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Faith Elisabeth Lilley @stormknight.bsky.social · 1d

This security dalek in my local Boots chemist.

The member of staff I talked to in there was getting really sick of it after just a few days. It activates every time someone enters or leaves the store.

I saw one woman walk in and nope back out the store while I was there.

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The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 2d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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Faith Elisabeth Lilley @stormknight.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, with characters like that it's blatantly obvious their entire existence is just to provide motive for the main character.

It's why dramas that involve women and minority writers are often so much more compelling, because the characters are rounded, complete and have their own motives & agenda

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Faith Elisabeth Lilley @stormknight.bsky.social · 1d

I've always found it weird how media portrays marriage as an inconvenience and women as a "ball and chain" preventing men from doing what they want.

It's like they expect people to hate each other after more than a year of marriage.

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

FACT ~ We live in a world where being labelled a racist, homophobe, transphobe, fascist or bigot is widely regarded as more egregious than being the victim of racism, homophobia, transphobia, bigotry or fascism.

youtu.be/PCbnyoDqE7o?...

AMAZING LBC Caller, BEST Call Of The Week?

YouTube video by Daily Blasé

youtu.be

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Faith Elisabeth Lilley @stormknight.bsky.social · 1d

Ah... this seems like a good tine to say

I like your shoelaces

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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 1d

Has anyone made this FOI request of the south-west and the London CYP Gender services?

This post ⬇️relates to the north-west service, where not one young person has been offered medical transition since the service was opened over a year ago.

This isn't treatment. It's state sanctioned conversion.

EmiB71 @emiliab.bsky.social · 8d

#UK #TransRights An FOI has just confirmed what all of us have feared: for the Youth gender services, since July 2024, not a single patient has been referred to commence HRT. And 22 have been moved from youth to adult services , also without treatment. This is scandalous.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 2d

4 panel comic

Panel 1:
A Purple person is standing holding a clipboard. A Blue Person sits at a laptop.
Blue Person: Woohoo. I’m the CEO of a social media platform.

Panel 2:
Purple person: We should hire a PR person to interact with the public
Blue Person begins to type on laptop and says: Nope. Gonna do all that myself

Panel 3:
Purple person looks concerned and says: Really…but…

Panel 4:
Purple person: You’re such a whiny little fucking baby

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Faith Elisabeth Lilley @stormknight.bsky.social · 2d

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An illustration of the characters Jinx and Vi from arcane with the text:
"Fuck the police"
"Done"

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Faith Elisabeth Lilley @stormknight.bsky.social · 2d

Capitalism births fascism by instinct.

Power defending itself from justice.

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Faith Elisabeth Lilley @stormknight.bsky.social · 2d

This appealed to me because of the way it expands the classic illustration of equality and equity (we should always be striving for equity over equality) plus it's really on the nose with that capitalism section.

A cartoon illustrating three panels labeled “Equality,” “Equity,” and “Capitalism.” In “Equality,” three people of different heights stand on equal-sized boxes to look over a fence at a baseball game and only the tallest can see. In “Equity,” the boxes are redistributed so each person can see over the fence. In “Capitalism,” one person sits on a huge, unstable tower made of hundreds of boxes reaching into the sky, while a police officer and a soldier guard the pile; the others are left with nothing and one person is being restrained on the ground.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 7d

CEO: we're all trying to improve this place

You: so you're gonna kick out the guy who keeps trying to kill me, right

CEO:

You: You're gonna kick out the guy who has literally helped kiwifarms target me personally, right

CEO: WAFFLES

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Naoise Dolan @naoisedolan.bsky.social · 2d

The first flotilla’s Irish participants have just been released from Israeli prison; they’re on their way home now. Meanwhile, we on the second flotilla are nearing Gaza. Keep speaking up for Palestine. We’re sailing not only for aid but for self-determination & we won’t stop until Palestine is free

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 3d

Another 500 arrests, another lurch to the right...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/05/police-to-get-new-powers-to-crack-down-on-repeated-protests-says-home-office

Civil liberty groups express concern over plan for more anti-protest powers

Home secretary says police can consider ‘cumulative impact' of demonstrations as Palestine Action ban opponents vow ‘escalation'

www.theguardian.com

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bubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social · 3d

if jesse singal “hasn’t violated the terms of use,” but the goofy autistic space law nerd with the bad food opinions has, maybe your terms of service are bad.

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Faith Elisabeth Lilley @stormknight.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, this timeline is cursed for sure.

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Faith Elisabeth Lilley @stormknight.bsky.social · 3d

Laws restricting internet access and demanding age verification are just authoritarian measurements from governments, dressed up in, "think of the children"

They're badly implemented and are causing actual harm.

John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: breach of Discord age verification data.

Including some users passports & DLs

Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.

Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/

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[email protected] @jimcook.bsky.social · 4d

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Faith Elisabeth Lilley @stormknight.bsky.social · 4d

That's the most horrific thing to me - people who are so full of hatred that they don't care what damage they cause, as long as they get to hurt people they regard as the enemy.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 4d

Leaving the ECHR is just another "cause" that right-wing lunatics can latch onto.

It's Brexit 2.

And like the original most people backing, it don't understand it, don't really believe in what they
are doing and do not care one jot what havoc it causes.

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 4d

As a feminist, it’s just SO EXHAUSTING that I have to investigate EVERYTHING that seems remotely supportive of women, to make sure that it’s not a Trojan horse being used by ‘gender critical’ transphobes to sneak in anti-trans hate under the guise of “protecting women”! 😫

Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 4d

🚨Beware of how this petition is going to be misused by ‘gender critical’ transphobes!

On the face of it, it seems innocuous - but it’s clear transphobes are going to conflate trans women with cis men in order to EXCLUDE them from women’s hospital wards! 😖

It’s insidious malicious transphobia! 😤

Petitions
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Inquiry into sexual violence in
NHS hospitals
I want the Government to have an inquiry into sexual violence being reported in NHS hospitals, to come up with a plan to reduce incidents.
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Sign this petition
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TWITTER SCREENSHOT…

Giles Rocholl (the MAN who started the petition)
Could you all please sign and share the petition I launched last month to help protect people going in to hospital. It has just started getting traction with support from Sharron Davies MBE and Rosie Duffield MP. These terrible and sadly numerous crimes mostly affect woman and the most vulnerable in society. There is huge concern that the NHS is suppressing enquiries and not tackling the terrible situation effectively.

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Faith Elisabeth Lilley @stormknight.bsky.social · 6d

Oh wow, @cassetteboy.bsky.social has really delivered on this one.

Savage takes, but absolutely spitting truths.

Cassetteboy @cassetteboy.bsky.social · 8d

New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.

This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

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UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 7d

What the hell is this nonsense?

Would someone say the same about having to share a toilet with any other demographic? No. It's bigotry pure and simple.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Engineer used 'secret toilet' after trans colleague encounter

Maria Kelly is taking legal action against Leonardo UK, an aerospace company which has offices worldwide, including one in Edinburgh.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Faith Elisabeth Lilley @stormknight.bsky.social · 7d

Just watching this in disbelief that the various governments of the world are sitting back and allowing this to happen.

Many of them are still supplying the Israeli military.

Faith Elisabeth Lilley @stormknight.bsky.social · 7d

www.youtube.com/live/uEN2bWF...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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Faith Elisabeth Lilley @stormknight.bsky.social · 7d

13 of 43 ships now marked as intercepted.

The Israeli army are using incendiary weapons and water cannons against the ships, then boarding them with guns and throwing cameras and phones into the sea.

globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/

Flotilla Tracker - Global Movement to Gaza

globalsumudflotilla.org

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