R Chapman
@rmchapman.bsky.social
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R Chapman
@rmchapman.bsky.social
· Apr 16
"One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws."
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This is dystopian horror. Innocent people literally got a stamp on a card at random to let them know if they would live or if they would starve to death.
Not because the world lacks resources—but because its stricken with greed. All this blood is on the hands of Trump, Musk, & feckless Republicans.
Not because the world lacks resources—but because its stricken with greed. All this blood is on the hands of Trump, Musk, & feckless Republicans.
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This is dystopian horror. Innocent people literally got a stamp on a card at random to let them know if they would live or if they would starve to death.
Not because the world lacks resources—but because its stricken with greed. All this blood is on the hands of Trump, Musk, & feckless Republicans.
Not because the world lacks resources—but because its stricken with greed. All this blood is on the hands of Trump, Musk, & feckless Republicans.
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When 97% is 'no clear consensus', and 52% is 'the will of the people', it's time to face facts that Governments do what Governments want to do regardless of what their people actually want.
December 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
When 97% is 'no clear consensus', and 52% is 'the will of the people', it's time to face facts that Governments do what Governments want to do regardless of what their people actually want.
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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 12:02 AM
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.
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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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EXCLUSIVE - Girlguiding leaders refuse to enforce 'horrific' trans ban https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/05/girlguiding-leaders-trans-ban/?utm_content=1765263600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Girlguiding leaders refuse to enforce 'horrific' trans ban
Girlguiding leaders have told PinkNews they refuse to enforce a new policy banning trans girls from their groups.
www.thepinknews.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
EXCLUSIVE - Girlguiding leaders refuse to enforce 'horrific' trans ban https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/05/girlguiding-leaders-trans-ban/?utm_content=1765263600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Polling basics is you don’t let your cohort self select like this. More appalling bullshit journalism laundering government bullshit form the BBC
Interesting thing to take away here.
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Polling basics is you don’t let your cohort self select like this. More appalling bullshit journalism laundering government bullshit form the BBC
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🌲 THE BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT THREAD! 🌲
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🌲 THE BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT THREAD! 🌲
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
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Absolute fucking cowards. Nothing in the Supreme Court ruling comprehensively established that it is unlawful to ever include us. You could fight that case and win if you were willing to take a risk for us.
December 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Absolute fucking cowards. Nothing in the Supreme Court ruling comprehensively established that it is unlawful to ever include us. You could fight that case and win if you were willing to take a risk for us.
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Women's Institute have also folded.
They're a private organisation who can decide exactly who their members are and aren't. The SC only affects provisions of the Equality Act, none of which apply to this.
They've chosen to protect themselves from legal challenges at the expense of trans people.
They're a private organisation who can decide exactly who their members are and aren't. The SC only affects provisions of the Equality Act, none of which apply to this.
They've chosen to protect themselves from legal challenges at the expense of trans people.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Women's Institute have also folded.
They're a private organisation who can decide exactly who their members are and aren't. The SC only affects provisions of the Equality Act, none of which apply to this.
They've chosen to protect themselves from legal challenges at the expense of trans people.
They're a private organisation who can decide exactly who their members are and aren't. The SC only affects provisions of the Equality Act, none of which apply to this.
They've chosen to protect themselves from legal challenges at the expense of trans people.
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Okay, here we go.
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Okay, here we go.
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Today is International Men’s Day. So here’s to refugee men fleeing abuse, trans men denied healthcare, queer men bullied for being different, Black men racially profiled, disabled men excluded from work, and all the other men who fail at being “real men.” May we continue to cultivate our humanity.
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today is International Men’s Day. So here’s to refugee men fleeing abuse, trans men denied healthcare, queer men bullied for being different, Black men racially profiled, disabled men excluded from work, and all the other men who fail at being “real men.” May we continue to cultivate our humanity.
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Dear Politician,
If fascists are endorsing your immigration policies, it’s because your immigration policies are racist.
Just saying.
If fascists are endorsing your immigration policies, it’s because your immigration policies are racist.
Just saying.
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Dear Politician,
If fascists are endorsing your immigration policies, it’s because your immigration policies are racist.
Just saying.
If fascists are endorsing your immigration policies, it’s because your immigration policies are racist.
Just saying.
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Making refugee status temporary is an appallingly callous move. People will effectively have to put their lives on hold, possibly for decades
Morally abhorent and worthy only of the xenophobes of Reform
#r4today
Morally abhorent and worthy only of the xenophobes of Reform
#r4today
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Making refugee status temporary is an appallingly callous move. People will effectively have to put their lives on hold, possibly for decades
Morally abhorent and worthy only of the xenophobes of Reform
#r4today
Morally abhorent and worthy only of the xenophobes of Reform
#r4today
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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reminder that when the IOC did a study on this exact topic the result was 'there's no difference really in fact sometimes they actually have a disadvantage to cis women'
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
reminder that when the IOC did a study on this exact topic the result was 'there's no difference really in fact sometimes they actually have a disadvantage to cis women'
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sex workers definitely contribute far more to society than any billionaire ever has
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
sex workers definitely contribute far more to society than any billionaire ever has
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@royalsociety.org is this acceptable behaviour for one of your fellows? Do you still endorse this guy?
November 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
@royalsociety.org is this acceptable behaviour for one of your fellows? Do you still endorse this guy?
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People will mock this. But something to note:
When Remembrance Day was introduced, this is EXACTLY what many British WW1 veterans did on it.
They would meet up with old friends and colleagues from their units. Talk. Laugh. Cry. Toast those not there and get joyously, and utterly shitfaced. /1
When Remembrance Day was introduced, this is EXACTLY what many British WW1 veterans did on it.
They would meet up with old friends and colleagues from their units. Talk. Laugh. Cry. Toast those not there and get joyously, and utterly shitfaced. /1
November 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
People will mock this. But something to note:
When Remembrance Day was introduced, this is EXACTLY what many British WW1 veterans did on it.
They would meet up with old friends and colleagues from their units. Talk. Laugh. Cry. Toast those not there and get joyously, and utterly shitfaced. /1
When Remembrance Day was introduced, this is EXACTLY what many British WW1 veterans did on it.
They would meet up with old friends and colleagues from their units. Talk. Laugh. Cry. Toast those not there and get joyously, and utterly shitfaced. /1
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Legendary wing walker Lillian Boyer at work.
WW1, the availability of war surplus aircraft after it and the many flight schools that popped up, created an explosion of opportunity for female aviators.
E.g. the schools that didn't want take women quickly discovered that economically they needed to.
WW1, the availability of war surplus aircraft after it and the many flight schools that popped up, created an explosion of opportunity for female aviators.
E.g. the schools that didn't want take women quickly discovered that economically they needed to.
November 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Legendary wing walker Lillian Boyer at work.
WW1, the availability of war surplus aircraft after it and the many flight schools that popped up, created an explosion of opportunity for female aviators.
E.g. the schools that didn't want take women quickly discovered that economically they needed to.
WW1, the availability of war surplus aircraft after it and the many flight schools that popped up, created an explosion of opportunity for female aviators.
E.g. the schools that didn't want take women quickly discovered that economically they needed to.
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Here is an anti fascist being dragged under arrest in 1936 and in 2114 perhaps those arrested for protesting for Palestine action will be up on the walls at whatever gallery remains and a hostile government will imagine they would have been progressive in 2025
October 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Here is an anti fascist being dragged under arrest in 1936 and in 2114 perhaps those arrested for protesting for Palestine action will be up on the walls at whatever gallery remains and a hostile government will imagine they would have been progressive in 2025
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Absolutely stonking Plaid win in Caerphilly: as I understand what by-elections mean, Labour will now have to back Welsh Independence and a bunch of left wing policies in order to win back support, right? Or is it only when they lose narrowly to the fash they take up their policies?
October 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Absolutely stonking Plaid win in Caerphilly: as I understand what by-elections mean, Labour will now have to back Welsh Independence and a bunch of left wing policies in order to win back support, right? Or is it only when they lose narrowly to the fash they take up their policies?