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Claudia Stellar, PhD @claudiastellar.bsky.social · Aug 6

ICE agents chased a family into their home, tried to kick the door in, and forced them to barricade inside. Then, one agent dangled their house keys in front of their Ring camera.

Incredibly disturbing to watch these agents’ unhinged behavior and the psychological terror they’re inflicting.

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indeedagem.blacksky.app @indeedagem.blacksky.app · Aug 9

Never forget.

Protesters hang Palestine flag with #MikeBrownForever outside Ferguson PD. 10
years ago it was guidance from Gaza that helped protesters deal with tanks and tear gas #FreePalestine

They are also wearing keffiyehs

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Courtney 🐙 Lovecraftian 🐙 Actually @hexadecibelle.fyi · Aug 9

“…you got a licence to shit in there?”

Keir Starmer standing menacingly in a doorway

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50 Plus Döner @50plusdoner.bsky.social · Aug 9

This is an incredible tweet for someone of his influence to make, and even more so as a direct question to UEFA

Mo Salah said: "Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?"

In response to a tweet from UEFA that said: "Farewell to Suleiman al-Obeid, the 'Palestinian Pelé'.

A talent who gave hope to countless children, even in the darkest of times."

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tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · Aug 9

I sincerely hope that the relatively monied and doughty DOJ movement is willing and able to support those arrested today through their court processes and potentially beyond. I agree totally with them that these arrests are an obscenity.

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tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · Aug 9

the risk of actions like today’s is, unfortunately, that the UK courts are well set up to process hundreds of people quickly. this has been the case since the 2011 riots, when magistrate’s courts were pressed into service to try hundreds of people within weeks.

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tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · Aug 9

a terrorism conviction in the UK can affect your employment, your banking, your ability to travel, for the rest of your life. unlike other offences, it’s never “spent”, so will always show up on any credit or DBS check. for those without UK citizenship it can mean detention or deportation.

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tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · Aug 9

the grounds given for arrest were mostly s13 TACT. s13 doesn’t attract a jury trial, so these people if charged will all be prosecuted in magistrate’s courts, by district judges who know full well this tactic is an attempt to overthrow proscription powers.

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tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · Aug 9

(and their biometrics, and their phone data, of course.)

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tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · Aug 9

again, so far as I can tell, of those taken to stations, only those who have existing bail conditions are being interviewed. everyone else is being bailed once they’ve given their details.

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tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · Aug 9

as far as I can tell, only those who didn’t give their details on the street have been taken to stations (and lots of police station support is needed outside those stations! please, if you can, contact CASP on 07783 176190 and offer your time!) - the rest were bailed and let go.

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tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · Aug 9

lots of speculation about the police not having enough cells to cope.

most people tonight aren’t in cells. the majority were bailed in the open air processing area the police set up by the foreign office.

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tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · Aug 9

there was lots of talk pre today’s action about the proscription of PA being unenforceable. we saw it enforced today. police were keen on a show of force, it seems.

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tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · Aug 9

a very warm welcome to the UK’s 370-odd brand new terrorists!

hundreds of people arrested today, mostly in ldn, and mostly under s13 of the terrorism act 2000 (TACT 00)

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tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · Jul 20

oh look! it’s the inverted comma of finally shame, finally

tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · Jul 20

*waves*

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tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · Jul 19

if you’re thinking of writing it I would loop in DSEI and international union opposition to the transportation of arms and point out there are very many accessible ways for people to make the UK an inhospitable place for arms manufacture and sales

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tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · Jul 19

no, and this is really important. it was buried in the enoch powell starmer speech, not sure where it was before then (manifesto?) so people lost it a bit

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tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · Jun 12

get fucked loser

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tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · Jun 12

Ballymena… I’ve seen a lot of pals frustrated at Republican commentary implying that this racism is a loyalist problem. but it’s complex right?

is there racism bound up in Irish nationalism? fuck yes.

but it it irrelevant to this situation that Ballymena is a prod hole, a squaddie town? fuck no.

tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · Jun 11

the full session of the Women and Equalities Committee today is below. it’s fairly heartening watching from a trans perspective. the clip above is 1hr 52min-ish in, or 16.17 GMT on the screen clock.

parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

Faulkner sat there and said “article 8 rights don’t apply” to us.

Parliamentlive.tv

Women and Equalities Committee

parliamentlive.tv

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tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · Jun 11

Baroness Faulkner responds to the WEC, on the subject of trans people’s right to privacy: “we don’t think Article 8 rights apply… and we’ve taken legal advice to that effect.”

she doesn’t think article 8 rights apply to trans people.

who gave her this legal advice? I wonder.

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Kay Crosby @kaycrosby.bsky.social · May 22

One argument the Supreme Court made in FWS was that sex had to have a trans-exclusionary definition or else trans men who give birth would lack protection. Here's what the Health and Safety Executive has to say on the matter, in guidance last updated on 10th March, one month before the FWS decision:

This guidance applies to all new and expectant mothers. It’s important for employers to support them all equally. The legal protections outlined also apply to some transgender men, non-binary people and people with variations in sex characteristics, or who are intersex.

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tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · May 17

❤️

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tafka bunnyrabble @sigbodomy.bsky.social · May 16

you can defo hand poke my legs for practice xx

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