The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

The Express will keep doing this. Churning out anger and division. They don’t take a day off, even on Christmas Day. But this Christmas I’m inviting you to choose something different: Humanity. Kindness. Hope.

your colleagues are ranting about "lefties", your government can barely go a day without demonising immigrants, has puts 100s of political prisoners in its jails, attacks doctors and their trade union, goes after disabled people, sucks up continuously to Donald Trump. You have some nerve.

Despite your family’s apparent concern about how much you love Legend of Zelda, it’s about to be socially acceptable to fixate on nothing but a single day in the calendar for weeks on end (and that’s totally fine).

Lest we forget. We've fucking forgotten.

Courage and integrity look good on a politician. I could get used to this.

Made a pumpkin pie for the first time. Was so popular now I have to make another one!

There's a good point here. Whether or not you agree with his politics, @zackpolanski.bsky.social is consistently consistent. He's sharp, straight, prepared, focused and answers without deflection or obfuscation. Surely that's the least we should expect from ALL politicians, whatever party?

Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.

Hi #portfolioday ! I'm Nate and I make some pretty alright pixelart! Check out my stores, portfolio, commissions and sites: linktr.ee/ekvitki #pixelart #space #vgen #commission #kofi

watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily

Zack Polanski used the ‘F’ word twice on BBCQT last night… and the audience applauded him for it 👇 "You actually are a fascist from a far right party… this is racism, this is facism and we should call it out"

Everyone in the UK that has had to use this service should be phoning up their MP office to demand an explanation why a law set out (OSA) did not have adequate protections of said data. Phone calls Emails Actual visits to their office.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

DM'd a DnD game for some friends (been a while since I Dm'd) using some of the Monsters from Every Season mini paper figures from my favourite webcomic giantitp.com (Yes, the players adopted the catfish. But the Angler Blobfish has my heart.)

We need to be very clear about this. Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all. humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...

I love protesters. I love resistance. I love seeing people standing in solidarity, speaking up, showing defiance. God it gives me hope. Let the world see each other standing up to this fascism and cruelty, let us inspire and comfort each other.

My son was 1 when leaders gathered in Paris & pledged to keep warming BELOW 1.5C. He’s now 11, & we’re spending our second year ABOVE 1.5C. They’ve doomed all our children because preserving a suicidal economy is more important. We. Should. Be. Furious.

There's no excuse of ignorance any more. Every single person on that fascist march knew who Tommy Robinson was and every single one of them knew why they were there. This isn't Brexit. People weren't conned. They willingly went out to join in, led by a five times jailed thug. Stop making excuses.

While the far right pretend to be patriots they desecrate the memory of thousands of British soldiers & civilians who fought & died, were maimed, lost loved ones to keep the UK free from fascism "Our ancestors defeated the Nazi's and so will we." via @theleftbible.bsky.social

Never met a flagshagger yet who wasn't some kind of arsehole. ... 👇

This is, in fact, why I’m now virtually a single issue voter on trans rights. There’s the basic moral decency part, sure. But it’s such a sign of whether a politician or party is at home to having fascism laundered to them through respectability, for if they have principles and are paying attention.

Reform should not only be held to account they should be mocked. Thoroughly mocked. They and their Toad of Toad Hall leader are a fucking laughing stock and deserve the same contempt they reserve for potential voters. It should be a matter of embarrassment to vote for them.

The neurodivergent experience of asking someone for feedback and genuinely wanting feedback and being frustrated when they just say “it’s great!” vs when they ask you for feedback and you invest time/energy in providing thoughtful feedback and they get upset you didn’t just say “it’s great!”

Part 26 in my weekly poster series for 2025 #art #lgbtq

"They just love their country so much!" via @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social

Real disappointing to see. Grab your scissors and get a free flag, everyone.

Wearing a distinctive black coat with metal bits continues to be interesting. TIL it counts as a form of ID in my town. "Here's my ID..." "That's okay. I recognise the coat."

it appears that @bsky.app have suspended the account of @jessiegender because a trans person saying "I wish ill on JK Rowling" is against the rules, so let me say with my loud cis voice that I too wish ill on all perpetrators of hate speech against trans people reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous

SNAYX -> SNAYK

Iain M Banks' "The Culture" series. Make me optimistic for a better future, and frustrated that we aren't getting to one faster.

"The traits I once tried to suppress shape how I think, work, and move through the world. I’ve stopped believing I need to blend in to belong." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/40XaLZm

i already have a team of actual PhD-level experts in my pocket. it’s called bluesky. i love my little collection of pocket nerds.

Most people inherit their beliefs. They rarely examine them.

The most important part of building new furniture is taking photos to send to my partner of how it looks in reality. Her sharks keep photo-bombing though...

Excited to finally have space to store a bicycle and cycle to work. Bright yellow helmet and bag cover will break from my usual monochromatic colour scheme. I will miss saying "Hi" to the friendly bus drivers.

Every UK petition is like this

Moved into my new place, no pets allowed so positioning of cat-shaped objects is very important.

Rereading Worm ( parahumans.wordpress.com ) an excellent dark superhero web serial. The early chapters feel somewhat different, now, a decade or so after I first read it. Now that I am far more aware that the far-right antagonists/nazis in the book actually exist than I was then.

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

I dress kind of distinctively when I am out and about (long black coat, long hair, stompy boots and a smattering of pride pins). Yet I am always surprised when recognised in shops or whatever that I return to. Went back to a newsagents after 10+ months, and they were so excited to see me.

The truth, via @longwayback.bsky.social

⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party. 🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.

I love being an academic. Seeking knowledge is good. Thinking critically and looking deeply at the world is good. Sometimes academics get things wrong. All of this is true.

Took a little longer than planned, and in different colour robes, but I got there eventually. PhD graduation day happened at last. Thank you to everyone along the way. #PhD #PhDSky

Recently, I was standing on a bridge with my partner watching the fish below. Someone passing by complimented my partner's extremely colourful hair and outfit - Then, upon getting to the end of the bridge, turned and complimented my monochromatic black outfit, too. I hope they had a pleasant walk.

Incontrovertible evidence, now, of *police* investigating families supporting their kids with gender affirming healthcare in the UK. For trying to do the best for your child, following best practice in most of the world, here you get a visit from the police. Thank you, Wes Streeting.

27 people — including a priest, professor and health workers — were arrested today under terrorism laws. Their crime? Peacefully holding signs opposing genocide. This is how we sleepwalk into fascism.

Went to a laser show at a laser company. Not sure how much this cost them to do, but I much prefer it to fireworks. Show was 12m long or so.