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Daniel Lismore @daniellismore.bsky.social · 1d

Gender Clinic Files: Some people in Scotland will never get a gender clinic appointment on a 224-year waitlist www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 2d

Updated my list of peer-reviewed critiques of The Cass Review, AGAIN for the second time today, adding McFadyen et al (2025)

This brings the number of peer-reviewed critiques of this pseudoscience to 13.

Peer-reviewed critiques of The Cass Review

Peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review (In chronological order of publication) Horton, C (2024) The Cass Review: Cis-supremacy in the ...

uncommon-scents.blogspot.com

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Anson Mackay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ans.bsky.social · 2d

Great advert for Tory private education if they can’t even spell Britain 🤦🏼‍♂️

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2d

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

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Anson Mackay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ans.bsky.social · 2d

This is cool: 'A species of nocturnal spider attracts prey to its web using the bioluminescent beacons of already trapped fireflies!' 🕷️ 🧪

www.britishecologicalsociety.org/spider-uses-...

Spider uses trapped fireflies as glowing bait - BES

Spider uses trapped fireflies as glowing bait - BES is the largest scientific society for ecologists in Europe. We're working towards a world in which nature and people thrive.

www.britishecologicalsociety.org

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 3d

A major new peer-reviewed Australian report warns that the UK’s Cass Review is fundamentally ill-suited to guide care for trans young people — and should not be adopted as a benchmark in Australia www.starobserver.com.au/news/new-rep...

New Report Says Cass Review Should Not Be Benchmark For Trans Healthcare in Australia - Star Observer

A major new peer-reviewed report warns that the Cass Review is fundamentally ill-suited to guide Australia's care for trans young people.

www.starobserver.com.au

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Anson Mackay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ans.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to you Ruth & your Co-authors!

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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.bsky.social · 4d

Incidentally, the very nice schematic of cryosphere changes over both ice sheets was drawn by @jmalumbresolarte.bsky.social Tak! 🙏

New paper out today in @nature Geosciences:
The Greenlandification of Antarctica

Readcube pdf: rdcu.be/eJiqJ

The Greenlandification of Antarctica | Nature Geoscience

Climate and ice sheet processes in Antarctica increasingly reflect those observed earlier in Greenland. Applying process insights from Greenland can improve projections of future Antarctic ice and climate behaviour.

rdcu.be

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Anson Mackay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ans.bsky.social · 3d

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Anson Mackay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ans.bsky.social · 3d

I love my NB frog pin!!

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Anson Mackay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ans.bsky.social · 6d

I used to use the Ponds so much. They are way of life for so many Londoners - don’t let a few bigots try and change decades of tolerance. If you’ve ever bathed in the Hampstead Heath Ponds please complete this survey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is

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Anson Mackay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ans.bsky.social · 6d

I did Amazon & Goodreads (as I dont have a Waterstones account). I managed to fit in "The events that lead up to the murder of one of the main characters in the book is gradually revealed like a Matryoshka doll!" Fitting for the 🇷🇺 theme🪆!

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 6d

📣 Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds need your help!
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They’ve always been firmly trans-inclusive, but now this is under threat.
Please respond to their consultation to show how much public support there is for trans-inclusive arrangements.
hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos...

Consultation on the future access to the Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds:

Executive Summary

This consultation seeks your views on access arrangements at the Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds -Highgate Men’s Pond, Kenwood Ladies’ Pond and Hampstead Mixed Pond, with a particular focus on potential changes at the Highgate Men’s Pond and the Kenwood Ladies’ Pond.

Following the recent Supreme Court decision in For Women Scotland, and in line with other service providers, the City of London Corporation is reviewing its policies, including those at the Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds. Your feedback will help inform decisions about future arrangements, alongside legal obligations, equality and safeguarding duties, financial constraints, and practical considerations.

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Anson Mackay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ans.bsky.social · 7d

Amazing news!

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Anson Mackay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ans.bsky.social · 7d

“Last Dance at the Discotheque for Deviants” was marvellous, bringing to life my memories of working in Russia in the early 1990s, with political upheaval, economic tragedy & fledging gay scene trying to find its feet. Oh, and a murder (thankfully not a memory!) @pauldavidgould.bsky.social #lgbtq

Anson holding a book called ‘last dance at the discotheque for deviants’ by Paul David Gould

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 8d

Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

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Anson Mackay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ans.bsky.social · 8d

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Anson Mackay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ans.bsky.social · 9d

Does this count as cross-training for @spinerace.bsky.social 😅 #strengthtraining

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 9d

Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!

Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.

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Anson Mackay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ans.bsky.social · 10d

Peacocks patrol its grounds. I neen't say more!

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Anson Mackay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ans.bsky.social · 10d

Cool #diatoms study - showing that they are very active (ie gliding!) when apparently locked up in ice. 🧪

scitechdaily.com/tiny-arctic-...

Tiny Arctic Organisms Are Defying the Rules of Biology

Beneath the Arctic’s frozen surface, tiny algae are defying the rules of biology.

scitechdaily.com

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Max von Thun @maxvonthun.bsky.social · 11d

“We studied more than 70 different elections that took place in 12 western European countries over several decades, and found that when mainstream parties take more anti-immigration positions, it leads to more support for the radical right, not less.”

Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 12d

For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

www.theguardian.com

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Anson Mackay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ans.bsky.social · 10d

Simonstone Hall hotel ;-)

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Anson Mackay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ans.bsky.social · 11d

What better way to spend #caturday than going for lunch to a lesbian couple’s new home, where their cats were 120% floof and England women won the rugby World Cup 😍

Fluffy cat cleaning herself in front of a tv screen showing women’s rugby

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Anson Mackay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ans.bsky.social · 11d

it was almost tropical 🌴 😂

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Anson Mackay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ans.bsky.social · 11d

Last long run before next weekend’s #ultramarathon, The Peak Divide, a 76km race between Sheffield & Manchester. Can’t wait 😍 #runsky

Anson taking a selfie (with no top on as usual) while out running. Background is a dried out lake bed surrounded by green trees. Also on the image are running statistics for race just done

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