Kris (he/him)
@portlandkris.bsky.social
By the sea w/ palm tree. Dons (https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/membership), queer, loving trans siblings & friends, welcoming migrants, LGBTIQA+ Greens (https://join.greenparty.org.uk/join-us/) Banner:Marsha P, PFP:Dons pride crest
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Please use alt text. There’s no reason for a media organization not to do it. There’s no reason for anybody not to, but especially an org tasked with getting information out there to people. Why wouldn’t you want your reporting to be accessible to people with low vision or who use screen readers?
December 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Please use alt text. There’s no reason for a media organization not to do it. There’s no reason for anybody not to, but especially an org tasked with getting information out there to people. Why wouldn’t you want your reporting to be accessible to people with low vision or who use screen readers?
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Few facts about the Palestine Action protesters on Hunger Strike
1. They never attacked anyone with sledgehammers (That was a different group)
2. They didn't commit aggravated burglary, they didn't attack anyone, they didn't even steal anything
3. They shouldn't be in jail
1. They never attacked anyone with sledgehammers (That was a different group)
2. They didn't commit aggravated burglary, they didn't attack anyone, they didn't even steal anything
3. They shouldn't be in jail
December 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Few facts about the Palestine Action protesters on Hunger Strike
1. They never attacked anyone with sledgehammers (That was a different group)
2. They didn't commit aggravated burglary, they didn't attack anyone, they didn't even steal anything
3. They shouldn't be in jail
1. They never attacked anyone with sledgehammers (That was a different group)
2. They didn't commit aggravated burglary, they didn't attack anyone, they didn't even steal anything
3. They shouldn't be in jail
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It's important to note for the consultant people: Kat is tied for first place, she's raised more money in this race than anyone else, and she hasn't used Twitter in months.
It's a website filled with racist AI snuff films and it's rigged against you specifically. There's no good reason to use it.
It's a website filled with racist AI snuff films and it's rigged against you specifically. There's no good reason to use it.
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It's important to note for the consultant people: Kat is tied for first place, she's raised more money in this race than anyone else, and she hasn't used Twitter in months.
It's a website filled with racist AI snuff films and it's rigged against you specifically. There's no good reason to use it.
It's a website filled with racist AI snuff films and it's rigged against you specifically. There's no good reason to use it.
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This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
But the BBC will still show him on "Would I lie to you?".
We love actual consequences, better late than never.
If only people in publishing and media who only saw £££ didn't spend years protecting him so he could become fabulously wealthy at the expense of the women he preyed on.
www.thebookseller.com/news/david-w...
If only people in publishing and media who only saw £££ didn't spend years protecting him so he could become fabulously wealthy at the expense of the women he preyed on.
www.thebookseller.com/news/david-w...
David Walliams 'dropped from Waterstones Children's Book Festival line-up'
David Walliams has been dropped from the line-up for 2026’s Waterstones Children’s Book Festival in Dundee.
www.thebookseller.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
But the BBC will still show him on "Would I lie to you?".
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‼️An exciting opportunity. Could you be our next Managing Director?
⚡ We're looking for someone who is energised by, and committed to, our work and values, and who will bring new vision and fresh energy!
Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mvyadpue. Closing date: 9am on 12th Jan
⚡ We're looking for someone who is energised by, and committed to, our work and values, and who will bring new vision and fresh energy!
Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mvyadpue. Closing date: 9am on 12th Jan
Vacancies - Social Workers Without Borders
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December 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
‼️An exciting opportunity. Could you be our next Managing Director?
⚡ We're looking for someone who is energised by, and committed to, our work and values, and who will bring new vision and fresh energy!
Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mvyadpue. Closing date: 9am on 12th Jan
⚡ We're looking for someone who is energised by, and committed to, our work and values, and who will bring new vision and fresh energy!
Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mvyadpue. Closing date: 9am on 12th Jan
Dreadful.
What a Christmas present @heidialexander.bsky.social - We look forward to cycling alongside these (not)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Uber and Lyft partner with China's Baidu to trial UK robotaxis
Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxis have already accrued millions of driverless rides in cities worldwide.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Dreadful.
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This is becoming a very very shameful episode - and a tragedy for these young and courageous people and their friends and families
filtonactionists.com
filtonactionists.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is becoming a very very shameful episode - and a tragedy for these young and courageous people and their friends and families
filtonactionists.com
filtonactionists.com
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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Also screw the BBC for its naked agenda. It refused to carry a hugely expensive first ever YouGov survey we commissioned showing how awful trans lives in the UK have become because it was "not strong enough" but there's no piece of anti-trans hatred too petty for it to platform.
Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
University threatened with legal action after protest at event
Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Also screw the BBC for its naked agenda. It refused to carry a hugely expensive first ever YouGov survey we commissioned showing how awful trans lives in the UK have become because it was "not strong enough" but there's no piece of anti-trans hatred too petty for it to platform.
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Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
University threatened with legal action after protest at event
Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
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In less than a decade, these bigots have succeeded in hounding trans people into a desperate fight for survival. And THEY still get to play the victim. For shame, Britain, for shame.
University threatened with legal action after protest at event
Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
In less than a decade, these bigots have succeeded in hounding trans people into a desperate fight for survival. And THEY still get to play the victim. For shame, Britain, for shame.
I'm watching this, but via LibreTube rather than YouTube. It's very good.
If you missed yesterday’s reading of A Christmas Carol, the recording is available now!
The donation link is still open, so if you enjoy the story please donate something for World Central Kitchen 🙏
youtu.be/zN6E8QXYQQY?...
The donation link is still open, so if you enjoy the story please donate something for World Central Kitchen 🙏
youtu.be/zN6E8QXYQQY?...
Abigail Thorn Reads “A Christmas Carol” — Holiday Stream Highlight
YouTube video by Nebula
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December 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I'm watching this, but via LibreTube rather than YouTube. It's very good.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"This kind of silence is not coercive. Rather, it arises from the tacit understanding that addressing the implications of Epstein’s crimes would impose costs on the network itself."
Tear down all academic idols!
"If Chomsky’s defining intellectual contribution was the naming of structural violence — the unseen forms of harm produced by political and economic systems — then what we see here is its fraternal twin: structural silence"
uniliterate.com/2025/12/stru...
"If Chomsky’s defining intellectual contribution was the naming of structural violence — the unseen forms of harm produced by political and economic systems — then what we see here is its fraternal twin: structural silence"
uniliterate.com/2025/12/stru...
Structural Silence: Chomsky, Epstein, and the Architecture of Elite Immunity
Yesterday was Chomsky's 96th birthday. Since his stroke in 2023 he's not been out in public or made any speeches. According to his publicly listed biography, he suffered a stroke in 2023 and “can no l...
uniliterate.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"This kind of silence is not coercive. Rather, it arises from the tacit understanding that addressing the implications of Epstein’s crimes would impose costs on the network itself."
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As someone in middle age, I've spent decades watching the supposedly serious right-wing papers lining to endorse even the most extreme police misconduct when targeted at football fans. And here, when The Times decides it's an issue, they're going to bat for among the worse fans in world football.
December 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As someone in middle age, I've spent decades watching the supposedly serious right-wing papers lining to endorse even the most extreme police misconduct when targeted at football fans. And here, when The Times decides it's an issue, they're going to bat for among the worse fans in world football.
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The Times is running a front-page story about the Villa-Maccabi Tel Aviv away fan ban without noting Maccabi's long history of racist disorder, which includes a €20k fine *this week* for racist disorder for singing the "rape song" at the club's *first* away game with fans since the Villa ban.
![Police told to explain Maccabi fans ban
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route for [us] to deal with a complaint is via a referral from a ponice force, given the sensitivities in this matter, I am prepared to consider whether we ought to use ou of initiative"
also accented concerns that policing had become "more heightened" since Guildford and his colleague, assistant chie constable Mike O'Hara, evidence in parliament this month. Appearing before the on. Appearing betore th the inaccurate claims that led
to the ban. O'Hara falsely claimed that Birmingham Jewish representatives had backed the decision. apologising days later
Watson said of the han "Given that decision an Given that decision and the Wider context within which it de, I am acutely aware of its potential impact on confidence in the
She told Nick Timothy, the ative MP and Asto Villa fan, and Lord Ai tten to Guildford
regarding this matter to a share any decisions ther shape her next steps. If it carries out a full inquiry, the IOPC could order West Midlands to instigate disciplinary proceedings against its own officers or pass any evidence of criminal offences such as misconduct in public office to the Crown Prosecution Service.
The intervention is unusual for a body which usually investigates cases where someone has died or been severely injured at the hands of police, or when an officer is accused of a criminal offence.
It also marks the latest attempt to hold the force to account. Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, has asked her officials to examine the matter, and instructed His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services to provide its own findings by Christmas.
Debates have taken place in the House of Commons and the House of Lords, and the home affairs committee has summoned Guildford for
a second appearance after concluding that his initial evidence was insufficient.
Guildford has provided one limited admission of wrongdoing in relation to the fictitious West Ham game. He…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:er4qp6hqar7bhyo455dsrv7j/bafkreibkm4ii4almoqfzjswmsqxleedqedpl7tmygetx2d5zy5qkbwonve@jpeg)
December 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The Times is running a front-page story about the Villa-Maccabi Tel Aviv away fan ban without noting Maccabi's long history of racist disorder, which includes a €20k fine *this week* for racist disorder for singing the "rape song" at the club's *first* away game with fans since the Villa ban.
Does anyone know when the name "pigs in blankets" became popular in England? And did the things not really exist before then, or did we have another name for them, or did we just do that describing things using words thing?
December 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Does anyone know when the name "pigs in blankets" became popular in England? And did the things not really exist before then, or did we have another name for them, or did we just do that describing things using words thing?
I'm cracking nuts. It must be krismas.
December 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I'm cracking nuts. It must be krismas.
Worse than the headline - so far 15,000 of 23,500 parents attacked by HMRC have been shown to be fully legit, with a few thousand left to be "investigated" & around 4% where they've found a problem. Here's a link. No clicks for the dreadful guardian website www.dumptheguardian.com/society/2025...
December 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Worse than the headline - so far 15,000 of 23,500 parents attacked by HMRC have been shown to be fully legit, with a few thousand left to be "investigated" & around 4% where they've found a problem. Here's a link. No clicks for the dreadful guardian website www.dumptheguardian.com/society/2025...
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social wore our #ElectTheDolls tee last night while speaking at an event. So cool! 😎
We're so happy to see him on board with electing some dolls. Want to show your support? 👉 lgbtiqagreens.teemill.com
We're so happy to see him on board with electing some dolls. Want to show your support? 👉 lgbtiqagreens.teemill.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social wore our #ElectTheDolls tee last night while speaking at an event. So cool! 😎
We're so happy to see him on board with electing some dolls. Want to show your support? 👉 lgbtiqagreens.teemill.com
We're so happy to see him on board with electing some dolls. Want to show your support? 👉 lgbtiqagreens.teemill.com
So far I've had "cling film", "none, they're all shit" and "Ballad of Wallis Island".
Right, film types - there are ten days left of the year, Which 2025 film *must* I watch before the end of the year?
December 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
So far I've had "cling film", "none, they're all shit" and "Ballad of Wallis Island".
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Congrats to Australia, this is really cool!
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
December 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Congrats to Australia, this is really cool!
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au