Finn
@finnobeyts.bsky.social
economist | socialist | vegan | he/him
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Aside from the ridiculous “biological people” language, I really hate the sneering dishonesty of “the fiction they had rights that have been taken away”. If you’re a trans woman who’s been in the WI for decades and now can’t remain a member, that’s not a fiction!
Kishwer Falkner in The Times talking about the rights of "biological people". As compared to trans people, who are, of course, non-biological.
December 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Aside from the ridiculous “biological people” language, I really hate the sneering dishonesty of “the fiction they had rights that have been taken away”. If you’re a trans woman who’s been in the WI for decades and now can’t remain a member, that’s not a fiction!
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Irish Minister for Health calls the UK's descent into transphobia out for what it is.
December 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Irish Minister for Health calls the UK's descent into transphobia out for what it is.
I have heard about this quote, I didn’t realise it this was from a TV interview immediately before the 2016 election youtu.be/ClytGvP_Qe4?...
Chuck Schumer Thinks Blue Collar Democrats Are a Waste of Time
YouTube video by Aeon
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I have heard about this quote, I didn’t realise it this was from a TV interview immediately before the 2016 election youtu.be/ClytGvP_Qe4?...
This was very very avoidable but we have a government intent on owning the left to win an argument from a CLP meeting
If voters could vote against a party (More in Common)
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This was very very avoidable but we have a government intent on owning the left to win an argument from a CLP meeting
I’ve never understood Basshunter’s name, surely it should be Bassfisher?
December 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I’ve never understood Basshunter’s name, surely it should be Bassfisher?
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Ultimately this is the point where the wider state needs to step in with a massive banhammer
Block the website from UK IPs, imprision anyone involved with the company who visits the UK. The state does have power here, but has learned helpnessness with tech
Block the website from UK IPs, imprision anyone involved with the company who visits the UK. The state does have power here, but has learned helpnessness with tech
I wonder how much Ofcom’s failure to use even the limited powers it has against Twitter is based on concern that it would be quite revealing when Musk just ignores any ruling.
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Ultimately this is the point where the wider state needs to step in with a massive banhammer
Block the website from UK IPs, imprision anyone involved with the company who visits the UK. The state does have power here, but has learned helpnessness with tech
Block the website from UK IPs, imprision anyone involved with the company who visits the UK. The state does have power here, but has learned helpnessness with tech
Made gnocchi and it actually went well? Absolutely not worth the effort but still, I did it!
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Made gnocchi and it actually went well? Absolutely not worth the effort but still, I did it!
I’ve been getting lazy and shaving way less recently and it’s not a good look
December 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I’ve been getting lazy and shaving way less recently and it’s not a good look
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A prime example of how the far right can never be appeased. Give them whatever they demand and they’ll bank it, then use it as a new base camp to strike out for more and worse.
December 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A prime example of how the far right can never be appeased. Give them whatever they demand and they’ll bank it, then use it as a new base camp to strike out for more and worse.
I use Spotify so rarely that listening to one artist as a bit ends up like this
December 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I use Spotify so rarely that listening to one artist as a bit ends up like this
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From what I've seen the vast majority of women involved in these groups are not supportive of these changes - they're mostly supportive of trans involvement.
It's outside pressure trying to paternalistically 'protect' cis women, bc they obviously don't know what's best for them 😒
It's outside pressure trying to paternalistically 'protect' cis women, bc they obviously don't know what's best for them 😒
First the Girl Guides and now another venerable British institution is bullied (and capitulates) into discrimination against their will by another fine British institution: the pure bigotry of a small cabal of the meddling rich and a craven media whipping up a moral panic
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
From what I've seen the vast majority of women involved in these groups are not supportive of these changes - they're mostly supportive of trans involvement.
It's outside pressure trying to paternalistically 'protect' cis women, bc they obviously don't know what's best for them 😒
It's outside pressure trying to paternalistically 'protect' cis women, bc they obviously don't know what's best for them 😒
Labour MPs/MSPs need to be reminded of this every time they try and associate themselves with our community
It's worth remembering that the government could stop the exclusion of trans people from public life any time they want.
December 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Labour MPs/MSPs need to be reminded of this every time they try and associate themselves with our community
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If the Equality Act had never existed, and someone proposed to pass a law banning women’s organisations from choosing to welcome trans people, we’d think it was a pretty extreme proposal. I don’t think it’s less extreme because it’s come about as a result of a new interpretation of an old law.
December 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
If the Equality Act had never existed, and someone proposed to pass a law banning women’s organisations from choosing to welcome trans people, we’d think it was a pretty extreme proposal. I don’t think it’s less extreme because it’s come about as a result of a new interpretation of an old law.
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"I spoke to one 80-year-old woman who has been in our organisation for decades, who said it was one of the greatest experiences of her life, and the only place in her 80 years where she’s been treated as a woman with respect.”
What does this do for women's rights?
What does this do for women's rights?
December 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
"I spoke to one 80-year-old woman who has been in our organisation for decades, who said it was one of the greatest experiences of her life, and the only place in her 80 years where she’s been treated as a woman with respect.”
What does this do for women's rights?
What does this do for women's rights?
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Following on from Girl Guiding making a similar statement - this is because these community groups cannot match the legal fees that transphobes are able to fund. They would rather these community groups fall to financial ruin that accept trans women.
A lot of these legal funds come from JK Rowling.
A lot of these legal funds come from JK Rowling.
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
The Women’s Institute will no longer accept transgender women as members from April following the UK supreme court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, the Guardian can reveal.
Melissa Green, the chief executive of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes, said the organisation had taken the decision with the “utmost regret and sadness”, adding it had “no choice” but to exclude trans women from its membership. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Following on from Girl Guiding making a similar statement - this is because these community groups cannot match the legal fees that transphobes are able to fund. They would rather these community groups fall to financial ruin that accept trans women.
A lot of these legal funds come from JK Rowling.
A lot of these legal funds come from JK Rowling.
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The article explicitly notes WI had had a trans-inclusive policy *since the 1970s*!
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The article explicitly notes WI had had a trans-inclusive policy *since the 1970s*!
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It's worth remembering that the government could stop the exclusion of trans people from public life any time they want.
December 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It's worth remembering that the government could stop the exclusion of trans people from public life any time they want.
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A Labour government passed the Equality Act. A Labour government was in power when the Supreme Court interpreted it to not mean what ministers at the time were clear it was intended to mean. The Labour government response should have been to legislate to fix it. Not doing so was a cowardly betrayal.
December 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
A Labour government passed the Equality Act. A Labour government was in power when the Supreme Court interpreted it to not mean what ministers at the time were clear it was intended to mean. The Labour government response should have been to legislate to fix it. Not doing so was a cowardly betrayal.
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I’d really like a GC person to justify this particular case of trans exclusion. It’s not a limited membership organisation so trans girl guides aren’t taking spaces that would otherwise go to cis girl guides. It’s not competitive so there’s no cheating angle. Girl Guides itself doesn’t want to do it
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I’d really like a GC person to justify this particular case of trans exclusion. It’s not a limited membership organisation so trans girl guides aren’t taking spaces that would otherwise go to cis girl guides. It’s not competitive so there’s no cheating angle. Girl Guides itself doesn’t want to do it
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Now that you think about it, it's wild that a UK newspaper correspondent agreed with a tweeter that a non white MP should be 'deported', took a 24 hour Mental Health break, and faced zero consequences
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Now that you think about it, it's wild that a UK newspaper correspondent agreed with a tweeter that a non white MP should be 'deported', took a 24 hour Mental Health break, and faced zero consequences
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I can’t believe we have days of stories about if Rachel Reeves should resign for not making Chris Mason feel special enough when you have the Lords blocking manifesto commiments by a government that won the election in a landslide going by almost without comment
Wrote my take on the retreat on day one rights against unfair dismissal, for Renewal. Basically Labour made a promise it turned out it couldn't deliver, a small group of serious trade unions then decided to try to salvage this, but this isn't without severe trade offs renewal.org.uk/blog/pragmat...
Pragmatism’s limits?
Following secret negotiations between business confederations and GMB, CWU, Prospect, Unite, USDAW, UNISON, and the TUC, the government has U-turned on its manifesto commitment to introduce day-one ri...
renewal.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I can’t believe we have days of stories about if Rachel Reeves should resign for not making Chris Mason feel special enough when you have the Lords blocking manifesto commiments by a government that won the election in a landslide going by almost without comment
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That MSPs are now openly saying stuff like this is chilling. "Controversial groups like LGBT Youth Scotland"? LGBTYS didn't need to be in my schools for me to be gay, but they sure as hell would have helped me avoid 9 years of fear and self-loathing if they had been. Despicable stuff.
November 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
That MSPs are now openly saying stuff like this is chilling. "Controversial groups like LGBT Youth Scotland"? LGBTYS didn't need to be in my schools for me to be gay, but they sure as hell would have helped me avoid 9 years of fear and self-loathing if they had been. Despicable stuff.
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"Controversial groups like LGBT Youth Scotland" is real mask off stuff, genuinely nobody in the Ruth Davidson era of the Scottish Conservatives would have been... brave, or stupid, enough to just openly say that. That is where Ross/Findlay have taken the party, and where the culture wars have went.
There's few MSPs I will celebrate losing their seats next year more than Pam Gosal - a ghoul who is so open about her hatred that she would have looked extreme even in the heights of the anti-gay hate in the 1980s.
"Supporting queer youth" is a "harmful ideology" to her and she doesn't even pretend
"Supporting queer youth" is a "harmful ideology" to her and she doesn't even pretend
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"Controversial groups like LGBT Youth Scotland" is real mask off stuff, genuinely nobody in the Ruth Davidson era of the Scottish Conservatives would have been... brave, or stupid, enough to just openly say that. That is where Ross/Findlay have taken the party, and where the culture wars have went.
The haircut was quite extreme, my head feels lighter now
November 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The haircut was quite extreme, my head feels lighter now
The chocolate was so thick it hurt my teeth 😞
November 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The chocolate was so thick it hurt my teeth 😞