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Iowa has introduced a head-bangingly idiotic bill that would mandate facial scans and IDs in order to access ISPs, cloud services, wireless services, search engines, cable and seemingly any other telecommunication that might traffic in "obscene" content.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Iowa has introduced a head-bangingly idiotic bill that would mandate facial scans and IDs in order to access ISPs, cloud services, wireless services, search engines, cable and seemingly any other telecommunication that might traffic in "obscene" content.
www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...
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Still not seen the full judgment, but notably the ET dismissed the harassment claim against Rose Henderson, the trans woman in the Darlington Nurses case.
Yet another trans woman who has been publicly demonised after doing nothing wrong.
Yet another trans woman who has been publicly demonised after doing nothing wrong.
January 16, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Still not seen the full judgment, but notably the ET dismissed the harassment claim against Rose Henderson, the trans woman in the Darlington Nurses case.
Yet another trans woman who has been publicly demonised after doing nothing wrong.
Yet another trans woman who has been publicly demonised after doing nothing wrong.
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ICE is using a Palantir tool that uses Medicaid and other government data to stalk people for arrest, 404 Media reports. This is exactly the kind of data privacy abuse that EFF has been warning about.
Report: ICE Using Palantir Tool That Feeds On Medicaid Data
ICE is using a Palantir tool that uses Medicaid and other government data to stalk people for arrest. This is exactly the kind of data privacy abuse that EFF has been warning about.
www.eff.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:05 AM
ICE is using a Palantir tool that uses Medicaid and other government data to stalk people for arrest, 404 Media reports. This is exactly the kind of data privacy abuse that EFF has been warning about.
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Wes Streeting calls his harmful and dangerous Conversion Therapy approach to banning lifesaving treatments for trans kids “holistic”.
It is about as holistic as giving someone counseling for diabetes instead of insulin. He is deliberately harming trans kids.
He disgusts me.
It is about as holistic as giving someone counseling for diabetes instead of insulin. He is deliberately harming trans kids.
He disgusts me.
Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban
This paper presents an analysis of data from trans children and young people and their parents following the imposition of a UK-wide ban on puberty blockers for this group. The consequences of this...
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January 14, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Wes Streeting calls his harmful and dangerous Conversion Therapy approach to banning lifesaving treatments for trans kids “holistic”.
It is about as holistic as giving someone counseling for diabetes instead of insulin. He is deliberately harming trans kids.
He disgusts me.
It is about as holistic as giving someone counseling for diabetes instead of insulin. He is deliberately harming trans kids.
He disgusts me.
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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
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...
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EXCL: Wes Streeting has asked Jonathan Haidt, a bestselling author and high-profile advocate of banning social media for under-16s, to speak to officials in his push for UK to consider following Australia’s landmark ban - @kiranstacey.bsky.social reports
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
Wes Streeting asks US expert Jonathan Haidt to address officials on social media ban for under-16s
Exclusive: Health secretary issues invitation in push for UK to consider copying landmark restrictions in Australia
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:24 AM
EXCL: Wes Streeting has asked Jonathan Haidt, a bestselling author and high-profile advocate of banning social media for under-16s, to speak to officials in his push for UK to consider following Australia’s landmark ban - @kiranstacey.bsky.social reports
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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jan 14 PinkNews: Despite repeated protestations by Hilary Cass & Cass Review that a "medical pathway" is right for some trans kids, UK Health Dept announces the "medical intervention model" being replaced with the non-medical "holistic care" recommended by the Review.
Government 'moving away' from puberty blockers, minister says
The Government is reportedly 'moving away' from medical interventions for trans people such as puberty blockers, a health minister has said.
www.thepinknews.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:49 PM
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jan 14 PinkNews: Despite repeated protestations by Hilary Cass & Cass Review that a "medical pathway" is right for some trans kids, UK Health Dept announces the "medical intervention model" being replaced with the non-medical "holistic care" recommended by the Review.
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BREAKING: Trans people have been COMPLETELY ERASED from Government research on mortality compared to straight people. And they’re calling us LGB+ . Not T. +.
The study shows gay people are 1.3 times more likely to die earlier than straights. But trans deaths would send this figure higher.
The study shows gay people are 1.3 times more likely to die earlier than straights. But trans deaths would send this figure higher.
January 13, 2026 at 10:59 AM
BREAKING: Trans people have been COMPLETELY ERASED from Government research on mortality compared to straight people. And they’re calling us LGB+ . Not T. +.
The study shows gay people are 1.3 times more likely to die earlier than straights. But trans deaths would send this figure higher.
The study shows gay people are 1.3 times more likely to die earlier than straights. But trans deaths would send this figure higher.
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Tim Walz needs to activate the national guard and put a stop to this. These electeds are cowards. They need to stand up for their citizens instead of just meekly standing by and filing lawsuits.
DO SOMETHING. Your citizens are being brutalized by a hostile occupying force.
DO SOMETHING. Your citizens are being brutalized by a hostile occupying force.
ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
January 12, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Tim Walz needs to activate the national guard and put a stop to this. These electeds are cowards. They need to stand up for their citizens instead of just meekly standing by and filing lawsuits.
DO SOMETHING. Your citizens are being brutalized by a hostile occupying force.
DO SOMETHING. Your citizens are being brutalized by a hostile occupying force.
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Graham Linehan is all about protecting women.
Unless he is about cheering them being shot in the face.
Unless he is about cheering them being shot in the face.
January 9, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Graham Linehan is all about protecting women.
Unless he is about cheering them being shot in the face.
Unless he is about cheering them being shot in the face.
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Rowling hasn't said a word about grok producing nonconsentual porn photos of women or CSAM. She doesn't actually give a damn about women and children. She just hates trans people.
January 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Rowling hasn't said a word about grok producing nonconsentual porn photos of women or CSAM. She doesn't actually give a damn about women and children. She just hates trans people.
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The guy in charge of producing endless AI CSAM cheerleading Rowling while she pretends to care about kids.
January 11, 2026 at 8:09 PM
The guy in charge of producing endless AI CSAM cheerleading Rowling while she pretends to care about kids.
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It is impossible to overstate the degree to which the entire national political media's coverage of the 2024 presidential campaign, especially once Harris won the nomination, was deeply, fundamentally, shamefully unserious about the stakes & the candidates.
I can still recall all the tut-tutting from the media when Harris made this argument.
Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
January 11, 2026 at 5:55 AM
It is impossible to overstate the degree to which the entire national political media's coverage of the 2024 presidential campaign, especially once Harris won the nomination, was deeply, fundamentally, shamefully unserious about the stakes & the candidates.
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Graham Linehan is cheering for a man who shot a woman in the face while calling her a fucking bitch.
JK Rowling sits on her hands.
Meanwhile, Posie Parker is tweeting that women should stay at home while men work.
Tell me how the "gender critical" movement is a women's rights movement again?
JK Rowling sits on her hands.
Meanwhile, Posie Parker is tweeting that women should stay at home while men work.
Tell me how the "gender critical" movement is a women's rights movement again?
me.how
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Graham Linehan is cheering for a man who shot a woman in the face while calling her a fucking bitch.
JK Rowling sits on her hands.
Meanwhile, Posie Parker is tweeting that women should stay at home while men work.
Tell me how the "gender critical" movement is a women's rights movement again?
JK Rowling sits on her hands.
Meanwhile, Posie Parker is tweeting that women should stay at home while men work.
Tell me how the "gender critical" movement is a women's rights movement again?
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they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
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New Study finds a significant reduction in suicidality after trans people receive gender-affirming hormone therapy.
“Hormone therapy was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in suicidality over time…”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“Hormone therapy was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in suicidality over time…”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 9, 2026 at 5:24 AM
New Study finds a significant reduction in suicidality after trans people receive gender-affirming hormone therapy.
“Hormone therapy was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in suicidality over time…”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“Hormone therapy was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in suicidality over time…”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Amazon’s Ring doorbell camera system won the “Worst in Show” for privacy at #CES2026 for “doubling down on privacy invasion and supporting the misconception that more surveillance always makes us safer,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told @apnews.com.
'Worst in Show' CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells
Artificial intelligence took center stage at this year's CES gadget show, but not always for the right reasons.
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January 8, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Amazon’s Ring doorbell camera system won the “Worst in Show” for privacy at #CES2026 for “doubling down on privacy invasion and supporting the misconception that more surveillance always makes us safer,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told @apnews.com.
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The British press in action, ladies and gentlemen.
The no-angeling is already in full swing.
January 8, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The British press in action, ladies and gentlemen.
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No one is asking Wes Streeting to be a commentator.
Asking him to be a government minister when the whole world can see Trump breaking international law whilst threatening Greenland next, and the Cabinet (with Nigel Farage) seems perfectly fine with it.
Asking him to be a government minister when the whole world can see Trump breaking international law whilst threatening Greenland next, and the Cabinet (with Nigel Farage) seems perfectly fine with it.
Wes Streeting is asked if Trump has broken international law when it comes to Venezuela. Streeting says he's got nothing to add and he's not here to be a commentator.
I mean, which idiot thinks politicians should answer questions when they're being interviewed in a TV studio!
I mean, which idiot thinks politicians should answer questions when they're being interviewed in a TV studio!
January 6, 2026 at 9:44 AM
No one is asking Wes Streeting to be a commentator.
Asking him to be a government minister when the whole world can see Trump breaking international law whilst threatening Greenland next, and the Cabinet (with Nigel Farage) seems perfectly fine with it.
Asking him to be a government minister when the whole world can see Trump breaking international law whilst threatening Greenland next, and the Cabinet (with Nigel Farage) seems perfectly fine with it.
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Reform UK now have multiple viable paths to power in Britain.
They could reach No.10 without ever facing proper scrutiny – another critical failure of the mainstream press.
Help us hold Reform to account in 2026 with a massive new wave of investigations👇
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They could reach No.10 without ever facing proper scrutiny – another critical failure of the mainstream press.
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January 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Reform UK now have multiple viable paths to power in Britain.
They could reach No.10 without ever facing proper scrutiny – another critical failure of the mainstream press.
Help us hold Reform to account in 2026 with a massive new wave of investigations👇
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They could reach No.10 without ever facing proper scrutiny – another critical failure of the mainstream press.
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I'll never understand how working class "gender critical" activists, who are struggling to get by due to a deliberate widening of the gap between the wealthy and the poor, have been convinced that a billionaire smugly smoking a cigar on a superyacht has a keen interest in making their lives better.
January 6, 2026 at 9:02 AM
I'll never understand how working class "gender critical" activists, who are struggling to get by due to a deliberate widening of the gap between the wealthy and the poor, have been convinced that a billionaire smugly smoking a cigar on a superyacht has a keen interest in making their lives better.
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"Ho ho ho remember when we thought Bush was as bad as it got hehehe" narrative always ALWAYS ignores the fact: it's because they were as bad as it was allowed to get THEN. That's how bad they could be at that point and they paved the way for it to be the way it is now. Same as in the UK.
January 4, 2026 at 2:15 PM
"Ho ho ho remember when we thought Bush was as bad as it got hehehe" narrative always ALWAYS ignores the fact: it's because they were as bad as it was allowed to get THEN. That's how bad they could be at that point and they paved the way for it to be the way it is now. Same as in the UK.
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some people say that you shouldn’t post on the CSAM-friendly site run by a billionaire white nationalist who allowed rightwing propagandists to troll through internal documents to publish misleading narratives about its staff and users but where else could you get reporting like this
January 2, 2026 at 7:14 PM
some people say that you shouldn’t post on the CSAM-friendly site run by a billionaire white nationalist who allowed rightwing propagandists to troll through internal documents to publish misleading narratives about its staff and users but where else could you get reporting like this
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Age verification mandates are spreading rapidly, despite clear evidence that they do not work and actively harm the people they claim to protect. 2026 will be the year we push back harder. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
January 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Age verification mandates are spreading rapidly, despite clear evidence that they do not work and actively harm the people they claim to protect. 2026 will be the year we push back harder. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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So. 2025 has been the most significant year of my life so far. And it's not even particularly close.
Trans rights came under attack this year in the UK. I have been trying my best to help fight back.
I've been a little busy. Here's a thread of some of what I have been up to 🧵
Trans rights came under attack this year in the UK. I have been trying my best to help fight back.
I've been a little busy. Here's a thread of some of what I have been up to 🧵
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
So. 2025 has been the most significant year of my life so far. And it's not even particularly close.
Trans rights came under attack this year in the UK. I have been trying my best to help fight back.
I've been a little busy. Here's a thread of some of what I have been up to 🧵
Trans rights came under attack this year in the UK. I have been trying my best to help fight back.
I've been a little busy. Here's a thread of some of what I have been up to 🧵