Wonkish
@wonkish.bsky.social
Soft left(ie), former Labour staffer, and a tech/climate nerd who follows US politics a lot for a Brit. He/him + 🏳️🌈.
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Carefully qualifying my "I've never racially abused people" claim, in a totally normal and non-suspicious manner.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Carefully qualifying my "I've never racially abused people" claim, in a totally normal and non-suspicious manner.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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I mean it's not complicated. Twenty people who were there have confirmed that Nigel Farage said all of these things.
He's the only one denying it, which means just one thing. He is a liar
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He's the only one denying it, which means just one thing. He is a liar
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays?
Reform UK’s leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there’s ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I mean it's not complicated. Twenty people who were there have confirmed that Nigel Farage said all of these things.
He's the only one denying it, which means just one thing. He is a liar
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He's the only one denying it, which means just one thing. He is a liar
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Related: People I know IRL who know what I do for a living often ask what they need to know about online safety for their about-to-be-teenagers, and there's a lot of answers, but the thing I always emphasize most is: under no circumstances should you ever threaten to take access away from them.
And a lot of you post the photos but put an emoji sticker over the kid's face or whatever: that is really, really, really not sufficient to prevent people from doing things with them you do not want to know about. Do not post photos of your kids online, period.
I am one of those people who is *really, really good* at identifying exactly where and when a photo was taken from basic context clues (a skill I developed for human rights research and journalism purposes).
Trust me on this, don’t post photos of your kids on the public internet.
Trust me on this, don’t post photos of your kids on the public internet.
January 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Related: People I know IRL who know what I do for a living often ask what they need to know about online safety for their about-to-be-teenagers, and there's a lot of answers, but the thing I always emphasize most is: under no circumstances should you ever threaten to take access away from them.
I was in a medical trial. While there were some forms, appointments, a few daily questions in an app for 2 weeks after each of the 2 doses, and some blood tests, nothing as intense as this, and that was for a thing only tested by ~150 people before.
Puberty blockers are already licensed for kids..
Puberty blockers are already licensed for kids..
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 1:12 PM
I was in a medical trial. While there were some forms, appointments, a few daily questions in an app for 2 weeks after each of the 2 doses, and some blood tests, nothing as intense as this, and that was for a thing only tested by ~150 people before.
Puberty blockers are already licensed for kids..
Puberty blockers are already licensed for kids..
I'm sorry, but how dare Grok impugn the honour, skills, and reputation, of the Berghain Piss Goblin? Is truly nothing sacred anymore?
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I'm sorry, but how dare Grok impugn the honour, skills, and reputation, of the Berghain Piss Goblin? Is truly nothing sacred anymore?
Thought I should post this birthday card a friend sent me:
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Thought I should post this birthday card a friend sent me:
Good to see it isn’t just me noticing this absurdity, at the very least they should let us disable this, it really seems like it goes against the idea that Bluesky lets you actually control your own social media experience. It doesn’t even tell me why replies from people are hidden.
bluesky's 'hiding replies' thing is fucking annoying.
November 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Good to see it isn’t just me noticing this absurdity, at the very least they should let us disable this, it really seems like it goes against the idea that Bluesky lets you actually control your own social media experience. It doesn’t even tell me why replies from people are hidden.
You know Shabana Mahmood is your MP when writing an email to them prompts you to look up synonyms for "disgust".
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
You know Shabana Mahmood is your MP when writing an email to them prompts you to look up synonyms for "disgust".
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The government should be ashamed that its migration policies are being cheered on by Tommy Robinson and Reform.
Instead of standing up to anti-migrant hate, this is laying the foundations for the far-right.
I questioned the Home Secretary on how she can be proposing such obviously cruel policies.
Instead of standing up to anti-migrant hate, this is laying the foundations for the far-right.
I questioned the Home Secretary on how she can be proposing such obviously cruel policies.
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The government should be ashamed that its migration policies are being cheered on by Tommy Robinson and Reform.
Instead of standing up to anti-migrant hate, this is laying the foundations for the far-right.
I questioned the Home Secretary on how she can be proposing such obviously cruel policies.
Instead of standing up to anti-migrant hate, this is laying the foundations for the far-right.
I questioned the Home Secretary on how she can be proposing such obviously cruel policies.
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This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
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There is no evidence that stripping refugees' rights one by one will have any impact on people crossing the channel.
Taking jewellery from refugees is akin to painting over murals for refugee children.
These repugnant ‘deterrents’ did not work for the Tories, and they won't work for us.
Taking jewellery from refugees is akin to painting over murals for refugee children.
These repugnant ‘deterrents’ did not work for the Tories, and they won't work for us.
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
There is no evidence that stripping refugees' rights one by one will have any impact on people crossing the channel.
Taking jewellery from refugees is akin to painting over murals for refugee children.
These repugnant ‘deterrents’ did not work for the Tories, and they won't work for us.
Taking jewellery from refugees is akin to painting over murals for refugee children.
These repugnant ‘deterrents’ did not work for the Tories, and they won't work for us.
Considering she’s my own MP, I’m honestly wondering about just emailing her office with the hotdog meme.
Shabana, you are part of the “dark forces”, you utter fucking disgrace.
Shabana, you are part of the “dark forces”, you utter fucking disgrace.
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Considering she’s my own MP, I’m honestly wondering about just emailing her office with the hotdog meme.
Shabana, you are part of the “dark forces”, you utter fucking disgrace.
Shabana, you are part of the “dark forces”, you utter fucking disgrace.
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Congratulations to Labour who have won the coveted Tommy Robinson endorsement. Excited for sensibles to explain to me why I have to vote for the people enacting actual fascist policy.
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Congratulations to Labour who have won the coveted Tommy Robinson endorsement. Excited for sensibles to explain to me why I have to vote for the people enacting actual fascist policy.
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TiL that "the Butlerian Jihad" is a Dune book, and not, as I previously believed when I've seen people say it before, referring to Judith Butler.
November 16, 2025 at 7:49 AM
TiL that "the Butlerian Jihad" is a Dune book, and not, as I previously believed when I've seen people say it before, referring to Judith Butler.
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This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Some terrible public figures need to be Chotinered, for everyone else, there's Ziwe.
ERIC ADAMS IS AN ICONIC GUEST | ZIWE INTERVIEW
YouTube video by Ziwe
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Some terrible public figures need to be Chotinered, for everyone else, there's Ziwe.
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This will kill the heat pump market.
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: chancellor plans to fund energy efficiency levies via warm homes plan as part of drive to lower energy bills
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This will kill the heat pump market.
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If you want a break from [gestures to The Array Of Horrors], there's new Robyn!
Robyn - Dopamine (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Robyn
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November 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
If you want a break from [gestures to The Array Of Horrors], there's new Robyn!
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my mother's hearing aid has broken the doorbell
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
my mother's hearing aid has broken the doorbell
It's true I can't comprehend a civilian being able to have so much ammunition, but I think the American mind might have trouble comprehending the idea of prioritising the freedom of people to not be killed, over the freedom to own guns.
It's now been 28 years since we had a school shooting here.
It's now been 28 years since we had a school shooting here.
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It's true I can't comprehend a civilian being able to have so much ammunition, but I think the American mind might have trouble comprehending the idea of prioritising the freedom of people to not be killed, over the freedom to own guns.
It's now been 28 years since we had a school shooting here.
It's now been 28 years since we had a school shooting here.
I'd like to congratulate Tim Kaine on earning a place in @numb.comfortab.ly's ratio feed within an hour, which I'm pretty sure is a new record.
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I'd like to congratulate Tim Kaine on earning a place in @numb.comfortab.ly's ratio feed within an hour, which I'm pretty sure is a new record.