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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · 1d

It’s been 10 years since I first started at @lawatleeds.bsky.social

I’ve had such an amazing time and worked with some incredible people.

How should I mark this auspicious occasion?

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · Jul 30

three girls standing in front of a coffee shop

Alt: Huntrix from K pop demon hunters standing in front of a coffee shop and hugging

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · Jul 30

I need vocal, dance and weapon tuition and then basic knowledge of demon lore and spotting.

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · Jul 30

It seems like a lifestyle. It will require quite a degree of upskilling though.

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · Jul 29

I just want to be a K-pop Demon Hunter

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · Jul 22

Don’t say “I can’t believe Ozzy died today” say “I can’t believe Ozzy was alive yesterday”

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · Jun 22

Science fiction as legal imaginary is currently £80 cheaper than normal on the evil empires website. Could be a bargain for someone?

www.amazon.co.uk/Science-Fict...

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · Jun 14

It was so cool to present at the Tanzquartier Wien (Contemporary Dance Institute of Vienna) yesterday. Thank you so much for the invitation to share my work and for setting up my presentation like a Bond Villain!

Dark room lit up by some evil looking red slides in front of a creepy table. Hugely cool. Living my best evil life.

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Ruth Houghton @ruthhoughton.bsky.social · Jun 12

If you'd be interested in exploring questions of utopia/dystopia, I am putting together a panel for this fun two-day conference on Legal Methodologies @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social. Do get in touch if you fancy some utopia/dystopia Methods chats.

Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · Jun 12

Call for papers for a major two-day conference on Legal Methodologies exploring the nature of the discipline, with really important keynote speakers. Any abstracts, if you are interested in participating, to be emailed to [email protected] by 7 July.

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · Jun 12

Had such a wonderful time at the Intersex Insights conference in Dublin this weeks. Brilliant to meet up with colleagues old and new and also loved spotting a well thumbed copy of our book in the wild!!

Our book covered in highlighter pen and scribbles

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · May 31

Ultimately Marvel films used to be an hour and a half of film and a minute of cameo and teaser. Somewhere along the line that ratio has reversed.

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · May 31

4) introducing an Israeli character seemed loaded. Why was she specifically identified as coming from Isreal? No one else was. And then why was she chief of security for the US government?

5) what was the message? Share resources? But just fictional ones that don’t exist?

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · May 31

Really didn’t enjoy Captain America: Brave New World.

1) the characters were completely superficial. What were their motivations for anything? Who knows!

2) the plot was paper thin.

3) Fighting over adamantium was so obviously setting up a future film that it completely lowered the stakes.

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · May 30

Don’t die on me now laptop! Not today.

a cartoon of patrick star from spongebob squarepants is sitting on the beach .

Alt: a cartoon of patrick star from spongebob squarepants giving cpr to the jellyfish thing. Squidward? I forget his name.

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · May 23

So it turns out I have coeliac disease. I hope everyone’s ready for me to make it my whole personality.

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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · May 20

Forcing women to hand over a specific ID if they don't conform to gender stereotypes, what a victory

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · May 19

That little ravebot in series 2 episode 3 of Andor is such a vibe

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Bugs, Beleaguered Babysitter of the Booger Brothers @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · May 14

AI is an ontologically conservative prospect incapable of imagining What Could Be. it will lie to you to the contrary.

Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · May 14

Never forget that the biggest advocates for AI are people who are terrified of progress.

AI can’t produce anything new. So demanding that people use it is a way to keep us stuck in the past.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · May 14

Oh my god SIX famous people have a trans kid? How many famous people are there even, SEVEN??

Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · May 14

So fucking tedious [Telegraph]

How to step out of the shadow of an A-list parent: become trans
Robert De Niro’s son – now daughter – is the latest example in a curious trend. reports
The Daily Telegraph14 May 2025Nicole Lampert #TransAgendaClips

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Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · May 14

⚖️ In an incredibly brave and principled move - one sure to trigger other legal action - the EHRC is being sued

🗣️ "This is the first legal action challenging the unlawful EHRC interim guidance that seeks to “regulate” the private lives of trans people - but it will certainly not be the last"

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

Today, I am suing the EHRC and will publish the letter before claim for judicial review shortly.

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Silvana Tapia Tapia @silvilunazul.bsky.social · May 14

Really happy to share this episode of the 'Talking about methods' podcast, at Oxford's 'Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies'. In this episode, Professor Linda Mulcahy and I chat about participatory research from an anti-colonial perspective: frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/participator...

Participatory Research from an Anti-colonial Perspective - Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies

Episode Description In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Silvana Tapia Tapia about doing participatory research from an anti-colonial perspective. By talking a...

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · May 14

Let’s make a band together, you and I.

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Dr Marta Prandelli @mprandelli.bsky.social · May 6

So excited to have Crystal Hendricks as keynote at Intersex Insights!
A powerhouse intersex advocate and human rights leader.
Join us online or in Dublin at @dublincityuni.bsky.social on June 9-10
🎟️ dcu-snpch.zohobackstage.eu/IntersexInsi...

#IntersexInsights #CHRISALIS #MSCA #CrystalHendricks

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · May 1

The FA banned ALL women from playing for 50 years. Why? Because, even after the men returned from war, women's football continued to be ridiculously popular.

Thats it.

That was the reason.

tash @tashldn.bsky.social · May 1

Spurs fan here to say the danger to women’s football in this country, historically and now, is not from trans women but FROM THE FA. They are the people who banned the women’s game and remain responsible for its underdevelopment compared with men’s. The absolute hypocrisy and nerve of the bastards…

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · May 1

This effects 28 people.

The cruelty is the point.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

FA says transgender women cannot compete in women's football from 1 June

Transgender women will no longer be able to play in women's football in England following a policy change from the Football Association.

www.bbc.co.uk

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