We finally got to bond over ducks and Myst in person instead of just online @stevendicosta.bsky.social

Just arrived!! 📦 It’s queer, it’s science, it’s @drcarpineti.bsky.social 🌈

I don’t have a dog, but Malachi says go and vote (💚).

lmao www.euronews.com/next/2026/05...

There's no way of building genuine progressive movements without grappling with universal human problems of shitty behaviour and taking pleasure in acting righteous while hurting others. The longer I've been doing the work, the less value I place on stated beliefs, and the more on lived behaviour.

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

"In recent years, trans healthcare in the UK has become more and more restricted. Between 2016 and 2025, the average wait time for a first appointment at an NHS gender clinic increased from around nine months to 25 years – an increase of more than 3,200%."

Cue the pan pipes 🎶

My book is out now!! Jacob’s Transition Goals is a positive, hopeful story about an 8 year old transgender boy who loves football. In today’s political climate, trans joy is so needed - you should grab a copy! You can buy Jacob’s Transition Goals in LGBTQ+ bookshops and online all over the world

Bleak but essential reading, as Gaza increasingly disappears from our screens 🇵🇸

My favourite example of this. Britney Spears and her ascendant career in Japanese politics.

Cruelty is anhedonic. It rarely delivers the euphoria promised because, in the abstract, what feels righteous and joyful inevitably reveals itself to be sordid and small. Then it's "No not like that". "No not enough". "No the real battle, the forever war to make this feel good starts now". Forever.

I am grateful for the wisdom of the trans people in my life who have guided my understanding. I am in awe of their courage and dignity in the face of cruelty. I am thankful for their friendship. #TransDayOfVisibility

Today is Transgender Day of Visibility. Solidarity today and everyday with trans and non-binary folk who claim space unapologetically. As governments turn trans visibility into a matter of “ideology,” we must refuse to see trans lives as a debate and instead nurture trans joy, safety, and belonging.

This is Apartheid. It's morally disgusting - and comes at the same time as Israel is committing an ongoing genocide. To see the Labour Government defend Israel repeatedly will horrify the British public - it cannot go on like this.

NEW: On the first day of the war with Iran, the United States used a new ballistic missile. It was untested in combat. Our analysis shows it struck a sports hall, an elementary school, and residential areas — killing at least 21 people, including children. w/ @johnismay.bsky.social

Half a million marching against fascism in London @stevendicosta.bsky.social @carlgibson.bsky.social

Full-throated endorsement to the Broken Earth Trilogy (read it! now!) and the others in this list 📚✨ (but with gentle pushback on the idea that any media is “for children” or “for adults”)

At least I get to repost the greatest headline the Independent has ever run.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

Your mobile phone exists because of software I wrote in the 90s (seriously). That hardware exists because of another trans woman. The book on how to do microelectronics was written by a trans woman. Loads of the internet is kept running by trans women. Rachel, THINK FOR ONE SECOND

Apropos of my recent colonoscopy, here is a drawing of a spirochaete.

The #TransRightsReadathon starts next week & runs from the 17th-31st of March. Not sure what to read? Here are 20 trans & non-binary books we stock that are well worth a read this year – all available at proud-geek.co.uk (There’s a list of book titles and authors in the alt text) #booksky #trr26

What's up, Wembley? 🏳️‍⚧️

Oh boy! What a headline... Ask yourself: "What am I being asked to believe?" "Who am I being told to blame?" Take a few seconds to imagine what the Daily Mail (And Telegraph, GB News and Express) WANT you to think is going on. Let's see what's ACTUALLY happening...🧵 1/21

I will forever be grateful to Ebert for giving me the excellent and useful phrase “unreasonably pleased”.

🌈🏳️‍⚧️ youtu.be/S5qoSJlI4cM?...

The reviews used to justify this excluded nearly 97% of all studies from inclusion in their analysis. This is an absolutely obscene hatchet job by the NHS specifically created to eliminate access to hormones for trans youth.

‘Indika’ is a remarkable game. Stunning visuals. Solid, thoughtful script with excellent voice acting. Big on vibes and full of surprises. You play as a nun. (Odd Meter Games and @11bitstudios.bsky.social)

Great day for Green plumbers! 💚

Where popular portrayals of polyamory most often miss the mark is in the idea that the practice is primarily about having sex with multiple partners. Polyamory is mostly about intimacy, not sex, and it has ethics at its core. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/polyamory-isnt-all-about-sex/

Valentine is also the patron saint of epileptics 🧠! (and beekeepers! 🐝) For more info on epilepsy: epilepsysociety.org.uk @amepilepsysoc.bsky.social

UK ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful ft.trib.al/TKbvf6A

New Yorkers return Pride flag to Stonewall after Trump administration removed it reut.rs/4qCvPyh

Good night Sally ✨🖤🤍

I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable. Biden himself said they were fabricated! www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

🚨 5 Days to go - National March for Palestine - Hands off Gaza ⏰ Saturday 31 Jan, 12PM 📍Russell Square - Whitehall Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people has not ended. Join us for the next march for Palestine to demand our government end its complicity in Israel’s violence.

Resisting the might-makes-right order, in solidarity with the peoples of Palestine, Venezuela, Cuba and Greenland. Boycott, divest from, or exclude from contracts these complicit US companies.

"How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks!" 🦆 - Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night (1935)

The attack hits civilians gathering firewood near Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, sources say.

Good morning. A regular reminder: a tiny few hoard staggering wealth and own much of the media, while millions struggle to survive. That’s not an accident. It’s a choice made by those in power. Tax wealth. Fund public services. Build an economy for everyone - not the 1%.

A displaced Palestinian girl was filmed gathering bread from the ground in a Gaza displacement camp after Israeli forces bombed the tents.

In response to the freezing temperatures, SWEP has been activated to ensure those sleeping rough have shelter. If you’re worried about someone sleeping rough, notify StreetLink who can connect them with local services. One simple action can make a real difference. thestreetlink.org.uk

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist. Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it

Let's choose kindness in 2026. youtu.be/lopMMkz0law

Watching the total donations shooting up after the Xmas Day Message is so beautiful. Thank you all! 💚🎄 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...

Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there. Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.

The stereotype of polyamorists as young, wealthy, White, and liberal isn't supported by the data. Research finds that people who practice polyamory are a surprisingly diverse group. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-myths-of-sex/202512/whos-into-polyamory