Good morning from Brighton, where we will be reporting on the counterprotest against the FiLiA conference 2025.

It's emergency 🚨,hello World 🌎 I stand to plea for support on behalf of refugees and asylum seekers in Gorom camp south Sudan, we're in starvation of food, firewood, water, mosquito nets, medication, sanity wears for our lesbian sisters , shelters, and other basic essentials . gofund.me/eca37122

⚠️ CDC quietly updated its webpage to caution pregnant people about acetaminophen (Tylenol). Sneaky changes driven by politics instead of science erode public trust and put lives at risk. As scientists who once shaped CDC's webpages, this is heartbreaking. 💔 www.cdc.gov/medicine-and...

that's me official then 😈

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

Demand MSPs vote for rent controls shout.tenantact.org/act/rentcont...

RACISM in Kyiv, on Khreschatyk Street. This woman called me a nigger repeatedly and told me to go back to Africa because this country is for Ukrainians—not niggers. When I turned on the camera, she turned into a Karen. Thing is, she’s not even Ukrainian. Prolly American. In fact, almost certain.

The evolution of Trump's policy since Feb: first, he thought it'd be easy to get the Nobel-- freeze the frontline, give Ru all occupied territories, leave rump Ukraine without security guarantees; Ru would agree to this super reasonable offer so it can stop bleeding and get sanctions lifted. But...

Russia is attempting to use the same tactic in Poland as it used before its full-scale invasion into #Ukraine: it tests the reaction of the West (not just the EU, but the United States first and foremost). The more Russia is allowed to get away with, the more brazen the next "test" will be.

Once the occupied territories are liberated, I think we'll see Derussification occur much faster than decommunization did

Lets break it down for her like this, because TERFs are apparently a bit slow on working this out Linehan assaulted and threatened a trans child and called for mass violence against us. I'm glad he was arrested I don't think any old TERF with bs opinions should be arrested See how easy that is?

Ukrainian drones struck multiple Russian oil facilities overnight on Sept. 5; President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine would not stop responding to Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure; and more.

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Who is this cute mouse girl? It's me! @sophiemolly.co.uk and @melwalruscat.bsky.social both in the background as the Rat Party to celebrate @danawidmo.bsky.social's 40th starts to wind down.

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This will obviously be rejected by Ukraine but it is a moral abomination that it was ever proposed

Some of those events were former soviet republicans seeing how russia acted, was acting, likely to act, and then pleadings to be let into nato “Divine rights to imperial spheres of influence to rule over and massacre as you like, including tens of thousands in one city” but with a left affect

I urge ALL cis female allies to photo themselves in female spaces holding a sign that reads "TRANS WOMEN BELONG HERE!❤️" All you need is paper and pen. Share them on social media. Post them in the comments below. Example below 🏳️‍⚧️

#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 THANK YOU, EU 💖

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26 European leaders reaffirm Ukraine's right to self-determination, with Hungary dissenting. As Trump prepares to meet Putin, concerns rise over potential pressures on Ukraine to make territorial concessions. euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/12/u...

Even as MAGA/Heritage continues to turn the USA into 'Hungary with nukes', OG Orban sees his control slipping away, little by little. Doubtless the US architects of authoritarianism think they can outdo Orban's version. Watching what happened and happens in Hungary is important in fighting back. ⬇️

🔴 Verdict in journalist Mzia Amaglobeli’s case expected today at 14:00. 🔴 She has been unjustly jailed for 207 days and faces 4–7 years on politically motivated charges. #FreeMzia #JoirnalismIsNotACrime #GeorgiaProtests #Georgia

Resistance | National Galleries of Scotland share.google/93q8SwFvO0p6...

A strategic military target by all means : a place where families go for summer hollidays 🖤🇺🇦 #RussianWarcrimesInUkraine

A resident of Kazakhstan condemns Russia and Putin for starting the war against #Ukraine and expresses support for the Ukrainian people. Thank you for your wishes for peace and your support!

Their boycotts have never harmed a single company because their numbers are tiny, probably smaller than the number of trans people

These orchestrated trans panics are so harmful for trans and non-binary people. Examples include. - Sandie Peggie and the NHS - The Olympic boxer - The M&S charade They have one purpose. Cause maximum harm to trans and non-binary people.

Anyone who can't empathise with both #Ukraine and #Palestine is on the wrong side of history. Tactics used by Israel and Russia are remarkably similar. Ukraine does not destroy emergency services; they destroy weapons storage units and oil refineries. Everyone has the right to self-defence.

🚨 Earlier this year, the leaders of neo-Nazi group Patriotic Alternative made an “explosive” announcement. Mark Collett, the self-described “Nazi sympathiser”, and his deputy Laura Towler described a ruse they had apparently pulled over the Electoral Commission. But it was a lie.

www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/sent... Looks like the EHRC is going to us an unknown (and therefore un-trusted) system to analyze our responses. I wonder therefore how it can endure trust in the process

A lot of us find that, as much as doctors apparently struggle to tell that we are trans, or so they say, other kids in high school and coworkers in the factory, call centre or office, seem to have absolutely no difficulty at all in spotting it Even if we are closeted

⚡️ Death toll of Russian July 31 attack on Kyiv rises to 32 as another victim dies in hospital. The latest death brings the total number of people killed in the strike to 32. The attack is the deadliest Russian strike on the Ukrainian capital in 2025.

Don’t miss The Dangerous Ones—they break down the leaked memo that exposes DHS & DoD’s plan to turn the U.S. into a full-blown police state. ICE, Marines, & the Guard in “lockstep.” Immigrants = enemy combatants. Protests = insurgency. LA was just the beginning. Tune in. Share it. Sound the alarm.

Welcome to August! Our planet is hotter, and it's only going to get hotter. Maps show the changes in August temperature by decade. Data used from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.

The anti-science Trumpers may be planning to destroy two working satellites that provide vital measurements about carbon dioxide & climate (and data that forecasts crop yield, drought conditions, & more). They cost $750 million to make but only $15 million/yr to operate. www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...

"No one has the right to cause children to starve," Poland's foreign minister @radek-sikorski.bsky.social has told Israel. "Even when Israel acts in self defense, it is still not exempt from respecting international humanitarian law...[as] the state occupying Gaza and the West Bank."

Israel has criticised Polish PM Donald Tusk after he suggested Israeli politicians are causing children to starve in Gaza. It called the remarks “unacceptable” and said Tusk should "remember the lessons” of the Holocaust because Hamas are “the new Nazis”.

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

Sudanese journalist Yousra El Bagir has managed to get some footage out of Al Fashir in Darfur, Sudan. The RSF siege of the city has cut it off from food supply and medical assistance for months. One reason you hear very little about Sudan is that the RSF kills anyone who tries to document the war.

I have now added a whole thread about the protest under this post for those who prefer to read about it in small bite sized chunks.

💛💜💛 Sex assignment had previously been a process filled with conceit and secrecy. Now it was dragged into public debate. Many in the medical profession found this development upsetting... #HermaphroditeLogic #JulianaGleeson #Intersex #BodilyAutonomy #SexIsASpectrum

💛💜💛 most concerning is that many intersex individuals dealt with providers who were physically rough or even abusive while being treated. More than one-third of intersex adults were forced or pressured by medical providers to undergo unwanted procedures related to their #intersex traits.

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This feels like a posh way of saying trans conversion therapy for pre-pubertal children. In other words, they think gender incongruence (gender dysphoria) is a phase. Yes, children do experiment with their gender and gender expression, this is however very different from gender incongruence.