.org/myrideourright
@davewalker.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The government is right to be worried about the potential impact of the EHRC's Code of Practice. Following our joint letter with over 650 businesses, many MPs have realised that this bathroom ban is unworkable.
But we have to keep the pressure up.
Act now 👇
www.transsolidarityalliance.com
But we have to keep the pressure up.
Act now 👇
www.transsolidarityalliance.com
You'll have to ignore the buckets of anti-trans campaigning commentary in the piece, but the basic news is quite simple. The EHRC has failed to get the government to accept its anti-guidance in haste. Something is holding it up, perhaps for another a year www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rules forcing trans people to use birth-sex facilities delayed
The Equality and Human Rights Commission set out statutory guidance on how gyms, clubs and hospitals must judge single-sex spaces based on biology
www.thetimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The government is right to be worried about the potential impact of the EHRC's Code of Practice. Following our joint letter with over 650 businesses, many MPs have realised that this bathroom ban is unworkable.
But we have to keep the pressure up.
Act now 👇
www.transsolidarityalliance.com
But we have to keep the pressure up.
Act now 👇
www.transsolidarityalliance.com
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This is literally Nazi shit. This is what the Nazis did. If you support this, you are a Nazi, and if that makes you upset, then STOP BEING A FUCKING NAZI
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is literally Nazi shit. This is what the Nazis did. If you support this, you are a Nazi, and if that makes you upset, then STOP BEING A FUCKING NAZI
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the mainstream media refuses to acknowledge this as a genocidal act, but the message is clear: the Trump regime doesn't want any new trans people, and will do everything it can to eliminate those of us that already exist
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
the mainstream media refuses to acknowledge this as a genocidal act, but the message is clear: the Trump regime doesn't want any new trans people, and will do everything it can to eliminate those of us that already exist
I’m not, and never have been, a Lib Dem, but there are good arguments made in Appendix B of this open letter from LGBT+ Lib Dems to the party leadership.
Please sign our open letter to the @libdems.org.uk party asling for the awful decision over diversity quotas to be scrapped. 👇
lgbtlibdems.org.uk/civicrm/peti...
lgbtlibdems.org.uk/civicrm/peti...
Lib Dem Internal Elections 2025 – LGBT+ Liberal Democrats
lgbtlibdems.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I’m not, and never have been, a Lib Dem, but there are good arguments made in Appendix B of this open letter from LGBT+ Lib Dems to the party leadership.
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2000+ Edinburgh and West Lothian Greens... and more every day!
@scottishgreens.org are surging. There's never been a better time to join the movement: greens.scot/join.
@scottishgreens.org are surging. There's never been a better time to join the movement: greens.scot/join.
October 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
2000+ Edinburgh and West Lothian Greens... and more every day!
@scottishgreens.org are surging. There's never been a better time to join the movement: greens.scot/join.
@scottishgreens.org are surging. There's never been a better time to join the movement: greens.scot/join.
Armistead Maupin’s message to transphobes including JKR:
‘Stop with your judgemental bullshit!’ ☺️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GubB...
‘Stop with your judgemental bullshit!’ ☺️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GubB...
Holding Forth: In Support of Trans Folks
YouTube video by Armistead Maupin
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Armistead Maupin’s message to transphobes including JKR:
‘Stop with your judgemental bullshit!’ ☺️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GubB...
‘Stop with your judgemental bullshit!’ ☺️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GubB...
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I absolutely agree that people with Indefinite Leave to Remain should have the right to vote in General Elections, if you do too then please sign this and share it!
I always keep an eye on new Parliamentary petitions, and think this one is worth supporting.
It makes sense to give more migrants a say in the democratic process when their continued existence in this country is under threat from politicians in Reform, the Conservatives and Labour.
It makes sense to give more migrants a say in the democratic process when their continued existence in this country is under threat from politicians in Reform, the Conservatives and Labour.
Petition: Allow people with Indefinite Leave to Remain to vote in parliamentary elections
Extend voting in UK parliamentary elections to include those who have been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR).
petition.parliament.uk
October 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I absolutely agree that people with Indefinite Leave to Remain should have the right to vote in General Elections, if you do too then please sign this and share it!
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It's a shame,
of course,
that it must be like this
But anything else is just
Magical thinking
Utopianism
Communism
Reckless
Fantasy.
of course,
that it must be like this
But anything else is just
Magical thinking
Utopianism
Communism
Reckless
Fantasy.
There's this narrow political consensus shared by most mainstream politicians, the vast majority of politics-adjacent journalists, and only a small proportion of the population at large, which insists that very little change is possible: that we simply must keep doing the same things, again & again.
October 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
It's a shame,
of course,
that it must be like this
But anything else is just
Magical thinking
Utopianism
Communism
Reckless
Fantasy.
of course,
that it must be like this
But anything else is just
Magical thinking
Utopianism
Communism
Reckless
Fantasy.
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white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
bsky.app/profile/did:...
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
bsky.app/profile/did:...
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Not gonna quote dunk the AI guy everyone is quote dunking on, but I will say this: if* a tool is only useful if I "invest time to understand it", is it actually that useful?
*Big if in this case.
*Big if in this case.
October 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Not gonna quote dunk the AI guy everyone is quote dunking on, but I will say this: if* a tool is only useful if I "invest time to understand it", is it actually that useful?
*Big if in this case.
*Big if in this case.