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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 12h

Sometimes there'll be a joke written by someone who's been dead for tens, hundreds of years & i'll stop and think about another human reaching through time to make another human laugh, long after they're gone, and it's so beautiful it makes me well up.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 14h

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 10h

It also speaks to how utterly evil I believe they are that I say this outright on a non-private platform. I probably shouldn't! It would better for me not to! But my blood boils when I think what these monsters are doing; and that's to say nothing of their deepening anti-migrant policies too!

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 10h

Labour however are a theoretically centre-left party. They are a party previously linked with progress for LGBTI+ folk. To enthusiastically embrace hatred against trans people the way this government has is a deeply sickening betrayal, and it's the fact it's such a betrayal that engenders my hate.

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 10h

The Labour Party is quite simply an anti-trans hate movement by this point. I cannot emphasise the degree to which I actually hate the party. Hate is a very strong word, and I don't use it lightly: I have never felt the depth of contempt for a party I do for Labour.

Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 11h

I think it would have surprised even the most pessimistic if you'd told people during the 2024 campaign that a year into Government Starmer's team would be negatively briefing against the ECHR and Council of Europe for daring to question their assault on trans rights

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 14h

btw this is unacceptable because the transphobic Labour government refuses to commit even to the non-controversial position that discretionary trans inclusion is certainly lawful. Instead, they go “may be” and cast doubt on it.

Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 15h

2/ That said, ha, haha.

Did the government lawyers actually plagiarise my work?

38. If such derogations are made, questions in law then arise. They include: (a) whether the CSS provider is automatically deprived of the ability to rely on the CSS Exceptions; and (b) if so, for how long and in relation to what claims.
39. If derogations arguably do not automatically deprive a CSS provider from the ability to rely on the CSS Exceptions, the question in law is what interpretation of the CSS Exceptions allows for such derogations and whether that interpretation would or could allow for a trans-inclusive approach. One answer may be that the focus in CSS Exceptions should not be on a CSS provider's service in general, but on the service being specifically provided to a specific individual.
GROUNDS 2 and 3
40. The Minister does not propose to address Ground 2. This relates to the Defendant's own statutory functions in relation to the production of the Interim Update. The Minister had no involvement in that.

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 15h

Fuck off!!!!

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 15h

The response from Keir Starmer's spokesman - a denial there is a problem, a denial he must know to be untrue - strongly suggests Labour is no longer concerned to adhere to its human rights obligations.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 16h

“The UK stands at a crossroads. Are we going to be a nation that respects its human rights obligations, or are we going to abandon them whenever the rightwing press demands it? First immigrants, then trans people – who next, Sir Keir?” goodlaw.social/fs2m

European human rights chief warns against trans exclusion in the UK

Human rights commissioner calls on parliament to make sure guidance following the Supreme Court’s decision in April promotes inclusion.

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 16h

There are no obligations under CEDAW to uphold "sex-based rights" as international human rights law does not include the concept of "sex-based rights" and indeed that concept is incompatible with the principles of human rights which are afforded to everyone on the basis of being human

Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 16h

I agree that human rights cannot be applied selectively! This is why it was curious, to say the least, that the Supreme Court opted not to consider human rights at all in their judgment.

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 20h

Of particular interest here: he explicitly says the SC ruling did not consider the UK's HR obligations under the ECHR.

Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 21h

Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int

Strasbourg 14/10/2025

www.coe.int

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 21h

Quite a bodying, here, for the UK, from the Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe.

🏮 He points out the Supreme Court ignored human rights (which breaches its legal obligations)
🏮 He says, in effect agreeing with Lucy Powell, Parliament should be involved...

rm.coe.int/letter-to-pa...

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 19h

Who could have guessed that demonising trans people would impact on their rights?

The moral panic was never about 'legitimate concerns' or protecting women or children, it was always about vilification, oppression and the mainstreaming of reactionary politics
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Trans people at risk of exclusion from many UK public spaces, rights expert says

Council of Europe commissioner voices concerns after April’s supreme court ruling on legal definition of a woman

www.theguardian.com

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UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 18h

There does appear to be a change in how this is reported in the media today!

"Trans people ‘have had their human rights breached’ after Supreme Court ruling"

metro.co.uk/2025/10/14/t...

Trans people 'have had their human rights breached' after Supreme Court ruling

Trans people's legal gender has been 'voided of practical meaning'.

metro.co.uk

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Kathy O'Donnell @kathyodonnell.bsky.social · 18h

A powerful letter to UK ministers from the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, warning strongly about curtailing human rights for trans people in a bogus 'zero-sum game'.

It's clear the Commissioner is deeply worried that ministers are already on this path.

Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 21h

Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int

Strasbourg 14/10/2025

www.coe.int

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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 18h

The Supreme Court decision is “clear”.

A clear breach of trans people’s human rights:

Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 21h

Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int

Strasbourg 14/10/2025

www.coe.int

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children of the corncob @bisk.sureis.sexy · 17h

fuck off with this shit you racist cunts.

i forgot the word "tumbledryer" the other day so i called it a tumbley bumbley and english is my only fucking language.

abolish the home office.

Changes to the English language requirement were first reported in May when the government published their early plans in the immigration white paper. The new standard requires people to express themselves “fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expression” and to be able to communicate flexibly in social, academic and work situations.

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Drow Paweł Włodkowic 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 22h

Say what you will, but I, personally, am gently impressed with how Zack Polanski is placing clear green water between himself and local Russophiles by going hard after Farage's Russia links. Of course I would like him to be more enthusiastic about defence spending, but Corbyn he is not.

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Dr Phoenix CS Andrews @thatdocphoenix.com · 1d

We’re too smart and abortion rights are too embedded and socially accepted for the ADF to succeed here, say guys who’ve uncritically promoted anti-trans activists funded by the same people and using the same lawyers for a decade

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

Yes this is correct. And the Bell case significantly weakened the Gillick Competency, which is a British legal standard for underage patients to manage their own health care decisions. And it was first established for, you guessed it, teens to get abortions without parental approval.

Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 1d

ADF was basically behind the Keira Bell case and trans reporters were trying to note similarities between that case and how the group uses lawfare in the U.S. to attack trans rights.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

yeah man, trans reporters, whom the ny times derogatorily calls "trans activists" so that normies won't listen to them, have been reporting on ADF activity in the UK since 2018.

bigotry in journalism makes you late to the story.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

yeah man, trans reporters, whom the ny times derogatorily calls "trans activists" so that normies won't listen to them, have been reporting on ADF activity in the UK since 2018.

bigotry in journalism makes you late to the story.

Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 1d

Really important NYT investigation finds that the ADF has been working with Reform, 'courting the party since at least 2024' and that the British arm 'orchestrated Mr Farage’s appearance in Congress, reaching out to ask if he would like to give evidence on censorship'
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

www.nytimes.com

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
2? Questions
I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Kathy O'Donnell @kathyodonnell.bsky.social · 1d

If it is correct that Bridget Phillipson is sitting on the new, post Supreme Court ruling EHRC guidance on trans rights (and I think it v. plausible) so as not to lose deputy leadership votes of pro-LGBT+ MPs, then not only is that sickeningly cynical, but guidance must be off-the-scale extreme.

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pickwick @pickwick.bsky.social · 1d

Fucking BBC reporter reading the headline "the SNP deputy leader says they want MORE immigration??!" as if they've said they want to move Scotland to the moon rather than reiterated their long-time stance on immigration

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pickwick @pickwick.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, this is sadly very naive. They've already done it to trans rights (which let them undermine basic principles of bodily autonomy) and made strides on anti-abortion rights - their "free speech protesters" outside abortion clinics regularly get to launder their views via the TV and print media

Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 1d

Right-wingers who think tactics they've used to criminalize abortion in the US will have the same kind of traction in the UK fail to grasp that religious fundamentalism is widely viewed as nuts in the UK, & has been for many decades, if not centuries.

As much chance of abolishing UK gun controls.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 1d

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 1d

It should be obvious to everyone that if Bridget Phillipson wins the deputy leadership contest it will be used as a platform to double down on the anti-trans crusade being waged by the Labour Party, and she's hiding that because she knows it's unpopular with their shrinking membership

Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 1d

Bridget Philipson is trying to get grab even more power, but her ‘gender critical’ transphobic supporters and the trans-hostile media are lobbying HARD to get anti-trans legislation in place ASAP, as they can’t bear to wait a moment longer to exclude trans people! 😖

👉 archive.ph/gaCN4

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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 1d

I have trans women friends who’ve been living authentically for decades - how are they going to start using the gents?
I have a tall cis female friend who’s now scared to use ladies loos because she’s been harassed several times.
This code is both cruel and unworkable.
Please write to your MP.

TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 1d

🚨This is an emergency🚨

This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life.

Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#ScrapTheBathroomBan

Image of a flashing red siren. Text reads: Scrap the Bathroom Ban This is an emergency. Tell your MP to say no to segregation. Write to your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

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