GOING FROM BINARY TRANS TO NON-BINARY IS NOT DETRANSITIONING

The truth: we need migration. The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it. Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality. Reject it. Draw the line.

Sainsbury's corn flakes, 1973. From the Sainsbury Archive. Its a little too 'Wicker Man-ish' for me... www.sainsburyarchive.org.uk/catalogue/se...

This might be rogue but here goes: you know how long shots or oners in movies are normally accompanied by jazz drumming? Where did that start? Was it Hitchcock?

New from @pmpress.bsky.social, BE GAY, DO CRIME: EVERYDAY ACTS OF QUEER RESISTANCE AND REBELLION, a history of queer activism edited by Zane McNeill, Riley Clare Valentine, and Blu Buchanan: weightlessbooks.com/be-gay-do-cr...

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from my latest: "The trans-shooter myth largely began circulating in 2023 around the Nashville shooting, 'as the right began rolling back LGBTQ rights in earnest'... Two years later, and just a decade after the so-called trans tipping point, anti-trans harassment and violence is all the rage."

Libraries are great! We love having our books in libraries! We love you checking our books out of libraries! We love when you take advantage of the many other services at your local library!

This whole thread about being trans and working in media is absolutely worth reading:

Exclusive: Peter Mandelson is facing calls for a standards investigation over a possible breach of parliamentary rules Comes amid ongoing questions about whether the Labour peer should remain a member of the House of Lords 👇 observer.co.uk/news/politic...

Shot, chaser Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

I just think white men are too emotional to get to own guns. Look at how they act. Killing charlie kirk was wrong. The army should expel all of them too. And we should take all their history out of schools. And stop hiring them for jobs. And pay them 60 cents on the dollar. And ban them from bathroo

I don't like doing this. It feels fucked up to constantly point out the negative dimensions of someone who just died in a horrific, worrying way. But I would like the media to tell basic truths about this person and his impact on public life rather than resorting to euphemism and outright lies!

Exc: Reform Party sponsors appear to have broken company law Crypto firm Zebec's Companies House listing cites a BVI-registered holding company as its ultimate owner, in an apparent breach of the rules observer.co.uk/news/politic...

"It should also be noted that “transgender ideology” is a term coined for and used in anti-trans political messaging to falsely equate identity with politics, which is a way to frame transgender identity as a political choice rather than an innate identity." www.transjournalists.org/tja-urges-ca...

Several reports said that the bullets at the Charlie Kirk shooting had symbols of “transgender ideology” engraved on them, which were apparently arrows. I present to you:

Between Sydney Sweeney, Matt Rife and Emerald Fennel, is all marketing rage bait now?

Okay I don’t want to contribute to anyone else feeling absolutely linehan-saturated (much like I feel) but I have a question: why are we not asking *why* the platforms (Twitter) allowed this? We’re having a conversation about free speech laws instead of content moderation, giving X a free pass

It's difficult to see this any way: Your Party cannot be trusted to stand up for Trans+ people All signs point to them collaborating with Labour, the Tories, and Reform UK Ltd in their relentless assault on Trans+ folk and communities Deeply disheartening especially from @zarahsultana.bsky.social

This absolute banger

I think it’s telling that a ton of people are more concerned about their free speech right to say “punch a trans woman in the balls” than whether queer, adult developers’ civil liberties are being violated by payment processors at the moment

Statement from Trans Safety Network on the Linehan arrest. TSN understand Linehan's tweet to be an unambiguous call for vigilante violence against trans women in toilets. And yet senior government figures and police have jumped to find a way to make excuses for it.

NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights. The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system. 🧵 [1/8]

I know it’s kind of thin gruel, but seeing as I had to stop reading the news yesterday (difficult in my job) because it was stressing me out too much, this is a balm of sorts

I think, in light of all the rotten people out there spreading terf nonsense, today would be a good day to support trans creators. Trans folk, please add your links to this thread for books or crafts or whatever you do!

A single subsidiary of the parent company of pornhub made over $300m last year, just to put that number in context www.independent.ie/business/rev...

Today is a real hurl your phone into the sea day tbh

What an absolute banger of a headline

Struggling to see how suspending family reunion applications shows “contrast” www.bbc.com/news/article...

They let me yap about the internet aka my favourite dystopian hellscape on @theobserveruk.bsky.social News Meeting listen here or wherever you normally find podcasts podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Its like we’re living through that one black mirror ep where the pm has to fuck the pig on live telly but its this ham shagging the flag for the approval of white supremacists

Okay this is a brilliant thing that’s happening and I don’t mean to be rude but between the glittery curtain backdrop and the very severe hair, I though on first glance this was a drag performance

I already love @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social and this hits all my favourite worst behaviours: payment processor censorship! Age verification laws! Algo speak! FOSTA/SESTA!

I spoke to @wired.com for this piece. please read it :)

Taylor swifts engagement celebrations while Hayley Williams drops an absolutely devastating break up album is just inappropriate, some of us are in mourning

What idiot called it a bikini wax and not Bush Administration

I need this on a guided meditation with nature sounds

Things are either about to get worse or funnier

It doesn’t change my feelings about the online safety act… but it’s certainly an onion in the ointment

I hate to say it, but this feels like a horribly-targeted attack on trans healthcare, which so many people are being forced to seek privately because access via the NHS is so dire. Please do respond to the consultation if you can (the GCs will be all over this 😭) www.gov.uk/government/c...

the past months discourse in a nutshell

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Great reporting from @catneilan.bsky.social on Farage’s money

A new “bitcoin treasury” bubble - brilliant piece from @paticlarke.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/busines...

Shout out to PC Gamer for consistently staying on top of the censorship issue when many other outlets have shrugged their shoulders and moved on www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

what the fuck is this headline from the BBC, I feel like I'm losing my mind www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It really is.

I like this graphic because it implies that the opposite of violence is Irishness

I love that the day I decided to finally get serious about my data privacy is the same day I left my keys to my bike and house, my work ID and library card in a stairwell