Ashley Wengaf
@ashleywengaf.bsky.social
Living simply in rural Devon
Ally to marginalised folk
Opinions are my own filtered through trauma and culture
Normalising whimsy
Trying to be kind to myself and others
Ally to marginalised folk
Opinions are my own filtered through trauma and culture
Normalising whimsy
Trying to be kind to myself and others
Gosh he seems a bit uncertain..
Guardian summary of shifting non-denials + tacit acceptance, followed by outright denials + threats to sue, half-denials with careful caveats, and now outright denials again of what was previously acknowledged a decade ago
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage: what are schoolboy racism claims – and why have they resurfaced?
David Lammy has clarified remarks that the Reform leader ‘flirted with Hitler Youth’. Here is the background to the row
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Gosh he seems a bit uncertain..
This guy is a fucking monster.
Trump: “We sure as hell are having a successful presidency, I will say that.”
January 6, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This guy is a fucking monster.
Rightly schooled....
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Julia Hartley-Brewer: Why is colonialism bad?
Me: “When Britain arrived in 1700s, India had 27% of global GDP. After 200 years of theft and millions starved to death, by 1947 India had 3% of global GDP, 90% living below the poverty line, a literacy rate of 17% and life expectancy of 27”
Me: “When Britain arrived in 1700s, India had 27% of global GDP. After 200 years of theft and millions starved to death, by 1947 India had 3% of global GDP, 90% living below the poverty line, a literacy rate of 17% and life expectancy of 27”
January 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Rightly schooled....
👏👏👏👏
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Oh well done Kier!
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Starmer backs Danish PM in saying Trump has no right to any claim over Greenland - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
January 5, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Oh well done Kier!
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Accurate
Plenty of variables, but Farage remains a contender for PM. If so, what's the UK's international role? Airstrip One for a gangster state. Or we reject him, and resume being part of a rules-based Europe. This is the inescapable choice we now face, in shit circs (cos of Brexit, of Farage's making) 1/2
January 4, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Accurate
Christ on a bike this fucking guy.
Americans have empowered an honest to god evil villain.
Americans have empowered an honest to god evil villain.
Next stop on the War Tour:
Trump to Fox: “Claudia Sheinbaum is a good woman, but the cartels are running Mexico.
“She’s not running Mexico — the cartels are running Mexico.
“Something’s going to have to be done with Mexico.”
Trump to Fox: “Claudia Sheinbaum is a good woman, but the cartels are running Mexico.
“She’s not running Mexico — the cartels are running Mexico.
“Something’s going to have to be done with Mexico.”
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Christ on a bike this fucking guy.
Americans have empowered an honest to god evil villain.
Americans have empowered an honest to god evil villain.
No one's going to do or say shit and Greenland will be next.
That's how bullies work.
That's how bullies work.
January 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM
No one's going to do or say shit and Greenland will be next.
That's how bullies work.
That's how bullies work.
Some men will legit do anything (conduct an illegal war) to avoid going to therapy (release the Epstein files).
January 3, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Some men will legit do anything (conduct an illegal war) to avoid going to therapy (release the Epstein files).
Well the world cup is going to be interesting.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Well the world cup is going to be interesting.
Quite
European allies will not do anything to stop it because they are too hopelessly dependent on the rotting corpse that is currently the American empire. But long term, no one will ever trust us again and the election of Trump will be viewed as the suicide of the last global superpower.
January 3, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Quite
You know who would have stayed on X?
Clive of India
Clive of India
You know who would have stayed on X?
The Weimar Republic.
The Weimar Republic.
January 2, 2026 at 4:04 PM
You know who would have stayed on X?
Clive of India
Clive of India
Reposted by Ashley Wengaf
If you read nothing else this new year, let it be this piece. A former New York Times editor laid out how they're anti trans coverage was directed from the top by AG Sulzberger, Joe Kahn, and Carolyn Ryan. This was a purposeful effort to target trans people.
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 2:43 PM
If you read nothing else this new year, let it be this piece. A former New York Times editor laid out how they're anti trans coverage was directed from the top by AG Sulzberger, Joe Kahn, and Carolyn Ryan. This was a purposeful effort to target trans people.
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
Completely right.
Binary thinking deliberately misrepresents the beautiful complexity of..... everything.
It reduces every opinion down to agree or disagree, rather than, mmm 🤔 interesting.
Binary thinking deliberately misrepresents the beautiful complexity of..... everything.
It reduces every opinion down to agree or disagree, rather than, mmm 🤔 interesting.
I actually think that the biggest tell for future bigotry is whether or not ppl think binarily. If everything is only one or the other to you, the only logical conclusion becomes bigotry towards at least one group
December 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Completely right.
Binary thinking deliberately misrepresents the beautiful complexity of..... everything.
It reduces every opinion down to agree or disagree, rather than, mmm 🤔 interesting.
Binary thinking deliberately misrepresents the beautiful complexity of..... everything.
It reduces every opinion down to agree or disagree, rather than, mmm 🤔 interesting.
Christ on a bike, I knew it must be bad but this is absolutely shameful.
No wonder much of it is so bland and homogenised.
No wonder much of it is so bland and homogenised.
December 28, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Christ on a bike, I knew it must be bad but this is absolutely shameful.
No wonder much of it is so bland and homogenised.
No wonder much of it is so bland and homogenised.
Every year the holiday season offers us a wonderful lesson in the importance of maintaining boundaries.
December 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Every year the holiday season offers us a wonderful lesson in the importance of maintaining boundaries.
The worst of humanity.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The worst of humanity.
Christmas ain't for autists.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Christmas ain't for autists.
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A non-exhaustive list of labels I have had in this life;
Baby
Toddler
Child
Student
Boy
Adolescent
Teenager
Boyfriend
Adult
Partner
Man
Husband
Son
Grandson
Father
Uncle
So many labels.....🤷🏻♂️
Baby
Toddler
Child
Student
Boy
Adolescent
Teenager
Boyfriend
Adult
Partner
Man
Husband
Son
Grandson
Father
Uncle
So many labels.....🤷🏻♂️
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A non-exhaustive list of labels I have had in this life;
Baby
Toddler
Child
Student
Boy
Adolescent
Teenager
Boyfriend
Adult
Partner
Man
Husband
Son
Grandson
Father
Uncle
So many labels.....🤷🏻♂️
Baby
Toddler
Child
Student
Boy
Adolescent
Teenager
Boyfriend
Adult
Partner
Man
Husband
Son
Grandson
Father
Uncle
So many labels.....🤷🏻♂️
They are all such terrible fragile people. That's why they're bullies.
And now picked up by the Telegraph. Coming soon, the Mail and Times and then, tomorrow, the Guardian.
December 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
They are all such terrible fragile people. That's why they're bullies.
How can anyone take this man baby and this administration seriously?
Utterly infantile and completely fragile, they deserve nothing but a sound mocking.
Utterly infantile and completely fragile, they deserve nothing but a sound mocking.
Trump’s aides demanded that FIFA’s made-up “peace prize” awarded to him be literally as big as the World Cup.
The White House gave FIFA a list of demands regarding the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize, which was invented by FIFA president Gianni Infantino to present to Trump.
The White House gave FIFA a list of demands regarding the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize, which was invented by FIFA president Gianni Infantino to present to Trump.
White House Made Bizarre Demands for Trump’s Bogus Peace Prize
A report has outlined how the White House dictated FIFA’s Peace Prize ceremony to Donald Trump.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
How can anyone take this man baby and this administration seriously?
Utterly infantile and completely fragile, they deserve nothing but a sound mocking.
Utterly infantile and completely fragile, they deserve nothing but a sound mocking.
Excoriating AF 😳
December 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Excoriating AF 😳
If the far right thinks America's brand of Christian theocracy is going to sell here I don't think they know the English very well.
December 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If the far right thinks America's brand of Christian theocracy is going to sell here I don't think they know the English very well.
Britain beware. This is another example of what happens when you elect a RW populist as a leader.
Your economy tanks and your people revolt.
See also:
USA
Your economy tanks and your people revolt.
See also:
USA
🇮🇹Italy: Thousands demonstrate against Prime Minister Meloni's budget.
Italian unions have said that the new budget bill would "worsen people's living and working conditions," underfunding healthcare and education, while overspending on defense.
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.dw.com/en/italy-tho...
Italian unions have said that the new budget bill would "worsen people's living and working conditions," underfunding healthcare and education, while overspending on defense.
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.dw.com/en/italy-tho...
Italy: Thousands demonstrate against Meloni's budget – DW – 12/13/2025
Italian unions have said that the new budget bill would "worsen people's living and working conditions," underfunding healthcare and education, while overspending on defense.
www.dw.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Britain beware. This is another example of what happens when you elect a RW populist as a leader.
Your economy tanks and your people revolt.
See also:
USA
Your economy tanks and your people revolt.
See also:
USA
It is actually possible to hate the commercialisation and performative Christianity of the holiday season without wanting to cancel Christmas.
December 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
It is actually possible to hate the commercialisation and performative Christianity of the holiday season without wanting to cancel Christmas.