I've seen a bit of chatter starting about this, so quick update from me - I spoke to the BBC for their podcast series "Anatomy of a Cancellation", mostly in episode five. You can find it here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference

I'm going to be at this! Looking forward to seeing folks there 😊

I see the 2021 scandal around Kate Clanchy's book "Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me" is back in the news as Clanchy receives an apology from the publisher of that book. Here's a reminder of the racism, Islamophobia, anti-LGBT comments, and fat shaming from the book.

I am so proud and grateful to be a small part of this company ❤️ It was a wonderful play, and I continue to be awed by the incredible work of my friends & colleagues!

You can find merchandise at rusty-quill.dashery.com A professional videographer will be creating a recording of the production. We will share more information on this at a later date. (3/3)

📣MuppetMeet 2025 Announcement! Join us and a host of fantastic guest speakers on the evening before Dragonmeet (Friday 28th Nov) for an evening of #TTRPG industry networking and knowledge sharing. Be sure to grab your FREE tickets here: dragonmeet.co.uk/tickets 👇Read more about what's on 👇

don't let them make you think this is something you need.

Hey, you know how you're always saying "Jonny, why isn't there a good TTRPG about collecting and battling adorable monsters?" Well, some good friends of ours had the same thought, and they decided to so something about it! Check it out - it's properly excellent. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...

no mr blobby isn't a cryptid because the horror of mr blobby is that we KNOW he exists. he is a constant threat

That we continue to persist at all is a testament to our faith in one another.

BY THE WAY If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2. There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security. Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation." TURN IT OFF.

Nightmare reality. I will continue to disable/uninstall with a vengeance. Also, who would like to bet that it can only recognise American and British newsreader-type accents, and will shit the bed with any other kind of accent/dialect? (Me. I will take that bet.)

With the EHRC acting like it is. It shows that it is really important to keep trying to get in contact with your MP. We have seen that this is working.

I decided that since I was already planning 20, I may as well make it a whole alphabet - so at some point next year, I'm hoping to have a little book of 26 sexy antagonists. New additions include a torturer, a woodland king, and a slightly frazzled sorceress.

Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The gender clinic files is out now! www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini... Check out our podcast on Monday for our coverage on this.

Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years. This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.

October

So @railnatter.uk recently put out a new episode on level boarding - as both Northern and ScotRail confirm that their new fleets will be low-floored to enable level boarding, it's worth stating: WE WON. It will be very difficult for new fleets not to be LB-ready now 🏆

So we're going to force brown people to do unpaid labour against their will? The british do have previous on this one, but I think we gave it another name.

Maybe it's just because I've had a very busy couple of days and am exhausted, but watching Mae Martin play an openly trans character in their own Netflix drama has me quite emotional. I'm only 20 minutes in so this isn't a recommendation as such, but I wanted to voice how important it feels.

BATTLE AWAITS. HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.

If anyone's at a loose end Sunday, I'm running a fab little benefit at BOLD for London Renters Union. Alasdair Beckett-King, Kate Smurthwaite, Hasan Al-Habib. Will be a fun one! BYOB as ever so super cheaps and a great cause! fienta.com/rent-a-laugh...

It's so strange to me how the absolutely core question at the heart of politics - "what kind of society do we want to live in?" - is so absent from discussion, either assumed settled or reduced to meaningless generalities.

The wonderful and inspiring Kairos is recruiting a whole range of roles to work from their offices in central London. www.kairos.london/get-involved/

DRINK WATER FROM THE SKULLS OF YOUR ENEMIES! IF YOU HAVE CRUSHED THEIR SKULLS, USE A GLASS.

BREAKING: The U.K., Canada and Australia officially recognize a Palestinian state, a significant shift away from alignment with the U.S.

This feels very odd to say, considering when I was at university I went to one (1) debating society meeting and hated it, but - I'm going up to Scotland on Thursday to take part in a debate! www.uniondebatingsociety.org/event/fd22d6...

A 'unity rally' at Glasgow’s Buchanan Street steps protesting against immigration was drowned out by counter protesters

In an incredibly detailed report (it's almost 80 pages, tiny font), a top independent human rights commission has concluded Israel is committing genocide. The Pillay Commission report was released today (I'm still working my way through it) www.bbc.com/news/article...

I'm now at 14/20! New additions include a mean butler with a history of poisonings, a sad but violent ghost, and a literal dragon.

every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer

- 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

This is what allyship looks like, btw. Recognizing what’s happening in real time and actively countering it.

Protests are inevitable as 51 Israeli arms companies are among the exhibitors tomorrow at the DSEI arms fair. Netpol plans to monitor the police response on the ground, from 8am at the Excel Centre, London E16 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

This will be broadcast in a couple of weeks! And we're in excellent company, the other talks for @gdocexpo.com look great 😁

We have now updated our website with a compilation of the actions against the supreme court with the latest letter writing campaigns and letters. The top of the page has all the actions you can take against the EHRC! whatthetrans.com/compilation-...

Push the Roll is a new Call of Cthulhu podcast starring Ross Bryant (Dropout TV, Glass Cannon Podcast) combining cosmic horror, tabletop RPG adventures, and dark comedy!

The Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle is now live! Nearly 400 games from creators all around the world, with proceeds going directly to Gaza relief efforts. Bundle link: itch.io/b/2979/play-... We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment👇 Please RT.

This is why it is really fucking important for people to fight this, look how fast and how far these kinds of laws and organization can just erase content that is perfectly legal and like normal for people And it will get worse if you let them off the hook, labour should be suffering from this law

A Rascal sister site has launched: @roguesite.bsky.social Former-Polygon writers have gotten together to launch a worker-owned video game journalism outlet (with a little rascally help). If you mourned the loss of one site, celebrate the birth of another, and support the people making it happen.

Very please to announce that, with a grand total of 114 partner orgs, we are calling on MPs to pressure the Minister for Equalities for full scrutiny, meaningful debate and a free vote when the new EHRC Code of Practice is laid in Parliament. transactual.org.uk/blog/2025/09... Our letter... 1/

As an organisation committed to inclusive sexual health and HIV care, we are deeply concerned about the EHRC draft guidelines and the implications it could have for trans people accessing services. Read the joint-sector statement here:https://bit.ly/3GpDEX1

“I bet I could burn it on three ends…” — me looking at a candle

Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑

I did some work on it this week! I'm writing a little compendium of sexy antagonist NPCs. 5/20 drafted, including an undead knight-errant who punishes bad leaders, a mercenary who just wants to retire, and a forest nymph hivemind.

I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset. In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia. In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)