strongoose
@strongoose.bsky.social
I'm interested in environmental justice, permacomputing, and sci-fi.
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I’ve said it before but it is embarrassing that so many intellectuals spent years in small factional battles over the propriety of calling this fascism.
In preparation for next week’s parade/demonstration, tanks are being moved into Washington, DC today. Unprecedented.
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
June 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I’ve said it before but it is embarrassing that so many intellectuals spent years in small factional battles over the propriety of calling this fascism.
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Freedom of assembly and association (but not for trans+ protesters). Respect for private and family life (but not for trans+ people) Freedom of expression (unless you are criticising the regulator). The degree to which the EHRC has become unmoored from Convention rights is quite shocking.
In mindblowing news, the EHRC's landlord, it seems at the EHRC's behest, is trying to injunct protestors from protesting outside the EHRC's offices.
We will be in Court today making an emergency attempt to resist the injunction. www.crowdjustice.com/case/protect...
We will be in Court today making an emergency attempt to resist the injunction. www.crowdjustice.com/case/protect...
Protect the Right to Protest - from the EHRC
Good Law Project fights for a better, fairer and greener future.
www.crowdjustice.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Freedom of assembly and association (but not for trans+ protesters). Respect for private and family life (but not for trans+ people) Freedom of expression (unless you are criticising the regulator). The degree to which the EHRC has become unmoored from Convention rights is quite shocking.
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June 1, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Audre Lorde would've hated everything about JK Rowling.
May 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Audre Lorde would've hated everything about JK Rowling.
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The knives are properly out for Kishwer Faulkner and the little clique of culture warriors masquerading as regulators she has gathered around her. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
‘A real mess’: splits emerge in Labour over supreme court’s gender ruling
Growing number of MPs are questioning Keir Starmer’s claim that ruling has brought ‘clarity’ to issue
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The knives are properly out for Kishwer Faulkner and the little clique of culture warriors masquerading as regulators she has gathered around her. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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We've heard of other universities looking at doing this. Hopefully they'll realise that following the EHRC's 'interim update' could lead them into some very dangerous legal waters.
Rather a lot of organisations who, driven by foolishness or ideology, forced colleagues into the wrong toilets following the 'interim guidance' of the EHRC are going to have some explaining to do. www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/15/w...
Top UK university says trans toilet ban published in 'error'
Warwick University has said it is 'deeply sorry' for temporarily updating its trans toilets policy to exclude them from single-sex spaces.
www.thepinknews.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
We've heard of other universities looking at doing this. Hopefully they'll realise that following the EHRC's 'interim update' could lead them into some very dangerous legal waters.
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As a Stranger in this country who for the decade ive been here only been feeling more and more unwelcome Starmer’s speech really broke something in me
May 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
As a Stranger in this country who for the decade ive been here only been feeling more and more unwelcome Starmer’s speech really broke something in me
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I have never liked rich people or cops, and current events strengthen this point of view.
We already know this but here it is again..!!
Wealthiest 10% contribute to two thirds (66%) of global warming since 1990.
phys.org/news/2025-05...
Wealthiest 10% contribute to two thirds (66%) of global warming since 1990.
phys.org/news/2025-05...
World's wealthiest 10% have contributed to two-thirds of global warming since 1990, study finds
Wealthy individuals have a higher carbon footprint. A new study published in Nature Climate Change quantifies the climate outcomes of these inequalities. It finds that the world's wealthiest 10% are r...
phys.org
May 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I have never liked rich people or cops, and current events strengthen this point of view.
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Years of grinding austerity (and the cruel, dehumanizing rhetoric required to sell it to the public) has left us with a mental healthcare system that treats patients as prisoners - and often, very literally imprisons them too.
New work from me:
national.thelead.uk/p/theyre-jus...
New work from me:
national.thelead.uk/p/theyre-jus...
"They’re just waiting for her to die": How austerity turns mental health patients into prisoners
As mental health crises spiral, many like Lucy find themselves caught in a broken system where prison is seen as the only place of safety
national.thelead.uk
May 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Years of grinding austerity (and the cruel, dehumanizing rhetoric required to sell it to the public) has left us with a mental healthcare system that treats patients as prisoners - and often, very literally imprisons them too.
New work from me:
national.thelead.uk/p/theyre-jus...
New work from me:
national.thelead.uk/p/theyre-jus...
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Finally got around to writing to my mp
May 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Finally got around to writing to my mp
I suppose there was never a high chance that Labour would take any lesson from the recent local elections other than "gotta be more racist".
May 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I suppose there was never a high chance that Labour would take any lesson from the recent local elections other than "gotta be more racist".
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I have sat with many devastated parents of trans kids who ran out of hope. The mental health crisis is now spreading further through the adult trans community after the disgraceful Supreme Court decision. We all know what is responsible for these deaths - and it's not those of us who point them out.
May 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I have sat with many devastated parents of trans kids who ran out of hope. The mental health crisis is now spreading further through the adult trans community after the disgraceful Supreme Court decision. We all know what is responsible for these deaths - and it's not those of us who point them out.
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The analysis by Whitehall officials provides no data or research to back up the government’s central argument that it is environmental legislation that holds up building.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development
Whitehall analysis provides no data or research to support the government argument that environmental legislation holds up building
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The analysis by Whitehall officials provides no data or research to back up the government’s central argument that it is environmental legislation that holds up building.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I wrote this article about the amazing work @netrunner.nullsignal.games is doing and the excitement surrounding the world championships being in Edinburgh this year!
NEW: A volunteer-led gaming organisation is deep in the midst of planning a 300-person world championship tournament in Edinburgh later this year
Fans bring cult card game back to life with Scottish city hosting world tournament
www.thenational.scot
May 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I wrote this article about the amazing work @netrunner.nullsignal.games is doing and the excitement surrounding the world championships being in Edinburgh this year!
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What Treasury is doing is making a dishonest political case that we should prioritise the interests of the owners of water companies over those of taxpayers, customers and the environment.
Because Labour has been captured by money. Different glove puppet; same hand. 2/2
Because Labour has been captured by money. Different glove puppet; same hand. 2/2
May 4, 2025 at 6:16 AM
What Treasury is doing is making a dishonest political case that we should prioritise the interests of the owners of water companies over those of taxpayers, customers and the environment.
Because Labour has been captured by money. Different glove puppet; same hand. 2/2
Because Labour has been captured by money. Different glove puppet; same hand. 2/2
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The person in charge of 'story-telling' at Labour works out of Policy Exchange, a Tufton Street outlet whose anti-trans stance is so extreme even the Sunday Times is embarrassed to carry it.
The Right's takeover of Labour is complete. politicshomecom.cmail20.com/t/t-e-gpyhdt...
The Right's takeover of Labour is complete. politicshomecom.cmail20.com/t/t-e-gpyhdt...
May 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The person in charge of 'story-telling' at Labour works out of Policy Exchange, a Tufton Street outlet whose anti-trans stance is so extreme even the Sunday Times is embarrassed to carry it.
The Right's takeover of Labour is complete. politicshomecom.cmail20.com/t/t-e-gpyhdt...
The Right's takeover of Labour is complete. politicshomecom.cmail20.com/t/t-e-gpyhdt...
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Carry on using the right toilets. Labour's cruelty is stupid, uneforceable and unlawful. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Culture leaders 'unwilling' to police which toilets people use
More than 1,000 people have signed an open letter to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
www.bbc.co.uk
May 3, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Carry on using the right toilets. Labour's cruelty is stupid, uneforceable and unlawful. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Outlook not so good 🎱
Police tech doesn’t predict crime. It predicts policing.
Based on biased data, it brings more of the same – racist policing and poverty punishment.
Read why crime 'predicting' police tech must be BANNED ⬇️
#SafetyNotSurveillance
www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/why-pre...
Police tech doesn’t predict crime. It predicts policing.
Based on biased data, it brings more of the same – racist policing and poverty punishment.
Read why crime 'predicting' police tech must be BANNED ⬇️
#SafetyNotSurveillance
www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/why-pre...
Why ‘Predictive’ Policing Must be Banned
The UK Government is trying to use algorithms to predict which people are most likely to become killers using sensetive personal data of hundreds of thousands of people.
www.openrightsgroup.org
May 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Outlook not so good 🎱
Police tech doesn’t predict crime. It predicts policing.
Based on biased data, it brings more of the same – racist policing and poverty punishment.
Read why crime 'predicting' police tech must be BANNED ⬇️
#SafetyNotSurveillance
www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/why-pre...
Police tech doesn’t predict crime. It predicts policing.
Based on biased data, it brings more of the same – racist policing and poverty punishment.
Read why crime 'predicting' police tech must be BANNED ⬇️
#SafetyNotSurveillance
www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/why-pre...
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A useful reminder that Blue Labour can be very effective at increasing votes...for the LibDems
LIB DEM GAIN FROM LABOUR WITH MASSIVE SWING!
🔶🔶🔶🔶🔶
#LibDems
Another win for Lincoln Lib Dems
#Lincolnshire
Park (Lincolnshire) council election result:
🔶 LDEM: 39.2% (+22.3)
🌹 LAB: 28.9% (-18)
➡️ REF: 21.3% (+17.9)
🟦 CON: 5.3% (-15.8)
▪️TUSC: 4.4% (+2)
🔶🔶🔶🔶🔶
#LibDems
Another win for Lincoln Lib Dems
#Lincolnshire
Park (Lincolnshire) council election result:
🔶 LDEM: 39.2% (+22.3)
🌹 LAB: 28.9% (-18)
➡️ REF: 21.3% (+17.9)
🟦 CON: 5.3% (-15.8)
▪️TUSC: 4.4% (+2)
May 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A useful reminder that Blue Labour can be very effective at increasing votes...for the LibDems
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you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you
May 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you
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Mr Kneale, you speak for so many of us. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
April 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Mr Kneale, you speak for so many of us. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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"She points to the decimation of youth services – in England, there was a £1.1bn cut in funding between 2010 and 2021. The internet has filled this void. 'The boys I speak to are usually 14 to 19 and some have never had a conversation about consent before'." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘I don’t date at all now’: one woman’s journey into the darkest corners of the manosphere
When Jess Davies was 15, a boy leaked pictures she’d shared with him. At 18, she was a glamour model. A few years later, another man violated her trust. Then she fought back
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:05 AM
"She points to the decimation of youth services – in England, there was a £1.1bn cut in funding between 2010 and 2021. The internet has filled this void. 'The boys I speak to are usually 14 to 19 and some have never had a conversation about consent before'." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...