Experiencing quite serious neurological issues tonight that aren't stopping. I'm in Preston, so it's going to be interesting getting a GP appointment if I need it. I'm being very much cared for, and supported with my symptoms. I'll be okay, but it is quite terrifying to not know what's happening.

Manchester Airport trains are currently not running due to the closure of Piccadilly, coach replacements are in place. Check before you travel.

Literally teaching my girlfriend Polish at 3am because there's nothing else to do. Here, have a Reddit meme of how to speak Polish. It's pretty accurate and I highly recommend everyone knows a little Polish. It's a really nice language. As a native speaker, written Polish is also a mess to me. 🤣

went to the grocery store thinking the whole time about people I've lost over the last 59 years and come home to see another goddamn NYT hit piece on trans people from a newbie on the 'gender beat' fuck this goddamn shithole timeline.

To put it bluntly, what's the point of educating every person in this country to do fuck all? That's exactly what we are doing right now. We've got to lead people towards SOMETHING. Why waste the potential of millions of young people by making them work in call centres? What's the fucking point?

www.theguardian.com/society/2026... You know, it's rare nowadays that I agree with the letter writers to The Guardian, but... I do indeed believe more plurals in government would be fantastic! Think of all the possibilities, and chaos we could do if just a few politicians were in fact, plural! 🤣

queerloveriot.com/the-maddenin... Our investigation into the root causes of the crises within the NHS and how the government is applying the wrong solutions. Knowing where the issues are within its systems, mean you can make better decisions with your healthcare, and campaign for political change.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... At the very least we now know which three of the six Republican justices still have some kind of sense of self-preservation. The fact any negotiating power he had has been rug-pulled from his OWN side, has to be the popcorn-worthy thing so far that's happened in 2026.

Struggling due to online hate I've received yesterday from someone who I previously respected. Thankfully it's not related to Queer Love Riot. This is a reminder that we're all human beings, and we shouldn't assume the worst in people. We have to respect eachother on the internet. I'll be alright.

The DWP has gotten back to me on my complaint from October 2025 and suddenly want to talk to me! ITS THE END OF FEBRUARY 2026! Are you for real?! It's incredible that merely a simple acknowledgement of a complaint to the DWP takes four months. I was ignored by literally everyone at the Job Centre.

Absolutely. I fully expect charges to be dropped, and yes, it is on a technicality. But It's a step towards making it socially acceptable to hold people in power accountable. This arrest wouldn't have happened if he also wasn't an abuser, let's be honest. That is the genuine win here to celebrate.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... Fucking finally! It's crazy it took this long to do it. This arrest is more than what Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor did. His arrest sends a message, that not even the Royal family is immune to scrutiny. This is a major step in the right direction for this country.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... Reform wants to not only take away rights of trans people, but now also the crucial rights of disabled people in this country. We live in an insane reality where the far-right is proposing to rip up serious anti-discrimination protections, in the name of DEI.

More of us should be talking how trans computer scientist Sophie Wilson made my phone, and my laptop, possible. She helped to design ARM processors! We have to let people know about the work of trans physicists such as Angela Clayton. Promoting these wonderful people, reduces the hatred towards us.

In the future, when self-identification is available for all for everyone – we will see the equivalent of future Tories, try to roll those rights back. But here's the thing. With every political cycle, we move forward. At times, at tragic cost, but move forward we do nevertheless. Hang on to hope.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKYq... For those of you who haven't seen this channel, this is an incredible, excellent effort by a government department to make science accessible to the public. It's great for the evenings. The presenters are always so engaging and I've learnt SO MUCH about the weather!

The wheelchair at 26 experience. Already learning so much: - Christ Preston is full of potholes! - People will either give you looks, or try to help you as much as they can. - Accessible access in Preston, involves going back in time to the Victorian era. - You can put a wheelchair on a coach!

The problem is that as it currently stands, the onus is on the disabled person to enforce the Equality Act. There are no real penalties for institutions and employers who refuse to follow the law, or train their workers. That's why disabled people are left in the lurch. We don't have any recourse.

With invisible disabilities the discrimination that comes with the condition is uniquely cruel. This morning, I had to threaten my GP practice with a practice complaint as they have ignored my online triage request and offered me an inaccessible appointment after I called. I'm tired of this shit.

Working on a new plugin for WordPress! With data requested from @transclinicindex.org.uk, we will soon be able to display live waiting list clinic data on the Queer Love Riot website as a ticker. Of course, this will be fully open source, so you too can put this in your WordPress posts and pages.

Let me be clear: LLMs are for untangling language problems, educational learning & automation. Grindr AI subscriptions for $499/mth & we're now seeing 100 year bonds for a 28 year old tech company with few protections. Excessive greed will lead to more recession. www.reuters.com/business/ret...

Why harass disabled people with crutches for Disabled Persons railcards, @tpexpress.bsky.social? Ticket inspectors could use a little common sense with disability and not make me dig to find it. Are we really going to stoop to Northern standards? Is it THAT important to make sure I'm not lying?

How hard is it to sell a train ticket on MAN-PRE? Northern app worked eventually. The LNER app sold me a incorrect ticket last time, and the TPE app's UI for an open return has been designed by a lunatic. That's how Trainline gets away with stealth fees, because the regular experience is dreadful.

Did you hear about the new way the Home Office is attempting to extort money out of working people? Because god forbid you lose your British passport and still need to travel back into the country. That'll be £589, thank you very much. Yet more fucking taxes. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The Queer Love Riot review of our local MP in Wythenshawe, in one image. The residents are clearly not happy about how the regeneration is going. You can see residents on social media pointing out obvious problems, like the lack of toilets and key facilities. Perhaps I should write a song or two.

The Cornishman is surprisingly not a bad little pub in Wythenshawe. It's warm, cozy and has some interesting characters. Karaoke club & prizes 4 til 9 on a Monday, Pool & Freeview on Thursday, and DJ on a Friday. Very friendly people, and was welcomed and made friends despite me just waltzing in.

I'm done. I am making the pledge code towards QLR will contain proper documentation & formal training material moving forward. It'll explictly be part of our Ethics Guidelines. QLR doesn't need perfect code, it's a media org. Rather, this is a statement regarding exploitation in the tech industry.

Back to Wythenshawe to see how the regeneration is doing. The photos I've received from my Editor-in-Chief, Alyx Payge, show a beautiful space we can develop into something beneficial for local people. It's a shame Manchester City Council is going to make it the most generic town square possible.

Open+ as a scheme for extended library opening times, is horseshit. Here you see an elderly gentleman attempting to go to his local library. Just like me who forgot her library card, he's unable to get in. For many of us, that visit doesn't happen regularly. Staff the fucking libraries properly.

Ex-Tory housing minister blames house prices on TORIES www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Our Prime Minister is about as useful as a chocolate teapot but The Iain Duncan Smiths keep me going. youtu.be/VRVeR0rGPQI?... Six years later, and all parts of this song are still true. Don't let the Online Safety Act get to this video. 🤣 I'm gonna have Starmer Chameleon stuck in my head today.

At least Johnson could charm his way into people believing his bullshit. He was able to get away with a lot for so long, as his whole thing was being a baffoon. Sir Queer Harmer is a fucking barrister, he should know the Shaggy defence is not a particularly good one. Right honourable fucking twat.

The most gullible former head persecutor in history. It's utterly absurd that's his defence strategy. Did Keir Starmer skip the part in his legal education, where he learns about the importance of discovery procedures? It's completely impossible to take him seriously after this has happened twice.

Keir Starmer's defence for giving Matthew Doyle a peerage despite him having links to Sean Morton, is that he didn't give a full account of his actions. Issue is, Doyle campaigned for Morton's re-election after charges were filled for possession of CSAM. This information was in fact publicly known.

edition.cnn.com/2026/02/10/p... Removing the Progress flag from a Stonewall monument put up by the city of New York is a blatant attack on queers. The people who will sadly pay the price for the reputational damage the Trump administration's inflicting on the US are going to be ordinary Americans.

The way that a UK-only banking restriction for politics would work, would be to write legislation which requires the use of a payment processor based on UK soil. This way, if the Electoral Commission or the FCA have any concerns about how a party is funded it gives them actual power to investigate.

Restricting political parties to only using UK financial institutions, ensures UK Anti-Laundering Laws (AML) are fully respected in British politics. I'm hardly a fan of cryptocurrency, but this is the only way freedom to choose is preserved whilst maintaining the integrity of the electoral system.

From a policy perspective, it would be in the interests of all political parties, to implement legislation to be only able to use UK financial institutions when handling donations. There is fundamentally no reason a UK political party should be using a bank or exchange that's based outside the UK.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he will "never walk away from the country that I love" He's utterly fucked for Prime Ministers' Questions tomorrow, if that's his response to the House. Link to the stream here - it's at 11:45: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzMr...

Manchester Piccadilly trains will not run on Platforms 1-12 from Saturday 14th February on Valentine's Day - Sunday 22nd February due to upgrades on the railway network. The poster at the station has been misprinted. The platforms will reopen on the 23rd February, though I would expect disruption.

Christ, we know that journalistic quality is going down at the BBC, but the BBC has just published a blatantly transphobic article, with a fucked timestamp for FOUR hours, as icing on the cake. I'll email the editor for this piece tonight to ask some serious questions, probably won't get an answer.

Those traveling to Manchester Metropolitan University, Hulme, and Birley Fields, there is a one way system in place on Cambridge St. Expect waits of 5-10 minutes. There is also a diversion through Cavendish St, from the Mancunian Way approach. Likely connected to roadworks in the MMU campus area.

All these age restrictions will cause people to self-censor themselves on the internet in fear of breaking them, and will just bury real issues. The word "fuck" has been used as a profanity in English for centuries by kids & adults but also could fit under one of these filters. Fucking farcical.

www.theverge.com/tech/875309/... The enshittification of the internet continues as you hand your ID to more businesses. This will only result in more server owners not setting age restrictions for the fear of digitally excluding people. Not everything Discord considers adult content actually is.

Planning to travel on the 15th February this Sunday between 10am - 3pm? Manchester is celebrating Chinese New Year with a parade through town. Transport is likely to be cooked, so plan ahead accordingly. Lots of street, and parking closures in city centre & Chinatown. themanc.com/news/timings...

I called up the IT Service Desk in the Polish government to report a bug with their site's registration page. She accidentally said 'Pan' (Sir) and then IMMEDIATELY corrected herself to 'Pani' (Madam) & profusely apologised! Poland, is unironically one of the most trans friendly countries in 2026.

Any landlord who rents ex-council houses purely for profit extraction is a scumbag. More so even, than those landlords who charge extortionate rents to live in those skyscrapers in the city centre. A landlord who overcharges for old public housing is someone ethically OK with exploiting the poor.

UK's state of weather: 🌧️ Lots of rain expected for the next few weeks. 🌬️ Moderate jetstream winds, constantly pushing small rain clouds. 🌡️ La Niña conditions continue, more settled conditions & temperatures in early March. ☁️ Some overcast days next week, possible days of sun. Low snow chance NE.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Oh for fuck's sake. We're using Gordon Brown as a scapegoat now? It almost feels like soon we'll see Blair speak out too. Welcome to Labour's new political football of "pass the Epstein sympathiser" that none of us voted for or want. Absolute fucking shambles!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... What's actually happening here, is Alton Towers clearly going for the profit making approach. There's so many ways to fix this issue, rather than reclassifying a group of disabled people, such as virtual queuing systems. But no. We must appease whingy right-wingers.