It's really disturbing how in the mid 2010s there were several regularly active trans journalists in the British mainstream press and presently there's like maybe 2 who occasionally get some token comment somewhere when someone's given us a kicking.

People in sci-fi novels are always naming their exploratory vessels shit like ICARUS and IXION and while I am not superstitious, I would maybe go with the USS GOT-THERE-SAFELY.

draft schools guidance uses the cass review phrase 'living in stealth' - did we ever find an origin of this that wasn't just a portmanteau of 'stealth' and 'living in sin'?

the draft schools guidance leaves a lot of space for the ROGD/social contagion model. Thinking especially of this line: "the first step when considering a child’s request for support with social transition will be to consider what is in the best interests of the child and other children'

medieval and early modern recipe books abound with references to almond milk (and other non-dairy milks!)

I've said this before, but it makes me insane that in an age of human civilization when the ultra-rich have hoarded over half of all wealth, the go-to visual shorthand for depictions of gluttony is still "fat"

Don’t ever let people forget this.

It's mucus all the way down.

serious inquiries only

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.

I just really fucking hate fascists, man.

remember that when Israel bombed the first hospital in Gaza, they dissimulated, lied, and argued, expending tremendous resources to "complicate" the "narrative." a month later, it was the new normal

While it is important to understand oil is an important motivator in the Trump administration's unilateral and flagrantly illegal decision to airstrike Venezuela, we must not ignore the centrality of their incompetence and racism

No I'm not autistic, I'm just listing minor Sopranos characters to calm down like any normal person does, I assume.

@ilyarabbit.bsky.social and Chloe F outline how the policies of NHS integrated Care Boards and inadequate equality impact assessments are leaving trans patients at risk of serious medical harm. transsafety.network/posts/defini...

Please help out a Pakistani trans woman if you're able <3

[CN: Account of child abuse, conversion therapy] This is a really excellent and very necessary intervention from a survivor of gender identity conversion efforts who did actually go on to detransition, worth reading to understand the fundamental abusiveness of these practices if you don't already.

I'm on my way to a Chanukah event. It should be a celebration but instead our community is once again mourning. I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss. We stand with you.

when I tell you not to read and share the guardian I'm not doing it because I'm an asshole who doesn't want you to have anywhere to get news or pitch things to. I'm doing it because they're rancid bigots who are 110% against you and will absolutely fuck you over if they get half a chance.

Eight people are on hunger strike, several apparently at imminent risk of dying, because our law punishes more harshly those opposing genocide than those supporting it. (And under a so-called Labour Government.) How on earth did we get here? www.vashtimedia.com/hunger-strik...

ICE and DHS must be eliminated. Fuck these people.

To be absolutely clear on this, one of our volunteers received a letter from a cabinet minister acknowledging the contents of the Discord leaks, including comments talking about serious abuse. The government knows exactly who they are including in these consultations.

I keep seeing these videos by trans guys about how trans women are dominating trans advocacy because of socialisation and honestly it's a discredit to the numerous trans men who are involved daily in pragmatic community rooted activism every day without getting involved in promoting transmisogyny.

Having a lot of trouble coming to terms with the sheer cruelty of this, all my love to trans kids in Queensland, please stay with us, you are loved and you deserve healthcare. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

gaiosiwillnot.substack.com/p/a-no-knead... I started a substack to write reviews because I've been reading so much I'm talking my friends' ears off - here's a roundup including Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin, My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness by Nagata Kabi, and Ducks by Kate Beaton

Black Flame is one of the best books I have ever read, I feel comforted knowing that it exists

Protect the land that inspired this page.

just went to the library and got out My Alcoholic Escape From Reality by Nagata Kabi and Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin

I think Sugar's draw towards uncomfortable interpersonal dynamics will mesh SO well with the Jansson's writing!! Took me a second to digest but I'm actually excited about this

www.mja.com.au/journal/2025... One of the difficult parts of researching medical abuses of trans patients is trying to relate the often evasive and euphemistic documentation left by practitioners to the vividly horrifying experiences related by survivors. This article is remarkable

There are lots of more insidious forms where they don't immediately confront clients that way but wait a few weeks to foster trust, but I think it's important to lay out clearly where the red lines are - gaslighting, being made to distrust your own feelings, being disrespected in your experiences.

Holy shit, we're two thirds of the way there. Thank you so much to everybody who has donated so far or shared this on.

it's the same thing. "listen to british doctors, british scientists, the nhs". he's not invoking the international consensus that paracetamol is fine but a kind of nationalism that he also used to hold up the cass review over international studies.

Genuinely powerful words to live by.

what happens next is BACK baby!!!!!! absolutely crucial read — go check it out from the beginning

From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board:

jumpscared by nature in the unending clam facts thread

The worst part of the onward march of fascism is that now I have to defend Banksy's right to freedom of expression.

ok is bluesky just banning gretchen felker martin on reflex anytime anything happens now

- you clean up that banksy? - sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked

Guardian continuing their war on trans people by trying to make Judith Butler's head explode, I see.

team cherry - radio silence for years - revealed to just be chilling and "it'll be done when it's done"; no crunch or stress - breaks the internet with the announcement in two weeks, causing people to shift events and game releases - 1/3rd-1/4th the price of the average AAA title - breaks steam

The frequent desire to try and contrasts trans people's oppression with racialised abuse reinforces a white centric trans advocacy and at the same time leads us away from understanding that govt racism helps strengthen the risk of govt transphobia and vice versa.

We need to be clear: The govt aren't talking about weakening incitement laws because trans people are less protected than migrants and asylum seekers. The govt are talking about weakening incitement laws BOTH OF THESE INCIDENTS ARE IN THE NEWS CYCLE RIGHT NOW.

People saying Trump is dying or possibly dead, but I for one would urge caution, because it is quite possible a second healtbar will appear as he enters his second phase and a gargantuan centipede will burst forth from his torso, so be careful of his new sweep attacks and toxic buildup from bites.