Kay Paterson-Bassett
@kaytoremember.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Education and Social Justice, HE Professional and very tired queer nerd They/them
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Shamima Begum was the beginning of something in so many ways, one of which was 'the last government's inability to just do its job properly (in this case by passing legislation that would have allowed it to prosecute her here at home) and instead going 'no option but to undermine all our rights'.
There should be literally no circumstances, ever, where citizenship is can be revoked. If you literally sign up to fight for an opposing army in a war, then we should prosecute you for treason not revoke citizenship
Hell, I'm not convinced we should revoke citizenship at all.
But certainly not for being a twat online.
But certainly not for being a twat online.
December 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Shamima Begum was the beginning of something in so many ways, one of which was 'the last government's inability to just do its job properly (in this case by passing legislation that would have allowed it to prosecute her here at home) and instead going 'no option but to undermine all our rights'.
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Shocking statistic! We need the @greenparty.org.uk in power. An actual party of & for the working class!
#VoteGreen
#VoteGreen
Child Poverty %
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
December 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Shocking statistic! We need the @greenparty.org.uk in power. An actual party of & for the working class!
#VoteGreen
#VoteGreen
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A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
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socialism is when your former landlord raises the rent after you move out
December 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
socialism is when your former landlord raises the rent after you move out
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I'm gonna be honest, when you say, "trump is your fault because you didn't support the democrats killing Palestinians," what i hear is, "they were supposed to be the only people being tortured and killed." I hear, "I'm not against fascism, I'm just against being on the receiving end of the gun."
December 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I'm gonna be honest, when you say, "trump is your fault because you didn't support the democrats killing Palestinians," what i hear is, "they were supposed to be the only people being tortured and killed." I hear, "I'm not against fascism, I'm just against being on the receiving end of the gun."
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Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
April 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
Just eaten the mince pie left as I put presents under the tree. Unfortunately child 1 insisted on a glass of water rather than anything stronger.
If this happens next year maybe Santa will leave a strongly worded letter
If this happens next year maybe Santa will leave a strongly worded letter
December 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Just eaten the mince pie left as I put presents under the tree. Unfortunately child 1 insisted on a glass of water rather than anything stronger.
If this happens next year maybe Santa will leave a strongly worded letter
If this happens next year maybe Santa will leave a strongly worded letter
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As many of us begin Christmas meal prep, allow me to share the advice that my ER nurse sister puts in the chat every year:
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
December 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
As many of us begin Christmas meal prep, allow me to share the advice that my ER nurse sister puts in the chat every year:
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
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He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
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Dudes Rock
December 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Dudes Rock
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The amount of money in this screenshot is the after tax equivalent of working a full time minimum wage job for 176,392,573 years
The 6 richest men in the world are all Trump allies.
They control the algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
They control the algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
December 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The amount of money in this screenshot is the after tax equivalent of working a full time minimum wage job for 176,392,573 years
Quite of the day from Child 1:
(About going to the Railway museum)
I liked the museum, we saw new and old trains but I was expecting to see the bones of trains
(About going to the Railway museum)
I liked the museum, we saw new and old trains but I was expecting to see the bones of trains
December 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Quite of the day from Child 1:
(About going to the Railway museum)
I liked the museum, we saw new and old trains but I was expecting to see the bones of trains
(About going to the Railway museum)
I liked the museum, we saw new and old trains but I was expecting to see the bones of trains
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Please share. Thanks
December 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Please share. Thanks
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I feel like some news organizations in 2025 are backing away from trans-inclusive language they’d used for a decade or longer—because the nature of both-sidesism is that the right can always create a controversy by insisting there is a controversy.
Trans youth healthcare is based in decades of research and supported by every major medical organization in the US. Under RFK Jr, a handpicked panel produced a dodgy report claiming otherwise.
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
The Neglected Front in RFK Jr.’s War on Science — Assigned
As trans healthcare is decimated no one is standing up for the integrity of the scientific process for these patients.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I feel like some news organizations in 2025 are backing away from trans-inclusive language they’d used for a decade or longer—because the nature of both-sidesism is that the right can always create a controversy by insisting there is a controversy.
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“I trust my immune system. I don’t need a vaccine.”
Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it.
Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.
Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it.
Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.
December 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“I trust my immune system. I don’t need a vaccine.”
Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it.
Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.
Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it.
Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.
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GenAI slop is going to be like the thin layer of microplastics in the geological record.
"Yeah, there were some fucking stupid decisions made here. They basically spent years poisoning their entire environment, and themselves."
"Yeah, there were some fucking stupid decisions made here. They basically spent years poisoning their entire environment, and themselves."
Okay real talk, the only sense in which GenAI is "here to stay" is that even after the bubble pops, AI is digital asbestos that is poisoning everything and we'll probably be picking the detritus out of everywhere it's ended up for years, assuming there's a will to remove it en masse that is.
December 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
GenAI slop is going to be like the thin layer of microplastics in the geological record.
"Yeah, there were some fucking stupid decisions made here. They basically spent years poisoning their entire environment, and themselves."
"Yeah, there were some fucking stupid decisions made here. They basically spent years poisoning their entire environment, and themselves."
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Yes, this was always the plan; all the po-faced politicians finger-wagging you about the two-state solution fully understood it was bullshit, and that the actual goal was “get rid of the Palestinians by any means necessary”.
BBC News: "Israels security cabinet has approved the recognition of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move which is illegal under international law"
December 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Yes, this was always the plan; all the po-faced politicians finger-wagging you about the two-state solution fully understood it was bullshit, and that the actual goal was “get rid of the Palestinians by any means necessary”.
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Presented without comment.
December 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Presented without comment.
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Doesn’t feel good that the head of BBC News Content is instructing reporters to refer to trans people with slurs. If this leak is real it raises questions about who made this decision, who was consulted, and why the BBC chose to ignore its own editorial guidelines on slurs and offensive language
EXCLUSIVE
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
December 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Doesn’t feel good that the head of BBC News Content is instructing reporters to refer to trans people with slurs. If this leak is real it raises questions about who made this decision, who was consulted, and why the BBC chose to ignore its own editorial guidelines on slurs and offensive language
Finally, people have known about this for years and come with receipts. But no one cared because it was young women with little to no power being harassed.
When nothing was done when someone who had a reasonable online following came forward it seemed like he was untouchable but seems not
When nothing was done when someone who had a reasonable online following came forward it seemed like he was untouchable but seems not
David Walliams has been dropped by his publisher following an investigation by The Telegraph into inappropriate behaviour towards young women. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
December 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Finally, people have known about this for years and come with receipts. But no one cared because it was young women with little to no power being harassed.
When nothing was done when someone who had a reasonable online following came forward it seemed like he was untouchable but seems not
When nothing was done when someone who had a reasonable online following came forward it seemed like he was untouchable but seems not
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
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He’s laundered a genocide. He demonises desperate people seeking asylum. He panders to Reform at the expense of people of colour. He’s implementing transphobic policies. He cuts benefits for disabled people. “Inoffensive”? He’s deeply offensive if you are affected by any of this (Lewis isn’t)
How can this inoffensive man have become so viscerally loathed?
Keir Starmer must make No 10 a content factory
🖊️ Lewis Goodall
Keir Starmer must make No 10 a content factory
🖊️ Lewis Goodall
Keir Starmer must make No 10 a content factory
The Prime Minister can only re-establish authority if he learns to command the message
www.newstatesman.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
He’s laundered a genocide. He demonises desperate people seeking asylum. He panders to Reform at the expense of people of colour. He’s implementing transphobic policies. He cuts benefits for disabled people. “Inoffensive”? He’s deeply offensive if you are affected by any of this (Lewis isn’t)
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The “real” prospect, Sarah? Real? Really?
Again, it is not Yer Da driving himself insane on Facebook that should worry us. It is elite radicalisation: the political and media class, who have roasted each other’s brains to blackened cinders.
December 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The “real” prospect, Sarah? Real? Really?
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Not easy to get to sleep tonight - have burnt the bridge of whatever career I had left and really don’t feel that my opinions are so extreme that that should have been necessary
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Not easy to get to sleep tonight - have burnt the bridge of whatever career I had left and really don’t feel that my opinions are so extreme that that should have been necessary